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The CPD was established by a Deed of Trust on 16 November 1993 by nine settlers who became the founding members of the Board of Trustees of the CPD. Subsequently the Trustees invited Professor M Yunus, Managing Director, Grameen Bank Ltd., Mr Fakhruddin Ahmed, Director, BILIA and former Foreign Secretary and former Finance Minister Mr M Syeduzzaman, to become members of the Board of Trustees and all of them agreed to serve as members of the Board of Trustees. |
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Professor Rehman Sobhan
Chairman, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Former Member, Advisory Council of the Caretaker Government (1991), and former Director General Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). |
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Mr Syed Humayun Kabir
Treasurer, Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD)
Chairman, Renata Ltd. and former President, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, former Chairman, Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) |
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Mr Quazi Faruque Ahmed
Executive Director, Proshika Manobik Unnayan Kendra and President, Association of Development Agencies of Bangladesh (ADAB) |
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Ms Khushi Kabir
Coordinator, Nijera Kori and former President, Association of Development Agencies of Bangladesh (ADAB) |
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Mr M Syeduzzaman
Chairman, Bank Asia, former Finance Secretary and former Minister for Finance, Government of Bangladesh |
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Professor Mohammad Yunus
Managing Director, Grameen Bank Ltd and former Member, Advisory Council of the Caretaker Government (1996) |
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Mr Nurul Haq
Former Director (Dialogue & Administration), CPD and former Member, Bangladesh Planning Commission |
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Mr Syed Manzur Elahi
Founder Chairman, Apex Tannery, Pioneer Insurance Co. Ltd., Grey Advertising Bangladesh Ltd., Mutual Trust Bank Ltd. and Chairman, Holiday Publications Ltd. |
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Ms Laila Rahman Kabir
Member of " The Association of Tea Planters of Bangladesh", former President, Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and former President, Bangladesh Employers Association. |
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Professor Anisuzzaman
Professor, Department of Bengali, University of Dhaka, and former President, Bangla Academy |
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Dr Debapriya Bhattacharya
Member-Secretary, Board of Trustees
Executive Director, Centre for Policy Dialogue, and former Senior Research Fellow, Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) |
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