Head, Development Management & Director Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology

Professor Faiz Shah has led the Yunus Center at the Asian Institute of Technology (YCA) since 2012. He is a member of the AIT Management Team, and has faculty affiliation with the School of Management. Since 2023, as Professor at the Albukhary Centre of Excellence in Socio-Economic Development & Innovation (ACE-SEDI), he heads the emerging interdisciplinary graduate program focused on  Social Business. In a 40-year international career as educator, entrepreneur, and development professional, Professor Shah has overseen over 300 projects and trained over 3,000 grassroots changemakers from over a dozen countries. He is lead author of “Responsible Business Guide - A Toolkit for Winning Companies” (CIPE-RBI-ACCA, 2010).

Prof. Faiz Shah continues to lead the design and implementation of the Yunus Masters, the Professional Masters in ESG, and the Masters in Social Buainess, guided by Professor Yunus and supported by colleagues within AIT. He is at the helm of the Social Business Academia network and serves as the President of the Yunus Thailand Foundation (YT). As Visiting Professor at the College of Innovation at  Thammasat University,  the Faculty of Management at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, he guides young women and men to formulate their own independent pathways to contribute to society.

Chairman, Yunus Centre,

Professor Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Laureate, is renowned as the pioneer of Social Business and Microcredit. He is the esteemed founder of Grameen Bank and has established over 50 other companies in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as "one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time" due to his unwavering innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their remarkable contributions. He has been conferred with 61 honorary degrees from universities across 24 countries, demonstrating the global recognition of his work. Moreover, he has received an astounding 136 awards from 33 countries, including prestigious state honors from 10 nations.

Professor Yunus holds a unique distinction, being one of only seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the United States Congressional Gold Medal. He has appeared on the covers of renowned publications such as Time Magazine, Newsweek, and Forbes Magazine.

Founder , Sinaya Cup

Audrey Tangonan is the founder of Sinaya Cup, one of the leading social enterprises in the Philippines focused on women's health and sustainability. Under her leadership, Sinaya Cup has significantly contributed to reducing menstrual waste and promoting health education by providing eco-friendly menstrual solutions. Audrey is passionate about creating impactful social changes and is committed to steering society towards sustainable and ethical practices. Her work emphasizes innovation, community engagement, and the empowerment of women.

Managing Director, Drik

A Time Magazine’s Person of the Year 2018 and National Geographic Explorer at Large, photographer, writer, curator and activist, Shahidul Alam obtained a PhD in chemistry before switching to photography. Alam’s documentation contributed to the ouster of autocratic general Hussain Muhammad Ershad. A chair of World Press Photo international jury, Alam has spoken at Harvard, Stanford, UCLA, Oxford and Cambridge universities. He is Honorary Fellow of Royal Photographic Society, Visiting Professor of Sunderland University and Adjunct Professor at RMIT. His book “The Tide Will Turn” by Steidl, was listed in New York Time’s “Best Art Books of 2020”.

President, Landbank of the Philippines

Founder, Women’s Development Bank

Author,

Alex Counts is the author of Changing the World Without Losing Your Mind: Leadership Lessons from Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship (Revised edition) (Rivertowns Books, 2021), a consultant to mission-driven organizations, and a professor at the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University.

In 1997 he established Grameen Foundation with the support of Professor Yunus and ran the organization for its first 18 years.  

Counts’ other writings include Small Loans, Big Dreams: Grameen Bank and the Microfinance Revolution in Bangladesh, America and Beyond (2022 Edition). Counts has also been published in The Washington Post, the Stanford Social Innovation Review, The Times of India, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Co-Founder, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF)

Corazon “Cora” A. Henares, a psychologist and educator, is one of the founders of Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF), which was founded in 1984. NWTF is one of the first replicators of the Grameen lending methodology in the Philippines. As Director for Operations, she led the organization to offer client responsive products. She has also been instrumental in training staff so that they adopted NWTF’s vision, values and understood the Grameen essentials. With her experience in microfinance, she was tapped to train other microfinance in the Philippines. Currently, she is the President of Dungganon Bank Inc., a subsidiary of NWTF catering to graduating micro and SME Clients.

Founder & CEO, CARD MRI

Chairman, Centre for Self-help Development (CSD)

Mr. Shankar Man Shrestha has been involved in the microfinance sector for more than 50 years. He is the promoter and advocator of the clean microfinance campaign in Nepal and the Chairman of Centre for Self-help Development (CSD), a pioneer MFI in Nepal. He is also one of the nine promoters and the founder Executive Director of CSD. He also served as the Chairman of the Centre for Rural Technology (CRT) Nepal and was also a member of advisory committee of Samriddha Pahad, UK and Samriddha Pahad Company Nepal. He had also served as the Board Director of Nepal Banking Institute (NBI) since its inception to April 2014. In his early career he worked in the Agricultural Development Bank Ltd. where he was involved for more than 25 years in various capacities such as Director of Agricultural Credit Training Institute, Chief of Credit Department, Regional Manager and the latest being Deputy General Manager. He was a member of the Evaluation Team for the prestigious AGFUND International Prize 2018. He has an M.A. Degree in Economics from Tribhuvan University and was a special student of Agricultural Economics at the Texas A&M University, USA. Mr. Shrestha has attended the HBS-ACCION Program on Strategic Leadership at Harvard Business School, USA. Mr. Shrestha has long and rich experience of organizing and facilitating microfinance seminars, conferences, summits, workshops and training programs. He has delivered sessions at several seminars and conferences as guest speaker both at home and aboard. His articles and research papers covering both national and international topics and issues have been published in coveted newspapers, journals and magazines around the world.

Founder and Executive Director, Integrated Development Foundation (IDF)

Mr. Zahirul Alam, founder and Executive Director of Integrated Development Foundation (IDF), Bangladesh. His illustrious career in rural development began as an assistant to Nobel Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus at Rural Economics Program (REP) of Chittagong University, where the groundbreaking Grameen Bank model was conceived in the 1970s. Mr. Alam holds a Master's degree with honors in Economics from Chittagong University. He further honed his expertise as an Action Research Fellow at Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) and an economist at the International Labour Organization (ILO) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He established IDF with the mission of replicating the successful Grameen Bank model in the Chittagong Hill Tracts, a remote, challenging, and politically sensitive region of Bangladesh. Under his guidance, IDF has expanded its reach, implementing innovative programs and initiatives that empower rural communities. Mr.Alam is a  visionary leader who has played a pivotal role in advancing sustainable development in Bangladesh

Founder and President, RestartME

Co-founder and Director, Yunus Sports Hub

Yoan Noguier is the Co-founder and Director of the Yunus Sports Hub. Formerly Procurement Manager for Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Yoan met Prof Yunus at the beginning of 2017 while advocating about the potential social outcome of sporting events. After a first successful collaboration resulting in the signature of an agreement with Paris 2024, the Yunus Sports Hub was created. Yoan grew up in the south of France, speaks 4 languages and played rugby at the french federal level. Yunus Sports Hub is the global social business network creating local solutions in and through sport.

Executive Board Member, IOC

Career

Board Member of Green Earth Movement (1991-1996); Commercial Endorser (1991-); President of the Provincial Youth Government of the Province of Tarlac (Philippines) (1992-1996); Provincial Board Member of the Province of Tarlac (1993-1996); TV, Movie Stage Actress and Host (1994-); Director of the Asian Center for Foreign Languages (2000-); Commissioner of the Pasig River Rehabilitation Commission (2001-2005); Volunteer of the Gawad Kalinga Foundation for Nation Building (2003-); Member of the Congressional Spouses Foundation, Inc. (2004-2007); Spokesperson of the AnakTV Foundation for Child Sensitive Television (2004-); Child Rights Ambassador for Plan-International (Philippines) (2008-2012); Adopted Member of the Philippine Military Academy, Class of 1992 (2011); Adopted Member of the Philippine National Police Academy Kapanalig, Class of 1997 (2011); Treasurer of Zlota Incorporated (2012-); Earth Hour Ambassador for the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) Philippines (2012-); Climate Solutions Steward for WWF Philippines (2013)

Sports practised

Equestrian, basketball, golf

Sports career

Gold medallist for the jumping individual competition and silver medallist for the jumping team competition in the 2002 Asian Games in Busan (Republic of Korea); Chef d’Equipe and Coach of the Philippine Jumping Team to the 2005 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney (Australia); Gold medallist in the Team Jumping Competition at the 2005 South East Asian Games in Manila (Philippines); Team Manager of the Team Jumping Competition at the 2011 South East Asian Games in Jakarta (Indonesia); Champion of the 2011 FEI World Dressage Challenge in Elementary for FEI Zone 9 (FEI / International Equestrian Federation)

Sports administration

Director (1999-2006) and Secretary General (2003-2006) of the Philippine Equestrian Federation; Athlete Ambassador for the 23rd South East Asian Games (Philippines) (2005); Corporate Secretary of the Equestrian Association of the Philippines (2006-2014); Member of the Organising Committee of the 2013 Asian Games Centennial Festival (2011-2014); Member of the Athletes' Committee of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) (2011-)

Awards and distinctions

Philippine Sportswriters Association Sportswoman of the Year (2002); Parangal ng Bayan (National Honor) Award for Excellence in Sports (2003); Ateneo de Manila University Alumni Association Hall of Fame Citation for Excellence in Sports (2003)

IOC History

Member of the Executive Board (2020- ); Member of the following Commissions: Coordination for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 (2014-2021), Women and Sport (2014-2015), Olympic Channel (2015-), Communications (2015-), Olympic Education (2015-), Evaluation for the Games of XXXIII Olympiad in 2024 (2016-2017), Coordination for the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad Paris 2024 (2017-), Coordination for the Games of the XXXV Olympiad Brisbane 2032)

Managing Director, Urban Youth Academy, Asia Pacific Youth Exchange

Ashoka Fellow, and Founder Philippines Accessible Disability Service (PADS), Adaptive Dragonboat Racing Team

Founder, YY Ventures

Shazeeb M Khairul Islam is an Obama Scholar and the founder of YY Ventures, a social business company that incubates and invests in social businesses fighting poverty, unemployment, and carbon emission. YY Ventures has supported 60+ social entrepreneurs since 2016 who have impacted the lives of more than 150,633 people and created 1300+ jobs.

He is also a co-founder at Impact Hub Dhaka, part of the global Impact Hub Network mobilizing a vibrant community of entrepreneurs in Dhaka through inspiring space, meaningful content, and a diverse network to create a Bangladesh where everyone thrives. Shazeeb is also the CEO at 3Z Global Centre, a one-stop help centre for all 3ZERO Clubs, Circles, 3Z Support organisations, and YSBCs, and facilitates networking among all Clubs and associated organisations.

Shazeeb is a member of the Board of Trustees at Grameen Trust, a non-profit and non-government organization founded in 1989 by Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus that supports, promotes and implements poverty-focused microfinance, and social business and other programs around the world.

Shazeeb has working experience with YGAP, Give2Asia and the Food & Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and has studied at the University of Dhaka and Columbia University in the City of New York.

Chairman, Yunus Centre,

Professor Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Laureate, is renowned as the pioneer of Social Business and Microcredit. He is the esteemed founder of Grameen Bank and has established over 50 other companies in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as "one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time" due to his unwavering innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their remarkable contributions. He has been conferred with 61 honorary degrees from universities across 24 countries, demonstrating the global recognition of his work. Moreover, he has received an astounding 136 awards from 33 countries, including prestigious state honors from 10 nations.

Professor Yunus holds a unique distinction, being one of only seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the United States Congressional Gold Medal. He has appeared on the covers of renowned publications such as Time Magazine, Newsweek, and Forbes Magazine.

Manager, Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan

William has ten years of experience working in the NGO sector and possesses a strong passion for environmental education, youth engagement, and community involvement. He is also a 3ZERO Club member who initiated the Eat4Environment Challenge with 3Z Global Centre in 2022.He has conducted numerous workshops and open discussions, advocating for youth engagement in sustainable development across various settings, such as schools, communities, private sectors, and government agencies. Currently, he is the leader of the Resource Integration Department at the Foundation for Yunus Social Business Taiwan.

Member, Slow Food, 3ZERO Club

Member, 3ZERO Club

Club ID-608-001-001

Member, 3ZERO Club

Club ID-458-021-013

Co-founder & Managing Director , Yunus Environment Hub

Christina co-founded Yunus Environment Hub (YEH) together with Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus and his Creative Advisor Hans Reitz. YEH develops social business solutions that tackle the environmental and climate crisis. The expertise of the global YEH network covers waste & plastic management, circular economy, carbon neutrality, biodiversity, afforestation, sustainable agriculture, clean energy and access to clean water.

Christina was appointed to the Commission on Sustainable Business, Trade and Finance of the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation & Development and serves as cochair of the ministry’s PREVENT Waste Alliance. She is part of the advisory committee of the
Circular Action Hub, a board member of the Circular Economy for Africa association, a Responsible Leader of the BMW Foundation World Responsible Leaders network and has received a Social Impact Scholarship of KfW Foundation. She has lectured at several universities and speaks regularly at high profile events. In 2016 she co-founded “Circular Economy Rhein Main” and in 2019 “Colombia Circular”, platforms to develop a circular economy in Rhein Main metropolitan region and Colombia respectively; in 2016 she cofounded “The Plastic Lab”, a creative laboratory to keep plastics out of nature.

Project Technical Officer, International Labour Organization

Specialties: Green Jobs, Industrial Relations & Workplace cooperation, Sustainable Development Strategies, Environmental Management of Industries and Industrial Parks/Zones, Eco-Industrial Development, Industrial Ecology, environmental compliance, public-private partnership, industry partnerships, development cooperation, conference & learning/training event design and management, project cycle management, monitoring and evaluation, facilitation

Founder, Brotee

Environment and Management Officer, Province of Negros Occidental Provincial

Country Director, Yunus Environment Hub

Country Director – Yunus Environment Hub, Vietnam
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tam-phan-hanh-6b7310199/

Tam is the Country Director of Yunus Environment Hub Vietnam, a registered social business with social and environmental commitments under Vietnam’s Law on Enterprises.  The purpose of Yunus Environment Hub Vietnam is to contribute to a world without poverty, unemployment and net carbon emissions ("a world with three zeros") in and through the environmental sector and, to this end, to promote directly and indirectly the implementation of the "social business" approach in the environmental sector at home and abroad. 

Tam comes from southern Vietnam (the Mekong Delta region) and has lived and worked in Ho Chi Minh City for the past 18 years. She focuses on humanities and socio-cultural developmental works. Her career journey has been a life-enriching constitution with over 15 years working in the business development, education, philanthropy and environmental sectors.

Yunus Environment Hub (YEH) is the global social business network creating solutions for the environmental crisis. Co-founded by Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Prof. Muhammad Yunus, YEH supports and develops social business solutions addressing environmental issues in a financially self-sustainable way. Focus areas are solutions for improved waste management & sustainable plastic recycling, circular economy, carbon neutrality, biodiversity, sustainable agriculture, access to clean water and clean energy.

Managing Director, Grameen Shakti

Sohel Ahmed is the Managing Director of Grameen Shakti, one of the leading social business in the world, founded by Nobel laureate Prof. Mohammad Yunus, with an aim of improving “Access to Energy”. Sohel has more than a decade of experience of working in the field of Renewable Energy, have expertise of modelling and managing large development projects, as well as investment planning and advocacy on renewable energy and social business.

Sohel is also spearheading “Consultancy & Knowledge Practice” cell in GS that has executed or implementing various development projects, notable among them are (a) peer-to-peer solar electricity trading (UN DESA) (b) Eco-village Development (Danish Project) (c) WePOWER (World Bank) (d) Energy Transition etc. In 2021, Sohel has been nominated as a member of the High-Level Dialogue
Technical Committee on “Energy Access” of UN. Currently he is working as an active member of the Steering Committee of WePOWER, a forum of World Bank promoting women participation in power sector. In 2022, Sohel has received the “Individual Achievement Award” from WePOWER. World Bank platform.

Founder and Chair, Centre for Mass Education in Science (CMES)

Muhammad Ibrahim Ph.D. (Southampton)

Professor of physics, Dhaka University (retired). Professor and Head, General Education, ULAB University, Dhaka (retired), Adjunct Professor ULAB University.

Founder and Chair, Centre for Mass Education in Science (CMES) a NGO working for 45 years in Bangladesh, dedicated to alternative education and technology-based livelihood for rural youth.

Author, Editor, Speaker, Television Presenter, mainly on latest science for all and future prospect of the world.

Affiliations: World Economic Forum (Social Entrepreneur); Ashoka for Public (Fellow), Caritas (award: Prix Caritas, Switzerland), Bangla Academy (Fellow, award: Bangla Academy Literature Prize).

Chairman, Yunus Centre,

Professor Muhammad Yunus, a Nobel Laureate, is renowned as the pioneer of Social Business and Microcredit. He is the esteemed founder of Grameen Bank and has established over 50 other companies in Bangladesh. Professor Yunus has been recognized by Fortune Magazine as "one of the greatest entrepreneurs of our time" due to his unwavering innovation and entrepreneurial spirit.

In 2006, Professor Yunus and Grameen Bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their remarkable contributions. He has been conferred with 61 honorary degrees from universities across 24 countries, demonstrating the global recognition of his work. Moreover, he has received an astounding 136 awards from 33 countries, including prestigious state honors from 10 nations.

Professor Yunus holds a unique distinction, being one of only seven individuals to have received the Nobel Peace Prize, the United States Presidential Medal of Freedom, and the United States Congressional Gold Medal. He has appeared on the covers of renowned publications such as Time Magazine, Newsweek, and Forbes Magazine.

Managing Director, Danone Communities

Valerie Mazon is the Managing Director of Danone Communities, the impact investment fund of Danone, which invest in businesses which address the issues of low incomes population on access to safe drinking water or access to nutritious diet.

Valerie has more than 30 years of business experiences in Health categories, in mature and developing countries, 6 years ago, she decided to join Danone Communities to support Social Businesses on their journey to impact at scale.

She has been the General Manager of Grameen Danone in Bangladesh, experimenting the power and the complexity of impacting low incomes population through business.

She is a strong believer of, the power of business mechanisms to drive long lasting impacts and the strength of partnership to tackle world’s toughest challenges.

Director for Strategic Projects & Administration, Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation, Inc.

Raymond is the Director for Strategic Projects & Administration at Negros Women for Tomorrow Foundation (NWTF), which is one of the first Grameen Bank Replication in the Philippines.  In this role, he oversees Human Resource, I.T. and various Social Business Projects & Advocacies of the foundation.  He also oversees NWTF’s subsidiary, Dungganon Bank, which caters to MSME clients and is currently working with various groups in the country to tap local capital to fund social businesses in the country.

Partner, McKinsey & Company, Inc

Tobias Silberzahn is a trained biochemist and immunologist and works as a Partner at McKinsey where he is a member of the Healthcare and Life Sciences Practice. The focus areas of his work are healthcare innovation and digital transformation of healthcare.

Tobias leads the global Health Tech Network, a community of >1900 health tech CEOs/Founders, 400 healthcare organizations and 400 investors. As part of his work, Tobias also publishes the "eHealth Monitor Germany", an annual book about the digitization of the German health system.

Co-founder, Managing Director & CEO, Yunus Social Business Fund Benglauru

Suresh has over 25 years of experience in social business, microfinance & working with low income households.. He was the Managing Director of CreditAccess Grameen, India's largest NBFC-MFI, for over 15 years. He is passionate about social businesses, micro housing, financial literacy, and livelihoods for the poor. He has studied international microfinance models and strategies from several reputed institutions.

Few highlights of his career:

• Managing Director of CreditAccess Grameen (1999-2015)
• Co-founded Microfinance associations in India – AKMI & MFIN
• Co-founder & Managing Trustee of Navya Disha Trust – A NGO supporting youth in self employment, Chairman of Buzz India – a NGO working on women empowerment
• He served as Director of Mifos.org, BinaArtha, SMILE Microfinance, Centrum Microfinance, Sudhanand Healthcare, Sadhana Innovative financial services etc.,
• Currently he serves as Independent Director of Sanghamitra Rural Financial Services, Grameen Foundation for Social Initiatives, Waste Ventures P. Ltd., Child Fund India
• Studied international microfinance models and strategies from several reputed institutions like Harvard Business School, Bankakademi, Institute of Rural Management, etc.
• Alumnus of Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB), Bengaluru (India)

Professor and former Dean, School of Business and Economics, North South University

Dr. Chowdhury is the current Professor and former Dean of the School of Business and Economics at North South University. Earlier, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of Primeasia University and Pro-Vice Chancellor of Eastern University. He also served as faculty at the University of Windsor, Canada, Northeastern University, USA, Islamic University, Bangladesh, and as visiting Professor at the Yunnan Normal University, China. He received MS and Ph.D. degrees from Northeastern University, Boston, USA. In 2002, he completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Calgary, Canada. He has published more than 65 journal papers, two books and presented more than 75 papers at different international conferences.

Dr. Chowdhury has organized numerous conferences, seminars, workshops, lecture series, Business Plan Competitions, and prestigious events on Social Business (SB) including an International Conference in 2010; SB Forums in 2012 and 2013; South Asian Youth Leaders’ Summit on SB in 2012; SB Youth Convention in 2014; SB Academic Conclave in 2015; SB Country Forum in 2021-22 and led a project with HEC, France on SB (2010-14). He participated in the Global Social Business Summit (GSBS) in Germany (2010, 2015), Austria (2011, 2012), Malaysia (2013), Kenya (Hybrid-2021), and Italy (2022) and all SB Day events in Bangladesh and India. He served on different committees of the GSBS Academia Conferences and SB Day events from 2012-23.

Executive Vice Chairman, Grameen Communications

Ms. Nazneen Sultana has been serving as Executive Vice Chairman of Grameen Communications.  She served as Managing Director of Grameen Communications since its inception in 1997. At Grameen Communications, she led various projects for reaching ICT to the remote villages, development of world’s first & complete micro banking software which is being used by most of the micro finance organizations including Grameen Bank.
She was also actively involved in formation of some social business companies, Grameen Euglena is one of them.

Now, She is also serving as a country manager of Euglena corporation Japan, liaison office of Bangladesh.

Having completed BS and MS in Applied Mathematics from University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, she started her career at Grameen Bank and established the ICT wing of the Bank. Meanwhile, she achieved a diploma in Management Information Systems from Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. Having experience in the IT field for more than 30 years, she has been serving as Director of different IT companies including Accenture Bangladesh. Moreover, she serves as an executive member of NGOs that deal with gender issues, affordable healthcare for the poor, women empowerment and ICT for development.

Head, Development Management & Director Yunus Center, Asian Institute of Technology

Professor Faiz Shah has led the Yunus Center at the Asian Institute of Technology (YCA) since 2012. He is a member of the AIT Management Team, and has faculty affiliation with the School of Management. Since 2023, as Professor at the Albukhary Centre of Excellence in Socio-Economic Development & Innovation (ACE-SEDI), he heads the emerging interdisciplinary graduate program focused on  Social Business. In a 40-year international career as educator, entrepreneur, and development professional, Professor Shah has overseen over 300 projects and trained over 3,000 grassroots changemakers from over a dozen countries. He is lead author of “Responsible Business Guide - A Toolkit for Winning Companies” (CIPE-RBI-ACCA, 2010).

Prof. Faiz Shah continues to lead the design and implementation of the Yunus Masters, the Professional Masters in ESG, and the Masters in Social Buainess, guided by Professor Yunus and supported by colleagues within AIT. He is at the helm of the Social Business Academia network and serves as the President of the Yunus Thailand Foundation (YT). As Visiting Professor at the College of Innovation at  Thammasat University,  the Faculty of Management at Kasetsart University, Bangkok, he guides young women and men to formulate their own independent pathways to contribute to society.