S M Jakaria Huq

Mr. S M Jakaria Huq is a career bureaucrat who has over 24 years’ experience working in the Bangladesh civil service. Since November 2022, Jakaria has been working as a Joint Secretary in the ADB Wing of Economic Relations Division (ERD) under the Ministry of Finance of the Bangladesh government. Before joining ERD, Jakaria was appointed as Commercial Counsellor to the Bangladesh High Commission, London from January 2018 to September 2023. Prior to that, he worked in the Finance Division of the Ministry of Finance in various capacities for seven years including in the role of Private Secretary to the then Finance Minister of Bangladesh.