Anita Ghazi Rahman

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman is a director of bKash Limited, nominated by BRAC Bank Limited. She was appointed as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank Limited in February 2022.She is an Independent Director of Chittagong Stock Exchange and Lightcastle Partners. She is a member of the National Advisory Board for Impact Investment in Bangladesh and also a member of the Investment Committee in Startup Bangladesh Ltd, the flagship venture capital fund of the ICT Ministry of Bangladesh.She has experience in the corporate legal sector and heads the litigation practice of her law firm called The Legal Circle. She provides corporate and transactional advice for business formation, employment, financing, IP, services and procurement contracts, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions, and other business restructurings.Apart from this, Ms. Anita also mentors national and international incubator and accelerator programmes. Anita frequently mentors for BetterStories, Founders’ Institute, GP Accelerator, LightCastle Center for Advanced Learning, Seedstars, Startup Dhaka, YGAP, and BYLC Ventures, among others. She is a sponsor-member of Bangladesh Angels Network (BAN).She obtained her LL.B. (Hons) degree from University College London (UCL) in 2002 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn in July 2003. Ms. Anita qualified as an Advocate in Bangladesh in 2004, as Advocate of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2006, and as Advocate of the Apex Court, the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2018.