Jamshed's talents, unceasingly positive outlook and passion for making high-quality health care accessible to the world's neediest people were legendary. His life work's impact on the global public health community was significant and lasting. This is a loss of incalculable dimensions on every level for us, for health workers everywhere, and most importantly for his family. We extend our hearts and prayers to them at this extraordinarily painful time.
Jamshed was intensely focused on the vision of bringing effective, efficient health care services to the most needy and underserved communities, wherever in the world, and however daunting the challenges, might be. As a result of his vision and his efforts, thousands of health care workers serving those populations received training that enabled them to improve their organisation's effectiveness in advocacy, education, prevention and treatment. As a result, literally millions of people around the world received the precious gifts of increased awareness, improved access to health care, and higher quality treatment. The lives that have been saved, and will continue to be saved, are Jamshed Chhor's legacy.
Complementing these exceptional professional accomplishments was a warm, vibrant personality with diverse attributes. Jamshed's warm smile illuminated any room he entered. His uncanny ability to ease virtually any concern that any colleague or partner might raise, and his close attention to the personal well-being of every course participant, will not soon be forgotten. Jamshed was also an accomplished artist; he studied fine arts in Paris and had his paintings exhibited on several occasions. He also enjoyed a passion for cooking.
Jamshed Chhor had worked in management development for last fifteen years in various industries. He came to The Union in 2004 as a consultant responsible for developing systems and procedures in the finance and human resources department. He helped write funding proposals for USAID and other donor agencies, and had extensive experience managing projects in low- and middle-income countries. He also contributed to enhancements of our Asthma Drug Facility.
Prior to joining The Union, he worked in human resources development in India with The EIH Group of Hotels; headed a corporate university; and helped coach and prepare managers for senior positions. He had extensive experience in organising, conducting and facilitating training events, workshops and professional development programmes. He performed training needs analysis, audits and evaluations across cultures in many countries, including Indonesia, India, China, Bangladesh, the Philippines and Egypt. He also worked as a part of a McKinsey reengineering team on various process improvement projects. Jamshed held degrees from universities in Paris, Maastricht (The Netherlands), and India.
Arrangements for a memorial service to honour Jamshed's life and achievements will be announced in the near future.