Barrister Nihad Kabir, Senior Partner, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates, has been re-elected as the president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) for 2018.
Members of the chamber’s new committee unanimously re-elected her as president at its first meeting held on December 12.
The appointment was confirmed at the 113th annual general meeting of the MCCI held today (Wednesday), according to a press release.
Golam Mainuddin, chairman of British American Tobacco Bangladesh, has been elected as vice-president.
Nihad Kabir is an advocate of the Supreme Court of Bangladesh. She is a director and shareholder of Kaderpur Tea Co Ltd and the daily Sangbad.
She is also a director of Brac Bank, Infrastructure Development Company Limited, Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation, bKash, and independent director of Square Pharmaceuticals and Apex Footwear.
Mainuddin is also a director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), Advanced Chemical Industries Limited (ACI Limited) and Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company (IIFC).