Mr. Mohammad Shahajahan FCS has been elected as President of Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB) in its 123^rd Council Meeting held on 4 August 2026 for the remaining period (4 August 2026- 9 October 2028) of the 2025-2028 term of the Council. He passed Chartered Secretary (CS) examination in 2008 and became Associate Chartered Secretary (ACS) of the institute. In 2014, he was elevated as Fellow Chartered Secretary (FCS) of ICSB.

Mr. Shahajahan is currently serving as Divisional Controller of Accounts (DCA), Rangpur, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. He belongs to 24^th Batch of Bangladesh Civil Service (Audit & Accounts) Cadre and joined in public service in 2 July 2005. During his distinguished career, he has held various positions of responsibility within the Government’s Audit & Accounts Department. He also worked in lien for five years as Consultant (Financial Management Specialist) in World Bank and IFAD funded NATP-2 Project under Ministry of Agriculture, Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Mr. Shahajahan obtained both his Honours and Master’s degrees in Accounting from Jagannath University. He also holds an M.Sc. in Development Management (Public Economic Management & Finance) from the International Development Department (IDD), University of Birmingham, UK. He has participated in numerous professional training programmes both at home and abroad. He has also authored 36 national and 4 international publications, which have been published in renowned journals and magazines.

Besides, he has also contributed significantly to the development of corporate governance and professional accounting literature. He served as Chairman of the ICSB Journal and Publication Sub-Committee and as Editor of “The Chartered Secretary,” the corporate professional journal of ICSB. He also drafted the “Strategy Paper on Improving Responsiveness to Audit Observations” for the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General (OCAG), Bangladesh, which was subsequently published by the OCAG. He is the author of a book titled “Accounting Comprehensive”.

Mr. Shahajahan is actively associated with several national and international organizations. He is a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy (CIPFA), UK; and the Institute of Financial Consultants (IFC), USA. He is also serving as the Vice President of the Bangladesh Accounting Association (BAA).