There are two kinds of conversations: those that converge to a natural end and those that expand into all sorts of subjects and experiences. A conversation with Karim Sumar, National Merchandise Manager at Caltex Australia, is of the latter kind.
Karim was born in Tanzania and immigrated to Australia with his parents and younger sister from Kenya in the early 1980’s. He was only 18 years old and had just finished high school.
“One of my first jobs when still at school in Kenya was to work in an ice cream shop …
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Karim is also an active member of a number of industry groups and has been a Board member of the Australasian Association of Convenience Stores (AACS) for the past several years. He and his wife Ambreen now have three boys aged 5, 13 and 15 and he says his family is always his first priority. After that comes his work at Caltex and his extensive community work with the AKDN, which is the Aga Khan Development Network.
“I have been working as a volunteer with the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) for over twenty years.
Read here: Helping without being a hero – Face Time – Mar/Apr 2010 – Convenience & Impulse Retailing.
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