Lutfey Siddiqi
Bangladesh academic and political advisor
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Lutfey Siddiqi is a Bangladeshi academic and economist. He was the chief adviser's envoy for International affairs of Muhammad Yunus, head of the Interim government of Bangladesh.[1] He is a visiting professor in Practice at the LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy think tank of the London School of Economics.[2]
Lutfey Siddiqi | |
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Siddiqi in 2025 | |
| Special Envoy on International Affairs to the Chief Adviser | |
| In office 4 September 2024 – 17 February 2026 | |
| Chief Adviser | Muhammad Yunus |
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| Born | 1976 (age 49–50) |
| Spouse | Deborah |
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| Alma mater | |
| Occupation | Economist Professor |
Siddiqi is an adjunct professor of the National University of Singapore Risk Management Institute.[3] He is an agenda contributor of the World Economic Forum.[4] He has spoken at a dozen events of World Economic Forum in Davos.[5] He is a contributor to the Bretton Woods Committee.[5]
Early life
Siddiqi was born in December 1976.[6] His family hails from Sitakunda Upazila, Chittagong District.[1] His father is A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi, the 16th Inspector General of Police of Bangladesh Police, and his mother is Rehana Siddiqi.[7][8] He studied at Scholastica in Dhaka and Atlantic College in Wales.[8] He completed his bachelor and masters in economics from the University of York, and London School of Economics respectively.[8][1]
Career
In 2006, Siddiqi was the head of Risk Advisory and Corporate Foreign Exchange for Asia-Pacific of Barclays Bank.[8] He was also a part-time lecturer at the National University of Singapore.[8] In December, he was promoted to the managing director at Barclays Capital.[8]
Siddiqi was the founding head of UBS Knowledge Network.[2] In 2009, the government of Bangladesh declared him a Commercially Important Person (CIP).[5]
In 2012, Siddiqi was recognized at the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader.[3] He is a trustee and Kurt Hahn Circle of Donors member of the Atlantic College.[9]
Siddiqi was part of a reception accorded to Professor Muhammad Yunus along with his father A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi, who hosted the event and mother Rehana Siddiqi in July 2013.[10] It was hosted at Spectra Convention Centre in Gulshan and included Akbar Ali Khan, Fazle Hasan Abed, Latifur Rahman, and Rehman Sobhan.[10] Yunus defended overstaying his term at Grameen Bank and the speakers applauded his achievements.[10][7]
Siddiqi has contributed to the Huffington Post.[11] He has spoken at the CFA Society New York.[12]
Siddiqi was named the managing director of Regions and Society Relations of the CFA Institute in January 2021.[13] He was appointed the co-curator for Banking and Capital Markets Transformation Map of the World Economic Forum.[14]
Personal life
Siddiqi is married to Deborah.[9]
