Sub-committee Members of SOPA Awards

Zoher Abdoolcarim

Zoher Abdoolcarim was appointed Asia Editor of TIME International in June 2008. One of Asia's most well-known and experienced journalists, Zoher has traveled the region, as a reporter and editor, for more than 25 years. He joined AsiaWeek in 1980, and spent a total of 16 years there rising through the ranks to managing editor. When AsiaWeek ceased publication in 2001, Zoher moved over to TIME Asia as a senior editor.

From 1993-1996, Zoher was the Economics Editor and Assistant Managing Editor at Asian Business, a Singapore-owned business magazine. He has also had reporting stints as a foreign correspondent in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei and the Philippines.

An ethnic Indian, Zoher was born and raised in Hong Kong. He holds a Journalism Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and lives in Hong Kong with his wife and son. Zoher's family has been in Hong Kong since the 19th century. He becomes TIME's first Asia editor who is a native of Hong Kong.