The Executive Committee (EC) is the highest policy making body of the organization having meetings at least once every three months. At present the committee consists of 6 members and they are 1) Mr. Tofail Ahmed, Ph.D as Chairperson, 2) Gawher Nayeem Wahra (Mr) (DRR and Humanitarian Accountability expert) as Vice-Chairperson, 3) Mostafa Kamal Ahmed (Mr) FCA as Treasurer, 4) Nurul Alam Masud, Chief Executive of Participatory Research Action Network-PRAAN, 5) Ms. Anjulika Khisa (Ex District Education Officer), 6) Jasmeen Sultana Paru (Ms) (Chief Executive Officer, ELLMA, Chattogram), and 7) M. Rezaul Karim Chowdhury (Executive Director, COAST Foundation) as member secretary.
COAST Foundation believes the Participation, Accountability and Transparency (PAT) in its own governance. It has written manuals on Human Resources, Field Operation manuals, Finance & Audit manuals maintaining internationally accepted standards, which are also being regularly reviewed. It has a regular process of reporting to local government, to all upper level and also has annual systematic review process interacting with all internal and external stakeholders including beneficiaries. There is a meeting system where all the stakeholders including the staff have the regular scope of participation. COAST has the initiative to build institutions of the poor families i.e. People Organization (PO) who also has the scope of participation in the COAST decision making process at all levels. Thus in all these ways, COAST believes that it is a people centered organization.
The accounts and financial systems of the organization are audited by the external audit firm enlisted by the NGO Affairs Bureau every year. During the year 2019-20 the organization’s accounts were audited by S.K.Barua & Co. All the audit reports can be found on our website i.e. www.coastbd.org which is updated regularly.
Executive Committee Profile
Chairperson
| Name | Prof. Tofail Ahmed, Ph.D |
| Date of Birth | 4 May 1954 |
| Father’s Name | Jalal Ahmed |
| Mother’s Name | Begum Sufia Ahmed |
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| Educational Qualification | B.A (Hons) Politics and Administration and M.A Politics and Administration, University of Chittagong; M.Sc (Econ) Social Sector Planning and Management and Ph.D in Development Studies, Faculty of Economics and Social Studies, University of Wales, UK. For more information please visit https://tofailahmed.wordpress.com/ |
| Address | Flat A 4, House 19, Road 12, Sector-4, Uttara, Dhaka |
Vice-Chairperson
| Name | Gawher Nayeem Wahra | |
| Date of Birth | 22 January, 1955 | |
| Father’s Name | I H Hyder Wahra | |
| Mother’s Name | Saleha Khatun | |
| Spouse’s Name | ||
| Educational Qualification | MSS (Public Administration) | |
| Address | 7/3 Aurengajeb Road, Muhammadpur, Dhaka 1207 |
Treasurer
| Name | Mostafa Kamal Ahmed FCA | |
| Date of Birth | 01 December, 1975 | |
| Father’s Name | Moqbul Ahmed | |
| Mother’s Name | Suraiya Begum | |
| Spouse’s Name | ||
| Educational Qualification | FCA | |
| Address | Amicus Amity, Flat-C5, Plot-371, Road-10, Block-C, Basundhara R/A, Dhaka-1229 |
Short Brief
Member
| Name | Nurul Alam Masud |
| Date of Birth | 1st May 1978 |
| Father’s Name | Late Nuruzzaman |
| Mother’s Name | Satter Bagum |
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| Educational Qualification | Master of Political Science |
| Address | House # 11, Road # 33/A, Housing Estate Maijdee, Noakhali-3800. Bangladesh. |
Short Brief
Member
| Name | Jasmeen Sultana Paru |
| Date of Birth | 10 June 1951 |
| Father’s Name | Late Md Sona Meah |
| Mother’s Name | Late Ellma Khatun |
| Spouse’s Name | |
| Educational Qualification | BA |
| Address | House-14/1, 3 No Nasirabad Housing Society, Pachlaish, Chattogram |
Member
| Name | Anjulika Khisa |
| Date of Birth | 24 January 1950 |
| Father’s Name | Kali Ratan Khisa |
| Mother’s Name | Panchalata Khisa |
| Spouse’s Name | |
| Educational Qualification | M.Ed |
| Address | Village-North Kalindipur, PO-Rangamati, Upazilla-Sadar, District-Rangamati |
Short Brief
Secretary/Executive Director
| Name | Rezaul Karim Chowdhury | |
| Date of Birth | 1st March 1956 | |
| Father’s Name | Jalal Ahmed Chowdhury | |
| Mother’s Name | Momtaz Begum Chowdhury | |
| Spouse’s Name | Mrs. Dilbor Jahan Hena | |
| Educational Qualification | MA | |
| Address | COAST Foundation, Metro Melody (1st Floor), House-13, Road-2, Shyamoli, Dhaka-1207 |
Short Bio of General Council Members
Related documents
COAST Constitution_Joint Stock [Download]
List of General Council & Executive Committee Members [Download]
Job Descriptions for Chairperson-Executive Committee (EC) and General Council (GC) [Download]
GC Meeting Information
- Meeting minutes of 6th AGM (Annual General Meeting) of the General Council of COAST Foundation 6th July 2024 both face to face and hybrid (online) at COAST Principal Office, Shyamoli, Dhaka [Download]
- Minutes on Strategic Planning and 7th AGM [Annual General Meeting] held on 4-5 August 2023 at COAST Principal Office [Download]
- 6th AGM Virtual & face to face held on 24 June 2022 at COAST Principal Office [Download]
- 5th AGM held dated 26 June 2021 and approved plans and budget of 2021-22 [All Information]
- 4th Annual General Meeting (AGM)_20 November 2020 [Download]
- 3rd Annual General Meeting (AGM)_18 July 2020 [Download]
- 2nd General Meeting (AGM)_18 January 2020 [Download]
- 1st Annual General Meeting (AGM)_20 July 2019 [Download]
EC Meeting Information
- Minutes of the 122nd Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (virtual) of COAST Foundation held on 17 November 2023 [Download]
- Minutes of the 121st Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (virtual) of COAST Foundation held on 29 July 2023 [Download]
- Minutes of the COAST Foundation Special Executive Committee Meeting dated 13th May 2023 3 to 6.30 pm at COAST Principles Office, Dhaka. [Download]
- Minutes of the 119th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (face to face and virtual) of COAST Foundation held at COAST Foundation Principal Office, Shyamoli, Dhaka on 8th April, 2023 [Download]
- Minutes of the 118th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (face to face and virtual) of COAST Foundation held at COAST Foundation Principal Office, Shayamoli, Dhaka on 21st January 2023 [Download]
- Minutes of the 117th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (face to face and virtual) of COAST Foundation held at COAST Foundation Principal Office on 24th December 2022 [Download]
- Minutes of the 116th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (face to face and virtual) of COAST Foundation held at COAST Foundation Principal Office on 29th September 2022 [Download]
- 115th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (face to face and virtual) of COAST Foundation held at COAST Foundation Principal Office on 24th June 2022 [Download]
- 114th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting (both face to face and virtual) of COAST Foundation held at COAST Bhola Center, Bhola on 26th March 2022 [Download]
- 113th Executive Committee Meeting on 27th January 2022 [Download]
- 112th Executive Committee Meeting on 15th December 2021 [Download]
- 111th Executive Committee Meeting on 9th October 2021 [Download]
- 110th Executive Committee Meeting on 25th September 2021 [Download]
- 109th Executive Committee Meeting on 25th June 2021 [All Information] [Download Minutes]
- 108th Virtual Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_24 April 2021 [Download]
- 107th Virtual Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_21 October 2020 [Download]
- 106th Virtual Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_18 July 2020 [Download]
- 105th Virtual Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_25 April 2020 [Download]
- 104th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_13 March 2020 [Download]
- 103rd Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_18 January 2020 [Download]
- 102th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_29 September 2019 [Download]
- 101st Executive Committee (EC) Meeting_20 July 2019 [Download]
Audit and finance committee Meeting
- 33rd Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_19 November 2023 [Download]
- 32nd Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_28 July 2023 [Download]
- 31st Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_31 March 2023 [Download]
- 30th Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_23 December 2022 [Download]
- 29th Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_28 September 2022 [Download]
- 28th Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_17 June 2022 [Download]
- 27th Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_12 March 2022 [Download]
- 26th Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_11 December 2021 [Download]
- 25th Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_24 September 2021 [Download]
- 24th Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_18 June 2021 [Download]
- 23rd Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_16 April 2021 [Download]
- 22nd Minutes on Pre-EC Finance & Audit Committee meeting_30 October 2020 [Download]
- 21th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes_17 July 2020 [Download]
- 20th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes_17 January 2020 [Download]
- 19th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes_29 June 2019 [Download]
- 18th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 17th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 16th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 15th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 14th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 13th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 12th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 11th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 10th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 9th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 8th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
- 7th BoT Audit Meeting Minutes [Download]
GC & EC Meeting Information
- COAST Board of Trustee General Council meeting dated 20th November 2020 [Download Minutes]
- Minutes of the 107th Virtual Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of Coastal Association for Social Transformation (COAST) Trust held on 31 October 2020 [Download Minutes]
- Minutes of the 103rd GC meeting and 106th Virtual Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of COAST Trust held on 18th July 2020 [Download Minutes]
- Minutes of the 2nd Extra-ordinary General Meeting (EGM) of COAST) Trust held on 18th January 2020 [Download Minutes]
- Minutes of the 105 EC Committee Meeting of COAST 25 April 2020 [English Minutes] [Salary Due Plan_TSH] [COAST Fund and Investment report_AKB] [COAST COVID-19 Response_SKB] [Virtual meeting photo]
- Minutes of the 105th Virtual Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of COAST 25th April 2020 [Download]
- Minutes of the 104th Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of COAST 13th March 2020 [Download]
- Minutes of the 103rd Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of COAST 18th January 2020 [Download]
- Minutes of the 102nd Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of COAST 29th September 2019 [Download]
- Minutes of the 101st Executive Committee (EC) Meeting of COAST 20th July 2019 [Download]
- Minutes of the 2nd Extra-ordinary General Meeting (EGM) of COAST 18th January 2020 [Download]
- Minutes of the 1st Annual General Meeting of COAST 20th July 2019 [Download]
- Minutes of the 100th Board of Trustee (BoT) Meeting of COAST 29th June 2019 [Download]
- Minutes of the 99th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 22nd March 2019 [Download]
- Minutes of the 98th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 27 October 2018 [English]
- Minutes of the 97th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 21 April 2018 [English]
- Minutes of the 96th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 29 December 2017 [English]
- Minutes of the 95th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 17 November 2017 [English]
- Minutes of the 94th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 23 September 2017 [English]
- Minutes of the 93rd Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 22 April 2017 [English]
- Minutes of the 92nd Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 16 December 2016 [English]
- Minutes of the 91st Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 8 October 2016 [English]
- Minutes of the 90th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 25 June 2016 [English]
- Minutes of the 89th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 6 May 2016 [English]
- Minutes of the 81th Board of Trustee Meeting of COAST 28 December 2013 [English]
COAST ED CV [Download]