Delwer Hussain new SAFA president

A K M Delwer Hussain, former president and council member of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) has been appointed as President of South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA) for the year 2021.

Founded in 1984, SAFA is a forum of professional accounting bodies in the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation (SAARC) region of eight nations. It works in the public interest and towards broad economic development of the region in part through promoting harmonization of accounting standards and practices, a press release from ICMAB says. 

Prior to serving ICMAB as its president for two times in the year 2004 and 2013, Delwer Hussain was also elected as a board member and also member of the strategic committee of the Confederation of Asian and Pacific Accountants (CAPA) in 2004. He is the principal and CEO of A K M Delwer Hussain & Associates. He is also the director of Agrani Equity and Investment Limited, a subsidiary of Agrani Bank Limited. 

A K M Delwer Hussain is also member of finance committee of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and member of Audit Committee of WASO Credit Rating Company BD Ltd. 

He is the chairman of WASO Engineers & Consultants (BD) Ltd. He is elected as secretary general of Consultative Committee of State-Owned Enterprises (CONCOPE). 

Hussain also acted as the chairman of state owned Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation (BSFIC) from 2014 to 2019.