Parveen Sultana Huda is a widely recognized professional of Bangladesh with 24+ years of experience in Human Resources Management & Development, Project Management, Entrepreneurship Development and Skills & Employment fields with leading organizations both as a professional and consultant. Parveen has so far provided support to various local and international clients, including the, Asia Indigenous People’s Pact Foundation (AIPP based in Thailand), RTI International (USA), Sesame Street, US, Primark UK, PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers LLC, UK), ILO, GIZ (previously GTZ), ITC (International Trade Centre – Geneva), ActionAid International (Bangladesh, Vietnam & Pakistan), etc.

Before becoming a full time consultant – she worked for various organizations for 12 years with her last full time job as the Head - HR & IT in ActionAid Bangladesh. Before that she also worked in CARE Bangladesh, OTOBI Ltd., Square Pharmaceuticals Ltd., and BEXIMCO group in reverse chronological order since 1994. Parveen has also been teaching at various private universities since 2000. With her HR Development focus – she is capable of designing and implementing skill development programs for multiple sectors such as the Ready Made Garments, Construction and Pharmaceuticals Industry. Recently she worked with the Centre for Peace & Justice of BRAC University to train 320 female students to two public universities in "Peace Building, Leadership & Entrepreneurship" for UN Women"s "Empowering Women: Peaceful Communities" project. She has worked as the Project Manager for a project titled Digital RMG Factory Mapping – Bangladesh (DRFM-B), which is being implemented by BRAC University.

She has been validated as a Core Skills trainer for the British Council‟s Global Education Programme – Connecting Classrooms, Phases 3 & 4 since 2015 - 2021. She worked as the Deputy Policy Advisor for the DFID & SDC initiative titled Skills and Employment Programme – Bangladesh (Sudokkho). Parveen is also has completed 3.5 years as the Country Manager, Bangladesh of Business Innovation Facility, which is a UKAID funded project managed by PricewaterhouseCoopers UK.

She attended a 3 days Training of Trainers on Convening and Facilitating Multi-stakeholder Dialogues in Value Chain Development; organized by Value Chain capacity Building – Network, funded by IFAD and organized by Helvetas Vietnam in October 2018 in Thailand. She has received an Australian Government Fellowship offered by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) to attend a 3 weeks course in Australia titled "Women Empowerment through Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Sustainable Development in Nepal and Bangladesh"; organized by the University of Southern Queensland. She has completed the Partnership Brokering Course Level One Certification from The Partnering Initiative (TPI) of International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF), UK. She had received an ILO scholarship to attend a training program at the ITC (International Training Centre) of ILO on Turin, Italy. She is an ITC (Geneva) Certified Supply Chain Management Trainer for DCCI, Bangladesh.

In addition she has attended various training and conferences in UK, Australia, Italy, Thailand, South Korea, UAE, Kenya, South Africa, Vietnam, Malaysia, Nepal, India and Sri Lanka. She has received an MBA degree from IBA, DU and currently studying Masters in Development Studies in BRAC University.

Najia Jafrin

Consultant, Enroute Center for Development

NAJIA JAFRN is an enthusiastic Certified Personal Profile and Human Job Analyst & Learning and Development Professional, having tremendous interest in Business management arena. She has stepped in the corporate field to inspire the next generation and motivate people towards positive development.

She offers the unique combination of teamwork skills that enhance organizational cohesiveness, strategic-planning skills that ensure successful programs, and people-oriented guidance that yields productivity and high morale.

She has around Seventeen years of different job experience from Education Management System, Human Resource Management, Administration, Sales & Marketing along with Learning & Organizational Development at different organizations in the home and abroad.

Currently, she is serving Learning and Organizational Development service for a renowned countrywide Export oriented Manufacturing group of companies.