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Asif Saleh has been appointed the new Executive Director of BRAC Bangladesh with effect from Thursday (August 1).
He joined BRAC in 2011 and took up an increasingly important role in leading advocacy for social change, information technology, communications and social innovation, according to a media release received today (Wednesday).
As the Senior Director of the Empowerment Programme cluster, Asif Saleh led BRAC’s new programmatic areas namely, the Urban Development Programme, Human Rights and Legal Services, Skills Development Programme and Migration Programme.
Prior to joining BRAC, he worked as a policy specialist for the Access to Information (A2i) Programme at the Prime Minister’s Office. He was also a key part of the Union Digital Centre team that created digital service centres in every union in Bangladesh.
He spent 12 years in Goldman Sachs in different fin-tech roles and institutional client sales in New York and London, ending his term there as an Executive Director. He has also worked in Glaxo Wellcome, IBM and Nortel.
Asif Saleh is an active member in a range of international networks and alliances, advocating inclusive achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals.
He chairs BRAC IT Services Limited and is on the Board of BRAC Bank and BRAC Net. He is also a Board member of multiple non-profits, such as 1 Degree Initiative, Spreeha, Institute of Informatics and Development and Maya.
He holds a Bachelor’s degree in computer science and an MBA in management and marketing from the Stern School of Business, New York University.