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S. M. Arifuzzaman
S.M. Arifuzzaman is a seasoned educator, great mentor, and corporate trainer with almost fifteen years of experience providing outstanding knowledge products for hundreds and hundreds of students, managers, and employees. Arif has been in the teaching field since 2004 and is known for his dynamic, motivating, and humorous speaking style.  Taking his speaking talents into the world of work, Arif brings a variety of training to the corporate world. With extensive experience in creating programs, Arif has delivered career workshops which include Leadership, Coaching & Mentoring, Teamwork, Presentation Skills, Career counseling, Bootstrapped financing, and Emotional Intelligence.   A recipient of French Govt. Scholarship and AIT Fellowship, Arif holds Euro Asian Dual Degrees- Master in Management, Finance from ESCP Europe, Paris and MBA from Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) along with a B.Sc. in Computer Science & Engineering from BUET. He has also earned a PgDMC (Post Graduate Diploma in Management Consultancy) from Institute of Management Consultants Bangladesh (IMCB). 
S.M. Arifuzzaman is currently working as an Associate Professor and Head of the School of Business, Canadian University of Bangladesh. He is also a member of the Syndicate of this university. During his long career, he has taught at the country's five top-level private universities, namely North South University, IUB, AIUB, East-West University, and BRAC University. He has delivered lectures on advanced finance topics to the MBA students of IBA, Dhaka on several occasions. He has been featured regularly in popular TV channels like News24, Independent, Jamuna TV, Boishakhi TV, ATN Bangla where he shares his expert opinions on the education system, economy, and capital market of Bangladesh. As a prolific writer, he has published more than 50 articles on education and training in leading newspapers of Bangladesh. He is also an Adviser of English Olympiad, the country’s biggest platform for inspiring leadership. 
Arif's strength comes through his unique analytical and empathetic ability to understand the knowledge and skills his participants need to increase their performance and productivity.  He then designs and delivers her programs in a way that excites and motivates participants to use new skills and change their behaviors. As a consequence, his training includes the resources that are up-skilled/cross-skilled to leverage both current and future opportunities.


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S.A.M Yousuf
SAM Yousuf is the Managing Director of Takamatsu Footwear. Prior to his present position, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Rahimafrooz Accumulators Limited; he was Executive Director of Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited. Previously he worked as the head of the Shah Cement Plant. Mr. Yousuf started his career with Bata Shoe Co. Ltd. in the year 1987 and worked with them for more than two decades on several key managerial positions. He was the plant manager of Dhamrai plant, head of Merchandising and outsourcing manager and the Head of Retail marketing operation. In those positions, he played an instrumental role in turning the business in consistent growth over the period.
Mr. Yousuf has received numerous seminars, courses, short and long trainings in home and different countries.
He is a members of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Bangladesh Chemical Society, Bangladesh Society of TQM (BSTQM), Bangladesh AOTS alumni Society (BAAS), BUET Chemical Engineers Alumni Association, Member of Professional Engineers Registration Board. Participated as judge to various ICQCC conventions at Japan, Taiwan, Srilanka, Korea etc.
SAM Yousuf is the Managing Director of Takamatsu Footwear. Prior to his present position, he was the Chief Operating Officer of Rahimafrooz Accumulators Limited; he was Executive Director of Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited. Previously he worked as the head of the Shah Cement Plant. Mr. Yousuf started his career with Bata Shoe Co. Ltd. in the year 1987 and worked with them for more than two decades on several key managerial positions. He was the plant manager of Dhamrai plant, head of Merchandising and outsourcing manager and the Head of Retail marketing operation. In those positions, he played an instrumental role in turning the business in consistent growth over the period.
Mr. Yousuf has received numerous seminars, courses, short and long trainings in home and different countries.
He is a members of Institute of Engineers, Bangladesh (IEB), Bangladesh Chemical Society, Bangladesh Society of TQM (BSTQM), Bangladesh AOTS alumni Society (BAAS), BUET Chemical Engineers Alumni Association, Member of Professional Engineers Registration Board. Participated as judge to various ICQCC conventions at Japan, Taiwan, Srilanka, Korea etc.


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Sharier Mahumud Tushar
SHARIER is Nielsen’s Country Head of Human Resources and HR Business Partner for South Asia Market’s Bangladesh cluster and also serving as member of the Executive Committee member of Nielsen country leadership team. A highly effective and commercially astute Leadership & Management Consultant with a proven track record of delivery across OD, Culture Change, Leadership Development, Coaching and full range of HR Disciplines. 
Here he is responsible for Nielsen’s global HR strategy, which is all about empowering people to enable business success. In this role he delivers world-class programs to create a positive Nielsen employee experience and build a culture where associates can be themselves, make a difference and grow within the organization. He leads Nielsen’s Bangladesh HR team and working closely with Nielsen’s South Asia HR team overseeing end to end HR process with talent engagement and development, talent reviews, training & capability development, compensation and benefits, talent acquisitions and retentions. 
He is widely known for commercial and practical HR solutions, as well as academic rigor, including teaching at the University level. He is a certified HR professional by United Nations, ILO, Mercer & Towers Watson and also recognized career coach & mentor for professionals.   


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Ms. Tiash Mahjabin

Tiash Mahjabin, an English Language Trainer, having more than 5 years of experience in English Language Teaching and Training. She has her expertise in CLT [Communicative Language Teaching] method of Teaching and Learning & EFL (English as a Foreign
Language) training methodology. She designed and conducted different English Language Courses & workshops based on ESP [English for Specific Purpose] as Public Program as well as customized corporate programs for different corporates like Asgar Ali Hospital, Shanta Group, Fashion Craft Design, Different NGO s, Progressive Apparels, OMC Trading, QFX Solution – Nepal, etc. She takes classes for MBBS students of different Govt. medical colleges in Bangladesh.
She has the experience and expertise in designing and facilitating workshops, training and short courses on ‘English at Work Place’, ‘Business English for Professionals’, ‘Corporate English’, ‘English in Day to Day Use’, ‘English Grammar for Corporates’, ‘Business English Writing’, ‘English in Regular Conversation in Corporate’, ‘Pronunciation in British Accent’,
‘Pronunciation in American Accent’, ‘Easy way of learning Phonetics’ & ‘Common Mistakes in Business English’ etc. Academically she holds an M.A. in Applied Linguistics & English Language Teaching (ELT). Prior to this, she has an M.A & B.A. in English Language and Literature. She has also completed Post Graduate Diploma in HRM (PGDHRM) and Graduate Diploma in HRM (GDHRM). She is pursuing her MBA in HRM.
She has some research based works on “Testing & Evaluation in different level of participants”, “Theories of Adult Learning,  Inductive method of grammar enhances learning, “Different Foreign Influences On Old English Literature”; “Learning Strategies In SLA (English as a second language)”; “Effect Of Using Authentic Materials In EFL (English as a Foreign Language) Classes“ “ Impact of CLT method in EFL classes” She served as an English Language Teacher for Maple Leaf International School for 4 years. She is competent in Pronunciation both in British and American accents; She acquired trainers’ skills by receiving some Training of Trainers (TOT) as well as some other soft skill training conducted by renowned trainers.

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Mr. Arifur Rahman

Mr. Arifur Rahman is the Director and COO of Emerging Credit Rating Limited. He has been working in the Finance world for over 20 years having experience in both local and multinational companies. He is a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants Of Bangladesh (ICAB) and Fellow of The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), UK. He obtained BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University and BSc Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET). Prior to joining ECRL, Mr. Rahman worked in Hoda Vasi Chowdhury & Co., an independent correspondent firm to Deloitte, Touche & Tohmatsu as Senior Manager. He also worked in the senior Management roles in various accountancy firms and organizations in London, UK. Over his long career Mr. Rahman has closely worked with reputed multinationals such as Unilever Bangladesh Limited, Standard Chartered Bank, Bata Shoe Company Limited, Singer Bangladesh Limited and local business groups such as Walton, Transcom, STS, Labib etc.

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