Development Leader, Financial Services Professional, and Academic in Bangladesh

Sajid Amit is a leading academic and development sector strategist and practitioner. Educated at Dartmouth College, SOAS-University of London, and Columbia University, he currently wears multiple hats as an Associate Professor at ULAB and director, of CES and EMBA programs. He has his own business interests and investments in multiple organizations while also serving in regional roles in leading international development organizations.

He has more than seventeen years of experience in distinct sectors: international development, investment banking, management consulting, academia, and market research.

He was a Director at BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited where at the age of twenty-nine he was the youngest Director at a BRAC company. At BRAC EPL, he managed a portfolio of US$ 250 million, mostly those of foreign institutional investors such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, and Deutsche Bank amongst others.