Asif Ayub, Additional Secretary

Asif Ayub

Additional Secretary

Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Location
Bangladesh
Education
Bachelor's degree, Marketing
Experience
25 years, 4 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :25 years, 4 Months

Additional Secretary at Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry
  • Bangladesh
  • My current job since October 2016

Overseeing the entire chamber activities and services to its members.
Maintain good relationship with the stakeholders and clients.
Manage and promote ‘World Trade Centre’, a concern of CCCI and member
of World Trade Centre Association.
Prepare activity and budget report of the Chamber for the board meeting.
Liaison with all foreign diplomatic missions and international chambers.
Lead the team in organizing different kind of expositions.
Arranging business delegation from the chamber to different countries.

Director (Ownership) at Taqwa Packaging nd Accessories Ltd.
  • Bangladesh
  • My current job since February 2016

Involved in establishing a 100% export oriented turnkey project in Ishardi
EPZ.
Liaison with key stakeholders in the Government offices regarding
registration and licensing issues of the project.
Monitoring the progress of the infrastructural development of the project site.
Corresponding with Foreign equipment suppliers.

Economic and Commercial Specialist at US Embassy, Dhaka
  • Bangladesh
  • September 2010 to January 2016

Macro and Micro Economic Research.
National Budget analysis.
Advocacy work for US based companies.
Promote US trade / exports in Bangladesh.
Help US companies to find local representative / agent for their product.
Keeping good liaison with government ministries and agencies.
Lead the team in organizing US trade show and other showcases.

Programme Manager at Bangladesh Enterprise Institute
  • Bangladesh
  • August 2005 to August 2010

Providing logistical support and assistance to the project coordinator regarding project activities and planning. Coordinate various seminars, roundtable discussions, trainings, and workshops to strengthen the good governance practices among the various constituencies of Bangladesh, like Regulatory Bodies, Stakeholders, Banks and non-banking financial institutions, private sectors, and NGOs. Planning and budgeting for these programs. Contributing in the BEI’s quarterly newsletter by providing the achievements and progress of the project. Serving as a team leader in terms of organizing and providing logistical support for all the activities under the CGSP project. Attending various seminars, Roundtables, Workshops and Training programmes on behalf of the CGSP team.

Sales Coordinator at GTD Bangla Pvt. Ltd.
  • Bangladesh
  • June 2002 to July 2005

Monitoring the daily activities of the sales executives & reporting the actions of our competitors to the Head Office. Reveal the lackings of our force by implementing the updated marketing strategies to retain our market leadership. Inter-department coordination on behalf of Sales regarding different issues. Maintaining friendly relations with our clients. Arranging proper training schedules for our clients to facilitate them with our product developments & enhancements.

Executive Sales and Marketing at Mobil Jamuna Lubricants Ltd
  • Bangladesh
  • January 2000 to May 2002

To find the drawbacks of our sales force by visiting the customers & point-out the lackings by implementing the updated marketing strategies. Obtaining the sales target by maintaining good relationship with the customers was the other major responsibility to perform. Arranging shows & seminars with the customers & end users.

Office Executive at Street East Pvt. Ltd
  • Bangladesh
  • February 1999 to December 1999

Dealing L/Cs and bank related jobs. Corresponding with foreign buyers & maintaining good liaison with the RMG factories regarding the orders. Handling all administrative works.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Marketing
  • at Bangalore University
  • October 1998
High school or equivalent, Commerce
  • at Dhaka Commerce College
  • August 1994

Specialties & Skills

Marketing
Research
Environmental Issues
Communications
Economic Policy
Windows Applications, MS Office, Amadeus CRS

Languages

English
Expert
Urdu
Expert
Hindi
Intermediate

Training and Certifications

Regional Faculty Workshop on Board Leadership (Training)
Training Institute:
Global Corporate Governance Forum, World Bank
Date Attended:
May 2008
Research Methods using SPSS (Training)
Training Institute:
Research Method in Business and Social Science using SPSS
Date Attended:
April 2007