Dr. Imran Matin
Deputy Executive Director International Programmes

Imran Matin, Deputy Executive Director of Africa Programmes, was born in 1970. He completed a BA (Hons.) in Economics from Delhi University, and a Ph.D. in Economics from University of Sussex, UK in 1998. Dr. Matin is also the Director of BRAC's Research and Evaluation Division.

Prior to joining BRAC, Dr. Matin worked as a Poverty Specialist at the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP), World Bank, was Research Fellow at the Poverty Research Unit in Sussex, and Research Consultant at the Springfield Centre for Business in Development in Darham, UK. He also served as the Member Secretary to the 2003 Civil Society Task Force on Poverty Alleviation and Employment Generation. He was a recipient of the ESCOR Research Grant in 1997, and the Over Research Scheme (ORS) Award in 1995.

Dr. Matin joined BRAC in 2001 as a Senior Economist of Research & Evaluation Division, later becoming Research Coordinator, Acting Director, Director and then Deputy Executive Director. He is the author of numerous articles on micro finance and development.