Professor Md. Masudur Rahman, PhD has been appointed as an independent director of Dhaka Stock Exchange Limited (DSE) on February 13, 2017. After completion of three years tenure, he has been reappointed as Independent Director on Febrary 9, 2020 for the second term. Recently he has been appointed by the Honourable President of People's Republic of Bangladesh as the Chairperson of SME Foundation. He has extensive knowledge and experience in the fields of economics and business. He serves as a Professor in the Department of Marketing of the Faculty of Business Studies at University of Dhaka. He obtained his PhD from the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, UK. He achieved MBA degree at the University of Salford, Manchester, UK. He obtained 1st class in both Master of Commerce and Bachelor of Commerce (with Honors) from the Department of Marketing at University of Dhaka. He has over 21 years of experience in teaching, research and consulting services on different business development and marketing issues. He also has eight years of diversified corporate work experience in several foreign and national renowned business organizations. He has participated in numerous international training programs, seminars and conferences on different economic, business and capital market related topics in home and abroad. He has developed skills by attending training sessions on the operations of stock exchange which was conducted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Dr. Rahman was the elected member of the Finance Committee of the University of Dhaka from September 2014 to August 2016. He has vast research and learning exposures and has 28 published articles in his credit.