Seeking collaboration and support from all the stakeholders concerned to help the Bangladesh garment industry stay on course and keep the momentum of sustainable and responsible business practices continuing, the President of the apex garment makers’ body of BGMEA (Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association), Faruque Hassan underlined the industry was now preparing for the next growth phase.
The BGMEA chair maintained this during a recent meeting, attended by the buyers, foreign diplomats (posted in Dhaka), and heads of financial institutions.
“We are giving more importance to product and market diversification, value addition, technology upgradation, innovation, circularity,” reportedly opined Faruque Hassan while adding the industry was looking forward to working more closely with the stakeholders in these areas.
The said meeting was attended by Chief Representative (Bangladesh & Pakistan) of Best Seller Dishan Karunaratne, Country Head of NewTimes Rakshabanda Bashey, Country Head of Gap Inc Vikramjeet Singh, Country Head of MGF Sourcing Vivek Chawla, Country Head of jCrew, Allure Sourcing Rajib K Islam, Managing Director of Dongyi Sourcing Pavel Hossain, Unit Leader and General Manager of C&A Sourcing International Ltd Shantanu Singh, Category Director and Office Manager of GBO Ghislain Christian Henno, Country Manager of LC Waikiki Ozgur Turk, General Manager of Celio Sourcing Lucie Charlotte ABT, Country Manager of Tape à l’oeil Stephanie Wong Lung, General Manager of LabRight Bangladesh Dr. Levent Tutank from the buying side while amongst the envoys were present Canadian High Commissioner Lilly Nicholls, French Ambassador Marie Masdupuy, Ambassador and Head of Delegation of the European Union to Bangladesh Charles Whiteley, German Ambassador Achim Tröster, Honorary Consul at the Consulate of New Zealand Neaz Ahmed, Honorary Consul at the Consulate of the Republic of Lithuania Mishal Ali, Ambassador of Sweden Alexandra Berg von Linde, Ambassador of Philippine Leo Tito Ausan, Jr., Ambassador of Nepal Ghanshyam Bhandari, and Honorary Consul at the Consulate of Mongolia Nasreen Fatema Awal besides many heads of financial institutions, trade bodies and senior BGMEA officials.
