Dawood Pervez
Dawood Pervez | |
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| Born | 1975 Berkshire |
| Nationality | English |
| Citizenship | England |
| Alma mater | Eton College |
| Occupation | Managing director of Bestway Wholesale |
Dawood Pervez (born 1975) is managing director of Bestway Wholesale, part of the Bestway Group, the UK's second-largest wholesaler[1] founded by his father Sir Anwar Pervez[2] in the 1970s.
Pervez became managing director of Bestway Wholesale in 2017.[3][4]
Early Life
Pervez was born in Berkshire, in February 1975 to parents Sir Anwar Pervez and Sabiha Kasim.
During 1988 - 1993, he was educated at Eton College, and went on to study BA (Hons) Politics and Modern History at the University of Manchester from 1993 to 1996. Between 1996–1999, he studied for an MA (Oxon) Jurisprudence Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales at University of Oxford followed by a LPC (Diploma) at the College of Law 1999 – 2000.
Career
His first job was at global law firm, Linklaters, before joining the family business, Bestway in 2002.
Between November 2002 and July 2004 Pervez was Group Legal Manager for Bestway Holdings.
Pervez was appointed to the Bestway Groups Board in 2004.[5][6]
Since 2017 he has been the managing director of Bestway Wholesale[7][8] and a non executive director of Bestway Cement.[9]
Bestway Wholesale supplies around 70,000 independent retailers that supplied communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.[10][11][12]
Between 2020 and 2021 the Bestway Wholesale business increased from £2 billion turnover to over £3 billion.[13]
Personal life
Pervez is married to wife, Clare Pervez and has two children, a daughter, Laila Pervez and son, Zain Pervez. His cousin Lord Zameer Choudrey, Baron Choudrey is chief executive of Bestway Group.
References
- ↑ Barrett, Claer (18 July 2014). "Cash-and-carry group Bestway to buy Co-op pharmacies for £620m". Financial Times. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "Sir Anwar Pervez, Lord Zameer Choudrey, Dawood Pervez". EasternEye. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ Leyl, Adam. "Martin Race to be replaced by Dawood Pervez as MD of Bestway". The Grocer. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ Miller, Robert. "Costcutter shops changing hands". The Times. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ Midgley, Dominic (21 July 2014). "Anwar Pervez: The Billionaire cash and carry King". Express.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "Bestway's Pervez steps back as son joins board". The Grocer. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "Asian Trader Issue number 893". Asian Trader Issue number 893. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dawood Pervez to replace Martin Race as Bestway MD | Cash & Carry Management". Cash and Carry Management. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "Expanding foothold: Bestway takes control of Lafarge management". The Express Tribune. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ Hegarty2020-11-06T15:07:00+00:00, Ronan. "How Dawood Pervez is steering Bestway through the pandemic". The Grocer. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dispatches: Coronavirus". edmond-buckley-pd. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "You and Yours - Care Home Credit Crunch, Supermarket Awards, Data Sharing - BBC Sounds". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 12 April 2022.
- ↑ "Dawood Pervez: determining the Bestway forward | Cash & Carry Management". Cash and Carry Management. Retrieved 12 April 2022.