Ahmad Mahmudur Raza Chowdhury is a member of the erstwhile CSP cadre, he served as Sub divisional Officer (SDO), Deputy Commissioner (DC) and Divisional Commissioner in the field administration. He also worked in different ministries, autonomous bodies and departments of the government. He was Commercial Counsellor in Bangladesh Embassy, Tokyo. He had his M.Sc. degree in Chemistry from Dhaka University and MPA from Harvard University with major in Economics and Government. He was also a teacher in Chemistry Department of Dhaka University. The rare privilege of working in the two exalted offices as private Secretary to the President and later to the Prime Minister of Bangladesh gave him the unique opportunity to intimately witness how the Government operates in its totality amid competing paradigms.
Presently, he is advisor to a group of industries in the textile sector. Raza Chowdhury is married and blessed with two children.