Khaled Mohammad Saifullah

Khaled Mohammad Saifullah

Entrepreneur & Company Director
International Trade · Agriculture · Food Supply · Tourism

A self-made businessman from Nilphamari, in northern Bangladesh, who over fifteen years has built six companies across three continents.

Khaled Mohammad Saifullah
Nilphamari · b. 1988
Active since 2009Six companiesRegistered across four countriesISO 9001:2015
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Standing

A builder of structure, from the ground up

Khaled Mohammad Saifullah came from a remote village in Nilphamari, in Bangladesh’s far north, and built a career from nothing — first in senior operations and procurement roles at Shwapno and Ispahani, two of the country’s largest retail and industrial groups, then as the founder of his own companies.

Across international trade, agriculture, the food supply chain and tourism, he has done the work of making cross-border business function: registering companies in unfamiliar jurisdictions, obtaining licences and certifications, opening payment channels, and holding relationships with government departments and multinational suppliers at the same time. His companies import veterinary and dairy technology from France, Germany and Slovakia; supply government livestock services and five-star hospitality; and place trained workers with employers in Europe.

He is a family man and a people’s person, and he works with an unusually wide view across politics, governance and trade — reading how separate problems connect, and assembling the sequence of steps that resolves them.

Liquid-nitrogen transport equipment being filled in the field, Bangladesh

Cold-chain equipment in the field — northern Bangladesh

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Directorships & interests

Six companies, one operating model

Each was founded to close a specific gap between what a market produces or needs and what the wider world can supply. They share a spine: import, build local capability, meet an international standard, and export.

Founder & Managing Director

Tradeasia & Tradeasia Giant Limited

Since 2018 · Dhaka & Nilphamari · agriculture and veterinary trade

He built Tradeasia into an importer, manufacturer and exporter of livestock and veterinary technology — artificial-insemination equipment, liquid-nitrogen containers, semen straws, veterinary formulations and dairy-farm instruments — sourced directly from France, Germany, Slovakia, China and India, and supplied to government livestock departments and farms across Bangladesh. At its peak, between 2020 and 2024, the company moved 400,000–600,000 AI straws and 300,000–400,000 AI sheaths a month, plus 200–250 liquid-nitrogen containers, to clients including American Dairy Limited, BRAC, ACI, Lal Teer, ESAB Group and TDL. A domestic manufacturing plant is under development.

ISO 9001:2015 (UKcert) · GMP-certified production · registered importer and exporter (IRC, ERC, BIN)

Tradeasia veterinary and artificial-insemination equipment, including liquid-nitrogen containers

Founder & Proprietor

US-Bangla Trading System

2014–2024 · Chattogram · premium food, beverage and FMCG import

His first company, and the one on which his import and distribution capability was built. It imported chocolate, biscuits, chips, soft drinks, coffee, milk and baby food through a godown in Gulshan, Dhaka, and forwarded them to Chattogram for supply to Meena Bazar, Agora, Shwapno and Khulshi Mart at a monthly volume above ৳60 lakh, and to the five-star Radisson Blu. Products were sourced from the Middle East and Malaysia: he held the sole Bangladesh distributorship for Munchy's, the Malaysian biscuit brand, distributed Masafi beverages from the UAE, and carried Huggies — Kimberly-Clark's American brand — through the same Gulf distribution channel.

Monthly volume ৳60+ lakh · sole distributor, Munchy's (Malaysia) · Masafi (UAE) · Huggies (Kimberly-Clark, USA)

Co-Founder

Uttara Agrovet

Since 2022 · Dhaka · animal health and farmer finance

A women-led agri-technology venture he co-founded with a woman entrepreneur. It imports feed ingredients, vitamin premixes and nutritional supplements, and runs a model that connects smallholder farmers to finance, quality inputs, end markets and price data. Its Shariah-structured livestock programme channels urban investment into rural cattle rearing.

Women-led · farmer finance and market access · public and private sector liaison

Cattle at a rearing shed operated within the Uttara Agrovet programme

Managing Director

Go Destination Limited

Active · Dhaka, Baku & Istanbul · travel, tourism and immigration

A travel, tourism and immigration brand registered in Bangladesh and operated internationally through Trade Asia in Baku, with an office in Istanbul bridging Europe and Asia. It provides curated travel and tourism packages and airline ticketing; visit, student, employment and business visa services; a dedicated Germany Caregiver Programme covering language training, certification and placement with German healthcare providers; and international company-formation support.

Registered in Bangladesh · operated via Trade Asia (Baku) · office in Istanbul · Germany caregiver placement pipeline

Director

Mansur and Khaled for Commercial Investment

Since September 2025 · Cairo · trade, tourism and hospitality investment

An Egyptian limited liability company incorporated in Cairo in September 2025 under Investment Law No. 72 of 2017, directed jointly with a Bangladeshi partner. Its licensed activities cover wholesale and retail trade in Egypt's new urban communities; the management and tourism marketing of hotels, serviced apartments and tourist villages; and food-and-beverage operations. In practice, the company has moved Egyptian vegetables and fruit to Dubai.

Cairo Commercial Registry No. 270240 · capital EGP 100,000 · 25-year term to 2050

Founding Partner (51%)

“Trade Asia” MMC — Baku

Since April 2025 · Baku · tourism operations and agro trade

A limited liability company registered in Baku in April 2025, in which he holds the 51% founding share alongside a Bangladeshi partner who serves as resident director. It operates contracted tourism services — including the Go Destination brand in Azerbaijan — and is developing agricultural trade along the Caspian corridor between Central Asia and Europe.

Registered with Azerbaijan's State Tax Service, VÖEN 1407174951 · registered office, Baku

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International footprint

Registered, resident and travelling across three continents

DhakaDhaka — Group head officeNilphamari — Operations & manufacturingChattogram — Food-supply operationsDubaiDubai — Tradeasia UAE — licence & residencyCairoCairo — Mansur & Khaled for Commercial Investment — LLCIstanbulIstanbul — Go Destination — Europe/Asia bridgeBakuBaku — Trade Asia MMC — operates Go Destination & Caspian agro tradeFranceFrance — IMV Technologies & Polysem — AI equipmentGermanyGermany — Minitube — AI straws & accessories, engineeredSlovakiaSlovakia — Minitube productionIndiaIndia — Minitube distribution (Delhi) · Reticine Pharmaids (Haryana) · Asian Cattle & Balkrishnan equipmentChinaChina — Golden Phoenix / Chart Biomedical (Chengdu) · Okuni Industry (Dalian) — cryogenic equipmentMalaysiaMalaysia — Munchy's and branded confectionery for US-Bangla Trading SystemUSAUSA — Kimberly-Clark — Huggies, distributed via the Gulf
Head officeInternational officeOperationsTrade corridorSourcing originProduce export

His trade corridor runs from Dhaka through the Gulf, North Africa and the Caspian to Istanbul, on the edge of Europe. Against it, a second line of supply runs the other way — equipment, formulations and branded goods sourced from Western Europe, the subcontinent, China, Malaysia and the United States.

Bangladesh
Four companies under his direction, with a head office in Dhaka and operations in Nilphamari and Chattogram.
United Arab Emirates
Tradeasia UAE, Dubai — trade licence and residency, for Gulf sourcing and re-export.
Egypt
Mansur and Khaled for Commercial Investment — an LLC incorporated in Cairo (September 2025) under Investment Law 72/2017, in trade, tourism and hospitality.
Türkiye
A Go Destination office in Istanbul, bridging Europe and Asia for visa, placement and travel operations.
Azerbaijan
“Trade Asia” MMC, Baku (April 2025) — 51% founding share; operates the Go Destination brand and Caspian agro trade.
Where the products come from
France
IMV Technologies and Polysem (L’Aigle, Angoulême, Rambouillet) — artificial-insemination and reproduction equipment.
Germany & Slovakia
Minitube — German-engineered AI straws and accessories, produced in Slovakia; at peak, 400,000–600,000 straws a month.
India
Minitube's regional distribution office in New Delhi; Reticine Pharmaids' veterinary formulations from Haryana; AI equipment from Asian Cattle and Balkrishnan Palsikrafts.
China
Golden Phoenix / Chart Biomedical (Chengdu) and Okuni Industry & Trade (Dalian) — liquid-nitrogen containers and AI accessories.
Malaysia & the Gulf
Munchy's biscuits (Malaysia) and Masafi beverages (UAE) for the retail trade.
United States
Huggies, Kimberly-Clark's American brand, carried into the same retail chain through Gulf distribution.
Reach beyond registered markets

India · Nepal · Bhutan · Sri Lanka · Maldives · Thailand · Malaysia · Singapore · Cambodia · Vietnam · the United Arab Emirates · Azerbaijan · Uzbekistan · Kyrgyzstan · Kazakhstan · Egypt · Morocco · Belarus · Moldova · Türkiye — travelled for trade and tourism.

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Fields of competence

What he carries into a new market

  1. Cross-border company formation

    Incorporation, trade licensing, international payment-channel setup and group structuring across several jurisdictions — carried out first-hand.

  2. Supply-chain design

    The full path from an overseas manufacturer to the end user: sourcing, import compliance, local manufacturing, quality certification, warehousing and distribution.

  3. Government and institutional liaison

    Standing relationships with public agriculture and livestock departments, chambers of commerce, investment authorities and regulators, and a supplier-of-record record with government buyers.

  4. Workforce development and skilled migration

    Language and vocational training, certification and placement — including a Germany caregiver pipeline into healthcare employers, and labour-market research for skilled-workforce export to Japan and the EU.

  5. Sector research and consultancy

    Field research and advisory on automation, digital transformation and farmer capacity-building in the fisheries and livestock sector — a principal driver of the national economy.

  6. Multi-step problem structuring

    Reading how trade, policy and governance interact, and assembling the sequence of moves — entity, licence, partner, channel, standard — that turns an opening into an operating business.

  7. Veterinary pharmaceutical sourcing

    Between 2022 and 2024, connected roughly a dozen international formulation suppliers with Bangladeshi licensed manufacturers, structuring purchase cycles of $40,000–$90,000 without trading under his own licence.

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On European expansion

Extending the corridor into Europe

He has no company inside the European Union today. What exists is a working bridge — an office in Istanbul, supplier relationships across France, Germany and Slovakia, and a caregiver pipeline into German healthcare — and he is looking to build that into an operating presence in agriculture, food supply, hospitality and tourism, through joint ventures, distribution partnerships and institutional relationships.

Current touchpoints

  • Trade Asia (Baku) operating the Go Destination brand, and an office in Istanbul bridging Europe and Asia.
  • A Germany Caregiver Programme — language training, certification and placement with German healthcare providers.
  • Veterinary and dairy technology sourced directly from France, Germany and Slovakia.
  • Labour-market research and skilled-workforce placement across the EU.

Areas of focus

  • Agriculture and veterinary supply
  • Food and beverage distribution
  • Hospitality and tourism
  • Skilled-workforce mobility
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Record

The path, in sequence

  1. 2009–11Branch Manager, ChattogramShwapno (ACI Logistics Limited) — sales, service and team operations for the retail chain's Chattogram branch.
  2. 2011–18General Manager, Supershop & ProcurementIspahani Limited — department head for supershop operations and procurement at one of Bangladesh's leading multinational groups.
  3. 2014Founds US-Bangla Trading SystemPremium food, beverage and FMCG import and supply to national retail chains and five-star hospitality, running to 2024.
  4. 2018Founds TradeasiaLivestock and veterinary technology import and distribution; later incorporated as Tradeasia Giant Limited.
  5. 2020–21Import / export registration; ISO 9001:2015IRC, ERC and BIN registration, followed by ISO certification and GMP-certified production.
  6. 2022Co-founds Uttara AgrovetA women-led agri-technology venture in animal health, nutrition and farmer finance.
  7. 2023–24Trade licence and residency in the UAETradeasia UAE established in Dubai for Gulf sourcing and re-export.
  8. Apr 2025“Trade Asia” founded in BakuA 51%-owned Azerbaijani company operating the Go Destination brand and developing Caspian agro trade.
  9. Sep 2025Incorporation in EgyptMansur and Khaled for Commercial Investment registered in Cairo under Investment Law 72/2017.
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Standing & compliance

On the record

Certificates, audited accounts and references are held on file and shared with partners and government offices on request.

Quality
ISO 9001:2015 quality-management certification by UKcert (UKAS-accredited); GMP-certified veterinary extender production since 2021.
Trade
Registered importer and exporter — IRC, ERC, BIN and TIN; trade licences held with Dhaka North City Corporation, Nilphamari and Chattogram.
Enterprise
BIDA-trained entrepreneur — Entrepreneurship & Skill Development Project (ESDP), Prime Minister's Office, Bangladesh.
Membership
Member, Nilphamari Chamber of Commerce & Industry; affiliated with domestic and international trade and social organisations.
Corporate
Companies incorporated across Bangladesh, the UAE, Egypt and Azerbaijan, with representative presence in Türkiye.
References
Supplier of record to government livestock departments and to five-star hospitality (Radisson Blu); national retail chains as standing customers.
Education
Bachelor's degree with a Diploma in Livestock and in Travel & Tourism; further academic and skill-development training in Bangladesh and abroad.
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Correspondence

Enquiries

Written enquiries from partners, investors and government offices are welcome in English, and may be addressed to the Dhaka office.

Office
1/B, Garib-e-Newaz Avenue, Sector 11
Uttara, Dhaka 1230, Bangladesh
Email
khaledsaiful@gmail.com
Telephone
+880 2224 470466
Also at
Nilphamari · Dubai · Cairo · Baku · Istanbul