Sharif Banna MBE is Founder and President of the Geneva-based Sycamore Foundation for Global Leadership, which advises global leaders, governments and international organisations on public diplomacy, soft power, strategic leadership and conflict resolution. An entrepreneur, he leads a global media investment fund, and he is a visiting scholar at the University of Oxford. As a philanthropist focused on the intersection of technology and social impact, he has helped raise more than US$100 million for charitable causes worldwide. He serves on the boards of several research organisations and educational endowments in the UK, the US, Türkiye, Malaysia and Qatar.
Sharif H. Banna
Founding Director, Islamic Institute for Development & Research (IIDR)