Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka

Notre Dame College, Dhaka

Government Laboratory High School, Dhaka

Senior Economic Development Advisor - Inclusive Market Systems Development at World Vision Australia

Burwood East, Victoria, Australia

- Provide market systems/value chain development technical advice in the preparation of WVA Concept Notes for funding and design documents with market-based development objectives, drawing on existing approaches (e.g. the Local Value Chain Development project model (LVCD) and micro franchising), evolving emerging approaches (market systems development or M4P), and/or initiating new evidence-based solutions 	Support the development of inclusive approaches to market systems/value chain development, including promoting pro-poor and Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) outcomes; 	Support market systems/value chain development capacity building needs of National Office’s (NO’s) project implementation teams through designing and delivering training courses (face to face and on-line) and project management tools.	Provide market systems/value chain development technical input to WVA teams working on grants acquisition, business development, program management, evidence and learning, advocacy and communications. 	Undertake ongoing research on prevailing practices in market systems and value chain development and insights from WV projects, and use findings to inform programming evolution e.g. utilising MSD principles within the Ultra-Poor Graduation Model developed by BRAC; applying MSD in fragile contexts;	Taking World Vision forward as the NGO partner of choice in Market Systems Programming – contributing to thought leadership and pre-positioning with donors, partners and peers for future programming opportunities.	Liaise with WVI’s Global Livelihoods team and integrate market systems development within the global strategy as a technical expert.	Support the development of approaches that help to identify suitable market actors within the system that we could link with other WV programs applying innovative social finance mechanisms to further scale impact.

World Vision Australia

Senior Economic Development Advisor - Inclusive Market Systems Development

- Leading the Market Systems Portfolio of SDC funded SHOMOSHTI Project with 4 regional offices covering 14 districts spread over Bangladesh and a team of 21 managers, officers and associates - Reforming markets through business process innovation and private sector engagement by taking a pro-poor approach to design inclusive market services and social services across 8 highly potential value chains (bull fattening, dairy, duck, crab, brinjal, lemon, tomato and beans) - Identifying and developing business models and promotional activities contributing to program impact taking the vulnerability context of the ultra-poor into account- Collaborating and coordinating with 7 large national and multinational  and implementing partners upholding the DCED standard to monitoring and result management- Assessing merits of intervention plans and managing a portfolio of CHF 1.2 million

CARE Bangladesh

Market Development Specialist

- Looking after the intervention portfolio of M4C project divided into input, output and finance sections- Working towards the economic growth of char dwellers- Working towards bringing in systemic changes in the ways private agricultural input, agricultural financing and output market functions- Implementing market development approach engaging the private sector to trigger change drivers- Facilitating alliance based growth strategies for private companies - Leading the implementation team from the front to achieve project level mandated targets in three geographic regions (Sirajganj, Gaibandha and Kurigram) of the northern part of Bangladesh

Swisscontact worldwide

Portfolio Manager, M4C

- Managing a portfolio of 8 medium and large entrepreneurs investing in technology for business growth via consultation support and business planning.- Supporting an extensive field team divided into 2 regions to facilitate creating access to agricultural technology and monitor progress.- Assessing merits of business plans through concept notes and grant applications based on cost benefit and sustainability.- Linking academia/research and business via technical and business internships and fostering academic/research and business relationships through joint research efforts.- Managing a portfolio of SMEs to facilitate them to surface into services markets for agribusinesses activities through commercial research and branding & marketing for promotion.- Member of a strategic team to manage a portfolio of emerging SMEs through Peer-to-Peer network models, business incubator and business accelerator.

Research and Technology Commercialization Specialist, USAID-AVC

- Worked as the Intervention Manager for the “Market Development for Cross Sector Inputs – Fertilizer”, a sector under "Agribusiness for Trade Competitiveness" Swisscontact / Katalyst project funded by SDC, GIZ, DANIDA, DFID, CIDA, SIDA, and EKN; and running under the Ministry of Commerce (MoC), GoB. The project aims to promote the usage of micronutrient fertilizers, organic compost and homestead composting technology among 200,000 marginal farmers applying market development (M4P) approach as well as empowering women as decision takers in farming. - Recruited, developed and leading 4 regional teams in North Bengal Region (Bogra), Central Region (Comilla), South West Region (Jessore) and Chittagong Hill Tracts Region (Chittagong). - Designed, negotiated and executed partnership contracts seasonal activity plans and associated budget simultaneously with 7 leading agricultural input industries (ACI, Ispahani, Petrochem, Auto Crop, Haychem etc.). - Organized training program on promotion of improved fertilizer technologies in partnership reaching out to 112,600 farmers in 1865 training sessions, and 9,321 retailers in 300 sessions across 48 districts in 4 regions till August 2015. - Managed technical and monitoring assistance for partners to establish 100 demo plots and field days attended by 20,000 farmers. - Created central training modules assisted by technical experts from which 7 retailer training modules and 7 farmer training modules were developed customized to the partners’ need and project mandate. - Developed the M&E framework, results chain, and activities timeline as per DCED standard of results-based management. - Liaison between Katalyst, Innovision and MoC, generating â€œMonthly Impacts & Achievements Report for MoC and leading monthly intervention progress meeting with Katalyst. - Prepared the project team and successfully handled multiple audits from project donors and MoC.

Innovision Consulting Private Limited

INTERVENTION MANAGER, Market Development for Fertilizer Project (Swisscontact-Katalyst)

Short Term ConsultancyDeliverables: 	Coordinated between finance, legal and contract farming expert to compile the findings and recommendations in a single narrative under the guidance of team leader; 	Organized a validation workshop with contract farming sector stakeholders (BRAC Bank, EBL, PRAN, ACI, Syngenta etc.)

IFC - International Finance Corporation

RESEARCH COORDINATOR (Need Assessment for Contract Farming Legislative Framework in Bangladesh)

- Worked with 52 small and medium enterprises in Jute Diversified Product manufacturing sector to develop the market access and promotional activities, serving as the Business Facilitation Unit (BFU) for the Swith-Asia project "Jute: an eco-friendly alternative for a sustainable future" funded by the European Union and undertaken by Traidcraft Exchange, an UK based international development charity; with the objective to provide the SMEs with a platform to promote their product while acting as a knowledge to help develop their capacity. - Designed, and executed strategies to develop the SMEs’ capacity to serve the local as well as the export market with competitive eco friendly jute diversified products through training, and provided the SMEs with internet based and sales center based platforms to promote their products. - Achieved sales growth from 0 to BDT. 50 lac within a span of 12 months with handicrafts made from jute, leather, and cotton while doubling the size of the sales team. - Managed a portfolio of more than 50 corporate buyers including HSBC Bangladesh, Tupperware Bangladesh, Unilever, Rajshahi University and BRAC Bank. - Organized 3 technical training programs on pattern making, designing, product development to train 52 SME entrepreneurs. - Conducted basic computing training, including usage of internet and emails, for 18 entrepreneurs.

Intrade Limited

OPERATIONS MANAGER, (Business Facilitation Unit, funded by European Union)

- Worked as a Business Consultant for the “National Fertilizer Market Development Project”, a Swisscontact / Katalyst project funded by SDC, GIZ, DANIDA, DFID, CIDA, SIDA, and EKN; and running under the Ministry of Commerce (MoC), GoB. The project promoted the usage of micronutrient fertilizers, organic compost, and homestead composting technology among the marginal small scale farmers of Bangladesh applying market development (M4P) approach. - Designed interventions with 5 private agricultural input companies to train 2,00,000 farmers on balanced usage of fertilizer within a year. - Managed the monitoring and performance evaluation of the activities ran under the interventions. - Brought Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogra as a key player in the fertilizer sector to utilize their expertise with Trichoderma (bio agent) based low cost homestead organic compost producing technology. - Organized training program and developed production clusters with the help of Trichoderma based organic compost production technology in Bogra, Gaibandha, and Joypurhaat.

BUSINESS CONSULTANT, National Fertilizer Market Development Project (Swisscontact-Katalyst)

Worked as a Research Associate with the duty to identify, assess, and analyze four highly potential industrial sectors - Leathergoods and Footwear, Shipbuilding, Light Engineering and RMG. The study was conducted from a regulatory point of view for Bangladesh Investment Climate Fund (BICF) of International Finance Corporation (IFC).The major responsibilities included - conducting FGD and KIIs, analyze the collected data, and arranging the findings in a formal report.

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (Thrust Sector Study)

Deliverables: 	Craft definition, Product classifications, Value Chain Analysis, and Market Systems Constraints analysis for Jute Diversified Products.

Swisscontact-Katalyst

TECHNICAL EXPERT (Scoping study on Craft subsector and Jute Diversified Products in Bangladesh)

- Managed 3 major projects run for the development of jute cultivation, retting, and handicrafts manufacturing. - Forged partnerships through MoUs with other intergovernmental organization, most notably CIRDAP. - Organized training programs for 31 female handicraft entrepreneurs in pattern making, conducted by international design consultants from NCDPD, India. - Represented Bangladesh in an International Textile Conference in Mumbai, India in March, 2012. - Organized and moderated a policy dialogue between IJSG, Ministry of Agriculture, and Bangladesh Jute Manufacturers Association with the objective to ensure smooth flow of jute fabric from mills to jute diversified products manufacturers.

UNCTAD

OPERATIONS ASSISTANT (International Jute Study Group)

- Successfully managed a portfolio of world famous apparel brand PUMA. - Supervised the completion of more than 100 orders starting from material sourcing and manufacturing to shipment.- Developed the Social, Environmental and Economic Sustainability Report of Business Practices as a compliance prerequisite to grow in the European apparel market.

Sadruzzaman Noor

Sadruzzaman Noor