Mr. Lutfey Siddiqi is Special Envoy of the head of the interim government of Bangladesh, with the rank of cabinet minister.

He is also a visiting professor-in-practice at  the London School of Economics and an adjunct professor at the National University of Singapore. He is a member of the advisory boards of LSE Systemic Risk Centre, LSE IDEAS, LSE Inclusion Initiative and the Centre for Governance and Sustainability (CGS) at NUS business school.

He was previously Global Head of Emerging Markets for Foreign Exchange, Rates & Credit at UBS Investment Bank where he was also the founding head of UBS Knowledge Network. Prior to that, he was a Managing Director at Barclays Bank in charge of a business-line across Asia Pacific.

He is currently a member of the Global Future Council (GFC) of Innovative Financing for Nature and Climate (2025-2026), and was previously a member of the GFC on the Future of Philanthropy for Climate and Nature (2023-2024).