Taskeen Ahmed, vice chairman of IFAD Group, has been elected as the president of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DCCI) for 2025. 

Besides, Razeev H Chowdhury has been elected as the senior vice president and Md Salem Sulaiman as the vice president for the same term, according to a press release issued today. 

The new board of directors took charge at the chamber's 63rd annual general meeting held today at the Chamber's auditorium in the capital's Motijheel area.

The newly elected directors for the 2025-2027 term are Enamul Haque Patwary, Mostafa Kamal, Minhaj Ahmed, Muhammad Zamsher Ali, Rasheed Mymunul Islam and Salman Bin Rashid Shah Sayeem.

The newly elected DCCI president, Taskeen Ahmed, joined his family business IFAD Group in 1999, one of the largest and renowned conglomerates in Bangladesh engaged in operations across various industries like automotive, food processing and consumer goods sector.

In his 25-year career, he led several business units in IFAD Group.

Newly elected senior vice president, Razeev H Chowdhury, is the managing director of Defense Dynamics Enterprise Limited, Arco Cold Storage Limited, Watches World Limited, Microsec International Limited and Independent Director of GSP Investment Limited.

His ventures are actively engaged in trading, retail, government and defense indenting, cold storage, IT and software development sectors.

Newly elected vice president, Md Salem Sulaiman, is the managing director of Massons Polymer Corporation, Lalbagh Metal Industries Limited, Champion & Massons Limited and Proprietor of SSamsons Corporation. 

His businesses are involved in indenting and sourcing international procurement, imports and distribution of variety of chemicals especially petrochemicals, rubber chemicals, food products, metal industries and domestic trading.