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Asia manufacturing
Bangladesh starts to reopen clothing industry after lockdown
...Some factories are adhering to the guidelines and a few have even taken them a step further: Shakhawat Hossain, chairman of Paramount Textile, whose clients include Hennes & Mauritz and Uniqlo, has hired...
April 30, 2020
Insurance
Bain Capital in advanced talks to take Esure private for £1.2bn
...Peter Wood, Esure’s founder, chairman and largest shareholder, had been rumoured to be looking to sell for some time....
August 13, 2018
FT Live
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Thursday, 13 JuneLondon, UK
Insurance
Direct Line chief Paul Geddes to step down after 10 years in role
...Chairman Mike Biggs said that the company had a succession plan in place, and that the new chief executive would be in position by the time Mr Geddes left next summer....
August 1, 2018
European companies
SoftBank cools on Swiss Re stake deal
...Kamran Hossain, analyst at RBC Capital Markets, said Swiss Re’s property and casualty insurance business had “got off to a strong start to the year” with profitability higher than expected and volumes up...
May 6, 2018
Corporate governance
Hastings appoints chief executive Gary Hoffman to chairman role
...Kamran Hossain, analyst at RBC Capital Markets said: “Toby’s a really good replacement. He really understands the price comparison game, which is crucial for their business.”...
January 9, 2018
Mergers & Acquisitions
ZPG confirms failed £460m bid for GoCompare.com
...Mr Wood, who owns 25 per cent of GoCompare, has been selling down his stake, and Mr Hossain believes that he could still be a willing seller....
November 14, 2017
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Thursday, 7 NovemberThe Landmark London, London, UK
Property sector
Gocompare rejects £460m takeover offer from Zoopla owner
...Sir Peter Wood, Gocompare chairman, said the group’s board was “extremely pleased” with the business’s transformation since the demerger, adding that ZPG’s offer was “highly opportunistic”....
November 14, 2017
Insurance
AA faces tough choices as it maps out road ahead
...“I get why the AA would want to do it,” says Kamran Hossain, analyst at RBC Capital Markets. “They are trading on 10 times earnings, but insurers are on 13 times earnings.”...
September 16, 2017
Fund management
Movers & shakers: January 16
...Jonathan Ruffer, the chairman who founded the company 22 years ago, said he was “right chuffed”. • UBS Wealth Management has hired Ohad Greenfeld as head of Israel....
January 15, 2017
World
Karachi schism spells fresh trouble for Pakistan’s Nawaz Sharif
...On Wednesday the chairman of a Karachi-based business group told the Financial Times that the city’s uncertain politics “will force businessmen to put their plans on hold....
August 24, 2016
Insurance
Gocompare to pursue overseas markets after split from Esure
...Sir Peter Wood, who will be chairman of Gocompare, said the company wanted to expand beyond its core UK market....
September 13, 2016
Retail & Consumer industry
Bangladesh factory fire kills 25 and injures dozens
...Syed Mokbul Hossain, chairman of the company, did not respond to a request for comment....
September 11, 2016
Life & Arts
The FT’s best books of 2015
..., by Saad Hossain, Unnamed Press, RRP$16.00 Unclassifiably wild, weird and wacky, Hossain’s debut novel mixes Islamic mysticism, Greek myth, alchemy and superheroes....
November 27, 2015
News in-depthThe Big Read
Karachi: Under siege
...Yasin Lakhani, a stockbroker and former chairman of the Karachi Stock Exchange, describes the city as Pakistan’s “economic jugular”....
June 26, 2014
Global Economy
Epidemic of violence triggers Karachi crackdown
...Nasir Ali Shah Bukhari, chairman of the Karachi-based Khadim Ali Shah Bukhari business group with interests in banking and the stock market, says a clean-up operation is essential to improve law and order...
September 15, 2013
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Thursday, 21 NovemberNatural History Museum, Cromwell Road, London, UK
UK schools
A better life in sight
...Richard Meddings, the bank’s finance director and chairman of Seeing is Believing, says: “For Standard Chartered, the case for tackling avoidable blindness is compelling....
November 25, 2011
Banks
Banker to poor fights official antipathy
...That struggle is expected to take a critical turn on Monday, when Grameen Bank holds its first board meeting under the leadership of Muzammel Huq, a new government-appointed chairman who described Mr Yunus...
February 27, 2011
World
Zardari leads Pakistan president race
...Asif Ali Zardari, widower of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister, and co-chairman of her Pakistan People’s party (PPP), is emerging as the frontrunner to become the country’s next president...
August 20, 2008
World
Kashmir starts earthquake reconstruction phase
...Altaf Saleem, chairman of Pakistan’s Earthquake Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Authority, estimates 70-80 per cent of those in organised camps will go back voluntarily....
April 7, 2006

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