Sheikh Aminur Rahman, chief business officer (CBO) of Nagad, has been honoured with the "Business Director of the Year" award for his contribution to the corporate sector.

Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) initiated the first Bangladesh C-Suite Awards 2022 to recognise and celebrate the achievements of Bangladeshi business leaders.

The Bangladesh C-Suite Awards were recently given in 16 categories to 16 top executives of Bangladesh.

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Aminur won the award because of his role in helping mobile financial services provider (MFS) Nagad's daily "transactions reaching Tk1,000 crore and creating a customer base of more than Tk6 crore," the MFS said in a media statement.

The Nagad CBO is also the founder of the platform Corporate Executive Club, through which he is working to bring all community leaders, including those from the FMCG, IT, telecom, pharmaceutical and banking industries together.

The Nagad CBO previously won many national and international awards, such as the Money 2.0 – Outstanding Leadership Award, LFB Leadership Excellence Award, and Telenor Top Talent.