Zameer Choudrey - Revision history

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'''Zameer Choudrey''' is the chief executive of wholesale cash and carry and pharmacy company [[Bestway]].

==Career==
Choudrey joined [[Bestway]] in 1984 as financial controller, playing a key role in their expansion through the acquisition of a number of competitors. In 1987 he was appointed managing director, finance director in 1990 and chief executive of [[Bestway Cement]] in 1995. Following the acquisition of [[United Bank Limited]] (UBL), Choudrey was appointed to the board of UBL - where he also served as chairman of the board audit committee and director of UBL insurers.

In 2004 he was promoted to the position of chief executive of [[Bestway]] Group.<ref name="BW"> Bestway [http://www.bestwaygroup.co.uk/inside-bestway/board-of-directors Board of directors], accessed 1 April 2015.</ref>

==Letter to the Telegraph==
On 1 April 2015 Choudrey was one of [[Conservative Business Letter - Telegraph 1 April 2015| 103 business leaders who wrote to the Telegraph]] praising the British [[Conservative Party]]'s economic policies and claiming a [[Labour]] government would 'threaten jobs and deter investment' in the UK.<ref>Peter Dominiczak, [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/labour/11507586/General-Election-2015-Labour-threatens-Britains-recovery-say-100-business-chiefs.html 100 business chiefs: Labour threatens Britain's recovery], ''Telegraph'', 1 April 2015.</ref>

==HSBC 2015 tax avoidance scandal==
In the wake of the [[HSBC]] Swiss tax avoidance scandal, it was revealed that [[Bestway]] owner Sir [[Anwar Pervez]] and every other director on the companies eight-member board were linked with Swiss accounts. Pervez said [[HM Revenue and Customs]] were 'aware of these accounts and trusts and all directors were tax compliant'.<ref> David Leigh, James Ball, Juliette Garside and David Pegg [http://www.theguardian.com/business/2015/feb/11/hsbc-files-show-tories-raised-over-5m-from-hsbc-swiss-account-holders?CMP=share_btn_tw HSBC files show Tories raised over £5m from HSBC Swiss account holders] ''The Guardian'', 11 February 2015, accessed 1 April 2015.</ref>

==Education==
*[[University of Kent]]<ref name="BW"/>

==Affiliations==
*The [[Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales]], fellow<ref name="BW"/>

==Notes==
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