Position: Managing Director
Organization: A.K. Khan & Co. Ltd
Country: Bangladesh
Salahuddin Kasem Khan is the Managing Director of A.K. Khan & Co. Ltd.; Chairman of Coats (Bangladesh) Ltd. a joint venture with Coats U.K, Chairman A.K. Khan Jute Mills and Director of Bengal Fisheries Ltd., joint ventures with Nichiro & Maruha of Japan. Vice Chairman of AK Khan Penfabric Company Ltd., a JV with Penfabric of Malaysia, and subsidiary of Toray, Japan. Former Chairman of AKTEL, Bangladesh.
Mr. Khan is third son of pioneer industrialist of Bangladesh, Late A.K. Khan, who was the Member of Parliament from 1947-1962, Former Federal Minister of Government of Pakistan (1958 -1962). He did his schooling from Aitchison College, Lahore, 1964, graduated from the University of Punjab in 1968 and did post graduate legal studies in London (1969-1972).
Mr. Khan was appointed as Honorary Consul General of the Republic of Turkey, Chittagong by the President of Turkey in 1984. Chairman of the First Bangladesh-Malaysia Business Forum, 2004, held in Dhaka, with the participation of former Prime Minister of Malaysia, H.E. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, as key note speaker. IP President of Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce & Industry (BMCCI).
Former Chairman of Bangladesh Textile Mills Association, BTMA. Founder- Director of the Chittagong Stock Exchange; Member, National Council for Industrial Development (NCID) headed by the President (1980-90); Member, Task Force on Industrial Policy, Ministry of Planning, GOB (1990); Former Chairman of UCEP-Bangladesh Board of Governors and present Chairman, UCEP Chittagong Advisory Council. Chairman, Chittagong Skills Development Centre (CSDC). Co-Chairman of the EC National Skills Development Council (NSDC), Member NSDC headed by the Prime Minister.
Mr. Khan holds a longstanding commitment to the gradual realization of the IFTA and an Islamic Common Market. The formation of SEACO (South-East Asian Co-operation), under OIC Frame Work, which was endorsed by the 10th Islamic Summit ,Qatar,2000 Chairman of the private sector SEACO TASK FORCE, BANGLADESH and Executive Chairman of the SEACO Foundation. Member of the International Advisory Panel of the World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) Foundation, KL whose patron is the Prime Minister of Malaysia.