British American Tobacco Bangladesh - Mr. A. K. M. Aftab Ul Islam FCA

Background

Mr. A. K. M. Aftab Ul Islam, an FCA and LL.B, began his career with NCR Corporation, a USbased multinational company, and launched his own business under IOE (Bangladesh) Ltd in 1996.

Date of appointment to BATB Board

Mr. Aftab was appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of Directors in 2019.

Achievements

•  Mr. Aftab is serving as a Director of the Board of the Directors of Bangladesh Bank, the Central Bank of Bangladesh since 2017 for a consecutive 3rd term (9 years) in a row.
•  Chairman, IOE (Bangladesh) Ltd since 1996.
•  Principal Partner, Islam Aftab Kamrul and Co. a Chartered Accounting Firm in Bangladesh.
•  Member of the board of Directors, SMC EL.
•  Executive Committee Member of the Board of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC).
•  Former President, Bangladesh Computer Samity (BCS) (1998-1999).
•  Former Chairman of the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME-Foundation) Foundation.
•  Former President, Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI), 2000.
•  Mr. Islam was also elected as President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AmCham) for 10 years.
•  Former Board member of Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE).
•  Former Country Director SAREC- South Asian Regional Energy Coalition.
•  Former Member of the Governing Body of Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Dhaka University (2004-2023)