- Bangladesh has experienced consistent GDP growth between 6-7% annually and its economy is forecasted to double in size by 2030, driven by productivity rather than population growth. Several multinational companies see Bangladesh as a lucrative investment destination. - However, the country faces challenges such as social unrest, militant threats, natural disasters, and changing economic policies that increase business risks. Effective risk management is needed to realize sustainable investment strategies. - The document promotes an intelligence firm that provides predictive risk analysis and early warnings of emerging threats in Bangladesh to help clients mitigate risks and respond proactively rather than reactively during times of crisis.

2. Prime Opportunity … growth led by productivity not population!
 Listed by Goldman Sachs as one of the ‘Next Eleven’ back in 2013, Bangladesh has
shown resilient GDP growth, staying in the 6%- 7+% bracket
 World Bank forecasts GDP to double from US$ 628 billion in 2016 to US$ 1.3 trillion
by 2030, with Moody’s in 2017 similarly rating future growth as ‘Robust’
 FDI inward flow in FY 2016 was US$ 2.33 billion with the Asia Development Bank
forecasting the economy will maintain this record despite challenges
 Several MNCs are finding Bangladesh a lucrative investment destination with both
market entry and expansion of in-country operations evident
 Whether you are considering market entry or growth phase through licensing, joint-
venture, merger and acquisition or greenfield investment, sustainable strategies can
only be realised through effective risk management

4.  2012 Tazreen Fashion factory fire in Ashulia
 2013 Rana Plaza collapse in Savar
 2013 Shahbag protests in Dhaka
 2013 Shapla Square protest in Dhaka by Hefazat e Islam
 2013 nationwide protests by Jamaat-e-Islami
 2013-2014 nationwide protests by Bangladesh Nationalist Party
 2016 Holey Artisan Bakery terrorist attack
 2016 floods which affected 3.2 million people in 16 districts
 2017 Counter-terrorism sieges across the nation

5. Reliable Returns, Risk Appetite, Risk Anticipation: the symbiosis challenge
 Frontier Markets demand clarity on risks, as political in-fighting, social unrest,
militant threat, fluid economic policy and natural disasters impact operations and
strategies harder
 The expectations of management from shareholders, business partners, clients
and staff during crises or challenges can escalate from seeking guidance and
clarity, to needing immediate and critical intelligence based decisive intervention
 Is your Risk Management model sufficiently intelligence based, to ‘respond’ to such
events, not simply ‘react’? Is it a ‘box ticked’ or a platform for risk mitigation?
 “Why couldn’t we see this coming?” how to respond to the question always asked
during or following periods of operational duress – perhaps one could consider an
alternative service to ‘separate you from competitors during the crisis’

6. Intelligent Security Solutions provides intelligence not information
 Our firm ethos is to deliver actual opinions, from analysis within a predictive
intelligence framework decision makers can act upon
 Our in-house assets and extensive direct HUMINT networks ensures our
intelligence is both relevant and capable of early identification of emergent threats,
potential concerns, and changes in sovereign-industry policies
 A dedicated Bangladesh Research Desk located in Guwahati (India) balances our
discrete HUMINT capabilities with a tested open intelligence capability, and
supports our bespoke one-model-one-client approach
 Our success in providing critical advance warning of threats to our clients was well
demonstrated throughout 2016-17, within numerous predictive intelligence reports
released in early 2016

7. Products
 Operational
 Daily Intelligence Brief
 Weekly Threat Assessment
 Strategic
 Monthly Trend Analysis and Forecast
 Industry / Sector Specific Reports (garment & textiles, oil & gas,
infrastructure etc.)
 Major Events (elections, terrorist attacks, government policies etc.)
 Online Travel and Country Risk Platform

8. Services
 24/7 Command Centre: Monitoring events in Bangladesh in real-time
 Dedicated Research Team
 Virtual Colleague Service (accessible 24/7)
 Flash Alert Messaging Service (via text, whatsapp, email etc) for critical
ongoing events