Senior Advisor | Customs, VAT & Regulatory Affairs
Mohammad Fakhrul Alam
Background
Former Acting President and Former Member (Technical), Customs, Excise & VAT Appellate Tribunal | Former Director General, Customs Intelligence & Investigation Directorate | Former Commissioner, Chattogram Customs House
A former senior NBR official with more than three decades of experience in Customs and VAT administration, adjudication, enforcement and trade facilitation. His career includes leadership of the Appellate Tribunal, Chattogram Customs House and Customs Intelligence. He has also contributed to reform initiatives with USAID, the World Bank and ADB, bringing institutional insight and strong capability in complex customs, audit, approval and appellate matters.
Areas of focus
Publication
Co-author, VAT, Income Tax & Customs Management in Bangladesh
Written with Md. Arifur Rahman, the book connects the three regimes a business actually deals with at once rather than treating them as separate subjects.
The Rest of the Practice
- Md. Arifur Rahman Founder & Chairman | Fiscal & Commercial Advisory
- Ganesh Chandra Mondal Advisor | Income Tax

Regulatory Insight.Commercial Intelligence.Practical Execution.
Practice areas
- Customs
- VAT
- Tax
- Trade
- Regulatory Strategy
- Commercial Advisory