Karim Dickie is the Deputy Director of the Asia Forum Executive Committee.
Karim is a Wellington-based public servant with an active interest in global affairs. He is currently a National Board Member of the New Zealand Institute of International Affairs and previously served as Chair of the Institute’s Wellington Branch from 2020 to 2023. He is the Executive Director of the Caribbean Council (NZ), an organisation with a focus on promoting diplomatic, cultural and economic relations between New Zealand and the Caribbean, and a Board Member of the Royal Commonwealth Society in Wellington.
In June 2025 Karim completed serving two terms as the National President of the United Nations Association of New Zealand. He has worked across a range of Government departments and was the Executive Secretary and Protocol Assistant to the Ambassador of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to New Zealand from 2016 to 2017.
Karim studied at Victoria University of Wellington and Massey University, graduating from the former with a Bachelor of Arts degree.
