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    SHARIF

    BANNA
    MBE
    P R O F I L E
    SHARIF BANNA MBE is an award winning entrepreneur, Foundation for Global Leadership - a pioneering platform
    philanthropist and scholar. He is Co-Founder and CEO of empowering ethical leaders for exponential impact. Sharif
    Awakening - a global media investment conglomerate is the Chairman of One Family – a UK based charity and
    headquartered in London with offices in the US, Middle East philanthropy foundation which seeks to leverage the pow-
    and South East Asia. The company ideates and produces er of technology to tackle humanitarian challenges and is
    faith inspired and value driven content across diverse sec- directly involved in initiatives combatting human traffick-
    tors and digital platforms and has a market penetration of ing, the refugee crisis and homelessness through innova-
    in over 120 countries. Awakening won the inaugural Global tive tech solutions. These charitable engagements have
    Islamic Economy Award in Dubai audited by Deloitte for the raised over $100 million USD globally. In recognition of his
    world’s best faith inspired and values driven media compa- contribution to civil society, he was one of the youngest re-
    ny. Sharif is listed in IsFin’s 500 most influential people who cipients of a royal award (MBE) from the Queen of England,
    are pioneering the Islamic economy. He is also active as an Her Majesty Elizabeth II.
    investor and board member in global companies across di-
    verse sectors including publishing, edtech, big data, fintech In addition to his entrepreneurial pursuits, Sharif Banna is a
    and strategic communications. Visiting Lecturer at Oxford University and has taught cours-
    es on Ethics and Legal Theory. He is also the Founding Di-
    Sharif previously worked as a Special Advisor to Lord Adam rector of IIDR, a research and educational institute in the
    Patel, a prominent member of the House of Lords, UK and UK and Advisory Board Member of CILE, a think tank based
    has advised the Government of United Kingdom’s Foreign at Hamad Bin Khalifa University at the Qatar Foundation
    & Commonwealth Office, The Libyan Presidency and The and a Board Member of BUVAKIF at Bogazici University in
    Royal Family of Brunei. He is a Senior Partner at Blue Ocean Turkey. He is a graduate and alumni of SOAS, University of
    Advisory, a boutique global public diplomacy consulting London (UK), Inns of Court School of Law (UK) European In-
    firm advising governments, multinationals and NGOs. He is stitute for Humanities and Science (France) and University
    passionate about ethical leadership and transformational of Alexandria (Egypt). He has lectured at conferences and
    social impact through knowledge, entrepreneurship and universities in USA, Sweden, Holland, Indonesia, UAE, Ma-
    leveraging soft power. He is the President of Sycamore laysia, South Africa, Turkey, Australia and New Zealand.

    SHARIF BANNA P R O F I L E
    Receiving royal
    award from HRH
    Prince Charles
    representing the
    Queen of England
    Receiving award
    from the Ruler
    of Dubai Sheikh
    Mohammed bin
    Rashid Al
    Maktoum
    With the UN Secretary General Mr Antonio Guterres With the President of Bosnia Herzegovina Bakir Izetbegovic

    With former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson Teaching law and ethics at Oxford University

    SHARIF BANNA P R O F I L E
    With President of Turkey With HH Sheikha Moza Bint With former Malaysian Prime Minister
    Recep Tayyip Erdogan Nasser of Qatar Tun Abdullah Badawi

    With former Prime Minister of Nepal


    With football legend David Beckham OBE With former boxer David Haye MBE Madhav Kumar

    SHARIF BANNA P R O F I L E
    With former British Prime Minsiter With former German Chancellor With former Prime Minister of Pakistan
    Theresa May Gerhard Schroeder Shaukat Aziz

    With Nobel Peace Laureate Prof Muhammad Yunus With former President of Columbia Andres Pastrana

    SHARIF BANNA P R O F I L E
    With former Chancellor of Germany With Prime Minister of Somalia With Prime Minister of Libya
    Angela Merkel Hassan Ali Khaire Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh

    With former Prime Minsiter of Italy Silvio Berlusconi With former Prime Minister of Spain Jose Zapatero

    SHARIF BANNA P R O F I L E
    With former British Prime Minister David With Malaysian Prime Minister With Sandiago Uno, Minister of Tourism
    Cameron at 10 Downing Street Anwar Ibrahim and Creative Economy, Indonesia

    With Vice President of Libya HE Abdullah


    Al-Lafi in negotiations with US President’s With former President of Pakistan With Mayor of London Sadiq Khan and
    Special Envoy to Libya Dr Arif Alvi Liverpool football legend Ian Rush

    SHARIF BANNA P R O F I L E

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