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]
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, Asif (September 2, 2022). "Climate Week NYC 2022". We Don't Have Time (Interview). New York: Clinton Global Initiative. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
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