Parveen is a widely recognized professional of Bangladesh with 30+ years of experience in Human Resources Management & Development, Gender & Inclusion, Project Management, Entrepreneurship Development and Skills & Employment fields with leading organizations both as a professional and consultant. Parveen has also been teaching at various private universities since 2000.
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.
With her HR Development focus – she is capable of designing and implementing skill development programs for multiple sectors with practical experiences in the Development Sector, Government Sector and Private Sector especially in the Ready Made Garments, Construction and Pharmaceuticals Industry. She is very passionate about the development of youth, females and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) and works with in projects which help people to develop their skills to enter into meaningful employment. She is currently working as the National Gender Specialist for Asian Development Bank funded, and Bangladesh Bank managed Supporting Post COVID-19 Small Scale Employment Creation Project (SPCSSECP) as a part of their Technical Assistance component. 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 between 2018-19. 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 has participated in 67+ training from home and abroad to develop her own skills. She has completed her MBA from Institute of Business Administration in Dhaka University. She is currently studying Masters in Development Studies at BRAC University.