Latifur Rahman, vice-president of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Bangladesh and chairperson of Transcom Group has been unanimously elected as a member of the executive board of the Paris-based ICC for a three-year term from July 2014.
Global ICC, an organisation of businesses, announced the new members of its executive body at its 202nd council held in Geneva on June 27.
Latifur Rahman has served in many important national bodies with various capacities. He was the president of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Dhaka (MCCI) for several terms, president of Bangladesh Employers’ Federation (BEF) for two terms and executive committee member of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FBBCI), Bangladesh Jute Mills Association and Bangladesh Tea Association.
In 2012, Rahman was awarded “Oslo Business for Peace Award” by the Business for Peace Foundation, Oslo and Business Executive of the Year 2001 by the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh.
