I attended Park Road Primary School and thereafter Eastleigh Secondary School. I came to the UK in 1969. I qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1976.

I have been in practice as a partner in a firm since 1979. I am married with two grown up children. Our daughter Sabeena, who qualified in medicine at Manchester University is currently a Senior House Officer specialising in A&E. Our son Shaan is reading Classics at the University College London.

- As of October 2006