This is a presentation on biography of Mr. Fazle Hasan Abed ; Fouder of BRAC.

2. Name ID No:
Syed Nazim-Ud-Daula (L) 54
Kaniz Fatema 82
Abu Sayed Ziauddin 100
Jesmin Sultana 128
Md. Rofiqul Islam 138

4. 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)

5. Academic Life:
• Initial Study
St. Xavier's College
• Matriculation
Pabna Zilla school
• Naval Architecture
University of Glasgow
• Chartered accounting
Chartered Institute of Management Accountants
in London

6. Professional positions
• 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).

7. Formation of BRAC
• 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.

8. Formation of BRAC(cont.)
• 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.

9. 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.

10. Risk Management
• 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.

11. Business Strategies:
• Direct Marketing affords.
• Minimizing risk
• Continuous Improvement Activities
• Involving the target group into
Business
• Solving the problem of soceity by the
voluntary activities.

12. An exclusive Interview of Mr.
Abed:
• 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?

13. 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

14. Articles written by Mr. Fazle
Hasan Abed:
• "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.

15. Conclution