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Mahbubur Rahman, Deputy Secretary

Mahbubur Rahman

Deputy Secretary·Ministry of Finance

Bangladesh

Master's degree, Master of Law in International Relations

Work experience

Total years of experience: 32 years, 9 months

Deputy Secretary

April 1994 - Present

Ministry of Finance

Bangladesh

April 1994 - Present

a) Planning, Negotiation and conclusion of development assistance of Islamic Development Bank to Bangladesh;
(b) Evaluate project proposals of ministries /Division submitted for IDB’s funding, promote the projects to IDB for financing negotiation;
(c) Assist the Planning Commission in approval of project documents;
(d) Managing Banking Arrangements and fund release;
(b) Evaluation and follow up of IDB funded projects;
(d) Coordinate and manage IDB missions
(e) Preparation of documents of reporting and publication;
(f) Work on several joint committees, Project Steering Committees, Project Implementation Committees and DPEC's.
Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Administration

January 2014 - March 2014

KSA

United Arab Emirates

January 2014 - March 2014

Exposure of IDB, its organization and functions and Bangladesh's portfolio review.
Training on Negotiation and Donor Relations
February 2015
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Other

Project Management

January 2014 - January 2014

Ministry Economy Trade and Industry (METI)

Japan

January 2014 - January 2014

Bangladesh has recently entered into a "Low Carbon Growth Partnership Programme" of "Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism (BOCM)" with Japan. I have been nominated Member of the Joint Committee for implementation of BOCM. The program arranged was to frame, review and confirm 9 texts of Rules relating implementation of the BOCM.
Job role:
Management

Training

January 2012 - February 2012

Potsdam University, Potsdam

Germany

January 2012 - February 2012

Job role:
Teaching and Academics

First Secretary

July 2010 - December 2010

Streamline

July 2010 - December 2010

VAT Implementation)/
National Board of Revenue (Government of Bangladesh)/
Dhaka
Major responsibilities:
(a) Assist the government of Bangladesh in formulating annual revenue budget;
(b) Conduct revenue policy analysis, and propose new revenue policies;
(c) Oversee the implementation of revenue policies;
(d) Monitor the collection of revenue, and achieving of the annual revenue target;
(e) Issue legal clarification to the stake holders on demand;
(f)
Company industry:
IT Services
Job role:
Administration

Head

January 2008 - November 2010

January 2008 - November 2010

Additional Commissioner, Customs Excise and VAT, Chittagong
Major responsibilities:
(a) To analyze revenue data, match with targets, identify shortfalls and plan measures to recover;
(b) to monitor the collection of revenue, and achieving of the annual revenue target of Division Offices, Circle Offices, Land Customs stations
(c) Supervise subordinating Field offices;
(d) Advise subordinate offices;
(e)
Job role:
Management

Fellowship

January 2010 - August 2010

United Arab Emirates

January 2010 - August 2010

The course focused on the Malaysian model of development, their national policies and Malaysian experience of achieving annual, five year, ten year and long term perspective plans.
Australian Leadership Award
Job role:
Medical, Healthcare, and Nursing

Deputy Secretary

December 2010 - July 2010

Ministry of Finance

United Arab Emirates

December 2010 - July 2010

Planning, Negotiation and conclusion of Grant Aid and Technical Assistances of Japan to Bangladesh;
(b) Evaluation and follow up of Japanese aided projects;
(c) Managing Banking Arrangements and fund release;
(d) Validating assignment and stay of Japanese Experts, Advisors and Volunteers in Bangladesh;
(e) Preparation of documents of reporting and publication;
(f) Work on several joint committees, Project Steering Committees, Project Implementation Committees and DPECs.
Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Administration

Director General

January 2008 - August 2009

January 2008 - August 2009

Customs Intelligence and Investigation
(Additional responsibility)

Major responsibilities:
(a) Keep watchful eye on the attempts by unscrupulous traders to evade duties and taxes through the customs stations in the form of m untrue declaration;
(b) Monitor the activities of customs officials at the customs stations so as to deter any possibility of collusive corruption;
(c) Interdict the trafficking of contra-banned goods through the authorized customs routes;
(d) Conduct operations, search and seizure at seaport, airport, border areas, market places and highways to prevent smuggling and tax evasion;
(d) Work in close cooperation with Bangladesh Rifles and other law enforcement agencies entrusted with the task of preventing smuggling.
(e) Use risk management tools and techniques to identify revenue leakage and smuggling and take preventive measures.
Job role:
Management

Audit

February 2009 - March 2009

Bureau Veritas

France

February 2009 - March 2009

Customs valuation and valuation frauds occurred worldwide.
National Workshop on the WTO Valuation Agreement and Post Clearance
Company industry:
Business Consultancy Services
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Assistant

December 2006 - December 2007

December 2006 - December 2007

Joint Commissioner of Customs
Benapole Custom House (GOB)
Major responsibilities:
(a) Implement revenue and customs policies formulated by NBR;
(b) Ensure smooth collection of indirect taxes (Customs Duty, Value Added Tax, Supplementary Duty and others) applicable at the import stage;
© Preventive measures against revenue leakage;
(d) Use risk management tools and techniques to identify revenue leakage and smuggling and take preventive measures.
(c) Monitor activities of lower staff (including Deputy/
Job role:
Administration

Head

May 2004 - November 2006

United Arab Emirates

May 2004 - November 2006

Joint Commissioner, Customs Excise and VAT Coimmissionerate
Job role:
Management

Deputy Commissioner

February 2000 - July 2002

he Chittagong Int’l Airpor

February 2000 - July 2002

of Customs,
Custom House, Chittagong
Major responsibilities:
(a) Implement revenue and customs policies
(b) Ensure smooth collection of indirect taxes (Customs Duty, Value Added Tax, Supplementary Duty and others) applicable at the import stage;
(c) Monitor activities of lower staff (including Superintendents/ Principal Appraisers, and Preventive Officers/Appraisers);
(d) Take measures to prevent leakage of customs revenue through false trade declarations, and interdict trafficking of contra-banned goods; and
(e) Supervise passenger and baggage clearance
Job role:
Management

Flight Safety Unit

May 2002 - June 2002

Bangladesh Air Force/ OPCW & Bangladesh National Authority for CWC (BNACWC)

May 2002 - June 2002

The training course was jointly organized by the Bangladesh National Authority for Chemical Weapons Convention and the UN Organization for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW). The course first introduced the concept of chemical weapons, scheduled chemical weapons, their use, affects and the measures to combat production, stockpile and trafficking of those.
Training on Audit & Commercial Fraud Prevention
February 2002 /
ITS, China & Hong Kong
The training was provided by a pre-shipment inspection company, named the Intertek Testing Services (ITS). It focused on various issues related to detection of commercial fraud from the customs point of view, and issues related to post-clearance customs audit.

Selected Courses on Information Technology for the NBR
Job role:
Other

Divisional Officer

August 1997 - January 2000

August 1997 - January 2000

Deputy Commissioner) Customs Excise and VAT Division, Mirpur and Tejgaon, Dhaka (North)
Major responsibilities:
(a) Implement Customs and VAT Acts, Rules and policies;
(b) Constantly liaise with the Dhaka (North) Commissioner to get direction and advice in managing the affairs of Tejgaon and Mirpur Excise and VAT Divisions;
(c) I supervised revenue collection of 6 Circle offices under the Division and 5 Circles under Tejgaon Division,
(d) Plan and organize enforcement drives against revenue leakage and evasion efforts of manufacturers and service renderers;
(e) Ensure collection of Value Added Tax, Supplementary Duty and Excise duty to the tune of the annual target;
(f) Supervise and monitor the affairs of the offices and coordinate with Superior office and other offices to facilitate fair trade and serve government’s purpose;
(g) Manage the auction procedure of goods seized by Excise and VAT offices under my jurisdiction, VAT Intelligence, and law enforcing agencies;
(h) Conduct and manage HRM functions of the Division Office and the subordinate Circle and Range Offices.
Job role:
Engineering

Assistant Director

July 1996 - July 1997

Directorate of VAT Intelligence & Investigation (GOB)

United Arab Emirates

July 1996 - July 1997

Job role:
Management

Divisional Officer

May 1994 - July 1996

May 1994 - July 1996

Assistant Commissioner) Customs Excise and VAT Division Bogra, Customs Excise and VAT Coimmissionerate, Rajshahi.
Major responsibilities:
(a) Implement Customs and VAT Acts, Rules and policies;
(b) Constantly liaise with the Rajshahi VAT Commissionerate so as to get direction and advice in managing the affairs of Bogra and Rangpur Customs Excise and VAT Division;
© I was holding additional charge of Pabna Division;
(d) I supervised revenue collection and administration of my office and 4 subordinate Excise and VAT Circle offices under my office and as Divisional Officer of Rangpur Division I supervised 7 VAT Circles and 6 Land Customs Stations including Burimari, Mogul Hat, Chilahati, Roumary;
(e) Ensure collection of Customs Duty, Value Added Tax, Supplementary Duty and Excise duty to the tune of the annual target;
(f) Supervise and monitor the affairs of the offices and coordinate with Superior office and other offices to ensues fair trade and government’s purpose;
(g) Manage the auction procedure of contra-banned goods seized by Customs Intelligence, border and law enforcing agencies;
(h) Plan and organize enforcement drives against revenue leakage efforts of importers, manufacturers and service renderers and;
(i) Conduct and manage HRM functions of the Division Office and the subordinate Circle and Range Offices.
Job role:
Engineering

Senior Officer

September 1993 - March 1994

Agrani Bank Limited

United Arab Emirates

September 1993 - March 1994

Company industry:
Banking
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Deputy Secretary

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Ministry of Finance

Saudi Arabia

-

Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Administration

Deputy Secretary

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Ministry of Finance

Saudi Arabia

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I am looking after the development assistance from Islamic Development Bank (IDB), one of the major multilateral development partners of Bangladesh. My responsibility includes selection of development projects and programs for adoption for IDB assistance, prepare periodic (annual/three year) country strategic documents, assess, negotiate, mobilize and control IDB's financing to Bangladesh in conformity with the development priorities of Bangladesh. As the focal point of IDB for Bangladesh, monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of projects and programs with IDB's finance is also in the purview of my responsibility to ensure our global commitment for aid effectiveness. I am also responsible for preparing documents for representing Bangladesh at IDB Board of Governors and Board of Executive Directors. Earlier when I dealt with Japan’s economic assistance (JICA) for 2½ years, I was engaged in the similar activity to ensure optimum economic assistance for development financing of JICA.
Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Administration

Deputy Secretary

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Fiscal policy and planning:
Working as both Second Secretary and First Secretary at the National Board of Revenue, I was engaged in policy formulation activities under customs and VAT Acts and Rules. The major challenge was to formulate policies and guidelines for maximizing Government's tax revenue and ensuring trade facilitation at the same time. I was closely engaged with preparation of Annual Budget, especially income/collection side, amendments of Acts, Rules and procedures. These helped me gain experience in economic and budgetary policy planning.

Fiscal Policy implementation:
As Second Secretary and First Secretary of the National Board of Revenue and Assistant, Deputy, Joint and Additional Commissioner in Chittagong Custom House, Benapole Custom Hose, Customs Excise and VAT Commissionerates of Rajshahi, Dhaka (North/South), Sylhet and Chittagong, I have gained immense knowledge and experience in various customs and Value Added Tax policy and implementation issues and trade facilitation, valuation, customs classification, rules of origin, enforcement and in simplification of customs and VAT Procedures.

Accustomed to Targets oriented job:
In more than 16 years of job under NBR, I was Divisional Officer of seven Customs Excise and VAT Divisions as Assistant and Deputy Commissioner; each Division is the supervising offices of 4 to 7 Circle Offices. I used to lead and supervise the Circle Offices and Land Custom Stations in collecting VAT and custom revenue to the tune of annual targets. I feel proud that I did never fail to achieve the revenue collection targets. Enforcement in terms of field activity relating to operations against tax evasion attempts, business audit and intelligence operations were the major tools for attaining revenue collection targets.

Analyzing trade data and participating in trade negotiations:
A major responsibility of working as Second Secretary and First Secretary of the NBR and Assistant Commisioner, Deputy Commissioner, Joint Commissioner and Additional Commissioner of Custom Houses and Customs Excise and VAT Commissionerates was to manage and analyze ASYCUDA Customs Data of both import into and export stage and statutory VAT documents, returns and business data business entities. Handling such data as regular business process helped me gain good experience in analysis and synthesis at complex job environments.

Team work:
Assessment of duties and taxes at import/export stage has been automated since 1995 in Bangladesh, but a major part as detection and management of tax-evasion attempts by business entities and collection of proper revenue is always risk management and surveillance job that entails much of team efforts. Similarly as supervising position from the beginning of my job career, I was engaged half of my work as Division Officer and following higher positions to prevent leakage of VAT, Supplementary Duty, Excise tax and other dues at local manufacturing and service stages. Those were preparation and management of rigorous teamwork to succeed the daunting challenge of revenue collection target and implementation of National Budget.

Negotiation:
As Joint Commissioner of Benapole Custom House and Additional Commissioner of Customs, Excise and VAT Commissionerate Chittagong, I performed bilateral negotiations with Indian Customs as principal negotiator for Bangladesh as member of the Joint Group of Customs of India and Bangladesh. My present responsibility
Job role:
Administration

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Asian Development Forum conference

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I made presentation on a topic and made comment on the presentations by Korean and Vietnamese presenters.
Policy Negotiation regarding Bilateral Offset Credit Mechanism between Bangladesh and Japan
January 2014
Job role:
Other

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, BPATC, Savar, Dhaka
The ACAD course is designed for mid level civil servants for refreshing about capital budgeting, poverty reduction, administrative development, service process simplification, macroeconomic issues, project management, health education, agriculture, power and trade policy issues and development potentials of those policies etc.
Rural Development Workshop
Job role:
Other

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KSA

United Arab Emirates

-

The programme included lectures, distribution of materials and visit to the key divisions and sections of IDB.
Company industry:
Construction & Building
Job role:
Other

-

Bangladesh

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WCO and Japanese Customs

Before accession into and ratification of the World Trade Organization's valuation principles, Bangladesh used to follow Brussels Definition of Valuation. The workshop was essential and important to disseminate the concepts of WTO valuation rules and procedures of its determination. The workshop also disseminated ideas of the tools and techniques of post clearance audit of customs shipments.
International Seminar on implementation of Chemical
Job role:
Other

Director General

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Audit Plan;
(b) Team leader of Audit teams;
(a) Keep watchful eye on the attempts of evasion of VAT and Excise Duty by unscrupulous manufacturers, service renderers, traders and smugglers
(b) Closely monitor the activities of VAT officials so as to deter any possibility of collusive corruption by them;
(c) Submit annual audit report to the National Board of Revenue;
(d) Assist National Board of Revenue in formulating VAT and Excise policies and budget.
Job role:
Management

Senior Officer

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Ministry of Finance.

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of Agrani Bank Limited, a nationalized commercial bank in September, 1993. After 2 month training on banking, I was placed as Senior Officer of the Ramna Branch of the Bank. I left the job in March 1994 and joined the Government as Assistant Commissioner of Customs Excise and VAT under National Board of Revenue, Internal Resources Division of
Job role:
Accounting and Auditing

Senior Secretary

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Ministry of Finance

Saudi Arabia

-

Government of Bangladesh
Company industry:
Public Administration
Job role:
Secretarial

Deputy Secretary

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Mahbubur Rahman

-

Ministry of Finance
Job role:
Administration

Education

China Foreign Affairs University

July 2012

July 2012

Master's degree, Master of Law in International Relations

China

GPA (percentage): 91%

GPA (percentage): 91%

MA in International Relations 2011-2012/ China Foreign Affairs University, Beijing, China/ First Class: Score: 91% marks Major courses included: China's Economy and Economic Relations with Foreign Countries and Regions (b) Introduction to International Relations (I & II) (c) International Law (d) Theories of International Relations (e) Diplomacy of Contemporary China (f) Chinese Language course (I & II) (g) Foreign Policy Analysis (h) Comparative Politics (i) Sino-US Relations and US Diplomacy (j) Approaches and Methodologies in the Social

Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka

January 2001

January 2001

Master's degree, MBA (Major-Finance)

Bangladesh

GPA (point): 2.55 out of 4

GPA (point): 2.55 out of 4

Score 77% marks Courses included: (a) Principles of Accounting (b) Business Communication (c) Analysis of Human and Organizational Behavior (d) Mathematics for Decision Making (e) Principles of Management (f) Management Accounting (g) Macro Economics (h) Human Resources Management (i) Business Statistics (j) Computer Programming and Applications (k) Financial Management (l) Macro Economics and Policy (m) Legal Environment of Business (n) Marketing Management (o) Operations Management (p) Strategic Management (q) Capital Budgeting and Investment Analysis (r) Financial Institutions (s) International Financial Management (t) Project Management.

Dhaka University

July 1990

July 1990

Bachelor's degree, Bachelor of Arts

Bangladesh

GPA (percentage): 58.5%

GPA (percentage): 58.5%

Dhaka College

January 1984

January 1984

High school or equivalent, Science

Bangladesh

(

K.M.Latif Istitution, Mathbaria, Pirojpur

June 1982

June 1982

High school or equivalent, Science

Bangladesh

GPA (percentage): 75.4%

GPA (percentage): 75.4%

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Chinese
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English
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