Mohammed Mostofa Jamal Haider
Deputy Secretary, Power Division
Ministry of Power Energy and Mineral Resources
Mr. Haider has received Bachelor of Honours and Masters of Business Administration major in Finance from University of Dhaka in 1999. Initially, he has joined Bangladesh Civil Service Family Planning Cadre (18th BCS) in 1999 and later joined Bangladesh Civil Service Taxation Cadre (20th BCS) in 2001 as Assistant Commissioner of Taxes.
He served at Chittagong Customs House as Assistant Commissioner of Customs on deputation. Thereafter, he has served as Assistant Commissioner of Taxes, Deputy Commissioner of Taxes, Second Secretary of NBR, Joint Commissioner of Taxes at different places.
Subsequently, he has shifted his career from Taxation Service to mainstream Administration Service as Deputy Secretary in 2018. Before his joining at Power Division as Deputy Secretary Mr. Haider has served at Ministry of Commerce from April 2018 to August 2024.
During this 25 years of work experience in the Government of Bangladesh, he has worked extensively as Upazila Family Planning Officer, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Assistant Commissioner of Taxes, Deputy Commissioner of Taxes and Joint Commissioner of Taxes and Deputy Secretary in various capacities.
In his career, he has contributed a significant role in making policy decisions during his work at different level. Especially he was involved in national budget preparation, revenue administration, automation and modernization, revenue reform, tariff policy reform, export policy, import policy and trade policy reform, enhancing bilateral trade and multilateral trade relations, Bilateral Trade Agreements in different level at National Board of Revenue, Internal Resources Division and Ministry of Commerce. He has played a significant role in Anti-dumping duties, Countervailing duties and Safeguard measures to protect local industries from global challenges at Bangladesh Trade and Tariff Commission. He has also joined various trade negotiation with several countries and organization at home and abroad.
In addition to basic professional trainings in the country, Mr. Haider has also been trained in The World Bank, The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and other reputed institutions at home and abroad.
Mr. Mohammed Mostofa Jamal Haider has come from a renowned Muslim family of Lakshmipur District. He was married to Ms. Rokhsana Jahan who has been working at United Commercial Bank PLC in Dhaka. Mr. and Mrs. Haider are blessed with one son.
He became Director of Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh Limited on 26th September 2024.