Ms. Simeen Rahman
Board of Director, MCCI and Managing Director, Transcraft Ltd.
VICE PRESIDENT, MCCI AND TRANSCOM, GROUP CEO
Ms. Simeen Rahman is the Group CEO of Transcom Limited and also serves as a Board Director of all Transcom Group Companies. Transcom prioritizes its ethics based value system, and is today one of the largest and most diversified conglomerates in Bangladesh. She presides over all Transcom Group companies with operational and management control. Transcom has an annual turnover of around Taka 120 billion, employing over 20 thousand people. Transcom’s legacy stretches back to tea plantations in 1885.
Transcom’s Group companies include: Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd. (one of the leading and fastest growing pharmaceutical manufacturers – formerly SmithKline & French), Transcom Distribution Co. Ltd. (largest independent distribution company in Bangladesh, distribution of pharmaceuticals – Eskayef, Novo Nordisk, Servier, Allergan and consumer brands – L’Oréal, Garnier, Mars, Kraft Heinz, Fonterra, Energizer, Tata Consumer Products, Emami and Zydus Wellness), Transcom Beverages Ltd. (largest beverages company in Bangladesh, sole Bangladesh franchisee of PepsiCo Beverages – Pepsi, 7-Up, Mirinda, Mountain Dew, Sting, Slice, Aquafina), Mediastar Ltd. (Publishers of Prothom Alo, world’s largest Bengali news media company), Transcom Consumer Products Ltd. (first ever PepsiCo Foods Franchisee in the world – Lay’s, Kurkure, Quaker Oats), Transcom Electronics Ltd. (manufacturing, retailing & distribution of Samsung, Hitachi, Haier, Whirlpool, Daikin, Midea, Panasonic, Candy, ROWA, Transtec and more household appliances), Global Appliances Ltd. (A Joint Venture with Whirlpool), Bangladesh Lamps Ltd. (Transtec lighting products), Transcom Foods Ltd. (largest restaurant franchise company in Bangladesh, sole franchisee of Yum! Brands Pizza Hut & KFC), Tea Holdings Ltd., Transcraft Ltd. (printing and packaging).
Transcom Limited is also a major stakeholder in Mediaworld Limited (Publishers of the country’s leading English language newspaper – The Daily Star), General Insurance (Reliance Insurance Limited), Housing Finance (National Housing Finance PLC), IDLC Finance PLC and Pubali Bank PLC.
In addition to being the Group CEO of Transcom Limited, Ms. Simeen Rahman is also the Managing Director & CEO of certain Transcom subsidiaries. Ms. Rahman serves as the Managing Director & CEO of Eskayef Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Eskayef has a presence across 67 countries. Eskayef is the first company in the world to partner with Novo Nordisk to manufacture modern pen-fill insulin and the first company in the world to launch the first generic Remdesivir, Molnuvpiravir and Nirmatrelvir/Ritonavir combination to fight the COVID pandemic. Eskayef has been accredited with the prestigious US FDA approval for both its injectable and oral products, the first of its kind in Bangladesh and among a handful in South and Southeast Asia.
She is also the Managing Director & CEO of Transcom Beverages Ltd. (Exclusive franchise of PepsiCo Beverages), Transcom Consumer Products Ltd. (first ever PepsiCo Foods Franchisee in the world) and of Bangladesh’s largest distribution company, Transcom Distribution Co. Ltd.
In addition, Ms. Simeen Rahman is the Vice President of the premier trade body of Bangladesh – the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI) – Dhaka. She is also a member of the Executive Board of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) – Bangladesh.
She is a director on the board of one of Bangladesh’s digital banks, Kori Digital PLC.
Ms. Simeen Rahman also serves as the Chairperson of the Faraaz Hossain Foundation.