Industrialist Kamran Tanvirur Rahman has been re-elected president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka (MCCI).
The members of the Board of Directors of the platform unanimously re-elected him in the first meeting of the new board held on Tuesday. It was confirmed in the 120th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of MCCI held on the same day, said a release.
Mr. Rahman, a leading entrepreneur in the jute and tea sectors of Bangladesh, is Chairman and Managing Director of the Kapna Tea Company Limited and Pubali Jute Mills Limited respectively.
He is also Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Association (BTA) and a member of the recently-formed Labour Reform Commission of the interim government. He was also president of Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) during the terms of 2007-2009 and 2017-2021.
Mr. Rahman was a Member (Employers' Group) of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) from 2009 to 2017 and Regional Vice-President of International Organisation of Employers (IOE) for the Asia and Pacific Region during the same period. Mr. Habibullah N Karim has also been re-elected as Senior Vice-President of MCCI) for the year 2025.
Mr. Karim is Managing Director and CEO of Technohaven Company Limited. He is also chairman of Kori Digital Bank PLC.
Group CEO of Transcom Limited Simeen Rahman has also been re-elected as vice-president of MCCI.
The newly-elected members are Syed Tareque Md Ali, Managing Director of Modern Industries (BD) Ltd; Tanvir Ahmed, Managing Director, Sheltech Pvt Limited; Mohammad Naser Ezaz Bijoy, Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered Bank Ltd.; Tapan Chowdhury, Managing Director of Square Pharmaceuticals Limited; Uzma Chowdhury, Director of Agricultural Marketing Company Limited; Dr Arif Dowla, Managing Director of Advanced Chemical Industries Limited; Md. Saiful Islam, Managing Director of Picard Bangladesh Limited; Ardashir Kabir, Managing Partner of Sathgao Tea Estate; Anis A. Khan, Independent Director of W & W Grains Corporation; Adeeb Hossain Khan, FCA, Senior Partner of Rahman Rahman Huq; Golam Mainuddin, Former Chairman of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited; and Hasan Mahmood, FCA, Partner of MJ Abedin & Co.
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