Chairman
Mr. K O Lee, Chairman: Mr. K O Lee, is a South Korean National and a veteran industrialist bringing in an experience of 40+ years and has businesses spread across multiple countries, such as, USA, UK, Singapore, Holland, Thailand, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Ukraine, China, Dubai, Hong Kong, Malaysia, India and Bangladesh. His Group of Companies deal in Commodities, Petroleum, Trading, Garments, Yarn, Textile Machinery and Dye, Chemical Product, etc. The specific Company, E Astro Co. Ltd. , with which he is involved with Avanguard Shipyard Ltd., is a South Korean based international trading company and has entered into the shipbuilding business in Bangladesh to leverage South Korea's position as the number 1 shipbuilding nation in the world along with Bangladesh's extremely competitive pricing advantage. It was established in 2002 and enjoyed an Average Sales of KRW 40.35 billion (USD 33 million) over the last 3 years. Over the same period (last 3 years) they held Assets worth KRW 20.60 billion (USD 17 million). They have a D&B credit rating of 4A1 (Strong).
Managing Director, Founder and Shareholder
Engr. Mohammed Imtiaz Hossain, Managing Director, Founder and Shareholder: Mr. Mohammed Imtiaz Hossain, before incorporating ASL, served in a major shipbuilding company, Three Angle Marine, as its Director (Business Development), where he worked on Government contracts of more than BDT 800 crore (approx. USD 90 million), having a role that was quite vast and multi-faceted and it covered Commercial, Banking, International Procurement, Finance and Government Tenders. He is an alumnus of the prestigious Imperial College London, consistently ranked as one of the top 5 universities in the world. Before moving back to Bangladesh in 2011, he spent 7 years working in the London (UK) offices of few of the global giants of the financial services industry such as Deutsche Bank (the 22nd largest bank globally with assets worth USD 1.5 trillion), Deloitte and PwC (the last 2 being the number 1 and number 2 Consulting Firms in the world, with revenues of USD 45.1 billion and USD 50.2 billion respectively). During his time at these prestigious organizations in London, his Business Advisory Services client portfolio included the biggest names from both the Government and Private Sectors, such as Office of the Deputy Prime Minister of UK (under Lord John Prescott’s Administration during Prime Minister Tony Blair’s regime), the National Health Service (UK), British Railways Board Residuary Limited, Shell, JP Morgan, Royal Bank of Scotland, Morgan Stanley, Banco Santandar, Schroders Investment Management, Charles Taylor Consulting plc, Legg Mason Investments, MAN Funds, Adam and Company plc, Lord Abbett, etc.
Mr. Pil-Yeong Kim, Chief Technical Consultant: Mr. Pil-Yeong Kim, a Naval Architect, is a decorated veteran of the industry and has an experience of almost 44 years, having started his career at Samsung Heavy Industries as an Assistant Manager (Production) in 1978. In 1983, he then went on to join Hyundai Heavy Industries, the number 1 shipbuilding company in the world in terms of revenue, where he spent 30 years, the final 10 years of which he was the Managing Director of Hyundai Mipo Shipyard.His specialism throughout his career is shipyard production/construction planning and management.In fact, he developed the ERP system that is now used by Hyundai Heavy Industries. Since 2013, he has been freelancing as a Technical Consultant with Sundong Shipyard and STX Shipyard (the 4th largest shipbuilder in the world).