Naveed Mahbub

Naveed Mahbub trained as an electrical engineer, first at Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology and then at the University of Michigan, and spent years in American industry at Ford Motor Company, Kyocera Wireless and Qualcomm before comedy took over. His route in was a two-month course in 2004 with Sandi C. Shore at The Comedy Store in San Diego, followed by stand-up work in the United States, where he was named Best Male Comedian at the 2007 Las Vegas Comedy Festival.

Back in Bangladesh he set up Naveed's Comedy Club in 2010, the first comedy club in the country, and fronted a late-night television talk show under his own name, The Naveed Mahbub Show. He also presents Good Morning Bangladesh on ABC Radio.

Writing is the other half of his output. Alongside his regular column in The Daily Star he published a book of humour, Humorously Yours and Counting.