Mr. Chowdhury oversees all aspects of company management including investor outreach and regulatory affairs. He is a seasoned financial services professional with broad international experience gained across the United States, Canada, Hong Kong and Singapore spanning 20 years in the investment banking industry.

Professionally he has held multiple global / regional roles at top tier investment banks in the areas of equities and structured derivatives (e.g. Salomon Smith Barney, Deutsche Bank, Toronto Dominion Bank, ABN AMRO Bank etc.) focusing on business management, development & strategy, institutional client relationship management, and corporate access origination working with publicly listed companies across Asia Pacific. Originally from Bangladesh, Mr. Chowdhury has lived across Asia, the Middle East and North America over the last 25+ years; he has a global network of investment professionals and is also intimately familiar with the opportunities within the socioeconomic challenges facing Bangladesh.

Mr. Chowdhury has academic credentials from the United States having completed his secondary, undergraduate and graduate studies there. He holds a BBA degree in Finance & Investments from Baruch College, City University of New York and has completed Masters level executive education at Harvard Business School, Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts. He is an Alumnus of both City University of New York and Harvard University.

Mr. Habib, is the Social Development Director for AIM STEPs. As a senior management team member, Mr. Habib brings a deep-rooted understanding of the MSE sector, and works extensively with the Investment team, Field Operations and Finance to ensure compliance with all regulatory guidelines.

With almost 30 years implementing Grameen Bank’s focus across parts of Asia, Africa, Europe and North America, Mr. Habib brings an extensive network of regulatory, corporate, and high net worth relationships along with expertise in running social development and microfinance operations in remote & rural parts of Bangladesh as well as disaster struck regions of Aceh (Indonesia) and Croatia.

Mr. Habib has attended and conducted numerous training programs and workshops locally and internationally on social development strategy & implementation, coordination, and leadership platforms. He holds both a Master’s Degree and a Bachelor’s Degree in Commerce from Dhaka University.

Mr. Samuel D. Bretzfield is the CEO of bGlobal Interactive (bGlobal), one of Bangladesh's leading outsourcing companies, providing cost effective programming and interactive production services. A technology-driven entrepreneur, investor and advocate, Mr. Bretzfield brings with him over 20 years of leadership experience working with global Fortune 500 enterprises, C-level executives, start-ups and application developers to mastermind cutting edge and emerging software that drives business growth, and sustainable ventures. He has extensive international experience building high performing companies and project teams in emerging markets, from concept to customer delivery. Mr. Bretzfield is passionate about developing thriving businesses by identifying how technology can advance the bottom line.

Prior to founding bGlobal, Mr. Bretzfield worked in strategic outsourcing for a leading Internet Service Provider, EarthLink, Inc.

Mr. Bretzfield is a founding member and board member of the Bangladesh American Software Association (BASA) and is also a committee member of the Bangladesh Association of Software and Information Services (BASIS) focused on eLearning and ecommerce.