MAHMUD HOSSAIN MBA, CPM Asia, MCInst.M eiddayo@yahoo.com cell: 0088-01729293366, Skype: Mahmud.Hossain1

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Summary

Experienced sustainability and private sector engagement, driven by integrity and strong ethical principles. A confident leader with a passion for smart business improvement. A consistent commitment to integrating environmental and social impacts for growth and profitability. Cleanly communicates and reframes complex issues. Effective in orchestrating change using systems thinking. Strong team player and leader; inspires and challenges others to achieve their potential. ▪ Successfully completed programs in public health, agriculture, climate change and environment,

poverty reduction and economic development in Bangladesh. ▪ Supported development of strategic frameworks for livelihoods, agricultural value chains, and

climate resiliency projects. Developed vocational skills for asset-less groups and engaged employment.

▪ Managed complex projects and lead government and donor partners. ▪ Skilled in negotiating, awarding and managing sub-agreements/contracts with local partners

including planning, budgeting, communication, recruitment, performance review and evaluation. ▪ Special skills in Public Private Partnerships and sustainability techniques Area of Expertise

▪ Market Development and Sustainability ▪ Strategic Planning and Integration

▪ Private Sector Development ▪ Value chain strengthening

▪ Stakeholder Engagement and partnership

▪ Team Leadership and management

▪ Project Management and funding

▪ Communications and Branding

▪ Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ▪ Value for Money

Countries of work Experience and professional skills

Currently working in United Republic of Tanzania (East Africa) and have worked in other countries like (South and South-East Asia) Bangladesh, Tibetan Autonomous Region, China and Afghanistan. Besides that, also successfully completed top standard technical training from USA, UK, CANADA and Netherlands

CAPABILITIES

Market System Development and Private Sector Engagement

▪ Facilitated to design market systems (M4P) and project sustainability strategic planning for small to large, national and international project through partnering private organization.

▪ Consulted with Pebble Child, Agriculture input suppliers, IDLC Bangladesh Ltd, and PHNL Holding Bangladesh and Nestle Bangladesh on collaborative environmental sustainability and enterprise strategies.

▪ Design and develop private sector engagement strategy, sustainability reporting, data collection. ▪ Project design and managed Eco Tourism, Clean Cook Stove and Social Enterprises. ▪ Developed, tracked, and documented corporate “best practices” programs in Entrepreneurship,

energy, supply chain accountability, communication, and stakeholder engagement. ▪ Embedded sustainability and CSR into the cultures of manufacturing to service firms. ▪ Ethics: Led teams in Code of Ethics reviews; taught ethics and shared values.

Communication

▪ Experienced organizational spokesperson. ▪ Facilitated NGO and multi-stakeholder roundtable discussions at client locations in different

countries (China, Tanzania, Bangladesh and Afghanistan), engaging private sectors. ▪ Writings on CSR and Sustainability featured http://www.professionalmarketer.ca/Contact.aspx ▪ Led, developed, and implemented corporate branding efforts in inclusive business approach.

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▪ Executive business coach: executives and management teams - leadership, strategy, communication, ethics.

▪ Integrated thinker – can synthesize diverse information and communicate common threads. Business Leadership Operations

▪ Collaborative leadership style of listening and discerning values and strengths; shares ownership. ▪ Effectively led and managed staff, (managed up to 77 people and 30 NGOs) ▪ Experienced in both matrix and traditional work environments. ▪ Proven experience in developing and implementing effective strategic plans. ▪ Implemented lean manufacturing and continuous improvement practices. ▪ Created and launched start-up businesses and organizations. ▪ Experienced in managing budgets. ▪ Strong, calm coaching and leadership demeanor.

Employment/Technical Experience

AMDT- Agricultural Markets Development Trust, Tanzania, Trustee Deloitte. Tanzania AMDT is multi donor funded 50 mill USD project by SDC, SIDA, DANIDA and Irish Aid. Advisor – Making Markets Work for Poor(M4P), September 2016 to till date, Location: United Republic of Tanzania (East Africa) Provide leadership, advice as well as quality assurance in market systems analyses and interventions design and monitoring undertaken by AMDT and partners. Assess and build the capacity of selected partners (especially market facilitators and lead firms) that partner with AMDT in facilitating systemic changes in market systems critical for the poor, assess and build the internal capacity of AMDT staff in all key aspects of M4P to ensure enhanced individual capacity to deliver on their responsibilities. Contribute to AMDT strategic and operational planning, Support the Technical Director in formulating and reviewing Annual Business Plans, targets, partnership agreements, contracts, and in drafting and from time to time reviewing the long term strategy for the Trust. Draft, review, approve, and/or recommend Technical Reports and Publications of the Trust before or for publication Private Sector Engagement and Livelihood Program Manger (Team Leader) Winrock International/USAID Climate Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) Project April 2013 – August 2016 Location: Bangladesh Lead Livelihood and Private Sector Engagement Component of USD 35 million USAID-funded project in Bangladesh. Strengthen climate resilient value chain to increase income of 500,000 people through improved efficiency and climate smart agriculture on production and market linkages through M4P approach. Successfully engage disadvantage people as a producers and supply chain members with private sectors. Improve capacity of subsistence farmers to become commercial farmers in 900 villages’ in order to reduce pressure on natural resource management (NRM). Leveraged USD 5 mill through partnership with public-private companies both for beneficiaries and community-based organizations. Successfully develop 76 partnerships of 58 different stakeholders. Supervise directly 4 experts at HQ level and 77 staff in 4 regions fields and consultants. Manage sub-grants of local partners and coordinate with other donor-funded projects. Extensive monitoring mechanism developed to track the project progress. Develop guideline approximately 2.5 million USD investment for livelihood intervention and monitoring progress. Develop skills for employment for asset less group, vocational skills and employment creation. Manage implementing NGOs/partners, provide technical guidance/knowledge. Develop project strategy, work plans, annual reports, develop success stories and proposals for private funding and various solicitations with home office. Contributed directly to two winning USAID FTF projects.

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New Business Development Consultant Research Triangle Institute (RTI International) January 2013–March 2013, Location: Bangladesh Developed concept paper and proposal for new business opportunity on “Delay in Marriage of Bangladeshi Girls” and designed potential intervention and incentive scheme. Enterprise & Public-Private Partnership Manager (Team Leader) International Resources Group (IRG) – IPAC/USAID (12.6 mil USD) July 2010–December 2012 Location: Bangladesh Provided technical and administrative support and guidelines to COP for project strategy development. Guided team members to improve the productivity of the ultra-poor people in particular value chain. Created partnership with private sectors and linked beneficiaries to reduce pressure on natural resource and promoted equitable economic growth and strengthening environmental governance, working in 26 forest and wetland protected areas of Bangladesh. Lead IPAC livelihood component. Developed private sector engagement strategy and framework for Alternative Income generation activities for the natural resource dependent communities and resource linked with private sector through value chain approach. Successfully increased income of 15,000 agricultures, aquaculture, eco-tourism and handicrafts based enterprises. Designed and implemented protected area based eco-tourism development. Developed ethnic enterprises on product development and linked with private sector through an inclusive business approach.

Lead to implementation 10,000 improved cook stoves in 20 protected areas of Bangladesh. Developed strategic framework for ICS, facilitated business development services for ICS entrepreneurs and strengthened business relationships of ICS value chain actors.

Brand and Service Promotion Specialist Chemonics International/USAID Smiling Sun Franchise Program (SSFP) October 2007–July 2010 Location: Bangladesh Developed health service delivery promotion plan for 320 static & 8,500 satellite clinics, developed 6,000 women community service providers as a social entrepreneur, 30 local NGOs, 30% contribution of government of Bangladesh and 6 strategic partner to comply successfully sustainable franchise model and provide primary health care services nationwide, especially the extreme poor.

Developed health seeking behavior communication model for SSFP to aware and promote maternal health, child health, and family planning and TB heath care services to the community of Bangladesh country wide. Successfully increased income by 30% average from all service delivery point through social marketing approach. Was responsible to develop communication strategy creative brief and implement it. Provided training to the 4400 clinic staffs on social marketing, health service, quality assurance campaign nationwide. Developed branding guideline, brandscape paper and brand positioning. Evaluated, awarded and managed grants of 30 RFA and 1 RFP (twice) for 30 local NGOs. 350 business plan developed for grants. Program Manager Katalyst (DFID, SIDA and SDC Consortia)/ChangeMaker: Society for Social and Economic Development April 2004-December 2006 Location: Bangladesh Making Market Work for Poor Approach - Head of Project. Responsible for total project management financial, technical and M&E to ensure market development principal ensures to develop small and medium enterprises program in Bangladesh. Also managed other CSR projects. Developed the detailed implementation plan & budget for the project phase1 & 2.

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Senior Officer International Development Enterprises (IDE) – Bangladesh July 2003- March 2004 Location: Bangladesh M&E: Conducted baseline survey (methodology, sampling technique, sample size, questionnaire, test survey); submitted the report on fish and vegetable subsector of Faridpur and Rangpur region. Value chain study: Conducted value chain analysis for vegetable, rice, dairy, bicycle, agro tools, spices, marketing services and fish sub-sectors Vending Officer Nestlé Bangladesh Ltd., Bangladesh 2002 Jun - Jun 2003 Location: Bangladesh Developed sales plan and Nescafe vending business plan with supervisor. Worked on Nescafe branding, marketing and distribution channel for Nescafe vending of Nestle.

Independent Consultancy

1. Action for Enterprise: December 2015: Analyze the role of Mobile Seed vendors in Vegetable

sector of Bangladesh 2. Location: China: Winrock International. March-April 2015. Value Chain & Livelihood Training

and Analysis under China Support to “Ethnic Community of Tibet” Project in Tibet Autonomous Region.

3. Netherlands Development Organization (SNV). 2014: Provided technical proposal development support for Enterprise Development, Youth and CBO Development for Chevron Bangladesh.

4. CARE Bangladesh. 2007-2010: a) European Commission (SETU): Business guidelines and economic engagement framework. b) EC (SETU): Social Enterprise “NCVI” financial and organizational feasibility study c) European Commission (FSUP): Guidelines for Alternative Income Generation. d) Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (Milk Value Chain): Scoping study to understand context and

potential specific location for Dairy Value Chain Project. e) USAID (SHOUHARDO 1-MYAP): Developed toolkits for Income Generation component. f) CARE Enterprise Partnership fund of CARE Canada (RSP)- Developed project proposal g) LEIC Bangladesh. 2007. Strategic partnership and export promotion. Conducted feasibility for

manufacturing plant 5. Location: Afghanistan: DAI/Bearingpoint. 2005. Conducted tomato sub-sector supply and value

chain analysis of the agricultural sector in Afghanistan, designed project, and formulated strategy to address poverty through private sector development.

International Professional Training 1. Making Markets Work for the Poor and Poverty Reduction. Spring Field Center. Glasgow, 2006. 2. Sector Marketing Strategy Development for Cross Border Trade Promotion. Ministry of Foreign

affairs of Netherlands, CBI- Rotterdam.

Education

Certificate Re-Thinking Partnership Certificate course- St. Francis Xavier University, Coady International Institute Canada 2015

CPM (Asia) Certified Professional Marketer, Asia Pacific Marketing Federation, Singapore, 2003 MBA Master of Business Administration, East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2002 BBA Bachelor of Business Administration, East West University Dhaka, Bangladesh, 2001