Kamrul Ahsan

A career foreign service officer with an extensive experience in major regional and international political, economic and trade issues.

• Member, Board of Governors, Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies (BIISS)/ 2017 to date
• Life Fellow, Institution of Engineers, Bangladesh/2016 to date
• Dean, Asia Pacific Diplomatic Corps in Canada / 2015-2016
• Dean, Diplomatic and Consular Corps in Singapore/2010-2012
• Senior Vice President, Club 200 of Singapore/2011-2012
• Ex-Officio Board Member, Friends of Centre for Rehabilitation of Paralyzed (CRP), UK Chapter/1997-1999
• Ex-Officio Trustee, Charles Wallace Trust Fund of United Kingdom/1997-1998

Contributed to a book titled ‘The Little Red Dot: Reflections of Foreign Ambassadors on Singapore’ published by the Institute of Public Policy of Singapore along with 61 former Ambassadors from 43 countries who once served in Singapore.

i. Representing Bangladesh to the negotiations of Framework Convention on Climate Change held in 1992 in Geneva, Switzerland

ii. Representing Bangladesh to the Meetings and Annual General Assembly of International Maritime Organization (IMO), London, United Kingdom from 1996-1999.

iii. Bangladesh Delegate to 2003 Annual Meetings of the Boards of Governors of the World Bank Group held in Dubai United Arab Emirates on 23-24 September 2003

iv. Delegate to the Asia Security Summit popularly known as the "Shangri-La Dialogue (SLD)" held in Singapore in 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012

v. Delegate to international Workshop on Security Sector Development at Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS) from 05-09 December 2016.

vi. Led Bangladesh Delegation in the Security Dialogue with the US in 2016

vii. Delegate to the First OIC Science Summit held in Astana, Kazakhstan from 09-11 September 2017

viii. Moderated the first working session of the 2nd International Blue Economy Dialogue held in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 22-23 November 2017.

ix. Led Bangladesh Delegation in the Consular Dialogue with India

x. Led Bangladesh in Foreign Office Consultations (FOC) with countries like Portugal, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, Lithonia, Latvia, Belarus, South Africa, Malaysia, Brunei and the Philippines.

xi. Led Bangladesh Delegation to the meetings with European Union (EU) on the return of irregular Bangladeshis in EU (2017 – 2019)