Hassan Damluji
Hassan Damluji | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| Education | University of Oxford, Harvard University |
| Occupation | Non-profit |
| Organization | Global Nation |
| Spouse | Anna Jewsbury |
| Relatives | Maysoon Al-Damluji (her nephew) |
| Website | https://globalnation.world/ |
Hassan Damluji (Arabic: حسن الدملوجي) is a British-Iraqi[1] development expert and author. He is the co-founder[2] of the think-tank Global Nation,[3] which focuses on improving international cooperation to tackle issues like climate change and pandemics.[3] He is a senior fellow at the London School of Economics,[4] and formerly Deputy Director at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.[5] He is the author of The Responsible Globalist, published by Penguin Allen Lane in 2019.[6]
Biography
Damluji was born in London as Hassan Al-Damluji. He later changed his name, removing the epithet "Al".
Son of Saad Al-Damluji (1952-2006)[7] who was originally from Baghdad [8]. His father moved to the UK in 1970, and married his mother Mary Keane, from Ireland, in 1978.[7]
He is the nephew of the Iraqi politician and women's rights campaigner Maysoon Al-Damluji.
He married Anna Jewsbury[9]
Damluji is a board member of the Lives & Livelihoods Fund, a $2.5 billion fund. Gulf News described the fund as the "largest ever Middle-East based, fully-multilateral development initiative” [10]
As of 2020, he was the Deputy Director of Global Policy and Advocacy for Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.[11]
Published works
His book The Responsible Globalist: What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism was published in 2019.[12]
Awards
He has been named every year since 2015[13] as one of the 100 most influential Arabs under 40, by Arabian Business.[14]
References
- ↑ "Applying business sense to philanthropy in the Gulf". The National. Archived from the original on 12 November 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
- ↑ "Global Nation co-founder on global solidarity: The world is in a danger zone". CNBC. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- 1 2 Mundy, Simon (30 October 2023). "Lessons from the desert for green investors". Financial Times. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "Hassan Damluji Authors | Devex". www.devex.com. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
- ↑ "Employee Profiles". Gates Foundation. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ "Hassan Damluji". www.penguin.co.uk. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- 1 2 "Saad Al-Damluji | RCP Museum". history.rcp.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 July 2026.
- ↑ "A travel ban won't prevent extremism". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ↑ "By appointment only: the most exclusive jewellery salons in London". Evening Standard. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ↑ "Bill Gates teams up with Gulf states to fight poverty". Gulf News. Retrieved 7 August 2017.
- ↑ "INTERVIEW: Bill Gates, vaccines and the fight against COVID-19". Arab News. Archived from the original on 12 July 2026. Retrieved 13 July 2026.
- ↑ "Penguin Books". Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ "What Citizens of the World Can Learn from Nationalism". London School of Economics and Political Science. Retrieved 19 September 2019.
- ↑ "100 Most Powerful Arabs Under 40". Arabian Business. Retrieved 21 March 2016.