I am pleased to announce the following two appointments: Ms. Rifat Sultana as Director of Human Resources and Mr. Sharfuddin Ahmed Chowdhury as Director of Communications.
Ms. Rifat Sultana will join Brac University as Director of Human Resources. She will start on 16th August. She has more than 20 years of human resource management experience. Ms. Rifat has until recently been with Novartis Bangladesh as its Country People & Organization Head for five years. Other organizations she has worked with include Airtel Bangladesh, DHL Express Bangladesh and Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd. Ms. Rifat holds a Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resources Management from BIM and an MA in English, Linguistics and ELT from Dhaka University.
Mr. Sharfuddin Ahmed Chowdhury will join Brac University as Director of Communications. He will start on 1st September. Mr. Sharfuddin has gained broad marketing and communications experience in the last 20 years. He has served as Head of Marketing, Sales and Distribution at Bengal Meat. Other previous employers are Banglalink, British American Tobacco and ACI Ltd. Mr. Sharfuddin holds a BBA from North South University and a Master of Commerce in marketing from Macquarie University in Australia.
While we all currently work remotely, Ms. Rifat and Mr. Sharfuddin are looking forward to getting to know their teams and other colleagues. Your collaboration with and support of them in this challenging time will be very much appreciated.
Vincent Chang
Vice-Chancellor and PresidentÂ