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| Gibril FAAL |
Founder of RemitAid™
Remittance Tax Relief for International Development, London |
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Gibril Faal is a multidisciplinary
practitioner with an eclectic professional background. He has led projects and written papers on a
wide range of political economy, business management and international development themes.
He has been a management consultant, business adviser and University lecturer for over 15
years – working on private, public and charitable sector development.
In the past 5 years, whilst on a Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-funded project, he
was one of the pioneers of social enterprise business support delivery in the UK. He is a Director
at GK Partners – a UK-based consultancy specialising on: multiple bottom line business planning
& development; corporate responsibility & governance; and implementing social enterprise
& ethical business models.
In June 2006, he was appointed to undertake the independent impact evaluation of University
of Oxford’s Centre for Migration, Policy and Society (COMPAS). He is the founder of RemitAid™ - the
programme for ‘Remittance Tax Relief for International Development’.
He is also the Chairman of the African Foundation for Development (AFFORD), a UK-based
charity which works to extend and enhance the role Diasporas play in African development.
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| Gibril Faal participated in the
Migration and Governance roundtable on Thursday 16 November from 14.00 to
17.00. |
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