 In 2011, Jafar was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and is co-chair of the Forum's Family Business Community, a member of their Stewardship Board on Economic Progress.In May 2015, Badr Jafar was appointed by the United Nations Secretary General onto the High Level Panel on Humanitarian Financing, formed "to address the increasing gap between resources and financing for the world's ever-increasing humanitarian needs.