Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed,

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding valuable service in a wide range of useful activities. It comprises five classes of awards across both civil and military divisions, the most senior two o ...

, DL (born 1 July 1941) is the chairman of Alpha Hospital Group, and chairman and chief executive officer of the London International Hospital. Prior to this, he was the executive director and chief executive officer of the

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. He hails from

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. He chairs the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council. He is a board member of the British Muslim Research Centre, and also the Ethnic Minorities Foundation. He is an executive member of the Maimonides Foundation and a trustee of The Little Foundation. He received a

in the 2004 New Year's Honours. Hameed supports various charities and was awarded the Sternberg Award for 2005 for his contribution to further Christian - Muslim - Jewish Relations. He has received several national and international honours from various countries, including the

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. He is a governor of International Students House; president of The Little Foundation; chairman of The Woolf Institute of Abrahamic Faiths, and is a vice-president of the Friends of the British Library. He is involved with inter-religious matters and lectures on this subject. He was appointed by Her Majesty the Queen as the first Asian high sheriff of Greater London for the year 2006–2007. The office of High sheriff is 1,000 years old and is the second oldest office in the country after the monarchy. In February 2007, it was announced by the

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that he will be made a

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and will sit as a

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. The peerage was gazetted on 27 March 2007 as Baron Hameed, of

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in the

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. He was also named British Asian of the year 2007. In between the 2019 and 2024 elections, Hameed claimed £27,628 in allowances for showing up to parliament 98 times, despite never speaking, never voting, never sitting on a committee, never holding a government post, and never sending a written question. He was awarded

Padma Shri The Padma Shri (IAST: ''padma śrī'', lit. 'Lotus Honour'), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest Indian honours system, civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan. In ...

in 1992 and the

Padma Bhushan The Padma Bhushan (IAST: ''Padma Bhūṣaṇa'', lit. 'Lotus Decoration') is the third-highest civilian award in the Republic of India, preceded by the Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan and followed by the Padma Shri. Instituted on 2 Januar ...

, "third in hierarchy of civilian awards", by the

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in 2009. He was the chief guest at Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas 2010 held in

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. He is married to Dr Ghazala Afzal, who was appointed High Sheriff of Greater London for 2015–16.

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