Mahmuda Khanam

Social Safeguard Specialist

Mrs. Khanam has a proven track record of leading a multidisciplinary team of analysts and experts in the resettlement sector. She has been involved in designing and reviewing Resettlement Action Plan (RAP), Livelihood Restoration Plan (LRP) in the renewable energy sector, ensuring compliance with the requirements of the Resettlement Policy Framework, and reviewing Operation and Management Plans. Moreover, Mrs. Khanam is a legal expert in drafting and reviewing financial agreement documents, bid documents, and debt financing agreements. He has several years of working experience as a consultant for development partners.

Mahmuda Khanam has 10 years of experience working with ADB, AIIB, GIEK, and GoB finance projects. He is experienced in preparing and implementing ESMF, ESIA, CIA, SESA, RPF, SEP, LMP, ILRP, Gender and GBV prevention plan, RAP, LAP, etc., in 45 projects. Among the 45 projects, 35 projects are categorized as “A” in terms of risks and impacts.

Senior Environmental Specialist

Mr. Haque has been involved in the infrastructure development sector as an environmental specialist for nearly a decade. He successfully carried out environmental audits, including the development of methodologies, ESMS audit/ corporate ESMS audits, Program Safeguard Systems Assessment (PSSA), environmental portfolio review, including capacity building, appraising and evaluating the projects of both preparation and implementation stage, regular monitoring of borrowers’, contractors and consultants’ environmental safeguard activities to ensure that they are fully compliant.

Mr. Haque got 10 years of working experience in environmental field. He has vast experience to prepare and implement IEE, ESIA/EIA, ESMF and ESMP in Word Bank, ADB, AIIB and JICA financed projects. He has also experienced to conduct consultation meetings and environmental study at field level.

Social Safeguard and Resettlement Expert

Mr. Mehedi has been working in various capacities in the transportation sector. He worked with the Bangladesh Bridge Authority to manage the social analysis of the Land Acquisition Plan (LAP) in four districts of Bangladesh. He was also responsible for Social Management Framework and Social Impact Assessment for Power Plant projects by the Abul Khair group. He is also possessing the experience of working as a consultant for several development partners.

Environmental and Social Analyst

Mr. Wahab is trained to prepare and review the Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA), Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), and Resettlement Action Plan (RAP). He was involved in the World Bank-funded capacity development program for land acquisition and resettlement professionals in Bangladesh for several years.

Research and Survey Specialist

Ms. Rumana is an economist with over ten years of experience working on project management, coordination, and research in sectors including trade and development in a developing (Bangladesh) and post-conflict (IMF – Afghanistan) country context. She was engaged as a consultant (in the UK) working for a leading international development management firm involved in political economy analysis, value for money analysis, bid writing, and project managing multi-million technical assistance projects across various geographies, funded by a range of clients including DFID/FCDO, World Bank, and the EU.

Ms. Rumana is also a consultant of the World Bank, supporting the team on the technical and operational development of a Humanitarian Research and Development Network (HDRN) focusing on the on-going Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Cox’s Bazaar. I am also supporting the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) through a Technical Assistance in updating the Household Income and Expenditure Survey by laying the foundation for evidence-based policy by strengthening data.

MIS Specialist 

Mr. Islam is a data management specialist with training in social safeguard issues. Mr. Rana is experienced in sketch mapping of the alignment of project land, Mouza Map and Khotian collection, Mouza Map Drawing on CAD files. Among many projects, he worked with the  ADB, and the Local Government Engineering Department (LGED). He was the Social Safeguard Specialist at PMU of LGED for the EMCRP project of World Bank. His expertise involves database development of user-friendly menu-driven software, cleaning, processing, tracking, and storage of data.

Legal Advisor

A team of Barristers and Advocates led by Barrister Khan extensively consults on legal affairs in corporate, development, and government sectors locally and internationally. Drawing upon their 16 years of experience in a law chamber, Legal Compliance uses a hands-on approach to support his clients from inside and across the borders and focuses most of his time on proactive planning and analysis. As Head of Chamber Legal Compliance, a renowned law firm in the country, Mr. Khan has been successfully serving here for last 12 years. He was also employed with Sk Johnson LLC, USA as Director of Company Affairs and Legal from 2012 to 2017.

Legal Compliance has consulted many local and international development organizations, top corporate bodies, and ministries :namely, World Bank, Bangladesh Bank, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW), Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB), Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), Power Grid Company of Bangladesh (PGCB), Department of Public Health Engineering (DPHE), Local Government Engineering Department (LGED), Risen Energy Co. Ltd, Sena kallyan Sangstha, Bangladesh Army, Power China, State Development & Investment Corporation – China, SS Agro Ltd., Rahimafrooz, Abul Khayer Group, Guarantee Institute for Export Credits (GIEK)- Norway, Micro Energy International – Germany, HAN DIS TIC Limited -Turkey, and the list goes on. Few of his major projects are Bangladesh Central Bank Strengthening Project, Cash Transfer Modernization Project of World Bank, Export Competitiveness for Jobs Project, funded by World Bank, Higher Education Acceleration and Transformation Project (HEAT), funded by World Bank, Rural Electricity Transmission and Distribution of PGCB, COVID-19 Emergency Response and Pandemic Preparedness Project with MOHFW, 75 MW Power Plant Project of Abul Khayer Group, Construction of 1320 MW Coal-Fired Power Plant at Payra in Patuakhali Construction of Mini Grid for Solar Irrigation of RREL, Construction of 2X200 MW Solar fired power plant at Shwarnodwip, Construction of 100 MW Solar fired power plant at Lalmoirhat and so forth.

Mr. Khan associated himself with several prestigious local and international professional associations such as JEXCA, Supreme Court BAR Association, Dhaka BAR Association, Bangladesh BAR Council, The General Council of the BAR, England & Wales, and The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn.