Ashraf Ahmed elected DCCI president for 2024

Ashraf Ahmed, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Riverstone Capital Limited, has been elected as the President of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) for the year 2024.

Malik Talha Ismail Bari has been elected as the Senior Vice President and Md Junaed Ibna Ali has been re-elected as the Vice President for the term 2024, reports BSS.

The new Board of Directors today took over charge at the 62nd Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Dhaka Chamber held in its Auditorium in the city, said a press release.

The newly elected Directors are Md Salem Sulaiman, Md Siaam Al-Ddin Malik, Mohammad Saifur Rahman Saif, Nayeemur Rahman and Saif Uddowlah.

The newly elected President of DCCI Ashraf Ahmed, a graduate of Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, is a businessman with a long and illustrious career in the financial services industry.

He currently heads an international award winning merchant bank named, Riverstone Capital Limited. Trained as a banker, he served the industry with leading multinational banks in the country such as ANZ Grindlays, Standard Chartered and HSBC, before entering into business.

Specializing in large and complex project finance, capital and debt market solutions, mergers and acquisitions etc., his experience covers a wide range of industries. With nearly three decades of experience in business, banking, finance and economics, he has had first-hand experience of operating business in Bangladesh from different sides. Ashraf Ahmed is the youngest son of late Nuruddin Ahmed, former President of FBCCI, DCCI and Dhaka Club Limited.