Ardashir Kabir has been re-elected as the President and Tahmid Ahmed has been elected as the new Vice-President of Bangladesh Employers’ Federation (BEF) for the term 2023-2025.
Ardashir Kabir has been a leading entrepreneur involved in various business sectors in Bangladesh for the last 37 years.
He is the Managing Director of Sathgao Tea Estate, Director of Kedarpur Tea Co. Limited, the former Chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Association (Bangladeshiyo Cha Sangsad), and a former Director of the Bangladesh Tea Board.
He also has a strong foothold in Print Media as a Director and Executive Editor of the daily Sangbad. He is the Managing Director of Laboni Corporation Limited, a company involved in elevators and escalators business.
He is the Managing Director of Ironside that deals with metal trading from ship breaking, also the Managing Director of Sathgao Agro Farms.
Tahmid Ahmed is the Director of the Bengal Glass Works Limited. He is engaged in (glass products) manufacturing business for nearly 45 years. He has previously served as a Committee Member of BEF for several years.
He had his early education in Dhaka and later attended schools in England and Scotland. Ahmed got admitted in the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka and completed his MBA in 1979 majoring in Marketing.