Syed Nasim Manzur graduated in Economics in Entrepreneurial Management from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1990. He currently serves as the Chairperson of Apex Tannery Ltd., Blue Ocean Footwear Ltd., Zenith Footwear Ltd., Apex Pharma Ltd., Quantum Consumer Solutions Ltd., Apex Investments Ltd., Grey Advertising Bangladesh Ltd., Apex Enterprises Ltd., and Sunbeams School Ltd., and as Managing Director of Apex Footwear Ltd.

He is a Director of Mutual Trust Bank PLC, International Publications Ltd., Infrastructure Investment Facilitation Company (IIFC), and SMC Enterprise Ltd. Mr. Nasim is also a member of the Board of Trustees of BRAC University and the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), and has been selected as an Honorary Senior Fellow of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS).

He currently serves as President of the Footwear Leathergoods & Accessories Exporters Association (FLAXA), formerly known as the Leathergoods and Footwear Manufacturers & Exporters Association of Bangladesh (LFMEAB). He has recently been nominated as the Adviser of the BGMEA Committee on EU Regulation & LDC Graduation and as a Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) Public Interest Forum (IPIF). He has also been selected as a Member of the Reconstitution of the Appointment Committee for the Chief Executive Officer of the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI).

Mr. Nasim is an Advisory Committee Member to the General Economics Division of the Bangladesh Planning Commission. He has served as a Director of Biman Bangladesh Airlines. He has also served twice as President of the Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (MCCI), as Chairperson of Pioneer Insurance Co. Ltd., and as Vice President of the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC).

Mr. Nasim works to promote art and culture through the Society for Promotion of Bangladesh Art (SPBA). He is also an Executive Member of FRIENDSHIP, an internationally acclaimed non-governmental organization that provides health and educational services to remote and inaccessible chars in the northern region of the country through self-propelled floating hospitals and riverine ambulances.

He is a regular guest speaker at the National Defence College (NDC), Mirpur, Dhaka, and the Public Administration Training Centre (PATC).