Anwarul Bar Chowdhury | |
|---|---|
| Independent Director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited | |
| Assumed office 29 October 2022 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1946 |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Education | University of Dhaka University of California, Berkeley |
| Occupation | Diplomat, educator, independent director |
Anwarul Bar Chowdhury (born 1946) is a retired Bangladeshi diplomat and government official. He is an Independent Director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited. He is a former secretary of the Ministry of Establishment. [1]
Chowdhury was born in 1946. [2] He earned a Master's degree in Economics from the University of Dhaka. [2] He also completed a second Master’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley in the United States. [2]
Chowdhury held key government positions. [2] He served as Vice Chairman of the Export Promotion Bureau, Secretary of the Ministry of Establishment and the Ministry of Planning, and as a Member of the Planning Commission. [2] [3] He was also a member of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha. [2]
From 1989 to 1993, Chowdhury was posted as Counsellor at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Warsaw, Poland. [2] Before his retirement, he served as Bangladesh’s Ambassador to Italy, with concurrent accreditation to Greece, Albania, and Serbia. [2] He was appointed ambassador in October 2003, replacing Mohammad Ziauddin. [4] He was also the Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the United Nations Agencies in Rome and the ambassador of Bangladesh to the Vatican. [2] [5] He served till October 2005 and was replaced by M. Fazlul Karim. [4]
After retirement, Chowdhury worked as a Senior Consultant for the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute on a Private Sector Development Project supported by the IFC and the World Bank. [2] Chowdhury also taught at several well-known colleges and universities in Bangladesh during his professional career. [2] He is the chairman of the audit committee and an Independent Director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited. [6]