Waqar Azmi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Waqar Azmi
Occupation	Equality Adviser
Date Of Birth	Feb 22, 1970(1970-02-22)
Age	54
Birthplace	Azamgarh
Country	India
Birth City	Uttar Pradesh
Horoscope	Aquarius

Waqar Azmi Biography

Waqar Azmi is one of the most popular and richest Equality Adviser who was born on February 22, 1970 in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India. Waqar Azmi was raised by the family he was born living in Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, India and emigrated into the UK at 13 years of age He was not able to speak English at the time he moved to. He was a student at in the University of Central Lancashire, graduating in 1993 with an honours degree in politics in addition to Social Policy.

Waqar Azmi was awarded his OBE as part of the Queen’s Birthday Honours in 2002 at the age 32 from Her Majesty the Queen, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the UK and in 2003 , he was given the Britain’s Young Asian Achievement Award from Lloyds TSB.

In January 2015, Azmi was nominated for the Spirit of Britain award at the British Muslim Awards.

ISIS called for the murder of Azmi along with 20 other top Western Muslims leaders including Conservative Party ministers Sajid Javid and Baroness Sayeeda Warsi and Hillary Clinton’s advisor Huma Abedin in their 2016 online English-language magazine, Dabiq in an article entitled “Kill the imams of kufr in the west”, who, according to ISIS, “directly involve themselves in politics and enforcing the laws of kufr (non-believers).” The article brands Azmi and those on the ‘hit list’ as “apostate” and urges their murder by encouraging followers in other countries to “wage jihad by himself with the resources available to him (knives, guns, explosives, etc.) to kill the crusaders and other disbelievers and apostates.”

In 2001, he was appointed the Managing Director of the largest firm of consultants in the world, TMP Worldwide Advertising and Communications and Monster.com and also the chairman of the Waterhouse Consulting Group in 2009. Azmi created his own organization, the British Federation of Racial Equality Councils which is an UK body consisting of racial equality councils as well as alliances that include more than 100 councils across England, Scotland and Wales. Azmi also established an think-tank called Race Equality West Midlands and the Herefordshire Equality Partnership.

Waqar Azmi Net Worth

Waqar Azmi is one of the richest Equality Adviser from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Waqar Azmi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In 2001, Azmi received an honorary master’s degree from the University of Worcester. In 2006, he was awarded the Honorary Doctor of Letters by Southampton Solent University, and in the same year his home university, the University of Central Lancashire awarded Azmi an Honorary Fellowship.

Azmi was involved in a variety of Public Inquiries in the UK. He was also a member of in the Oldham riots Inquiry which was created to investigate the riots that took place during the month of May. He was a vocal opponent of the Inquiry saying that under pressure from the government, the Inquiry was directed toward citizenship and language rather than structural inequality and the rising influence of extremist groups like The British National Party (BNP).

In October 2004, he was appointed as UK Government’s Chief Diversity Adviser at the Cabinet Office. He launched the 10-Point Plan on diversity to drive change across Whitehall and for the first time in the UK, linked diversity performance of each government department to the pay and bonus of Permanent Secretaries. The Times wrote: “Azmi raised eyebrows when he announced that the bonuses of permanent secretaries would be linked to their success in meeting the targets”. Britain’s only Asian Permanent Secretary, Sir Suma Chakrabarti, and a former Minister, Keith Vaz, welcomed the announcement, saying it would accelerate change in the civil service. But Keith Vaz warned: “I’m quite sure there will be resistance to this”.

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Who is Waqar Azmi Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Waqar Ranked on the list of most popular Equality Adviser. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Waqar Azmi celebrates birthday on February 22 of every year.