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Co-founder & MD
Arefeen Raafi Ahmed
Second-generation pharma operator; led his family's established pharmaceutical business, which completed its IPO in 2024.
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About PulseTech
Rebuilding Trust in Bangladesh’s Medicine Supply Chain
Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical market serves 180 million people through over 250,000 independent pharmacies — one of the most fragmented pharmacy markets in the world.
Yet the supply chain connecting pharmaceutical companies to those pharmacies remains informal, inefficient, and increasingly exposed to counterfeit medicines.
PulseTech is rebuilding that infrastructure as Bangladesh’s leading licensed tech-enabled pharmaceutical distributor.
$6Bpharma market
250Kpharmacies
180Mpeople served
The Founders
Kazi Ashikur Rasul & Arefeen Raafi Ahmed
Our story
How PulseTech started
PulseTech began with two founders who’d seen Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical industry from the inside — Kazi from years of developing ERP solutions for pharmaceutical companies, and Arefeen from his family’s established pharmaceutical business. They knew the system. They also knew it was failing the country — that medicines weren’t reaching pharmacies on time, that counterfeits were filling the gaps, and that the pharmacy owners holding it all together had no support.
So they listened, and built. Today, PulseTech is now Bangladesh’s #1 licensed, tech-enabled pharmaceutical distributor — constantly growing alongside the mom-and-pop pharmacies it serves.
The momentum reflects the scale of the problem PulseTech is solving: growing over 20% month-on-month while still representing less than 2% of Bangladesh’s pharmacy retail market.
And we’re just getting started.
Leadership
Meet the Core Team shaping the healthcare’s future
Operators, builders, and industry veterans rewiring how medicine moves through Bangladesh.
Co-Founder
Co-founder & CEO
Kazi Ashikur Rasul
2x founder; previously developed pharma ERP solutions and exited in 2020, gaining deep insight into supply chain inefficiencies.
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Fractional CFO
Konstantinos Dimitriou
Harvard MBA and Cambridge engineer; ex-Bain and EY. Brings deep expertise in FP&A, capital raises, M&A, and multi-entity IFRS reporting.
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Chief Technology Officer
Leemon Chandra
17 years in software engineering and technical leadership, including Gemcon Group. Brings AI, architecture, and product expertise to PulseTech.
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Chief of Staff
Business Development
Md. Aminur Rashid
Ex-GP, Daraz, ShopUp, & Sheba.xyz. 8+ years of experience across commerce and technology, specializing in scaling business initiatives.
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Head of Finance
Mohammad Nazmul Ahsan
ACCA Finalist and ex-Aleph Group and ASA International Group PLC. 10+ years of cross-functional experience across fintech, MFI, and audit at Baker Tilly.
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Head of Operations
One Pharmacy
Abdur Razzak
20+ years building distribution networks and retail channels for GP, Robi, and ShopUp, leading ONE Pharmacy's mission to transform pharmacies.
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Head of Supply Chain
Fahim Siddique
6+ years in supply chain across ShopUp, QNS Global, and MGH Group. Built ShopUp's distributor network and led its first export to Saudi Arabia.
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Head of Internal Audit
Mohammed Abdul Halim
Audit specialist with 8+ years across pharma manufacturers and industrial groups, including UNIDO Pharmaceuticals, FnF Pharmaceuticals, and JMI Group.
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Chief of Staff
Investor Relations
Fabiha Iffat
Ex-ShopUp, with experience managing debt investors and portfolios. Drives fundraising and investor relations at PulseTech.
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Head of Brand
A.Z.M. Ridoan
6+ years in brand & campaign building at foodpanda BD (Delivery Hero), scaling marketing across Bangladesh’s largest on-demand platform.
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Head of HR & Admin
Imtiaz Ush Shaheed
Ex-A K S Khan Healthcare AGM, Group HR. 12+ years scaling people functions across pharma, healthcare, and industrial groups in Bangladesh.
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