Mr. Feroz U. Haider is a renowned international banker with experience in very senior positions in financial institutions in South East Asia. He started his banking career in 1967 with United Bank Limited (now Janata Bank) after his graduation from University of Dhaka and worked till 1975. From 1976 to 1978 he was the General Manager of Gulf Finance Company Limited, Hong Kong. He was the Managing Director of GSP Finance Company Limited, Hong Kong and GSP International Bank Limited, Vanuatu. From 1989 to 1996 he was the Chairman of GSP International Bank Limited, Vanuatu, and President of Thai Prasit Insurance Company Limited, Hong Kong (now Mittare Insurance Co. Ltd.). From the date of incorporation (October 29, 1995) of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited, he served as Chairman and Managing Director of the Company, since 2008 he has elected as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company.

Dr. ATM Shamsul Huda was born in 1943. He obtained his B.A (Honors) and M.A in History from the University of Dhaka and he stood 1st class 1st position in both the examination. He also earned Masters in Public Administration and PhD from Syracuse University, New York, USA in 1975 and 1979 respectively. He started his career as a teacher of the University of Dhaka in the department of History and later joined the Civil Service of Pakistan (CSP) in 1966.Prior to Independence of Bangladesh he worked extensively at field levels in both East and West Pakistan. During his 34 years of long service with the Government, has held such positions as Member, Public Administration Training center; Chairman, Bangladesh Water Development Board; Managing Director, Bangladesh Agricultural Development Bank; Secretary, Banking Division, Ministry of Finance and Secretary, Ministry of Water Resources. He retired from Government service in 2000.

He was appointed as Chief Election Commissioner on February 05, 2007 for tenure of 5 years. He retired as CEC on 5th of February, 2012.

Mr. Berthold, a native German, is a resident of Hong Kong since 1977. He established an investment and private banking family office, Eyremount Limited (formerly Deutsche Asiatische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (DBA) Limited) in Hong Kong in 1996. Mr.Berthold is the sole shareholder. The firm invests in financial global markets and real estate projects. Prior to establishing his family office, Mr. Berthold worked for the Deutsche Bank Group. He established the private banking and portfolio management division (1984). As division head he covered Greater China, Taiwan, Korea, Thailand and the Philippines with over US$1 billion of AUM. He served as the Vice President of the Asia Pacific Regional Head Office in Deutsche Bank AG. His responsibilities included high net worth customer relationships, asset management, private equity investments, and venture capital sourcing. He started his banking career as the head of corporate research/SEA+Japan of Dresdner Bank AG in Frankfurt/M. Established the private banking and investment department for Dresdner Bank in Hong Kong and was its head until 1984. Mr. Berthold is a founding shareholder and non-executive director of GSP. Mr. Berthold holds the German degree of Business Administration and Economics (Diplom Kaufmann) from Mannheim University, Germany.

Ambassador F. A. Shamim Ahmed (Retd.) was appointed as an Independent Director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited in its 213th BOD meeting held on November 29, 2018. Mr. Ahmed was born in 1948. He earned Honours and Master’s degrees in Sociology from the University of Dhaka. A former career diplomat, Ambassador F. A. Shamim Ahmed has served in various capacities in the Bangladesh Foreign Ministry and Embassies abroad during his 33- year long tenure in the Foreign Service. His assignments have pertained mainly to South Asia and UN and multilateral matters.

Before his retirement in May 2007 as Ambassador Grade A and Secretary to the government, Ambassador Shamim Ahmed served as the country’s High Commissioner to Pakistan for four years. Prior to that he was Bangladesh Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands and was, concurrently, Permanent Representative to the Organization for Prevention of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

Ambassador Ahmed served as the Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York from 1997 - 2000. He was a member of the Bangladesh's delegation to the Security Council in 2000 with the rank of Ambassador. He also served as Consul General in New York.

His other diplomatic assignments were Deputy Chief of Mission in Islamabad; Deputy Chief of Mission in Rome with accreditation as Alternate Permanent Representative to the UN FAO, World Food Programme and the International Fund for Agricultural Development. Second / First Secretary in Tokyo and second Secretary in Nairobi with accreditation to the Headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme. He attended a Foreign Service training programme in Canberra, Australia in 1976.

Ambassador Mr. Anwarul Bar Chowdhury was appointed as an Independent Director of GSP Finance Company (Bangladesh) Limited in its 240th BOD Meeting held on October 29, 2022. Mr. Chowdhury was born in 1946. He completed his Masters in Economics from University of Dhaka and also earned a Master degree from University of California at Berkely, USA. A former career diplomat, Mr. Anwarul Bar Chowdhury has served in the Bangladesh Ministries of Defense, Commerce and Foreign Affairs in different capacities. He was the honorable counselor of the Bangladesh Embassy of Warsaw from 1989 to 1993. Before his retirement, Mr. Chowdhury was the Ambassador of Bangladesh to Italy with concurrent accreditation to Greece, Albenia, Serbia, Permanent Representative to UN Agencies in Rome. He was also the Member of Rajdhani Unnayan Kartripakkha (RAJUK) and vice chairman of Export Promotion Bureau of Bangladesh, the secretary of Ministry of Establishment and the Ministry of Planning and a Member of Planning Commission of Bangladesh. Mr. Chowdhury has also a career of teaching in many reputed Colleges and Universities of Bangladesh. After his retirement, Ambassador Mr. Anwarul Bar Chowdhury worked as a senior consultant of Bangladesh Enterprise Institute for Private Sector Development Project of IFC/World Bank.

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