Syed Nasim Manzur
Managing Director
Apex Footwear Limited
Email: nasim@apexfootwearltd.com

Syed Nasim Manzur graduated in Economics with a focus on Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1990.

He currently serves as the Chairperson of Apex Tannery Ltd., Blue Ocean Footwear Ltd., Landmark Footwear Ltd., Apex Pharma Ltd., Quantum Consumer Solutions Ltd., Apex Investments Ltd., Grey Advertising Bangladesh Ltd., and Apex Enterprises Ltd. He is also the Managing Director of Apex Footwear Ltd. and a Director of Mutual Trust Bank PLC, International Publications Ltd., Biman Bangladesh Airlines, and the Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company (IIFC).

Nasim is also a member of the Board of Trustees at BRAC University and has been selected as an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS). He currently serves as the President of the Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB). He has previously served as President of MCCI twice, as Chairperson of Pioneer Insurance Co. Ltd., and as Vice President of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC).

Nasim works to promote art and culture through the Society for the Promotion of Bangladesh Art (SPBA). He is also an Executive Member of an internationally acclaimed Non-Government Organisation called FRIENDSHIP, which provides health and educational services in remote and inaccessible chars in the Northern region of the country through self-propelled floating hospitals and riverine ambulances. He is a regular guest speaker at the National Defence College (NDC) in Mirpur, Dhaka, and the Public Administration Training Centre (PATC).