Zarine Kharas Explained

Zarine Kharas
Honorific Suffix:DBE
Birth Place:Karachi, Pakistan
Nationality:British
Education:University of Cambridge
Occupation:Co-founder, Justgiving

Dame Zarine Kharas DBE (born June 1951) is a British businesswoman, and the co-founder, with Anne-Marie Huby, of Justgiving, an online giving platform.

Biography

Kharas was born in June 1951,[1] in a Parsi family and grew up in Karachi, Pakistan, the daughter of a civil engineer father and a housewife mother.[2]

She came to the UK to study law at Cambridge and remained. She worked for Lawrence Graham and Linklaters & Paines, both solicitor firms specialising in corporate and financial law. She then joined Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). When the head of CSFB, Hans-Joerg Rudloff, left to start his own investment banking operation, MC Securities, she followed him. Later she went back to her law firm roots, working with Simmons & Simmons. After which she and Huby started JustGiving.[3]

Honours

In 2015, she was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: JUSTGIVING FOUNDATION. Companies House. 29 July 2015.
  2. News: Blackhurst. Chris. JustGiving's co-founder has good cause to make a profit. 13 June 2015. ES. 16 March 2011.
  3. https://www.standard.co.uk/business/markets/justgivings-cofounder-has-good-cause-to-make-a-profit-6578095.html Profile
  4. News: Treanor. Jill. High-profile figures in business and finance named in the honours list. 13 June 2015. The Guardian. 12 June 2015.