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  • "Vio Karpenko"

    Head of the National Committee, UWCD '17

  • "Zhooben Bhiwandiwala"

    Mr. Zhooben Bhiwandiwala is currently the Executive Director & CEO – Mahindra Holdings Limited. 

    Zhooben joined the Mahindra Group in 1985, and through a remarkable 38-year career has acquired a wide spectrum of experience across diverse roles in a number of key positions in several business sectors. As a long-standing veteran, he has traversed an interesting path across the Group during the past three decades -- in terms of the diversity of roles, their geographic reach and location, and the industry verticals.

    He has, during this tenure, acquired broad ranging cross-functional experience across several industries, and his active roles have embraced finance, legal, significant cross border M&A, HR, marketing, strategy and other commercial functions.  Zhooben has spent around 7 years on deputation to international assignments in the UK and US, and has, throughout the span of his career, been extensively involved in international operations, incubating/investing in new businesses, start-ups, joint ventures and mergers & acquisitions. He was also an active participant in several Group corporate initiatives and was the Chairman of the HR Academy at the Mahindra Learning University.
     
    Currently, Zhooben is a Director on the Boards of East India Company (UK), Mahindra Holdings, Mahindra Foundation UK, Mumbai Mantra, United World College, Mahindra International School, The Mahindra United World College of India. He is also a member of the Global Advisory Board of i-Probono, UK, and Safe Kids Foundation, India.

    In his earlier role, as President of the Mahindra Partners Division, Zhooben was the Chief architect of the Mahindra Partners division - the $1 Bn Private Equity and Venture Capital division of the Mahindra Group, which was the single window channel for all the Group’s diversified new investments. This Division leveraged the Mahindra Group’s unique strengths of constant innovation, financial prudence and creative business models to incubate new ventures and accelerate value creation through a diversified global portfolio of emergent businesses spanning various industry sectors like Cleantech (Solar), Steel, Retail, Consulting, Healthcare, Boat Manufacturing, Conveyor Systems, AI & Analytics. 

    Zhooben additionally held the position of President -Mahindra Group Legal during this tenure. 

    While professionally qualified as a Chartered Accountant, he has, through these exposures, collected a rich basket of experience and made valuable contributions to the Mahindra Group.
     

  • "Entrevista a egresada de LPC"

  • "Multiculturalidad y Educación"

  • "Apertura del Proceso de Seleccion 2021 - 2023"

  • "Belinda Kinneally"

    Secretary

  • "Jeremy Cooper"

    President

  • "Anne Hawkins"

    Treasurer

  • "Annual Meeting 2024"

    A warm welcome to join UWC Sweden's annual meeting on December 7. We’ll meet in Farsta in Stockholm. Are you in another location? No problem – you can, of course, join via Zoom.

  • "Finance Officer"

    UWC International - London

  • "Celebrating International Volunteer Day"

    Today, 5 December, is International Volunteer Day - a special day to recognise and celebrate volunteers all around the world. 

  • "Deputy Head of College"

    UWC Mahindra College

  • "Särskilt samiskt stipendium till UWC Red Cross Nordic 2025-2027"

    UWC Sverige är glada att kunna meddela att vi denna ansökningsperiod, för skolåren 2025-2027, kan erbjuda ett särskilt stipendium till UWC Red Cross Nordic i Norge för en sökande som identifierar sig som same. Samiska elever som ansöker i år kandiderar precis som alla andra sökanden om UWC Sveriges ordinarie stipendier, men kan vid kallelse till första intervjun indikera att de även önskar beaktas för det samiska stipendiet till UWCRCN. UWC Sveriges ansökningskriterier är samma för hela uttagningsprocessen. 

  • "UWC Nederland is op zoek naar selecteurs voor de selectie van 2025!"

  • "Librarian"

    UWC Maastricht

  • "UWC Georgia Regional visits 2024"

    Expanding the outreach to the Georgian regions thanks to a grant from UWC International. We have already conducted visits to schools and youth centers in Guria and Kakheti.

  • "Multiple Vacancies"

    UWC Thailand

  • "Davis Philanthropies commits 15 million USD annually to support 350 students"

    UWC is thrilled to announce that long-term UWC patrons, Shelby and Gale Davis, are increasing their support for the UWC Dare to Dream scholarship programme.

  • "UWC International Newsletter"

    The latest news and highlights from across the UWC movement

  • "NC Spotlight: UWC Bangladesh"

    Since its humble beginnings in 1993, UWC Bangladesh has grown into a vital platform connecting young changemakers with UWC schools worldwide. Today, the National Committee has a community of over 400 passionate alumni - a number that has tripled in just the last decade. Since 2016, 70 students have received scholarships to attend UWC schools, made possible by the NC’s impressive fundraising efforts, supported by alumni, parents and dedicated organisational partners.