The New Nation - Internet Edition

ECONOMIC REPORTER

Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has become the airline partner of upcoming 'Bangladesh Brand Forum- Leadership Summit 2008.' The summit begins at Radisson Hotel Dhaka today.

Bangladeshi business leaders, CEOs and high officials of various corporate organisations are attending the summit.

The summit is titled 'Transforming Corporate, Transforming Bangladesh.' Prof John Quelch, Senior Dean of Harvard Business School, CEO Consultant and Writer Nikos Mourkogiannis, Martin Roll, CEO Venture Republic, Author Asian Brand Strategy, Anjon Roy Chowdhury, Head of Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Indian Institute of Management are attending to enrich the summit.

K Ashraful Kabir, Country Manager, Etihad Airways, Bangladesh said, "Business leaders from different arena will come and share their experiences, express their concerns about corporate strategy and sustainable growth. We are proud to be the airline partner of this prestigious leadership summit 2008.'

Shariful Islam, Chief Executive of Brand Zeal, the Organiser of Bangladesh Brand Forum--Leadership Summit 2008' expresses his gratitude to Etihad for being the official carrier of this event.

He said that actually it would have been tough to arrange such a summit without corporate support. 'We expect Etihad would extend its supportive hand in future too,' he said.