Dhaka: Export-Import Bank of the United States Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg has arrived in Dhaka on a two-day visit to discuss commercial engagement between the two countries.

He will have discussions with government officials and business leaders intended to expand commercial interaction between the United States and Bangladesh, a statement by the US Embassy in Dhaka said on Wednesday.
Chairman Hochberg will deliver a speech at a lunch hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce on Thursday.

Over the past six years, Hochberg has worked to increase the global presence of US exporters in fields such as renewable energy, construction and farm machinery, medical technology and avionics.

From 2004 to 2008, Chairman Hochberg was dean of the Milano School of Management and Urban Policy at The New School in New York City.

From 1998 through 2001, he served as deputy, and then acting Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), where he helped quadruple lending to minority- and women-owned small businesses.

Hochberg was the long-time President and Chief Operating Officer of the Lillian Vernon Corporation where he led the transformation of a small, family-owned mail order company into an international, publicly traded direct marketing corporation.