IFAD Group vice-chairman Taskeen Ahmed has been elected president of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce & Industry for the 2025 term.

In addition, Razeev H Chowdhury has been appointed senior vice-president and Md Salem Sulaiman elected as vice-president for the same term.

The new board of directors officially took charge at the 63rd Annual General Meeting the Chamber, held on Sunday at the DCCI Auditorium in the city.

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

The newly elected president Taskeen Ahmed s previously served as President of the India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry, senior vice-president of the Bangladesh Automobile Assemblers and Manufacturers Association and director of DCCI.

The newly elected senior vice-president Razeev H Chowdhury is the managing director of multiple companies including Defense Dynamics Enterprise Limited, Arco Cold Storage Limited, Watches World Limited, Microsec International Limited, and an independent director of GSP Investment Limited.

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