Rafi Razzak

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Rafi Razzak (born March 28, 1949) is founder and owner of Centerprise International [1] (CI), a provider of managed IT and system integration services to corporate, government and education customers in the UK. CI claims to be the longest standing Ministry of Defence approved IT supplier in the UK, since 1992. [2]

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Career

Razzak is the son of Arif Abd ar-Razzaq, who was Prime Minister of Iraq in 1965.[ citation needed ] He studied electronics engineering at Imperial College London [3] and started CI in 1983, [3] after 9 years as an engineer at IBM and holding the position of vice president at PAC International. [3] He won CBI Entrepreneur of the Year in 2000. [4] Rafi is an investor of the UK marketplace "OnBuy", [5] in partnership with entrepreneur and founder of OnBuy.com, Cas Paton. [6]

He is also a former Chairman of Basingstoke Town Football Club., [7] and won Basingstoke Businessman of the Year in 2009 [4] and the Basingstoke Ambassador Award in 2012. [8] [9]

Philanthropic work

Razzak helped fundraise for a cancer treatment centre for Hampshire and West Berks [10] and has sponsored the Business and the Community Award at the Inspire 2012 Business Awards. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Garfield, Richard (15 July 2010). "Firms' factory launch is praised by entrepreneur (From Daily Echo)". Dailyecho.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  2. ↑ "Sectors - Defence". Centerprise. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  3. 1 2 3 "Rafi Razzak A-List profile". Channelweb.co.uk. 15 November 2012. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Rafi Razzak Readers's Lives profile - CRN". Channelweb.co.uk. 14 December 2010. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  5. ↑ "Centerprise investment set to rile Amazon and eBay". 2 May 2013.
  6. ↑ "Meet the entrepreneur hoping to rival eBay and Amazon with new website (From Business in Dorset)". www.businessdorset.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Garfield, Richard (15 April 2010). "Mayor impressed by Basingstoke's dynamic Centerprise (From Daily Echo)". Dailyecho.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  8. ↑ "Basingstoke's Ambassadors". Destinationbasingstoke.co.uk. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  9. ↑ "Centerprise International Testimonial". Destination Basingstoke. 26 May 2011. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  10. ↑ "Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Cancer treatment centre fundraising campaign launches". Hampshirehospitals.nhs.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
  11. ↑ "Inspire Business Awards 2012 | North Hampshire's prestigious business awards". Inspirebusinessawards.co.uk. Retrieved 20 April 2013.
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