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Fiyaz Mughal

Fiyaz Mughal has a BSc (Hons) in Neuroscience from University College London and also has a Masters Degree in Education and Business Administration.

His working history includes over 12 years experience in the community and voluntary sector in positions that have included social policy lobbying, project and general management and leading organizations as the Chief Operating Officer.

Fiyaz has worked in a number of organizations providing training to women right through to European transnational faith related programmes and advice and information projects. Currently, Fiyaz Mughal is the Chief Executive Officer for the Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux and he is also the Director of a not for profit organization called Faith Matters which works on reducing extremism and developing platforms for discourse and interaction between Muslim and Jewish communities right across the UK. Fiyaz is also the Founder Director of two micro-finance projects to assist social entrepreneurism in Palestine and Israel and is also developing interfaith and conflict resolution projects bringing together communities from both countries.

Currently, Fiyaz is a Councillor in Haringey and was previously a Councillor in Oxford (2002-2004). A Deputy President of a mainstream political party in the UK, he has also campaigned heavily on Black and Minority Ethnic (group) inclusion within political parties and discourses. He was also appointed to be on the Working Group for Communities that was linked to the Extremism Task Force developed in 2005 after the 7/7 bombings.

Fiyaz Mughal is also the Job Centre Plus Portfolio Holder on the DWP Standards Board and has been a consultant to organizations that have included Working Links, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Enterprise Credit Union.

Email: fiyaz.mughal@googlemail.com

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