Mr. Abdul Alim is the head of the Least Developed Countries (LDC) sub-programme at the UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (OHRLLS). Prior to joining the UN, he served at the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh to the UN in New York, where he handled economic and financial matters, and worked at the Embassy of Bangladesh in Moscow. Alim also gained experience in the multilateral economic affairs wing of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh. He holds a master's degree in Economics from Dhaka University and an MSc in International Economics from the University of Birmingham.