A special
AGM of the FNCCI last year had amended the statute of the organisation to
automatically elect the senior vice-president as president, which created an
opportunity for Rana to become the president of the private sector body without
contesting the election.
Rana
is the 18th president of the umbrella body of the Nepalese private
sector and has replaced Pashupati Murarka.
She
has more than two decades’ experience in business, namely hospitality, banking
and agriculture.
Rana was
one of the founding members of the Federation of Women Entrepreneurs
Association of Nepal (FEWAN).
She
had joined the FNCCI about 11 years ago and was elected as a member of the
women’s executive committee from 2008 to 2011.
She is
managing director of Sneha Group Pvt. Ltd., which has investments in the
hospitality industry in Nepalgunj of Banke district and in Kathmandu.
She is
the MD of Sneha B&S Collaboration Pvt. Ltd., president of Sneha Culture
Entertainment and director of Padhya Creation.
Likewise,
Rana is promoter of the SAARC Chamber of Craft Village and Bageshwori
Development Bank.
She
has a post-graduate degree in political science from Lucknow University , India
“I
believe in teamwork, so I will pull all the office bearers together so as to
form a strong team to work in the interest of the private sector,” she said.
The 51st
Annual General Assembly on April 10 and 11 elected the senior VP and three VPs
who also assumed their posts on Wednesday.
Shekhar
Golchha has been elected to the post of senior VP while Chandra Prasad Dhakal,
Pramod Shrestha and Umesh Lal Shrestha were elected to the post of VP Associates
Group, District/Municipal Group and Commodities Group respectively.
Golchha
defeated Kishor Kumar Pradhan while Dhakal was elected unanimously.
Likewise,
Umesh bet Shankar Pandey and Anup
Bahadur Malla, and Pramod overcame Dinesh Shrestha to be elected as the VPs.
They
will serve for a tenure of three years.
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