Amirali Alibhai 'Amir' Bhatia, Baron Bhatia, OBE (b. The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British Order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by King George V. 18 March 1932) is a British businessman. Events 37 - The Roman Senate annuls Tiberius ' will and proclaims Caligula emperor Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located
An Ismaili Muslim born in East Africa, Bhatia was educated in schools in Tanzania and India. For the Egyptian city see Ismaïlia. The Ismāʿīlī ( Urdu: إسماعیلی Ismāʿīlī, Arabic: الإسماعيليون A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion East Africa is the Easternmost Region of the African Continent. Tanzania ˌtænzəˈniːə officially the United Republic of Tanzania (Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania is a country in East Africa bordered by Kenya India, officially the Republic of India (भारत गणराज्य inc-Latn Bhārat Gaṇarājya; see also other Indian languages) is a country He is married to Nurnamu Amersi and has three daughters. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1972.
Bhatia was Chairman and managing director of Forbes Campbell International Ltd. 1980-2001. He is the chair and co-founder of the Ethnic Minority Foundation and the Council of Ethnic Minority Voluntary Sector Organisations (CEMVO), and a former trustee of various charitable organisations, including the National Lottery Charities Board and Oxfam, serving as Chairman of Oxfam Trading. The National Lottery is the largest Lottery in the United Kingdom. Oxfam International is a confederation of 13 organizations working with over 3000 partners in more than 100 countries to find lasting solutions to poverty and injustice
Bhatia received the OBE in 1997. In 2001, he was made a life peer as Baron Bhatia, of Hampton in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, one of the first 'people's peers'. In the United Kingdom, life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as Hereditary In the United Kingdom, life peers are created members of the Peerage whose titles may not be inherited (those whose titles are inheritable are known as Hereditary He sits in the House of Lords as a crossbencher. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" In certain legislative assemblies, especially those which are based on the Westminster system, a crossbencher is a member of the assembly who is a member of neither
In 2003 Lord Bhatia received the prestigious Beacon Fellowship Prize for his leadership role in countering social deprivation and exclusion in the UK and internationally. Beacon Fellowship is the first and only Fellowship within the United Kingdom whose scheme is geared toward supporting and encouraging an improved culture of Philanthropy He was elected Chair of the Fellowship by the other prize winners.
In 2006 he was and as of July 2006 is the chair of the British Edutrust foundation, the organisation planning to sponsor Rhodesway School
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