Dr Salehuddin Ahmed joins The Daily Star as managing editor

Metro Desk

Dr Salehuddin Ahmed joined The Daily Star as the managing editor yesterday. Before joining The Daily Star, he worked in IPRCC-International Poverty Reduction Centre in Beijing, China as their chief technical advisor. He is a Fulbright Scholar with 30 years' work experience in poverty alleviation, management, teaching and institution building. He holds a PhD in development economics from Kharkov National University, Ukraine. He worked with Brac in different capacities from 1979 to 2004. Lastly he was the deputy executive director of Brac. Dr Ahmed also served as the pro-vice chancellor of Brac University from 2005 to 2009.