Ahmed Imtiaz Jami

Founder and President

Introduction

Ahmed Imtiaz Jami is the Founder and President of OBHIZATRIK Foundation, which he built from a single act of help in 2010 into a government-registered organisation working across Bangladesh through more than 3,500 volunteers, with the economic empowerment of women and girls at the core of its work. He also founded OBHIZATRIK International in Portugal, giving the organisation an Asia–Europe footprint for collaboration and resource mobilisation. He sets organisational strategy, designs and monitors every programme, allocates budgets, and represents the Foundation in partnerships, public dialogue and donor engagement.

His work spans women’s economic empowerment and gender mainstreaming, sustainable livelihoods and poverty reduction, free education, girls’ protection and rights, and disaster and humanitarian relief. He has led zakat-funded self-employment programmes – including SHOKKHOM, the SHOKKHOM Model Village and Project Shakti – supporting more than 3,200 families, with women making up over half of all beneficiaries, and directed a nationwide COVID-19 relief effort alongside recurring flood and disaster response operations.

Recognition

Jami is a Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia honoree and a recipient of the ICESCO Prize for Literacy of Girls and Women (2023). His honours also include Best NGO – SDG 11 (Gold) at the Global Sustainability Awards in Delhi (2025), the Community Leader Award from Community Business, Hong Kong (2024), the ILA 30 Under 30 (2023) and Young Humanitarian of the Year (2021), reflecting his impact on marginalised communities in Bangladesh and beyond.