Sharif N AS-Saber new VC of Stamford

Dr Sharif N AS-Saber has been appointed as the new vice-chancellor of Stamford University Bangladesh.

Sharif formally assumed office as VC in the presence of the chairman and members of the university’s Board of Trustees, along with the university’s deans, department heads and faculty members yesterday.

He is internationally recognised as an academic leader, strategist and governance specialist, with a career spanning more than three decades. Prior to joining Stamford, he served as a faculty member in the Department of Management under the College of Economics and Political Science at Sultan Qaboos University in Oman.

Between 2023 and 2025, he served as vice-chair of the Middle East Chapter of the United Nations Principles for Responsible Management Education.

Sharif earned his PhD from the University of Tasmania, an MBA from Monash University, and degrees in Law and International Relations from Dhaka University.