Curriculum Vitae RAISUL ISLAM House CWN (C) 18, Road 37, Gulshan 2, Dhaka 1212 UK address: 119 Martival, Leicester, LE5 0PJ Phone : +8801816653221 Email :r.islam@northsouth.edu; Rsmnsu@gmail.com Website: http://rsmnsubd.weebly.com UK National Insurance no. SK487584A PROFESSIONAL PROFILE Career demonstrates consistent success as an Administrator and Educator at the undergraduate higher education level. Outstanding track record in assuring student success, evident from faculty evaluation reports. Experience in the design, delivery, evaluation, and enhancement of effective course programs Highly articulate and effective communicator with excellent team-building and interpersonal skills; work well with individuals at all levels. Recognized as resource person, problem solver and creative leader. Effective communicator with excellent planning, organizational, and negotiation strengths as well as the ability to lead, reach consensus, establish goals, and attain results. EDUCATION MSc, Money, Banking and Finance- (2008-2009)- Near Merit University of Birmingham, School of Business, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK Financial Econometrics, Portfolio investment, Forecast and analyses, Risk, International Investment, International Banking, Islamic Banking, European Mortgage Market BBA, Business Administration- (2004-2008)- 3.09 North South University, School of Business, Plot 15,Block B, Bashundhara, Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh Business Administration, Management Studies, Corporate Finance, International Finance, Marketing, HR, Marketing Research, Accounting, Finance etc. (44 courses overall). Major in marketing and International Business 300+ UCAS Points Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program (Candidate) CFA institute, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Stocks and Bonds, Portfolio Management and Corporate finance, Financial Reporting and Analysis, FX trading, Derivatives, ECN (electronic communication network), quantitative economics, Professional Standards and Ethics in practice. A small profile is published in Summer 2010 edition of Professional Investor Magazine, available in http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/6c0233a6#/6c0233a6/1. Page 46. ACADEMIC /TEACHING EXPERIENCE Core Faculty of Finance, School of Business North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (September 2010, continued) Teach Working Capital Management, Financial Markets and institutions, Introduction to Business Statistics, Applied Business Statistics, Supervising Internship. Adjunct Faculty North South University, School of Business, Dhaka, Bangladesh (May 2010- August, 2010) Teach Introduction to Business, Introduction to Statistics and Working Capital Management. COURSES TAUGHT Undergraduate Financial Markets and Institution Introduction to Business Statistics
Working Capital Management Introduction to Business Applied Statistics Internship and Thesis PUBLICATIONS 1. Islam, R., & Chowdhury, A. H. (2013, March). Trade Liberalization and De Novo Hypothesis in the context of Bangladesh: An Empirical Analysis. International Journal of Business and Economic Development, 1(1), 82-93. 2. Islam, R., Sharmin, S., & Islam, M. T. (2013, March). Testing for Contagion, Volatility Spillover and Regime Shift Among Three Strong, Quasi Strong and Semi Strong South-Asian Economies in Presence and Absence of U.S.Accession: A VECH (1, 1) Approach. International Research Journal of Finance and Economics, 7(106), 78-92. 3. Islam, R., Chowdhury, A. H.,& Islam, M. T. (2013, April). Testing for Global Volatility Spillover, Financial Contagion and Structural Break in 15 Economies from Two Regions: A Diagonal VECH matrix and EGARCH (1,1) Approach. International Journal of Economics and Finance, 5(5),159-170. 4. Miah, Khasru., & Islam, R. (2013,April). A comparative case study in Human Resource Management Practices on Bangladeshi and Foreign Electronics Companies. Academy of Taiwan Business Management Review, 9(1),10-18. 5. Islam, R., & Islam, M., (2013, April). Stock Integration in three Strong, Quasi Strong and Semi Strong Asian Economies post Financial Crisis with U.S. accession: A Cointegration Analysis. North South Business Review. Accepted. 6. Islam, R., & M, T. (2013, April). Volatility Transmission in stock Markets of Major Asia/Pacific Region: A Diagonal VECH matrix and EGARCH (1,1) Approach. Accepted in Journal of Economic Integration post initial review. Under preparation 7. Islam, R., & Islam M. (2013, April). Seasonal Anomalies in ASEAN stock exchanges: Day of the week effect. In preparation. 8. Islam, R., & Islam, M. (2013, April). Global Exchange Rate Volatility Spillover : A Diagonal VECH matrix and EGARCH (1,1) Approach. 9. Chowdhury, A. H., Islam R, and Ridwan, S. M., Study of Stock Indices Predictibility Using Monte CarloSimulation. In preparation. Books/Monographs 1. Co-author in the book titled Case Studies in Production Management by Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury for MBA classes. Pearson Education India Publishers. In preparation. Possible Publication in last quarter of 2013. 2. Islam, R., Islam, M. Researches in the Globalization of Financial Markets for BBA/MBA classes. Pearson Education India Publishers (under discussion). In preparation. Possible Publication in second quarter of 2014. Paper Reviews 1. Further evidence on the determinants of regional stock market integration in Latin America. (2013, February). European Journal of Comparative Economies. 2. Trade Liberalization and Economic Growth of Pakistan and its Comparators (2013, February). The Journal of International Trade & Economic Development. 3. Regimes Markov models with endogenous transition probabilities: Modeling fluctuations in Tunisia (2013, July). Journal of Economics and International Finance. 4. Paper reviewer for the International Academy of Business and Economics. RESEARCH INTERESTS 1. Research interest is directed primarily towards the impact of globalization of financial markets across regions. o Researching on Financial Contagion, Volatility transmission and the impact of spillover across different financial equity and derivative markets around the world post financial crisis. The
objective is to monitor the measure of integration of financial markets in face of unprecedented financial turmoil. o Investigating the association of trade liberalization and openness to financial deepening and the impact of increasing financial liberalization in growth of economies, specifically post financial crisis. 2. Other areas of interest include o Simulating volatility and forecasting possible bubble in financial markets o Panel analysis on concessional credit facilities to growth and liberalization. INTERNSHIP REPORTS SUPERVISED Significant internship reports/thesis supervised 1. Financial Performance Analysis of Southeast Bank Ltd. by M. Talhatul Islam, Summer 2012 2. Implementation of New Technologies in Decreasing the Customer s Satisfaction of the Modern Banking, especially for the Multi National Banks. By Md. Shahiduzzaman, (Submitted: January 2012) 3. An Evaluation of Fixed Deposit Receipt (FDR) Performance and Management Process of the Dhaka Bank Ltd: A study on Islamic Banking Branch. by Md. JashimUddin. 4. Trade Services: The system of Import L/Cs Standard Chartered Bank by Tafasin Ahsan Chowdhury (Submitted: April 2012) 5. Customer Service at United Commercial Bank Limited Prospects, Benefits and Limitations by Samara Sabrina (Submitted: April 2012) 6. Performance Evaluation of Foreign Exchange Operations of Mercantile Bank Limited. By Navila Haq (Submitted: May 2012) 7. In-depth Analysis of Import Finance by Asma Rahman Khan 8. Analyzing level of profit generated by the Foreign trade Department through LC s_a Case study on Southeast Bank Limited at Banani Branch. By Md. Husban Ahmed Chowdhury (Submitted: August 2012) 9. Effect of Brand Activation & Sampling Activities on Consumer Purchase Decision: Perspective Nestle Bangladesh Ltd. by Tanvir Khan 10. Internship Report on Nitol Insurance Co. Ltd. by Nuzhat Noor Islam 11. An Assessment of Idea Networks and Communication Ltd in the Bangladesh Information Technology market. By Fawad Fazal (Submitted: December 2012) 12. An Assessment of LC Customer Satisfaction in the context of City Bank Ltd. by Samia Afroz 13. Foreign Exchange operation Procedures& Customers Perception about the Service Quality of Yamuna Bank Ltd. by Avijit Barua Chowdhury. In addition, Financial Markets and institution students supervised for remarkable research works in fields of Financial crisis trend simulation and on Simulation techniques. HIGHLIGHTS OF ACADEMIC ADMINISTRATIVE/DEVELOPMENT DUTIES Student development 1. Student development by involving students in multi-dimensional research activities by formalizing volunteer research assistanceship. Formal proposal made to department coordinator for formal Research Assistanceship. 2. Member of selection committee for international undergraduate scholarships of University of Hull for 2012. 3. Member of organizing committee for undergraduate admission tests of 2011 and 2012. Development activities 1. Member of SAQS (South Asian Quality Assurance System) accreditation committee.
2. Facilitation in collaboration of NSU with ACCA. Ongoing facilitation activities of NSU with (ICSA) International Chartered Securities Analysis UK and University of Birmingham (Job). 3. Submitted completed course proposal for Econometrics of financial markets, Fixed income securities, Introduction to financial econometrics to the program coordinator. Organizing Activities 1. Member of organizing committee of National Career Fair (NCF) 2011 & 2013. 2. Instrumental in organizing Social Business Forum 2012, in NSU. In recognition, secured funded candidature for Social Business Training Program-2014 in HEC France, referenced by Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury. 3. Member of organizing committee of Social Business Plan Competition -2012 and nominated candidates to attend Global Social Business Summit 2012 in Germany. HIGHLIGHTS OF CONSULTING EXPERIENCE 1. Financial Deepening and Trade Liberalization in Bangladesh (July 2013)- Awarded NSU Research grant for fiscal year 2012-2013. This research attempts to investigate whether the government of Bangladesh is promoting industrial exports and investigates the effects of industrial export on growth; with a notion, if de novo hypothesis holds. The paper attempts to check the effects of trade liberalization on growth applying methods of cointegration, and vector error correction model. The study concludes that trade openness is needed to be contained in a controllable level and suggests policymakers to regulate trade openness to gradually diminish the import trend. 2. Industry, Environment, Investment and Feasibility Analysis for KAFCO fertilizer extension (September 2008)- Institute KAFCO Bangladesh Assisted Chairman of NR consulting to prepare an extensive study submitted to the highest authority, presenting technical information regarding feasibility of extension of the multinational. 3. SAQS- South Asian Quality Assurance Accreditation for NSU (March 2013)- North South University Report on compliance of North South University educational service quality to the South Asian Quality Assurance Accreditation authority was commenced. 4. Industry Analysis and Financial Feasibility of an International Airlines (April 2013)- Complete Feasibility Analysis and project valuation of importing an international Airlines franchise. 5. Financial Feasibility of an Water Bottling Plant for an International Conglomerate (August 2013): Detailed feasibility analysis of an advanced water bottling plant, in the interest of an American Firm. 6. Market Survey and Feasibility Analysis of a Diagnosis center for International Investor (May 2013) : A complete market survey inside and around Dhaka city for an International Conglomerate 7. Feasibility Analysis of a Salt factory in Bangladesh for International Investor (September 2013) : A detailed feasibility analysis with volatility prediction is conducted for an International conglomerate 8. Bidding Porposal and complete logistic support to successfully acquire two 100 MW Power Plants for a local industrial giant (July 2012): Assisted the energy consultant and Chairman of NR Financial Advisory and Management consultant in preparing bid reports,
9. Feasibility Analysis of Waste Organics Pyrolysis Project for international investor (November 2013): Complete assessment of process optimization and financial feasibility of a waste energy pyrolysis project and electricity production and Biochar revenue. Baseline survey Experience: 10. Drug Use and Harm Reduction Model, responding to public health challenges (October 2009) Assisted Sonia Sharmin, to conduct an extensive baseline survey to conclude on the effectiveness of Harm Reduction Model among Injective Drug Users in Banglades, with consent of and submitted to Save the Children. 11. Harm Reduction Model effectiveness among female drug users in Bangladesh (August 2008) Assisted Sonia Sharmin, to conduct an extensive baseline survey to conclude on the effectiveness of Harm Reduction Model among Female Injective Drug Users in Banglades, with consent of and submitted to Save the Children. Projects bid: 1. Conducting Baseline survey for enhancing urban governance TC project (October 2013) GIZ Bangladesh 2. study on aggregate corruption in the election process and remedies in Bangladesh (March 2013) UNDP Bangladesh PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS 1. Information and Public Relations Secretary Professional Society for Social Business (PSSB). Find a detailed profile in http://www.societyforsocialbusiness.org 2. Member Secretary- Organization for Population and Poverty Alleviation (OPPA) 3. Member of CFA society, UK (member ID 21337). PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. Intern in Planning Department - Cairn Energy Plc, Dhaka, Bangladesh (Head office: Edinburgh) (Jan 2008 - May 2008) Analyzing International Oil Company s investment planning, financial analysis and working into the developed production sharing contracts, to offer better terms. Reason for leaving: Contract period covered. 2. British Council representative for University of Worcester (2008) and University College London (2007) - British Council, Dhaka, Bangladesh Providing exceptional customer service in compliance with set procedures, advising on curriculum, matching profile with requirements, and Risk mitigation by approaching the right client. Working towards set target and keeping end of day records to assess if target met. Reason for leaving: Contract period covered. 3. Director, NRBD consulting. (2013-continued). PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT 1. January 2010- Shadow analyst in Bloomberg terminal for global trade, as part of final level of assessment in Bloomberg head office, Finsbury square 39-45, London, UK. 2. August 2008 - Database Application Development using Oracle 9i, SQL language and PL/SQL programming course was conducted in BCC (Bangladesh Computer Council-Ministry of Science, Communication and Information technology) 3. June 2008 - Statistical Analysis using SPSS course,conducted in Institution of Statistical Research and Training, University of Dhaka
REFERENCES Dr. Robert J. R Elliott Head of Economics Department University of Birmingham Birmingham B15 2TT Tel: 0121 414 3344-47700, 0121 4147700 Email: r.j.elliott@bham.ac.uk Dr. Abdul Hannan Chowdhury Dean, School of Business North South University Plot 15, Block B, Bashundhara Dhaka 1229, Bangladesh Tel :+88 01713063097 Email : hannan@northsouth.edu CERTIFICATION I, thy undersigned, certify that to the best of my knowledge and belief, this Curriculum Vita correctly describes my qualifications, my experience and myself. I understand that any willful miss-statement described herein may lead to my disqualification and removal, if given any assignment. (Raisul Islam)