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Harris Bokhari
Harris Bokhari OBE is the founder and a trustee at the Patchwork Foundation, for which he won the Diversity Champion of the Year Award in early 2018. The Patchwork Foundation promotes the positive integration of disadvantaged and minority communities into British democracy and civil society."
Bokhari is a Diversity Champion and is a member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group, which will shape, influence and guide the delivery of the Mayor of London's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. He is also an independent member of the "Community and Voluntary Service" of the Honours Committee and is credited to help increase diverse representation for the awards. Bokhari is a member of the National Assessment Committee of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, which plays a key role in the awards process.
Conservative Party campaign strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, who is a patron of Patchwork, described Bokhari as "Captain Networker".
Bokhari was appointed by the Prime Minister on 11 May 2020 as a trustee of the Natural History Museum, making him one of only three Muslim trustees in major British museums, and currently the only British-born Muslim.
On 10 July 2023, it was announced that Bokhari was appointed chair of the National Citizen Service Trust for a 3 year term starting 12 July 2023.
Bokhari grew up in Epsom, Surrey and was active in community events and helping people from a young age. He is of Pakistani descent. His Punjabi-born father was the first British Muslim to run a secondary school in the UK; he was headteacher of Ernest Bevin College and was awarded an OBE for services to education in the 2001 Birthday Honours. Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member Hina Bokhari is his older sister.
Bokhari graduated from Imperial College, London in 1999 with a BSc in Mathematics and was awarded their Distinguished Alumni Award 2020. Bokhari is a chartered accountant and is a tax and financial advisor. He has worked for PwC, KPMG and Baker Tilly, and is currently an Independent Financial Advisor.
He regularly writes for the Evening Standard, The Independent and Times Educational Supplement.
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Harris Bokhari
Harris Bokhari OBE is the founder and a trustee at the Patchwork Foundation, for which he won the Diversity Champion of the Year Award in early 2018. The Patchwork Foundation promotes the positive integration of disadvantaged and minority communities into British democracy and civil society."
Bokhari is a Diversity Champion and is a member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group, which will shape, influence and guide the delivery of the Mayor of London's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy. He is also an independent member of the "Community and Voluntary Service" of the Honours Committee and is credited to help increase diverse representation for the awards. Bokhari is a member of the National Assessment Committee of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, which plays a key role in the awards process.
Conservative Party campaign strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, who is a patron of Patchwork, described Bokhari as "Captain Networker".
Bokhari was appointed by the Prime Minister on 11 May 2020 as a trustee of the Natural History Museum, making him one of only three Muslim trustees in major British museums, and currently the only British-born Muslim.
On 10 July 2023, it was announced that Bokhari was appointed chair of the National Citizen Service Trust for a 3 year term starting 12 July 2023.
Bokhari grew up in Epsom, Surrey and was active in community events and helping people from a young age. He is of Pakistani descent. His Punjabi-born father was the first British Muslim to run a secondary school in the UK; he was headteacher of Ernest Bevin College and was awarded an OBE for services to education in the 2001 Birthday Honours. Liberal Democrat London Assembly Member Hina Bokhari is his older sister.
Bokhari graduated from Imperial College, London in 1999 with a BSc in Mathematics and was awarded their Distinguished Alumni Award 2020. Bokhari is a chartered accountant and is a tax and financial advisor. He has worked for PwC, KPMG and Baker Tilly, and is currently an Independent Financial Advisor.
He regularly writes for the Evening Standard, The Independent and Times Educational Supplement.