Nasim Manzur becomes Pioneer Insurance chair

Syed Nasim Manzur has been elected as the chairman of Pioneer Insurance Company Ltd at a meeting of the board of directors of the insurer in Dhaka recently.

Manzur is the chairman of Landmark Footwear Ltd and managing director of Apex Footwear Ltd, said a press release.

He is on the board of Apex Tannery Ltd, Apex Pharma Ltd, Blue Ocean Footwear Ltd, Grey Advertising Bangladesh Ltd, Quantum Consumer Solutions Ltd, Sunbeams School Ltd, and International Publications Ltd.

He is the president of the Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh and a vice-president of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies.

He was the president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dhaka twice.

Manzur is also a board member of the Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art and Friendship, a non-government organisation, and a board of trustee member of Brac University.

Manzur obtained his BSc degree in economics in entrepreneurial management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, the USA in 1990.