Shomi Kaiser has been nominated President for the third term and Mohammad Abdul Wahed Tamal has been nominated for the fourth term as the General Secretary of the Executive Committee of e-Commerce Association of Bangladesh, e-CAB.
Among the nine winning candidates, Mohammad Sahab Uddin has been elected as the Vice President, Nasima Akter Nisha as the Joint Secretary and Asif Ahnaf as the Finance Secretary. He is replacing Mohammad Abdul Haq Anu of the present committee. He was the director of the present committee.
Among the nine elected members, Foodpanda Bangladesh co-founder Syeda Ambareen Reza, Paperfly Limited co-founder Shahriar Hasan, Digital Hub Limited proprietor Saidur Rahman and Seba.XYZ founder Md Ilmul Haque Sajib will serve as directors for the next two years.
“We have been by the side of the members and the electorate in the past years, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic,” said President-elect Shomi Kaiser. I have worked for the development of this sector. We have worked to bring this sector to where it is today from the beginning. In return, traders in this sector have shown their support in favor of me and my team. My team and I will work together for the next 2 years to deliver on what we have promised and we will take this sector forward with everyone.
The term of the present committee will end on July 4, 2022. The newly elected committee will take charge from this committee. Although 8 people were elected from the Agrogami panel headed by Shomi Kaiser, there are 3 new directors out of the total elected. Others are serving on the current committee. Syeda Ambareen Reza, Shahriar Hasan and Md. Ilmul Haq Will be the new directors.
In this election, 3 panels consists of 9 candidates each that is 27 candidates and 4 independent candidates took part. Founded in 2014, the trade body has previously elected three councils uncontested. This is the first time that the election of the organization was held in a festive and joyous atmosphere.
E-Cab’s executive council election was held on Saturday, June 18. In the election, out of 31 candidates, 9 were elected as directors. Out of 795 voters, 611 exercised their franchise. According to the schedule announced on March 28, 2022, the election for the top post of e-CAB as a trade organization was held on June 20, 2022. The elected candidates collected and submitted nomination papers for 5 different posts of directors. As there were not more than one candidate for the same post, the Election Board today declared 5 candidates elected without contest. The list of selected candidates was released at the end of today’s meeting of the Election Board.
Shomi Kaiser has been elected from Dhansiri Digital Limited and Mohammad Abdul Wahed Tamal from Comjagat Technology. The other candidates are Sahab Uddin Shipon of Diabetes Store, Nasima Akter Nisha, Reverie Corporation and Asif Ahnaf’s company is Breakbright.