FICCI gets new committee

The Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) yesterday announced Naser Ezaz Bijoy as president-elect for the period of 2022-2023.

The announcement was made at FICCI'S 58th Annual General Meeting, where Neil Coupland was declared as vice-president-elect of the newly appointed executive committee for the next two years.

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Naser is a career banker who has been working with Standard Chartered Bank for 29 years in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. He is currently serving as chief executive officer of Standard Chartered Bangladesh.

Neil Coupland

"As we celebrate 50 years of independence, we are standing at a juncture where we have the opportunity to make our own history and write the next chapter," Naser said. Coupland is managing director of the United Dhaka Tobacco Company Ltd.

Other elected members of the board are: Abdur Rashid, country head of SGS Bangladesh Ltd, Ala Uddin Ahmad, general manager of MetLife Bangladesh, Anirban Asit Kumar Ghosh, MD of Bata Shoe Co (Bangladesh) Ltd, Ashish Goupal, MD of Marico Bangladesh, Deepal Abeywickrema, MD of Nestle Bangladesh, Jahangir Saadat, MD of Youngone (CEPZ) Ltd, Mahbubur Rahman, CEO of HSBC Bangladesh, N Rajashekaran, country officer of Citibank NA, Riad Mamun Prodhani, country president of Novartis Bangladesh Ltd, Shwapna Bhowmick, country head of Marks & Spencer Plc, Wu Li Chuan, MD of LSI Industries Ltd, Yasir Azman, CEO of Grameenphone, and Zaved Akhtar, MD of Unilever Bangladesh Ltd.