Bangladesh Caters

Association

(BCA) Umbrella organization ofapproximately 12,000 BritishBangladeshi restaurants across theUK. The BCA has been representingthe Bangladeshi curry industry for 51years.

British BangladeshChamber of Commerce

(BBCC) Established in 1991 topromote, protect and strengthen bi-lateral trade and commercebetween Bangladesh and the UnitedKingdom and between them and theEuropean Community. The BBCChas established its reputation as a champion of BritishBangladeshi businesses.

London Muslim Centre

(LMC) The LMC promotes social,cultural, spiritual and economicenhancement of the wholecommunity from a Muslimperspective and sits at the heart ofthe Bangladeshi community in TowerHamlets, East London.

Greater Sylhet Development and Welfare

Council in the UK(GSC) A charity organisation working for the welfare ofBritish Bangladeshi people living in the UK who originatefrom the district of Sylhet. Sylheti’s make up 90% ofBangladeshi’s in Britain.

London Bangla Press Club

(LBPC) London Bangla Press Club was established in 1993.The Press Club is a professional British Bangladeshiorganisation for journalists and is located in London. Itsmembership consists of journalists of Bangladeshi originwho are residents of the United Kingdom involved in thejournalistic, press, publishing or broadcasting sector.

London Tigers

Community & Sports An award-winning sports andcommunity organisation reaching across London under theleadership of CEO Mesba Ahmed. With over 100employees and volunteers from over 20 nationalities, it hasjust celebrated its 25th anniversary. London Tigers’ work onimproving health and fitness awareness in Bangladeshiwomen is particularly notable.

Oldham Bangladeshi Association

(OBA) The OBA plays a vital role in serving and supportingthe local community and is now located in the purpose builtMillennium Cultural Centre with community offices andcounselling rooms, as well as conference and trainingfacilities.

Mitalee Youth Organisation

Community & Youth Mitalee Youth Organisation is a Lutonbased project tackling social exclusion through sports anddoes not shy away from addressing hard hitting issues facingthe community it serves.

APASENTH

Specialist Care Organisation APASENTH has beensuccessfully providing services to people with disabilitiessince 1984. It is known as one of the leading Bangladeshiorganisations working for people with learning and multipledisabilities, their careers and parents, in East London.

BritBangla

Professional Network BritBangla promotes talent and drawsattention to the contribution of Bengalis in British society. Itis a national networking association that brings togethersecond and third generation Bengali professionals and hasbuilt a reputation for its social, cultural, careers andnetworking events. Its membership reaches in thethousands.

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Politics and Policy Education, Culture and Sports Catering Industry Media Community and Voluntary OrganisationsWomen Entrepreneur and Business Brand

Iqbal Ahmed OBE

Chairman and Chief Executive of theSeamark PLC This Manchester basedbusinessman built his fortunes onseafood companies, the group hasbranches all over the world. One ofthe richest men in the UK, he is thehighest ranked British Bangladeshi

featured in The Sunday Times Rich List. He was awarded anOBE in 2001 for his services to international trade.

Shelim Hussain MBE

Founder and Managing Director ofEuro Foods (UK) Limited Thearchitect of his own fortune, Shelimstarted his business with an initialcapital of £20, the annual turnoverstands at an impressive £80 million.He was awarded Personality of theYear at the British Curry Awards 2011 and received an MBEin 2003 for services to business in Wales.

Muquim Ahmed

Founder of the Cafe Naz group ofrestaurants and property investorMuquim’s business assets are worthin the region of £35 million. He iscurrently building a foodmanufacturing branch of his businessand leading a campaign to get the

government to create a “curry university” to train Britishunemployed people in the spicy arts.

Prof Andy Miah (BA, MPhil,

PhD, FRSA)

Professor in Ethics & EmergingTechnologies and Director of the CreativeFutures Research Centre at the Universityof the West of Scotland Andy is a freshthinking academic, who is a regularwriter for newspapers around the world

including the Washington Post and the Guardian. His researchdiscusses the intersections of ethics, technology and culture.

Akram Khan MBE

Renowned Choreographer and ClassicalDancer Winner of multiple criticsawards including the DistinguishedArtist Award at the InternationalSociety for the Performing Arts 2011.In August 2000, Akram launched theAkram Khan Company. His first full-length work Kaash, collaboration with Anish Kapoor and NitinSawhney, was performed at the Edinburgh Festival.

Monica Ali

Author of Brick Lane, In The Kitchenand The Untold Story VisitingProfessor of Creative Writing atColumbia University, Monica isformer Chair of the 2011 Asian ManBooker Prize and a member of theAdvisory Council. She will beChairing the judging panel of the

Royal Society Winton prize for popular science writing, andjudging the Guardian First Book Award.

Prof Mushtaq Husain Khan

Professor in Economics - School of Oriental and AfricanStudies(SOAS) University of London Mushtaq’s groundbreaking work focuses on the economics of poor countries;it includes notable contributions to the field of institutionaleconomics and South Asian development.

Prof Tipu Zahed Aziz

Professor Tipu is Professor of neurosurgery at the JohnRadcliffe Hospital in Oxford, and lecturer at MagdalenCollege, Oxford and Imperial College London medicalschool. His research focuses on the use of Deep BrainStimulation in the alleviation of movement disorders andpain syndromes.

Dr Abdul Hyee Murshad

Head Teacher First British Bangladeshi head teacher in TowerHamlets and also, HM Inspector for Education. Exceptionallytalented and dedicated teacher who also run’s one of thebiggest Saturday Islamic Schools in East London.

Muhammed Ali

AerosolArabic - Street/Urban Artist Birmingham based spiritualartist known for merging graffiti style with Islamic art andconnecting different communities. Having won an ITVSouth Bank Award in the Arts Council England Diversitycategory, he continues to paint his “walls” around the world.

Anwar Uddin

Professional footballer Anwar is the first British Bangladeshiprofessional footballer. He currently plays as a defender forBarnet F.C, and has previously played for West Ham United,and captained at Dagenham & Redbridge F.C.

Ruqsana Begum

British Atomweight Muay-Thai boxing champion With onlytwo and a half years of professional fighting experience,Ruqsana has already won the British Atom weight (48-50kg)championship and a bronze medal at the WorldChampionship in Bangkok. She has represented England as akickboxer and will be competing in the Sports AccordChampionships in 2012.

Dipayan Paul

Professional MCC young Cricketer At 18 years old the EastLondon teenager has won a dream professional contractwith the MCC Young Cricketers (YCs). Dipayan will join theYC squad at Lord’s in 2012.

Bazlur Rashid MBE

Restaurateur and other businessentities both in the UK andBangladesh Bazlur is President of theBangladesh Caterers Association. Hisinspirational leadership hastransformed the organisation and hewas awarded with an MBE in the

2012 new year’s honour list.

Amin Ali

Restaurateur Amin founded thefamous Red Fort restaurant in 1983,a Soho favourite with politicians,celebrities and dignitaries fromacross the world. He established thevery first Co-Operative Indianrestaurant in 1979. He alsoorganised the first ‘London Festival of Bangladesh’ and hoststhe Bangladesh Food Festival at the Red Fort.

Enam Ali MBE

Restaurateur, Founder of the BritishCurry Awards Enam is owner of thehighly acclaimed Le Raj restaurant inEpsom and is Editor of SpiceBusiness Magazine. He washonoured with the Freedom of theCity of London in 2011 and also

awarded an MBE for contribution to the curry industry in2009.

Mohammad Ajman ‘Tommy Miah’

Hotelier, Celebrity Chef Owner of the Raj in Edinburgh,Tommy Miah has created a celebrity following through hisown TV shows. He owns a hotel in Scotland and London.He also established the Institute of Hospitality Management,training many Bangladeshis in the international hospitalityindustry.

Wazid Hasan Shelim

Catering Events Management Director of Pride of Asia, theaward winning and most recognised Bangladeshi weddingand corporate events caterer, Wazid has built a strongreputation over the past 15 years and acts as a passionatecommunity and charity activist.

Pasha Khandaker

Restaurateur Pasha is a well known champion of the curryindustry in the UK as Secretary General of the BangladeshCaterers Association and owner of a number of wellestablished restaurants in the Kent and Sussex areas. He isalso an active member of the Labour party.

Ana Choudhury

Restaurateur Ana is CEO and Chairman of House of SpiceGroup. Since arriving in UK in 1964 at the age of 16 Ana hasopened 23 restaurants. He was a local Conservativecouncillor for four years. As well as being a restaurateur; Anahas a keen interest in racing horses.

Azizur Rahman

Restaurateur Azizur is a director of the Bangladesh BritishChamber of Commerce and has gained a reputation forexcellence. His restaurant the 'Aziz' has gained national andinternational recognition as one of the best in the country.He is an organiser of the increasingly popular annual“Nowka Bais” boat race in Oxford.

Mahtab Miah

Restaurateur Mahtab Miah is a very well known restaurateurin the north east of England. He opened his first restaurantin 1973, and now owns the highly acclaimed Vujonrestaurant in Manchester. Mahtab is Director of BritishBangladesh Chamber of commerce.

Shahagir Bakth Faruk

Catering Recruitment and Training Founder of ShahnanEmployment Service, Faruk has three decades of experiencein recruiting and training staff for the British Bangladeshicatering industry. He pioneered bi lingual hygiene trainingand is a valued resource for the community. He is formerchair of the Bangladesh British Chamber of Commerce.

Ahmed us SamadChowdhury JP (FISMM,FCMI, FIH)

Chairman of Channel S, founder of thePotrika Newsweekly, businessman andcommunity activist Under Ahmed’sguidance Channel S is now one of themost watched ethnic channels in

Europe. It leads on community campaigns and championscharity fundraising.

Sharif Muhammad Hasan-

Al Banna MBE

Banna is CEO of AwakeningWorldwide a portfolio of companiesincluding a publishing house andinternational record label. He chairsthe Exploring Islam Foundation (EIF)and is a member of the internationalQatar Foundation.

Konnie Huq

Television Personality Konnie hasmade herself a household namefrom being the longest-servingfemale Blue Peter presenter and aformer X Factor presenter. Konnieworks in TV, radio and printjournalism. She is a regular visitor to

Bangladesh and supports a number of charities.

Irene Zubaida Khan

Human Rights Activist Irene isChancellor of the University ofSalford and in 2001 she was the firstwoman, the first Asian, and the firstMuslim to guide the world’s largesthuman rights organization, AmnestyInternational as its seventh Secretary

General.

Ruby Hammer MBE

Make-Up Artist and EntrepreneurRuby is a pioneering influence onthe fashion and beauty industries, isdirector of Ruby and Millie and theScarlett & Crimson make up ranges,and is well known from her mediaappearances and contributions tothe leading fashion and lifestyle magazines including Vogue,Elle, Harpers Bazaar and Marie Claire.

Naveen Rahman

British Army Officer/Fencer Naveen isa Captain in the British Army,Intelligence Corps and has fought inAfghanistan and Iraq. She is also aworld class fencer and hasrepresented Guernsey at theCommonwealth Games, she is a

former British number eight, as well as an army and inter-services champion.

Rushanara Ali MP

MP for Bethnal Green and BowRushanara is the first BritishBangladeshi to be elected toparliament, having defeated GeorgeGalloway in the 2010 GeneralElection. She was immediatelyappointed to the Labour front bench

as Shadow Minister for International Development where sheis spearheading an international campaign on climate change.

Mayor Lutfur Rahman

Executive Mayor for the LondonBorough of Tower Hamlets Lutfur isthe first British Bangladeshi to beelected as an executive mayor. Hefought the election in October 2010as an Independent candidate. Hewas listed at number 78 in the DailyTelegraphs “The top 100 most influential people on the Left2011”.

Anwar Choudhury

Diplomat and Director at the Foreign& Commonwealth Office Anwar wasthe former British HighCommissioner for Bangladesh in2004, and was the first BAMEperson to be appointed in a seniordiplomatic post. He continues to

serve the government as Director of InternationalInstitutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office.

Naufal Zamir

Managing Director of Zamir Telecom Ltd Owner of the fastgrowing BME telecommunications business in the UK with aturnover of over £15 million, Zamir is responsible forconnecting millions of ex pats with their friends and familyon a daily basis. His company currently lists 13th on theTimes Tec list 2011.

Iqbal Wahhab OBE

Founder of Tandoori Magazine, and multi-award winningrestaurants Cinnamon Club and Roast Voted one of the Top10 Restaurateurs in Britain in an Independent on Sundaysurvey, Iqbal has been described as a “serial entrepreneur”by the Institute of Directors and a “national treasure” by TheTimes. Awarded an OBE in 2009 for public service andservices to the hospitality industry.

Abdur Rouf JP

Chairman, Diamond Group of Properties and Director of the MutualTrust Abdur Rouf has diversified his portfolios, while retainingroots in the hospitality and catering industries. He is theHonorary President of St Andrews University Cricket Cluband Scottish Regional President of British Bangladesh Chamberof Commerce. He actively supports many community andcharitable initiatives both in the UK and Bangladesh.

Wali Tasar Uddin MBE

Owner of the Britannia Spice (Scotland) and others Wali’ssuccess has been celebrated by both the Scottish and BritishCurry Awards. Wali owns a number of restaurants in Scotlandand is former Director General and Chairman of theBangladesh British Chamber of Commerce. He is jointpresident of European Bangladesh Federation. He wasawarded an MBE in 1995 for his services to race relations.

Atique Choudhury

Proprietor of three restaurants in north London, the Thai YumYum,the Japanese Oishiii and the Mexican Mercado and also aproperty developer Atique’s enthusiasm for food and businesshas led him to launch an apprentice-training programme foraspiring restaurateurs. He is a sponsor of the Hackney Empire,as well as sponsor of the Asian and Oriental School ofCatering, part of Hackney College.

Abdul Quayum Khalique (Jamal) & Brothers

Directors of Taj Stores InternationalTaj Stores was established onBrick Lane in 1936 and instantly became synonymous withspices in the East End of London. They are the oldest Asiangrocery store in the UK. They have since diversified businessinterests into properties both at home and in the Middle East,and Bangladesh.

Rofique HayderDirector of Bangla Town and Bangla City Cash & CarryRofique is Chairman of a leading import & export businessand runs one of largest Bangladeshi grocers in UK. He isRegional Director of the British Bangladesh Chamber ofCommerce and in line with his passion for Brick Lane he isplanning for a multi million pound hotel in heart of BanglaTown.

Asif Anwar Ahmed

British Ambassador to Thailand Having joined the Foreign &Commonwealth Office in 1999, Asif was appointed asBritish Ambassador to Thailand in 2011. He is the formerhead of the South East Asia and Pacific Department of theFCO and former Director of UK Trade and Investment.

Cllr Nasim Ali OBE

Leader of Council, London Borough of Camden A Labourcouncillor with 25 years experience working in thecommunity, Nasim is the first British Bangladeshi leader ofCamden Council and the countries youngest ever CivicMayor. Nasim was awarded an OBE in 2010 for services toLocal government.

Dr Halima Begum

First Secretary (Development) Department for InternationalDevelopment (DFID) Working in a diplomatic role with theBritish Government overseas, Halima has worked in China,Bangladesh, Nepal and Pakistan on high-impact internationalprogrammes, leading the UK government’s work ineducation.

Nahid Majid OBE (CCMI)

Civil Servant Nahid is Deputy Director within theDepartment for Work and Pensions and is currently themost senior British Bangladeshi Muslim woman in the civilservice where she heads a new division whose task is todevelop and deliver employment opportunities fordisadvantaged people. She was awarded an OBE in theQueen’s Honours List 2006.

Murad Qureshi AM

Greater London Assembly Member Murad has been a GLAmember since 2004, where he is Chair of the EnvironmentCommittee, the London Waterways Commission, and aMember of the Standards and Budget Committees. Previouslya Westminster City councillor between 1998 and 2006. Muradis a Board Member of BRAC UK, an International NGO.

Shazia Ullah

Head of Policy and Improvement - Southend Borough CouncilFirst British Bangladeshi to hold an Assistant Chief Executiveposition in local government, Shazia is invested in supportingthe development and growth of community services inSouthend.

Saleemul Huq

Scientist Saleemul is Senior Fellow in the Climate ChangeGroup at the International Institute for Environment andDevelopment. He was awarded the Burtoni Award in 2007and is lead author of the chapter on Adaptation andSustainable Development in the third assessment report ofthe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Sarwar Ahmed

Publisher Sarwar is Founder of the Eastern Eye, whichbecame the fastest-growing Asian newspaper in Britain. Hebecame editor-in-chief of the Asian Times, Caribbean Timesand New Nation, then sold up to launch other Asian fashionmagazines. He is currently publisher of Asiana and AsianaWedding.

Abdul Gaffar Choudhury

Author, journalist, and columnist for Bengali newspapers ofBangladesh and UK Abdul Gaffar has accumulated a vastbody of work as an author and journalist but is best knownfor his political views and lyrics to Amar Bhaier RokteRangano, which has become the main song commemoratingthe Bengali Language Movement.

Faisal Islam

Channel 4 Economics Editor Faisal has interviewed everyonefrom the Prime Minister to the President of the World Bank.He has won the Work World Foundation’s “BroadcastNews Reporter of the Year” in 2010, having also collectednumerous awards for his coverage of the Icelandic bankingcrisis in 2009.

Syed Nahas Pasha

Journalist A highly respected British-Bangladeshi journalist.Syed is chief editor of Janomot and Curry Life Magazine. Healso writes for the biggest online news agency of Bangladeshbdnews24.com and is a founding member and formergeneral secretary of London Bangla Press Club. He sits onthe committee of the Commonwealth JournalistsAssociation.

Nina Hossain

Journalist, newscaster Nina is a freelance journalist and themain presenter of ITV London's regional news programmeLondon Tonight. She is a newscaster for ITV News and haspresented all of ITN's main bulletins, from the ITV EveningNews to News at Ten.

Tasmin Lucia Khan

Journalist, newscaster Former news presenter on the BBCand ITV’s breakfast television programme Daybreak, Tasminis the favoured host at a number of community and businessawards and ceremonies.

Ajmal Masroor

Author and TV presenter Ajmal currently presents his ownprogrammes on Islam Channel and on Channel S. He is the‘go to’ imam for a number of the mainstream media and hasappeared on the BBC and Channel 4 commentating onsocial, political and religious issues.

Tahmima Anam

Author Tahmima’s first novel, ‘A Golden Age’ was shortlistedfor the Guardian First Book Award and the Costa FirstNovel Prize, and was the winner of the 2008Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. Thefollow up novel ‘The Good Muslim’ was nominated for the2011 Man Asian Literary Prize.

Jhumur Pati (FRCS, FRCS(Urol))

Surgeon Consultant Urologist, Jhumur is one of just a fewfemale surgeons within the field of Urology and one of fivedesignated pelvic cancer surgeons within the North EastLondon network.

Dr. Gulnahar Mortuza

Pan European Scientist Gulnahar a senior scientist at aNational Institute of Cancer Research, is working onproteins orchestrating the cell cycle process. Her work atthe National Institute of Medical Research contributed tothe understanding of a range of human diseases such asHIV and Leukemia, and has been published in theprestigious journal Nature.

Dr Husna Ahmed OBE

CEO of Faith Regeneration She is a national andinternational speaker on faith and regeneration, peacebuilding, women’s issues and climate change. She is co-chairof Faiths and Beliefs in Further Education and has recentlyspoken at the Norwegian Parliament on faith and positivechange.

Nazia Khanum OBE

Director, Equality in Diversity Nazia is a consultant in equalopportunities management, research and training andamongst others, non-executive director for NHS Luton andcurrently chair of three voluntary community organisationsincluding Luton Multicultural Women’s Coalition.

Solma Ahmed

Resilient Adviser/Team Leader at Department forCommunities and Local Government Solma works onemergency planning to ensure a coordinated responsebetween local and central governments. She is formerChief Executive at Labo Housing Association where shetransformed a community based housing association into ahighly successful BAME organisation.

Rezia Wahid MBE

Weaver and Textile Artist Rezia produces hand woventextiles and was one of the artists selected by the SouthWest Arts Council to create a piece celebrating thecultural diversity of Britain. She is a teacher and exhibitswork across the UK, awarded an MBE in 2005 for hercontribution to arts in London.