Online Desk: Mahbubul Alam, president of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI), has taken over charge as the Chairperson of the Trustee Board of the Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD) for the year 2024-25.

Mahbubul, also the former president of the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI), succeeded Nihad Kabir, a senior advocate and also former president of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI). Nihad was the Chairperson of BUILD in 2022-23.

The transition took place yesterday as the outgoing Trustee Board (2022-23), led by Nihad Kabir, handed over the responsibilities to the new board at 33^rd Trustee Board Meeting held at the BUILD Conference Room in Motijheel, Dhaka.

The newly-formed Trustee Board for 2024 includes Ashraf Ahmed, president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), Kamran T. Rahman, president of the MCCI, Omar Hazzaz, president of the CCCI, Afsarul Arifeen, DCCI secretary general, Farooq Ahmed, MCCI secretary general, Engineer Mohd. Farque Ahmed, secretary of the CCCI, said a press release here today.

Ferdaus Ara Begum will serve as the Member Secretary to the Trustee Board. Abul Kashem Khan, director of FBCCI and the former president of the DCCI,will continue as a nominated trustee board member from the DCCI while Saiful Islam is a nominated trustee board member from the MCCI.

Mahbubul Alam, a distinguished business leader from the scenic region of Raozan, Gohira, Chattogram, Bangladesh, assumed the role of President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI) on August 14, 2023.

Before taking charge as the FBCCI President, he served the Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) for five consecutive terms from 2013 to 2023.

Mahbubul Alam is the Chairman of M. Alam Group and a former Chairperson of BUILD, Honorary Consul of Japan at Chattogram, former Director of SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Vice-President of the Confederation of Eastern Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Governing Board Member of the Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority (BEZA) and Bangladesh Investment Development Authority (BIDA), Board Member of Chittagong Development Authority (CDA), Bangladesh Railway Container Service Ltd. and Custom Excise and VAT Training Academy, Chattogram, Member of Advisory Committee of Chittagong Port Authority, Director of the International Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (ICCB), Executive Board Member of the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute and also working as Consul General of the Republic of Mali.