The Sweden Bangladesh Business Council held its 1st Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, 21st May 2013 at Svensk Handel, Stockholm.
SBBC’s chairman of the interims board Mizanur Khan welcomed the members to the Annual General Meeting. The meeting commenced with the unanimous approval of the agenda Annual General Meeting and other formalities. Mizanur presented the Annual Report for the year 2012, highlighting the events and underlining the achievements of the Council.
Auditor’s Report on financial statement for the year that ended 31st December 2012 were presented before the members. Anders Haag audited SBBC accounts for the year 2012. The auditor’s report was adopted by the members.
AGM has elected a new Executive Board and the Chairman of the Board for the next two years 2013/2015. Anneli Åhman, Ericsson, was elected as a new member of the board, Mizanur Khan, SEB was elected as a Chairman of the board, and other board members Christina af Klint, Svensk Handel, Fredrik Fexe, The Swedish Trade & Invest Council, Bo Gunterberg, Base of Trade, Christer Dyrwoold, Scoreline remained unchanged.
AGM had also appointed Anders Haag, Alestra AB as the Statuatory Auditor of SBBC and Christina af Klint, Svensk Handel, together with Fredrik Fexe, The Swedish Trade & Invest Council were appointed Nomination Committee for the year 2013/2014.
Ambassador Anders Johnson, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden, was the guest speaker after the AGM. He spoke about possibilities for small and middle size enterprises in Bangladesh.
He had also expressed his own experiences from his earlier posting as an Ambassador in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The AGM ended in mingling and informal meetings among the participants.
Executive Board 2013/2015
Chairman Mizanur Khan, SEB
Members Christina af Klint, Svensk Handel
Fredrik Fexe, The Swedish Trade & Invest Council
Bo Gunterberg, Base of Trade
Christer Dyrwoold, Scoreline
Anneli Åman, Ericsson
Admin Inger Wijnbladh, SBBC