Shailesh Vasant Patel (born 1971) is a British accountant who in 2007 founded the Healthy Planet Foundation.Businesses cut deals with charities to reduce tax bills.
Adrian Goldberg, '' BBC News'', 25 January 2012. Retrieved 27 February 2015. He regards himself as a social entrepreneur. Patel is a graduate of

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(1988-1991, Economics & Accounting). He joined accounting firm Ernst & Young and achieved his ACA qualification in 1994. Patel's father emigrated to the Midlands in England from India in 1960, working at first as a road-sweeper and then as a bus driver. Patel's mother followed in 1962.Shaylesh Patel: Becoming a Social Entrepreneur.
London Youth Conference 2013, 7 April 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

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If I ruled the world: Shaylesh Patel.
{{DEFAULTSORT:Patel, Shaylesh British accountants Living people Alumni of the University of Bristol British people of Indian descent 1971 births