Anis Ud Dowla (born 1 March 1937)
is a Bangladeshi businessman. He is the chairman of
ACI Group, one of the largest conglomerates in Bangladesh.
He was awarded Business Person of the Year at the Bangladesh Business Awards 2017.
Background and education
Dowla was born on 1 March 1937 in
Faridpur in the then
Bengal Presidency
The Bengal Presidency, officially the Presidency of Fort William and later Bengal Province, was a subdivision of the British Empire in India. At the height of its territorial jurisdiction, it covered large parts of what is now South Asia and ...
in
British India
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.
[ His father was Khan Bahadur Mohammad Ismail.][ His siblings are ]Nazrul Geeti
Nazrul Sangeet ( bn, নজরুল সঙ্গীত), also Nazrul Geeti ( bn, নজরুল গীতি; ), refers to the songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul Geeti incorporate revolut ...
singer Firoza Begum, musician Mohammad Asafuddowla, M. Mosiuddowla, Marium Begum, Shamsunnahar Begum and Rizia Begum.University of Dhaka
The University of Dhaka (also known as Dhaka University, or DU) is a public research university located in Dhaka, Bangladesh. It is the oldest university in Bangladesh. The university opened its doors to students on July 1st 1921. Currently i ...
.[ With a scholarship from ]The Asia Foundation
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, he went to University of Karachi
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to complete his master's degree in public administration
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.[
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Career
After graduation, Dowla started his career at UK based British Oxygen Group as Assistant Sales Manager in Chittagong
Chittagong ( /ˈtʃɪt əˌɡɒŋ/ ''chit-uh-gong''; ctg, চিটাং; bn, চিটাগং), officially Chattogram ( bn, চট্টগ্রাম), is the second-largest city in Bangladesh after Dhaka and third largest city in B ...
. For the next 27 years, he served the divisions in Pakistan, Bangladesh and Kenya.[ He become the first Bangladeshi managing director of Oxygen Group.][ In 1987, he became the managing director of the three ]Imperial Chemical Industries
Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company. It was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain.
It was formed by the merger of four leading British chemical companies in 1926.
Its headquarters were at M ...
(ICI) companies in Bangladesh.[ In 1992, ICI divested its shareholding and Dowla took the leadership of the company and changed the name of ICI to Advanced Chemical Industries (ACI).][
Dowla is the chairman of Pioneer Insurance Company Limited and the director of Credit Rating Agency of Bangladesh.][
]
Personal life
Dowla was married to Najma Dowla (d. 2021).[ Arif is currently the managing director of ACI Limited.]
References
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Living people
People from Faridpur District
University of Dhaka alumni
University of Karachi alumni
Bangladeshi businesspeople
Bangladeshi chairpersons of corporations
1937 births