Dr. Md. Abdul Karim is currently working as the Executive Director of UCEP Bangladesh and Head of Senior Management Team. He brings 47 years of experience in the Field Administration, Foreign Service, Corporate/Development Sectors, Secretariat level highest positions in the Regulatory, Development and Revenue-related Ministries of the Govt. of Bangladesh. Mr. Karim is the President of Bangladesh Scouts Foundation, Chittagong University Alumni Association and Allama Rumi Society, Bangladesh. He is an Adviser of Bangladesh Scouts and the Advisory Board member of Asian University for Women (AUW), Chattogram. Dr. Abdul Karim is the Secretary General of the Southeast Asian Cooperation (SEACO) Foundation, Dhaka and an Independent Trustee of A K Khan Foundation, Chattogram.
Mr. Karim served as Secretary to the Government of Bangladesh in the Ministry of Commerce, Home Affairs, Fisheries and Livestock, Finance (Internal Resources Division) and Communications (Bridges Division) before his appointment as the Principal Secretary. He was Economic Councilor of Bangladesh Embassy in Brussels; Chairmen of Eastern Refinery Limited, IPDC Finance Ltd. and Green Delta Insurance Company Ltd; President of Bangladesh Scouts, Managing Director of Palli Karma-Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), President of Bangladesh Chemical Society and Senior Advisor of BRAC. Presently Dr. Karim is the Honorary Adviser of Credit and Development Forum (CDF), Bangladesh which is the networking organization of the NGO-MFIs of Bangladesh. He was nominated as a member of the Board of Trustee of the International Islamic University , Chattogram (IIUC). Dr. Md. Abdul Karim obtained B.Sc (Hons) and M.Sc (1 st Class) from University of
Chittagong and M.S.S. (Development Administrations) from the University of Birmingham, UK. He obtained Ph.D degree from Bangladesh University of Professionals(BUP), Dhaka for his researches on Sustainable Poverty Reduction Model for Bangladesh. He was trained at home and abroad, travelled to about 60 countries. He represented Bangladesh in many International Forums, Conferences and Summits including UN FCC Climate Summit (Conference of Parties, COP), UN General Assembly, D-8 Summits, LDC Summits etc. Dr. Karim has written books and articles on Local Government, Environment, Sustainable Poverty Reduction; Empowerment of Women, Elderly and Youth; Disaster Management etc. He has lectured at North South University, State University, Bangladesh Public Administration Training Center, Bangladesh Military Academy, National Defense College, Bangladesh Civil Service Administration Academy and various other institutions. Mr. Karim has received the highest Scout Award of Bangladesh (Silver Tiger). He takes keen interest in games and sports and led Bangladesh Karate Federation, Bangladesh Table Tennis Federation and Bangladesh Deaf Sports Federation as Presidents.
