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Abdul Matlub Ahmad, is a visionary entrepreneur and owner of Nitol Niloy Group, and president of the Federation of Chamber of Commerce and Industries. Starting business back in 1981 with a sharp determination he become one of the biggest business icons in the country. Eventually in 1990 Mr. Ahmed went into joint venture with Tata Motors under the banner of Nitol Motors. It has spawned many new employment, business opportunity like Nita Joint Venture, Niloy Hero Motors, Kaliachapra Sugar Mill etc. that has widen business and employment opportunity in the country as a whole. In recent time under his brilliant leadership many world reputed Companies and Industrialist are attracting for setting up joint venture in Bangladesh with attractive packages. Mr. Ahmed awarded in many areas nationally & internationally for contributing to business & economy including awarding one of the CIP’s in Bangladesh. He is the Founder President of Indo -Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industries, also the Founder President of Bangladesh Automobiles Assemblers & Manufactures Association. He is the Past President of Bangla- desh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industries and Director of Bangladesh Thailand Chamber of Commerce & Industries. Oxford graduate in Economics Mr. Ahmed was born in 1952. He is happily married to Salima winner of Oslo Business for Peace Award and is blessed with two star boys- upcoming business leader of the country, Abdul Musabbir Ahmed and Abdul Marib Ahmed.

Abul Maal A Muhith, a renowned economist, diplomat, freedom fighter, and language veteran, was born in a respected Muslim family of Sylhet in 1934. Mr. Muhith is the third child of Advocate Abu Ahmad Abdul Hafiz who was a great leader of Pakistan movement and the founder of the then Sylhet District Muslim League. His mother Syed Shahar Banu Chowdhury was also active in politics and social work. Mr. Muhith was very brilliant throughout his student life. He secured first place in Intermediate examination in the province in 1951 from Sylhet MC College. During his service period, he studied in Oxford University in 1957-58 and received MPA degree from Harvard University in 1964. After joining Pakistan Civil Service in 1956, he served in different capacities in the government of East Pakistan, Central government of Pakistan, and then Bangladesh. He went for early retirement in 1981 from his service and started his second innings of glorious career as a consultant on economic and development matters in Ford Foundation, IFAD, UN, UNDP, ADB & World Bank. He was Finance and Planning Minister from March 1982 to December 1983. He took oath as Finance Minister on 6 January 2009 and has been continuing in the same position after reelection as an uncontested MP in 2014 again.

Mr. H.K. Kabir, a young and dynamic business entrepreneur in Bangladesh as well as Managing Director of the several companies, who is guiding the key operation of the companies with his sagacious business strategies and professional skills.He has started his career from South Korea in 1996 later on being associated with forming a successful Industry in Bangladesh, launching new product ever manufactured in Bangladesh. He always bears a very positive attitude in terms of each and every phase in his life defining his abilities to his future goals with detailed action plan.His professional as well as decision making skills is praiseworthy Some of his leadership qualities have brought him to the gateway of thoughts of his business community for upholding the image of the country to the global scenario and so in 2015 he was honored to be the Founder President of Commonwealth of Independent States –Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industries (CIS-BCCI), Being the Founder President of the CIS- BCCI, Mr. HK. Kabir enters into the Global Business Community as a business leader and has started contributing to building a solid relationship between Bangladesh and Russia trade and Business communities through a sustainable achievement. His has defined his own philosophy in success” “Achievement is the beauty of my action while the action is the art of my achievement.”

Mr. Hafizur Rahman Khan, the Chairman of Runner Group was born in Rajshahi District in the year 1955. After finishing his primary and secondary educations in Naogaon he enrolled to Rajshahi University in Management Department for his graduation degree. After completing M.Com in 1976,he got more experienced while working for different privet organizations but he always dreamed of starting his own business, thus he started Runner Automobiles Ltd. In the year 2000. Within few years with his dynamic leadership and business knowledge he flourish his business and started with new ventures as sister concerns of Runner Automobiles Ltd. which are Runner Motors Ltd., Runner Bricks Ltd., Runner Properties Ltd., Runner Oil & Gas Ltd., Runner Lub& Energy, etc. He is the pioneer in manufacturing of motorcycle in Bangladesh. For his contribution to the national economy the Bangladesh Government honored him as Commercially Important Person for last two years. He has established Varendra University under trusty board and also engaged himself to many social welfare organizations like Autism Welfare Foundation. Also he is working to develop the business sectors and leading some business associations like International Business forum of Bangladesh, Bangladesh Automobile Assemblers Manufacturer and Association (BAAMA), etc. He likes to play golf and traveling. Mr. Hafizur Rahman Khan is blessed with two children Mr. Amid Sakif Khan & Ms. Rudaba Tajin with his spouse Ms. Sabrina Bari.

Dilip Kumar Agarwala was born in 1968. He belongs to a rich business family in Chuadanga. In 1957 his grandfather, Dwarka Das Agarwala started the first Cinema Hall Rupchaya, in Chuadanga block. Dilip Kumar Agarwala’s father, Omiyo Kumar Agarwala studied at Koln University and ran his business in Bangladesh. Omiyo Kumar Agarwala had three sons, Dilip Kumar Agarwala, Pintu Kumar Agarwala and Rajesh Kumar Agarwala. Pintu Kumar Agarwala completed his MBA from Mumbai and started his own business. Dr. Rajesh Kumar Agarwala is a nephrologist and has his own hospital in Miami, America. Dilip Kumar Agarwala has business in his genes , therefore he started off at his home turf Chuadanga and soon joined many organizations. He became the director of Chuadanga Chamber and got the lifetime membership of Chuadanga Arts Academy,Literary Club, Ruby Kalyan Society and Daily Mathabhanga. He has been the highest tax payer in Chuadanga for three consecutive years. Veterans of jewellery business were surprised when Dilip Kumar Agarwala was named Managing Director of Diamond World Ltd. in 2007; after all, he had spent the previous eight years in jewellery business. But Dilip Kumar Agarwala was confident and unfazed, asserting that his jewellery, construction and other business background along with his parents &grand parents blessings was good training for his role at Diamond WorldLtd. He was simultaneously managing Diamond World BD Limited and Diamond World Ltd.

Engr. Md. Shafiqur Rahman is a name of fame; he is a very well-known industrialist, and a very good organizer. Mr. Rahman is the Managing Director to HAMS Group of Industries – a 100% exported oriented vertical integrated industries’ chain. He expressed himself as an entrepreneur back in 1994; the total number of Industries is ever increasing under his foresightful and good leadership - inside the country and around the globe. Mr. Rahman is an altruistic person and a very good leader at the present time. He is the Chairman of Textile Engineering Division (TED), The Institution of Engineers (IEB), Bangladesh; Chairman, Standing Committee on Capacity Building of The Association FBCCI; Member of BGMEA; Member of BKMEA; Vice-President, Sheikh Russel Krira Chakra; Ex-Sr. Vice-President, The Institution of Textile Engineers & Technologists (ITET), Bangladesh; Founder president of M. A. Hashem Welfare Foundation, Chandpur, Bangladesh; Vice-Chair Person of Lions Club DIST. 315 B1; Founder President of Bangladesh Export Oriented Washing Industries Owners Association (BEOGWIOA); Founder President of Bangabandhu Textile Engineers Association (BBTEA). Mr. Rahman is happily married and blessed with two children, and is a religious minded person admired by many.