Speakers at a summit opined that leadership as well as strong and ethical governance and management practices is the key to help organisations navigate in an increasingly complex business world to achieve better performance.Though there has been significant improvement in service models, outsourcing, and technologies in business, they have also created challenges and disruptions, they added. They were discussing as a Finance Summit organized by Lighthouse Bangladesh in association with Eastern Bank Ltd ( EBL) at The Westin Dhaka on Saturday. Panelists of the Summit also took part in discussion on topics like financial innovation, industrialization and sustainability, capital market and opportunity, financial inclusion and sustainable development goals, corporate governance and financial sector. According to discussants, the country’s financial sector has changed considerably over the past decade and has witnessed significant growth in many aspects. The summit shed light on four components – Opportunities, Challenges, Achievements and Excellence. Financial intelligence and capacity according to the discussants is the foremost capability for any leader. The summit also analyzed the opportunities and challenges that were taken into consideration by the leaders in the sector to achieve success. This summit would help take the economy forward by giving decision-makers, professionals, aspirants of the wealth management and investment industry and entrepreneurs an access to new ideas, solutions and innovations, organisers opined. The summit offered a view of the industry, predictions and insights to help participants in forming their future strategies. Business leaders, corporate personalities, international experts in the field of economics, finance, investment strategy, product development, wealth management and IT attended the Summit among others. Keynote papers were presented on the topic Emerging Bangladesh and Branding Bangladesh by K A M Majedur Rahman, Managing Director; Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE); Nuzhat Anwar, Senior Country Officer – Bangladesh, International Finance Corporation (IFC) and Shaffat Ohid, Co-Founder and MD- Digital Tree Bangladesh. Mamun Rashid, Managing Partner, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) moderated the summit. Among others, Ali Reza Iftekhar, MD and CEO, Eastern Bank Ltd; Naser Ezaz, CEO, Standard Chartered Bank; Syed Mahbubur Rahman, MD and CEO, Dhaka Bank; Faruq Mainuddin Ahmed, MD and CEO, Trust Bank Ltd; Mominul Islam, MD and CEO, IPDC Finance; Mahtab Uddin Ahmed, MD and CEO, Robi; Imram Rahman, Dean, School of Business, ULAB; Tina Jabeen, Ministry of ICT; Maliha M Quadir, Founder and MD, Shohoz; Muhammad Abdul Momen, Director, BGMEA and Professor, Finance, IBA, University of Dhaka spoke on the occasion.
