V4GB - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Director of Academic Affairs
- Writer, Columnist
Abdul Quader Saleh is an Imam, writer, columnist and Human rights activist.
He completed Takmil fil Hadith- Masters in Hadith from Sylhet govt Alia Madrasah and Masters from Dhaka university.
Job Titles:
- Accountant
- Director General
Ohid Ahmed is a veteran local politician in the East End of London. He has served as the first statutory Deputy Mayor for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets, he is also been a local councillor for Lansbury Ward since 2002. During his tenure as a councillor he has held various Cabinet roles.
He has also been a parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party, and a local government advisor.
In 2002 he was elected as a Labour party councillor for Lansbury Ward in Tower Hamlets. He was later appointed Lead member for Education and Youth services in 2004 where he helped start up the boroughs first young mayor scheme, which is now a borough wide success and engages 1000s of local people in democracy. He was later appointed Lead Member for Regeneration, Localisation and Community Partnership in 2007 where he worked hard for more affordable housing in our borough alongside refurbished estates and transformed neighbourhoods such as the Ocean Estate and Blackwall Reach. In 2009 he was appointed as the Lead member for Resources and Performance, whilst the country was in economical turmoil, he worked hard to ensure front line services were not being cut and found ways to save money whilst protecting council services.
As an active Labour party member and supporter, Ohid established Labour friends of Bangladesh in 2006 to give British Bangladeshi members from across the country a platform within the Labour Party. He also contested as the Labour Party candidate during the 2010 General election in West Suffolk, he was one of only two British Bangladeshi candidates put forward by the party during this election.
From 2010-2014, he has been the Deputy Mayor of Tower Hamlets under Executive Mayor and held 4 cabinet portfolios.
His proudest moments in politics have been making Tower Hamlets the first London Living Wage Borough; building more affordable homes than anywhere else in the UK and replacing the Education Maintenance Allowance to help young people stay in education and investing in community policing to keep our residents safe.
Ohid is also an accountant by profession and Director of a successful tourism agency based in East London. He holds a Masters in Business Administration (MBA) from the University of East London.
Dr. Hasanat Husain has made a significant contribution to Ethnic Minority Education in Great Britain and as a recognition, was awarded Member of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty the Queen in 2003.
Mr Rahman was also previously Vice President of the largest catering umbrella body in Britain, the Bangladesh Caterers Association (BCA) and also President of Kent region. He was also the Founder President of the British Bangladeshi Business Club which supports and empowers various small businesses across the UK.
Job Titles:
- Director of Community Relations
MR Abdul Latif is a Justice of Peace from Birmingham West Midlands. He is a British Bangladeshi successful entrepreneur. Mr Latif arrived in UK in 1968 and completed T-Technology Course. He opened his first Business "Everest" in 1973. Mr Latif's contribution curry industry is colossal. During 1985-1986 period his restaurant business "Raj Bangla" flourished. -- with five restaurants in his growing empire and became one of the best British Bangladeshi successful businessmen in this trade.
Job Titles:
- Community Leader
- Director of Finance
Mr Mahtab Miah is an established businessman within the Bangladeshi Diaspora in the UK. In 1971 he was actively involved with the Bangladesh liberation movement in the UK. He works with the UK Government, private sectors and financial organisations to assist the Bangladeshi community in the UK, Europe and Bangladesh.
Mr Miah is a prominent community leader and is currently Chairman of Newcastle Bangladeshi Association, Director of British Bangladeshi Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and many other voluntary organisations. He is also an advisor for BHRC North East UK.
Mr Miah is a philanthropist, whose dedication and innovation has led to the huge success of a number of charity events which included raising funds for Cyclone Sidr, and leading the Newcastle Bangladesh Organisation in raising thousands of pounds for the floods affecting Bangladesh, and the Rohingya appeal.
Barrister Nazir Ahmed is a renowned lawyer, writer, analyst and thinkers he is a well known personalities in UK's and Europe's Bangladeshi Diaspora community. He is an expert on immigration, asylum and nationality law having an experience of advocacy for nearly two decade.
Mr Ahmed obtained LLB (Hons) degree from Queen Mary, University of London, in 1997. Later on, he completed Master of Laws (LLM) from the same University. He was called to the Bar (Barrister-at-Law) by the Lincoln's Inn in 1999. It should be noted that he was at the top of the combined Pass List (of all Inns - Gray's Inn, Lincoln's Inn, Inner Temple and Middle Temple) of the Bar Council's Bar Final Exams.
Barrister Ahmed is currently a councillor in the London Borough of Newham and was formerly the Deputy Speaker of the Council.
Job Titles:
- Director of International Relations
- Journalist, and Editor of the Weekly Surma
Shamsul Alam Liton is a broadcaster, journalist, and editor of the Weekly Surma newspaper which is a renowned weekly publication targeted at the Bangladeshi community in the UK.
Apart from his work in journalism, Shamsul Alam is a veteran activist and Founder trustee of Atish Dipangkar University of Science and Technology (ADUST).
Mr Alam is also a graduate and Alumni of the University of Dhaka on Social Sciences and later achieved his second Degree on Law from Leeds Beckett University, UK.
Job Titles:
- Vice President
- Senior Advisor and Former President
Wali Tasar Uddin is currently a Senior Advisor and Former President & DG of BBCCI