The Right Honourable The Lord Hameed CBE DL |
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Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed, photographed in 2013
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High Sheriff of Greater London | |
In office 2006–2006 |
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Preceded by | Andrew Everard Martin Smith |
Succeeded by | Jan Stephen Pethick |
Personal details | |
Alma mater | Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Memorial Medical College, Kanpur, University of Lucknow |
Khalid Hameed, Baron Hameed, CBE 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 & Chief Executive Officer of the Cromwell Hospital in London. He hails from Lucknow, India.
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 CBE in the 2004 New Year's Honours. Dr 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 United Kingdom. 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. This office is 1,000 years old and is the second oldest office in the country after the monarchy.