Nihad Kabir joins BUILD as chairperson

Nihad Kabir, a senior advocate and a former president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), has taken over as the chairperson of the trustee board of the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) for 2022-23.

She succeeded Abul Kasem Khan, a former president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), according to a press release.

The BUILD is a public-private dialogue platform formed by the DCCI, the MCCI and the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI).

It has been providing secretarial support to the Private Sector Development Policy Coordination Committee headed by the principal secretary of the Prime Minister's Office since 2011.

Kabir is a senior partner of Syed Ishtiaq Ahmad and Associates, one of the country's most prominent law firms. Aside from her role as an independent director on the board of Square Textiles Ltd, she also serves as a director of the Infrastructure Development Company Ltd.

She was also the chairperson of the BUILD for 2017.

Abul Kasem Khan will continue as a nominated trustee board member from the DCCI, while Syed Mohammad Tanvir, a director of the CCCI, is a nominated trustee board member from the CCCI.

In addition to the new trustees, the trustee board for 2022 includes MdSaiful Islam, president of the MCCI; Rizwan Rahman, president of the DCCI; Mahbubul Alam, president of the CCCI; Farooq Ahmed, secretary-general of the MCCI; Afsarul Arifeen, secretary-general of the DCCI, and Mohd Faruque, secretary of the CCCI.

Ferdaus Ara Begum, CEO of the BUILD, is on the trustee board as the member secretary.