Karim is a Strategy Advisor at GIFT.ed and has served with GIFT since 2010, facilitating leadership programmes across 15 countries and running GIFT’s ASEAN office for four years. He holds an MBA from Hong Kong’s Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business and brings two decades of Asia-Pacific business experience to his strategic advisory work.
As Director of Mindful Peak Performance, Karim applies contemplative leadership approaches with senior executives, athletes, and marginalised communities. He earned a Master’s in Teaching Mindfulness from Bangor University and serves as Trustee at Breathworks, a UK-based mindfulness charity specialising in chronic pain management.
Drawing on 17 years’ experience across China’s rapidly evolving business landscape and deep engagement with Asian philosophical traditions, Karim offers unique perspectives on East-West leadership paradigms and cross-cultural strategic thinking in an interconnected yet fractured global environment.