Bindu Sharma
Bindu Sharma is the Asia-Pacific Policy Director at the International Centre for Missing and
Exploited Children (ICMEC), a U.S. NGO. Based in Singapore, Ms. Sharma leads the Asia Pacific
efforts of ICMEC, and chairs the Asia Pacific Financial Coalition Against Child Pornography, a
cross-sector partnership with industry, law enforcement and civil society groups.
Ms. Sharma is the author of the book, “Contextualizing CSR in Asia”, a broad survey detailing
the history and practice of corporate social responsibility in 10 Asian countries, published by the
Lien Centre for Social Innovation, Singapore Management University, April 2013. Ms. Sharma
serves on the Advisory Council of the International Centre for Not‐for‐Profit Law (ICNL), USA.
She has previously served on the ICNL Board: from 2004 – 2010, during which time she was
Vice‐Chair from July 2006 to July 2010; and earlier from 1994 – 1997.
Ms. Sharma has consulted for a broad range of international and development organizations in
Asia, Australia and North America. Earlier in her career, Ms. Sharma was based in Washington
DC with Pact, Inc. a U.S. international development organization as the Regional Director for
Asia.
An Indian national, Ms. Sharma started her career in the corporate sector in India. In the last two
decades she has lived and worked in the Hong Kong, Japan, Singapore and the United States.
Ms. Sharma holds Master of Arts degrees, in Public Policy and International Development, from
the Sanford School of Public Policy, Duke University, USA, and in Economics, from the Delhi
School of Economics, Delhi University, India.
Bindu Sharma | Biography | September 2014