Ankhi Mahbubatur Rahman
Class of 2025
Ankhi is passionate about designing social development programs with realistic and community-based solutions. She has more than 8 years of experience working in the development sector, managing large portfolios of poverty alleviation projects in Asia and Africa. Prior to GHD, she worked with BRAC International in their global technical team based in Nairobi as a senior manager of the Ultra-Poor Graduation program. She led multiple program design initiatives for East and West African countries and Afghanistan. She also has in-depth experience in managing direct implementations of large portfolios in northern and central parts of Bangladesh.
She found her interest for development and poverty reduction during her undergraduate degree while studying at Asian University for Women, Chittagong, Bangladesh. After graduating with a major in Economics, she joined the development sector to pursue her interest and fell in love with it.
Ankhi also loves to run and hike as fun activities. Her personal best is climbing to the top of Mount Kenya!
Why GHD?
Joining GHD means not just gaining knowledge but embodying a mindset that inspires impactful and sustainable changes.