Durreen Shahnaz
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Durreen Shahnaz

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Durreen Shahnaz, a Bangladeshi-American entrepreneur, is the CEO and founder of Impact Investment Exchange (IIX). A global leader of social impact and impact investing, she is a 2017 Oslo Business for Peace Award Honoree (often referred to as the ‘Nobel Prize for Business’), a financial rainmaker in Forbes 50 over 50 and an Asia Society Game Changer Awardee. Drawing from a rich career through which she broke down walls and built bridges to connect the backstreets of underserved communities to the Wall Streets of the world, Shahnaz’s work has helped thousands of entrepreneurs, investors, governments and impact stakeholders around the world play a role in sustainable development and women’s empowerment. Shahnaz continues on her mission to build a more inclusive and sustainable world by bringing underserved women to the forefront of capital markets. More at iixglobal.com and defiantoptimist.com
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