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SThree was handed contracts with Tory MP Nadhim Zahawi as a shareholder
The multi-millionaire vaccines minister was a non-executive director at the publicly listed firm until 2017 when he stepped down to focus on politics
However, he listed a shareholding worth at least £70,000 in the recruitment firm
Since the UK was first placed in lockdown in March last year, SThree has been awarded contracts totalling more than £1.1million
Shariah-compliant Offa hires senior management
By Rebekah Commane 21
Shariah-compliant bridging provider Offa has strengthened it’s senior management team with two appointments.
Sultan Choudhury OBE joins as the Birmingham and London based firm’s first chairman
Sultan Choudhury
and Andy Blenkinsop joins as chairman of Offa’s Risk Committee.
Choudhury has 26 years of experience in professional and financial services (Deloitte, Charles Schwab, Barclays, and Al Rayan Bank) and played an instrumental role as part of the founding management team that obtained Western Europe’s first authorised Islamic banking licence.
Bilal Ahmed
Blenkinsop has had a 40 year career in real estate finance including 27 years with Barclays and HBOS and spent ten years as a partner of Pluto Finance which built a £1.5bn loan book comprising development and bridge loans.