Kazi M Aminul Islam is a retired civil servant and former secretary to the Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed, head of the caretaker government from 2007 to 2008.[1] He was the first chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[2] [3] He had the rank of a minister as chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[4]
Islam is the chairman of Meridian Finance & Investment Limited. He is the chairman of the Innovation and Development Associates (iDEA) Foundation.[5]
Islam completed one master's in economics at the University of Dhaka and another at Boston University.[6]
Islam joined the Bangladesh Civil Service in 1981.
Islam was the chairman of the Bangladesh Sugar and Food Industries Corporation and was appointed member of the Bangladesh Planning Commission.[7]
Islam was the secretary to the Chief Advisor Fakhruddin Ahmed, head of the caretaker government from 2007 to 2008.[8] He chaired a reception to the Special Olympics Bangladesh in 2008.[9] He briefly served as the secretary to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.[10] In 2009, he was appointed an Alternate Executive Director of the World Bank.[11]
Islam was the founding chairman of Meridian Finance and Investment Limited.[12] Governor of Bangladesh Bank, Atiur Rahman, launched the company on 20 October 2015.
On 4 September 2016, Islam was appointed the founding chairman of Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[13] The Authority was created through the merger of the Privatisation Commission and the Board of Investment.[14] He carried out reforms that reduced the cost of business and time to establish a business. He launched a One-stop service at the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[15] He oversaw the training under the Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Project of 24 thousand entrepreneurs. He signed an agreement to aid the investment of Mitsubishi.[16] He served as the chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority till 2019. Md. Sirazul Islam replaced him as the chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority.[17]