BRAC International new Executive Director, Shameran AbedMONROVIA – The Board of Directors of BRAC International (BI), one of the leading development organisations in the world, has named Shameran Abed, a longtime executive with the organization, as new Executive Director effective from August 1, 2021. Shameran succeeds BI’s, Executive Director, Dr Muhammad Musa, who stepped down on July 31. “The Board of BRAC International is confident that Shameran is the right person to steer BI at this time, driving innovation and positive transformation while ensuring continuity. Shameran joined BRAC Bangladesh in 2009 and BRAC International in 2012, and has been instrumental in bringing BRAC’s flagship programmes of microfinance and ultra-poor graduation to global scale. Through its community-led development programmes such as agriculture and food security, health, education, empowerment and livelihood for adolescents, and ultra-poor graduation programmes, BRAC Liberia reached over 550,000 people living in poverty in 2020.
