Syed Humayun Kabir was Chairman and Managing Director of Pfizer in Bangladesh for 21 years. He also served as Chairman/President of Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Bangladesh Employers Association, Foreign Investors Chamber of Commerce & Industries, American-Bangladesh Economic Forum and Transparency International-Bangladesh. He has been a member of the boards of several banks and an insurance company. He is a trustee of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) and currently the Chairman of Renata Ltd.

Mr. Kabir has had board level associations with BRAC since 1972. He was its Chairman for over 20 years. He is the founder of Sajida Foundation, an organization founded to serve the poor in peri-urban areas.

Mr. Kabir has an honours degree in Chemistry from Dhaka University.