Parveen Mahmud is a Bangladeshi businesswoman and social worker. She is the chairperson of the Underprivileged Children Education Program.[1] She is a member of the governing body of the Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation. She is a trustee of Transparency International Bangladesh.[2] She is an independent director of Marico Bangladesh.[3]
Career
Mahmud was the managing director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation from 2004 to 2006.[4][5][6]
Mahmud was awarded the Begum Rokeya award in 2006.[7] In December 2007, she was re-elected to the board of directors of MIDAS Financing Limited.[8] She was the acting chairperson of the Acid Survivors Foundation in May 2009.[9] She was the vice-chairperson of the Underprivileged Children Education Program in 2010.[10] She was the chairman of the Acid Survivors Foundation in 2010.[11]
Mahmud was the first woman to be elected president of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh in 2011.[12][13] Mahmud was the founding managing director of Grameen Telecom Trust.[4][14] She is a director of Centre for Policy Dialogue and Manusher Jonnyo Foundation.[15] She is a director of Linde Bangladesh.[16]
In December 2018, Mahmud was elected chairman of the Underprivileged Children Education Program.[17] She is the chairperson of Shasha Denims Limited.[18] In February 2018, she announced plans to buy a 40 per cent stake in EOS Textile Limited.[18] Mahmud, then chairperson of MIDAS Financing Limited,[19] was made a trustee of Transparency International Bangladesh in June.[20] Mahmud was awarded the Anannya Top Ten Awards in 2018.[21]
In May 2019, Mahmud was appointed an independent director of Berger Paints Bangladesh.[7] On 15 April 2019, she left the post of the managing director of Grameen Telecom Trust.[22] Mahmud, managing director of Shasha Garments, announced plans to invest five million USD in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone.[23] In March 2023, she was elected chairman of the board of trustees of RDRS Bangladesh.[24] Mahmud joined the board of directors of MIDAS Financing Limited in April 2023.[25] She is an executive member of Friendship (NGO).[26]
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