Md. Ashraful Hassan has been an integral part of the Grameen Group for over 40 years. He currently holds the position of Chairman of Grameen Group and additionally serves as Managing Director, and CEO of Grameen Telecom Trust. During his long professional career, he has contributed to promoting and providing easy access to telecommunication services in rural Bangladesh. He also has extensive and diversified knowledge in various industrial sectors, especially in the field of textile & electronics focusing on resource and energy efficient production. In addition, he has wide exposure in industrial management, supply chain management, local & export market, developing rural artists & artisan goods and so on. Moreover, he has extensive knowledge in the field of construction engineering and currently is responsible for establishing most of the mega projects of Grameen Group. He started his career in Grameen Bank back in 1984. During his 15 years tenure with the bank, he held various key positions, including the Chief of Engineering section and made notable contribution to the infrastructural development of Grameen Bank. He is serving as a member of the Board of Directors of several enterprises that play a commendable role in the fields of renewable energy, health care, education, microcredit, food and nutrition, information and communication technology, manufacturing, entrepreneurship development, employment generation and so forth. Mr. Khan has a wide range of experiences on GT’s worldwide replication programs following Grameen Bank Approach (GBA). He was the CEO of Kosovo Grameen Missione Arcobaleno Microcredit Fund (KGMAMF) in Kosovo from 2003-2005 and General Manager of Family Bank in Bahrain from 2009-2011. He has conducted many international training programs on various issues on Microcredit and Social Business in different countries as well as monitoring and evaluation visits to the microcredit projects run, owned and/or managed by GT worldwide. He also conducted a ‘Fact Finding Mission’ in Nepal in 2013.