Rumee A Hossain appointed Biman chairman

Rumee A Hossain, sponsor director and chairman of the board executive committee of Bank Asia, has been appointed as the new chairman of Biman Bangladesh Airlines.

The appointment was made through a gazette notification issued by the Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry today.

In addition, four individuals from financial institutions have been included in the board.

The directors are: Finance Division Secretary Md Khairuzzaman Mozumder; Civil Aviation and Tourism Ministry Secretary Fahmida Akhter; Assistant Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Javed Tanveer Khan; Bangladesh Army’s Engineer-in-Chief Maj Gen Md Hasan Uz Zaman; BNP International Affairs Secretary Barrister Nasir Uddin Ahmed Asim; Policy Exchange Bangladesh Chairman and CEO M Masrur Reaz; United Commercial Bank Chairman Sharif Zahir; DBL Group Vice Chairman Mohammad Abdur Rahim; Institute of Cost and Management Accountants (ICMAB) Additional Managing Director Md Mamunur Rashid; Barrister Khairul Alam Chowdhury; Dhaka University Marketing Department Professor Abu Naser Ahmed Ishtiaq; and Biman Bangladesh Airlines Managing Director and CEO Kaiser Sohel Ahmed (ex-officio).

The chairman’s post of Biman had remained vacant for around two months following the resignation of former interim government adviser Sk Bashir Uddin.