Shameran Abed

Mr. Shameran Abed is the chairman of the Board of Directors of bKash Limited. He is part of the senior management of BRAC's Microfinance Programme in Bangladesh, which accounts for a major portion of Bangladesh's over $3 billion and 22 million borrower microfinance industry. In addition to managing a part of field operations, he works on product development and delinquency management issues. Prior to joining BRAC, Shameran worked as an editorial writer at one of Bangladesh's main English daily newspapers where he wrote primarily on politics. He has an undergraduate degree in Economics from Hamilton College in New York, and qualified as a lawyer and was called to the Bar of England and Wales from the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn in 2006.