Towheed Elahi
Laura Bush Fellow. Senior Civil Servant. Public policy thinker navigating the complex machinery of governance from the inside out. Towheed brings to the podcast a sharp eye for systems, a global perspective shaped by his master’s from Texas A&M, and the ability to turn bureaucratic labyrinths into plain-language insight. With years of frontline experience in the civil service of Bangladesh and a shared academic history at IBA, he offers grounded, often piercing takes on power, policy, and the big picture — all delivered with the calm of someone who has read the memo and drafted it.
Shakil Ahmad
Fulbright Scholar. CFA Charterholder. Business Intelligence expert with over a decade of experience making sense of financial data, one dashboard, SQL query, and Excel formula at a time. Shakil has led revenue forecasting, cohort modeling, and financial storytelling at companies that move the web — all while quietly mentoring others to do the same. He builds models that don’t just report numbers, but explain why they matter. Between Lines and Lands is where he finally gets to talk about the bigger questions behind the numbers — and maybe a few good books, too.