Islam graduated from Belarus State Economic University with a Bachelor in Business Administration. He always had a love for the environment which he nurtured since childhood through participation in ecological events. In 2019 he left his bank job and joined as project assistant the Central Asian Desert Initiative led by the Michael Succow Foundation with the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Turkmenistan. At that time he joined Team Bars Turkmenistan, which brings together environmental specialists and conservationists in Turkmenistan.

Islam joined CXL in June 2023. While mostly dealing with the financial and administrative aspects of the Central Asian projects, Islam also travels with the team to all corners of the country and is actively interested in environmental issues. In his spare time, he enjoys sports, traveling and studies the legal regulation of environmental issues.