Biography of Secretary

Afroza Khan

Afroza Khan, an efficient and enthusiastic civil servant started her career through  Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS) Administration Cadre in 1988. During her long 29 years of career, she had the opportunity to serve the Government of Bangladesh with profound dedication and utmost sincerity in different Ministries like the Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Industries, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications.  Besides, she was a consultant for a brief stint in ILO, Dhaka office and an honourable member of different professional bodies concerning civil service in Bangladesh.

Immediately before joining as Secretary of Ministry of Labour and Employment, she worked as Chief Controller of Imports & Exports under the Ministry of Commerce where being a senior team member, she took the responsibilities of negotiating and signing of different bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements with foreign countries. In the Ministry of Industries, she was involved with schemes relating to the Public Sector Industries, National Productivity and other related issues. She has been a Certified National Trainer of Procurement and a Regular Speaker in different national training institutes.

She has undergone through different senior level trainings of high repute at both home and aboard including Advanced Course on Administration and Development (ACAD); and Managing at the Top (MATT-2). She was trained on procurement in the International Training Centre (ITC-ILO), at Turin, Italy.

She has represented Bangladesh in various bilateral investment agreement negotiations with different countries. Moreover, she has a rich experience of travelling over 20 countries of different continents in connection with career related trainings, workshops and other official purposes.

She completed graduation from the University of Dhaka and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA. She loves travelling, listening to music and humanitarian activities.