The 36th Trustee Board Meeting of Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD), held on 23 January 2025, appointed Abul Kasem Khan, trustee board member of BUILD, as the chairperson of BUILD for the tenure of 2025.
Abul Kasem Khan assumed the responsibility of chairmanship following the decision of the trustee board by the relevant articles of the Deed of Trust of BUILD. Khan, a trustee board member nominated by the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), is the vice chairman of A.K. Khan & Company Ltd. and the managing director of A.K. Khan Telecom Limited.
The trustee board meeting also welcomed Taskeen Ahmed, president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI); Kamran T. Rahman, newly re-elected president of MCCI; Muhammad Anwar Pasha, administrator of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI); and acting secretary general Dr AKM Asaduzzaman Patwary as the new BUILD trustee board members.
BUILD is a public-private dialogue platform supported by DCCI, MCCI, and CCCI. It has officially provided secretarial support to the Private Sector Development Policy Coordination Committee since 2011. It focuses on seven thematic public-private dialogue areas with specific importance given to trade and investment.
The press release (English) and a photo are included. Please get in touch with us if you have any queries.