Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman was inducted as an Independent Director to the Board of BRAC Bank PLC. on January 30, 2024.

With 19+ years PQE, Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman is a qualified barrister and Advocate of both tiers of the Bangladesh Supreme Court. Ms. Rahman obtained her LLB (Hons.) degree from the University College London, UK in 2002 and was called to the Bar of England and Wales from Lincoln’s Inn, London in 2003, completing her Bar Vocational Course from the College of Law. She is the Founder & Managing Partner of The Legal Circle, a law firm; the Founder Editor of Think Legal Bangladesh (www.thinklegalbangladesh.com - the first of its kind, free open and crowd-sourced web-based legal resources platform), as well as the Founder and Publisher of Legal Circle Law Reports (LCLR). Ms. Anita Ghazi qualified as an Advocate in Bangladesh in 2004, as an Advocate of the High Court Division of Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2006 and as Advocate of the apex Court, the Appellate Division of the Bangladesh Supreme Court in 2018.

Ms. Rahman focuses her practice on company, general corporate law and dispute resolution. She provides corporate and transactional advice with respect to business formation, employment, financing, services and procurement contracts, joint ventures, mergers & acquisitions and other business restructurings and heads the firm’s Litigation practice.

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman has been listed amongst the “Inspiring individuals to follow in 2015 in Bangladesh” in Dhaka Tribune, Future Startup’s “15 Under 35 For 2015: Entrepreneurs, Trailblazers, Mold-Breakers Of Bangladesh” and has been featured in the book “From Stones to Castles: In conversation with 16 inspiring personalities of Bangladesh” and “Aine Tarunno”. She is a Asia 21 Young Leader for the Class of 2016 (https://asiasociety.org/asia21-young-leaders) and an alumni of the Common Purpose January Programme [https://commonpurpose.org/leadership-programmes/january/]. On behalf of The Legal Circle, she is also one of the initial signatories to the Belt & Road Legal Service International Cooperation Platform.

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman serves on the Boards of a number of non-profits and professional associations, and mentors for national and international incubator and accelerator programmes. She has been an active mentor in the Bangladeshi startup ecosystem since its nascent stages.

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman has served as an Independent Director of Chittagong Stock Exchange [https://www.cse.com.bd/] and Light Castle Partners [https://www.lightcastlebd.com/] and as a nominee Director of bKash on behalf of BRAC Bank. She also serves as a General Member of the National Advisory Board for Impact Investment in Bangladesh, at Jaago Foundation, and as a general member of Sajida Foundation. She is also a member of the Investment Committee in Startup Bangladesh Ltd, the flagship venture capital fund of the ICT Ministry of Bangladesh and an advisor to the IDLC VC Fund 1.

The Legal Circle is committed to giving back and Ms. Anita Ghazi has an established reputation for her pro bono work, spending a substantial amount of time on helping initiatives she finds are capable of making a difference for a better Bangladesh.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Meheriar M. Hasan

Faruq Mayeenuddin Ahmed

Farzana Ahmed

Dr. Zahid Hussain

Salek Ahmed Abul Masrur

Ms. Anita Ghazi Rahman

Chowdhury MAQ Sarwar

Ms. Lila Rashid

Tareq Refat Ullah Khan

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