Alhaj Md. Khabir Uddin Mollah showed the seed of the Company and tried his level best to make the Company sustainable. He was a seasoned and experienced businessman. He was also running several industrial units as their Managing Director viz. Crown Cement PLC, Crown Power Generation Limited, Crown Polymer Bagging Limited, Crown Mariners Limited, Molla Salt (Triple Refined) Industries Limited. He was the Chairman of Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products Limited. He had been actively involved with import & trading of Cement for more than 55 years. Mr. Mollah with active support of the other Directors and Shareholders, who were his close family members, had expanded the trading activities of the group and deals with various commodities such as Iodized Salt, Rod, C. I. Sheet and Steel Structural, supported by a big warehouse at Pagla, they had set up a big network of whole-sale and retail outlets at various points of Dhaka and Chattagram. He was the highest Tax Payer of Narayanganj District for the consecutive 7 (Seven) years. He was a resourceful member of the Company.
Mr. Mohammed Jahangir Alam is a man of wisdom and an energetic businessman. After completing his education at the Government College of Commerce, Chattogram, Bangladesh in 1980, he started his career by joining a private service. He has derived vast proficiency in trading in Iron & Steel, Cement, Bitumen, C. I. Sheet, Zinc Ingot, Capital Market, Industrial Ventures, etc. Initially, he established his business house named Jahangir & Others in 1987 which was subsequently incorporated as Jahangir & Others Limited in 2003. He has established himself as one of the business leaders in Bangladesh. He is the Chairman of Crown Cement Group and Sponsor Director and Chairman of Crown Cement PLC., Crown Power Generation Limited, Crown Polymer Bagging Limited, Crown Mariners Limited, Crown Transportation & Logistics Limited, and GPH Ship Builders Limited. He is the Chairman of GPH Group and also the Chairman and Managing Director of GPH Engineers & Development Limited, Chittagong Capital Limited, and GPH Power Generation Limited. He is the Managing Director of GPH Ispat Limited, Jahangir & Others Limited, Indo Steel Re-rolling Industries Limited, and Star Allied Venture Limited. He is also the Director of Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products Limited, Premier Cement Mills PLC, Premier Power Generation Limited, National Cement Mills Limited, Asia Insurance Limited and Chartered Life Insurance Company Limited, Eco Ceramics Industries Limited, and Imperial Hospital Limited. He is also the Partner of Crown Enterprise. As a part of social activities, he is actively involved with the following social organizations:
Mr. Md. Alamgir Kabir having an educational background of MBA in Marketing is a Sponsor Director and at present holding the position of Vice Chairman in the management of the Company. Having about three decades of business experience in both trading and manufacturing sectors, he has proved his wisdom and leadership in business. At present, he is the Chairman of GPH Ispat Limited. He holds the position of the Managing Director of Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products Limited. He is also the Director of Premier Cement Mills PLC, Premier Power Generation Limited, Crown Power Generation Limited, Crown Polymer Bagging Limited, Crown Mariners Limited, Crown Transportation and Logistics Limited, GPH Power Generation Limited, GPH Ship Builders Limited, GPH Engineers & Development Limited, Jahangir & Others Limited, Chittagong Capital Limited, Indo Steel Re-rolling Industries Limited, Eco Ceramics Industries Limited, BetaOne Investments Limited and actively participating in their management. He is also the Managing Partner of Crown Enterprise. He is running his trading house, engaged in trading cement and other construction materials. He is also associated with some limited companies engaged in trading with his brothers. Besides success in business, Mr. Kabir has also proving his commitment to society by attaching himself to social activities like:
Mr. Molla Mohammad Majnu has Masters's Degree in Science from Dhaka University and is a Sponsor Director and Managing Director of Crown Cement PLC. which has introduced one of the leading Cement brands in the nation named “Crown Cement”. He is also the Managing Director of Crown Transportation and Logistics Limited & Crown Mariners Limited. He is the Chairman of Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products Limited, Molla Salt (Triple Refined) Industry Limited, and Molla Salt Agro Food & Beverage Limited. He is the Director of Crown Power Generation Limited, Crown Polymer Bagging Limited, and BetaOne Investment Limited. He is the Managing Partner of Molla Salt Industries, Molla & Brothers Co., and also an active partner of Molla Salt Industries Unit-2 and M. M. Salt Industries, from which two branded salt has been leading the market of the nation known as “Molla Super Salt” and “Molla Salt” for long times. He is also the Partner of Crown Enterprise. He is the highest Tax Payer in Narayanganj District for consecutive last 6 (Six) years. Apart from his business career, he is a social worker who has founded the “Molla Salt Foundation Limited” and led the foundation as Chairman, under which lots of social work has been done to privilege the underprivileged community of Mirkadim Municipality like- Charitable Health Care, Free Ambulance, Free School for underprivileged children.
Mr. Md. Mizanur Rahman Mollah is a Sponsor Director and Additional Managing Director of Crown Cement PLC. He is the Managing Director of Crown Polymer Bagging Limited, Crown Power Generation Limited, Molla Salt (Triple Refined) Industry Limited, and Molla Salt Agro & Beverage Limited. He is also the Director of Crown Mariners Limited, Crown Cement Concrete, and Building Products Limited, and Crown Transportation and Logistics Limited. Together with his other family members, he has been carrying out trading operations from their reputed organization, dealing in Cement and other Construction Materials. He is the Managing Partner of Molla Salt Industries Unit-2, M. M. Salt Industries, and also an active Partner of Molla Salt Industries and Mollah and Brothers Co., from which two branded salt has been leading the market of the nation named “Molla Super Salt” and “Molla Salt” for the decades. He is also the Partner of Crown Enterprise. He is one of the members of the Board’s Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Crown Cement PLC. He is also the Partner of Crown Enterprise. He is the highest Tax Payer in Narayanganj District for consecutive last 6 (Six) years. Other than being a businessman, he also loves to work for the underprivileged people of the society for which he has cofounded & leading the “Molla Salt Foundation Ltd.” as an honorable secretary.
Mr. Md. Almas Shimul went to Japan for his career development after the completion of his education. After two years’ successful completion of the job at Asahi High Tech, a Japanese IT-based Company, he returned to Bangladesh and joined in the family business. During his business history, he holds the Chairmanship of Indo Steel Re-rolling Industries Limited. He also holds the position of Additional Managing Director of GPH Ispat Limited and actively participates in its management. He is one of the Sponsors and Director of Crown Cement PLC., GPH Power Generation Limited, GPH Ship Builders Limited, GPH Engineers & Development Limited, Chittagong Capital Limited, Jahangir & Others Limited, Eco Ceramics Industries Limited, Crown Power Generation Limited, Crown Polymer Bagging Limited, Crown Mariners Limited, Crown Transportation and Logistics Limited and Crown Cement Concrete and Building Products Limited. Together with his brothers, he has been carrying out the trading of Construction Materials like Cement, M. S. Rod, C. I. Sheet, etc. from their different trading houses from Chattagram Centre. He is also one of the members of the Board’s Audit Committee and Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Crown Cement PLC. Being a prominent social worker, he is actively involved with the following social organizations:
Mr. Zakir Ahmed Khan, Former Finance Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh joined Crown Cement PLC. as Independent Director on 6 December 2018. He carries with him vast experience and expertise gathered from home and abroad. Mr. Khan did BA (Hons) and Masters in Economics from the University of Dhaka in 1968. He had graduate study in Development Economics and Development Administration as a Hubert Humphrey North-South Fellow at the Colorado State University, USA. He also did a Master of Business Administration from Vrijie Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium. Before joining Government Service in 1970, he briefly worked as a Research Associate in the Bureau of Economic Research and Institute of Education and Research and Lecturer in Economics, University of Dhaka. He also worked as a part-time Lecturer in the Department of Finance, University of Dhaka. Mr. Khan held various senior-level positions in the Ministries of Finance, Commerce, Establishment, Energy, Civil Aviation and Tourism, Cabinet Division, and Bangladesh Audit and Accounts Department. He served as Finance Secretary and Secretary, Internal Resources Division and Chairman, of the National Board of Revenue for five years. He also briefly worked for a number of UN Agencies. Prior to his retirement in early 2009, he served as Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank for three and a half years. He contributed a number of articles on public policy and public sector financial management to a number of national and international journals. He also made several key note presentations on public sector reforms and financial management in seminars and workshops at home and abroad.
Dr. M. Abu Eusuf is holding the position of Professor & Former Chair in the Department of Development Studies at the University of Dhaka. He is the Director of ‘Centre on Budget and Policy’ at the University of Dhaka. Dr. Eusuf is an economist by training. He was awarded Ph.D. in Development Policy and Management (Development Economics Cluster) from the University of Manchester as a Commonwealth Scholar. He also completed his MA in Development Studies at the Institute of Social Studies (ISS), Netherlands, under the UN fellowship program. Dr. Eusuf has been an active member of the Bangladesh Economic Association. His fields of interest include national budget, social protection, SDGs, Governance, women entrepreneurship development, leather sector development, monitoring and evaluation, human development, human rights, water and sanitation, international trade, urban poverty, green growth and financing, land management, community health, etc. He has published a number of research articles in reputed journals/books. Dr. Eusuf is an active researcher and has worked for UNDP; World Bank; ADB; ODI, Center on the Budget and Policy Priorities, USA; University of Manchester, The Asia Foundation, Bangladesh Planning Commission, Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) International, India; ActionAid Bangladesh, Care Bangladesh, Oxfam, World Vision, Sajida Foundation, Institute for Inclusive Finance and Development (InM) and so on. Over the past many years, Dr. Eusuf has developed a strong network with high level policy makers including Ministers, Secretaries of various ministries, Bangladesh Bank Governor and Deputy Governors, high officials of National and International NGOs etc. Dr. Eusuf has been conducting research and advocacy activities regularly related to SDGs, pre and post budget analysis and publish Citizen Budget every year under his leadership. He is also working as the country researcher for Bangladesh of Open Budget Survey 2021 being commissioned by Washington DC based International Budget Partnership (IBP). He has also undertaken rigorous research and advocacy works in all divisions in Bangladesh. During April 2020 – March 2021, amid the Covid-19 pandemic – he has completed various studies on ‘COVID -19 and New Normal for Women in the Economy in South Asia: Bangladesh Country Report’; ‘Political Economy Analysis of the Bangladesh Government’s Financial Support Mechanism during COVID-19 and Its Effectiveness in Safeguarding the Women Entrepreneurs’ commissioned by The Asia Foundation. He is currently leading the study on ‘Fiscal Stimulus Packages in Dealing with COVID-19 Consequences in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Institutional Capacity, Accountability, and Transparency’ with the support from the Asia Foundation (November 2020 – October 2021). He has recently completed study on “Preparation of Advocacy Documents for Pre-Budget National Consultation, 2021 with implications for Migrant Workers’ Welfare”, (April – May 2021) commissioned by WARBE Development Foundation and ‘Impact Evaluation – Mental Health Support for COVID-19 Affected Population’ (February – March 2021) commissioned by Sajida Foundation. Dr. Eusuf led a field survey-based study on the government’s Gratuitous Relief (GR) programme commissioned by the Ministry of Disaster Management and Relief (MoDMR) for which the field work in nine upazilas under nine districts was conducted observing official health guidelines (March - June 2020).