The programme was commenced bythe Programme Champion Mr. Md. Azizur Rahman FCS, Senior Vice President of ICSB and Head of Public Affairs & Company Secretary of British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company Limited. Mr. Rahman introduced the resource person Mr. Akhter MatinChaudhury FCA, FCSin the workshop and welcomed all the participants. In his speech, he focusedon the importance of minutes writing skills for the Company Secretaries.

Mr. Akhter MatinChaudhury FCA, FCS, Corporate Governance Specialist, Principal Consultant of Black Swan Consultancy, former Chairman & Managing Director of NuvistaPharma Limited and Council Member of ICSB conducted the high standard workshop under the branding of “Company Secretary Masterclass”. He elaborately discussed about the purpose, importance, types and use of meeting minutes. He also focused on how to overcome most problems faced by Company Secretaries and acquire accurate minute-taking skills.

A highly interactive workshop was held in which participants learnt about the best practices of minutes writing for company board meetings, general meetings of shareholders, other meetings and also participatedin a case study-based exercise. Participants mostly came from reputed corporate houses of the country. The Programme Champion Mr. Md. Azizur Rahman FCS also shared his long experience on minutes writing and answered different quarries of the participants. He informed that, this kinds of workshop will be continued for the development of company secretaries in upcoming days.The program ended with distribution ofcertificatesamong the participants.

The programme was attended by the Vice President of the institute Mr. Md. Selim Reza FCA, FCS who also shared his real life experience on writing minutes and thanked the initiator and the resource person of the program for arranging such workshop. He added that minutes writing is an essential skill for the Company Secretaries but they are not getting enough opportunity for professional training and development in our country. The programme was also attended by Mr. M Nurul Alam FCS andMr. Md. Zahangir Alam Manik LL. B, FCS Council Member of ICSB,Brig Gen Md. Zahirul Islam, ndc, psc, G (retd), Secretary &CEO and Mr. Md. Shamibur Rahman LL.B, FCS, Executive Director (A&F) of ICSB.

In the closing remarks,Mr. Md. Sharif Hasan LL. B, FCS, Council Member of ICSB, appreciated workshop organizing team for successfully conducting the time befitting workshop for the Company Secretaries. He added that this initiative of ICSB will definitely enhance Company Secretaries competencies and help themto keep their knowledge updated in line with the requirement of the changing role of the Company Secretaries in corporate world.