MD. MAMUNUR RAHMAN
Profile
Founder and CEO
EXPOPRO, Bangladesh
Md. Mamunur Rahman is the Founder and CEO of EXPOPRO (www.expopro.org), a Private Trade & Investment Promotion Organization (TIPO) of Bangladesh working globally to enhance trade and investment between Bangladesh and the world. EXPOPRO is the General Member of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) and the Corporate Member of the Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI).
He is the President (2022-2031) of the Bangladesh Chapter of the Asian-African Chamber of Commerce & Industry (AACCI), Director (2022-23) of the Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI), and Convenor of the Standing Committee of “Agriculture and Agro-based Sector Standing Committee-2022” of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI). He is also the Central Committee Member of the Marketers’ Institute Bangladesh (MIB), the largest professional body of marketing practitioners in Bangladesh, and an Executive Committee Member of the Institute of Management Consultants Bangladesh (IMCB). He is also the Country Representative-Bangladesh of IMA International, UK, which is working for Training and Consultancy for International Development. He is also the International Associate of World Franchise Associates, UK, for Bangladesh.
He has over 30 (Thirty) years of work experience in Business Development and Communications. Among these, 10 (ten) years in Development Communications with different USAID-funded projects involved in Economic Development, Disaster Management and Population, Health, Nutrition & Education, including more than 5 (five) years in Trade and Export Development and 4 (four) years in an international research organization involved in fisheries development worldwide. He worked as a Country Representative of a USAID Global Project, operated in Bangladesh for a year also. He has work experience in more than 10 (ten) world countries.
He was also the Convenor of the working committee under “The Trade & Investment Steering Committee” of the Bangladesh-Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) and Joint-Convenor of the Standing Committee for “Agro-based Trade/Services and Commercialization of Agriculture-2020” of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI). He was the Chairman of the “FTA Standing Committee” of Bangladesh- Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI), and he was the Joint Convenor of the “Standing Committee for Skills Development” and a Member of the Standing Committee on “Export Import Policy, Trade Development & Diversification – (WTO, FTA, etc.) & Company Act, 2018” of the Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI). He is also an enlisted Trainer at DCCI Business Institute (DBI) of DCCI. He is a Former Director of Bangladesh- Malaysia Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BMCCI) for 2016-17.
He is a Member of the Institute of Food Technology (IFT), USA, a Member of the Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM), Malaysia, Member of the Singapore Institute of Marketing (SIM), Singapore. He is also a General Member of the Bangladesh Society for Human Resource Management (BSHRM), Bangladesh, a Life Member of the Marketing Alumni Association (MAA), University of Dhaka, an Associate Member of the IBA Alumni Association (IBAAA), University of Dhaka and Life Member of Supply Chain Management (SCM) Alumni Society (SAS), Dhaka. He was the Ex-Member of Lions Clubs International (Districts 315-B2), an Ex-Member of Bangladesh BCC Working Group for Health, Population and Nutrition, supported by BHE, IPHN, IEM, USAID, and UNICEF, and an Ex-General Body Member of HORTEX Foundation of Ministry of Agriculture, Government of Bangladesh.
He performed as the Deputy Head of Delegation of Bangladesh Business Delegation to MIHAS 2018 and MIHAS 2019 and Head of Delegation to MIHAS 2022, Malaysia, and presented a Seminar on “Halal Ecosystem: Prospects and Opportunities in Bangladesh” and “Prospect of Halal Hub in Bangladesh: It’s Challenges & Opportunities” at the Industry Zones arranged by the MIHAS 2018 and MIHAS 2019, which MATRADE organized at MITEC on 6 April 2018 and 6 April 2019 respectively. He also worked as the Delegation Coordinator of “BMCCI Trade Delegation to Malaysia 2017” and Deputy Head of the Delegation of “Bangladesh Business Mission to Turkey 2017” organized in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and Istanbul, Turkey in 2017. He has worked as the Chairman of the Marketing and Communications Sub-Committee of “Showcase Malaysia 2015” and presented a keynote paper on “Franchising in Bangladesh” in a Seminar called “Business and Investment Opportunities in Bangladesh,” which was jointly organized by MATRADE and BMCCI at MECC Menara MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 30 July 2015. He has also worked as the Chairman of the Printing, Publication and Communication Sub-Committee of “Showcase Malaysia 2013” and presented a keynote paper on “Business Opportunities in Power Generation and Infrastructure Development in Bangladesh” in a Seminar jointly organized by MATRADE and BMCCI at MECC Menara MATRADE, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 7 March 2013.