Tamara Hasan Abed

Tamara Hasan Abed
তামারা হাসান আবেদ
Abed in 2022
Born1974 (age 49–50)
Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
Alma mater
Occupation(s)Social worker, feminist
FatherFazle Hasan Abed

Tamara Hasan Abed is a Bangladeshi social worker and entrepreneur.[1] She is the eldest daughter of Fazle Hasan Abed,[2] founder and chair of BRAC.

Tamara Hasan Abed has held numerous positions within the BRAC organisation, including chair of the Board of Trustees of BRAC University,[3] and directorships of BRAC Enterprises, BRAC IPDC,[4] BRAC EPL Stock Brokerage Limited,[5] BRAC EPL Investment Limited,[6] and BRAC Bank (2008–2016). She founded the Grassroots Café in Aarong outlets,[7] and created the Aarong sub-brands Taaga,[8] Taaga Man,[9] and Herstory.[10]

She also led an initiative to introduce food grade plastic for packaging dairy products in Bangladesh, and re-branded the BRAC Dairy.[11]

  1. ^ "Tamara Hasan Abed". BRAC. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Eldest daughter of Fazle Hasan Abed". BRAC. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Tamara Abed new BracU trustee chairperson". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
  4. ^ "IPDC BOD". IPDC. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  5. ^ "BRAC EPL - Board of Directors". BRAC EPL. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  6. ^ "BRAC EPL Investment Ltd - BOD". BRAC EPL Investment Ltd. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  7. ^ "Future Startup Interview with Tamara Abed". Future Startup. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Taaga Home Page". Aarong. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Taaga Man Homepage". Aarong. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  10. ^ "Herstory Home Page". Aarong. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Aarong milk appears in new packs". The Daily Star. 23 August 2007. Retrieved 20 August 2019.