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Brit-Gambian gets OBE

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Mr Faal is chair of the diaspora organisation, African Foundation for Development (AFFORD) and founder of RemitAid.  Mr Faal was a university lecturer and has advised governments, diplomats, policymakers and academics all over the world.  

In 2013 he opened the UN High Level Dialogue on Migration and Development alongside the UN Secretary General and he is a panel member of the UK Governments Global Poverty Action Fund.  

Gibril was educated at the Gambia High School and his first job was as a trainee clerk of court at the Supreme Court of The Gambia.  He has been a justice of the peace (JP) for over 10 years sitting as a magistrate in London.

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Mr Faal was nominated for his award by the UK Department for International Development.  

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