News Briefs-(14-5-2018)

Barrister Omar Sadat

BGCCI gets new president

Barrister Omar Sadat, a legal practitioner in corporate community and a real state entrepreneur, has been elected the president of Bangladesh-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BGCCI), the country's largest bilateral business chamber. He was elected uncontested along with his panel of 13 other executive board members. The new Executive Board will be steering BGCCI for 2018-2019. The senior vice-presidents are Golam Morshed from Pebblechild Bangladesh Ltd and Thomas Hoffmann from Stoll Bangladesh Limited and the vice presidents are Mohsin Uddin Ahmed from Linde Bangladesh Ltd and Md Muin Uddin Mazumder from Sanofi Bangladesh. Tarun Patwary from Kuehne+Nagel Ltd. is the treasurer for the term. A formal 'Handover Ceremony' took place after the 16th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of BGCCI on Sunday where the immediate past president of the chamber Tawfiq Ali formally introduced the new executive board and its office-bearers to the members.

— Statement