Zakir Khan
Founder - 101 Club & Associate Director, Community Affairs - Canary Wharf Group
Mohammed Munim (Salik) CeMAP MNAEA
Founder & CEO - Le Chef PLC, ARTA, Bloomingdale
Proprietor - Salik & Co
Members
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Mohammed Munim (Salik) CeMAP MNAEA
Founder & CEO - Le Chef PLC, ARTA, Bloomingdale
Proprietor - Salik & Co
Salik is not only a charismatic leader; he has an array of philanthropic interests and is always striving to serve the wider community.
A natural born entrepreneur, he has diversified into other sectors including property development, real estate, finance, online ordering system for restaurants & takeaways and has setup one of the most respected national curry awards known as ARTA. Salik is also supporting the catering industry through ChefOnline national platform and the Asian Restaurant & Takeaway Awards.
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Shazid Miah
Solicitor, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Having trained in a top tier city law firm, Shazid is a qualified Commercial Real Estate Lawyer. He has previously worked in-house for one of the largest Construction and Development companies in the world. Prior to his legal career, he has worked as the Head of Office and External Relations for a local authority. Currently, Shazid is involved in a number of Real Estate development projects, working with developers and ultra-high net worth individuals and families. Shazid is also the Voluntary Chair of the board of a leading humanitarian charity organisation working across the globe.
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Zakir Khan
Founder - 101 Club & Associate Director, Community Affairs - Canary Wharf Group
Zakir Khan is currently the Associate Director of Community Affairs at the Canary Wharf Group and is the proud Founder of 101 Club. His keen sense of futuristic forecast has led him to collaborate the best fits in his network to create an association for a better-networked and better-informed community. The visionary is also a Freeman of City of London and Club Ambassador for the West Ham United FC.
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Shahidul Alam Ratan
CEO, Capital Kids Cricket
Ratan is the CEO and Head of Development with Capital Kids Cricket (CKC), a charity organization in London. Ratan conceptualizes and manages all cricket-development programmes for CKC across the UK. He has been instrumental in establishing and executing strategic partnerships with various cricket organisations including ECB, County Cricket Boards, MCC and Chance to Shine. One of Ratan’s recent achievements includes the establishment of four new cricket clubs across London. Prior to CKC, Ratan severed as National Coach and High-Performance Senior Coach for Bangladesh from 2001 to 2006.
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Dr Sanawar Choudhury FCA, PhD
Chairman and CEO, RCi Group of Companies
An academic at heart, an entrepreneur by nature and a philanthropist by choice, Sanawar enjoys innovating the mundane into transformational outcomes. Professionally, he has travelled to 80 countries, worked with governments and corporations to bring about change, build capacity, promote good governance and optimise efficiency. Arriving in the UK in the summer of 1975, Sanawar has gone on to become a Chartered Accountant, earned a PhD in Finance and built a business empire ranging from training to cars, and property to hospitals.
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Raj Miah
Chairman, Barik Miah Investments
Raza is an Entrepreneur, Socialite & Philanthropist. As CEO of BARIK MIAH INVESTMENTS and Operations Director of ETON Property Group, Raza has taken his family business into dizzying heights with footprint through the UK. His main responsibilities are overall property acquisitions and portfolio management. He loves to consider himself to be an assiduous dynamic individual, driven by infinite enthusiasm and egocentricity, striving to reach to the summit of self actualising self. His business acumen and property knowledge are keys to his success and his philanthropic causes energise and empower him with further determination.
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Cllr Atiqul Hoque
Managing Director, Chutney’s Group
A Restauranteur with fine dining Repertoire’s of - Indian - Italian – Thai, Atiqul’s childhood was spent in East London and went to Thomas Buxton Primary School, Daneford Secondary School and Tower Hamlet College respectively. He left London to settle in the City of Salisbury and became the First British Bangladeshi Counsellor. He aims to work on further to improvise the Indo-British food industry through his expertise.
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Mayen Uddin Ansar
Owner, Impression Events Venue
Ansar has been associated with the curry industry for the early part of career where he owned and managed chains of restaurant and takeaways. He is the owner of a renowned events venue in the heart of London known as Impression Events Venue. Apart from the catering industry, he is also associated with many communities, social and charity organisations. Ansar is currently serving as a Chair of BRIHOTTOR SYLHET EDUCATION TRUST (BSET) and the general secretary of JALALABADH PROBASHI KOLLYAN PORISHOD.
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Amirul Choudhry
CEO, Everard Group
Chief Executive of Everard construction management, Rural Development foundation Global (RDF Global) and Janomot Bengali newsweekly. Amirul Choudhury began his entrepreneurial journey in 1994 when he founded his mobile phone distribution company. Amirul’s eye for details in understanding business opportunities and delivering results underpins his business acumen. He is a philanthropist by nature and currently devoted his personal time in development of a maternity clinic in a rural part of Bangladesh for the underprivileged female members of our society.
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Salim Chowdhury
Managing Director, Coriander Group
Salim Chowdhury is the Founder and President of the British Bangladeshi Caterers Association. Being an Entrepreneur, Politician & Philanthropist, Salim owns and runs a group of successful Fine dining restaurants. Having a degree in Management, he is the Director of NRB Bank Ltd (Bangladesh), Betar Bangla Radio and BDGL (Manufacturing Double glazing). He is also a former Police officer and a former Conservative Councillor. Salim founded General Auto Services and SIJ Properties which is a property portfolio company. His political endeavours include Former Councilor (Harrow), Former School Governor and a Metropolitan Police Officer. He is also the Joint Secretary at Shahjalal Centre (Harrow), Founder & Honorary Vice Chairman of Conservative Friends of Bangladesh and Former Senior Vice Chairman at Balagonj Education Trust & Harrow Conservative Association.
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Musleh Ahmed
Chairman, Dhaka Regency Hotel Resort Ltd, Bangladesh
Musleh Ahmed is the Chairman of Dhaka Regency Hotel & Resort Limited, founded in 2006. Musleh is actively involved in Non-Resident- Bangladeshis (NRBs) various activities in Bangladesh and UK. Having an honors degree in Marketing & Management from London Guildhall University he started his career in Banking, working for companies such as NatWest, Close Brothers Investment and Lloyds TSB. Musleh Ahmed also worked as a Business Advisor for over ten years and assisted in creation of many successful business ventures in Bangladesh and UK.
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Dr. Monowar Hossen, MBA, MHE
Business Development Analyst, Canary Wharf Group Plc
Dr Monowar is a Business Growth Manager for East London Business Place under Canary Wharf Group Plc. He specialises in start-up-business, strategic business planning, policy setup, business & cost analysis, stress management in the workplace and networking. Monowar is a key note speaker & coach on spiritual health, parenting with Islamic values and prophetic lifestyle. He is the Chairman of Mentoring Rocks and Ex-chairman of The Lime Group. Apart from his consultancy life, Monowar loves traveling and campaigning for social and humanitarian values.
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Mohammed Forhad
UK Country Head, PRAN-RFL Group
Country Head of UK, PRAN-RFL Group, Forhad has been dealing and marketing company's different manufacturing projects (Foods, Plastics, Garments, Domestic sanitary products). Developed UK supply chain with good relationship skills and understanding market-needs and PRAN-RFL is now available to maximum mainstream retailers, wholesalers, distributors within the UK & some parts of Europe. He is admired for his sports and charitable works. He founded "D&R Sports Club" & a charity organization "For-Humanity". Being the youngest Country Head of PRAN-RFL Group in 140 countries, Forhad aspires to excel in business, sports and charitable initiatives in future.
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Mujibul Islam
Director, Medialink & Lansbury Heritage Hotel
A successful business and ethnic media entrepreneur, Mujibul is the founding owner at Medialink, a leading communication & media agency. He owns the prestigious Lansbury Heritage Hotel, a 4-star boutique hotel located next to London’s Canary Wharf. In 2010 Mujibul became a director and trustee of a large asset based organisation that offers 21 office spaces in a grade 2 listed property. He also owns a portfolio of residential and commercial properties. Having worked in the media for 18 years, he won numerous prestigious awards in the field of media and communication.
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Munsur Ali
Film Director/ Producer
Munsur Ali is a film producer and director and a Council Member of the City of London Corporation. He is the founder of the City Commonwealth Economic Forum and the very successful Limelight Film Awards. His film ‘Shongram’ was the first British Bengali film to be released in cinemas nationally. Munsur graduated with in Honors in B.A. Film Productions in 2004 and since then has become an enterprising leader and speaker in film, culture and trade.
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Dewan Mahdi
Partner, Citygate Solicitors
Dewan Mahdi is a solicitor who is highly regarded within the society for his various contributions in a number of organisations. He demonstrates a great interest to engage with local business leaders in order to explore and highlight issues that could potentially hinder the continued economic growth, success and prosperity of business leaders/ entrepreneurs. Dewan has a wide range of experience in Property law. Apart from Conveyancing, his practice area covers Employment law, Civil litigation, Landlord-tenant dispute, Family and Will & Probate. Dewan also presents a legal advice programme on tv for number of years now.
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Shahar Uddin Ahmed
Founding Director, Courier Box Ltd
Shahar came to England in 1998 after having spent several years expanding the family business in Bangladesh. He is an entrepreneur and has established several businesses over the last 18 years. He is the owner of DesiWedding, which is a leading event management company in London specialising in bespoke weddings and events. His business ventures now include real estate, hotel and an online based international courier service which has over 500+ agents all over the UK. Shahar is also involved in many charitable initiatives.
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Aziz Hoque
Director, Taxavis
Accountancy, audit and tax professional, Aziz has held senior positions at several global companies and a graduate of accountancy, with numerous professional qualifications including chartered audit and accounting. During his career of 20 years, he has advised on several landmark takeovers, mergers and acquisitions. Most recently was board member of a major bond trading firm, helping it quadruple in size before resigning to set up a specialist accountancy and tax advisory firm. The firm’s focus is to help entrepreneurs preserve wealth.
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Farhan Masud Khan
Head of Programmes, Channel S TV
A notable broadcaster within the Asian Community, Farhan is the Head of Programmes at Channel S. Farhan has first-hand experience to directly work with 80 different communities, which has allowed him to reach out to niche communities and gain extensive knowledge in exploring their successes, challenges and various life-changing issues. Host to a weekly live and interactive programme called ‘Obhimot’ ('Opinion'), he is always dubbed as the youngest political television programme host in the Bengali media industry around the globe since he commenced the role at the very young age of 21.
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Aroz Miah
CEO, Sporting Foundation
A Qualified Accountant (FCCA) with more than twenty years of Treasury and Accounting experience, Aroz is currently the Chief Executive of Sporting Foundation- one of the largest BAME sports organisation in the UK. A keen sports person who has dedicated his career to grassroots community football and has played at semi-professional level. He is also a passionate and life-long Liverpool FC supporter.
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Riaz Ali
Director, Tenley Ltd
Riaz Ali is a leading catering and property entrepreneur. He formerly owned a portfolio of 17 restaurants across the Kent region. Some of his popular restaurants included the renowned Budha Belly chain, a multi cuisine 200-seater restaurant. He has recently been elected the president of the British Bangladeshi Caterers Association for the Kent Region. Mr Ali is a trustee of the Bangladeshi Welfare Association of Royal Tunbridge Wells and also patron to many other reputable charities.
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Mohammed Zilu Miah
Chairman, Trade Harbor Global Ltd
Zilu Miah is involved in land and property investments and development company in the UK and got two offices in Birmingham known as LIBERTY ESTATE AGENT LTD. He is also a chairman of a hotel and resort in Sylhet, Bangladesh which is set and spread and built in over 17 acers green and hilly land in Sylhet. Zilu Miah is involved in Solar Power Energy Systems in Bangladesh where his company, Trade Harbor Global LTD is part of NEWT GROUP in Bangladesh working with the government of Bangladesh on solar power plant projects.
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Jewel Choudhury
CEO, J4S Security and Personnel Service
With over a decade of experience in the Security industry, Jewel has been at the forefront providing top-notch services to all his clients. Managing Director of J4S Security, he ensures all his clients are being looked after equally regarding requirements. Over the years, he acquired knowledge and expertise in the personal protection for VIPs and undertook numbers of successful massive events. He personally has given guarding services to celebrities, heads of states and political leaders alike and has been involved in liaising with the Metropolitan Police, Local Council, SIA and Legal Firms.
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Karim Miah
Director, S&M Properties
Karim is a keen property developer with a property portfolio in the UK which includes being the director of multiple property companies. He has been involved in buying, selling and converting various properties with the aim of modernising these flats to the standard required for his clients. He is also the chairman of the Autistic foundation, the president of British Bangladeshi Association South West and chairman of Labour friends Bangladesh South West.
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Yousuf Ahmed
CEO, White Town Laundry
CEO of White Town, Yousuf was born in a business family in Bangladesh. He attained his Bachelor degree from India and pursued his Post graduation from the UK. After completing his studies, Yousuf carried out few jobs until his interest in business led him to finally establish his own business commercial laundry in 2004. As the CEO of White Town Laundry, he has been successfully running the company since, alongside his involvement in other businesses.
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Cllr Abdal Ullah
Founder, BBPI
Abdal is the Chair of Overview & Scrutiny Committee at the Council and founder of British Bangladeshi Power & Inspiration (BBPI). He is a renowned activist working both on local and national issues and has held a number of senior executive roles across London e.g., Non-Executive Director of Barts & London Hospital, Board member of Queen Mary University and Trustee of Thames Water Trust. Widely recognised personality in the British Bangladeshi community, Abdal was the first British Bangladeshi to serve on the board of London Metropolitan Police Authority.
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Sheikh Aliur Rahman
Chief Executive - London Tea Exchange
Aliur is Chief Executive to London Tea Exchange, one of the leading luxury tea merchants in Europe. Earlier he’s been an investment analyst for a private investment company in the City of London. Aliur continues to act as an advisor to a number of high-profile clients on investments and special interest projects in both private and public sectors. He has been prominent in representing investment companies in many of the leading emerging countries in Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. He supports a number of leading charities working with young people from deprived backgrounds and communities across the globe.
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Salim Javed
Director, Mint Caterers
Salim is a Director at Mint Caterers. Having had experience in the catering industry for 20 years, Salim is an important figure in spearheading the Bangladeshi Catering in the wedding industry, having been a part of a few successful businesses, including Entourage X, and currently Mint Caterers as its director. His wealth of food expertise and catering acumen has lent him well into successfully establishing Mint Caterers in the limelight.
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Sufi Miah
Managing Director- ATN Bangla UK & Director - Le Chef PLC
Director of Le Chef Plc t/a ChefOnline & Managing Director of ATN Bangla UK, Sufi Miah has successfully created a significant property and real estate portfolio in the UK. Apart from his interests in property development Sufi Miah is also known in the Bangladeshi community for producing, financing and organising high profile events.
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Nazim Uddin
Member 101 Club
Nazim Uddin (FCCA, FHEA, MBA, BSc, BBM) is a chartered certified accountant, an academic and an award-winning entrepreneur. He has spent many years working in various UK. Nazim has significant shares in several private limited companies in the UK which collectively have an annual eight-figures turnover, with an annual net profit in seven figures, employ more than 115 staff and has a net asset of just over ten million.
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Samad Ali
Member 101 Club
Samad, started his own business in 1995. Hard work and persistence allowed Samad to enter the ever-competitive catering industry. Without much guidance, Samad decided to pursue a second career in rental property market and automobile industry. Samad owns several catering businesses, bought and sold properties and is currently the Director to the companies namely Aryan Oxford Limited, Al-Amin Oxford Limited, Al-Samad Investments Limited, Oxford Prestige Limited.
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Razak Amin
Business Entrepreneur
Razak Amin is an enthusiast and highly self-motivated Business Entrepreneur always striving for the best. He is a successful restaurateur with vast experience in retail management and has various businesses interest within the UK and abroad. His broad profession include working with local communities and charities.
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Kamru Ali
Managing Director - District One Estate Group
Kamru is currently the Managing Director of the District One Estates Group, which focuses on property investments and developments. He is a reputed property entrepreneur in the UK and has helped over 8,000 fellow Bangladeshis source and finance property deals through his property and finance companies. He is an executive of the Conservative Muslim forum, an affiliated group within the Conservative party and director of the UKBBCI business organisation. Despite his busy schedule, he makes time for charity work. He has for many years sponsored a number of charities both in the UK and overseas.
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Mohammed Safiul Alam
Managing Director - Regents Lake Banqueting Venue
Mr Safiul Alam Rukon is a Managing Director of Regents Lake Banqueting Venue. He is also a Director of Starlight Laundry Ltd and Mint Caterers. A successful and hardworking business man, Safiul aims to take his ventures to new heights with expertise and passion.
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Abu Sufian Jhilam
Chairman, Sundarban Group
Sufian is currently running Property, Money Transfer, Travels & Cargo business. He is passionate about sports and established two clubs. Sufian is the president of London Cricket League (LCL) and Founder President of Greater Khulna Association, UK. He makes time for charity work and sponsored numbers of charities both in the UK and overseas. He has various business interest within the UK and abroad and his engagements with local business & community leaders is noticeable.
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Sayantan Das Adhikari
Director, PR & EM Candid Communication (UK) Ltd
Sayantan is the Co-Founder and Director of Candid Communication, the leading PR and Marketing Organisation in Eastern India. Sayantan has also ventured into overseas education business through EduGlobal in 2018. He has actively handled the Tour of Diego Maradona and Argentina-Venezuela FIFA International friendly match in Kolkata. Sayantan has been an active member of the Press Club of Kolkata and conceptualised the first ever Excellence in Journalism awards in Eastern India in the year 2008 in Kolkata that became one of the most prestigious media events in this part of the country.
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Abdus Samad
CEO - Vantage Group
Abdus Samad is a British Bangladeshi Entrepreneur whose first business venture was in the restaurant trade, opening chain of Indian restaurant under the ‘Monsoon’ brand. He was one of the pioneers of online restaurant ordering platforms, setting up currylondon.co.uk which was then sold onto one the current leading on online restaurant ordering platforms. He is the CEO of Vantage, set up in 2007 and has vast business interests in real estate, professional medical reporting and online laundry service. He runs his own charity organisation in Bangladesh, Abdus Samad Foundation, assisting under-privileged families in securing employment, accommodation, essentials etc.
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Balal Ahmed
Director, NRB Bank Bangladesh
Balal Ahmed is the Director of NRB Bank Bangladesh with interests in fine dining restaurants and property development. Well known businessmen in the British Bangladeshi community, he is also renowned as a philanthropist, who has supported many different community, sports and faith organisations both here in UK and Bangladesh. He Has very strong connections with business leaders both in UK and Bangladesh.
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Junaid Choudhury
Managing Director, Everard Construction Management
Junaid is the Managing Director of Everard Construction Management, a successful design and build company based in East London (Mile End). He has earned his reputation for attention to detail in costing major build projects and has a proven track record of delivering development projects on time and on budget. He also specialises in refurbishment of complex Grade I and Grade II listed buildings protected under historic England. Junaid is committed to charity work and is a founding Trustee and Secretary of the Rural Development Foundation Global (RDF Global). He is also the Managing Director of Janomot newsweekly Britain’s first & leading Bengali newspaper which was established in 1969.
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Wahid Chowdhury
Director, Fast Food Investment Ltd and Atlantis Properties Ltd
Wahid has made his mark in both the catering and property industry. Having started from a humble beginning Wahid has worked his way to the top of the business. Having established multiple restaurants in and around London under the Fast Food Investment Ltd he decided to extend his portfolio by establishing a presence in the property development sector under Atlantis Properties Ltd. Wahid has now bettered himself into a position where he is able to help others which is why he is also well known for his charitable donations with multiple organisation from UK based and abroad in Bangladesh.
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Muhammad Naufal Zamir
Founder - Simple Transfer, Simple Call
Naufal is a qualified barrister, serial entrepreneur and a passionate journalist.
Naufal started his career in a City law firm as a criminal defence lawyer. Naufal switched to entrepreneurial journey in 2004 with Zamir Telecom which soared to new heights, being ranked amongst the fastest-growing UK tech companies in the Sunday Times’ Tech Track 100 in 2011 and 2012 as 13th and 21st respectively.
Naufal founded: Simplecall.com, Simpletransfer.co.uk, simplepbx.com, rightcallapp.co.uk and several other businesses in the UK and internationally. Zamir Telecom awarded Scholarships in Business Studies in partnership with Sloane Business School, MIT and Said Business School, Oxford for promising MBA students applying from the developing world (2014). Naufal attended the Fintech Programme at Said Business School, University of Oxford & business courses at the LSE. Naufal has a passion for journalism. He has covered live events, hosted live talk shows and panel discussions in several TV channels. Naufal also writes in online and offline press media.
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Ziaur Rahman Choudhrey
Multi Branded Restaurant Operator
Ziaur’s business career started in 1997 at the young age of 21. From its humble beginning, the journey till today has seen its ups and downs.
Ziaur’s passion for the catering industry has made him develop a portfolio of food & beverage businesses to be proud of. Ziaur is involved in several businesses named Montaz (Newmarket), Dough & Bun (Birmingham), Frankie & Fries (Tunbridge Wells), Khaani Indian Kitchen (St Ives) Chai Kai Tea Company and Kootoom Ltd (Birmingham).
By bringing his experience together, he has also started his own consultancy service named ZRC Consultants Ltd where he offers his expertise in new product and concept development for the food & beverage sector.