
Advisor
M Rafiqul Islam
More than two decades in power project development, corporate strategy, investment facilitation and management consulting.
M Rafiqul Islam is a renewable energy and infrastructure executive with more than two decades of experience in power project development, corporate strategy, investment facilitation, stakeholder engagement and management consulting in Bangladesh. He currently serves as Managing Director of Teesta Solar Limited and Advisor to EcoNexus Energy Solutions Ltd.
A defining highlight of his renewable energy career has been his leadership of the 200 MW (AC) grid-connected solar power project at Sundarganj, Gaibandha — one of Bangladesh’s landmark utility-scale solar developments — including project-development activities and negotiations relating to the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), implementation arrangements, government coordination, project financing, technology and EPC engagement, and associated grid infrastructure.
Before turning his focus to renewable energy, Mr. Islam served as Executive Director – Corporate Affairs at BEXIMCO Group, where he led major power, energy, infrastructure, mining and port initiatives. Earlier, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Management Consulting Group (MCG) from 1994 to 2009, across approximately 500 research and consulting assignments. His international engagement spans the IRENA Assembly, UNFCCC COP28, SNEC and Solar Power International.
As Advisor, Mr. Islam provides strategic guidance on renewable energy project development, utility-scale and distributed solar, energy storage, project financing, government and stakeholder engagement and strategic partnerships. He holds an MBA from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka, and an M.Sc. and B.Sc. (Honours) in Physics from the University of Dhaka.


