Mr. Asif Ayub is a Programme Manager at the Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI). He joined at BEI under the Corporate Governance Strengthening Project (CGSP) in August 2005 as a research associate. Before joining BEI, he worked as Sales Coordinator in GTD Bangla Pvt Ltd. He also worked in Mobil Jamuna Lubricants Limited as Executive – Sales & Marketing. Mr. Ayub is a foundation scholar of the International Corporate Governance Network (ICGN) based in UK and was awarded a scholarship to attend the 2009 ICGN Annual Conference in Sydney, Australia held in July, 2009. He has also participated at the BEI-MICG International Leadership Conference on Corporate Governance in November, 2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Mr. Ayub has coordinated consultation meetings on the revision of the NGO Governance Principles with the NGOs of the 6 divisions of Bangladesh in partnership with Federation of NGOs in Bangladesh (FNB) the apex body of NGOs in Bangladesh. He has participated in a Regional Faculty Workshop on Board Leadership conducted by the Global Corporate Governance Forum (GCGF), World Bank in May, 2008. He has also participated in several Training of Trainers courses on Corporate Governance; NGO Governance and the most recent was on UN Global Compact (UNGC) organized by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific (UNESCAP) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in September, 2009. Mr. Ayub has also played a vital and team leaders’ role in organizing and giving the logistical support to the international events such as the BEI-MICG Leadership Conference on Corporate Governance in 2005; South Asian Management Forum in 2007; South Asian Conference on Corporate Governance in 2007; Corporate Governance Week in 2008. Currently, Mr. Ayub is actively involved in the United Nations Global Compact Local Network (UNGCLN) for Bangladesh. Earlier, he has led the team to formal launching of the UNGCLN of Bangladesh. Mr. Ayub is a Business graduate from Bangalore University, India with major in Marketing Management.