Director
Dr. Mohammad Ayub Miah is a specialist in Institutionalization of Zakat Management, Policy and Administrative Reforms, Agriculture, Food and Industrial Policy Reforms, SME Development, Islamic Micro-finance Operations, Corporate Governance, Poverty Alleviation Strategies etc.
Dr. Mohammad Ayub Miah has got a brilliant and ornamental career in the Bangladesh civil service for long 30 years. He served in as many as 15 Ministries and attached Departments of the Government of Bangladesh in different capacities. Before retirement he worked as Secretary in the Ministry of Food & Disaster Management and Ministry of Water Resources. He was the founder Managing Director of Small & Medium Enterprise (SME) Foundation under Ministry of Industries.
He represented the Government of Bangladesh in the Board of Directors of different public and private sector enterprises including Unilever Bangladesh, Reckit & Bankiser, Shilpa Bank, Atlas Bangladesh, Bangladesh Sugar & Food Industries Corporation, Bangladesh Steel Mills Corporation, Bangladesh Small & Cottage Industries Corporation, and Triple Super Phosphate Company.
After his retirement from the civil service he has been working as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Center for Zakat Management (CZM) for last twelve years. CZM is a non-profit charity organization promoting Zakat and advocating for institutionalizing zakat for poverty alleviation
Dr. Miah is also a Director of The IBN SINA Polymer Industry Ltd., Subsidiary Company of The IBN SINA Pharmaceutical Industry PLC and Member of Board of Trustees of The IBN SINA Trust.
Dr. Mohammad Ayub Miah obtained his Bachelor and Master's degree in Political Science and Ph.D. in Public Administration from the University of Dhaka. He was awarded Post Graduate Diploma for Advanced Studies in Economic and Social Studies from Victoria University of Manchester, U.K. He completed a senior management training course from Birmingham University and Civil Service College, London. He obtained various trainings in foreign countries including USA, UK, Japan, Switzerland, China, Singapore etc. He attended conferences of International Labour Organization (ILO) and World Intellectual Property Organization. He was born in 02 December 1954 at Patuakhali.