Prof. Dr. Kazi Shariful Alam  is a Board Member of HFCL. He has completed his Master of Commerce degree in Marketing from the University of Dhaka. He also completed a Ph.D. in Tea Industry in Bangladesh: A Study of its Export Marketing Strategy from the Banaras Hindu University of India. He was born on 15th July 1952. Mr. Alam started his career as a Lecturer in the Marketing Department of the University of Dhaka and he became Chairman of the Department in 1995. He emerged as the Professor of the Marketing Department of the University of Dhaka in 1998. In 2001 Prof. Dr. Kazi Shariful Alam joined as Head and Dean of the School of Business of Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology (AUST) and was promoted to Vice-Chancellor (Current Charge) of AUST in 2018. In addition to his sound professional career, he also acted as a Researcher for Different Ministries of GOB, the University of Dhaka, and a Private Organization. Moreover, his research paper was published in different National and International journals.

He is also involved with various socio-cultural organizations. Presently he is the Vice President of Dhaka Ahsania Mission (DAM), one of the Nationally and Internationally recognized NGOs of Bangladesh.