Luna Shamsuddoha was appointed the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Janata Bank Limited on 28 February
She secured Master’s in International Relations from the University of Dhaka. She taught English at the British Council and was a Lecturer at the Institute of Modern Languages, University of Dhaka. She also worked as a Co-reporter for Australia Broadcasting Corporation, ABC. She started business in 1985 as Managing Partner of the Executive Centre.
Luna Shamsuddoha is a software entrepreneur and Chairman of Dohatec New Media since 1992, She is the Managing Director of Global Voice Telecommunication Limited, an International Gateway Company. As Chairman, she leads the management team and is responsible for overseas marketing, quality and emerging technology, and implementation of overseas contracts. Dohatec provides software solutions and services for international clients like The World Bank, World Health Organization, US Postal Service. She has received recognition for her path-breaking work internationally. She received two International Awards for Software by Swiss Interactive Media and Software Association (SIMSA) in 2005 in Basel, Switzerland.
She has involved in the development of a Voter enrolment solutions and biometric de-duplication with Bangladesh Army in the 2007 – 2008 national election. She was recognized at the inauguration of Microsoft’s Global Partners Conference WPC 2007 in Denver, for her achievements in the international software Industry.
Her firm developed the electronic Government Procurement (e-GP) system MIS. They maintain and operate the e-GP System for Bangladesh and Government of Nepal. She provided the e-GP System for Royal Government of Bhutan. Her copyright solutions in the data management space, has been used by the World Bank Headquarters and other international organization for over a decade. Dohatec is a Certifying Authority and issues Digital Certificates.
She developed comprehensive PKI capacity in Bangladesh with digital signing tools and carries out PKI
enablement.
She was the Founder President of Bangladesh Women in Technology (BWIT), Member of Council Global Thought Leaders on Inclusive Growth Switzerland, Trustee Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB), Trustee Underprivileged Children’s Educational Programs (UCEP) Bangladesh, former Director SME Foundation and former Director Agrani Bank Limited. She is a member of Global Advisory Council of Think through Consulting (‘TTC’) India. Her endowment offers scholarships and supports cultural activities. She is founder member of Bangladesh Business Magazine. She is member of Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services, MCCI, AMCHAM, SBCCI and BEF.
Her International acknowledgements among others are Femina World Women Leadership Congress Super Achiever Award 2017 and Honorary Leadership Award 2013 – Global Women Inventors & Innovators Network (GWIIN) Award. She has received several recognitions nationally among others; DHL-The Daily Star’s ‘Outstanding Woman in Business’, RTV Jaya Alokita Nari 2017, SAARC Women’s Association Women in Progress Award
2017, Annanya Best 10 Award 2013