ICMAB CFO Conference today

FE Report | Published: January 20, 2015 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00

The 'ICMAB CFO Conference-2014', the first of its kind in the country, is set to be held at a city hotel today (Tuesday).
The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) will arrange the CFO conference for the first time, its president Mohammed Salim, FCMA said.
Hedayetullah Al Mamoon, ndc, Senior Secretary, Ministry of Commerce, has consented to grace its inaugural session as the chief guest.
Kazi Akram Uddin Ahmed, President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), is likely to be present at the opening session as the special guest.
Aubrey Joachim, Past President of Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), will present a key-note paper on "CFO's Role in Corporate Management" at the conference, where there will also have three panel discussions on "CFOs in the Next Decade", "Meet to the CFOs" and "Journey from CFO to CEO- Listening to the Story".
The discussants at the plenary sessions are likely to include M. Ruchira Asanka Perera, finance controller, Hi Fashion Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Imtiaz Ibne Sattar, CFO, Standard Chartered Bank, Md. Kausar Alam, Group CFO of Rahimafrooz, Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, COO of Robi Axiata, Arif Khan, vice president of ICMAB, Imtiaz Ibne Sattar, CFO of Standard Chartered Bank, Ali Nawaz, CFO of Beximco Pharma, and Elias Ahmed, CFO of Coats Bangladesh.
Other discussants will include Supun Weerasinghe, CEO of Robi, Bhuvnesh Khanna, managing director and country head of Commercial Banking, HSBC, Dr Swapan Kumar Bala, managing director of Dhaka Stock Exchange, Dr Jamal Uddin Ahmed, secretary general of Bangladesh Economic Association and past president of ICAB.
Muzaffar Ahmed, chairman of seminar and conference committee and past president of ICMAB, Abu Sayed Md Shaykhul Islam FCMA, vice president of ICMAB, among others, are set to address the conference.
At the evening session, the ICMAB will also recognise different companies with 'ICMAB Best Corporate Awards' for their best performance especially in maintaining corporate governance, officials said.
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