People

Chairman
​​​​​​​Zameer is Chief Executive Officer of the Bestway Group and he has been responsible for transforming Bestway from a predominantly UK wholesale business into an organisation with diverse global interests that generate turnover of £3.5 billion and employs 34,000 people globally (12,000 of which are in the UK).

Vice Chairman
Syed Qamar Raza a British Pakistani sociopreneur, serial entrepreneur and community leader. He is Director of the Conservative Friends of Pakistan (CFoP), co-founder and Chairman of World Congress of Overseas Pakistanis (WCOP), former Member Board of Governors of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), and former General Secretary & President of UK Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (UKPCCI).

Shakar Elahi BSc FCCA is a Chartered Certified Accountant and business owner. His business interests include professional services and property.  He established Elan & Co in 1997 and has grown his firm in the UK and Pakistan.  With his knowledge and experience of accountancy he has advised small and medium sized SME’s and helped them to develop their businesses. He has proven himself to be an invaluable business advisor and he has specialist knowledge of property and business tax. He has also set up a franchised office of Coldwell Banker. This is a great combination of real estate planning and property tax advice for his clients.

Director
Mohammed Afzal was a former Parliamentary Candidate in Manchester for the Conservative Party. He is currently the Director of Conservative Friends of Pakistan. He is also a representative of Manchester Gorton Federation.

Director
Ahmereen Reza is an architect with a master’s degree from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Ahmereen sits on the Board of the Communities Working Group headed by Deputy Chairman of Conservative Party and is a former Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Hodge Hill Birmingham 2017, where she increased the Conservative vote. Ahmereen owns a consulting business, 18 years, advising on social housing, sustainable community development and strategic interventions in under served communities.

Director
The owner of a Multi Franchised Restaurant and Property Group in London, with approximately 1500 employees under his directorship, Fazan Tahir sits on the UK and Ireland Franchise Board as well as the Brand and Advertising Board for two Global Franchise Brands. Mr Tahir is also a Franchisee Representative for Brand Operations for the UK and Ireland and held a position on the Franchisee World Board representing the UK. In addition to his heavy involvement within the Franchise community he was also Chairman of the Conservative Entrepreneurs and Business Relations Board for London and South England from 2013 to 2016.

Aliya Afzal Khan is Chairperson of the Fulham Broadway Ward. She is on the Executive Council for Kensington, Chelsea and Fulham Conservatives. She is a Software Engineer, Business Consultant and an Artist. She is a Trustee for All Pakistan Women's Association UK and the Hamnersmith and Fulham Volunteer Center. She works actively in promoting women into Public Life with the CWO. As Director Conservative Friends of Pakistan, Aliya wants to encourage more British Pakistanis to take up Leadership roles with the Conservative Party with which they share the values of hard work, opportunity and aspiration.

Baroness Nosheena Mobarik CBE is a British Conservative Member of European Parliament for Scotland and Life Peer.

Lord Tariq Ahmad was appointed as Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations on 13 June 2017.

The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt is Secretary of State for International Development since 2017 and Minister for Women and Equalities since April 2018.