M.A. Kashem has been re-elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Southeast Bank PLC. He was unanimously re-elected Chairman of the Bank in its 796th Board Meeting held on 9th August 2026, a press releases said.

M.A. Kashem is the Founder Chairman and Sponsor Director of Southeast Bank PLC. Kashem is a Member & Former Chairman of Board of Trustees, North South University and a Founder Life Member of NSU Trust Foundation. He has served as its four times chairman and was also Chairman of NSU Foundation’s Endowment Committee several times. He is the Chairman of Rose Corner (Pvt.) Limited.

Kashem is the former President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FBCCI), the apex body of all the business communities of Bangladesh. He was the Chairman of Arbitration Tribunal of FBCCI. He is the past Chairman of the Association of Private Universities of Bangladesh (APUB) which represented all Private Universities of the country. 

Kashem was a member of the Board of Trustees of Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh, one of the leading manufacturers of herbal medicines in the subcontinent, for a long time. He was the President of SAHIC Trust (Society for Assistance to Hearing Impaired Children), the only voluntary organization rendering health care assistance of the ear, nose and throat services to destitute and poor patients. He is the life member of SAHIC.

Kashem is an eminent industrialist, renowned patron of education, distinguished philanthropist and an active social worker. He was the winner of “President Export Trophy Award” for the year 1982- 83 and 1983-84 for excellent export performance. Kashem also got “C.R. Das Gold” Medal for excellent contribution in Industrial sector in the year 1995. He was awarded the “Highest Tax Payer-2011” and also in 2016-2017 by National Board of Revenue (NBR). Recently, he has been awarded Abu Rushd Memorial Award for promoting higher Education.

Kashem was the leader of 20-member FBCCI Trade delegation to Far Eastern Countries in the year 1986. He was also the leader of 5-member Govt. delegations to the U.K., the U.S.A. and Canada sponsored by the UNDP in 1987 and leader of 12 members Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) Govt. of Bangladesh delegations to EEC countries in 1985. As an industrialist he travelled almost all major cities of the world many times on his own business, led FBCCI trade delegations and also North South University.

He has established a Trust named M. Kashem Trust to foster education to the primary and midlevel students of Schools in his locality. Moreover, a general Hospital of 20 Beds in the name of “Tareque Memorial-Ibrahim General Hospital” has been established by the Trust in his Upazilla Chhagalnaiya, Feni. It is a nonprofit organization. The Trust also awarded stipends and scholarships to the meritorious students during the last couple of years.

As a philanthropist, Kashem set up Kashem Complex at Darogarhat, Chhagalnaiya which contents Madrashsa, Masjid, Eidgah, Public Graveyard and other training Centers and erected free dwelling houses for the poor and destitute people of his locality.

Kashem is a member of the Kurmitola Golf Club, Baridhara Cosmopolitan Club Limited, Gulshan Club Limited, Rotary Club of Dhaka West, National Shooting Club, Bangladesh Diabetic Association, Life member of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, Bangladesh Red Crescent Society and Shishu Hospital, Chittagong.