Our Team

Catherine joined Community Business as the Operations Associate, based in Hong Kong, and is responsible for supporting the Operations Team in HR and administration functions.

Prior to Community Business, Catherine worked in tertiary institutions, performing administrative roles to facilitate smooth operation and service delivery of various operation units. She also worked for two overseas government international trade offices and supported client services work of market development and events in Hong Kong and Macau markets.

Catherine holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Hong Kong and a Postgraduate Diploma in Media and Cultural Critique from HKU SPACE. She is native to Cantonese, fluent in English, and speaks Mandarin.

George is the Programme Associate at Community Business, based in India, and is responsible for supporting Community Business’ India campaigns and initiatives.

Prior to Community Business, George was the Thematic Lead for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Pillar at Solidarity Foundation, Bangalore. They worked with working class Gender and Sexual Minority groups, sex workers and Persons Living with HIV in Karnataka. He designed and implemented DE&I workshops, trainings, events and volunteering programs for leading corporates and worked closely with grassroots community leaders. Along with being a DE&I professional, his profile includes fundraising, marketing & communications, and development of organisational processes and systems. Before working as a DE&I professional, George worked as a writer and an illustrator.

George speaks English, Hindi and Malayalam, and understands Kannada and Tamil. George’s preferred pronouns are they/he.

Sarah is the Programme Associate for the LGBTQ+ team at Community Business and is based in Hong Kong. She is responsible for supporting Community Business’ LGBT+ campaign and programmes.

Prior to Community Business, Sarah worked at Midnight Blue as a student intern, an NGO supporting Hong Kong male sex workers, and was responsible for newsletter publications and content creating for social media. She is also a co-producer of a Cantonese podcast show, Gyakutenitoru, discussing Hong Kong social issues through literature, movies and music. She provides technical support for recording sections and sound engineering.

Sarah is a graduate of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology. She is native in Cantonese, fluent in English and Mandarin. Her preferred pronouns are she/her.

Shrey (he/him) is the Programme Associate at Community Business based in Hong Kong. He is responsible for supporting the development and execution of campaigns and strengthening our network. 

Shrey holds a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and Counselling from The University of Hong Kong and is recognised as an HKU Foundation Scholar. During his time at university, Shrey co-founded two student-led organisations at HKU focused on expressive arts and queer youth advocacy. He has undergone a decade of professional training in various dance forms, including Classical Ballet, Jazz, Modern Contemporary and Heels. Shrey has also worked as a company member and instructor at ‘The Danceworx’, a performing arts company based in India. Additionally, Shrey has authored an independent academic research paper titled ‘Homophobia & Society’, which explores the Indian mindset concerning the homosexual population.  

Shrey initially joined Community Business in 2022 as an intern under the LGBTQ+ team and has since been actively involved in campaigns spanning across various teams. 

With a background rooted in the performing arts industry, Shrey brings expertise in event management and execution, complemented by a strong foundation in research. He is fluent in English and Hindi and possesses elementary proficiency in Mandarin. 

Sumit is the Programme Associate at Community Business, based in India. His work mainly revolves around supporting campaigns and initiatives of the organisation.

Prior to Community Business, Sumit has worked as freelance consultant in the field of Gender and Sexuality, Youth, SRHR. He has experience in facilitating trainings and developing modules on these topics. He has also been into film making and has directed short films based on sexual minorities.

He is an India Lead for SAYAN which is an international network for Gender and Sexual Minority.

Sumit is fluent in Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and English. He loves to explore different places and cultures.

Shalini is the founder of Community Business Limited and the organisation’s CEO until mid-2009.  She has advised many companies on corporate social responsibility (CSR) in Asia, diversity and inclusion, work-life balance and corporate community investment.  She has conducted extensive research and written numerous publications on these subjects and is a sought after speaker in Hong Kong and globally. 

Over the years, Shalini was awarded several accolades due to her work in these subjects.  They include the “Chief Executives Commendation for Community Service” by the Hong Kong SAR Government in 2005, “Asia 21 Young Leader” by the United States’ Asia Society and the “35 under 35” list by UK based World Business in 2007.  In 2008, Shalini was awarded an MBE from Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II for services to CSR in Hong Kong.  In 2009, she was honoured by the World Economic Forum as a Global Young Leader. 

In addition to Community Business, Shalini is the founder of The Zubin Foundation, a charity devoted to patient safety and quality of care in hospitals, racial integration and special education needs of local non-Chinese speakers.  She is also founder of HospitalAdvisor, a social enterprise to empower patients with information and to celebrate hospitals that put patient care at the centre of their services.

Dr. Ritu Anand is a pioneer in the field of Human Resources with a career spanning 25+ years. She is a Senior Vice President at Tata Consultancy Services and spearheads TCS' Workplace Diversity initiative and is a member of the Group Diversity Council and the HR Steering Committee at the Tata Group. Her various advisory roles include: Member of Worldwide ERC Global Advisory Council and Advisory Board member of the National HRD Network in Mumbai. She is the Governing Board Member of WILL (Forum for Women in Leadership), that aims at bringing together the collective aspirations, talents, and mentoring of women across corporate India. She is on the Board of Directors at two Tata Group companies and has a doctorate in Psychology.

Paul Choi is Managing Director and Group Head of Human Resources at the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX), where he strategises and oversees all aspects of talent management practices, policies and operations for the organisation. He is a member of the HKEX management committee and reports to the Group CEO. Paul has over 30 years of international experience. Prior to joining HKEX, Paul was managing director in the Human Capital Management (HCM) division of Goldman Sachs in Asia and the Head of Goldman Sachs University and Talent Branding for Asia Pacific region.

Paul worked at a number of multinational organisations including Accenture, JP Morgan and Industrial Bank of Japan in cities including Hong Kong, Shanghai, New York and London. Paul was recognised with an “LGBT+ Inclusion Champion Award” by Community Business in 2016 for his thought leadership in driving LGBT+ inclusion in the workplace and advocating LGBT+ equality in the community. Paul has significantly contributed to winning the bid for Hong Kong to host International Gay Games in 2022.

Paul is also a core member of Hong Kong Marriage Equality and one of the Hong Kong Golden Circle members of Human Rights Watch. Previously, Paul was on the HR Advisory Board of The Women’s Foundation and provided pro-bono Strategy and Business Planning consulting services to not-for-profit organisations including The Women’s Foundation, CareER and Youth Diabetes Action.

 

Helen is a Partner and Head of Employment, Asia at DLA Piper. Helen has been a lawyer for nearly 20 years, having previously worked in Hong Kong, New York and London advising clients on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. She is heavily involved in her firm’s pro bono and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, including being involved in the firm’s international gender balance network, sitting on the Asia ESG committee and co-leading the firm’s international initiative on treating people fairly. 

Helen’s legal practice similarly involves working with employers to help them address key topics for their workforce across Asia around promoting mental wellbeing, diversity, implementing training and development and roll out of policies. Helen and her team also provide pro bono support to charities who are working in areas such as housing, asylum seekers, sustainability, human rights and LGBT+ issues.

Kishore is a director at Greater Asian Advisors Ltd., a professional services firm in Hong Kong where he focuses on helping North American companies enter the Greater China Markets.  Previously, he was a founding shareholder in the ICS group of companies, which were sold in 2012 to a Dutch based group.  During his 22 years at ICS, his responsibilities included the management of their trade and commercial services divisions, as well as providing advice to a number of the firm’s private clients on taxation, corporate structuring, accounting, regulatory and trust related matters.  He has also successfully assisted a broad range of overseas clients in their Greater China expansion strategies.  Prior to joining ICS, Kishore worked in the Leveraged Buyouts department at Citibank Canada and subsequently, in the Mergers & Acquisitions department at Burns Fry Limited.

Kishore currently sits on the Board of the Richard Ivey School of Business in Hong Kong and he is also an advisor to the CEO of Hospital Advisor Ltd., a HK based social enterprise.  Kishore is the past President of the Rotary Club of Hong Kong South and the former Chair of the Indian Resources Group.

Kishore has been involved with Community Business since its inception, and was Board Chair from then until August 2022.

Kishore holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the Richard Ivey School of Business, University of Western Ontario and a Bachelor’s degree from McMaster University.