Aamer Sarfraz

Aamer Ahmad Sarfraz (born September 1981) is a British-Pakistani businessman and politician. He was previously a Conservative Party Treasurer, before being nominated for a life peerage by Boris Johnson in the 2019 Dissolution Honours List.[1]

Background

Sarfraz grew up in Islamabad, before moving to the United Kingdom in 2002. He is a graduate of Boston University, and the London School of Economics.[2]

Business career

Sarfraz is founder of Better Grain[3], an agriculture business working with smallholder farmers in Asia. Sarfraz was previously a Managing Director at The Electrum Group, a private equity firm, and a Venture Partner at Draper Associates, an early-stage technology venture capital firm.[4]

Conservative Party fundraising

As a Conservative Party Treasurer, Sarfraz chaired the Business and Entrepreneurs' Forum, described as a 'a network of business leaders that support the Conservative Party', charging £3,000 a year for membership.[5]

Since 2018, he has donated £122,500 to the Conservative Party.[6]

House of Lords

Sarfraz was nominated to the House of Lords on 31 July 2020[7]

Sarfraz stated that improving relations between Pakistan and the United Kingdom will be a fundamental part of his new work.[8]

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References
  1. "Dissolution Peerages 2019" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  2. "Queen appoints British-Pakistani Aamer Sarfraz as House of Lords member". The Express Tribune (Pakistan). August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
  3. "Better Grain Agriculture". Better Grain. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  4. "A Pair of Silicon Valley Venture Veterans Eye SPACs as a Way to Sidestep IPOs". The Street. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  5. "Inside the elite Tory fundraising machine". Open Democracy. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. "Electoral Commission". Electoral Commission. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  7. "Dissolution Peerages 2019" (PDF). Gov.uk. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
  8. "Queen appoints British-Pakistani Aamer Sarfraz as House of Lords member". The Express Tribune (Pakistan). August 5, 2020. Retrieved August 5, 2020.
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