Fozia Parveen-Sheikh

Business Development Director

Describe yourself in five words.
Determined. Enthusiastic. Committed. Caring. Professional.

Tell us three of your career highlights to date.
1. Worked for Richard Branson.
2. Helped write a book for nursery school teachers and compiled a bilingual tape to accompany this.
3. Promotion to Business Development Director at ELBA

Name your favourite place of interest in East London:
Wilton’s Music Hall.

In one sentence explain why you are passionate about East London?
East London, is a vibrant, colorful array of communities and people where you can never feel alone and each day brings new challenges within your work which makes East London a great place to live and work.

Tell us one thing that people may not know about you.
Elected to represent Walsall, West Midlands on 2 international youth camps to France and Germany. 3rd year I was elected as the youth leader!

Tell us the best thing about working for East London Business Alliance.
You have the best of both worlds, corporate and community engagement.

Complete this sentence: The absolute best thing about volunteering is…
knowing that you are getting involved with something that you are passionate about.