Professor H. I. Latifee currently works as the Adviser to Grameen Shikkha. He served the University of Chittagong as a Professor of Economics before he joined Grameen Trust (GT) as its Managing Director in January 1994. He was the Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Chittagong from 1991-1994 and Proctor of the University from 1988-1991. Professor Latifee as the Managing Director of Grameen Trust (January 1994 to December, 2016) provided leadership in the establishment and implementation of more than 151 Grameen replication programs in 41 countries. He also guided the New Entrepreneur Program of Grameen Trust, which demonstrated a tremendous success for solving the problem of youth unemployment and promoting young entrepreneurs since its inception in 2013. 

Professor Latifee is the winner of Business Week’s Stars of Asia Award, 2001. He has been a longtime associate of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus, father of Microcredit, founder of Grameen Bank and the father of Social Business. Professor Latifee serves as Member of a number of Boards of different microfinance organizations and social business entities in Bangladesh and other countries including Grameen America Inc.