Dr. Faiz Shah

Dr. Faiz Shah has led the design of the Yunus Masters, guided by Professor Yunus, and supported by colleagues within AIT and the Social Business Academia network over a number of years. Since 2012, Dr. Shah directs the Yunus Center at the Asian Institute of Technology (YCA) and serves as the President of the Yunus Thailand Foundation. In an international career spanning four decades, he has worked in academia, business, government, and the UN system overseen more than 300 development projects, and taught over 3,000 grassroots changemakers in over a dozen countries. With affiliation to the AIT School of Management, he has taught the Professional Masters' in CSR, and as head of the Development Management department at AIT Extension, he has coordinated high-impact programs such as the Epidemic Prevention, Control, and Management (DEPCAM) program, the Energy Services Management & Technology (EDSMAT), program, and the High-Efficiency Irrigation (PIHP) program.  He is a visiting professor at the College of Innovation at Thammasat University, and the Faculty of Management at Kasetsart University, Bangkok.