Board of Directors

Syed Manzur Elahi

• Chairman

Syed Manzur Elahi is the Founding Chairman of Apex Investments Ltd. (AIL). He began his career as a professional with a leading multinational company and then became an entrepreneur in the early post-liberation days. Mr. Elahi is a prominent businessman of the country and is the Chairman of Apex Group, a leading business organization of the country. Throughout his illustrious career, he has made significant contributions to the founding and development of various industrial and business enterprises including bank. He is the Chairman of Apex Tannery Ltd., Apex Adelchi Footwear Ltd., Apex Pharma Ltd., Blue Ocean Footwear Ltd., Apex Enterprise Ltd., Mutual Trust Bank Ltd., Grey Advertising (Bangladesh) Ltd., Quantum Market Research, Manusher Jonno Foundation, the Holidy Publications and Central Depository Bangladesh Ltd. (CDBL). He is also the Director of the Financial Express, Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh Ltd. (CRAB) and East West University.

Mr. Elahi is the former Chairman of Bangladesh Association of Banks, and has served as a Director on the Boards of Bangladesh Bank, Sonali Bank, and Bangladesh Krishi Bank. He has served as President of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI) and as Vice Chairman of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies. Mr. Elahi was the Chairman of the East West University Foundation. He has also served as a Director of the Export Promotion Bureau, Bangladesh. Besides being an eminent industrialist, Mr. Elahi was also appointed Adviser to the Caretaker Government of Bangladesh, twice (1996 & 2001), for his leadership qualities, professionalism and non-partisanship.

Syed Nasim Manzur

• Director

Syed Nasim Manzur has completed his BSC in Economics in entrepreneurial management from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1990 he returned to Bangladesh to join the project team of Apex Footwear Ltd, the first export oriented leather shoe factory in Bangladesh. Mr. Manzur is now serving as the Managing Director of this company, which is a publicly traded company and the largest footwear exporter employing over 7,500 people and with revenues of over USD 130 million in 2011. Apex footwear is also the fastest growing footwear retailer in Bangladesh.

Manzur currently serves as the Vice President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (MCCI), the oldest business chamber in Bangladesh, and as a Director of Pioneer Insurance Ltd, a leading general insurance company. He is a trustee for the Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art, a member of United World College Society & the SuperBrands Advisory Council and also associated with a mass literacy programme called GanoshikhyaAndolon. He was selected from Bangladesh to join the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit, Kuala Lumpur in November, 2009. More recently Mr. Manzur was a guest faculty teaching International Business in the BBA programme during Fall 2009 Semester at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Dhaka University, the premier business school in Bangladesh.

Sameer Ahmad

• Director

Sameer Ahmad is a versatile investment banker with over 14 years of experience encompassing the geographic areas of Europe, Middle East, Emerging Africa and South and South East Asia. Sameer started his career in Kidder Peabody, subsequently UBS in the emerging markets team in London. He then moved to Global Emerging Markets, a boutique investment bank concentrating on emerging markets based out of London. Subsequently he moved to Bangladesh and was responsible for establishing the structured finance unit of Industrial and Infrastructure Development Finance Company Limited. Most recently, prior to establishing RSA he was the consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers for restructuring Agrani Bank one of the largest state owned bank’s in Bangladesh.

Sameer has established himself as one of the leading structured finance banker’s in Bangladesh by launching the first ever zero coupon bond in the Bangladesh market, the first step down syndicated loan facility, the first ever unsecured international term loan facility for a micro finance institution and of course the world’s first micro credit securitization, the first ever variable rate subordinated domestic convertible bond as Tier 2 Capital with international participation in the Bangladesh market.

Abdul Momen Bhuiyan

• Director

Abdul Momen Bhuiyan, is the Deputy Managing Director of Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited, He is also director of Blue Ocean Footwear Limited a 100% export oriented shoe manufacturing and Apex Investments Ltd. He has completed his MBA from IBA, Dhaka University.

Mr. Bhuiyan has a long career of above 20 years in manufacturing industriues. Mr. Bhuiyan is the life member of IBA Alumuni Association, Dhaka University Chittagong University Ex-Student Association, Chittagong Muslim High Scool Ex-Student Association.

Mr. Bhuiyan attended several workshops on home and abroad.

Dilip Kajuri

• Director

Mr. Dilip Kajuri, is the Financial Controller Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited, He is also director of Blue Ocean Footwear Limited and Apex Investments Ltd. He has completed his MCOM from National University and completed his CA intermediate from Rahman Rahman Huq (KPMG).

Mr. Dilip Kajuri has a long career of above 20 years in manufacturing and service industries.

Mr. Kajuri attended several workshops on home and abroad.