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The
Healthcare & Education Excellence Jewel Award:
Pervez
N Ghauri, Professor of
International Business at Manchester Business School was
born in Lahore Pakistan, and studied at Uppsala University in Sweden
from where he graduated with Master and PhD degrees in International
Business. At present, he is Professor of International Business at
University of Manchester. He has been elected as Vice President for
Academy of International Business Worldwide and sits on the Board for
European International Business Academy and Academy of International
Business in UK since 2004. Professor Ghauri has written more than 20
books and more than 50 articles in academic journals. He is often
asked by high profile media to comment on current affairs and has
appeared on BBC, ITV, Sky News and BBC Radio 4.
Neeraj
Salwan, Harminder Shergill & Sanjay Majhu launched Apple
Healthcare in February 2003 when Sanjay Majhu acquired
his first pharmacy in Saltcoats. He paid £300k for the business
and property and received 11% shares in a health centre. Harminder
joined the group as Manager, and worked his way up to Operations
Director and Partner. Neeraj joined the Group in 2007 as Director.
They now have 17 shops in the group with interests in another two
health centres. The total turnover of the group Apple is now £13
million with a market value of over £20 million, including
values in health centres. They expect PBITDA of the Group to be
£2.3 million within the 2008 period with today's portfolio.
Professor
Daniel Khan is Principal and
Chief Executive of the Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
and has devoted the past 18 years to making a difference to education
in both the Further and Higher education sectors. After six years
working as a Finance Director at the School of African and Oriental
Studies, he moved to become the Deputy Principal of York College
where he was a significant figure in the successful merger with York
Sixth Form College. He joined the Institute in 2001 and has been
intrinsic in developing high quality provision as well as embracing
widening participation. Daniel has a been driving force behind the
continued success of the Institute which received six Beacon Awards,
Five Centre of Vocational Excellence Awards and two Star Awards.
Recently Daniel was awarded an OBE for his contribution to further
education, which he attributed to his dedicated team of staff at the Institute.
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