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Samir Sharma has over 10 years experience within the public, private and voluntary sectors. He has worked in the areas of Management Consultancy, beginning with Computer Sciences Corporation in Aerospace & Defence and most recently as a manager with Accenture in their UK Government practice. He has also held various business positions with the prestigious auction house Christie's and held the position of Vice President Business Development in New York. His experience spans the Americas, Europe and Asia.

In 2008, Samir launched Hatched Ideas. His vision for the company is to work with various stakeholders of the community - arts based organisations, charities, private sector organisations, and government agencies - in order to bring the best out of their unique collaboration in the "Coordination of knowledge and effort, in a spirit of harmony, between two or more people, to achieve a definite purpose."

With this in mind he is in the midst of launching the concept of Imagine London. The main ideas is to "Bring communities together to deliver a new vision for the future of London. Where all Londoners can make a difference by working together and committing to building a stronger and better future."

In 2008 Samir supported a consortium led contract to support the Ministry of Public Administration for the Government of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago in moving from developing nation status to developed nation status. Working with a local firm and acting as International Programme Manager, Samir led 7 project managers working on various transformation projects, as well as concentrating on Stakeholder and Communications Management (for all levels in the public service from staff to Ministers); Benefits Management and Change Management.

Another piece of work that Samir supported in 2008 was the overall design of a conference that brought together Social Enterprise and the Private sector for Wavelength 100. Using Open Space Technology and World cafe methodology: Samir devised a conference that ignited the many leaders from industry to collaborate and share their visions and experiences and to learn from each other, towards creating a better future.

In his spare time and over the past 6 years, Samir in his voluntary capacity has supported a number of charities in the USA as well as the UK - one of which is the Consortium for Street Children, in strategic development and fundraising. His passion as an Independent Charity Auctioneer allows him to continue to raise millions for charities across the globe.