Sahar hashemi biography of william

British businesswoman

Sahar HashemiOBE (born 1967) is a British businesswoman, best known as the co-founder of the coffee chain Coffee Republic and confectionery brand Skinny Candy.

She recently co-chaired the UK government Scale Up Taskforce^[1] shaping government policy towards growing SMEs. She currently sits on the board of the Scale Up Institute,^[2] and the advisory board of the ECB HUNDRED Cricket Competition and Change Please Coffee,^[3] a social enterprise that trains and hires homeless people to run coffee bars. 

In 2022 she launched Buy Women Built^[4][5] a campaign to bring consumer recognition to women built brands in the UK.

 She was a judge at the 2020 Entrepreneur of the Year Awards.^[6]

Early life and career

Sahar Hashemi attended City of London School for Girls, obtaining a corporation exhibition scholarship.

She studied law at the University of Bristol. Upon graduation,