Muhammed Aziz Khan, is the founder of Summit Industrial and Mercantile Corporation (Pvt.) Ltd. (SIMCL). Summit Group is recognized as the largest infrastructure group in Bangladesh employing over 2000 people with investments in the energy sector, ports, shipping and information technology.
Under the leadership of Muhammed Aziz Khan, Summit has set up the first Independent Power Plant of the country in 1998, Summit generates more than 1950 megawatts (MW) of electricity and is by far the largest independent power producer in Bangladesh. A further 600 MW of electricity generation facility is presently under construction by the group (75%) and GE (25%) and 2400 MW is under development. Summit has also set up Bangladesh’s first private off-dock port facility, Summit Alliance Ports Limited which handles about 25% of Bangladesh’s exports volume and about 7% of the country’s imports volume. Summit Power Limited, Summit Alliance Ports Limited, Ocean Containers Limited and Khulna Power Company Ltd. are subsidiaries of SIMCL and are currently listed in the Dhaka and Chittagong Stock Exchanges with a combined market capitalization of more than Tk. 70 billion or US dollars 1 billion. Summit Communications Limited is the first company to lay a Bangladesh-wide fibre-optic transmission network. Summit Communication Limited’s fibre optic cables cover 100% of Bangladesh with 47000+ kms of laid fibre. The company also connects Bangladesh to India and Myanmar through terrestrial fibre optics.
Mr. Muhammed Aziz Khan was born in 1955. He is an MBA from the Institution of Business Administration, University of Dhaka. Mr. Muhammed Aziz Khan is married to Anjuman Aziz Khan and has three daughters, Ayesha, Adeeba and Azeeza.