A K M Shamsuddin, managing director of Aventis Pharma in Bangladesh and the immediate past president of Foreign Investors' Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), has been reelected chairman of Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL), says a press release.

The election took place at a meeting of the CDBL Board of Directors held recently.

Other re-elected directors are Samson H Chowdhury, president of Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies, Ahmed Iqbal Hasan, chairman of Dhaka Stock Exchange, M Salman Ispahani, president of Chittagong Stock Exchange, Kazi Akramuddin Ahmed, president of Bangladesh Association of Bankers, A K M Rafiqul Islam, representing Bangladesh Insurance Association, Dr M Musa, convener of Bangladesh Merchant Banks Association, Rabiul Hussain, managing director of Sonali Bank representing NCB's, and M Ziaul Haque Khondaker, managing director of ICB.