TRAINING

Jishu Tarafder
Public Speaker, Corporate Trainer, Coach & Mentor

Jishu Tarafder is an expert leadership& management development professional from Bangladesh. In the mid nineteen eighties Jishu started his career as an entry-level executive in the hospitality industry.However, within a few years, with his enthusiasm, dynamism and perseverance he started securing leadership roles. Since then he has held many key managerial & leadership positions in the areas of Sales & Marketing, HRD& General Managementat several 5-star hotels, group of companies and training institutes in Bangladesh as well asoverseas. Jishu has a career history of more than thirty years and he has carried out an extensive research in the field of human capacity & competency development. He has a vast teaching, coaching, mentoring and consulting experience in first class international hotel chains, banks,corporate training companies, real estate companies, hospitality institutes, print &electronic media, telecommunications, ICT companies,airlines, MNCs, local conglomerates, RMGmanufacturing companies, pharmaceuticals, leather goods manufacturing companies, business chambers, UN organizations, etc.

Jishu holds several international professional training qualifications including a qualification as a certified trainer and assessor of Technical & Further Education (TAFE), Australia.

Besides his training and management skills, Jishu has an excellent flair for visual arts i.e. painting, photography, and videography. So far, he has participated in a number of group art exhibitions and held two solo painting exhibitions. He also holds an M.A degree in film & media.

Career History of Jishu Tarafder:

• CEO & Chief Consultant, CORPORATECOACH™, Corporate Training and Hospitality Management Company (2007 – Present)
• Managing Director, Soft Skills Bangladesh Ltd.(2016 – Present)
• Advisor –FutureEd Corporation Ltd.(2014 – 2016)
• CEO & Lead Consultant, UPDATE(Unique Professional Development Academy for Training & Education), (2009 – 2014)
• Director of Operations and Owner’s Representative to The Westin Dhaka, Unique Hotel & Resorts Ltd.(2010– 2014)
• Director of Organizational Learning & Development, Unique Hotel & Resorts Ltd. (The Westin Dhaka) (2009 – 2010)
• Training Manager,The Westin Dhaka(2006 – 2008)
• Director & Head of Training, Kangan Batman TAFE, Australia Dhaka Campus(2005 – 2006)
• Loyalty Programs Manager, Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka (2004 – 2005)
• Sales Manager& Designated Trainer, Pan Pacific SonargaonDhaka (2001 – 2004)
• Training Manager,Dhaka Sheraton(1998 – 2001)
• Guest Relations Manager & Designated Trainer, Sheraton PerdanaResort, Malaysia, (1996 – 1998)
• Sales Manager& Designated Trainer, Dhaka Sheraton(1991 – 1996)

Some Professional Qualifications Related to Learning & Development:

• Certificate in Corporate Management – AOTS (Tokyo, Japan)
• Certified Trainer SYIB (ILO Entrepreneurship Development Program – GYB Module) – SIYB Sri Lanka
• Certified Trainer – Building World Class Brands, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Asia Pacific Division (Bangkok, Thailand)
• Certified Facilitator – Starwood Cares Customer Service, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific Division (Singapore)
• Certified Facilitator – Star Customer Experience, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Asia Pacific Division (New Delhi, India)
• Certificatein Training and Workplace Assessment,Kangan Batman TAFE, (Melbourne, Australia)
• Certified Food Safety Supervisor, Kangan Batman TAFE (Melbourne, Australia)
• Certificate for Designated Trainer, Pan Pacific Hotels and Resorts

Abir Shawkat Haiat
Leadership trainer

Mr. Abir Shawkat Haiat is currently working as the Group Management Consultant, and CEO for the product division, at Concord group. He has managed A1 Polymer Ltd. and Anwar Galvanizing Ltd. simultaneously as Head of Businesses & COO. He also worked as the CEO of Swift Logistic company.

He has exposure in several Local & Multinational organizations at both Strategic & Operational levels, namely Rahimafrooz Group, BSRM Steels Limited & Aktel (Robi). Worked in the core team to formulate the Corporate, Business & Functional level strategies of Rahimafrooz Group with Palladium Inc. USA. He has also worked with the leading consulting firms in various change management projects.

Mr. Haiat is a prominent trainer and has trained thousands of professionals on the Leadership & Management Development Programs, Strategic Awareness & Business Planning, Emotional & Behavioral Aspects at work, Managerial Communication, Corporate Culture& Value System etc.

Mr. Haiat is a regular facilitator in the Doctoral & EMBA Programs and also in the Management Development Programs of IBA (DU) namely, Advance Certification in Business Administration (ACBA), Human Resource Management Competency (HRMC), Leadership & Change Management etc.

As an accomplished academic, Mr. Haiat has taught 20 plus courses so far at leading Business Schools.

Mr. Haiat is an Alumni of Department of Management, University of Dhaka & Jhenidah Cadet College. He has graduated in first class second position both in his Honors & Masters degrees.

Razib Ahamed
Sales Development Specialist

Mr. Razib Ahamed, a renowned corporate coach, has more than 16+ years experience of working in core Sales Management positions in different multinational organizations. He has worked in Northern, Southern and Central parts of Bangladesh.

He last worked with ROBI Axiata Bangladesh Ltd – one of the leading Telecommunication companies, as a Competence Development Manager. Before this he worked there as a Sales Training Manager. He also served Banglalink as a Zonal Sales Manager. He was a Territory Sales Manager of Unilever (BD) Ltd. and Reckitt Benckiser (BD) Ltd. before.

He has conducted more than 860+ trainings for various FMCG, Bank, Real Estate, Cement Industry, Financial Institute, Electronics company, IT equipment and Telco products selling company. He is not only a renowned Sales trainer but also a Customer Service and a motivational trainer.

Mr. Ahamed obtained MBA degree in 2002 and Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism in 2003. He participated in a number of trainings in Bangladesh as well as abroad. He has visited U.A.E., India, Malaysia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Egypt, Sweden, France, Norway, Thailand and USA.

He has 12 years experience as a reporter in the leading national dailies & weekly newspapers. He regularly write articles on the Prothom Alo. He has also written many professional books on: Marketing & Sales Charisma, The Magic of Winning Life, 1111 Sales Techniques, When Profession is Sales (Sobar Upore Bikri Satto), etc. He is also a Research Writer (Liberation war & local history researcher of his home district Chuadanga) and a Life Member of Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, Bangla Academy & Bangladesh Historical Society.