The ONE Team is going to participate as a panel of 11 members in the Executive Committee election of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS), the national trade organization of the country’s information technology sector, for the period of 2024-26. Keeping the slogan of ‘Team Above Individuals, BASIS Above Teams’, ONE Team is led by the current President Russell T Ahmed. On Wednesday, he announced the names of the members of this panel through social media.
This time, the members of the General Member category of One Team are: Chief Executive Officer of Team Creative, Russell T. Ahmed; Managing Director & CEO of Systech Digital Limited M Rashidul Hasan; Best Business Bonds Managing Director Uttam Kumar Pal; Technogram Limited Founder & CEO AKM Ahmadul Islam Babu; Divine IT Limited Founder & CEO Iqbal Ahmed Fakrul Hasan; AR Communications Founder M Asif Rahman; Didarul Alam, Founder and CEO of Shooting Star Limited; and KAM Rashedul Majid, Managing Director of Raise IT Solutions Limited.
Apart from them, there are Syed Abdullah Zayed, founder and CEO of Next Venture and Finalytics, on the panel in the associate member category while Biplab Ghosh Rahul, director of Carnival Assure Limited is in the affiliate member category, and Syed Mohammad Kamal, Bangladesh country manager of Mastercard, is in the international member category.
In a Facebook post, Russell T Ahmed said, “With immense pleasure, I like to introduce the candidates of the ONE Team in this year’s BASIS election. 11 well-known faces in the industry are participating in this election as a team, declaring their solidarity with the core philosophy of One Team- ‘Team over Individual, BASIS over Team’. With a mix of experience and youth, this year’s One Team squad is much more balanced and effective for a number of reasons”, he said.
First of all: Like last time, every single candidate of One Team is highly successful in their respective business and strongly committed to take the industry forward many times.
Secondly: Keeping the fact in mind that we have organizations working in different domains in our industry; our team has an unprecedented combination of personalities with experience working in local market, international market, core software services, IT Enabled Services (ITES), logistics services, Insurtech, policy advocacy expertise.
Thirdly: While our team this year has candidates with previous experience of working on the BASIS Board, there are also several new faces representing ONE Team in this election. You will be pleased to know that the 11 members of ONE Team have a combined business experience of over 250 years. And, these 11 have a combined experience of nearly 135 years of involvement with the BASIS.
We believe that the respected and beloved members of BASIS will place their trust in our team. Hoping for your support, prayers and best wishes in the upcoming BASIS elections (2024-2026)”.
According to the schedule, the final candidate list will be released on April 20. Voting for BASIS election will continue from 10 am to 5 pm on May 8 at the RAOWA Convention Center in the capital. The results of the election will be declared on the same day.
The total number of voters in this election of BASIS is 1 thousand 464 people. Among them 932 are ordinary, 389 are associates, 134 are affiliates and 9 are international member voters. The total membership of BASIS is 2, 401.
The price of BASIS nomination paper was kept at 50 thousand for ordinary member, 40 thousand for affiliate member, 30 thousand for associate member and 1 lakh 25 thousand for international member category.
A 3-member Election Board has been formed to conduct the election of BASIS chaired by TIM Nurul Kabir. The other members of the board are: Syed Mamnoon Quader and Nazim Farhan Chowdhury. A three-member election appeal board has also been constituted. The Appellate Board is chaired by A Tauhid and 2 other members are: Abdullah H Kafi and Nazneen Kamal.