Leadership Team

Abdul Haque

Managing Director

Abdul Haque joined the RMG Sustainability Council (RSC) as the Managing Director on 9 March 2023. With more than 37 years of experience in leading national and multinational teams at home and abroad, Abdul Haque wears the RSC hat with an aim to lead the organisation towards transforming it to a Centre of Excellence. Prior to joining the RSC team, he served the SMC Enterprise as the Managing Director. Before that, he served as Managing Director at Reckitt Benckiser, as Country Director at International Development Enterprises, as Managing Director at Perfetti van Melle BD. Pvt. Ltd., and as Country Director at Avery Dennison Bangladesh etc.

Abdul Haque completed his MBA in Marketing from IBA, Dhaka University. He is trained in General Management by the Harvard Business School.

Md Hassan Nawazis, a highly accomplished and skilled structural and fire safety engineer with a background in civil engineering joined RSC as the Chief Safety Officer on 1st November 2023. He started his career in the field of structural & fire safety inspections with Bureau Veritas in 2014. With over 12 years of professional experience, he has been able to establish himself as a leader in the safety industry. He has played a crucial role in ensuring safety practices in Bangladeshi RMG industries through his expertise in building & fire safety inspections, remediation process development, consultations and providing code-compliant solutions.

Nawazis holds a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from CUET and master’s degree from HTW Berlin, Germany in collaboration with Helsinki Metropolia University of Applied Sciences, Finland. He did research on BIM-FM collaborative management approach for mitigating fire hazards in apparel sector of Bangladesh in 2013 as his master’s thesis approved by HTW Berlin University of Applied Sciences.

Additionally, he has received advanced leadership training from the National University of Singapore.

With his strong technical background, Nawazis effectively manages technical teams through a robust management process. His leadership style is transformational, motivating and inspiring highly skilled teams to achieve organizational goals through continuous improvements. He is known for his laser-like focus on targets, his solution-oriented approach, and his ability to collaborate effectively as a team player.