Karim Palant
Karim Palant
Director External Affairs
BVCA
Karim is Director of External Affairs at the BVCA, where he leads the Public Affairs, Communications and Research functions.
Karim and his colleagues tell the story of private capital through high-impact engagement with policymakers, stakeholders and the media.
Karim also oversees the BVCA’s agenda-setting research programme, which includes the Performance Measurement Survey - the largest primary research survey of its kind in the UK, and the annual Report on Investment Activity.
He has two decades of experience in tech and economic policy. From 2015, he led public policy and economic impact work at major tech firms - at LinkedIn and previously Facebook. Earlier in his career, he served as Head of Policy to the Shadow Chancellor.
Karim studied PPE at the University of Oxford, following his education at Calderstones Comprehensive School in Liverpool.
