Alamgir started career in British Pharmaceutical Company
May & Baker (currently
Sanofi Aventis) in 1976. Alamgir worked from 1992 to 1998 at
Jamuna Group as group marketing director. The company had launched their Pegasus Shoes brand in 1992. Within two years he built it into the second largest footwear brand in Bangladesh, after
Bata. In 1993, Jamuna launched their Aromatic line of cosmetics. By replacing the tin toothpaste tubes then used in the local market with laminate tubes, Alamgir helped Aromatic toothpaste capture a 15% market share in Bangladesh. Alamgir joined
ACI Limited in 1998 as executive director. At the time, it was primarily a chemical company, with just two consumer products, Alamgir launched 17 new product lines under ACI, including ACI Salt and PURE foods. ==Personal life==