Samson H Chowdhury
 
Muhammadul Haque, Executive Director (Marketing), Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd
26th September 2013
During his lifetime, Samson H Chowdhury saw the expansion of his diverse business interest but pharmaceuticals remained at the core of his attention till his last day. Square's heavy investments in pharmaceuticals to bring its manufacturing facilities up to the GMP requirements of US FDA, UK MHRA, TGA Australia etc is because of Samson H Chowdhury's insistence. His aim was to provide the country with best possible quality pharmaceuticals and also make Square's presence in the highly regulated markets like UK, USA, Australia, Europe etc. While choosing the manufacturing facilities and the machineries he again insisted on the most recent ones of Europe or US origins because of their GMP compliance and service records.

From people management side he was exemplary again. Despite his stature he was never intimidating and he had a unique ability to make people at ease in his presence. He was unpretentious, supportive and straight forward. He always insisted on understanding the front line executives of the company and always kept his connections with them to understand the progress.

Like many before him Samson H Chowdhury has started a different journey but during his lifetime he built a giant ship from scratch and navigated it through the murky waters of Bangladesh business with unparallel dexterity and determination. Samson H Chowdhury now symbolizes hard work, vision, transparency and foresightedness, a combination very rare in a developing world.

He used to say 'if you love people, God will love you.' This was exemplified through the overwhelming love he received on his demise from the thousands of people from all walks of life irrespective of cast, creed and social status.

Samson H Chowdhury will continue to live and influence people's lives through his creation, the way he lived and above all through his love for everybody.