Meet Our Managing Director

Syed Nasim Manzur

Syed Nasim Manzur graduated in BSc Economics in entrepreneurial management from Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania in 1990. He is the Chairman of Pioneer Insurance Co. Ltd, Landmark Footwear Ltd and the Managing Director of Apex Footwear Ltd. He also sits on the Boards of a diverse set of individual businesses in Bangladesh that include Apex Pharma Ltd, Apex Investments Ltd, Apex Tannery Ltd and joint-venture companies Blue Ocean Footwear Ltd, Grey Advertising Bangladesh Ltd, Quantum Consumer Solutions Ltd. As a representative of the new emerging Bangladesh private sector, he was selected to join the Asia 21 Young Leaders Summit, Kuala Lumpur in November 2009 and the Global Forbes CEO Forum in Dubai in 2012.

Mr. Manzur is also currently serving on the Boards/Executive Committees of the following organizations: Sunbeams School Ltd, International Publications Limited (the owning company of The Financial Express), Progeny Technology, Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art (SPBA) and FRIENDSHIP, an NGO which provides health and educational service in remote and inaccessible areas in North Bangladesh. He is presently serving as President of Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB). He served two terms as the President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Dhaka (MCCI), the oldest business chamber in Bangladesh. He is a regular guest speaker at the Defence Services Command and Staff College (DSCSC) and National Defence College (NDC), Mirpur Cantonment, Mirpur, Dhaka.

He was a Member Delegate at the Bangladesh-Japan Business to Business Conference, 04th August 2017, Singapore & Budapest Water Summit, 27-30 November 2016, Budapest, and a Member Delegate from Bangladesh at the WTO 10th Ministerial Conference, 15-18 December 2015, Nairobi, Kenya. He was also a Member Delegates, Bangladesh Business Delegation to Cambodia, 03 – 05 December 2017. He is also past Chairman of the Trustee Board, Business Initiative Leading Development (BUILD). He has been invited to serve as Advisory Committee Member, BRAC Business School (BBS), BRAC University, Dhaka and a Selection Committee Member of Startup Bangladesh, an Innovation Design and Entrepreneurship Academy (IDEA) project of Bangladesh Computer Council which is under Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and Information Technology. He also served as a Member of Tripartite Consulting Committee (TCC), under Ministry of Labor and Employment and Member of National Committee of Export, Chaired by Honorable Prime Minister. He also works as a Core Member from the private sector of CITIZENS PLATFORM which was launched to support the government’s efforts in pursuing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Bangladesh. He was elected as Vice President of Bangladesh Association of Public Listed Companies (BAPLC) from 2022 to 2023 and served as Director of Capital Market Stabilization Fund (CMSF) from 2022 to 2023.