Team

Who We Are

PhotoGrad partners with schools and universities to provide professional portrait photography services for graduating students. We help students to capture the pinnacle of school and university life in a portrait that will serve as a lifelong reminder of their achievements and continue to inspire themselves and future generations. By working directly with schools and universities, we make it possible for students to easily access PhotoGrad’s high quality portrait photography services.

Cofounders

Shahdab Qadri

Shahdab Qadri is the Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of the company. She is experienced in portrait photography and has received extensive training in photography composition and lighting. She has an MBA from Schulich School of Business, Canada and an MSc in Engineering Business Management from University of Warwick, UK. She previously worked at UNICEF UK and several other non-profit organisation in Corporate Partnership and Fundraising roles.

Altamash Hasan

Altamash Hasan is the co-founder and Director of the company. Altamash Hasan has background in Economics with a degree from Warwick University (UK) and after retuning to Bangladesh he has led many successful businesses and ventures. He is one of the key members and investors of the company and is the Chief Commercial Officer and owner.  His expertise is in scaling up businesses. 

Dr Samiul Haque

Dr Samiul Haque is one of the cofounders with deep expertise in photography composition and camera systems. He graduated with a Phd from Cambridge University, UK and worked with Nokia technologies for more than 8 years and created in excess of 40 patents and then became a members of a spin off (SME) company developing infrared sensor & camera technologies using cutting edge nanomaterials. He is an active investor in this company and is a member of the board. He owns two other business in the health and commodities sector. He has trained in UK for lighting in photography in order to run the business. 

PhotoGrad is supported by network of business partners

We also have team of photographers/assistant and network of business partners who support PhotoGrad in many fronts. The combination of efforts and experience from them to run a successful business and offer a consistent quality service is what defines PhotoGrad.

Cofounders

Shahdab Qadri

Shahdab Qadri is the Chief Strategy Officer and co-founder of the company. She is experienced in portrait photography and has received extensive training in photography composition and lighting. She has an MBA from Schulich School of Business, Canada and an MSc in Engineering Business Management from University of Warwick, UK. She previously worked at UNICEF UK and several other non-profit organisation in Corporate Partnership and Fundraising roles.

Altamash Hasan

Altamash Hasan is the co-founder and Director of the company. Altamash Hasan has background in Economics with a degree from Warwick University (UK) and after retuning to Bangladesh he has led many successful businesses and ventures. He is one of the key members and investors of the company and is the Chief Commercial Officer and owner.  His expertise is in scaling up businesses. 

Dr Samiul Haque

Dr Samiul Haque is one of the cofounders with deep expertise in photography composition and camera systems. He graduated with a Phd from Cambridge University, UK and worked with Nokia technologies for more than 8 years and created in excess of 40 patents and then became a members of a spin off (SME) company developing infrared sensor & camera technologies using cutting edge nanomaterials. He is an active investor in this company and is the chairman of the board. He owns two other business in the health and commodities sector.

PhotoGrad is supported by network of business partners

We also have team of photographers/assistant and network of business partners who support PhotoGrad in many fronts. The combination of efforts and experience from them to run a successful business and offer a consistent quality service is what defines PhotoGrad.