M Zakir Hossain, chief executive of Young Consultants, has recently been elected as the chairman of the Institute of Management Consultants Bangladesh (IMCB).

The institute also elected Md Zahidur Rahman, director of the Associates for Development Services Ltd, as its president, IMCB said in a statement yesterday.

At the same time, Syed Ahmed Ali and Mohammad Khairul Bashar have been elected as vice presidents and Tofazzul Hussain as treasurer.

The election took place at the institute's the17th annual general meeting at a hotel in Dhaka, according to the statement.

IMCB sets and maintains standards for the management consulting profession in Bangladesh.