Md. Nizam Uddin joined DESCO Board as Chairman on July 21, 2022. He is an Additional Secretary, Power Division, Ministry of Power, Energy and Mineral Resources, Government of Bangladesh. As a member of Bangladesh Civil Service (Administration) Cadre he started his career as an Assistant Commissioner and Magistrate in the Chattogram District. He served as an Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) at Mirzapur Upazila of Tangail District, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Manikganj district, Zonal Executive Officer, Dhaka South City Corporation, Executive Director, PGCB and Secretary (Joint Secretary) of Bangladesh Computer Council (BCC). He has been promoted as Additional Secretary on September 7, 2021. He has been serving the Government of Bangladesh as a Civil servant for more than 29 years.

He attained his B.Sc in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) and MBA (Marketing) from University of Dhaka. He also obtained Diploma in WTO Trade Policy Course (Diploma) from WTO, Geneva, Switzerland and Liberalized Telecom Markets in Sweden. He has travelled several countries to undertake various training and to attend workshops/conferences such as Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Sweden, Switzerland, China, Vietnam, USA, Australia, Germany, Japan etc.