Shafiat Sobhan

About Shafiat Sobhan

Shafiat Sobhan is a prominent Bangladeshi business figure. Educated in the United Kingdom, he is the Vice Chairman of the Bashundhara Group and is also part of the company’s Board of  Directors.

In addition to these roles, Shafiat is a main shareholder and director of the Bashundhara Group’s  LP gas, food and beverage, trading, and entertainment operations. He is also involved in agriculture, horticulture, and industrial ventures and manages the Bashundhara and East-West  Special Economic Zones, as well as the Sundarbans Industrial Complex.

Shafiat’s rise to the top of the corporate ladder was swift and decisive, marked by a series of strategic career moves. Shortly after joining the Bashundhara Group, he became part of the company’s Board of Directors and was concurrently assigned Vice Chairman.

These roles were ideally suited to Shafiat, given his wide range of skills and expansive knowledge.  He was more than up to the challenge, taking on key responsibilities in the company’s HR  development, finance, investment management, and business planning and implementation functions.

Shafiat’s career advancement was a fortuitous one for himself and the company. Within a remarkably short period, he managed to implement crucial expansion and restructuring schemes in the Bashundhara Group’s LP gas, shipping, and engineering operations. He was instrumental in launching the country’s first automated LP gas cylinder-producing plant. His exemplary leadership also resulted in the establishment of new ventures in the company’s food and beverage, shipping and logistics, and service sectors, as well as in amusement, recreation, and sports.