K M Ali Azam
Director, NWPGCL

&
Joint Secretary Ministry of Finance

Mr. K M Ali Azam is a Joint Secretary, overseeing Internal Budget at the Ministry of Finance, joined North-West Power Generation Company Limited as Director on 22 June 2025. He is also a member of Audit Committee and Legal Affairs Committee of the Company.

He previously served as the Additional Divisional Commissioner (General) of the Dhaka division and Sylhet division. He also held the position of Senior Assistant Secretary at SREDA (Sustainable and Renewable Energy Development Authority), where he served as the Deputy National Project Director of Skill Development for Sustainable Energy Solutions (GIZ).  He held seminars with teachers and students at different universities – and started playing a role in the expansion of solar energy. He facilitated good working relations with international organizations, such as: GIZ, USAID, European Union, ADB, and World Bank.

Prior to that, Mr. Azam served in the ICT ministry where he procured extraordinary training experience; most notably: “ICT Policymaking in a Global Environment”, “National Cyber Security Policy: Balancing Risk and Innovation” and “Cybersecurity Concepts, Mechanisms, Management, Policy and Applications” from The United States Telecommunications Training Institute. He also acquired training in “E-Governance: Public Service Transformation” from The Singapore E-government Leadership Centre “Next Generation Broadcasting Technology Course” at the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning of South Korea, “Construction of Broadband Networks for Developing Countries” at the Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications, “Advanced Software Technology” at CMC Academy and “Training on Field Administration” at National Institute of Administrative Research in India, and “Environment & Development in the 21^st Century’s Information Era at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand.

Mr. Azam had also served in various key administrative and leadership positions in the past, including and not limited to: Joint Secretary at the Ministry of Public Administration, Section Officer at Land Appeal Board and Additional District Commissioner of Sirajganj District.

Mr. Azam obtained his second MA in Governance and Development from BRAC university with a minor in Economics. He procured his BA and MA in International Relations from the University of Dhaka.

Mr. K M Ali Azam’s exceptional breadth of knowledge is matched only by his depth of experience and unyielding integrity, a demonstration of leadership that is both quietly authoritative and deeply effective, characterized by strategic foresight and the capacity to elicit competence and coherence in complex environments. and his international experience has imbued him with a rare global sensibility- allowing them to navigate complex cross-cultural environments with strategic finesse and diplomatic poise.