Lutfey Siddiqi

Lutfey Siddiqi
Born	Template:Birth year and age Sitakunda Upazila, Chittagong District, Bangladesh
Occupation(s)	Economist, diplomat, professor
Years active	2006–present
Known for	Special Envoy on International Affairs to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus; Managing Director at CFA Institute; Young Global Leader at World Economic Forum

Lutfey Siddiqi holds the position of Special Envoy on International Affairs to Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus within Bangladesh's Interim government. He is a visiting professor at LSE IDEAS, the foreign policy research center of the London School of Economics, and also serves as an adjunct professor at the Risk Management Institute of the National University of Singapore. Siddiqi is a frequent contributor to the World Economic Forum and has taken part in several Davos meetings. Additionally, he maintains an association with the Bretton Woods Committee.

Early life

Siddiqi was born in December 1976, with family roots tracing back to Sitakunda Upazila, Chittagong District. His father, A. Y. B. I. Siddiqi, held the distinguished role of Bangladesh's 16th Inspector General of Police. Siddiqi’s education includes attending Scholastica in Dhaka and Atlantic College in Wales, followed by earning a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of York and a Master’s degree from the London School of Economics.

Career

In 2006, Siddiqi managed Risk Advisory and Corporate Foreign Exchange for the Asia-Pacific region at Barclays Bank while simultaneously lecturing part-time at the National University of Singapore. Later that year, he advanced to managing director at Barclays Capital.

He established the UBS Knowledge Network and was honored as a Commercially Important Person (CIP) by Bangladesh’s government in 2009.

The World Economic Forum named him a Young Global Leader in 2012. Siddiqi also acts as a trustee and is a member of the Kurt Hahn Circle of Donors at Atlantic College.

During July 2013, he attended a reception organized by his family alongside key figures from business and economics to celebrate Professor Muhammad Yunus. This event recognized Yunus’s impact on microfinance despite debates surrounding his leadership at Grameen Bank.

Siddiqi has written for the Huffington Post and delivered talks at the CFA Society New York. In January 2021, he assumed the role of managing director for Regions and Society Relations at the CFA Institute. Furthermore, he co-curates the Banking and Capital Markets Transformation Map for the World Economic Forum.

Personal life

Siddiqi is married to Deborah.