Iqbal Z. Quadir, Founder and Director
Iqbal Z. Quadir is the founder and director of the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), which promotes bottom-up entrepreneurship in developing countries. In the 1990s, Quadir founded GrameenPhone, which provides effective telephone access throughout Bangladesh.
Michael F. Maltese, Managing Director
Michael F. Maltese is the Managing Director of the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT. Maltese joined MIT in 2006 as a Visiting Scholar in the program on developmental entrepreneurship, and in 2007 he was appointed Lecturer at the Institute.
Anna Omura, Operations Manager
Anna Omura is the Operations Manager at the Legatum Center for Development and Entrepreneurship at MIT.
Omura lived in West Africa where she was a Natural Resource Management Extension Agent for the Peace Corps. Her work there included identifying and implementing environmental and entrepreneurial projects with farmers in rural communities. She also managed agro-forestry projects, agricultural product development and marketing, and the establishment of a health clinic. She assisted in the revamping of the national Natural Resource Management program for Peace Corps Togo. Previously Omura was a founding partner in Breaking the Mold Candle Company. She helped grow Breaking the Mold into a company with corporate and franchise stores, a manufacturing plant, and a wholesale division. She was responsible for the operations and management of the manufacturing and distribution facility as well as product development and marketing. Before joining the Legatum Center, Omura handled the Intellectual Property licensing department for the Good Deed Foundation, a not-for-profit organization, where she also worked in product development. Omura is a magna cum laude graduate of Boston University, where she studied public relations.
