Hi, I'm Munir 👋
Renewable Energy & Climate Policy Professional, Project Director, and Legal Practitioner.
Renewable Energy & Climate Policy Professional | Legal Practitioner | Project Director | Institutional Development Expert. Currently serving as Executive Director and Head of Secretariat of BSREA and as a Consultant to the IDCOL PO Forum Trust.
18+ Years
Professional Experience
USD 100,000
Annual Sunrise Project Grant
3,000 MW
Rooftop Solar Advocacy
Secretariat
Executive Director, BSREA
Rooftop solar framework expansion.
Advisory focus
Energy & Commercial Law
Contract drafting & compliance.
“Bridging policy, law, finance, and implementation.”
The journey
Professional Experience & Milestones
A history of policy advocacy, programme leadership, and compliance management.
Programme Leadership
Project Director – The Sunrise Project
Leading the Sunrise Project, a multi-year clean-energy initiative focused on institutional strengthening, renewable energy policy advocacy, industry coordination, stakeholder engagement, capacity development, grant management, and programme reporting.
Sector Policy
Executive Director and Head of Secretariat – BSREA
Provides executive leadership to the Secretariat and supports the Board in policy advocacy, membership services, institutional partnerships, programme implementation, governance, financial oversight, and stakeholder coordination across Bangladesh’s renewable energy sector.
Advisory
Consultant – IDCOL PO Forum Trust
Provides strategic and institutional advisory support to the IDCOL PO Forum Trust, including governance support, stakeholder coordination, programme development, development-finance engagement, and executive committee follow-up.
Governance & Finance
Deputy General Manager, Accounts & Finance – Ava Development Society
Managed financial administration, budgeting, audit coordination, donor compliance, reporting, procurement oversight, and institutional financial systems. Also served as Project Director for two European Union-funded SME Competitiveness Grant Scheme projects under Lot 1(b) and Lot 2, leading the full project cycle from concept development to implementation and closure.
Core Competencies
Capabilities & Focus
Advocacy, strategic partnerships, financial oversight, and programme lifecycle management in sustainable energy.
Climate and Energy Programme Leadership
Strategic DirectorDemonstrated competency and active oversight in key sustainable energy frameworks.
Renewable Energy Policy and Regulatory Advocacy
Senior Policy LeadDemonstrated competency and active oversight in key sustainable energy frameworks.
Project Design, Management and Reporting
Programme DirectorDemonstrated competency and active oversight in key sustainable energy frameworks.
Legal Advisory: Energy, Commercial and Compliance
Senior Legal AdvisorDemonstrated competency and active oversight in key sustainable energy frameworks.
Financial Oversight and Grant Management
Financial LeadDemonstrated competency and active oversight in key sustainable energy frameworks.
Things I utilize & manage
Policy & Legal
- ✦Legal and Regulatory Advisory
- ✦Policy Briefs and Position Papers
- ✦Energy and Commercial Contracts
- ✦Institutional Governance
- ✦Regulatory Compliance
Project Management & Finance
- ✦Project Cycle Management
- ✦Grant and Donor Compliance
- ✦Budgeting and Financial Oversight
- ✦Monitoring, Evaluation and Reporting
- ✦Procurement and Audit Coordination
Languages
- ✦Bengali — Native
- ✦English — Professional Working Proficiency
Currently on my shelf
Selected Policy, Regulatory and Programme Contributions
Selected policies, regulatory frameworks, advocacy initiatives, and programme documents to which I have contributed through research, consultation, project leadership, or stakeholder engagement.
Renewable Energy Policy 2025
Policy Consultation and Industry Advocacy
Contributed to industry consultation, policy analysis, and stakeholder recommendations concerning Bangladesh’s renewable energy targets, investment environment, institutional arrangements, and implementation priorities.
Net Metering Guidelines 2025
Regulatory Review and Stakeholder Input
Supported industry review and recommendations on rooftop solar, prosumer participation, interconnection procedures, metering, billing, financing, and regulatory implementation.
Rooftop Solar Framework
BSREA Policy Advocacy
Contributed to proposals addressing fiscal incentives, customs and tax barriers, financing, net metering, quality standards, O&M, monitoring, and accelerated rooftop solar deployment.
The Sunrise Project Proposals
Programme Design and Project Leadership
Leads programme planning, implementation, grant management, institutional strengthening, stakeholder engagement, policy advocacy, financial oversight, and donor reporting under the Sunrise Project.
Say hello
Let's build a clean energy future
Whether you want to discuss national policy guidelines, explore partnership proposals under BSREA or IDCOL, or coordinate legal advisory, I am open to conversation.