Fuad M. Khalid Hossen
Chairman
Fuad M. Khalid Hossen is a governance reform and trade facilitation professional with more than 14 years of experience in public sector modernization, regulatory reform, digital government, and economic competitiveness. His work focuses on translating complex policy priorities into practical, scalable, and technology-enabled reform solutions for public institutions, development partners, and private-sector stakeholders.
He has worked extensively on governance innovation, digital public infrastructure, GovTech, institutional performance improvement, trade facilitation, investment promotion, export competitiveness, sanitary and phytosanitary compliance, laboratory modernization, and data-driven policy implementation.
Most recently, Fuad served as deputy chief of party and technical lead of the $32.4 million U.S. Department of Agriculture-funded Bangladesh Trade Facilitation Project, one of Bangladesh’s largest trade modernization initiatives. Working with more than 50 public and private-sector institutions, he led the implementation of more than 30 policy and regulatory reforms covering customs modernization, import and export procedures, sanitary and phytosanitary systems, quarantine regulations, and trade compliance frameworks.
Under his technical leadership, 14 automated trade-service platforms were developed and deployed, enabling the electronic issuance of more than 1 million certificates, permits, and licenses annually. He also supported the establishment of specialized institutional units; introduced risk-based regulatory systems; modernized national laboratory infrastructure, including Bangladesh’s National Halal Laboratory; and advanced digital inspection, certification, and traceability systems.
Earlier, Fuad contributed to major governance and trade reform initiatives with the IFC-World Bank Group, including the Bangladesh National Single Window and the Online Licensing Module for the Office of the Chief Controller of Imports and Exports. His work has consistently focused on simplifying regulations, improving institutional coordination, promoting digital transformation, and strengthening the enabling environment for economic growth.
Fuad is the chief executive officer of TRACE Consulting, where he leads multidisciplinary initiatives supporting governments, development partners, and institutions in designing and implementing governance and economic reform programs.
As chairman of GIET, he is committed to building a nationally recognized platform for governance innovation, public policy research, institutional excellence, and economic transformation. He envisions GIET as a catalyst for practical reform solutions that improve public institutions, strengthen accountability, promote digital government, and support inclusive, sustainable development through research, innovation, capacity building, and strategic policy engagement.
Fuad is also a public policy commentator and regularly appears on national television to discuss governance reform, trade policy, investment, regulatory modernization, and Bangladesh’s economic transformation.
He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in public administration, with a specialization in public policy, from Jahangirnagar University.