Parveen Mahmud, the first female president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB), won the "Top 50 Women Global Awards Sri Lanka 2023" in the category of "Leadership in Finance and Accounting" for her remarkable achievements and dedication to the profession in and beyond the border.

Parveen received an award from Sulochona Segera, founding chairperson of the Women in Management (WIM) for Sri Lanka, the Maldives, the UAE and Canada, at Shangri-la Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka on Saturday, said a press release.

She is the only female leader from Bangladesh to have received the award.

A panel of judges selected Parveen Mahmud, who is identified as one of the Top 50 women leaders in the world, for her hard work, perseverance, and commitment to the excellence in work, which have made a positive impact on various sectors of the economy of the country and the lives of millions of women.

She was the founding chairperson of CA Female Forum-Women in Leadership Committee at the ICAB and the vice-chairperson of the Women in Leadership Committee of the South Asian Federation of Accountants (SAFA), the apex accounting professional body of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation till 2019.

She is the chairperson of RDRS Bangladesh, Shasha Denims Limited, Underprivileged Children's Educational Programmes (UCEP)-Bangladesh, the Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services (MIDAS), and the Acid Survivors Foundation.

The WIM in collaboration with Women in Work has selected the top 50 female professionals among the 500 nominations from 33 countries for the Women Global Awards 2023.

Among others, Dinesh Gunawardena, prime minister of Sri Lanka, Aishath Mohamed Didi, minister for gender, family and social services, and Anne Aly, federal minister for early childhood education and minister for youth in labour of Australia, were present.