Mr. MD. MOTAHER HUSSAIN joined as the Controller General Defence Finance (CGDF) on August 23, 2010. Prior to this appointment, Mr. HUSSAIN served as the Economic Minister of the Permanent Mission of Bangladesh, Geneva.
Mr. Hussain was born in 1954 in the district of Chandpur. He did his BA (Hons) and MA in Economics from the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. He obtained a post-graduate diploma on Public Financial Management from the University of Connecticut, USA. He has some publications also.

Mr. Hussain joined the Bangladesh Civil Service (BCS): Audit and Accounts Cadre in March 1979. During his career in the Civil Service, he worked as the DG of various audit directorates, Senior Finance Controllers (SFCs) of Defence Finance Department ( DFD) and also as DG of PMO. He has visited more than twenty countries of the world. 
He is married and blessed with one son and one daughter.