Founders Circle
Under the leadership of our Royal Founding Patron, His Majesty The King, our Founders Circle brings together leaders from the British Asian community – building the influence of the diaspora to support positive change in South Asia.
“The Founders Circle brings me together with like-minded individuals who want to see South Asia prosper and be free from inequality and injustice. As a member, I’m proud to see the difference that my contribution is having to the British Asian Trust.”
Founders Circle members
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Bobby Ahluwalia
Managing Director, Inbrit Logistics Ltd
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Arif Ahmad
Partner, PwC
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Dr. Anika Ali
Chairperson Techno Green Carbon Ltd.; Managing Director Techstar Satcom Ltd.
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Sanjay Anand MBE
Chairman and Owner, Madhu’s Ltd
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Sunny Araf
Managing Director, ISA Support Services
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Kuljinder Bahia
CEO, Southall Travel
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Rohit Bhardwaj
Director, Linetex Investments
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Vinu Bhattessa
Managing Director, The Mandeville Group
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Rohit Chadha
Managing Director, Luxlo
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Shindar Chall
Chief Executive Officer, Superior Care Midlands Ltd
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Satish Chatwani
Director and Founder of Fairview Hotels and Healthcare Ltd.
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Abid Chaudhri
Managing Director UK Investment Banking, Deutsche Bank
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Divya Cherala
Executive Director, J.P. Morgan
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Hassan Choudhry
Director, Al-Maidha
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Dr. Sandy Dau
Co-Founder and Clinical Director, Envisage Dental
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Majid Dawood
Chief Executive Officer, Yasaar Limited
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Navid Dean
Founder and Director, Ivy Business Centre
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Zara Dean
Director, Ivy Business Centre
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Thomas Drachkovitch
Founder and Managing Director, Dream Bay Entertainment
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Mehmooda Duke MBE DL
Founder & Senior Partner, Moosa-Duke Solicitors and Chairman, Leicestershire County Cricket Club
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Alan Dutt
Executive Director, ICTS UK
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Paulo Eapen
Managing Partner, Haven Grove Holdings
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Amjid Faqir
Director, Inmind Healthcare Ltd
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Tariq Ghani
Managing Director, Olympic Foods
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Harry Gill
CEO and Co-Owner, Envisage Dental
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Ajay Gokani
Founder, Elite Mobile
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Dr. Sanjiv Gossain
GM and Head of EMEA
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Anita Goyal MBE
Director of Events, Hemraj Goyal Foundation
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Avnish Goyal CBE
Director, Hallmark Care Homes
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Puneet Gupta OBE
CEO, PG Paper Ltd
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Ravi Gupta
Partner, Rothschild & Co
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Vikash Gupta
CEO, VAR Capital
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Aatif Hassan
Chairman & Founder, Dukes Education Group Ltd
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Gopichand P. Hinduja
Chairman, The Hinduja Group
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Sajad Hussain
Company Director, Adams Foodservice Trading Ltd
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Majid Ishaq
Managing Director, NM Rothschild & Sons
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Mazarul Islam
Executive Director, Caridon Group
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Sufyan Ismail
Founder, Mend
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Sandip Jobanputra
Managing Partner, Old Hall Lane LLP
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Ashok Kallumpram
Owner, Premier Textiles Ltd
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Sameer Karim
Partner, Douglas Wemyss LLP
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Utsava Kasera
COO, Vidisha Group
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Basit Khan
Co-founder, The Friday Group
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Rishi Khosla
Co-founder and CEO, OakNorth Bank
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Tony Lit MBE
Managing Director, Sunrise Radio
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Sri Prakash Lohia
Group Chairman, Indorama Group
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Naheed Majeed
CFO, Private Equity Portfolio's
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Shonnel Malani
Chairman of the Board, Cobham
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Alia Malik
Managing Director, JP Morgan
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Michael Maqsood
CEO, Assetco Properties
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Kirti Tiwari-Mehta
Senior Counsel at Macfarlanes
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Viral Mehta
Managing Director at Oakley Capital
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Charles Mindenhall
Co-founder & Managing Partner, Blenheim Chalcot
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Lakshmi Mittal
CEO, ArcelorMittal
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Rahul Moodgal
Director, Parvus Asset Management
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Laxman Narasimhan
Chief Executive Officer, Starbucks
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Ashish Pabalkar
Managing Director, Bank of America
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Dr Selva Pankaj
CEO, Regent Group
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Tharshiny Pankaj
Managing Director, Regent Group
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Kamal Pankhania
CEO, Westcombe Group
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Jay Patel
Director, Total Shred Ltd.
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Kamlesh Patel
Investor, Founder and Entrepreneur
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Krupesh Patel
Chief Operating Officer, Blacksheep Fund Management Ltd
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Mitesh Patel
Managing Director, Fifosys
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Rishi Patel
Chief Executive, Interpolitan
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Sunil Patel
Managing Director, Unique Window Systems Ltd
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Dr. Colin Patra
Director Square Group
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Fawaz Aslam-Pervez
Partner, Kyndryl
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Adar Poonawalla
CEO, Serum Institute of India Pvt, Ltd
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Jahanzeb Punjwani
Executive Board, Seaboard Group
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Anuj Ranjan
President, Brookfield Asset Management
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Vivek Rawal
Director, Ashbury & Bloom Ltd
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Suleman Raza
CEO & Founder, Spice Village Group
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Dhruv Sarda
Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
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Athif Sarwar
Managing Director, United Wholesale (Scotland) Ltd
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Adarsh Sethia
Founder, Curated Group
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Sharika Sharma
Head of Business Development, CCLA Investment Management Limited
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Aashni Shah
Founder and Creative Director, Aashni + Co
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Atifa Shah
Impact Investor & Philanthropist
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Ebrahim Sidat
CEO, Signature Tax
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Heeral Shah
Head of ESG Strategy, Barclays
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Koolesh Shah
Founder and Managing Director, London Town Group of Companies Limited
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Shiv Haria-Shah
Partner, Fieldfisher
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Shahid Sheikh OBE
Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
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Sneha Shah
Writer, Art Advisor and Founder, Curaty Ltd
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Vishal Shah
Founder & Managing Director, Banyan Care Group
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Zeeshaan Shah
CEO, One Investments
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Dr. Hina Tahseen
Adult Psychiatrist
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Hitesh Thakrar
Partner, Syncona
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Ash Tiwari
Corporate/M&A Counsel at Allen & Overy
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Manish Tiwari
Founder, Here & Now 365
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Parish Vaid
Founder and Non-Executive Director, Together Dental
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Adeem Younis
Founder of SingleMuslim.com, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
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Khuram Zubair
Patron, Vital for Children
Interested in getting involved?
Lasting change across South Asia is only possible with the support of people like you. As part of the Founders Circle, your support can help give people living in poverty the opportunity to change their lives.
