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Karim helps organisations navigate complex, high‑stakes decisions by designing and implementing engagement and communications strategies that build confidence, manage risk and support durable outcomes. He acts as a trusted adviser to executive teams and project leaders operating in issue‑rich environments where regulatory scrutiny, community expectations and technical complexity intersect. 

With more than 20 years’ experience across infrastructure, essential services and government, Karim partners with clients to translate complexity into clear narratives, align stakeholders, and enable informed decision‑making at critical moments in the project lifecycle. 

How he Delivers Value: 

• Strategic Engagement & Decision Support:Designing engagement programs that surface insight, test options and strengthen the quality of executive and regulatory decisions. 
• Risk, Issues & Reputation Management:Providing pragmatic advice to anticipate and manage stakeholder, media and community risk on highly visible projects. 
• Complex Program Delivery:Leading end‑to‑end engagement and communications for major infrastructure and policy initiatives, from strategy through to implementation and evaluation. 

Trusted Adviser to Public and Private Sector Clients Karim has advised organisations on some of Australia’s most complex and high‑profile projects, including major water, energy, telecommunications and mining initiatives. His clients include WaterNSW, Ausgrid, Snowy Hydro, Essential Energy, NSW Department of Education, the NSW Telco Authority, Health Infrastructure NSW and the NSW Department of Planning and Environment. 

Karim holds a Bachelor of Science in Architecture and a Master of Arts in Political Science and Development. He is IAP2‑certified and a United Nations alumnus, having worked for the UN for seven years internationally.