Dame Zarine Kharas DBE (born June 1951) is the co-founder, with

Anne-Marie Huby Anne-Marie Paule Monique Huby (born November 1966) is a Belgian businesswoman, the co-founder, with Zarine Kharas, of Justgiving, a global online giving platform. Huby started her career as a radio journalist in Belgium, before becoming head of t ...

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Justgiving JustGiving is a global online social platform for giving. The firm's headquarters are located in Bankside, London. History In 2000, Zarine Kharas and Anne-Marie Huby founded JustGiving, (initially clickforaction.com) a company to provide on ...

, a global online giving platform. Kharas was born on June 1951, in a Parsi family and grew up in

Karachi, Pakistan Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

, the daughter of a civil engineer father and a housewife mother. She came to the UK to study law at Cambridge and remained. She worked for Lawrence Graham and Linklaters & Paines, both solicitor firms specialising in corporate and financial law. She then joined Credit Suisse First Boston (CSFB). When the head of CSFB, Hans-Joerg Rudloff, left to start his own investment banking operation, MC Securities, she followed him. Later she went back to her law firm roots, working with Simmons & Simmons. After which she and Huby started

JustGiving JustGiving is a global online social platform for giving. The firm's headquarters are located in Bankside, London. History In 2000, Zarine Kharas and Anne-Marie Huby founded JustGiving, (initially clickforaction.com) a company to provide on ...

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Honours

In 2015, she was made a

Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

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1951 births Living people Parsi people Alumni of the University of Cambridge Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire Date of birth missing (living people) People from Karachi British businesspeople British people of Parsi descent Pakistani Zoroastrians Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom British businesspeople of Pakistani descent British Zoroastrians Pakistani emigrants to the United Kingdom {{UK-business-bio-stub