Mr. Ghulam Rahman

Mr. Ghulam Rahman is a former civil servant. He has put in about four decades of distinguished service in statutory Commissions, Ministries, Departments, Public Corporations, Embassies abroad and educational institutions. During his long civil service career, he has performed law enforcement, administrative, developmental, regulatory and monitoring functions and worked closely with the private sector for enhancing public-private partnership in national development efforts.

He was Secretary, Ministry of Commerce and also of the Ministries of Shipping, Rural Development, and Co-operatives, Division of the Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Prime Minister’s Office. He was an Additional Secretary in charge of Banking in the Ministry of Finance. While in service, he was admired for his particular aptitude to create a harmonious and efficient work environment and consensus-building.

Mr. Rahman joined the Finance Service Cadre of the Civil Service in erstwhile Pakistan in 1970. Before joining government service, he was a lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of Dhaka. He retired from government service in 2004. He was appointed Chairman of the Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission (BERC) in 2007 and Chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) in 2009. He completed his 4 years tenure as ACC Chairman in June 2013.