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> Seminar on Corporate Governance for the DCCI Members
>Workshops on NGO Governance Principles for the Partner Organizations of PKSF
> Corporate Governance Awareness Workshop in Maldives
>South Asian Conference on Corporate Governance
>Workshop on NGO Governance Principles for the Partner Organizations of Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF)
>Workshop on Corporate Governance in Bangladesh: How to go about institutionally?
>Focus Group Discussion on NGO Governance
>Roundtable Discussion on Duties and Liabilities of the Board of NGOs
>Corporate Governance Week, 2008
>Seminar on Corporate Governance Strategy for the Chairmen of the Financial Institutions of Bangladesh
>Seminar on Best Practice on Director Information System: What the director needs to know
>Capacity Building Programme on Improving the Performance of the SOE’s Boards in Bangladesh
>Capacity Building Programme for the Senior Officials of the Regulatory Bodies of Bangladesh
>Capacity Building Programme on Succession Planning for Long Term Competitiveness of Private Sectors of Bangladesh
>Closing of the Corporate Governance Week, 2008 and Prize Giving Ceremony of the Essay Competition on Corporate Governance
>Training of Trainers programme on NGO Governance
>The Royal Netherlands Ambassador visits BEI

BEI organized a two-day South Asian Conference on Corporate Governance in Dhaka, Bangladesh to strengthen corporate governance and share best practices in this region. The conference was held on September 2-3, 2007 at the BEI conference room. Experts from Bangladesh, India and Pakistan attended the conference.

The conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Dr. A.B. Mirza Md. Azizul Islam, Honourable Adviser, Ministries of Finance and Planning, and Commerce, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. Mr. Faruq Ahmad Siddiqi, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission of Bangladesh (SEC), was present at the event as the Special Guest.

Mr. Farooq Sobhan, President, Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI) with the international guests at the South Asian Conference on Corporate Governance

BEI invited international experts from the region to share their experiences, challenges, and successes in implementing and practicing corporate governance in their respective countries. Mr. Naresh Kumar Jain, Secretary and the Chief Executive Officer, Institute of Chartered Secretaries of India and also the secretary of the International Federation of Company Secretaries; Mr. Rama Krishnan, President and CEO, Associated VAT Recovery Inc and also a chartered director of the Institute of Directors, UK; Mr. Asad Ali Shah, Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan as well as an Associate Member of Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Pakistan, Partner, M. Yousuf Adil Saleem & Co. Chartered Accountants, a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu; Ms. Jaweria Haisum, Corporate Governance Specialist, State Bank of Pakistan, were the international speakers from the region. Mr. Arif Zaman, senior advisor to the Commonwealth Business Council on Corporate Governance and South Asia, London, UK also attended the conference.

From Right to Left: Mr. Rama Krishnan, President & CEO, Associated VAT Recovery Inc, India; Mr. Anis A. Khan, CEO & MD, IDLC Finance Limited; Ms. Sheela Rahman, Advocate, Syed Ishtiaq Ahmed & Associates; Dr. Mohammad Farashuddin, Former Governor, Bangladesh Bank; Ms. Jaweria Haisum, Corporate Governance Specialist, State Bank of Pakistan; Mr. Syed Asad Ali Shah, Partner, M. Yousuf Adil Saleem & Co. Chartered Accountants, a member of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, Pakistan.