Security risk management
Threat, vulnerability and risk assessments translated into proportionate controls, clear ownership and defensible executive decisions.
Security · Risk · Operations
Leading with clarity when the operating environment is complex.
Internationally credentialed security and operations leader with more than 20 years of experience across military, corporate, USAID-funded, humanitarian and regional advisory environments.
Regional Security & Risk Management Advisor — South Asia
DecisionClaritythrough evidence
PEOPLEOPERATIONSINFORMATIONCONTINUITY- 20+
- Years of leadership
- 100+
- Financial & compliance audits
- 30+
- Misconduct & fraud investigations
- 5
- International credentials
Executive profile
A trusted bridge between executive intent and field reality.
A former Bangladesh Navy officer, Md. Anowar Hossain combines strategic security governance with hands-on leadership in risk assessment, crisis response, investigations, continuity, policy development and stakeholder liaison.
His experience spans shipboard command, industrial operations, telecommunications, international development and regional advisory work—bringing a broad executive perspective to organizations operating through uncertainty and change.
Crisis & continuity leadership
Incident management, evacuation, emergency communications and continuity arrangements designed to protect people while sustaining essential operations.
Investigations & assurance
Evidence-led investigations, fraud-risk controls, compliance reviews and security audits conducted with discretion, structure and accountability.
Integrated operations
Security, finance, HR, procurement, administration and stakeholder coordination aligned around programme performance and organizational resilience.
Selected experience
Leadership developed across mission, market and programme environments.
2024 — Present
Riley Risk Inc.
Regional Security & Risk Management Advisor — South Asia
Advises international clients on threat analysis, movement security, crisis support, field operations and business continuity across complex environments.2018 — 2024
Chemonics International
Director of Operations, Security & Finance
Led integrated support functions across USAID health and education programmes with a combined portfolio of approximately USD 120 million.2017 — 2018
Banglalink Digital Communications
Senior Manager — Security Operations & Corporate Governance
Modernized nationwide security oversight through digital monitoring, investigations, physical-security assurance and executive reporting.2013 — 2016
Coats Bangladesh & SQ Group
Industrial HR, Administration & Security Leadership
Strengthened industrial relations, access control, compliance, project delivery and workforce protection in large manufacturing environments.2003 — 2011
Bangladesh Navy
Executive & Intelligence Branch Officer
Served in shipboard command, field intelligence, investigations, protective security, disaster response and the supervision of approximately 2,000 trainees and personnel.Earlier-career impact
Operational foundations translated into measurable organizational value.
Selected achievements demonstrate the progression from military command and intelligence to industrial leadership, project governance and nationwide security digitalization.
≈2,000Personnel risk environment
Bangladesh Navy
Command, intelligence and protective security
Served as shipboard Executive Officer and later Officer-in-Charge of Field Intelligence, integrating command, discipline, logistics, investigations and protective security for an operating environment of approximately 2,000 trainees and naval personnel.
ProductivityWorkforce and operating discipline
Coats Bangladesh Limited
Industrial relations and performance support
Supported management on employee relations, manpower planning, outsourcing, change initiatives and production-performance monitoring, while aligning welfare, HR administration and compliance with labour law, company standards and customer requirements.
≈1M sq ftAccess-controlled industrial footprint
SQ Group Limited
Industrial security, compliance and project delivery
Directed access control, incident analysis and security reviews across a large industrial site; supported shared operations for four factories and security planning within an environment serving up to 15,000 employees, alongside weekly project governance and executive reporting.
3,000+Security officers digitally covered
Banglalink Digital Communications Limited
Nationwide security-operations digitalization
Implemented a digital security-operations platform that strengthened workforce visibility, accountability and executive reporting across the nationwide guard force, reducing manual processing by 56 labour hours per week.
Selected case studies
Evidence of judgement, delivery and measurable impact.
These cases are a representative selection from a broader record of successful assignments and achievements. Each reflects a distinct operating challenge and the practical controls used to protect people, strengthen accountability or sustain activity.
01
Crisis response
Bangladesh civil unrest · 2024
International personnel evacuation
Supported the safe evacuation of international personnel during nationwide unrest, curfews, transport disruption and communications constraints through dynamic risk analysis, movement advice and coordination.
OutcomePersonnel moved safely with timely decision support.
02
Evacuation advisory
Myanmar · Regional advisory assignment
Myanmar personnel evacuation support
Supported evacuation decision-making through structured threat monitoring, route and movement analysis, communications planning and coordination with relevant stakeholders during a deteriorating operating environment.
OutcomeOperational risk translated into timely, practical evacuation guidance.
03
Humanitarian advisory
Myanmar earthquake · Humanitarian operations
Myanmar earthquake response support
Provided security advisory support for earthquake-response activity, integrating access conditions, movement exposure, incident monitoring and contextual analysis into field-facing operational guidance.
OutcomeHumanitarian teams received risk-informed support for safer operational planning.
04
Humanitarian operations
World Central Kitchen · Bangladesh
Flood-response security support
Translated local access conditions, movement risk and operational constraints into practical field-security measures supporting humanitarian flood-response activity.
OutcomeNo reported casualty or asset damage.
05
Digital transformation
Banglalink · Nationwide
Security operations platform
Implemented a digital security-operations platform covering more than 3,000 physical-security officers, improving workforce visibility, accountability and management reporting.
OutcomeReduced manual processing by 56 labour hours per week.
06
Governance & assurance
Chemonics · USAID programmes
Integrated programme controls
Helped govern integrated operations, security and finance across USAID health and education programmes with a combined value of approximately USD 120 million, while conducting seven medical-death investigations, more than 30 misconduct and fraud investigations, and contributing to over 100 financial and compliance audits.
OutcomeStrengthened accountability across a high-value, multi-programme operating portfolio.
Advisory & consultancy portfolio
Independent judgement for organizations operating across uncertainty.
Support is structured around decision relevance: understand the exposure, identify workable controls, and give leaders a clear basis for action.
Regional security advisory
Country and regional threat monitoring, movement risk, journey management, incident response, continuity planning and executive decision support across South Asian operating environments.
Independent consultancy portfolio
Assignment-based support for international organizations, humanitarian operations and private-sector clients requiring discreet analysis, practical controls, policy review or field-level security coordination.
Operational governance
Integrated reviews of security, finance, administration, procurement, HR and compliance arrangements to strengthen accountability, clarify ownership and align enabling functions with programme delivery.
USAID operational governance
Assurance, learning and delivery at programme scale.
This record combines formal authority, operational accountability, investigations, audit contribution, stakeholder networks and sustained capability development across Chemonics-managed USAID programmes in Bangladesh.
Integrated operations, finance, HR, procurement, IT, security and compliance leadership across USAID-funded health and education programmes.
Held formal Delegation of Authority for financial approvals, agreements and operational decisions within the Bangladesh programme platform.
Conducted seven medical-death investigations with the Quality Assurance team and participated in more than 30 misconduct and fraud investigations.
Contributed through the Compliance and Monitoring Unit and received senior-management recognition as a Financial Auditor.
Invested in relationships with USAID PLSO, OSAC, ASIS, UNDSS, UNICEF, GIZ, security forums, INGOs and multinational stakeholders.
Delivered internal and external training over five years, with post-training assessments reporting a 40% improvement in compliance understanding.
Supported the start-up of four USAID-funded projects and contributed to multiple project close-outs and operational transitions.
Completed leadership and management, Data for Development, and supply-chain management programmes with A+ results between 2021 and 2023.
Received Ethical Employee awards in 2019 and 2021 and a Certificate of Appreciation in 2022 for exemplary performance.
Professional credentials
Cross-disciplinary assurance, from protection to investigations.
Credentials reinforce a practice grounded in enterprise security, physical protection, evidence, fraud risk and humanitarian security management.
CPPCertified Protection Professional
PCIProfessional Certified Investigator
PSPPhysical Security Professional
CFECertified Fraud Examiner
SRMP-RSecurity Risk Management Professional — Regional
Speaking profile
Practical insight for leaders managing complex risk.
Available for conferences, panels, executive briefings and professional workshops focused on:
- 01
Security risk assessment and decision-making in South Asia
- 02
Crisis leadership, evacuation and operational continuity
- 03
Investigations, intelligence and fraud-risk controls
- 04
Humanitarian access, field security and duty of care
- 05
Integrating security governance with organizational growth
Professional enquiries
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