Dr. Shah Md. Ahsan Habib is a Professor (Selection Grade) at the Bangladesh Institute of Bank Management (BIBM), Chairman of Dnet Bangladesh, and an Independent Director of IPDC Finance PLC. He holds a PhD in International Finance and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Syracuse University, USA, as a Senior Fulbright Scholar. With more than 30 years of professional experience, Dr. Habib specializes in trade finance, trade-based money laundering (TBML), and banking. He has conducted numerous training and workshops, research projects, and consultancy assignments in these areas in Bangladesh and abroad. He has taught at the University of Dhaka’s Institute of Business Administration (IBA) and Department of International Business, East West University, BRAC University, and Bangladesh University of Professionals.

Dr. Habib has published more than 300 research papers in national and international journals and books. His consultancy work has involved organizations including the World Bank, ADB, UNDP, GIZ, Oxfam GB, Bangladesh Bank, the European Union, etc. He has also written more than 300 newspaper articles. He is the Editor of the Journal of the Institute of Bankers Bangladesh (IBB), Vice Chairman of the Forum for Policy Insight (FPI), and professionally associated with the Knowledge Hub Institute (KHI).