 He also advises many family businesses in relation to family governance, risk and sustainable succession planning.Fakhro has a special interest in the matters of Corporate Governance, and is a Founding Board Member of the Pearl Initiative in the Middle East, an initiative developed with the collaboration with the UN office for partnership aiming for transparency and accountability in the private sector.Fakhro has been an active member of the Shura Council (Consultative Council (Bahrain)) since 1992 and the 'First Vice Chairman' for a number of legislative terms.