Engr. Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir
Chairman of Max Group
NRB DAY Award 2023
Infrastructure Development of Bangladesh
Engr. Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir has been chosen for the Special NRB Day Award 2023 for his innovative and pioneering work in the vast area of infrastructure development leading to significant contribution to the national economy.
Engr. Ghulam Mohammed Alomgir is considered as the most successful, respected, and charismatic individual having a significant contribution to the country’s overall economy. He is the founder Chairman of MAX GROUP, one of the largest engineering conglomerates of Bangladesh that accounts for the employment of more than 10,000 people ranging from top-notch graduate engineers to semi-skilled laborers. His areas of specialization are not limited to project management, financial management, contract administration, initiating sustainable work methods, negotiating big businesses, developing performance-oriented relationships and international joint ventures, etc.
Graduating in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1977, Engr. Alomgir joined a French-based Oil and Gas Company in the UAE and served successfully for five years. However, with the ardent desire to emerge as an industrialist, he returned to Bangladesh in 1983 leaving his prosperous career and dazzling lifestyle.
Engr. Alomgir, at the age of 30, established Max Infrastructure Limited, by far the largest EPCM (Engineering, Procurement, Construction, and Management) Company in Bangladesh that has a dynamic presence in the development of key infrastructural assets in various sectors such as Railways, Power Generation, Nuclear Power Plants, Flyovers, Bridges, Elevated Expressways, Roadways, Embankment, and Shore Protection, High-rise Buildings, etc. He owns and operates two Power Plants with a combined capacity of 242 MW. He has established manufacturing facilities for Stainless Steel Crockeries, Cutleries, and Pipes, Lubricating Oil Blending, Automobile Leaf Springs, most of the Railway Track Fittings, and Pre-stressed Concrete Sleepers, etc. under his dynamic leadership. To ensure the quality and on-time delivery of his projects and consignments, he has established the country’s largest fleet within his company which includes more than 1200 state-of-the-art heavy equipment.
Engr. Alomgir, a director of FBCCI is the founder director and Vice Chairman of Bengal Commercial Bank Limited. He is the founder President of BUET Graduates Club Limited and Chairman, Football Committee of Mohammedan Sporting Club Limited, one of the oldest sports clubs in Bangladesh. He is the Senior Vice President of Bangladesh Swimming Federation.