About

Entrepreneur, market analyst and sustainable business consultant, with almost a decade of experience in banking, non-profit, entrepreneurship, market research and private & development sector consulting. Passionate about entrepreneurship, startup and tech based initiatives, content marketing and consulting. Co-founded a Data analytics & Consulting firm (LightCastle Partners) and consumer/market research based online platform (LightCastle Data). Also, conceptualized and rolled-out a social initiative (Pujee), an online based early stage financial preparing platform for upcoming entrepreneurs.

Leading team for delivering data-driven solutions for clients in private, development and public sectors. Using cross-functional expertise, have successfully migrated private sector best practices for contributing to sustainable business models in development interventions. Worked with top development sector clients, including but not limited to – IDE, CARE, Katalyst, SNV, Ashoka, WaterAid, Ricardo, GIZ, Habitat 4 Humanity and Traidcraft. Alongside, has led projects for top private sector clients, including- Robi, PRAN-RFL, ACI, Olympic and Ak Khan Group.

Over the years, has accumulated significant market expertise in apparel, power, cement, Steel, agriculture, plastic and WASH sectors. Functional expertise:

• Market Analysis and Research
• Data analysis and Market mapping
• Value Chain analysis
• Financial Analysis & modeling
• Content Marketing

Degree

Graduated from Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka completing both BBA and EMBA degrees from the same institute. He’s also an International Visitors’ Leadership Program (IVLP) alum and an entrepreneurship fellow at State University of New York (SUNY) Korea. He’s an Acumen fellow.

Experience

Previously worked in HSBC’s commercial banking department, specializing in relationship management and risk analytics. As an Assistant Relationship Manager, managed a portfolio of 15 corporate clients with total banking portfolio of USD120M.