Parveen Mahmud, FCA receives the 'Top50 Professional & Career Women Global Award' at a ceremony in Colombo on Saturday. Parveen Mahmud, FCA, from Bangladesh won the 'Top50 Professional & Career Women Global Awards 2023' in the 'Leadership in Finance and Accounting' category. She received the award at a ceremony in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Saturday, says a press release.
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Dinesh Gunawardena handed over the award at the ceremony.
Women in Management (WIM) in collaboration with Women in Work, a partnership between the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the government of Australia, selected 50 recipients for the award through a panel of judges.
There were more than 500 nominations from 33 countries and only 50 winners were selected for the award.
Parveen Mahmud became the first woman President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) in 2011. She is also the first female board member and the first female president among professional bodies of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), the apex accounting professional body of SAARC.
She is the Chairperson of RDRS Bangladesh and sits in numerous Boards. She was the chairperson of Shasha Denims Ltd., UCEP-Bangladesh, MIDAS and Acid Survivor's Foundation.
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