DE Business Desk
M.A. Kashem has been elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southeast Bank PLC. He was unanimously elected Chairman of the Bank in its 743rd Board Meeting held on 29th September 2024.
M.A. Kashem is the Founder Chairman and Sponsor Director of Southeast Bank PLC. He is the Chairman of Rose Corner (Pvt.) Limited. Kashem is a Member of North South University Trust and a founder life-member of North South University Foundation.
He has served as its four times chairman and was also Chairman of NSU Foundation’s Endowment Committee several times, says a press release.
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M.A. Kashem is the former President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex body of all the business communities of Bangladesh. He was the Chairman of Arbitration Tribunal of FBCCI.
He is the past Chairman of the Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) which represented all private universities of the country.
Kashem was a member of Board of Trustees of Hamdard Laboratories (WAQF) Bangladesh, the leading producer of herbal medicines in the sub-continent for over 17 (seventeen) years.
He was the President of SAHIC Trust (Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children), the only voluntary organization rendering health care assistance of the ear, nose and throat services to destitute and poor patients. He is the life member of SAHIC.
Kashem is an eminent industrialist, renowned patron of education, distinguished philanthropist and an active social worker. He was the winner of “President Export Trophy Award” for the year 1982- 83 and 1983-84 for excellent export performance. Kashem also got “C.R. Das Gold” Medal for excellent contribution in Industrial sector in the year 1995.
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He was awarded the “Highest Tax Payer-2011” and also in 2016-2017 by National Board of Revenue (NBR). Recently, he has been awarded Abu Rushd Memorial Award for promoting higher Education.