Boards
Member, Board of Advisors (International)
- Calmeadow Foundation, 4 Kind Street West, Suite 300, Toronto, Ontario M5H 1B6, Canada.
- The Synergose Institute, 100 East 85th Street, New York, NY10028 U.S.A.
- Living Economics, 42 Warriner Gardens, London SW11 4DU, U.K.
- International Council for Freedom From Hunger, U.S.A.
- International Council, Ashoka Foundation, Washington DC, USA.
- Advisory Council, Women for Women of Bosnia, Washington DC, USA.
- Advisory Board, The Center For Visionary Leadership, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- International Advisory Board, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, U.S.A.
- International Advisory Board, Foundation for the Research of Societal Problems Ankara, Turkey.
- Advisory Board, Credit for All, Inc. Denver, U.S.A
- Advisory Board, The Gleitsman Foundation International Activist Award, California, U.S.A.
- International Council, Asia Society, New York, U.S.A.
- International Advisory Panel, UNESCO, Paris, France.
- International Advisory Board, The Center For Visionary Leadership, Washington D.C. U.S.A.
- International Council on the Future, UNESCO, Paris, France.
- Global Advisory Board, EARTH ONE (a radio service for the world community) Borehamwood, United Kingdom.
- Global Public Goods Advisory Board, Office of Development Studies, UNDP, New York, U.S.A
- Advisory Board, Information Technologies and International Development, MIT Media Laboratory, Cambridge, U.S.A.
- Advisory Board, Foundation for Entrepreneurship, Germany.
- Advisory Panel, ESCAP/UNDP Joint Initiative in Supporting the Achievement of Millennium Development Goals in Asia and the Pacific Region, Thailand.
- Founder Member, The Global Academy for Social Entrepreneurship, Ashoka, U.S.A.
- Advisory Board, Prague Institute for Global Urban Development, Czechoslovakia.
- Honorary Advisory Council, Alliance for the New Humanity (ANH), U.S.A.
- Advisory Council for the new Templeton Freedom Awards, Atlas Economic Research Foundation , U.S.A
- Advisory Board, Holcim Foundation, Zurich, Switzerland.
- Advisory Board, Mahatma Gandhi Center for Global Nonviolence, Virginia,U.S.A.
- Honorary Board Member, Center for International Studies Micro- Credit Program, Houston, Texas, U.S.A.
- Honorary Board Member, SNV Netherlands Development Organisation, the Netherlands
- Advisory Board Member, “Global Health Agenda for Girls†project at the Center for Global Development, Washington D.C., U.S.A.
- Advisory Board Member, MSC Malaysia International Advisory Panel (IAP), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1976 - 1983 | Founder and Project Director, Grameen Bank Project. |
1983 - to-date | Founder and Managing Director, Grameen Bank, Dhaka. |
1991 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Krishi (Agriculture) Foundation, Rangpur. |
1990 - to-date | Founder and Executive Trustee, Grameen Trust, Dhaka. |
1990 - to-date | Designer and member of Governing Body, Polli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF), Dhaka. |
1979 - to-date | Member, Board of Directors, Centre for Mass Education for Science, Dhaka. |
1994 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Fund (a Social Venture Capital Fund), Dhaka. |
1994 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Motsho (Fisheries)O PasuSampad (Livestock) Foundation, Dhaka. |
1994 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Uddog, a non-stock, non-profit organization dedicated to promote the interest of the handloom-weavers of Bangladesh. |
1995 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Telecom, a cellular telephone company to provide nationwide telephone service. It will provide telephone service in the rural areas of Bangladesh primarily through the poor women in rural areas. |
1995 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Shamogree (Products), Dhaka. |
1995 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Gona Shyastha Grameen Textile Mills Ltd., Dhaka. |
1996 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Cybernet, Dhaka. |
1996 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Communications, Dhaka. |
1996 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Kallyan (well-being), Dhaka. |
1996 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Shakti (energy), Dhaka. |
1996 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Yunus Foundation, Dhaka. |
1996 - to-date | Member, Advisory Council of the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Services Trust, Dhaka. |
1997 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Shikkha (Education), Dhaka. |
1997 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Knitwear Ltd., Dhaka. |
1998 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Capital Management Ltd, Dhaka. |
1999 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Software Ltd, Dhaka. |
2000 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen IT Park Ltd, Dhaka. |
2002 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Star Education Ltd, Dhaka. |
2002 - to-date | Founder and Chairman, Grameen Information Highways Ltd, Dhaka. |
Member, Board of Directors (International)
1987 - 1997 | Board of Directors, RESULTS, A Citizen's Lobby, Washington DC, U.S.A. |
1987 - 1995 | Board of Trustees, Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (A Grameen Replication Project in Malaysia.) |
1989 - 1994 | Board of Trustees of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Philippines. |
1990 - to-date | Chief Patron, Credit and Savings for Hardcore Poor, (CASHPOR), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. |
1990 - 1992 | Steering Committee, The Aga Khan Award for Architecture, Geneva, Switzerland. |
1992 - 2002 | Board of Directors, Calvert World Values Fund, Washington DC, USA. |
1993 - to-date | Board of Directors, Foundation for International Community Assistance (FINCA), U.S.A. |
1995 - to-date | International Crisis Group, Washington D.C., U.S.A. |
1996 - to-date | Patron, United Kingdom Social Investment Forum, London,U.K. |
1998 - to-date | Board of Directors, United Nations Foundation , Washington, U.S.A. |
2000 - to-date | Founding Patron, C21: Tomorrow’s Leaders for a Safer Planet, Oxford Research Group , Oxford, United Kingdom. |
2001 - to-date | Board of Directors, Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship , Cologny, Switzerland. |
2002 - to-date | Board of Director, ManyOne Foundation, Canada. |
2006 - to-date | Board of Trustees, Coexist Foundation, University of Cambridge, UK. |
2007 - to-date | Board of Director, Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, Monaco. |
2007- to -date | Board of Directors, Chirac Foundation, France. |
2007- to -date | Board of Directors, Grameen Danone Food Ltd, Bangladesh. |
2007- to -date | Board of Directors, Danone Communities Fund, France. |
2007- to -date | Board of Directors, Grameen Credit Agricole Microfinance Foundation, Luxemburg. |