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RUSTOM JOKHI

Managing Director, SF Jokhi & Co Ltd., Hong Kong

                                          Rustom Jokhi is one of Hong Kong’s
                                                                                                                          most respected and successful business
                                                                                                                     leaders renowned for his business acumen
                                                                                                                     and visionary leadership.

                                                                                                                     Born in 1961, he obtained his Degree
                                                                                                                     in Economics, majoring in Accounting
                                                                                                                     and Finance, from the University of
                                                                                                                     Buckingham, UK, in 1986. His prolific
                                                                                                                     career started when he joined Citicorp
                                                                                                                     Scrimgeour Vickers in its Investment
                                                                                                                     Banking Department and later moved on
                                                                                                                     and set up SF Jokhi & Co Ltd in 1992 in
                                                                                                                     Hong Kong, dealing in raw cotton.

                                                                                                                     Over the years he has added new
                                                                                                                     dimension to the company and
                                                                                                                     proved himself to be the master of the
                                                                                                                     unexpected. Today SF Jokhi & Co Ltd is a
                                                                                                                     dynamic enterprise.

                                                                                                                     Hailing from a family known for its charity
                                                                                                                     works and being the son of philanthropist
                                                                                                                     Keki Jokhi and nephew of late Shapoorji
                                                                                                                     Fakirji Jokhi who bestowed their wealth in
                                                                                                                     their homeland India, he has endeavoured
                                                                                                                     to walk in the footsteps of his famous
                                                                                                                     forebearers and supports the noblest of
                                                                                                                     causes around the world.

                                                                                                                     His family provides support to the
                                                                                                                     Ruttonjee Hospital, Red Cross and
                                                                                                                     Save the Children, among others, and
                                                                                                                     contributes both materially and with its
                                                                                                                     time and energy.

                                                                                                                     Rustom also sits on the Board of the
                                                                                                                     Zoroastrian Trust Funds of Hong Kong,
                                                                                                                     Canton and Macao as a Trustee.

                                                                                                                     His belief in the philosophy that “giving is
                                                                                                                     better than receiving” is admirable. He is
                                                                                                                     involved in different charitable initiatives
                                                                                                                     and projects around the world, some of
                                                                                                                     which have already come to fruition and
                                                                                                                     the rest will be completed in the next few
                                                                                                                     years.

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