| Asif Saleh | |
| Boards: | BRAC Bank Limited, BKash, edotco Bangladesh Ltd.[1] |
| Spouse: | Tamara Hasan Abed |
| Children: | 2 |
| Awards: | Asia 21 by Asia Society (2008)[2] Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum (2013)[3] |
| Education: | St. Joseph Higher Secondary SchoolNorth Carolina State University (Bachelor of Computer Science) New York University Stern School of Business (MBA) |
| Executive Director of BRAC | |
Asif Saleh is a Bangladeshi development professional. He is the current Executive Director of BRAC, Bangladesh.[4] one of the world's largest development organisations. Saleh has been instrumental in the growth of BRAC,[5] which operates across Asia and Africa, focusing on areas such as poverty graduation,[6] and climate change.[7] [8] [9]
Saleh attended the New York University Leonard N. Stern School of Business from 2000 to 2003 and obtained a Master of Business Administration in Marketing and Management. Before that, he attended North Carolina State University from 1992 to 1996 and earned a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.[10] He studied at St. Joseph Higher Secondary School from 1981 to 1989.[11]
Asif Saleh worked at Goldman Sachs for 12 years, ending his term as an executive director. Prior to that, he worked at Glaxo Wellcome, NorTel, and IBM.[12] In 2001, Saleh founded Drishtipat, which supported members of the Bangladeshi community living outside Bangladesh to support social development in Bangladesh.[13] [14]
He joined the Access to Information (A2i) Program of UNDP at the Bangladesh Prime Minister’s Office in 2010, leading the policy effort to expand affordable broadband connectivity across Bangladesh.[15] He joined BRAC as a Director in 2011, and in 2012 he was made a senior director.[16] In 2019, he was appointed as the Executive Director of BRAC Bangladesh.[17]
Saleh chairs BRAC IT Services Limited,[18] BRAC Kumon Limited [19] and is on the Board of BRAC Bank,[20] bKash,[21] and edotco Bangladesh Ltd. He is the board chair of non-profit organisations Bangladesh Institute of Informatics and Development (IID).
Saleh is a non-resident fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington.[22] [23] the global board for Generation Unlimited,[24] and a member of the global governing council of Water Resource Group 2030.[25]
Saleh was recognised by Asia Society’s Asia 21 program in 2008, the Bangladeshi American Foundation in 2007, selected as an Asia 21 Fellow in 2012[26] and as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2013.[27]