RESOURCE PERSON

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.