Osman Haneef

Osman leads the Incubator at London Business School and supports the entrepreneurial programmes run by the Institute of Entrepreneurship and Private Capital (IEPC) at LBS. At LBS, he sits on the Investment Committee of the Impact Fund and launched the Investor-in-Residence programme, which connects founders with investors across stages and sectors to help them navigate the fundraising process.

He has advised start-ups and founders as a former UK Director of the Founder Institute, one of the world’s largest pre-seed accelerators. Previously, Osman was Country CEO at MILVIK (BIMA), one of the world’s leading microinsurance and telehealth organizations. He oversaw the development and launch of BIMA’s products and operations in an emerging market, scaling the business to a team of 1,200 employees providing services to more than 3 million customers.

He is an award-winning novelist and has written for international publications on start-up ecosystems in emerging markets. He was selected as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2017. Osman holds an MBA and an MA in International Relations from Yale University.