BRAC
multi_sector_development · Dhaka
· verified (verified 2026-05-25)
Profile
- Chief executive
- Asif Saleh
- Founded
- 1972
- Regulator
- multiple
- MRA-licensed
- yes
- Active members
- —
- Loan portfolio
- —
- Staff
- —
- Coverage
- nationwide; 2,900+ microfinance branches in Bangladesh; BRAC operates in 13 countries
Asif Saleh continues as Executive Director of BRAC (Bangladesh).
Recent activity
- 2026-05-12 research BRAC published its 2025 Annual Report; reported reaching nearly 29 million people (about 2.6 crore) across Bangladesh in 2025, with total annual loan disbursement having risen from BDT 290 billion to BDT 485 billion over five years. ↗↗
Provenance & notes
Founded 21 March 1972 by Sir Fazle Hasan Abed. Regulated under multiple bodies: NGO Affairs Bureau (foreign-funded activity) and Microcredit Regulatory Authority (microfinance, MRA cert 00488-00186-00065). Asif Saleh is ED of BRAC (Bangladesh); Shameran Abed heads BRAC International. Current consolidated staff, member and loan-portfolio totals not cited to a single dated official figure here, so left null.