Muntakim Ashraf

Md. Muntakim Ashraf is a well established business leader and an outstanding entrepreneur who has taken his business in Bangladesh to the higher level of success. A business graduate from the University of Glasgow (UK), Md. Muntakim Ashraf has pushed forward his dreams of doing responsible business and is presently the Managing Director of a number of companies namely The Chandina Framland & Cold Storage Ltd., Hotel Blue Bangladesh Ltd., Creative Homes Ltd. and Vantage enterprise. He is the Chairman of Bengal Dredging & Construction Ltd. at present. He is also Director of Metro Shopping Mall, Orchid Plaza, Metro Homes Ltd. and a host of other organizations.

He is a renowned and well respected figure in the business community and is the Director of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex trade body of Bangladesh. He is Vice-Chairperson of SAARC Young Entrepreneurs Forum (SYEF) (Bangladesh Chapter) and as Executive Committee member of the SAARC CCI, he has been working with other SAARC country's business leaders with a view to creating an ideal environment for trade and investment through infrastructure development and a preferential trade framework within South Asia.

He has extensively travelled to participate at various international forums, symposiums and fair around the world including the United Nations General Assembly in the years 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. Being a member of Bangladesh Business Delegation and an entourage of the Hon'ble Prime Minister of Bangladesh, Muntakim Ashraf visited various countries such as Netherlands, USA, Singapore, Sweden, Cambodia, Japan, Hungary, India, Italy, Indonesia, Brunei and KSA. At the international level, his focus is to represent the business and economic success of Bangladesh and look for possible joint venture agreements to make the best of Bangladesh's potential and expertise of the international business partners.

He is the only son of professor Md. Ali Ashraf, M.P. and former Deputy Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament. Dr. Shaheen Sultana is life partner of Mr. Muntakim Ashraf. They are blessed with two sons.