Dr. Farina Ahmed has been Secretary of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change since May 22, 2022. In an illustrious 30-year career in government service, she has worked in the civil service in the capacities of Additional Secretary, Joint Secretary, and Deputy Secretary in the Finance Division. She has been entrusted with many vital posts in the Ministry of Education, Ministry of Health, Ministry of Housing and Public Works, Ministry of Women and Child Affairs, and Field Administration. Dr. Ahmed is an officer in the Bangladesh Civil Service.

Dr. Ahmed has previously served as the Director of the BCS Administration Academy and Project Director of the Academy's Capacity Building Project. She worked as an expert consultant on the SEIP project jointly run by the Finance Division and the Asian Development Bank.  

Dr. Ahmed obtained her bachelor's (with honors) and master's degrees from the Department of Political Science, University of Dhaka. Later, she received a master’s degree from Monash University, Australia, under the Australia Award, and a PhD from RMIT University, Australia, under the Australian Leadership Award. She has completed an advanced course on human rights from the Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law at Lund University, Sweden.