WCOP Founders

Arif Anis
Arif Anis, a Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of ''Habits of Success'', "I'MPOSSIBLE", "Made In Crises" and "Follow Your Dreams," is a celebrated writer and coach. Arif has coached top corporate leaders, heads of states, movie stars and CEOs. Arif has shared stages with 13 heads of state including the two American presidents. Prime Minister Boris Johnson awarded the "Points of Light" award to his One Million Meals campaign on 13 May 2021. He was voted Brain of the Year by Tony Buzan's Brain Trust in November 2020 and was named the Global Man of the Year in 2019 by Global Man Magazine. Many of his coaching and consulting clients come from Fortune 500 and FTSE100 companies, including governments and multilateral organisations. Arif is the winner of the Brian Tracy Award of Excellence in coaching in 2017. Arif's initiatives have been featured at BBC, ITV, Sky, CNBC, The Telegraph, Yahoo, and many other global platforms.
Syed Qamar Raza
Syed Qamar Raza is a British Pakistani sociopreneur, serial entrepreneur and community leader. He is Co-Chairman of Conservative Friends of Pakistan (CFoP), Founder of World Congress of Overseas Pakistanis (WCOP), former Member Board of Governors of the Overseas Pakistanis Foundation (OPF), and former General Secretary & President of UK Pakistan Chamber of Commerce & Industry (UKPCCI). Raza’s services were recognised by the University of Oxford in 2014 by conferring the Diaspora Excellence Award presented by Prof. Andrew Hamilton, Vice-Chancellor of the University. Raza was awarded the pride of performance award by the Prime Minister of Pakistan in 2013. The British Chancellor of the Exchequer Sajid Javed presented him the Award of Excellence in 2019.