M. Hafizuddin Khan elected Chairman of TI-Bangladesh

Abdullah Abu Sayeed as Secretary General, and Sultana Kamal as Treasurer

Mr. M. Hafizuddin Khan, former adviser to the Caretaker Government and Comptroller and Auditor General, has been elected Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) with effect from June 1, 2009. Mr. Khan has taken over from Prof Muzaffer Ahmad, whose three years tenure as Chairman of the Board of Trustees ended on May 31, 2009. Mr. Khan joined the Board in December 2004 and has been the Treasurer since May 2006.

In the Annual General Meeting of the Board held yesterday Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed, Chairman of the Bishwa Shahitya Kendra was also elected as Secretary General. Advocate Sultana Kamal, former adviser to the Caretaker Government has been elected as Treasurer. Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed joined the Board in August 2006 while Sultana Kamal joined in February 2005.

Prof Abdullah Abu Sayeed took over as Secretary General from Mr. Mahfuz Anam and Ms Sultana Kamal as Treasurer from M. Hafizuddin Khan, who finished their respective term of 3 years on May 31, 2009.

The new office-bearers and other members of the Board thanked Prof Muzaffer Ahmad and other outgoing office-bearers for their invaluable contribution to the work of TIB. They expressed their deepest gratitude particularly to Prof Muzaffer Ahmad for the courage and commitment with which he provided leadership to the social movement against corruption in Bangladesh and to the work of the Board of TIB.