Mr. Iqtiaruddin Md. Mamun assumed office as the Head of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU) on 20 January 2026. An eminent and highly experienced officer of the Bangladesh Civil Service (Taxation Cadre), he has earned distinction through years of dedicated service in taxation, revenue administration, VAT operations, and public financial management. Throughout his career, he has served in important positions across Bangladesh’s foremost revenue institutions, demonstrating exceptional competence in both operational execution and high-level policy and administrative leadership.

During his service in National Board of Revenue (NBR), Internal Resources Division (IRD), Mr. Mamun has worked in areas such as taxpayer compliance, revenue collection management, tax audit and assessment processes, transfer pricing and enforcement against tax evasion. His responsibilities have included supporting large taxpayers, handling complex corporate and institutional taxpayers - financial institutions in particular, strengthening regulatory compliance, and improving administrative efficiency within the revenue system of Bangladesh.

His experience of working in VAT department reflects involvement in indirect taxation operations, including VAT mobilization, monitoring VAT compliance, regulatory supervision, and coordination with stakeholders in trade, commerce, and industry. His major contribution to revenue administration includes supervising operational tax functions, supporting dispute resolution processes, and assisting institutional strengthening to improve service delivery and governance in revenue management of major taxes zones in Bangladesh.

Mr. Mamun has also served in policy and reform assignments in the Finance Division, as the Senior Consultant of Strengthening the Governance of State-owned Enterprises financed by World Bank, contributing to initiatives aimed at improving governance and performance of public sector institutions, focusing reforms relating to the management and accountability of state-owned enterprises. Before joining as the Head of BFIU, he served as the Commissioner of Taxes of Large Taxpayers Unit (LTU), Dhaka.

He completed advanced academic training abroad, earning a PhD in Economics from Monash University (Australia) and a Master of Public Finance from the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS), Japan. He also gained Fellow Cost and Management Accountant (FCMA) degree from the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB). Mr. Mamun attended international training programs on public finance, taxation, and macroeconomic governance, including courses at the IMF Institute (USA) and tax administration training from Japan’s National Tax College. He earned his BSc. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka.

Alongside government service, Mr. Mamun is engaged in research and writing, focusing tax policy, income tax and VAT operation, revenue administration and economic development of Bangladesh. In his personal life, Mr. Mamun is happily married and blessed with a son and a daughter. His son Ahmed Zabin is the youngest chartered accountant of Bangladesh.