SAIFUL AMIN BHUIYAN

Proven results-oriented and analytical International Business Development professional with 25+ years of experience in diverse industries in the USA, South Asia and Middle East as an entrepreneur and high impact consultant to multinational companies interacting primarily with C-level executives. Founder of a start-up future ready company called 1 Earth Holdings Inc. aiming to launch The Earth Cup – A Planetary Initiative for Climate Action with a new social impact platform.

Core Competencies

·       Data & Purpose Driven     Well-grounded in the Language of Finance ·       Strategic & Big Picture Thinking ·       Lateral Thinking & Exponential Mindset ·       Diversity & Multicultural Sensitivity ·       Deep Knowledge of Emerging Markets ·   International Tenders & Economic Diplomacy  ·       Speed & Strategic Flexibility ·       Public Relations ·       Contract Management ·       Project Implementation ·       Stakeholder Management ·       Conflict Management

RELEVANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

·   Endorsed by King of Football Pelé and leaders from governments and interfaith ministry (The Earth Cup - A Planetary Initiative for Climate Action and World Peace). Enorsed by the the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem, Palestine, the Mayor of Bethlhem, Palestine, the Grand Mufti of Bethlehem, an organization in Paletsine run by Pole John Paul II Foundation and the Grand Mufti of India.

·   Created a new validated paradigm of social and emotional impact platform, the Gaia Platform, with a transformational and unifying URL, capable of attracting 4+ billion followers (planetarians) within 1 year from the release of MVP, by leveraging and monetizing intangible assets of prodigious value that 1 Earth Holdings Inc. is in possession of. International Software Derby 

·       Generated the ideas and blueprints of two catalytic climate initiatives – Nirvana World Ecological Sanctuary which was green-lighted by the former President of Sri Lanka His Excellency Ranil Wickremsinghe and the proposed Biosphere Reserve Bank for the Global South endorsed by the Asia Pacific member states of the United Nations at UNEP-5 Forum in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 5 October, 2023. Related projects and work in progress (November 2023 to Present).

·       The mission of the Earth Cup Initiative and the proposed Biosphere Reserve Bank was recognized by The Honorable Steven Guilbeault, MP, Minister of Environment & Climate Change of Canada (February 29, 2025) and The Honorable Julie Aviva Dabrusin MP, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature of Canada (July 23, 2025). The Idea of Biosphere Reserve Bank 

·       Recognized by United States Congress & National Parliament of Bangladesh in 2000 for International business development services.

·       Key player and organizer in the preparation and execution of bilateral economic agenda for President Bill Clinton’s state visit to Bangladesh in March 2000; member of President Clinton’s business delegation.

·       Global campaign for good governance recognized and supported by Transparency International HQ in Germany, by both Peter Eigen (Founder of TI) and Laurcence Corkroft (Co-Founder of TI and former Chairman of Transpareny Internatioal UK). 2004

·   Spearheaded complex and large scale infrastructure and big data projects in the private and public sectors in the emerging markets in Asia.

·   Over 20 years’ experience in the banking & financial services industry (in USA).

·   Engaged as local partner for 3 countries in Asia by the largest privately held software company in USA (SAS Institute) in recognition of extraordinary performance delivered across multiple metrics. (2009 to 2013)

·   Secured awards of private and public sector contracts worth in excess of $175 Million for MNCs.

·   Key player in the oversight and implementation of a big data project for the largest mobile telecom company in Bangladesh, majority owned by Telenor of Norway, resulting in additional revenue earnings in excess of total capital expenditure for the project within 3 months after the project went live.

·   Served as Honorary Adviser to H.E. Miguel Vargas, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic (2016 to 2020). 

·   Business Development Adviser H.E. Said bin Ahmed Said Al Shanfari, Chairman of Shanfari Group and former Minister of Petroleum of Sultanate of Oman. (2010 to 2016)

·   Adviser for International Investment Promotion to Hon. Naseer Ahamed, Former Chief Minister of Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. (2015 to 2017)

·   Intentional Affairs Adviser to Hon. Naseer Ahamed, former Minister of Environment of Sri Lanka (2022-2024); appointed Organizing and Implementation Partner for the proposed Indian Ocean Biosphere Summit (which later evolved into successfully organized UNEP-5 Forum of the Ministers of Environment of the Asia Pacific member states of the United Nations, jointly hosted by the United Nations Environment Program and the Ministry of Environment of Sri Lanka, held in Colombo, Sri Lanka on October 5, 2023. (2023 0 2024)

·   Adviser to the Sultan of Aceh, Indonesia His Majesty Sultan Malik Samudera Pasai As Syarif Teuku Badruddin Syah Zhilullah Fil'Alam in his energy project. (from April 2026 to Present).

EDUCATION

B.Sc. in Industrial Management, King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia 1986-1990

M.Sc. in  Accounting Program, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX, USA

Courses: Financial Accounting, Corporate Finance and Taxation (18 credits)

Certified Public Accountant (USA), 1995-2015

Citizenship   Canada (by naturalization) and Bangladesh (by birth)