DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Chairperson of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on December 24, 2020 and continuing till date.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

More than 38 (Thirty-eight) years of Business and entrepreneurial experience.

EDUCTIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor in Social Science (Sociology) from University of Dhaka
Master’s in Social Science (Sociology) from University of Dhaka

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Chairperson, CSR Committee

Mrs. Salina Ali is a prominent business personality of the country having interest in Real Estate, Hospitality & Tourism, Banking Services, and many more. She is the Chairperson of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC as well as Unique Group - a renowned business conglomerate in Bangladesh. Mrs. Ali has been involved with ‘The Westin Dhaka, Sheraton Dhaka and Hansa Residence’ from the very beginning of its commercial operation. Mrs. Ali has been a Director of Eastern Bank Limited since long. She is involved in many social and philanthropic activities. Mrs. Ali has travelled extensively across the globe on business trips.

KEY CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Mrs. Ali is leading and performing as the Managing Director of the following business organizations:

• Purnima Construction (Pvt) Limited
• Unique Share Management Limited
• Crescent Commercial Center Limited
• Gulshan Clinic Limited

OTHER INVOLVEMENTS

Mrs. Ali served as the Director in the following renowned companies:

• Director, Eastern Bank Limited
• Director, Borak Travels (Pvt.) Limited
• Director, Hansa Creative Solutions PLC
• Director, Borak Real Estate Limited
• Director, Unique Ceramic Industries Limited
• Director, Arial Dairy and Agro Industries Limited
• Director, Hansa Management Limited
• Director, Unique Vocational Training Center Limited

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Managing Director of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on December 24, 2020 and continuing till date.

BUSINESS EXPERIENCE

More than 42 (Forty-two) years of corporate and entrepreneurial experience

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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor in Social Science (Sociology) from University of Dhaka
Master’s in Social Science (Sociology) from University of Dhaka

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Chairman, Investment Committee

Mr. Mohd. Noor Ali is a prominent entrepreneur of the country having interest in Real Estate, Hospitality & Tourism sector, Ceramic Industry, Power Plants, Manpower Export, Banking Services, Housing Finance & Investment, Human Resource Development, Land Development, and many other businesses. He is the Managing Director of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC and the Unique Group, a renowned business conglomerate in Bangladesh and Chairman of the Unique Meghnaghat Power Limited. Mr. Ali is the only Bangladeshi entrepreneur who has pioneered to set up a 5-Star Hotel (The Westin Dhaka & Sheraton Dhaka) in the private sector and Prestigious own brand Hansa Residence at Uttara. ‘The Westin Dhaka and Hansa Residence’ is already very popular amongst the local and foreign communities. During the fourteen years of its business operation, The Westin Dhaka has achieved enviable success under Mr. Ali’s able leadership.

Great freedom fighter Mr. Ali was born in an aristocratic Muslim Family in 1953 at Nababganj under Dhaka District. He is involved in many social and philanthropic activities. Mr. Ali is a widely traveled person across the globe including USA, UK, Switzerland, Canada, China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Maldives, Thailand, Russia, Libya, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, and India. He attended many seminars at home and abroad.

REMARKABLE POSITIONS:

Mr. Ali involved in many social and philanthropic activities & associated with various trade Bodies and hold various prestigious positions, some of these are presented below:

• Former Chairman of Eastern Bank Limited.
• Former President of Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (BAIRA)
• Member of Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI).
• Executive committee member of Dhaka University Alumni Association.
• Life member of Gulshan Club Limited, Dhaka University Alumni Association, and Dhaka University Registered Graduate

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Independent Director of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on 27 January 2019.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

More than 24 (Twenty-four) years of experience in Corporate, Professional and Independent Practitioner

EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Master’s in Accounting from National University Fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB)

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Chairman, Audit Committee

Member, Investment Committee

Mr. Forkan Uddin is a Chartered Accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB). He is a fellow member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB). He is about 23 years’ experience ranges from Auditing, Accounting, Taxation, Company matters, Financial Management, Corporate Affairs, Capital Market, Merchant Banking, Portfolio Management, Underwriting, IPO management etc. He also frequently attends in talk shows on economic and capital market issues with many TV Channel in Bangladesh and infrequent contributor to the National Dailies. Presently, Mr. Forkan Uddin is the managing partner of M M Rahman & Co. Chartered Accountants, a member firm of Russell Bedford International, UK. Mr. Forkan is a teacher in a number of Universities, Training Institute, Tutorial Homes & ICAB among others and Trainer of BCS Tax Academy etc.

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Nominated Director of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on June 2021

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

More than 45 (Forty-five) years of Managing Director & CEO of Prantik Express Ltd. And Prantik Travels & Tourism Ltd

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor in Social Science (Economics) from Chittagong University

Master’s in Social Science (Economics) from Chittagong University

Rtn. Ghulam Mustafa is a leading business personality of the country and Nominated Director of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC representing Borak Real Estate Ltd. A valiant Freedom Fighter Mr. Ghulam Mustafa is also involved with various socio-cultural organizations. He is a Rotarian and served as President of Rotary Club of Dhaka in RY 1999-2000. A frontline Freedom Fighter Ghulam Mustafa was the commander of a unit of pioneer platoon of 10 East Bengal Regiment (EBR). He was also a Staff Officer to the C.O of 10 East Bengal Regiment during War of Liberation and fought gallantly against the 15 Balooch Regiment and 24 Frontier Force Regiment of Pakistan Occupation Army. The fierce battle called “Second War of Belonia Bulge” where Mr. Mustafa fought gallantly, have been included lesson curriculum of Bangladesh Military Academy and many other Military Academies of the world. This illustrious personality has been honored with more than 100 awards from local and foreign countries which in short are CIP (5 times), Fellow of the World Bank, 3 Gold Medals for business ethics, professionalism and humanitarianism in business, Golden Key of Manila city by its Mayor, Arthakantha Business Award and so on.

Rtn. Ghulam Mustafa is the author of 3 books on our great Liberation War and 1 on Rotary Service apart from innumerable articles published in many renowned newspapers of the country. He also appeared in different local and foreign TV channels many times and spoken on the Liberation War, Remittance earning thorough manpower export for the Socio-economic development of the country, ethical business practices, current issues of the country etc.

Mr. Mustafa is a widely traveled person. He has travelled many countries across the globe including USA, UK, China, Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Brunei, Russia, Brazil, France, Scotland, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Kuwait, Nepal, Sri Lanka and India for business, professional conference, tourism etc.

CAREER EXPOSURE

He is the Managing Director & CEO of Prantik Express Ltd. and Prantik Travels & Tourism Ltd. which are related to Freight Forwarding and Manpower Exporting business. Apart from Manpower Export, he is also engaged in Global Logistics Industry and their services are: Air Freight, Ocean Freight, Rail Freight, Trucking customs Brokerage, Removal & Relocations, Warehousing and Distribution, Project Handling and Documents

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

12 December 2023.

LAST RE-APPOINTMENT

N/A

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

More than 40 years of banking experience at home and abroad.

EDUCATIONAL & PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

Graduated in 1981 from University of Dhaka with a Bachelors in Business Management (Honours) having a major in Finance.

MR. KAZI MAHMOOD SATTAR

Mr. Kazi Mahmood Sattar is a Nominated Director of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC representing Unique Eastern (Pvt.) Limited. Mr. Sattar a veteran banker, joined the local banking industry after 20 years of senior management experience, with banks like Standard Chartered and ANZ Grindlays Bank at home and abroad. He is reputed to have shaped the banking industry in Bangladesh adopting the best practices of foreign banks. He was former Chairman of SWIFT Users Group, Bangladesh and former Chairman of the Association of Bankers, Bangladesh. K. Mahmood Sattar also held reign of Eastern Bank PLC as Managing Director & CEO from 2001 to 2007. Joining City Bank in 2007 as Managing Director & CEO, where he transformed the bank from its traditional method of operations to a centralized model, thus making City Bank the second bank in the country to have adopted the new way of banking. Mahmood Sattar led the launch of the country’s first dual currency credit, debit, prepaid cards and also American Express Credit Cards and forged strong tie-ups in the Middle East, Europe, and the US for the efficient inflow of remittances from overseas Bangladeshi workers. In recognition of running the Bank successfully on its ground breaking change management processes, he himself received ‘The QFC – Asian Banker ‘The Leadership Achievement award 2010’ for his exemplary leadership. Under his leadership, City Bank became the first local Bank in Bangladesh to have received the ISO 9001:2008 accreditation from the international certification body, Moody International for its entire back end and technology operations. He has been accredited with achieving the ‘Best Bank in Bangladesh for 2012’ by Finance Asia; “The Strongest Bank in Bangladesh award” in 2010 from The Asian Banker. Mr. Sattar left City Bank, after 32 years in the banking industry in November 2013. Currently he is the Chairman of RSA Advisory Limited a boutique investment bank in Bangladesh and Blue Wealth Assets Limited an asset management company.

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Independent Director of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on 27 January 2021

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

More than 49 (Forty-nine) years’ experience in Tourism and Hospitality Education and Industrial Management./p>

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

MBA in Business Administration - Dhaka University (1973)

Post-graduate Diplomas in Tourism & Institutional Management from Australia & UK (1979 & 1987)

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Member of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee of the Board of Directors of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC

CAREER EXPOSURE

Mr. Mohammed Ahsan Ullah is currently holding the following respectable positions:

• Treasurer & Vice Chancellor (officiating) at IBAIS University, Dhaka.
• Guest teacher in the Tourism and Hospitality Education at the University of Dhaka, National University of Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina National Youth Development Institute, NHTTI, ATAB, ICDDRB, Foreign Affairs Academy and BHMTTI. He is the enlisted Expert in Tourism and Hospitality Education for UGC, Bangladesh Curriculum and Textbook Board.
• Worked as the National Counterpart for four ILO/UNDP Experts at NHTTI, BPC. He worked as National Focal Point for SAARC Tourism Technical Committee and BIMSTIC for Bangladesh. He also attended SAARC Technical Committee Meetings held at Goa (1992), Colombo (1993 & 2003), Kathmandu (1994), and Delhi (2005) as a Member of the Bangladesh Government delegation and seminars at Bangkok, Thailand, Fiji, and Indonesia, besides ITB Berlin Fair 1995. He organized 1st Bangladesh Tourism Fair (BTF) by BPC as Coordinator. He wrote the book on Tourism “Hridaye Parjatan” as the 1st Tourism Professional in Bangladesh.

TRAININGS

He has also attended in various prestigious internship, seminars & training programs i.e. Tourism Management at the National Hotel & Tourism Training Institute, Dhaka in 1975, Post-graduate Diploma Course in Tourism Management at the Hotel & Tourism Management Institute, Salzburg, Austria in 1979, Post-graduate Diploma Course in Institutional Management at the Weston Super Mare College of Further Education, UK followed by study tour to Ireland, Switzerland, and Italy in 1987 under the UNDP/ILO fellowship Program, Performed four weeks’ Internship Program at the UN World Tourism Organization (WTO) Head Quarter in Madrid, Spain in 1995, Calcutta Book Fair in 1999 as a member of Bangladesh delegation and World Summit on Peace through Tourism in Amman, Jordan in 2000. He has also participated in many National & International training programs, seminars, fairs, and workshops.

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Nominated Director of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on April 2021

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

Nearly 26 (Twenty-Six) years of global and local experience in Key business and support roles.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor’s Degree of Commerce (B.COM) in Management from Dhaka University

MBA degree jointly awarded by Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management at Cornell University, USA and Smith School of Business,Queen’s University, Canada.

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Member of Investment Committee of the Board of Directors of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC.

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Mr. Saiful Islam is a Nominated Director of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC representing Purnima Construction (Pvt) Ltd. He was appointed as Nominee Director in April 2021 against the casual vacancy. Mr. Saiful Islam is also the Director of BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited. In mid-2000, Saiful Islam and his partners set up Equity Partners Limited and Equity Partners Securities Limited, the predecessor companies of BRAC EPL Investments and BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited. He managed both companies for nine years until the companies entered into a joint venture partnership with BRAC Bank Limited in mid of 2009. Before setting up Equity Partners, Mr. Saiful Islam worked as Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President at Union Capital Limited, a Bangladesh brokerage house, merchant bank, and leasing company. Before UCL, Mr. Islam was Head of Operations of Peregrine Capital Limited (PCL), Bangladesh Branch Office, Manager, Securities Operations of PCL, and Manager, Settlements and Client Services, Custodial Services of Standard Chartered Bank, Bangladesh.

He also served as the Managing Director of SES Company Limited, a corporate member of Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges, and a licensed stock broker by the BSEC. Mr. Islam is an active investor in the Bangladesh start-up business arena and holds Board positions in a few of those companies. He is also involved in construction materials and other businesses

OTHER RESPONSIBILITY

Besides the professional activities with BRAC EPL, Mr. Islam is very much involved with capital market development activities. He was the Vice Chairman of the South Asian Federation of Exchanges (SAFE), held the office of Senior Vice President of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) for two consecutive terms, and served as Director of the Dhaka Stock Exchange for more than six years. He held a Board position on the Canada Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CANCHAM). Mr. Islam is a Member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Bangladesh (AMCHAM), and the Foreign Investors’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI). He is the Vice Chair of the Canada Bangladesh Alumni Association.

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Nominated Director of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on December 2019

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

More than 21 (Twenty-one) years of corporate leadership and business personality.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Bachelor’s Degree (Honors) in Economics – University of Delhi

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Member of Nomination and Remuneration Committee (NRC) & Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) Committee of the sub-committee of the Board.

KEY HIGHLIGHTS

Md. Khaled Noor is a nominated Director on the Board of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC, representing Borak Real Estate Limited. He was born in 1975 in Lakshmipur.

Mr. Khaled is the founder CEO of Noor Trade House, a leading food service importer of Bangladesh. He was the former CEO of Unique Enterprise & Unique Tours and Travels.

Mr. Md. Khaled Noor is a widely traveled person and attended quite a few sales & supply chain management training programs. He also participated in many business conferences & seminars at home and abroad, including Australia, German, USA, Thailand, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, China and India.

DATE OF APPOINTMENT

Appointed as Nominated Director of Unique Hotel and Resorts PLC on November 28, 2000.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

More than 25 (Twenty-five) years of corporate experience.

EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND

Master’s Degree in Accounting – Dhaka University (1990).

MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Member of Audit Committee, Investment Committee and Nomination & Remuneration Committee (NRC) of the Board of Directors of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC

CORPORATE EXPOSURE

Mr. Hossain has a commendable expertise and more than 26 (Twenty-six) years of experience in the areas of financial management, real estate, hospitability management & business operation. He is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Unique Group. Mr. Gazi Md. Shakhawat Hossian is a noted business executive wears multiple hats who is the nominated Director of Unique Hotel & Resorts PLC, representing Borak Travels (Pvt.) Limited. He has been serving as Director to the Board of Directors of Eastern Bank Limited since 2003. He is also a member of the Audit Committee & Risk Management Committee of Eastern Bank Limited He was born on 01 February 1969 at Senbag, Noakhali.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES

Mr. Hossain served as the Chairman and Director in the following renowned companies:

• Chairman, Bay Hill Hotel & Resorts Limited
• Nominee Director, Eastern Bank Limited
• Nominee Director, General Electric Company (BD) Limited
• Nominee Director, Unique Meghnaghat Power Limited