BPPL - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director
- Managing Director
- Member of a Reputed Business
Mr. Fahim Ahmed Chowdhury was appointed as the Managing Director of Baraka Power Limited on 25 September 2018. Before taking the responsibility of the Managing Director, he was the Deputy Managing Director of the Company.
Fahim A Chowdhury is a member of a reputed business family. He is a person with strong vision and the confidence to take calculated risks required in business. After completion of his graduation he began his career at Birmingham airport, GAP flagship & TFL in order to gain experience in customer service. He then started his own business in different sectors such as a fast food takeaway restaurant, money transfer & travel agent and real estate business etc. in London and in all cases established a strong reputation for his capability and integrity. He completed MBA in Human Resource Management (HRM) and also achieved a BETEC diploma in customer service under University of Cambridge which established a vast knowledge in building community relationships as well as increased his managerial skills. In the spirit of contributing to the development of the motherland he moved to Bangladesh in 2007 and joined as a Project Director to Baraka Power and subsequently took the responsibility of Deputy Managing Director, Head of Finance and finally as Managing Director. He is one of the founders of an international standard hospital in Sylhet called "Queens Hospitals Ltd." and renowned international schools RISE & Eurokids.
Fahim A Chowdhury is also involved in many social organizations. Currently,He is a board member of the Sylhet chamber of commerce and industry,he also is serving as the deputy governor of district-3282 of Rotary International. He is the president of the executive committee of Baraka Arabic Learning Centre and the president of renowned charitable organisation called Sylhet Ideal Society and a member of Sylhet Diabetic Hospital.
Job Titles:
- General Manager ( Technical )
- General Manager - Technical ( BPPL ) Baraka Patenga Power Limited
MarEngr. Khan Sharif Raihan, a graduate of Bangladesh Marine Academy, has more than two decades working experience in the field of Engineering in different sectors like Shipping, Hospitality, Power, etc. He holds Marine Engineer Officer Class 1 Certificate of Competence from UK. He is Bureau Varitas certified Lead Auditor of Occupational Health and Safety Management System, OHSAS 18000. He has also earned MBA degree in HRM and MSc in Environmental Science. He has special interest in Renewable Energy and has two publications in international conference proceeding.
Prior joining Baraka family, he worked for Bangladesh Marine Academy as Engineering Instructor. He was the Chief Engineer of Radisson Blu Water Garden Hotel Dhaka, Business Development Manager for Rangs Industries Ltd & the project coordinator for Engineering, Procurement & Construction (EPC) of 32 MW Gas based power plant of Rahim Energy Ltd.
Job Titles:
- Assistant General Manager
- Assistant General Manager ( Plant )
Job Titles:
- General Manager ( HR & Admin )
Mr. Mirajul Kari is a HR Professional, Trainer and specialized on Industrial Health and safety audits. He completed him BBA and MBA from Chittagong University and Post-Graduation Diploma from Bangladesh Institute of Management. He also completed an extensive training program on Occupational Safety and Health from JISHA (Japan Industrial Safety and Health Association), Tokyo, Japan. Mirajul Karim brings along with more than 22 years of experience in the field of Human Resources in different organizations of Bangladesh. Prior to Joining Baraka, he served as Head of HR & Compliance of SQ Group and Apex Footwear Ltd. He also worked in leading role in human resource department of Nestle Bangladesh Ltd., Building Technology & Ideas and Rahimafrooz Batteries Ltd. He is an active member of Bangladesh Society of Human Resources Management (BSHRM) and Dhaka Toast Masters Club.
Mirajul Karim brings along with more than 22 years of experience in the field of Human Resources in different organizations of Bangladesh. Prior to Joining Baraka, he served as Head of HR & Compliance of SQ Group and Apex Footwear Ltd. He also worked in leading role in human resource department of Nestle Bangladesh Ltd., Building Technology & Ideas and Rahimafrooz Batteries Ltd. He is an active member of Bangladesh Society of Human Resources Management (BSHRM) and Dhaka Toast Masters Club.
Mr. Mohammed Monirul Islam is a professional in Finance & Accounting, having specialization on financial feasibility, portfolio management, company law and project management. Mr. Monir was born and brought up in a noble family in Comilla in 1973. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce under University of Dhaka in 1992 and Masters of Commerce under University of Dhaka in 1994. He also completed his Chartered Accountancy Course in 1998 from B. Alam & Co., one of the leading Chartered Accountancy firms in Bangladesh. Furthermore, he obtained an MBA degree in finance in 2007. Mr. Monir has accumulated more than 24 years of experience in different large private organizations namely Rangs Group, Summit Power Limited and Baraka Power Limited. Currently he is working in Baraka Patenga Power Limited as its Chief Financial Officer.Mr. Mohammed Monirul Islam is a professional in Finance & Accounting, having specialization on financial feasibility, portfolio management, company law and project management. Mr. Monir was born and brought up in a noble family in Comilla in 1973. He completed his Bachelor of Commerce under University of Dhaka in 1992 and Masters of Commerce under University of Dhaka in 1994. He also completed his Chartered Accountancy Course in 1998 from B. Alam & Co., one of the leading Chartered Accountancy firms in Bangladesh. Furthermore, he obtained an MBA degree in finance in 2007. Mr. Monir has accumulated more than 24 years of experience in different large private organizations namely Rangs Group, Summit Power Limited and Baraka Power Limited. Currently he is working in Baraka Patenga Power Limited as its Chief Financial Officer.
Job Titles:
- Head of Internal Audit and Compliance
Mr. Monoj Das Gupta joined Baraka Family in June 2009. He has ample knowledge in the field of Accounts, Finance, Income Tax & VAT and Internal Control & Compliance. Since then he is serving with great integrity and honesty to add optimal value towards the Company. After completion of his graduation, he completed M.COM in Accounting in 2006. He also earned professional qualification CA PE-1 in 2008 and enlisted as Income Tax Practitioner (ITP) under NBR in 2013. Apart from the academic qualification, he attended many courses and knowledge sharing seminars to gain added professional excellence. Currently he is working as Head of Internal Audit and Compliance for Baraka Patenga Power Limited.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
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Mr. Shafi believes in calculated risk taking, self-confidence, persuasion, innovation, the capacity to cope with challenges, hard work and commitment. These are the factors which contribute to the success of Mr. Shafi as an entrepreneur. He gives maximum importance to good judgement, time, cost & quality management of the project he gets involved in. After obtaining diversified knowledge and experience in different field of business, he joined Baraka Patenga Power Limited (BPPL) as Project Director and by dint of his excelled was assigned the post of Deputy Managing Director & Head of Finance of BPPL. Presently he is acting as the Managing Director of the Baraka Patenga Power Limited.
Mr. Monzur Kadir Shafi is a first generation entrepreneur who partnered with two other young business professionals at a young age to start a hospitality business in Hamtramck, Michigan, in 1998.
Mr Mohammad Aminul Islam completed his graduation from Dhaka University of Engineering & Technology in EEE in 2008. Immediate after his graduation he started work at power generation sector. He has successfully completed the erection commissioning of 105 MW HFO ,110MW HFO, 50MW BPPL plant and then completed complete projects of 110MW Karnaphuly Power Limited and 105 MW Baraka Shikalbaha Power Limited (9 months Project) successfully. Beside this he completed the combined (4 plants JV GIS) switchyard including overhead and underground combined transmission line which is very rare projects in Bangladesh. In his long tenure he joined in different training and achieved professional certificates like O&M training from Rolls-Royce Inc. Wartsila Finland, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001 internal audit certification, Leadership and Management Skill etc.
He has contributed power sector as an electrical expert and played his role on some national projects like Dhaka underground cable projects. He is working very closely with BPDB, PGCB for continual improvement of system. As a member of the business development team of BPPL, he is a key personnel to evaluate world new trend renewable energy projects like Solar, Waste to energy etc.
Mr. Afzal Rashid Choudhury was born in 28 October 1969 at Sylhet, Bangladesh. By his wide knowledge in the field of business he expands his business activities in a vast area. Beside the directorship of BPPL, he is also Director of Karnaphuli Power Limited, Baraka Shikalbaha Power Limited, Queens Healthcare Limited; Chairman of Blue Bird Auto Limited; Proprietor of A. R. Properties; Partner of Hotel Crystal Rose and Managing Director of Nina-Afzal Industries Ltd. (Khadim Tea Estate, Goolni Tea Estate & Nina-Afzal Properties) and Balisera Hill Tea Company Limited (Junglebari Tea Estate).
Mr. Faisal Ahmed Chowdhury is a visionary business leader and possessing over thirty three years of highly successful leadership experience. Along with NRBs and local entrepreneurs, Mr. Faisal Chowdhury established Baraka Power Limited in 2007. Then he established Baraka Patenga Power Limited, Karnaphuli Power Limited and Baraka Shikalbaha Power Limited in Chattogram. Baraka Patenga Power Limited is the first power plant to be funded by the World Bank foreign currency loan under IPFF facility.
After completing his graduation, during the 1990's he relocated to the UK and started his own business founding Apex Printing and Publications Ltd. and then went on to establish Imprint Trading Ltd. He successfully started an internationally recognized real estate company in Bangladesh named Royal City (300 acres), situated at the gateway of Sylhet. He established an international standard educational organization, by the name of Royal Educare Limited (REL) in Bangladesh. REL includes Eurokids Kindergarten and Royal Institute of Smart Education (RISE) primary & secondary school. RISE School incorporates the world-renowned Cambridge University Curriculum.
Mr. Faisal Chowdhury is also involved in several community and social interest activities and organizations. He is an Elected Executive Committee Member of Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) for the year 2019-2021, Executive Member of the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, Sylhet Unit and Mujib-Jahan Blood Bank and President of Sylhet Zimkhana Cricket Club. He is the publisher of The Daily Sylhet Mirror, a renowned newspaper of Sylhet. Mr. Faisal Ahmed Chowdhury is a widely travelled personality having a good understanding of the diversity of culture. He regularly attends business seminars and international exhibitions throughout the world and has built high level international networks to take Bangladeshi businesses into global level.
Mr. Gulam Rabbani Chowdhury has a vast experience in machine manufacturing, real estate, power, education and readymade garments industry. His dynamism of entrepreneurship and management discipline played a key role in making a new startup "Baraka Group" to a huge success.
Mr. Rabbani, a very successful entrepreneur and negotiator, inspire NRB investors to invest in Bangladesh. He led a huge capital investment in an extremely complex operation-oriented business like power generation successfully. Mr. Rabbani first started Baraka Power as its Managing Director and presently he is leading the Company as its Director. With the efforts of Mr. Chowdhury, the success story of Baraka Power Limited set a new milestone for NRB investors, encouraging them to make further investment in the power sector. Accordingly, the second power project of Baraka Family named Baraka Patenga Power Limited was formed under his leadership. Inspired by the success of these two power plants, he is leading another two HFO fired power plants of 110MW and 105MW at Chattogram namely Karnaphuli Power Limited and Baraka Shikalbaha Power Limited respectively. Developing his entrepreneurial vision further afield, he ventured into the readymade garments industry and started Baraka Fashions Limited; a ten lines capacity woven garments located at Tongi, Gazipur.
Before starting Baraka Power Limited, Mr. Chowdhury with the support of a group of NRB investors successfully established an innovative and unique large-scale townscape vision by the name of "Royal City" in Sylhet, on 2006; which is a project of Royal Homes Limited. It has made a significant impact in the future of Sylhet as a fast-developing city, providing well planned residential and commercial facilities.
During his career, Mr. Chowdhury identified the lack of high international standard educational facilities in Sylhet. Along with a consortium of NRB investors, he has been a key figure in establishing a leading educational organization by the name of Royal Educare Limited (REL). REL currently comprises of educational facilities from Eurokids Kindergarten up to and including primary and secondary schooling in RISE (Royal Institute of Smart Education). RISE school has incorporated the world respected and renowned Cambridge Curriculum. The Cambridge body has approved RISE as one of the best technology based premium international schools in the country, located in the heart of Sylhet.
Mr. Chowdhury started his career at a very early age during his student life. In 1984 he joined an organization named New Engineering Works Limited. As a part of his work activities there, he learned about tea state machine manufacturing process and earned knowledge about practical uses of metallurgical and mechanical engineering. There he got ample opportunity to work very closely with some of the world-renowned natural gas exploration companies. During these times he realized the vast potentiality of entering into heavy industrial machineries based activities in Bangladesh. As a derive to use his practical knowledge and experience in the machine tools industries more effectively and efficiently, Mr. Chowdhury started his business career as Founder Managing Director by establishing Alim Industries Ltd. (An agricultural machinery manufacturing company) in the early 1990's. His enthusiasm, hard work, dedication, dynamism, foresight and skilled leadership took the company into one of the top-rated companies in the Agro Machinery Manufacturing sector. As a result, the company achieved a Presidential Award by innovating modernized agro based machine tools in the Bengali year 1395.
Mr. Chowdhury is also actively involved with some professional organizations where he significantly contributes to achieve the respective organizations' goals. He is an Executive Member of Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC). He is a former Vice President of Bangladesh Independent Power Producers' Association (BIPPA). Apart from these, as the Chairman of Makhfira Khanom & Mustafa Chowdhury foundation, Mr. Rabbani is contributing a lot to develop the socioeconomic condition of the deprived underprivileged people by providing Free Education facilities, Mother and Child care, Health Care for senior citizens, Providing House to the homeless, Rehabilitating the poor by helping them to establish their own small businesses, Providing safe and clean drinking water etc.
Mr. Chowdhury earned his bachelor degree in science under the Chittagong University. He attended many overseas trainings; specializing in metallurgy & manufacturing process, gaining a deep understanding and knowledge of industrial manufacturing and development. He has attended Business Leadership Forum on Smart Energy in Italy. He has visited many countries and attended seminars, international conferences and exhibitions such as in Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, India, Italy, Malaysia, Maldives, Morocco, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, UK and USA. As a result of the numerous business successes across a variety of sectors, Mr. Chowdhury has received many accolades and corporate awards.
Mr. Mohammad Rana joined Baraka family on October 2017. Having more than 16 years of work experience in different Bank & Financial Institutions and Merchant banks, Mr. Rana is very proficient on Financial Analysis, Public Issue of shares and bonds including Initial Public Offering and Repeat Public Offering, Rights Issue of both listed and non-listed companies, capital market related activities, secretariat activities, compliance issues, company formation and incorporation related matters, merger & amalgamation and other corporate affairs. He has completed his BBA in Finance & Banking from University of Dhaka and also completed MBA in Finance from the same institution.
Mr. Zahrul Syed Bakht has been appointed to the Board of Baraka Patenga Power Limited on January 30, 2020, as an Independent Director. He is also representing Baraka Patenga Power Limited in the Board of Karnaphuli Power Limited, Baraka Shikalbaha Power Limited and Baraka Securities Limited. Mr. Bakht obtained his CPA-CMA from The Society of Management Accountants of Ontario, Canada. He is a Fellow member of The Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh and an Associate member of Chartered Professional Accountants of Ontario, Canada. In his 28 years of career, he worked in several distinguished organizations in different dignified positions. He is a former Director of Progressive Life Insurance Company Limited, Chartered Life Insurance Company Limit, Delta Brac Housing Finance Corporation Limited, Jalalabad Telecom Limited and Green Delta Financial Services Limited. Mr. Bakht is currently serving as Chief Financial Officer of Link3 Technologies Limited.