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In his endeavor in international trade arena, Mr. Hoque has achieved quite a few prestigious
professional certifications, including Certified Documentary Credit Specialist (CDCS) credential in
2009, Certificate in International Trade Finance (CITF) in 2011, Certificate for Specialists in Demand
Guarantee (CSDG) in 2015 and Certificate in Trade Finance Compliance (CTFC) in 2020 - all from the
London Institute of Banking & Finance (LIBF), UK. He has also been awarded as the Certified Trade
Finance Professional (CTFP) & The Incoterms® 2020 Certificate (INCO), by ICC Academy and the
Certified Standby and Guarantee Professional (CSGP) by International Institute of Banking Law and
Practice (IIBLP), USA, in the year 2017. In addition to that he is also completed online training course
of “Sustainability in Trade and Trade Finance” from Coastline Solutions. As a recognition of his
contribution to the international trade community in general, documentary credits, standby letters of
credit and demand guarantees in particular, Mr. Hoque has been accredited as a Member of the Panel of
Experts of ICC Documentary Instruments Dispute Resolution Expertise (DOCDEX) Services of ICC,
Paris, France.
Mr. Hoque is the Contributing Editor of Trade Service Updates (formally known as LC monitor) - a
quarterly LC Magazine, and Editorial Advisory Member of Documentary Credit World (DCW) - the
most authenticated monthly documentary credit magazine in the world, published by IIBLP, USA. He
is also a regular research member on various trade service related issues organized by Bangladesh
Institute of Bank Management (BIBM). He is also focus group member of “Guidelines for Prevention
of Trade Based Money Laundering” of Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit (BFIU). He has been
regularly writing articles pertinent to Documentary Credit and International Trade Finance for the last
ten years, with over 30 published articles on various international trade magazine, including but not
limited to, Trade Services Updates (TSU), Documentary Credit World (DCW), DCInsight and LC
Views, etc. Hoque frequently appears as a regular speaker and panel member at home and abroad in
various international trade seminars, workshops and conferences
Prior to starting his professional banking career as Management Trainee (MT) of one of the largest
private commercial bank in Bangladesh, Mr. Hoque pursuit his MBA with specialization in
Management from the University of Chittagong - a leading public university, Mr. Hoque also graduated
from the same institution in Business Administration.