Name ID No:

Syed Nazim-Ud-Daula (L) 54

Kaniz Fatema 82

Abu Sayed Ziauddin 100

Jesmin Sultana 128

Md. Rofiqul Islam 138

Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed at a glance:

Born 1936 (age 74–75)Baniachong, British India (now in Habiganj District, Bangladesh)

Residence Bangladesh

Nationality Bangladeshi / British

Education Naval Architecture

Occupation Founder of BRAC

Parents Siddiq Hasan (father), Syeda Sufya Khatun (mother)

Academic Life:• Initial Study

St. Xavier's College• Matriculation

Pabna Zilla school• Naval Architecture

University of Glasgow• Chartered accounting

Chartered Institute of Management Accountantsin London

• 2005 – Commissioner, UN Commission on Legal Empowerment of the Poor (CLEP)

• 2001 - President, The Governing Board of BRAC University.

• 2001 - Chairman, Board of Directors, BRAC Bank Limited.

• 1987-90 Chairman, South Asia Partnership.• 1998-2004 Member, Board of Governors, Institute of

Development Studies (IDS), Sussex University, U.K• 1994 - Member, Board of Trustees, Centre for Policy

Dialogue (CPD), Dhaka• 1982-86 Chairman, Association of Development

Agencies in Bangladesh (ADAB).

Professional positions

• Abed sold his flat in London and returned to the newly independent Bangladesh.

• He selected the remote region of Sulla in northeastern Bangladesh to start his work.

• This work led him and his organisation, BRAC, to deal with the long-term task of improving the living conditions of the rural poor.

Formation of BRAC

• BRAC grew to become the largest development organization in the world in terms of the scale and diversity of its interventions.

• Abed ensured that it continued to target the landless poor, particularly women.

• BRAC now operates in more than 69 thousand villages of Bangladesh and covers an estimated 110 million people.

• In 2002, BRAC went international by taking its range of development interventions to Afghanistan. Since then, BRAC has expanded to a total of eight countries across Asia and Africa, successfully adapting its unique integrated development model across varying geographic and socioeconomic contexts.

Formation of BRAC(cont.)

Under Abed’s leadership, BRAC has made remarkable achievements against enormous odds. Its work has been recognized internationally through awards such as the $1.5 million Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize in 2008, which is the world’s largest humanitarian prize, as well as the Swadhinata Puroshkar in 2007, the highest state award in Bangladesh.

Formation of BRAC(cont.)

• Risk of having a big Loss.• Appointing hard Working Persons.• Having trust over the people.• Deal with the long-term task of

improving the living conditions of the rural poor.

• International Recognition• Making people aware of improving their

lot.

Risk Management

• Direct Marketing affords.• Minimizing risk• Continuous Improvement Activities• Involving the target group into

Business• Solving the problem of soceity by the

voluntary activities.

Business Strategies:

• Question: BRAC has recently expanded to several countries in Africa. In what ways do lessons from your experiences in Bangladesh apply and not apply in the African context?

• Question: BRAC has participated in partnerships with the private sector. What kids of innovations do you see emerging from the private sector? How can the private sector be more engaged in reaching the poor in ways that benefit both business and the poor?

An exclusive Interview of Mr. Abed:

Awards & Achievements:

The Ramon Magsaysay Award for Community Leadership, 1980

The Olof Palme Prize, 2001

The Social Entrepreneurship Award by the Schwab Foundation, 2002

The International Activist Award by the Gleitsman Foundation, 2003

The inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award, 2007

The David Rockefeller Bridging Leadership Award, 2008

Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George

• "The Emergence and Present Status of NGOs in Bangladesh: A BRAC Perspective“ - December 2, 2002

• "Bangladesh: Realities of People's Lives" - 1988, a UNICEF publication.

• “Promoting Popular Participation: Some Issues”, in: Participatory Development and the World Bank: The World Bank, 1992.

• “Coping with Disasters: From Diarrhea to Cyclone-New York, 1993.

• “Social mobilization for EPI in Bangladesh-University Press Ltd., Dhaka, 1991.

Articles written by Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed:

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