About
Lutfey Siddiqi is a Visiting Professor-in-Practice at the London School of Economics (LSE IDEAS) and Adjunct Professor at the National University of Singapore (Risk Management Institute & NUS Business School).
From September 2024 to February 2026, he served as Special Envoy of Bangladesh’s interim government (at Minister-equivalent rank), leading initiatives in economic diplomacy, trade & investment, labour reforms, and inter-ministerial coordination.
Lutfey is a member of the advisory boards of LSE Systemic Risk Centre, LSE Inclusion Initiative, NUS Centre for Governance and Sustainability, and Women Political Leaders (WPL) .
A former member of the LSE Court of Governors, investment committee and health & safety assurance committee, he is now an Emeritus Governor of LSE. Previously, he served on the boards of ShareAction, UWC Atlantic College, New City College London, and CFA Singapore.
A former Managing Director at UBS Investment Bank and member of its executive committee for Foreign Exchange, Rates and Credit, he led emerging markets globally, founded the UBS Knowledge Network, and served on the UBS Group Sustainability Council.
He earlier ran businesses across Asia-Pacific for UBS and Barclays from Singapore.
Recognised as a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader (2012), he has served on WEF global future councils since 2014 - including as co-chair of the council on Investing in Gender Parity and as co-curator of the Transformation Map for Banking and Capital markets.
Lutfey designs and delivers cross-disciplinary courses in economics, finance, emerging markets, risk management, ESG investing, geo-politics and economic diplomacy - connecting macro themes with practitioner challenges in leadership and governance.
He has an extensive presence in global media.