Shahir Chowdhury is an entrepreneur reimagining education in Bangladesh and beyond. After 16 years in the UK across leadership roles at Barclays and HSBC, he returned to Bangladesh to found Shikho, an EdTech platform democratizing access to quality learning. Shikho was featured on the Forbes Asia 100 to Watch and has raised over $8M from global investors including Learn Capital, Wavemaker Partners, and Goodwater Capital. In 2023, Shahir was selected as a Bloomberg Catalyst for advancing equitable education.