The JBCCI has elected a 16-member Board of Directors for the 2024-2026 term, with Tareq Rafi Bhuiyan (Jun) as president and Maria Howlader as secretary-general.
Tareq, managing director of New Vision Solutions Limited, previously served as JBCCI’s secretary general for three consecutive terms.
Maria Howlader, now the first female secretary general of the chamber, has also been re-elected as a board member for a second consecutive term.
Kenji Kimura, chief representative of MUFG Bank’s Dhaka Office—the largest bank in Japan and part of the Mitsubishi Group—was elected as treasurer.
The positions of vice president-1 and vice president-2 went to Anwar Shahid, managing director of MAS Consultants, and Hiroaki Oura, general manager of ITOCHU Corporation’s Dhaka Liaison Office, respectively. Yuji Ando, country representative of the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), was elected joint secretary general, while Md Jahangir Alam Sharker, managing director and CEO of 3i LOGISTICS (Private) Limited, was elected joint treasurer.
Other board members include: AKM Ahmedul Islam Babu, managing director & CEO (TechKnowGram Ltd); Atsushi Hirakuri, general manager (Sojitz Asia Pte Ltd); Hiroshi Uegaki, country representative & general manager (Mitsubishi Corporation, Dhaka Branch); Manabu Sugawara, general manager (Marubeni Corporation, Dhaka Office); Md Shariful Alam, country chairperson (Mitsui & Co (Asia Pacific) Pte Ltd); Mohammed Sohel, managing director (Bangla Poshak Ltd); Nayeemur Rahman, head of Business Planning (Eastern Motors Ltd); Rabiul Alam, managing director (MKK Logistics); and Saori Fujimoto, director (TNY Legal Bangladesh Ltd).
The election saw a voter turnout of 61.98% from the 313 members, which included 71 Japanese companies.
