Kazi M Aminul Islam is a retired civil servant and former secretary to the Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed, head of the caretaker government from 2007 to 2008.[1] He was the first chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[2][3] He had the rank of a minister as chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[4]
Islam is the chairman of Meridian Finance & Investment Limited.[5] He is the chairman of the Innovation and Development Associates (iDEA) Foundation.[6]
Early life
editIslam completed one master's in economics at the University of Dhaka and another at Boston University.[7]
Career
editIslam joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1981.[7]
Islam was the chairman of the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation and was appointed member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission.[8]
Islam was the secretary to the Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed, head of the caretaker government from 2007 to 2008.[7][9] He chaired a reception to the Special Olympics Bangladesh in 2008.[10] He briefly served as the secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[11] In 2009, he was appointed an Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank.[7][12]
Islam was the founding chairman of Meridian Finance and Investment Limited.[13] Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Atiur Rahman, launched the company on 20 October 2015.[13]
On 4 September 2016, Islam was appointed the founding chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[5][11] The Authority was created through the merger of the Privatisation Commission and the Board of Investment.[14] He carried out reforms that reduced the cost of business and time to establish a business.[11] He launched a One-stop service at the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[11][15] He oversaw the training under the Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Project of 24 thousand entrepreneurs.[11] He signed an agreement to aid the investment of Mitsubishi.[16] He served as the chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority till 2019.[5] Md. Sirazul Islam replaced him as the chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[17]
References
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- ^ a b c "K. M. Aminul Islam – Meridian Finance & Investment Limited". Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "iDEA || Innovation and Development Associates Foundation". idea-bd.org. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ a b c d "Speaker Biography" (PDF). ASIFMA. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ^ "Chief Adviser Swings Into Action". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Do business without any fear". The Daily Star. 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "CA calls for bigger efforts for welfare of the disabled". The Daily Star. 2008-05-18. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ a b c d e "First BIDA Executive Chairman Kazi Aminul Islam, who oversees massive reforms, retires". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Kazi Amin to steer Bangladesh's foreign investment bid". Bdnews24.com. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ a b "New NBFI enters market". The Daily Star. 2015-10-20. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Massive policy reforms a must to attract foreign investors". The Daily Star. 2019-09-04. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "BIDA opens online one-stop service for investors". The Financial Express. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Mitsubishi to invest $100m to assemble cars in Bangladesh". The Daily Star. 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2024-11-04.
- ^ "Sirazul appointed as BIDA executive chairman". The Daily Star. 2019-08-27. Retrieved 2024-11-04.