MetroNet CEO Almas Kabir elected BASIS President

MetroNet Bangladesh Limited CEO Syed Almas Kabir has been elected President of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services or BASIS.

Staff Correspondentbdnews24.com
Published : 2 April 2018, 03:23 PM
Updated : 2 April 2018, 03:23 PM

Farhana A Rahman, Chairperson and CEO, UY Systems Limited, was elected senior vice-president in the voting by the newly elected members of the BASIS executive committee on Monday.

Shoeb Ahmed Masud, Director, Business Automation Limited, and Mushfiqur Rahman, Managing Partner, Spectrum Software and Consulting Limited, were elected vice-presidents of BASIS for administration and finance, respectively.

All three are members of the panel led by Kabir that swept the elections, securing six of nine seats in the executive committee for the 2018-2020 term, on Saturday.

Kabir had already been working as president of the organisation following the resignation of Mustafa Jabbar after he was made telecoms and IT minister in January.

Flora Telecom Limited Managing Director Mustafa Rafiqul Islam Duke and Dohatec New Media Chairman Luna Shamsuddoha led the two other panels and they both secured their own seats in the executive committee.

Ajkerdeal.com’s AKM Fahim Masrhoor was elected associate member.

The other elected members of the BASIS executive committee from Kabir’s panel are Didarul Alam, Managing Director, Shooting Star Limited, and Tamzid Siddiq Spondon, Managing Director, Zanala Bangladesh Limited.