Candidate Profile Candidate Profile KISHORE KUNDANMAL SAKHRANI

Board Chair

Community Business Limited

Professional Experience:

Mr. Kishore Sakhrani was a director of a licensed trust company for over 20 years. He focused on helping North American and European companies enter the Hong Kong and China markets by providing a range of accounting, tax and financial services in Hong Kong and China. An important part of this role was to promote the use of Hong Kong as a regional financial centre. He acted as a professional trustee and dealt with an international group of high net worth families. For almost 20 years, he was a Responsible Officer for an SFC licensed investment firm with Type 4, 6 & 9 licenses and was directly responsible for dealing with the portfolios of a broad base of international clients as well as managing the business. Mr. Sakhrani sold his businesses in 2012 and currently focuses on charitable endeavours.

Voluntary Contribution to Hong Kong:

• Board Chair of Community Business Limited, an NGO that focuses on corporate social responsibility issues in Hong Kong and regionally.

• CFO of Shelterbox Hong Kong Limited. A registered charity that focuses on international disaster relief.

• Board Member of the Ivey Asia Advisory Board for the Richard Ivey School of Business in Hong Kong.

• Past President of Rotary Club of HK South. He focuses on fund raising activities for the club’s charitable endeavours.

Quote from Spencer Stuart Hong Kong: Kishore, a Diocesan Boys School graduate who spent his entire career in financial services, calls Hong Kong home. Kishore recently sold his family trust business in which he promoted Hong Kong as a financial centre for North American businesses. An active volunteer to many causes in Hong Kong, Kishore is Founding Board Director of Community Business and on the board of other worthwhile causes. An articulate and experienced board member.

DR. NAUBAHAR SHARIF

Associate Professor

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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Gender: Male

No. of years in Hong Kong: 42

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Dr. Naubahar Sharif is an Associate Professor at The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) with nearly 20 years of experience in innovation and technology development. He has published many peer-reviewed articles and book chapters in highly respected academic journals and has written numerous pieces for online journals, newspapers, and magazines. He has been awarded over HK$3 million in competitive funding from HKUST, the Hong Kong Government and the World Bank. At HKUST, he serves on numerous administrative committees and on scientific committees outside of HKUST. As a member of a HKUST team, he consulted for the Innovation and Technology Commission (ITC) from 2006–2010. He has won a ‘Best Teacher Award’ in HKUST’s School of Humanities and Social Sciences, and has also been a shortlisted candidate for the university-wide Michael Gale Award for Distinguished Teaching. He earned a Masters of Arts and PhD degrees in Science and Technology Studies at Cornell University, and completed an Executive Education Program from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Voluntary Contribution to Hong Kong:

• Dr. Sharif is Honorary Associate Professor in the Hong Kong Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

• Through HKUST he has spoken to local ethnic minorities about higher education in Hong Kong.

• For the past two years, he has judged the annual speech festival at a local government-aided school.

• He speaks regularly at Hong Kong secondary schools.

• Dr. Sharif has been an Associate Member of the Hong Kong Forum since 2007.

Quote from Spencer Stuart Hong Kong:

Naubahar is Hong Kong born, and is an Associate Professor who specialises in Innovation and Technology at the University of Science and Technology. Highly recognised for his academic work, Naubahar speaks fluent Cantonese. Naubahar has authored articles and book chapters on areas of his expertise and has been awarded for his exemplary teaching.

Ethnicity:

Gender: Female

No. of years in Hong Kong: 51

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