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FINAL <strong>POWER</strong> 100 <strong>BOOK</strong> 2.59 TUE_Layout 1 14/02/2017 13:55 Page 49<br />

SHAHID SHEIKH<br />

dm Broadcasting network<br />

Shahid Sheikh is the managing<br />

director of clifton packaging<br />

Group ltd, a 31 year established<br />

family business and a leader in the<br />

innovation and manufacture of<br />

flexible packaging for the fmcG<br />

Sector. Supplying a broad range of<br />

innovative packaging to some of<br />

the Uk’s biggest multinationals, clifton is proud to be flying the flag for<br />

the Uk overseas and was recently awarded the tittle of ‘Business of the<br />

Year’ at the hSBc British asian Business awards. Shahid himself was<br />

also the first asian to be awarded the title of ‘entrepreneur of the Year’<br />

at the leicestershire Business awards and has won the same title at the<br />

world food awards. in addition to this Shahid was also the first asian<br />

chairman of the leicestershire branch of the institute of directors, a<br />

non-executive chairman of cSd Global, partner of<br />

Sportscorporation.com (exclusive re-sellers of amir khan tickets) and a<br />

partner in dmS Sports, supplier of clothing apparel to major clubs such<br />

as leicester county cricket club to name just one. Shahid is also<br />

extremely committed to helping and supporting charities, in particular<br />

rainbows, loros, wishes for kids and derbyshire, leicestershire and<br />

rutland air ambulance and even hosted leicester’s biggest<br />

multicultural party in aid of these charities.<br />

JEHANGIR MALIK<br />

Islamic Relief<br />

Jehangir malik oBe is the director of<br />

islamic relief Uk, with a long and rich<br />

career in the humanitarian sector. in 2006,<br />

Jehangir was appointed director of islamic<br />

relief Uk, and in 2010 was awarded an<br />

oBe by her majesty the Queen, in<br />

recognition of his 20 years of dedication and<br />

contribution to the humanitarian cause.<br />

during the course of his career, he has visited numerous field missions<br />

including pakistan, afghanistan, the Balkans, Sudan, kenya, Somalia,<br />

chechnya, iraq and Yemen. he has remained an active member of the Uk<br />

community throughout, participating in and encouraging civic<br />

engagement, such as the mosaic mentoring scheme initiated by hrh the<br />

prince of wales.<br />

DR LIAQUAT MALIK<br />

DM Broadcasting Network<br />

dr. malik, aged 50, chairman of the<br />

dm Broadcasting network, owns a<br />

portfolio of businesses which include<br />

a leading broadcast company,<br />

available to over 17.1 million Uk<br />

households and to over 30 million<br />

households in asia. this has made the<br />

dm digital television network the<br />

largest of the asian free to air channels. this company was the first to<br />

broadcast programmes in six languages: english, punjabi, Urdu, Sindhi,<br />

persian and hindi. the channel is available through Sky, Jadoo tV and<br />

asia Sat platforms as a free view for over 180 countries with several<br />

regional licenses and viewers from the Uk, europe, the middle east,<br />

africa, and asia. the programmes cover a range of genres which include<br />

live tV, entertainment, news, current affairs, sports, and children’s<br />

programmes.<br />

dr. malik has also diversified his business interests in a property letting<br />

agency, and also a higher education college. in his thriving portfolio of<br />

entrepreneurial enterprises, dr. malik employs over three hundred fulltime<br />

staff worldwide. this is divided between his national and<br />

international operations. in the Uk, he is managing a hundred<br />

employees who work on a full-time basis, and two hundred full-time<br />

employees in pakistan.<br />

DR SYED NAYYER ABIDI<br />

dr abidi is a British asian doctor & a health<br />

promotion Specialist. his area of interest is<br />

preventive medicine in public health and he has<br />

recently been honoured with an mBe by hm the<br />

Queen for his 12 years-long community health<br />

services. during 1998 -1999, he worked in the<br />

radiology department of north manchester General<br />

hospital as clinical assistant. in 2002, he launched the U.k’s first-ever<br />

bilingual (english/Urdu) book ‘prevention is always better than cure’. So<br />

far, about 5,000 copies had been distributed to public/nhS libraries, G.p<br />

surgeries and a & e units. during 2003-2006, he served as ceo of a health<br />

awareness trust and organised 30 national health awareness seminars in<br />

Greater manchester area. he is spokesperson of the association of pakistani<br />

physicians & Surgeons of the U.k and also the ambassador of the cancer<br />

research Uk, fellow of the royal Society of public health & founder<br />

director (since 2006) of community health involvement & empowerment<br />

forum (chief), a national social enterprise in health & social care that<br />

exists to serve health needs of the Bme communities of the U.k<br />

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