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One of
London's most celebrated restaurateurs is to become the first patron
of the international development charity Concern Worldwide.
Founder of
the award-winning restaurant The Cinnamon Club and the critically
acclaimed Roast, Iqbal Wahhab is one of London's most exciting and
innovative entrepreneurs. The Bangladeshi-born business man, who was
introduced to Concern last year, is excited at the prospect of
becoming patron of a charity working with some of the world's poorest
people.
"Concern
looks for practical and innovative solutions to combat poverty.
Working in some of the world's poorest countries - including my
country of origin, Bangladesh, their work has lasting impact, helping
people to make simple and life-changing improvements. I'm delighted
to be supporting an organisation that does such important work with
the very poorest people in developing countries."
Concern
Worldwide's UK Chief Executive, Lyndall Stein, is thrilled to welcome
Mr Wahhab as a patron and is looking forward to working with him as
the charity seeks to increase its impact.
"It's
fantastic that Iqbal has agreed to join Concern as a patron and give
us the benefit of his experience. It's really important for us to be
connecting with dynamic and influential people in the UK as we work
toward doubling the number of poor people we reach to 26 million by 2010."
Mr Wahhab
plans to visit Concern's work in Africa during 2008
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