Ms.Sheela R.Rahman is a lawyer with experience in practising and working in Bangladesh since 1990 mainly in the areas of commercial, corporate finance, foreign investment and banking laws. She was in-house legal counsel for a project finance company and a foreign bank, and lead a law office, Maxima.Legal. Since 2020, she is Director Legal & Compliance in BRAC, a large civil society organisation in Bangladesh. Ms.Sheela was a consultant with International Finance Corporation (IFC) for corporate governance advisory services in the South Asia. She worked with corporate boards, SMEs, family owned businesses, financial institutions, institutes and regulators, and experienced in corporate governance assessments, board evaluations, and generally strengthening corporate governance practices. She co-authored a comparison of corporate governance laws in South Asia and a code of corporate governance published by the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute. Ms.Sheela holds an LL.M. degree from University College London, and was called as a barrister-at-law from Lincoln’s Inn. She is an Advocate, Appellate Division, Supreme Court of Bangladesh.

Ashish Goupal currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer for International Business at Marico Limited. In this role, he oversees the company’s international operations across multiple geographies, including Bangladesh, South-East Asia, the Middle East & North Africa (MENA), South Africa and Exports Markets. Within the Marico Group, he plays a pivotal role as a member of the Executive Committee and serves on the Board of Marico Bangladesh (MBL).

His journey with Marico began in 2006 when he joined Marico India as Area Sales Manager. Over the years, Ashish consistently demonstrated outstanding leadership and was subsequently appointed as the Managing Director of Marico Bangladesh Limited (MBL) in July 2018. Under his leadership MBL with listings on the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges since 2009. has rapidly emerged as one of the most dynamic and fast-growing FMCG companies in Bangladesh. In February 2022, Ashish assumed the role of COO for the Middle East & North Africa (MENA) business, as well as New Country Development (NCD) business, in addition to his responsibilities in Bangladesh. In October 2023, Ashish assumed role of CEO International Business and will be responsible for driving Marico’s business and people growth journey in international markets.

Throughout his impressive 18+ years at Marico, Ashish excelled and delivered remarkable results in various domains, including Revenue Management, Brand Management, New Product Development, Trade Marketing, Shopper Marketing, and Demand Planning. He has successfully introduced new brands and spearheaded transformative initiatives in areas such as Business Transformation, Talent value proposition, Governance & Sustainability, and Cost Management.

Under Ashish's leadership, Marico Bangladesh achieved the significant milestone of crossing the 1000 Crores business mark. The company also earned numerous industry accolades for its outstanding brands, exemplary corporate governance, and contributions to corporate social responsibility in Bangladesh.

He holds a degree from the Jamanalal Bajaj Institute of Management Studies and started his career as a management trainee with the global consumer durable leader, Samsung, in 2004.

Beyond his commitments at Marico, Ashish has held positions on the boards of prominent organizations, including the American School of Dhaka, FICCI Bangladesh, and the Indo-Bangla Chamber of Commerce, further exemplifying his dedication to community and industry involvement.

Pawan is a Chartered Accountant (2000), and a B.Com (Hons) Graduate (1999) from St. Xavier’s college, Calcutta. Pawan has about 2 decades of leadership experience across various finance verticals like Financial Planning & Analysis, Corporate Finance, Treasury, Investor Relations, Taxation & Commercial functions in the FMCG domain.

He joined Marico in 2004 as Regional Operations Manager for South Sales Division in Hyderabad. He has spent over 16 years with Marico and contributed in areas of Business Finance, Strategy Business planning, Cost optimisation, International Business operations, setting up Internal Control architecture, Business Process Transformation and major Taxation transition. Prior to Marico, he worked with Eveready Industries (I) limited for 4 years in Internal Audit and Sales Commercial functions across many locations.

In his 20 years of long career, he has had successful stints in areas of Business Finance and Corporate Finance. Backed by strong leadership skills and experience of managing diverse people, he has managed operations comprising both scale & complexity and has driven transformational change agenda for the organisation.

Ms. Parveen Mahmud is a chartered accountant by qualification and has an illustrious career as a finance professional. She is the Council member and Past President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB). In her diversified professional career, Ms. Mahmud worked in the development sector and was a practicing chartered accountant.

Ms. Mahmud started her career with BRAC, and was the Deputy Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). She was a partner of ACNABIN, Chartered Accountants. She was the first female President of ICAB for the year 2011 and also the first female Board member in the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), the apex accounting professional body of the SAARC. She is the Chairperson, CA Female Forum, ICAB. She was the member of National Advisory Panel for SME Development of Bangladesh and founding Board member of SME Foundation and Convener, SME Women’s Forum.

Ms. Mahmud is also a member of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Bangladesh. She is the Managing Director of Grameen Telecom Trust. She received “Women at Work-2017” Award from BASIS and “Women of Inspiration Awards”-2017 from the BOLD Bangladesh. She was awarded Begum Rokeya Shining Personality Award 2006 for women’s empowerment by the Narikantha Foundation, Bangladesh.

Zakir Ahmed Khan is a celebrated bureaucrat with an illustrious career as former Finance Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh. Zakir Ahmed Khan did his MA in Economics from the University of Dhaka and MBA from Vrije University, Brussels, Belgium. He also studied Development Economics and Development Administration at the Colorado State University as a Hubert Humphrey Fellow. Before joining the Pakistan Audit and Accounts Service in 1970 he served briefly as a Research Associate in the Bureau of Economic Research and as a Lecturer in Economics, University of Dhaka. He also served as a part time Lecturer in the Department of Finance, University of Dhaka.

During his 46 years of service, Mr. Khan held various senior level positions in the Ministries of Finance, Commerce, Establishment, Energy, Civil Aviation and Tourism, Cabinet Division and Bangladesh Audit and Accounts Department. He served as Finance Secretary and Secretary, Internal Resources Division and Chairman, National Board of Revenue for five years. Prior to his retirement in early 2009, he served as Alternate Executive Director, World Bank representing Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Srilanka.