Founder of Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry(CWCCI) - Bangladesh
Dr. Monwara Hakim Ali is a dynamic and result-oriented leader. Her keen interest in the development of Women Entrepreneurship and Equality for Women in the workforce has led to her success in business, community, and society at large. As a pioneering business and socially active women of Bangladesh since the late 1970s, she has successfully founded and spear-headed businesses and women-based institutions and organizations.
Born in Chittagong, she graduated in Hospitality Management from the City of London College, U.K. and completed the prestigious NDC Fellowship - Capstone Course from National Defense College (NDC), Bangladesh.
Mrs. Ali was the First-ever elected women to the position of First Vice President of the Federation of Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FBCCI).
She is the Founder of the Chittagong Women Chamber of Commerce & Industry(CWCCI), Chittagong Women Entrepreneurs Association(CWEA), Women Cooperative Society Ltd(WCSL, Indonesia Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce & Industry, WE Eid Bazar and International Women SME Expo Bangladesh.
She established First Butterfly Park in Bangladesh, Drug Rehabilitation & Treatment Centers, Educational and Vocational Training Institutes in Chittagong.
She Organized and led Bangladesh's first-ever participation in Miss World Contest in Sun City, South Africa, 1994.
Mrs. Ali is the Chairman of Genetica Bd. Ltd. Vice Chairman Intraco Group and also one of the owners of the pioneer family-owned Four Star Hotel Agrabad, in Chittagong. Under the umbrella of her family business, she has successfully diversified the business into various sectors like Renewable Energy, Real Estate, Tourism & Hospitality, Medicine, Food and Beverage, Agri-Business and Organic Fertilizer.
Currently, she is holding distinguished positions in a number of Government and Non-Govt. organizations: Chairman, Anti-Corruption Prevention Committee of Greater Chittagong. Director, The Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce Industry (FBCCI), Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE), Teletalk Bangladesh Ltd., Bangladesh Telecommunications Company Ltd., Coal Power Generation Co. Ltd., SME Foundation (SMEF), Member, Governing Body Bangladesh Tourism Board and Bangladesh Federation for Tourism Development (BFTD), Ansar VDP Unnayan Bank. Member Review Panel-4, Planning Ministry (IME Division), She is and also Member of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Executive Member of Confederation of Asia Pacific Chambers of Commerce & Industry (CACCI), Member, Regional Advisory Board of Asian University for Women (AUW), National Consumer Right Protection Committee, and Ministry of Commerce Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
She was also the Former, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Indonesia in Chittagong, Managing Director of Hotel Hawai Ltd. and Vice-President SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry.
She traveled many countries with the Honorable Prime Minister of Bangladesh as a member of her entourage. She also participated in the 66th, 67th & 68th UN General Assembly. Honoured as a Commercially Important Person(CIP) by the Govt. of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
She has received Honorary Doctorate degree by the Malaysia World Chamber of Commerce(MWCC) for her leading role in the development of Women Empowerment and Entrepreneurship in Bangladesh.
As a successful leader in business, community and society at large, she has been covered with a number of national and international awards and Gold Medals from prestigious organizations. She is also the author of two reader-worthy books -”Awareness & Prevention of Drug Abuse” and “Way to a Successful Career.” She is happily married and blessed with two sons and one daughter.