Md Majbahul Islam

Md. Majbahul Islam serves as a trade economist at TRACE Consulting. bringing more than eight years of experience in trade policy, economic research, donor-funded project implementation, export competitiveness, and regulatory reform. Throughout his career, he has collaborated seamlessly with government agencies, development partners, NGOs, SMEs, and private-sector stakeholders to drive data-informed trade facilitation and market access initiatives across international markets. His work exclusively bridges high-level economic policy formulation with empirical, data-driven research to solve structural bottlenecks in global commerce. 

Majbahul’s professional journey is grounded in impactful research and project implementation across prominent institutions. At the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) under the Ministry of Commerce, he served as Research Manager / Research Associate, producing vital policy reports and sector studies on WTO issues, non-tariff measures (NTMs), export readiness, and trade facilitation. Building on this expertise, he acted as a National Trade Facilitation Expert for the Asian Development Bank (ADB), conducting Business Process Analysis (BPA) and Time Release studies (TRS) at different land ports, evaluating clearance procedures, analyzing operational data, and supporting the National Board of Revenue (NBR) with WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) implementation. Subsequently, as Senior Manager at Swisscontact Bangladesh, he spearheaded multi-stakeholder donor project implementation, strategic planning, and business development, overseeing landmark trade facilitation initiatives such as the Bhomra Land Port Digitalization (funded by GATF) and the SAFE BD program (funded by STDF, WTO) focused on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) capacity building of the vegetable exporters (gourd) in selected districts.