Mr. Abdus Salam is the Managing Director of Partners in Health and Development (PHD). He has an extensive background in leading public health and social development organizations in national and international cross-cultural settings. In addition to his master degree in Social Work from Dhaka University he holds a Master in Education from Manchester University, UK. He also completed specialized training from Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, UK and IDPM, University of Manchester, UK on HRM, gender, maternal and child nutrition and Primary Health Care. Mr. Salam has 55 years long experiences in the field of public health and social development. Before joining PHD in 2006 as the Managing Director, he played the role in PHD as its founder Chairman. He also worked with Terre Des Hommes (Swiss) and Deputy Country Director of Concern Universal (a UK based organization). He worked with British funding mechanism (ODA/DFID/FCDO) and provided fund and technical assistance to more than sixty Bangladeshi NGOs and Civil Society organizations. He has significant experience in strategic leadership, governance, management of different non-government organizations, management of large-

Mr. Hossain has started working in the development sector from 1993. He is currently leading the organization as Additional Managing Director. He is a renowned development professional in Bangladesh for his extensive knowledge and outstanding career in organizational development, capacity building and program management. As Additional Managing Director, he leads the program designing and implementation across the country. Mr. Hossain also ensures the quality program implementation and responsible for all communications with international development partners and clients. In 2007, Mr. Hossain joined PHD as Director, Capacity Building, Training & Special Program. He led designing and implementation of different capacity building interventions with government, development partners and international NGOs. His immense expertise covers the area of capacity building, organizational assessment, project management, policy formulation, training management and other contemporary development issues. He is one of the pioneer practitioners of Participatory Rapid/Rural Appraisal (PRA) approach in Bangladesh. Mr. Sakhawat provided organizational development support and capacity building suppor

Since 1991, Mr. Ashish K Dutta has been active in the development sector. He is leading the RME wing of PHD. Mr. Dutta joined PHD in February 2007. Before joining PHD, he served in a renowned Capacity Development Organization named PRIP Trust as Deputy Director, OD and Finance, and executed good numbers of OD & TA Interventions for five consecutive years. Before PRIP Trust, he worked in Community Development Center (CODEC) as Manager Program, and served for long 10 years. He obtained a master degree in Sociology from University of Chittagong. Ashish is an expert in Strategic and Business Planning, Program Designing, Program Management, Organizational Development, Project Evaluation, Documentation and Reporting. He develops SOP, PIP, M&E System and Qualitative Reports for PHD’s on-going projects. Mr. Dutta leads PHD projects related to Strategic Partnership, Emergency Responses, and Midwifery Education. During his long experience in the development sector, Mr. Dutta has acted as Team Leader and delivered huge numbers of TA to other agencies in the area of Strategic Planning, Program Development, Organizational Capacity Assessment (OCA), Situation Analysis, PM&E System Development,

Dr. Hossain completed his MBBS in 1999 and right after that he started his professional career. He joined PHD in 2010 as the Team Leader of its CLP Health Project. Before joining PHD, Dr. Hossain worked with an ICDDR,B project named PROJAHNMO. He also worked with UPHCP and MNCS. Dr. Hossain also received several training within the country and abroad. With an higher degree in Public Health, Dr. Hossain has gathered experiences in the areas of Research, Training, project design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation. Dr. Hossain has a blend of experience starting from the grassroots level to the management of large intervention. Daniel successfully mobilized poor communities live in the remote Char areas of Jamuna, Tista river basin. He led the intervention on development of thousands of Char Saystha Kormi and Village Committees in those hard-to-reach areas to enhance community based essential maternal and neonatal services.

Fatema joined PHD in 2007 and currently leading capacity building interventions. As a member of Senior Management Team she is the organizational focal point for any gender issues. She holds masters in Development Studies after having her BSS in Anthropology. Her expertise lies in aassessing training and capacity building needs, design tailor made training courses, module development, planning, developing training manual, facilitating and evaluating interventions. Ms. Rojy exercises her expertise in various aspects particularly in Training of Trainers (TOT), Participatory Management, Social and Behaviour Change Communication, counselling, team building, Negotiation skills, Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation, Counselling Techniques, Right based approach, Community Mobilization, Social Accountability, Community Farming, Knowledge Sharing and Information Management. Fatema also have ample experience in developing SoP and PIP, designing and managing & implementation of development projects specifically in the area of Maternal, Neonatal and Child Health. Fatema was involved in developing community mobilization guideline for all projects, where the sole component was community in

S.M. Sharif Ahmed joined PHD’s finance team in February 2010. He is an expert in preparing budget, monitoring the financial activities of partner organizations, NGO selection process, and financial capacity assessment. Mr. Ahmed has the proficiency to detect fraud, error, misappropriation, money embezzlements and also can ensure the effective utilization of fund and their internal control. He has completed CA course from a renowned CA company under ICAB and completed Knowledge Level under ICAB. In addition, he has completed LLB under National University. Before joining PHD, he has long experience in the areas of Finance, Audit Management, Accounts and Tax department NGO bureau, Joint Stock companies, financial monitoring and PNGO funding arrangement. During last few years Sharif gained experience in working with different financial systems of agencies like UNICEF, USAID, DFID, World Bank, and other national and international agencies.

Md. Jahirul Islam joined PHD’s finance and administration team in January 2009. Before joining PHD he used to serve in several agencies. He is holding masters in Management and MBA in Finance and Banking. His experience lies in banking management, HR Management, preparing budget for the different donors, monitoring budget, analyzing budget variance, financial forecasting, call forward budgeting and donors reporting With his high negotiation skills, Mr. Islam leads the supply and procurement by handling various vendors, selecting the most appropriate, invoicing etc. following the financial rules and regulations, procedures and compliance guided by different donors.

Md. Shakhawat Hossain, is working with Partners in Health and Development (PHD) since 2011 and presently he is working as Assistant Director-Program. He has 20 years’ experience in development field with different organizations. Mr. Shakhawat has started his career with PHD as Senior Training Officer (STO. Before joining PHD, he worked as Program Officer in HIV/AIDS and STD Alliance in Bangladesh (HASAB), a leading and pioneer organization on HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh. Before that, he worked in Young Power in Social Action (YPSA) and Centre for Development Services (CDS) where he was involved in project implementation, partnership management and capacity development. In PHD, as focal point, Mr. Hossain is looking after projects on nutrition intervention for the vulnerable Rohinghya community as a part of humanitarian response. The key expertise of Mr. Hossain lies in project implementation, facilitation, training manual and module development, DIP development and training needs assessment (TNA) etc. He has immense expertise in intervention of maternal, newborn health, adolescent reproductive health and rights related projects in coordination with national and international age