Mr. A.Q.I. Chowdhury, OBE
Mr. A.Q.I. Chowdhury, OBE
Vice President
The Board of Directors of Chittagong Stock Exchange Ltd. in its meeting held
on 15th November, 2007 re elected Mr. A.Q.I. Chowdhury as Vice President of
Chittagong Stock Exchange for the year 2008. He was the founder Director of
CSE from the year 1995-1998. Mr. Chowdhury is the Chairman of a leading CSE
Member Firm named “Royal Capital Ltd.” His brokerage firm is actively participated
in share trading in CSE.
With an Air Force life background Mr. A.Q.I. Chowdhury, OBE joined James Finlay
Limited in 1969 – a multinational Company operating for over one hundred years
in Bangladesh – as a Covenant Staff in management role in the tea gardens. In
1977 he was promoted to the Corporate Office in Chittagong whereafter in 1981
he took over as No. 1 of the Tea Estate Department – the first Bengali to assume
this responsibility. He became the Chief Executive of the branch operation of
James Finlay in 1993 and held this position till 2004. Mr. Chowdhury is now
the Chief Executive of JF (Bangladesh) Limited - a successor Company to Finlay.
In his wide professional affiliations he was on various Government Consultative
Committees, namely, Export & Import Committee, Bangladesh Tea Board, Tripartite
Labour Consultative Committee, Wage Board for plantation Sector, Standardization
Committee, Project Appraisal Committee for Tea Sector under planning Ministry,
Bangladesh Employers Federation.
He represented as member in various Government and Trade Delegation in different
countries.
He also served ILO as Vice Chairman, Plantation Sector and he was a representative
from South East Region on ILO Enterprise programme.
Mr. Chowdhury is associated with various Chamber & Trade Bodies. He was
Chairman of Bangladesh Tea Association (BCS). Mr. Chowdhury has been honoured
and awarded with the British OBE title by Her Majesty the Queen of England for
his outstanding contribution to the field of trade & commerce as a top Business
Executive.