Profile:

Mr. S B Faruk  was born in a very highly educated family in Sunamganj,Bangladesh.His late father,Alhaj Shah Bakth, was a retired Bank Officer, his younger brother Humayun is a full Colonel in the Bangladesh Army,and his eldest sister,Dr Saleha Khatun was the first women medical doctor in her home town of Sunamganj.

Faruk was a lecturer of Physics in Sunamganj College before arriving in London in 1973.He established the Shahnan Employment & Training Bureau, which was the first Bangladeshi employment and training centre in the East End of London. the Bureau specialises mainly in the catering sector and provides skilled staff for the expanding catering industry all over the country.

Faruk is also the first Bangladeshi trainer who provides food hygiene training,health and safety training and HACCP training for all sorts of food handlers in a diverse range of premises. He is also an accredited trainer of the internationally recognised Chartered Institute of Environmental Health (CIEH), Royal Society of Public Health (RSPH), Meat and Livestock Commission (MLC) AND Welcome Host. He is an author of the book “Food Hygiene”.

Apart from entrepreneurship, Faruk has made a considerable political contribution to the mainstream of British politics. He is a high profile Conservative politician, having been the local Conservative Association Chairman for five consecutive years. During his leadership he arranged visits in his local constituency from many leading Conservative figures.

Faruk was the only Bangladeshi who was selected as an official Conservative Parliamentary Candidate in 2001 and achieved an excellent second place against sitting MP, Oona King. He was also a Conservative candidate for the same constituency and fought a hard campaign against Oona King and George Galloway in 2005.

Faruk is the Chairman of the Bangladesh-British Chamber of Commerce. He is the founder member of the London Millennium Bridge Club and his name is engraved on this famous bridge, which was opened by Her Majesty the Queen. Founder is also a trustee of Bangladesh Female Academy, founder of Sunamganj Association, “SUPROBASH”  & a  “Freeman of the City of London”.

He lives in east end of London with wife Sherina and four children Shahnan, Eva, Safwan and Zayn.

Area of Interest: Joint venture with travel and tourism, educational institute, Health & safety and food hygiene training.