Mr. S. M. Monirul Islam has joined IDCOL in 1998 and is one of the key members of IDCOL Management Committee working to establish IDCOL as the prime private sector infrastructure financier since its inception. In addition to industry leading specialization in financial management, Mr. Islam is an expert in negotiating and arranging funds from the government and various development partners. He has been managing, apart from the company’s own resources, about USD 1.5 billion of development funds, in the forms of credit and grant, raised from development partners like the World Bank, Asian Development Bank (ADB), the French Development Agency (AFD), German Development Bank (Kf W), Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Green Climate Fund (GCF), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), International Water Management Institute (IWMI), etc.

Mr. Islam has been trained, home and abroad, on financial reporting, financial management, project financing, anti-money laundering and combating terrorism financing (AML & CFT), asset-liability management (ALM), micro-finance, procurement and ICT. Mr. Islam has led several delegations to different overseas forums, events and represented the organization as well as the country. As a keynote speaker, he addressed a number of national and international seminars and workshops. Mr. Islam is a key person in designing and implementing promotion and capacity building initiatives under the development programs of the organization.

Apart from financial management, currently, Mr. Islam heads the advisory services functions of IDCOL. Under his leadership the advisory services unit has rebranded itself and is currently working on various local and foreign projects especially in Sub-Saharan countries like Tanzania, Malawi, Ethiopia etc. Besides, he oversees the operational activities of the organization which include procurement, administration, human resource management, and information technology.