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Md. Kamrul Hasan Tarafder (born 25 May 1957) is a business executive. He is the President and chief executive officer (CEO) of ASA Philippines Foundation Inc.

Kamrul earned his bachelor degree from the University of Dhaka, in Bangladesh. Moving to the Philippines in 2003, he earned his Master in Entrepreneurship at Asian Institute of Management. A year after attaining his Master, he established ASA Philippines Foundation Inc. Prior to ASA Philippines Foundation Inc., Kamrul worked for ASA Bangladesh as a Deputy General Manager, and United Nation Development Program-Microfinance Support Project as a team leader consultant.

Establishing ASA Philippines
While Kamrul was working in ASA Bangladesh, he gained experience. In 1998, he started to teach ASA methodology to more than 20 microfinance institutions in the Philippines, with the collaboration of ASA Bangladesh and the United Nations Development Program. In 2003, Kamrul graduated from AIM and he had a vision to provide services to female Filipino entrepreneurs through microfinance methodology. With the support and donations of Howard Q. Dee, Assisi Development Foundation and Ninoy & Cory Aquino Foundation, ASA Philippines Foundation's first branch was established. From there, ASA Philippines grew in a span of 15 years to serving over 2 million clients.