Abdul Awal Mintoo (born February 22, 1949) is a noted Bangladeshi businessman. He has played a very important role in commerce and industry in Bangladesh and has been the chairman or managing director of a high number of organizations and groups. He is the former President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI). During the last Caretaker Government (2006 to 2008), he was thrown into the jail because of the alleged corruption charges.
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Mintoo was born on February 22, 1949 in a village named Aleyarpur in Feni District to a family of landowners. He studied Science at Feni Pilot High School in Feni in 1964, and then graduated from Comilla Victoria College in 1966 with a HSC degree. He then obtained a diploma in 1968 in Nautical Science from Mercantile Marine Academy in Chittagong. He moved to the United States to pursue his studies and in 1973 graduated with a B.Sc. in Marine Transportation Science from the State University of New York, following it up with a Master's degree in Transportation Management and Advance Chartering Problems and Arbitration.[1]
He has been Director of National Bank Ltd and General Insurance, the largest private general insurance company in the country, chairman of Investment in oil and gas sector in Bangladesh as well as Managing Director of Investment in Real Estate Land Development and Automobiles Distributorship / Shipping / Chartering Multimode Transport Consultants Limited. He is chairman of the marketing and sole distribution of Johnson & Johnson Products in Bangladesh.[1]
He has also been a notable figure in the manufacturing sector in Bangladesh, having been director of the Chittagong Cement Clinker Grinding Co. Ltd. (Heidelberg Cement) and an advisor to Dulamia Cotton Spinning Mills Ltd. He is also highly active in agricultural-based industries, having served as Chairman of OP and Hybrid Vegetable seeds production, processing and research and has been active in the following organizaitons[1]:
He has also been active in hotel groups in Bangladesh and has been a member of the Board of Governors, Academy for Planning and Development, Ministry of Planning, the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and the Bangladesh Olympic Association.[1] He is a member of the National Bank Foundation and founded several colleges in Bangladesh including Iqbal Memorial College, Bodarernessa High School and Alhaj Safiullah High School.[1] He is also a member of the Board of Governors, at Bangladesh Open University (BOU) and at the Bangladesh Institute of Management.[1]