Shah Md. Istiak Hossain Khan is the Director of OID and a development-sector leader with over 15 years of experience translating plans into coordinated field delivery. He specialises in mobilising project teams, community networks and operational resources for effective implementation, field studies and evidence generation. With expertise across programme operations, MEAL, financial oversight and stakeholder coordination, he helps turn complex development objectives into accountable, on-the-ground results

Lipi Ghosh is a Gender Equality and Social Inclusion (GESI) specialist with over 7 years of international development experience, including more than four years with UNFPA Bangladesh. A graduate of the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Dhaka, she brings a strong academic and practical foundation in gender-responsive development. Her work spans youth empowerment, SRHR, comprehensive sexuality education, social norms, research and capacity strengthening—turning evidence into inclusive, scalable change.

Sahad Al Nur is a governance and development researcher based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He has worked as a Research Assistant at Queensland University of Technology on a PMI-funded study of inclusive leadership and gender equity in project-based organisations, and as a research assistant leading field teams on Bangladesh's first integrity report on the private bus sector at Transparency International Bangladesh. His development experience spans redesigning a worker welfare system for a large ready-made garment workforce at Epyllion Group, and securing funding and partnerships for a pioneering clean cooking and carbon credit initiative at ATEC Global. He holds an MSS in Globalization & Governance Studies and a BSS in International Relations, both from the University of Dhaka, with a continued focus on governance, institutional reform, and environmental sustainability.