Dr. Mostaq Ahmmed, an expert in microfinance, SME and Social Business, is the Deputy Chief Operating Officer of ASA International. He is also founder of the Paris based Social Business Think Tank – International Center for Microfinance, SME and Social Enterprises (ICMSE), which is creating and promoting Social Businesses in Bangladesh through building linkage program with Corporate Businesses and Microfinance Institutions.
He was respectively Manager of the Training and Technical Support Department at FINCA International and Director of Planet Finance-France and Deputy General Manager and Head of the International Training & Information Department at ASA, which is the largest MFIs in Bangladesh operating with 7 million clients. He has also worked in Bangladesh and in several other countries on research and development projects revolving around the relations between European countries and least developed countries (LDCs).
In addition, he is leading numerous microfinance projects and provided technical assistance to different MFIs, Banks and NGOs located in developing countries. Some of the projects include, but are not limited to Microfinance & Health in Benin, Microfinance & ICTs, Microfinance and Capacity Building in Argentina, Morocco, China, India, Pakistan, Togo, Benin and Ivory Coast. He has provided several technical consultancy services to World Bank, IFC, UNDP-Bulgaria, Save the Children, UNECEF, UNESCO, European Union, Citi Bank, State Bank of Pakistan and The State Bank of Angola etc.
Dr. Mostaq Ahmmed has a Master’s Degree of Social Sciences from Dhaka University in Bangladesh, a Master’s Degree in International Relations and European Politics from the University of Liege, and a PhD. in International Relations from Washington University-USA. He has written many reviews and articles on various issues regarding Development Policy, Poverty and Micro Finance those are: a) Fighting Poverty with Innovative Business Strategy (Published by ASA), b) Key To Achieving Sustainability, (Published by ASA) c) Micro Finance Training Handout (Published by ASA) d) Microfinance Training Methodology (Published by PlaNet Finance) e) Microfinance and Product Diversification (Published by ICMSE). Those are synthesis of his personal views coupled with his professional experiences, which have been written with devotion and knowledge.
He is the visiting professor and Chair for Social Business Studies at HEC-France which is top most and number one Business School in Europe. He was also involved at ULB in Belgium where Dr. Mostaq Ahmmed has conducted several courses on “Microfinance and Sustainable Development Program”.
