Kareem is the Curator of the Canberra Shapers Hub. He is a public policy adviser, writer and youth advocate with a strong interest in intergenerational economic policy.

Kareem is currently the Adviser on youth affairs to Australia's Minister for Early Childhood Education and Youth, The Hon Dr Anne Aly MP. In this role, Kareem is leading the Australian Government’s policy agenda in the Youth Portfolio which is responsible for engagement with more than 4.7 million young Australians aged 12 to 25 years.

Prior to this role, Kareem was a Senior Government Strategy Consultant at PwC and Policy Adviser in the Australian Government specialising in social and economic policy.

In 2019, Kareem served as Australia’s 21st Youth Representative to the United Nations where he led a nation-wide consultation tour which reached over 10,000 young Australians in every federal electorate. As part of this role, Kareem represented young Australians at the 74th UN General Assembly in New York and published a leading national report on young Australians.

Kareem spent four years as a Non-Executive Director at the Youth Affairs Council of Victoria (YACVic), including as Chair of the Board in 2022.

Kareem holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Melbourne.