Dhakal elected FNCCI President

KATHMANDU: Chandra Prasad Dhakal is a successful Nepali businessman who has been elected as the President of the Federation of Nepalese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FNCCI) — the largest private sector confederation of business and industries. A co-founder of the IME Group, Dhakal began his business journey in 1989 with a grocery business, launched a cargo business in 1996 and pioneered the first remit company, International Money Express, popularly known as the IME which has become synonymous to remit business in the country. Under his visionary leadership and guidance, IME Group runs and manages over two dozen companies ranging from remittance, banking, trading, information technology, energy, tourism, automobile, and insurance to sports and entertainment. As the chairman of the IME Group and Global IME Bank Limited, Dhakal has successfully concluded mergers and acquisitions with 21 banks and financial institutions (BFIs) and turned the bank into one of the largest financial institutions in the country. He has represented the private sector including the FNCCI at various government and other institutions including the Investment Board Nepal and International Labour Organisation. He has been serving as the Honorary Consul of Indonesia as well as the President of the Nepal-Indonesia Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He has served as Senior Vice President of the FNCCI and chaired various committees at the apex private sector body. Dhakal has been putting his tireless efforts to support tourism and infrastructure development, capital formation and employment generation with the development of cable cars, hotels and other large infrastructure facilities in the Kathmandu Valley and in provinces. The Government of Nepal has decorated him with Kirtimaya Rastradeep, Prabal Janasewashree (Fourth) and Gorkha Dakshin Bahu (IV), recognising his significant contribution to the business and economic development and job creation in the country. He was also awarded by the Government of Indonesia for his outstanding service in rescuing and evacuating Indonesian citizens during the 2015 Earthquake. READ ALSO:

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