Shaupaun Koumar, an engineer-cum-economist:

• Advising new business on formation of corporations, business structures, industrial engineering and project management issues and drafting company policies.
• Licensed Public Accountant & Tax Consultant focusing corporations on accounting & tax issues, management of profit & non-profit organizations and preparing business plans.
• Runs own corporate consultancy firm “AsiaEurope Consulting” in Belgium since 1999.
• Interested in academic work, critical & competitive analysis, organizational development, strategic planning, international travelling and gourmand cooking.

Experience:

• Registered professional with the institute IPCF “Institut Professionnel des Comptables et Fiscalistes agréés", Belgium, since 1999.
• Business Economist at Nipro Europe, a medical devices company in Brussels (Zaventem), 1999-2000.
• Business Economist at Soficompta, a corporate consulting firm in Brussels, 1998-99.
• Travelling & pursuing studies overseas for a different profession after abandoning sea life.
• Seaman (Marine Engineering), Libyan Govt. Sea-Fishing Company, Tripoli & Benghazi, 1977-80.
• Seaman (Marine Engineering), Japanese Shrimp Research Vessel, Chittagong, Bangladesh, 1977 (just for a few months as the overseas job offer in Libya was taken).

Education:

• Graduated in Marine (Industrial) Engineering, 1975-77, a very intensive academic course given by Russian Experts at Marine Fisheries Academy, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
• Studying French language and literature, Institut de phonétiques de l’Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Belgium, 1984-87.
• Earned Master’s degree in Industrial Location & Development, (two-year programme) 1988-90, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Belgium.
• Human Ecology, a Master’s course, 1989-90 (incomplete), pursued the course simultaneously with the Master’s in Industrial Location & Development programme in order to enrich its thesis entitled “Economic and Ecological Impact of Tropical Deforestation”, VUB, Belgium. 
• Management Programme, 1991-92, 2nd Master’s degree, VUB, Belgium.
• Graduated with honours in Business Economics and minored in Computer Information Systems from Vesalius College of VUB, 1994-98 (four years), to earn a foreign Bachelor’s degree from a prestigious institution in Europe.

Extra curriculum:

• Summer course at Sophia University, Tokyo, focused on Japanese Management, 1991.
• One semester at the University of Sydney, Australia, taught on Economics & Commerce programme, 1999.

Language:

• Bengali, English, French, Dutch (workable), and Arabic (basic).

Association:

• Member of Belgian government professional institute IPCF “Institut Professionnel des Comptables et Fiscalistes agréés".
• Founder president of PraubashBaungau a.s.b.l., a volunteer organisation based in Brussels.