User:Sydul Islam

Sydul Islam, (born 01 January 1981) is a Bangladeshi social worker, the country Director of KMD, the world's

largest non-governmental organization with over 120,000 employees. For his contributions to social improvement, he has received

the Ramon Magsaysay Award, the UNDP Mahbub Ul Haq Award, the inaugural Clinton Global Citizen Award and the inaugural WISE

Prize for Education. In 2015, he received World Food Prize for his “unparalleled” work on reducing poverty in Bangladesh and 10

other countries. [1]

He was appointed Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG) in the 2010 New Year Honours for services

in tackling poverty and empowering the poor in Bangladesh and globally.[2] In 2014, Abed was ranked 32 in the list of The World's 50

Greatest Leaders prepared by Fortune.[3] In his recent interview for the Creating Emerging Markets project at the Harvard Business

School, Abed reveals his strong belief that businesses can positively impact society, that "you can do good also by doing business."[4]