Board of Directors
Mr. M. Anis Ud Dowla Chairman
Mr. M. Anis Ud Dowla, the Chairman of ACI Group, is one of the most successful personalities in Bangladesh business circle. Mr. Dowla has maintained a high profile, and has provided leadership to the business community in different capacities. Mr. Dowla served in the British Oxygen Group of UK in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Kenya for 27 years, including 12 years as Managing Director of Bangladesh Oxygen Ltd. In 1987, he became the Group Managing Director of the three ICI companies in Bangladesh. With experience gathered while working with two British multi-nationals for over 32 years, Mr. Dowla has continued to maintain the multinational culture and management style in ACI, with special emphasis on quality, productivity and customer services. He was the President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industries, Dhaka in 1977, 1978, 1995 and 2010. Mr. Dowla has considerable contribution in the field of Industrial Relations of the country. He was elected President of Bangladesh Employers' Federation for the terms in 1975-1976, 1976-1977, 1991-1992, 1992-1993, 2003-2004 and 2004-2005. He is the President of the Bangladesh Seed Association. He is the Chairman of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited and Director of the Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh. He is as well a member of the Board of Trustees of the Independent University of Bangladesh and the President of Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies.
Ms. Shusmita Anis Director
Ms. Shusmita Anis completed her graduation in Fine Arts in Graphics Design from San Jose, California, USA. She was inducted as a Director of Advanced Chemical Industries Limited in 2000. In addition to her current role in the Board of ACI, she performs as a member of the Board's Audit Committee. Ms. Shusmita is the Managing Director of ACI Formulations Limited since 2012. Besides, she is the Director of ACI Logistics Limited, ACI Foods Limited, ACI Motors Limited, Premiaflex Plastics Limited, Creative Communication Limited, Consolidated Chemicals Limited, ACI Pure Flour Limited, Stochastic Logic Limited, ACI Salt Limited, ACI Chemicals Limited, Neem Laboratories (Pvt.) Limited, ACI AgroChem Limited, ACI Premio Plastics Limited, Dowla Agricultural Development Company Limited, ACI Foundation (a non-profit organization). She was the Director of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited. She is also the Vice-President of Bangladesh Employers' Federation.
Mr. Kamran Tanvirur Rahman Independent Director
Mr. Kamran Tanvirur Rahman was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in 2018. He obtained his Bachelor of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA in the year 1981. Mr. Rahman is the Chairman & Managing Director of Pubali Jute Mills Ltd. and the Kapna Tea Co. Ltd. (Kapnapahar Tea Estate). He is a former Vice-President (Asia-Pacific) of International Organization of Employers (IOE), Geneva, Switzerland as well as a former member of the Governing Body of the International Labour Organisation, Geneva, Switzerland. He was Director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry. He was the President of Bangladesh Employer's Federation for 2017-2019 and 2019-2021. Currently, he is the Senior Vice-President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Dhaka.
Mr. Adil Husain Independent Director
Mr. Adil Husain was appointed as an Independent Director of the Company in 2018. He obtained Dip. Ing (Mechanical) from Tech. High School, Stockholm, and also a Diploma in Automobile Mechanics. Mr. Husain started his career with Pakistan Oxygen Ltd. in 1969, which later became Bangladesh Oxygen Ltd. He served in Karachi (POL) and all the branches of BOL, was Marketing Manager of the Company and was Regional Manager when he left in 1984. He set up his own company, Business Consultants Ltd. representing Obayashi Corporation of Japan, and successfully completed the Meghna-Gumti Bridge. From 1987, was Executive Director of A. Kabir Ltd., exporters of Bangladesh tea to the then USSR. During this time, he was closely involved with the family tea estates, and was instrumental in the setting up of the tea factory of Jhemai Tea Estate. From 1996 to 2011 he was the Executive Director of Pacific Bangladesh Telecom Ltd.
Mr. Golam Mainuddin Director
Mr. Golam Mainuddin joined the Board of Advanced Chemical Industries Limited in October 2009. Prior to that he served the Company in the capacity of Independent Director as well as Chairman of the Board’s Audit Committee. Mr. Mainuddin has been the Chairman of British American Tobacco (BAT) Bangladesh since August 2008. He has been with BAT Bangladesh over 39 years and served in different management capacity. After obtaining his Masters of Science degree from Dhaka University, Mr. Mainuddin pursued the first 28 years of his career in the agro-based industry followed by corporate management over the last 22 years. He was a Tea Garden Manager at Duncan Brothers from 1969 to 1982, and then joined BAT Bangladesh to soon become the Head of Leaf in 1985. He was inducted as Director of BAT in 1986, and was given the responsibility of Deputy Managing Director in 1996. He is the Director of Metropolitan Chambers of Commerce and Industry and is the Chairman of Chamber Finance and Membership Sub Committee. He was the Vice-President of Metropolitan Chambers of Commerce and Industries (MCCI), Vice-President of Bangladesh Employers' Federation (BEF) and Director of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries (FBCCI). He was the Independent Director as well as Chairman of the Audit Committee of Apex Footwear Limited. He is the Director of Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company (IIFC) at the Ministry of Finance (ERD) of the Government of Bangladesh. He has been a Commercially Important Person (CIP) by the Government of Bangladesh since 2010.
Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury Director
Mr. Abdul-Muyeed Chowdhury joined the Board as Director on 28 January 2019. He is serving as an Independent Director of ACI Formulations Limited from October 2018. Mr. Chowdhury obtained his Bachelor of Arts with Honors in History and Master of Arts (1st Class) from Dhaka University. He also attended Certificate of Participation in an acceptable program of special study in Political Science, Public Administration in the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Mr. Chowdhury, a CSP, served as an Adviser to the Care Taker Government of Bangladesh in 2001 and was in charge of five Ministries. He was the Executive Director of BRAC from 2000 to 2006. Prior to that, he spent more than three decades in the civil service of Bangladesh and was the Secretary to the Government from 1994 to 2000 holding charge of various ministries. He served as the Chairman of NBR, Managing Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines and Executive Director of Jamuna Multipurpose Bridge Authority, President of National Shooting Federation of Bangladesh, Chairman of SME Foundation and Vice-President of Bangladesh Olympic Association. He was the Chairperson of BRACNet Limited. Currently, he is serving as the CEO of Tiger Tours Limited. Besides, he is an Independent Director of grameenphone and Director of MJL Bangladesh Limited, Omera Petroleum Limited, Omera Fuels Limited, Omera Cylinders Limited, Summit Alliance Port Limited, PEB Steel Alliance Limited and Tiger Tours Limited. He is also a Member of the Governing Body of BRAC University, Sajida Foundation and Bangladesh Youth Enterprise Advice and Help Center (B'Yeah).
Mr. Anisuddin Ahmed Khan Director
Anisuddin Ahmed Khan (Anis A. Khan), a distinguished banker and financial professional of Bangladesh appointed in the Board of ACI in August 2020. In addition to his involvement with Central Counterparty Bangladesh Limited (CCBL), he serves as an Independent Director of Summit Power Limited and a number of its group of companies. He is a Director of ACI Limited, ACI Motors Limited and W&W Grains. He is an Independent Director of Trust Bank Limited, Summit Alliance Port Limited (SAPL) and Ananta Apparels Limited. Khan serves as Vice Chairman of Aspen Capital Solutions LLC, New York, USA. He is Advisor to the Board of Tyser Risk Management Bangladesh Limited (TRMBL), a subsidiary of Tysers UK. He is a member of the Global Advisory Board of 360tf Trade, an international fin-tech company operating in the trade finance space. Khan is a guest faculty at the Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka and also serves as an Adjunct Professor at the School of Business & Entrepreneurship of Independent University Bangladesh (IUB). A Fellow of the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB), he has had 40 years of experience and training in banking and related fields. Khan, after serving Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and its predecessor banks for 21 years, went on to head IDLC Finance Limited, the country's largest (non-banking) financial institution as its CEO & Managing Director. Later, he joined Mutual Trust Bank Limited (MTB) in 2009 as the Managing Director & CEO, and retired in 2019 having served for nearly eleven years in that role. He serves as Chairman of Valor of Bangladesh, Director of MCCI Dhaka, Trustee Board Member of the British Business Group in Bangladesh (BBG) and Senior Vice President of the Bangladesh Cancer Aid Trust (BANCAT). Khan has LL.B. (Honors) and LL.M. (First Class First) degrees, a Diploma in French (First Class) from the University of Dhaka and a Post Graduate Diploma in Personnel Management. He also qualified in the BCS (1982) Examination conducted by the Bangladesh Public Service Commission. He has attended training courses on leadership, corporate governance and strategic management at the University of Cambridge, UK, INSEAD, France, University of California, Berkeley, USA and at the London School of Economics, UK.
Mr. Juned Ahmed Choudhury Director
Mr. Juned Ahmed Choudhury joined the Board as Director on 17 August 2021. He obtained B. A (Hons.) degree in Economics from Dhaka University in 1957 and Master of Public Administration from Karachi University in 1959. He received training on Personnel Management in Public and Private Organizations at the National School of Administration in Paris; and on Industrial Relations at the Institute of Labour Studies in ILO, Geneva. Mr. Choudhury was Director of Shell Oil Company Ltd., and Public Affairs Adviser of Bangladesh Shell Petroleum Development B.V. He was decorated Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the Government of France for his contribution to promotion of better Bangladesh-France relationship in the fields of language and culture. Mr. Juned Ahmed Choudhury served ACI Limited as Independent Director for the period 2012 to 2018 in two consecutive tenures.
Dr. Arif Dowla Managing Director
Dr. Arif Dowla took over the charge of the Managing Director of Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI) Limited in June 2005. Prior to this position, he served the Company as Deputy Managing Director from September 2000. Dr. Dowla is the functional head of the Company who manages the affairs of ACI Group with appropriate delegation of authority and accountability while the chief executives of all strategic business units directly report to him. He has significant contribution in the advancement of Industrial as well as Agricultural sector of the country. His business strategy and various backward and forward linkages have diversified the Group business in manifold resulting ACI a largest turnover based conglomerate in Bangladesh. Dr. Dowla obtained Ph.D in Mathematics from the University of California, USA. He is a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Society of Quantitative Analyst, New York, as well. He has been included in the Forum of Young Global Leader Honorees 2009 by the World Economic Forum. He has been serving as the Honorary Consul of Belgium in Bangladesh since September 2013. Dr. Dowla is the Chairman of Tetley ACI (Bangladesh) Limited, a joint-venture between UK and Bangladesh. He is also the Chairman of ACI CO-RO Bangladesh Ltd., a joint-venture between Denmark and Bangladesh. He is a Director of Mutual Trust Bank Limited and former Chairman of the Bank (2012-2014). He was also the Director of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited from 2002 to 2009. He is a Director of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Besides, Dr. Dowla is the Managing Director of ACI Logistics Limited and Stochastic Logic Limited. He, however, occupies directorship in, ACI Salt Limited, ACI Pure Flour Limited, ACI Motors Limited, ACI Foods Limited, Premiaflex Plastics Limited, ACI Agrolink Limited, ACI HealthCare Limited, ACI Edible Oils Limited, Creative Communication Limited, Consolidated Chemicals Limited, ACI Chemicals Limited, ACI Boitech Limited, INFOLYTX Bangladesh Limited, ACI Marine and Riverine Technologies Limited, ACI AgroChem Limited, ACI Premio Plastics Limited, Dowla Agricultural Development Company Limited, ACI Godrej Agrovet Private Limited and ACI Foundation (a non-profit organization).
