He is a renowned social innovator and philanthropist. Since his career switch from surgery to philanthropy in 1997, Dr. Cheema has had an unusually diverse career as a senior executive, advisor and a non-executive director, in both nonprofit and corporate sectors. During the course of his career, he has put his mark on a number of social initiatives, managed medium to large grant programs and worked closely with world leaders, grantmaking foundations, and businesses to design strategic giving and investing models.