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Salehuddin Ahmed
Salehuddin Ahmed
সালেহউদ্দিন আহমেদ
Adviser for Finance
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 9 August 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Abul Hassan Mahmood Ali (as Minister)
Adviser for Commerce
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 16 August 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Ahasanul Islam Titu (as Minister of State)
Adviser for Science and Technology
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 22 August 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Yeafesh Osman (as Minister)
Adviser for Planning
	In office; 9 August 2024 – 16 August 2024
Chief Adviser	Muhammad Yunus
Preceded by	Abdus Salam
Succeeded by	Wahiduddin Mahmud
Governor of the Bangladesh Bank
	In office; 30 April 2005 – 1 May 2009
President	Iajuddin Ahmed
Preceded by	Fakhruddin Ahmed
Succeeded by	Atiur Rahman
Personal details
Born	8 October 1949 (age 75); Nazirabazar, Bengal, British India
Nationality	Bangladeshi
Education	PhD
Alma mater	Dhaka College ; Dhaka Collegiate School University of Dhaka; McMaster University;

Salehuddin Ahmed (born 1949) is a Bangladeshi economist, civil servant, and a former governor of the Bangladesh Bank, the country's central bank.^[1]^[2] He is a professor of BRAC University.^[3] He has been serving as an adviser to the interim government of Bangladesh since August 2024.^[4]

Early life and education

Ahmed was born in Old Dhaka and his family were originally from Nabinagar Upazila, Brahmanbaria District.^[5] He graduated from Dhaka Collegiate School in 1963 and from Dhaka College in 1965^[5] Ahmed did his masters in 1969 in economics from the University of Dhaka.^[6] He completed his second masters and PhD from McMaster University in 1974 and 1978 respectively.^[6]

Career

Ahmed joined the University of Dhaka as a lecturer and later joined the Civil Service of Pakistan.^[6] He was appointed the Assistant Commissioner of Dhaka District.^[5] He served as the executive magistrate of Pirojpur District.^[5] He worked at the National Foundation for Research on Human Resource Development which merged with Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies later.^[5] He worked at the Centre on Integrated Rural Development for Asia and the Pacific.^[6]

Ahmed is a former Director General of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development from 1993 to 1995.^[6]^[5] Ahmed was the Director General of the NGO Affairs Bureau at the Prime Minister's Office.^[7]

Ahmed was the Managing Director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation from 1996 to 2005.^[6] In 1998, he joined BRAC as Deputy Executive Director.^[8]

Ahmed was the ninth governor of Bangladesh Bank. After the retirement of Fakhruddin Ahmed, he took the responsibility of Bangladesh Bank on 1 May 2005 and he took rest from his duty on 31 April 2009.^[9]^[10] As a Fulbright Scholar, he taught at Marlboro College in the State of Vermont in the United States for a year.^[8] In 2006, he received the Distinguished Alumni Award back from McMaster University.^[5]

From 2009, Ahmed taught at North South University and the University of Dhaka.^[7] He was a professor of business at North South University from 2010 to 2014 and then joined BRAC University.^[7] He is a trustee of Gono University.^[11]

In 2020, Ahmed was appointed an independent director of ASA International.^[12] He is one of the founders of the Centre for Advanced Research and Social Action, non-profit.^[13] He is a member of the general committee of the NGO Forum.^[14] He is an independent director of GrameenPhone.^[15] He is an advisor to Southeast University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences of Southeast University.^[16]

Personal life

Ahmed's daughter is also a faculty at North South University. His son was a faculty member at Black Hills State University and is currently a senior economist at the Virginia Department of Taxation.^[5]