Mr. Syed Yasser Haider Rizvi completed his BSc (Hons) in Economics from University College London (UCL), one of the top ranked universities in the UK. He started his professional career in 2002 with Standard Chartered Bank’s prestigious International Management Trainee program in Bangladesh where, after the 2-year program, he was fast-tracked as a Manager for the Bank’s Consumer Operations department. In 2005 he joined Global Beverage Co. Ltd. as Deputy Managing Director, looking after overall production and distribution activities of the company, helping the company reverse the trend of several loss-making years. In a short time span the company was able to undertake a 400% capacity expansion in order to cater to the increased product demand. Mr. Rizvi joined Ocean Containers Ltd. And Summit Alliance Port Ltd. as Deputy Managing Director in 2007 where he directly oversaw expansion work related to land acquisition & development of over 45 acres and warehouse construction of 450,000 sft in order for the company to retain their market leadership position. In addition to his responsibilities at Chattogram Mr. Rizvi is also the Director in-Charge of the company's Muktarpur Terminal (at Munshiganj) which commenced trial operations in Q2 2016, the 1st private sector facility of its kind in the country.

Mr. Rizvi has introduced new several new concepts which include, amongst others, mechanization of export cargo handling inside the warehouses, innovative designs for import cargo handling warehouses and technology-based security measures for container movement, all of which have since been widely adopted across the country's Off-Dock industry.

Mr. Rizvi was the main driver behind the company’s first cross-border venture – the Kolkata Garden Reach Terminal project at India and has been appointed as the Managing Director of SAPL’s Indian Subsidiary.

As SAPL's nominated Director on the board of the Off-Dock Trade body 'Bangladesh Inland Container Depot Association (BICDA)' Mr. Rizvi has actively worked towards formulating growth strategy and sustainability for the industry.