Hanafi Fraval is the current Chair of Subud California, having been elected at the 2022 Regional Congress.
Hewas opened 56 years ago at Coombe Springs, England. He has been both a center helper and a national helper. He has served Subud in numerous capacities, including as current and former (1996 – 2000) chair of SES USA. He is currently a member of Subud California at Los Angeles.
Hanafi has a creative approach with strong development expertise and financial abilities. He holds a bachelor degree in electrical engineering and a master’s in physics (electro-optics and laser science). He has spent the past 15 years on environment-positive technologies, such as novel low-energy building materials and biomass waste-to-energy conversion. He has worked as a business consultant and property developer, and has founded and sold two high-tech companies. He later held the position of CEO in a London-listed public company in the UK, operating a chain of nursing homes. There he developed a blueprint for a novel senior-living concept.
While living in the UK, Hanafi was the CEO of Anugraha, the International Center that Subud built, but was unable to keep due to cost overruns. He was also a board member of the Subud UK enterprise development company, Sinar Enterprise Development (SED), for 12 years.