Nasser arrived in UK in 1971 and grew up with secondary and higher education in Yorkshire. Graduated in London in Finance in 1982. Enjoyed the Rock concerts and experienced the phenomenal and most memorable cultural changes of the seventies.
Married to Rukhsana, a mathematician & secondary school teacher. They have two boys -Tahir doing articles in accounancy and Humza at 8. Two girls studying A levels in High School in Sutton.
Comes from a family running sawmills across the great Indian/Pakistani cities during six decades. Started a Finance career in the eighties, qualified as an accountant and started his senior finance managerial roles in the 1990’s working for numerous small and multi-national IT and Telecom companies as financial controller. Acquiring his specialist skills of building organisations by working for fast growing start-ups.
The seventies and eighties saw Nasser also contribute to a youth organisations in Bradford. Run the mountainous Bradford Marathon to raise funds for a Youth group in 1983, his most challenging fitness programme ever. He than cycled Bradford to London in a Cycle Marathon in 1989. He has done numerous half-marathon walks since the mid-eighties the latest one being in June 2008. Nasser was Captain of both Cricket and Football teams in School and competed for under-18 West Yorkshire Badminton championships in late seventies.
Nineties started with Gulf War and involvement in Politics from 1991 whilst living in Crawley, Sussex. The Balkans war also drove Nasser to two Charities serving the survivors’ of ethnic cleansing of Bosnians in the first half of the nineties. Has also worked with the Kurds, Palestinians and Kashmiris in their cause for peace and self-determination since the late nineties.
Twenty first century started with Nasser joining a team of Trustees to start a Charity called Amicus Vision to help socially excluded in the South-East with help with accommodation, work, training and house furnishing. Later also became a Trustee on a Pension Fund of this large Housing Association.
Has been actively liaising with British national organisations and activists campaigning against the illegal war in Iraq and Rendition / Internments / Tortures based around Guanatamo Bay, Belmarsh and other prisons in Afghanistan and Iraq.
Joined the Liberal Democrat Party in 1991 with an ambition to change and influence things in Britain. With like-minded friends, Nasser initially founded a Libdems Multi-Faith Forum in the first year of joining and remained its Chair for 8 years. Its purpose was to educate the Party activists about campaigning with people from other Faiths and Cultures living in Britain and inputting to Party’s Domestic and International policy development.
Nasser restructure Ethnic Minority LibDem organisation that was to work for the ethnic minorities of Britain and led its development from scratch between 1999 to 2002.
Has been a regular contributor to Federal and Regional Conferences since 1992, chairing fringe meetings, making speeches at policy debates and tackling the issues.
Served English Council and its English Executive and than was elected to English Candidates Committee. Nasser was Vice-Chair Policy and Equalities for London Region 2000/2001.
Served as a Trainer within and outside the Party, mentoring candidates on campaigning with ethnic minorities and working with political establishment.
Nasser started the front line elections by winning a Tory Council Seat in 2002 by 5 votes in London Borough of Sutton and served four years in a mixed Ward with Two Tories.
Selected Prospective Parliamentary Candidate in 2003 for Mole Valley constituency in Surrey for 2005 General Elections. Here Nasser increased his vote share by 1.5% and increased Lib Dem vote by 10.5% against the sitting Tory MP and squeezed Labour vote by some 35%.
In 2004, He led a team to consolidate the Muslim Vote from Labour to Lib Dems by setting up a national organisation, Liberal Democrat Muslim Forum. Nasser helped developed the membership, organisation and activities by being its founding Chair for the first 18 months to the end of 2005. Remained its spokes person and has become the Chairman again from 2008.
Nasser is well routed into a well organised, modern and moderate Muslim Community that has been establishing branches across UK since 1914. It is based in 80+ Towns and Cities and Nasser has been helping guide the community through its national executive.
With a background of entrepreneurial ancestors and he has been a catalyst for change for over the last 30 years, working with like-minded people in commercial and voluntary organisations, building teams and organisations, throughout managing the media and being outspoken on issues and policies.
With all this growing experience and expertise, Nasser feels his best years are still ahead of him.
