Dr Iftekhar Ahmed Chowdhury has been named President of the COSMOS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of COSMOS Group.
He will assume the position, which is an honorary one, with immediate effect.
Dr Chowdhury, who resides in Singapore, is the Principal Research Fellow at the Institute of South Asian Studies (ISAS) at the National University of Singapore.
He has been associated with that prestigious think-tank since April 2009.
At ISAS, he leads research on Multilateral Institutions and International Linkages.
An internationally reputed analyst, he has published numerous articles and a number of books on subjects such as the United Nations and the World Trade Organization, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan.
He has also taught diplomacy at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and lectured at universities and think-tanks in the US, the UK, France, Australia, the Gulf States and South East Asia. He holds MA and PhD degrees in International Relations from the Australian National University.
