Parveen Mahmud is a Bangladeshi businesswoman and social worker. She is the chairperson of the Underprivileged Children Education Program. [1] She is a member of the governing body of the Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation. She is a trustee of Transparency International Bangladesh. [2] She is an independent director of Marico Bangladesh. [3]
Mahmud was the managing director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation from 2004 to 2006. [4] [5] [6]
Mahmud was awarded the Begum Rokeya award in 2006. [7] In December 2007, she was re-elected to the board of directors of MIDAS Financing Limited. [8] She was the acting chairperson of the Acid Survivors Foundation in May 2009. [9] She was the vice-chairperson of the Underprivileged Children Education Program in 2010. [10] She was the chairman of the Acid Survivors Foundation in 2010. [11]
Mahmud was the first woman to be elected president of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh in 2011. [12] [13] Mahmud was the founding managing director of Grameen Telecom Trust. [4] [14] She is a director of Centre for Policy Dialogue and Manusher Jonnyo Foundation. [15] She is a director of Linde Bangladesh. [16]
In December 2018, Mahmud was elected chairman of the Underprivileged Children Education Program. [17] She is the chairperson of Shasha Denims Limited. [18] In February 2018, she announced plans to buy a 40 per cent stake in EOS Textile Limited. [18] Mahmud, then chairperson of MIDAS Financing Limited, [19] was made a trustee of Transparency International Bangladesh in June. [20] Mahmud was awarded the Anannya Top Ten Awards in 2018. [21]
In May 2019, Mahmud was appointed an independent director of Berger Paints Bangladesh. [7] On 15 April 2019, she left the post of the managing director of Grameen Telecom Trust. [22] Mahmud, managing director of Shasha Garments, announced plans to invest five million USD in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone. [23] In March 2023, she was elected chairman of the board of trustees of RDRS Bangladesh. [24] Mahmud joined the board of directors of MIDAS Financing Limited in April 2023. [25] She is an executive member of Friendship (NGO). [26]