Nurjahan Begum

Managing Director, Grameen Shakti
Bangladesh

Ms. Nurjahan Begum, Managing Director of Grameen Shakti-- the largest off-grid solar energy company in the world--was one of the earliest associates of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus during the establishment of Grameen Bank. She served as the Acting Managing Director of Grameen Bank soon after the bank’s founder Professor Yunus left the bank in 2011. Ms. Nurjahan has also been working as Managing Director of Grameen Shikkha since Shikkha was established in 1997. She is serving as director of some Grameen companies like Grameen Trust, Grameen Kalyan, Grameen Agricultural Foundation, Grameen Knitwear Ltd., and Grameen Fisheries & Livestock Foundation. She is serving as director of Grameen Italia Foundation, Italy and Center for Mass Education in Science (CMES), Bangladesh.