Harris Bokhari

Harris Bokhari
AwardsDiversity Champion of the Year Award 2018.

Harris Bokhari OBE is the founder and a trustee[1] at the Patchwork Foundation, for which he won the Diversity Champion of the Year Award in early 2018.[2] The Patchwork Foundation promotes the positive integration of disadvantaged and minority communities into British democracy and civil society."[3]

Bokhari is a Diversity Champion and is a member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group,[4] which will shape, influence and guide the delivery of the Mayor of London's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.[5] He is also an independent member of the "Community and Voluntary Service" of the Honours Committee[6] and is credited to help increase diverse representation for the awards.[7] Bokhari is a member of the National Assessment Committee of the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service, which plays a key role in the awards process.[8]

Conservative Party campaign strategist Sir Lynton Crosby, who is a patron of Patchwork,[9] described Bokhari as "Captain Networker".[10]

Bokhari was appointed by the Prime Minister on 11 May 2020 as a trustee of the Natural History Museum, making him one of only three Muslim trustees in major British museums, and currently the only British-born Muslim.[11][12]

On 10 July 2023, it was announced that Bokhari was appointed chair of the National Citizen Service Trust for a 3 year term starting 12 July 2023.[13]

  1. ^ "Trustees". Patchwork Foundation. 2018-10-16. Archived from the original on 2019-04-21. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  2. ^ "'Champions of our democracy' announced at the National Democracy Week Awards". GOV.UK.
  3. ^ "About us". Patchwork Foundation. 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2019-01-30.
  4. ^ Matterson, Clare (2020-08-18). "Reopening, Reviewing and Recruiting – keeping up the pace on Diversity and Inclusion". Blogs from the Natural History Museum. Retrieved 2022-05-14.
  5. ^ "Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Advisory Group". London City Hall. 2019-02-05. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  6. ^ "Honours committees". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2019-07-25.
  7. ^ "Record number of Muslims recognised by the Queen in New Year's Honours list". www.geo.tv. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  8. ^ "Awards process". Queen's Award for Voluntary Service. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
  9. ^ "Patrons". Patchwork Foundation. Oct 16, 2018. Archived from the original on January 14, 2019. Retrieved January 14, 2019.
  10. ^ "Mosaic Board Member Harris Bokhari OBE named amongst London's most influential figures". Mosaic. Sep 14, 2016.
  11. ^ "The Prime Minister has appointed Harris Bokhari and Yadvinder Malhi as Trustees of the Natural History Museum". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  12. ^ "UK govt appoints British Muslims - Harris Bokhari, Ismail Amla - to major positions". www.thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
  13. ^ "Harris Bokhari OBE appointed as Chair of the National Citizen Service Trust". GOV.UK. Retrieved 2023-07-10.