Mohammed Amin (businessman)

Mohammed Amin MBE FRSA is a British businessman who has been Chairman of the Conservative Muslim Forum, an affiliated group within the British Conservative Party, since mid-2014.[2] The Conservative Muslim chief is reported in June 2019 as having been expelled from the Tory Muslim group [3] following his strong public criticism of the 'moral integrity' of Boris Johnson. He resigned from the Conservative Party on 23 July 2019 when Johnson was announced as the new leader.[4] He writes regularly about political and community cohesion issues on the ConservativeHome website.[5]

Amin sits on the Mosque committee at the Victoria Park Mosque in Manchester[1]

Amin has lived in the UK since 1952. He graduated in mathematics from Clare College, Cambridge, then obtained a Post Graduate Certificate in Education from the University of Leeds. He is a chartered accountant and a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He served on the Council for 12 years, standing down in 2015. In 2005 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.[6]

Amin was the first Muslim partner of Price Waterhouse UK, now PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was elected to PwC's Supervisory Board from 2003 [7] to 2009. Before his retirement at the end of 2009, Amin was PwC's head of Islamic finance in the UK.[8]

Amin is Co-Chair of the Muslim Jewish Forum of Greater Manchester,[9] Chairman of the Council of the Islam & Liberty Network,[10] and Chair of Donors of the Curriculum for Cohesion.[11] He speaks and writes regularly on Islamic finance and on issues connected with politics and social cohesion. Clare College, Cambridge chose him as its Alumnus of the Year for 2014.[12] He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List June 2016 "For services to Community Cohesion and Inter-faith Relations in Greater Manchester."[13]