Dr. Mohammad Abu Yusuf joined Ministry of Social Welfare on 18 August 2025 as Secretary. Before joining Ministry of Social Welfare, he was Additional Secretary in the Finance Division under the Ministry of Finance. Dr. Yusuf holds a PhD in Management (on WTO services trade) from Monash University, Australia. He also completed an MBA in Managerial Finance. Prior to that, he obtained M. Com in Accounting from the University of Dhaka, securing First Class First Position. He obtained B. Com (Honours) in Accounting from the same university, with position in the merit list. He stood 1st position in the merit list in Commerce Group under the Board of Intermediate & Secondary Education, Cumilla. Throughout his 30-year career in civil service, Dr. Yusuf held key positions in both national institutions and international development projects. He worked in different roles in Budget Preparation and Implementation and Treasury and Debt Management in Finance Division. He also brought necessary changes in preparation and implementation of budget of State-owned Enterprises (SOEs) as Director General, Monitoring Cell in the Finance Division. Before moving into the Finance Division, he served in various capacities in the National Board of Revenue (NBR), the USAID programme (as Customs Specialist), and the Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI) under the Ministry of Commerce. He also held academic position at the University of Dhaka and worked as a part-time lecturer at Monash University, Australia. During his tenure with the USAID programme, he led the implementation of several core components of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), including publication of Trade-related information, Authorized Economic Operator (AEO), Establishment of Enquiry Points, Customs Advance Rulings, Risk Management Systems, and Post-clearance Audit. Dr. Yusuf regularly contributes as a guest lecturer at premier training institutions of the country such as BCS (Administration) Academy, BCS (Customs and VAT Academy), Bangladesh Foreign Trade Institute (BFTI), Export Promotion Bureau (EPB), Institute of Chartered Secretaries of Bangladesh (ICSB), Institute of Public Finance (IPF), and Bangladesh Institute of Management (BIM). He has authored over 30 publications, including more than 10 articles in peer reviewed international journals. He also co-authored few book chapters. He is the lead author of ‘An Understanding of Human Resources: Cases from Bangladesh’. His research interests include Trade and WTO, Intellectual Property Rights, Climate Change, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), Global Business, Value Added Tax (VAT), and Export Diversification. Dr. Yusuf was a member of trade negotiations team of Bangladesh for negotiation of EPA with Japan. He attended 2nd Meeting of SAFTA Committee of Experts held in Nepal. He participated in the Regional Workshop on the WTO Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Asia and Pacific held in Taipei (2012), and International Trade Facilitation Course (Organized by the Singapore Cooperation Programme - SCP) held in Singapore. He took part in various training programmes on Valuation and Post Clearance Audit held in Japan and China, Customs Classification, Insurance, Budget Management Specialist, Public Finance (Singapore, India) and Managing Capital Flows (IMF, India). Dr. Yusuf also completed training course on Macro Economics of Climate Change organized by IMF, Delhi.