Founder and President

Sung Joo Kim OBE

Sung Joo is a South Korean entrepreneur and businesswoman. She is the founder and Chief Visionary Officer of Sungjoo Group, and the Chairperson of MCM Holdings AG. She served as the President of the Korean Red Cross from 2014 to 2017.

Sung Joo was selected as a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum in Davos in 1997 and received the Ethics in Business Award from the EU government in 2009. In 2012, she was listed in Forbes’ Top 50 Asian Business Women, selected as one of Asia’s 25 Hottest CEOs by Fortune and invited by the United Nations be part of “Innovation 101” at the Decide Now Act summit.

She is known for being actively involved in promoting women’s leadership, supporting humanitarian causes worldwide and for her outspoken stance against corruption.

THE PAWA TEAM 2021
 
Board of Trustees :
Zehan Albakri – Chair of Trustees/Communications Trustee
Betty Yao – Stewardship Trustee
My Phuong Lecocq – Trustee Treasurer/Finance Trustee
Mei Sim Lai – Finance Trustee
Rahiyah Yahya – Fundraising Trustee
Clare Muhiudeen – Fundraising Trustee
Anna Paik – Projects Trustee
Azlinda Ariffin – Governance Trustee
 
Hon Secretary – Mari Martin
Supporters Secretary – Ying Ching
Corporate Advisor – Diana Chan
Probono Auditor – Gareth Rees

 

Management Committee :
Chair – Kamalakshi Mehta
Immediate Past Chair – Zehan Albakri
Treasurer – Jessica Ma
Committee Members : Mandy Chiu, Youhye Easton and Effie Kuan
 
PAWA Projects Committee :
Chair – Sheila Clarke
Immediate Past Chair – Zehan Albakri
Coordinators : Valeriia Chagnaud, Tina Leong, Lilia Tiria, Veena Vaswani and Mayumi Yamaguchi
 
Communications Team :
Webmaster/Zoom Tech – Ramya Sridatla
Social Media Manager – Pinki Che Cheung
Mailchimp Administrator – Blanca Pozas
Communication Advisor – Carol Chan
 
Trusts and Foundations :  Sophie Zwick