Chairman Message

Md. Mominul Ahsan is a Senior Management Professional with more than 24 years of experience has successfully established and grown private-public sector relationships to ensure maximum impact. He has successfully worked with reputed private sector, multinational companies including Sanofi-Aventis & Bata Shoe Company Bangladesh Limited, both leaders in their respective industry. Mr. Ahsan was promoted to Executive Director of Landmark Footwear Unit of Apex Group, a Syed Manzur Elahi Enterprises effective from February 1, 2014. Currently, he is responsible for leather footwear Production, Planning, Human Resources Management, Sales & Marketing and Financial Control of the unit. Mr. Ahsan served as the Group Head of Human Resources in Apex Group, one of the leading groups in Bangladesh and is working with Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited, Apex Tannery Limited, and Apex Pharma Limited. In this role, he reviews, analyses and administers human resources and compliance programs. He is also the Chairman of Accurate Consultant Limited (ACL), where he leads a team,  offering a wide range of consultancy services to its clients in various sectors in Bangladesh like: Telecom, Foreign Development Partners, International NGOs, FMCG, financial institutions, and so on.

Mr. Ahsan served as a National Consultant for the International Labor Organization (ILO) from 2009-2013. In this role, he coordinated with leather sector, private industry stakeholders to get industry inputs on TVET policy, National Technical Vocational Qualification Framework (NTVQF), Unit of Competencies, Course Accreditation documents. He also contributed to the above as a member of the Industry Skills Councils (ISC).He then helped established Centre of Excellence for Leather Skill Bangladesh Limited (COEL) with the input and buy-in of stakeholders from donor community, industry & government. As the current CEO of COEL, he leads the team to provide one-stop skill solutions for the leather, footwear and leather goods sectors. As a result, the centre has ensured employment opportunities for disadvantaged groups such as women, youth and rural communities.

From his extensive experience, Mr. Ahsan’s expertise includes recruitment & selection including identify training needs, design and recommend relevant training programs, HR policies and processes, competencies and curricula for TVET, and performance management systems. He holds an MBA in Marketing, Post-Graduate diploma in Human Resource Management (HRM) and has attended numerous international programs in various capacities.

·         Attended “South Asia Knowledge Sharing Workshop on Apprenticeships” hosted by ILO during May 13-16, 2014 at New Delhi, India

·         Attended “G20 Experts Meeting on Financing Training” during December 4 – 6, 2012 held at the International Training Centre, ILO at Turin, Italy.  In last G20 meeting in May 2011, Bangladesh became one of the four countries to do piloting on Skill Development (due to the priority given on skills development, and the presence of ILO, ADB and WB projects).

·         Attended VSD Conference at Zurich, Switzerland during September 13-14, 2012. The Conference was organized by the University of Zurich, Switzerland in cooperation with NADEL and NORRAG.

·         Attended “G20 Training Strategy Workshop” hosted by ILO in Turin, Italy in May 2011.  G20 is now planned to implement ‘coordinated work by IOs’ in skills development in selected pilot countries. Bangladesh is now being considered as one of the potential pilot countries (due to the priority given on skills development, and the presence of ILO, ADB and WB projects).

·         One of the major contributor for developing National Technical Vocational Qualification Framework (NTVQF)as the member of Industry Skills Councils (ISC).

·         Contributed in TVET Policy as the member of Industry Skills Councils (ISC).

·         Established Centre of Excellence for Leather Skill Bangladesh Limited (COEL) - The first legal entity of its kind in the country and an initiative of Industry Skills Council (ISC) of the Leather, Leather Goods and Footwear sector, COEL will act as one point service centre for skills development and productivity enhancement for the whole sector.

·         Developed Unit of Competencies, Accreditation Doucument and Curricula for Technical Vocational Education & Training (TVET) accredited by Bangladesh Technical Education Board consistent with international standard.

·         Ensured employment opportunities for disadvantaged groups such as women, rural communities, youth with low-literacy and disabled (more than 10,00 after its formal inauguration in June 2011).

·         Attended ‘Learning to Lead & Manage TVET Institutions’ in a reformed CBLM environment through a study tour at Philippine organized by ILO TVET Reform Project during March 20 – April 1, 2011.

·         Held responsible positions in renowned multinational & joint-venture organizationsand took active part in Corporate HR Management strategy developments and implementations.

·         Worked extensively in manpower planning as per business plan, organizational restructuring issues, compliance issues, performance management, IR, Change Management etc. related policies developments and implementations.

·         International Training Centre, International Labour Organisation(ILO), Italy, September-December 2009: Attended and awarded certificate on Competency-based Human Resources Management of Module G1 ‘Design an integrated and dynamic competency-based HRM model.’

·         Attended program on the Refresher Seminar for Former Participants [ERLX] during 16-22 November 2011 held at Tokyo, Japan.

·         Attended training program on A901408 – Promoting effective skills policies and systems at International Training Centre of ILO, Turin, Italy during 21 September – 02 October, 2009.

·         Attended Training Program on Human Resource Development (HRD) by use of Total Quality Management organized by Nippon-keidanren International Cooperation Center (NICC) held at Tokyo, Japan during June 13-29, 2006.

·         Attended Workshop organized by Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) organized by Global BSCI team during April 20-21, 2006 in India.

Promoted to Executive Director of Landmark Footwear Unit of Apex Group, a Syed Manzur Elahi Enterprises effective from February 1, 2014.

·         Responsible for leather footwear production, planning, human resources management, sales & marketing and financial control of the unit.

Group Head of Human Resources, Apex Adelchi Footwear Limited, Apex Pharma, &Apex Tannery, Bangladesh, 2005- January 2014

·         Reviewed, analysed and administered human resources and compliance programs such as the policies and procedures, employee development, compliance (social, C-TPAT, environment, labour law issues) audit, affirmative action, wellness and other programs; recommend improvements.

CEO, Centre of Excellence for Leather Skill Bangladesh Limited (COEL), Bangladesh, 2009-Present

·         Lead the team to give one-stop skill solutions for the leather, footwear & leather goods sectors.

• Contributing developing skill manpower in Leather Sector. Already 10,000 people got employable skills and employment rate is 95.5% in leather sector priority occupations (Machine Operator, Supervisor, Machine Maintenance Technicians).  In addition, upgrading skills on pattern making, designing, supervising & leadership skills, etc. are being conducted for leather sector management people.

Secretary-General,Industry Skills Council (ISC), Leather & Leather Goods Sector, 2008-Present

·         Represent leather sector in various meetings, workshops, seminars, etc. with National Skills Development Council (NSDC), BTEB, BMET, DTE, ILO, SDC, ADB, European Commission and other donor funded organizations contributing on skill development.

·         Liaise with all other 9 (nine) Industry Skills Councils (ISC) members in RMG, IT, Agro Food, Transport, Light Engineering, Transport, Hospitality & Tourism, Ship Building, Informal sector business leaders.

National Consultant, ILO TVET Reform Project, Bangladesh, 2009-2013

·         Coordinated with leather sector industry stakeholders to get industry inputs on TVET policy, NTVQF, Unit of Competencies, Course Accreditation documents

·         Established COEL involving stakeholders from donor community, industry & government.

Managing Director, E-Zone HRM Limited, Bangladesh, 2004-Present

·         Leading the team to provide employers the opportunity to improve HRM performance by offering a wide range of HR solutions, headhunting, outsourcing, training, salary survey, job placement, career planning, etc. 

Chairman, Skills & Productivity Limited (SPL), Bangladesh, 2012-Present.

·         Lead the team to run soft skills and technical skills programs for manufacturing and service sector organizations. RMG is one of the key areas of focus.

Chairman of ACL

• The driving force of the innovative team of ACL, carrying out A-Z of HR related services, Project management services, Technical and Maintenance support for IT & Telecom.
• Ensures Steadiness of Organizations through imparting need-based Trainings focusing on technical & generic skill development of employees