Shameran Abed is the Executive Director of BRAC International, one of the leading humanitarian and development organisations in the world. Shameran joined BRAC in 2009 and has been instrumental in bringing BRAC’s flagship programmes of microfinance and ultra-poor graduation to global scale. Shameran has significant Board experience on several non-profit and corporate entities, including the boards of the Global Alliance for Banking on Values (GABV), BRAC Bank and bKash.
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