Asif Saleh has been driving the strategic path of BRAC as the Executive Director. He joined the company in 2011 and is currently concentrating on leading advocacies for social change, information and technology, communications, and social innovation.
As the senior director of the empowerment programme cluster, Asif also led BRAC’s programmes such as urban development, human rights and legal aid services, skills development and migration. Asif worked as a policy specialist for the Access to Information (A2i) Programme at the Prime Minister’s Office as well. He led the policy effort to develop accessible internet connectivity across Bangladesh as part of the Government’s Digital Bangladesh programme, and also formulated the Government’s m-governance strategy.
Asif is the founder of Drishtipat, a global organisation with chapters across the globe focusing on human and economic rights of Bangladeshis. In 2008, he was recognised for his work by Asia Society as a fellow through Asia 21 programme. Asif was also known as one of the Young Global Leaders by the World Economic Forum (WEF) in 2013.
Asif has been deeply anchored in driving the strategic direction of BRAC. He joined the organisation in 2011, advocacy for social change, information technology, communications and social innovation. As the senior director of the empowerment programme cluster, he led BRAC’s, the urban development programme, human rights and legal aid services, skills development programme and migration programme.
Asif worked as a policy specialist for the Access to Information (A2i) Programme at the Prime Minister’s Office. As part of the Government’s Digital Bangladesh initiative, he led the policy effort to expand affordable broadband connectivity across Bangladesh and devised the Government’s m-governance strategy.
Asif is the founder of Drishtipat, a global organisation with chapters across the globe focusing on human and economic rights of Bangladeshis. He was recognized for his work by Asia Society’s Asia 21 program in 2008, and was selected as an Asia 21 Fellow in 2012.