The World Fellows

Azeem Ibrahim | Scotland | 2009

Executive Chairman, Ibrahim Foundation

An entrepreneur, philanthropist, and government advisor specializing in geopolitical strategy, Ibrahim’s professional experience cuts across the fields of finance, academia, diplomacy, the military, and philanthropy. In 2004, he founded the European Commerce and Mercantile Bank, a private bank specializing in commercial accounts for clients involved in global commodity trading. He subsequently founded ECM Investment Management Fund, a regulated private equity hedge fund, and the Ibrahim Foundation, a private grant giving foundation for community projects. An officer cadet in the British Army’s elite airborne infantry reserve, Ibrahim is also an active member of several leading think tank and advocacy groups, including the Aspen Cultural Diplomacy Group, the UK National Defense Association, the International Institute of Strategic Studies, Chatham House, and the Royal United Services Institute for Defense Studies.

 

Media

The Scandal Everybody Seems to Have Missed, The Huffington Post, January 31, 2011

The Biggest Argument Against Staying in  Afghanistan: Somalia, The Huffington Post, September 28, 2010

The Scots tycoon drafted in to save flood-hit Pakistan, The Herald Scotland, September 19, 2010.

A Successful Way to Prevent Future Terrorist Attacks, The Huffington Post, February 12, 2010.

Netcast (audio): Scotland's Prodigy, December 11, 2009.  Click here for Netcast >>

Scholar Advises Obama to Talk to the Taliban, NPR audio interview, December 9, 2009.

Afghanistan's Way Forward Must Include the Taliban, Los Angeles Times, December 9, 2009.

Towering Dubai was sure to topple, Sunday Herald, November 29, 2009.

Why Israel is Safer (from Iran) Than it Might Seem, The Huffington Post, November 20, 2009.

Testing the NATO Alliance: Afghanistan and the Future of Cooperation, Harvard International Review, vol. 31 (2), Summer 2009.

Seeking more private investment is a Nobel cause for universities, The Scotsman, 20 October 2009.

Foreign Students are an Opportunity, Not a Threat, politics.co.uk, June 25, 2009.