DHAKA, Jan 01, 2025 (BSS) - The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has appointed a total of 25 independent directors to three companies associated with the Beximco Group.
 
The companies are Bangladesh Export Import Company Limited, Beximco Pharmaceuticals and Shinepukur Ceramics, said a press release today.

The appointed independent directors include Shahinoor Islam, a professor at BUET; Syed Rezaul Karim, chairman of Bengal Overseas; Sultan Mahmood Bin Zulfiqar, writer and journalist; Forkan Uddin, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB); Mirza Aminur Rahman, freelance consultant; M Nurul Alam, CEO of MNA Associates; Sheikh Nahar Mahmud, chief consultant of Infinigent Consulting; Brigadier General Shafqat-Ul-Islam; and Anwar Hossain, vice chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).

These directors will serve as independent members on the boards of Beximco Limited and Beximco Pharmaceuticals.

Meanwhile, Shinepukur Ceramics will have a total of seven independent directors, six of whom are common across the companies, with Brigadier General Mohammad Mohtashim Haider Chowdhury being the new addition.