Latifur Rahman (businessman)
Latifur Rahman | |
|---|---|
লতিফুর রহমান | |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Occupation(s) | industrialist, chairman of Transcom Group |
| Spouse | Shahnaz Rahman |
Latifur Rahman is a Bangladeshi industrialist. He serves as the Chairman of Transcom Group.[1]
Career
Rahman started his career as a trainee in 1966 in his family-owned jute mills in Chandpur District. He worked as an executive in the mills until 1971.[2] In the 1980s, Rahman became the sole importer and distributor of Nestlé products in Bangladesh. In the 1990s, he bought Smith, Kline & French, a US-based pharmaceutical which had merged into Beecham Group, a British company, and renamed it Eskayef.[3]
Rahman was elected a member of the executive board of the Paris-based International Chamber of Commerce for a three-year term in July 2014.[4]
Rahman serves as the Chairman of the following companies.[1]
Awards
- Oslo Business for Peace Award by Business for Peace Foundation (2012)[5][6]
- Business Executive of the Year by American Chamber of Commerce Bangladesh (2001)[1]
Personal life
Rahman is married to Shahnaz Rahman. Together they have two daughters Simeen Hossain, managing director of Eskayef Bangladesh Limited, Transcom Consumer Products Limited as well as Transcom Distribution Limited; and Shahzreh Huq, and a son, Arshed Waliur Rahman.[7] Another daughter, Shazneen Rahman, was killed at their home in Gulshan, Dhaka in 1998.[8][9] Simeen's youngest son, Faraaz Ayaaz Hossain, was killed in the 2016 Gulshan attack.[9][10]
References
- ^ a b c "Latifur Rahman". Bloomberg. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
- ^ Hossain, Ahmede (May 25, 2012). "DOING BUSINESS ETHICALLY". The Daily Star. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Transcom chief dreams big". The Daily Star. June 12, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "New role for Latifur". June 30, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "2012 Honourees". Business for Peace Foundation. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Latifur wins Business for Peace Award". The Daily Star. April 18, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Latifur's banking docs sent to intel agency". Bangladesh News. January 11, 2008. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Shazneen's 16th anniversary of death today". The Daily Star. April 23, 2014. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ a b Anam, Shaheen (July 5, 2016). "A nightmare recurs". The Daily Star. Retrieved July 13, 2016.
- ^ "Latifur Rahman's grandson killed". The Daily Star. July 3, 2016. Retrieved July 13, 2016.