Haresh is the co-founder of Kuala Lumpur-based news organisation, Twentytwo13 and is the deputy president of the National Press Club of Malaysia. He was also part of UK’s The Guardian panel of judges to select top 100 footballers in the world in 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022. He has been invited by institutions worldwide to talk about sports and development, and sports diplomacy.