Summit Group announced the appointment of Md Reaz Uddin as the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Summit Meghnaghat I (M1)Power Company Limited (337 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant) and Summit Meghnaghat II (M2) Power Company Limited (583 MW Combined Cycle Power Plant).
Summit Meghnaghat I is a joint venture between Taiyo Life Insurance (Japan), JERA (Japan) and Summit, while Summit Meghnaghat II is a joint venture between GE (USA), JERA (Japan) and Summit, says a press release.
Reaz Uddin has been a valued member of the Summit since 2011.
Prior to this appointment, he served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Summit Meghnaghat II Power Company Ltd., and as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of both Summit Meghnaghat I Power Company Ltd. and Summit Bibiyana Power Company Ltd.
He brings over 32 years of extensive experience in power generation, having led high-level negotiations, executed large-scale infrastructure projects, and managed plant operations and maintenance (O&M) teams.
After graduating from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) in 1992 with a degree in Chemical Engineering, he began his career at KAFCO, a multinational fertilizer company.
In 2000, he joined AES, a US-based power company that developed the first two combined cycle power plants in the IPP sector in Bangladesh.
Over the years, he has held senior roles in these two projects with various multinational organisations, including Powertek Berhad, CDC Globeleq, AES Corporation, and KAFCO. Mr. Uddin also holds an MBA from Victoria University, Australia.
