Mr. Mahmud was born in a respectable Muslim family of Dhaka. His father was an elite business entrepreneur and taught Mr. Mahmud how to succeed in business by adopting honesty as well ethical practices as the guiding principles from ever since. He is the Chairman of Cotton Group, owns a number of RMG manufacturing units, Telecommunication, Stock Broker House Company and Real Estate company under the umbrella of Cotton Group, ensuring high compliance and quality standards, as required by his world wide buyers. Soon he has become a successful exporter of readymade garments from Bangladesh and acquired confidence of global buyers. The Government of Bangladesh awarded him an export trophy and gave him CIP status.

He represented Bangladesh in several delegations to Japan, South Korea and Europe. He was Director of Korea-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr. Mahmud is a keen sports enthusiast and social benefactor. He was the Senior Vice Chairman of Usha Krira Chakra, a renowned sporting club of Dhaka. He also served the Bangladesh Hockey Federation as its Vice President for twelve years. He sponsored the biggest annual golfing event of the Country, Bangladesh Amateur Golf Championship for a consecutive period of five years. Mr. Mahmud also sponsored the “National Age Group Swimming Competition” in an effort to find and promote talents from all over the country. Mr. Mahmud instituted awards after the name of his late father for the meritorious under-privileged school children.

Mr. Mahmud is happily married to Ms. Tasmin Mahmud and they are caring, loving parents of a daughter and a son. He travelled major countries of the six continents for business purpose.

He served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Jamuna Bank PLC from April 28, 2014 to April 27, 2015