Venture capital assoc gets new office bearers

Shameem Ahsan, partner of Pegasus Tech Ventures, has been re-elected as the president of the Venture Capital & Private Equity Association of Bangladesh (VCPEAB) for a two-year term.

Zia U Ahmed, chairman of VIPB Asset Management Company Ltd, has been elected senior vice-president while Asif Mahmood, managing director of SEAF Bangladesh Ventures LLC, and Shafique-Ul-Azam, managing director of BD Venture Ltd, as vice-presidents, a press release said.

Aftab Ul Islam, board director of Bangladesh Bank, announced the newly elected executive committee for 2022-2024 as the chairman of the election commission at the Start-up Bangladesh Ltd office in Gulshan Dhaka yesterday. 

Shawkat Hossain, managing director of Velocity Asia Ltd, Sonia Bashir Kabir, managing director of SBK Tech Venture, Tanveer Ali, chief investment officer of Constellation Asset Management Company Ltd, KH Asadul Islam, managing director of Alliance Capital Asset Management Ltd, and Javed Noor, general manager of IDLC Asset Management Ltd, have also been elected in the new committee.