Asif Aziz

Pakuŵa mweneko wa kampani ya Criterion Capital, wakumanyikwa cifukwa ca kuŵa na malo ghakuzirwa nga ni London Trocadero na Criterion Building mu Piccadilly Circus. Aziz ndiyo wakambiska wupu wakuwona vya wovwiri wa mbumba.

Aziz wakababikira ku Malawi mu 1967, ndipo wakasamira ku London apo wakaŵa na vyaka 6.. Wakagura nyumba yake yakwamba ku London mu ma 1980, apo wakaŵa wachali ku sukulu. Wakamalizga masambiro ghake ku British American College ku London.

Aziz wakagwiranga nchito ku kampani yakuzenga katundu Morgan Grenfell Laurie pambere wandawelere ku Angola, Africa mu 1993 uko wakapanga chuma chake mwa kuzenga mabungwe ghaŵiri ghakuzenga vyakurya, kusazgapo Golfrate Angola, agho wakaguliska mu 2005. Mu chaka chenechicho wakawelera ku Britain na kukhazikiska kampani ya Criterion Capital, iyo yikagura malo ghakusanguluskira gha London Trocadero, London Pavilion (1 Piccadilly Circus) na The Criterion Building (1 Jermyn Street). Mazuŵa ghano, Criterion Capital ndiyo ni mweneko wa malo ghakurughakuru pa Leicester Square na Piccadilly Circus.

Pakuŵa CEO wa Criterion Capital, iyo wali na katundu wa ndalama zakukwana mapaundi 3.600,000,000 mu London na kumwera kwa England, kusazgapo nyumba zakuguliska zakukwana 15 mu West End, Docklands na Croydon.

Nyumba ya London Trocadero, iyo Asif Aziz wakagura mu 2005

Mu 2005, nyuzipepara ya Evening Standard yikati wakagura nyumba yake yakwamba apo wakaŵa na vyaka 16. Wakapeleka ndalama zakukwana mapaundi 1.9 miliyoni pa nyumba iyo yili pafupi na siteshoni ya South Kensington.

Mu 2009, ŵa Criterion ŵakavumbura kuti ŵakukhumba kuzgora Trocadero kuŵa hotelo ya vipinda 500. Mu 2014, ŵakayowoya kuti ŵakukhumba kujura sitoro ya TK Maxx pa malo gha Trocadero, nangauli ŵapharazgi ŵakayowoya kuti boma likususka.

Aziz wakucemeka kuti ni Muislamu musambazi comene wa nambara 7 mu Britain. The Daily Telegraph yikati Asif Aziz wali pa nambara 12 pa ŵanthu 40 awo ŵali na maudindo pa charu chose.

Aziz wakususkika na magazini ya ndyali ya Private Eye cifukwa ca kugwiliskira nchito makampani agho ghali kulembeska pa cirwa ca Man kugura katundu mu London, comenecomene malo ghakulyeramo, na kujarapo mwakuti ghaŵe na nyumba zakukwana.

Mu 2015, Aziz wakambiska The Aziz Foundation kuti wawovwire ŵanthu ŵakusuzgika chomene mu Britain. Pasono, wupu uwu ukuŵawovwira kuti ŵasambire makora masambiro ghapachanya. Kwizira mu kusambizga ŵanthu, pulogiramu iyi yikovwira ŵanthu awo ŵakusambira kuti ŵaŵe na maluso na ndalama izo zingaŵawovwira kuti ŵafiske vilato vyawo na kusintha vinthu. Kufika sono, wupu wa Aziz Foundation wapeleka ndalama zakujumpha 350 ku ŵanthu ŵa ku Britain awo ŵakusintha vinthu mu Chisilamu.

Padera pa wupu uwu, Aziz wali na milimo yinandi yakovwira ŵanthu. Pa caru cose, ivi vikusazgapo kovwira pulojekiti ya Thokomala ku South Africa, iyo yikupwelelera ŵana ŵalanda awo ŵali kufwa na nthenda ya AIDS; kovwira pulojekiti ya kucenjezga ŵana ŵa sukulu ya ku pulayimale ya Mosaic Future kwizira mu Criterion Capital, Seeing is Believing; gulu la vyawanangwa ilo likovwira ŵanthu kuti ŵambeso kuwona makora kweniso kovwira kugega vinthu vinyake ivyo vingapangiska kuti ŵaŵe ŵachibulumutira; Camfed, wupu wa pa caru cose uwo ukuyezga kumazga ukavu mu Africa kwizira mu kusambizga ŵasungwana na kovwira ŵanakazi ŵawukirano; UNICEF, wupu wa wovwiri wa pa caru cose; The Olive Tree, ndondomeko ya masambiro iyo yikovwira ŵawukirano ŵawukirano ŵa ku Palestina na ŵa ku Israel pa nyengo ya masambiro ghawo; na The Next Step Diversity Mark, nthowa yakuti mawupu ghalongore kujipeleka kwawo pakupanga na kovwira ŵanthu ŵa mitundu yose.

Ku UK, ndiyo wakambiska bungwe la Aziz Foundation, ilo likovwira ŵanthu ŵa mu vyaru vinyake nga ni Citizens UK, The Prince's Trust's Mosaic programme na Refugee Action.

• Criterion Capital

• Aziz Foundation website
• Asif Aziz's biography