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2024-2026

Latest · United Kingdom

Zellis Acquisition & FinTech Leadership

LinkedIn — Mehedi Hasan 18 June 2025 🌐 Global

Hastee Acquired by Zellis Group — CTO Mehedi Hasan Leads Technical Due Diligence & Full Integration

As Hastee's CTO, Mehedi simultaneously wore the hats of CISO, Head of DevOps, Head of QA, and VP of Engineering to lead a rigorous due diligence and integration process. The post — featuring the entire Hastee team — earned 199 reactions, 36 comments, and 10,000+ LinkedIn views within 48 hours. Hastee is now part of Zellis, which processes payroll for one in six workers across the UK and Ireland.

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Finextra18 June 2025🌐 Global

Finextra: "Zellis Group Acquires Hastee" — International FinTech Media Covers the Deal

Finextra — the world's leading independent FinTech news source — covered the Zellis Group acquisition of Hastee across its Announcements and Payments channels. The article describes Hastee as a pioneering financial wellbeing platform now integrated into Zellis's AI-enabled HR and payroll portfolio. Mehedi Hasan served as CTO of Hastee throughout the full acquisition process.

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LinkedIn — Zellis CGO 18 June 2025 🇬🇧 UK

Zellis Group Chief Growth Officer Publicly Thanks Mehedi Hasan in Hastee Acquisition Announcement

George Dunnett, Chief Growth Officer at Zellis Group, announced the acquisition of Hastee and personally named Mehedi Hasan as a key member of the leadership team who made it happen — a public C-suite endorsement validating his pivotal role in the M&A process.

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LinkedIn Article 29 October 2025 🌐 Global

Publication: "Hastee AI Transformation Story — The Beginning"

Following Hastee's acquisition by Zellis Group, Mehedi Hasan published this technical article explaining how he drove AI transformation, setting Hastee's mission to become the group's innovation hub. Written from his direct experience as CTO, the piece gives a candid practitioner-level account of turning AI adoption from aspiration into engineering reality.

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2021-2023

Barcelona, Spain

Kubbo — CTO Appointment & Smart Logistics

Economía de Hoy 20 April 2021 🇪🇸 Spain

Kubbo Appoints Mehedi Hasan as CTO to Drive Technological Growth and International Expansion

Spanish logistics startup Kubbo appointed Mehedi Hasan as Chief Technology Officer to lead its technological development and European expansion. The article highlights his global experience at the World Bank, Grameenphone (Telenor Group), and Adevinta.

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Agenda Empresa 20 April 2021 🇪🇸 Spain

Kubbo Appoints Mehedi Hasan as Chief Technology Officer

Agenda Empresa covered Kubbo's CTO appointment, spotlighting Mehedi Hasan's expertise at Grameenphone (Telenor Group) and Adevinta across eCommerce and logistics technology, and his ambition to scale Kubbo's platform across Europe.

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Indisa.es 21 December 2021 🇪🇸 Spain

Kubbo Named Finalist at Spain's 31st CEL Logistics Innovation Awards

Spanish logistics trade publication Indisa reported Kubbo — under CTO Mehedi Hasan — as a finalist at the prestigious 31st CEL Logistics Awards for innovation in delivery technology, placing it in the top 3 from over 200 national contenders for its advanced same-day and next-day delivery platform.

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Logística C de Comunicación 16 December 2021 🇪🇸 Spain

Kubbo Finalist at CEL 2021 Logistics Excellence Awards Ceremony — "Next Gen eCommerce Fulfillment"

Spain's leading logistics industry publication covered the full CEL 2021 awards ceremony, listing Kubbo as a finalist in the Startup Innovation category for its "Next Gen eCommerce Fulfillment" project — validating the technology platform and engineering culture built under Mehedi Hasan's leadership.

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Kubbo — LinkedIn 21 December 2021 🇪🇸 Spain

Kubbo Team Celebrates CEL Startup Award — Top 3 of 20 National Nominees

The official Kubbo LinkedIn announcement celebrated the CEL Startup Award finalist recognition, with Mehedi Hasan present among the team. The post described the award as one of Spain's most important logistics excellence recognitions — a milestone that built directly on his technology leadership since joining as CTO.

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Nordic9 30 March 2022 🇪🇸 Spain

Kubbo Secures €1M from Notion Capital, Swiss Post & Wayra — One Year into Mehedi Hasan's CTO Tenure

Venture intelligence platform Nordic9 reported Kubbo's €1M seed round led by Notion Capital, Schweizerische Post (Swiss Post), and Wayra (Telefónica Group). The funding arrived exactly one year into Mehedi Hasan's CTO tenure, directly validating the engineering roadmap and platform scalability strategy he built to attract institutional investor confidence from European tech portfolios exceeding €2B.

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2020–23

Global

Thought Leadership, Publications & Recognition

Forbes Technology Council 14 January 2022 🌐 Global

Invited to Join Forbes Technology Council — By-Invitation-Only Network of 1,500+ Global Tech Leaders

Forbes Technology Council — a selective, invitation-only community for senior technology executives — invited Mehedi Hasan to join in recognition of his leadership and innovation track record. The invitation was personally issued by Logan Greene, Membership Director at Forbes Councils, placing Mehedi among a global peer group of CTOs, founders, and innovators contributing to Forbes.com.

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LinkedIn — Video Interview October 2023 🌐 Global

"Encouraging Women to Join the Tech Industry" — LinkedIn Video Interview, 102 Reactions

In this public video interview, Mehedi Hasan shared his personal journey from physics to tech leadership, advocating for greater inclusion and diversity in the industry. He encouraged women professionals and STEM graduates to enter technology roles, emphasising mentorship and lifelong learning. The post earned 102 reactions and 13 comments from senior executives, founders, and academics.

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LinkedIn Articles April 2020 🌐 Global

Publication: "A 360° View of Software Engineering — Part 1" (LinkedIn)

Mehedi Hasan published a widely-read technical article exploring architecture design, agile delivery, and people-centric development — providing a holistic framework for software engineering excellence. Drawing from leading distributed teams across multiple countries, the piece became a reference point for engineering culture discussions within his professional network.

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2018-2020

Spain

MBA from IESE Business School

NTV Online 22 August 2020 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Mehedi Hasan Named "Most Transformed Student 2020" at Spain's IESE Business School

Bangladeshi national television channel NTV published a feature profile on Mehedi Hasan, honouring his recognition as "The Most Transformed Student — 2020" at IESE Business School, Barcelona. Elected by fellow students, the award is one of IESE's most significant and prestigious honours. The article notes he was among the first Bangladeshis admitted to IESE's MBA programme and profiles his background from Naogaon, Bangladesh to tech leadership in Spain.

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Prothom Alo 20 August 2020 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Prothom Alo Features Mehedi Hasan — MBA at Spain's IESE Business School, Europe's #1 Executive Programme

Bangladesh's largest national daily Prothom Alo published a full portrait feature on Mehedi Hasan in its education section, captioned "Mehedi Hasan who completed his MBA at IESE Business School in Spain." The article profiles the opportunity to study at IESE — ranked Europe's best and the world's 6th best business school — and uses Mehedi Hasan as a prominent example of a Bangladeshi pursuing and excelling in a world-class executive programme.

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IESE Business School April 2020 🇪🇸 Spain

Invited Speaker at IESE Business School — "AI & the Future of Work," 75 Reactions

Mehedi Hasan was invited to speak at IESE Business School before an audience of Executive MBA participants, tech professionals, and industry leaders. He explored how AI transforms organisations, leadership, and workforce skills, drawing on his experience building AI-driven platforms. The LinkedIn post documenting the talk received 75 reactions and 16 comments from senior leaders at CaixaBank, Safeloc Systems, and Signify.

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2017-2018

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Grameenphone (Telenor) — Shoparu eCommerce Platform

Future Startup 5 December 2017 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Grameenphone to Launch National eCommerce Marketplace Shoparu — Mehedi Hasan Leads Technology Architecture

Bangladesh's leading digital business magazine Future Startup reported Grameenphone (Telenor Group) preparing to launch Shoparu.com — a national eCommerce marketplace built under its digital innovation programme. As Head of Technology for eCommerce & Payments, Mehedi Hasan led the full platform architecture and product development, creating one of the first telco-integrated eCommerce platforms in South Asia, enabling thousands of merchants via Grameenphone's 70-million-subscriber network.

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2013–16

Dhaka, Bangladesh

Beshto — Bangladesh's First Bangla Social Network (2013–2018)

BanglaNews24 1 March 2013 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Launch of Bangladesh's First Bangla Social Media Platform — "Beshto"

BanglaNews24 covered the public launch of Beshto.com in February 2013. At the press event, Mehedi Hasan spoke as a founding leader, outlining Beshto's features and its mission to reflect Bangladeshi culture and foster community interaction through Bangla-language content.

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Prothom Alo 12 July 2014 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Beshto Marks Its First Anniversary — 40,000 Users & 3.8 Million Monthly Page Views

Bangladesh's top national daily photographed and featured Mehedi Hasan at Beshto's first anniversary celebration. Founders discussed new features and expansion plans for Bangla-language content — a milestone in local-language internet development.

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TechShohor 27 February 2014 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Beshto Reaches 40,000 Regular Users — Principal Software Architect Mehedi Hasan at One-Year Milestone

Bangladesh's leading tech site identified Mehedi Hasan as Principal Software Architect of Beshto and featured him with photographs at the platform's one-year anniversary press event, marking 40,000 active users and 3.8 million monthly page views.

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Prothom Alo 28 February 2015 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Beshto Completes Two Years — 100,000 Active Users, Ranked in Bangladesh's Top 100 Websites

Prothom Alo covered Beshto's second anniversary gala in Dhaka. Mehedi Hasan was photographed and quoted alongside other founders, marking Beshto's growth to 100,000 active users and its status as one of the country's top 100 most visited websites.

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Prothom Alo 1 March 2018 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Beshto Turns Five — Prothom Alo Covers Anniversary Celebration, 100,000+ Registered Users

Prothom Alo, Bangladesh's largest national daily, covered Beshto's five-year anniversary celebration at its Karwan Bazar headquarters. The article marks the platform's journey since its 2013 launch — now surpassing 100,000 registered users — with Mehedi Hasan pictured among the founding team at the anniversary cake-cutting ceremony.

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2009-2012

Dhaka, Bangladesh · Earliest Innovation

eProthomAlo — Bangladesh's First Digital Newspaper

eProthomAlo.com · ePaper.ProthomAlo.com 29 January 2011 🇧🇩 Bangladesh

Bangladesh's First Digital Newspaper — eProthomAlo.com Designed & Built from Scratch by Mehedi Hasan

Mehedi Hasan designed and built the entire eProthomAlo platform from scratch — pioneering Bangladesh's first digital newspaper edition for Prothom Alo, the nation's largest daily. Built using PHP, MySQL, and custom page-rendering scripts, the system automated conversion of print to digital and later evolved into ePaper.ProthomAlo.com. The screenshot shows the browser DevTools with the developer alias "m3h3di" embedded in source code comments — independently verifiable, timestamped proof of authorship. The platform served 500,000+ daily readers by 2012, digitised 2,000+ pages per day, and cut print-to-digital turnaround from 24 hours to under 2 hours.

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From building Bangladesh's first Bangla social network to leading a FinTech acquisition serving five million employees across Europe — a decade of innovation recognised by national and international press.

— Media coverage, Bangladesh & Spain · 2013–2025

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