Business Desk :
President of Dutch Bangla Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DBCCI) and also Managing Director of Giant Group Faruque Hassan has been appointed as the honorary Consul General of Greece to Bangladesh. Beginning his career in business background in 1982, Faruque became an iconic business figure in the garment industry as he had been working hard with dignity and perseverance to contribute towards the development of the textile and RMG sector, said a DBCCI press release on Saturday. He served the BGMEA as elected Director for two consecutive terms (2001-2002, 2003-2004) and as Vice President for another two consecutive terms from 2009-2010, 2011-2012 and as Senior Vice-President from September 22, 2015 to till date.
Apart from being the President of DBCCI, Faruque has extensive experience in serving as the Vice President of the French Chamber as well as is involved in the German and Switzerland Chamber in Bangladesh. He played a pivotal role in promoting sustainability across the RMG and backward linkage industry of Bangladesh.
Faruque is the Co-chair of the Steering Committee of Partnership for Cleaner Textile (PACT) project jointly implemented by International Finance Corporation (IFC) and BGMEA. PACT is continuously working to reduce the water footprint in the textile processing industries making the industry environment friendly and sustainable.
He is also a member of the steering committee of WRG 2030 (World Bank Group), working towards cleaner water and sanitization for the community.
