25th Anniversary of VNEF

25^th Anniversary Dinner – 30^th June, 2019

St Peter’s College, University of Oxford New Inn Hall St, Oxford OX1 2DL, UK

The Trust celebrated the 25th anniversary of its first awards in 1994 to three Noon Scholars at a special reception and Gala Dinner, hosted at St Peter’s College, Oxford, in June 2019, with more than 60 trustees, friends, supporters, donors, and former Noon scholars. Please watch some of the fine speeches shared at the special event from the Chair of the Foundation, from His Excellency, the UK High Commissioner from Pakistan, from Mrs Naila Hayat Noon, a trustee and representing the founding Noon family, and eight specially selected current and former Noon Scholars. Over the past two years the Trust has provided more than some £2 million worth of support, leveraging perhaps more than £3 million, making a total of more than £5 million of support for more than 200 Noon scholars over 25 years.

25^th Anniversary Dinner – 30^th June, 2019. St Peter’s College, University of Oxford New Inn Hall St, Oxford OX1 2DL, UK

Name	Position
Professor Haroon AHMED	VNEF Trustee; former Master Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Mrs Anne AHMED	Alumnae Association, University of Cambridge
Dr Usman AHMED	Doctor at the Royal London Hospital & alumnus, Churchill College Cambridge.
Ms Ayesha ALI	Noon Scholar, Said Business School, Oxford (2018-19)
Mr Taimoor ALI	Noon Scholar; DPhil Soft Matter Photonics Group, Oxford (2016-2019)
Professor Sarah ANSARI	Professor of History, Royal Holloway, University of London.
Dr Hasan ASKARI	London based banker & art collector
Mrs Hasan ASKARI
Mrs Farzana BADUEL	CEO Curzon PR, London
Mr Awais BAJWA	Vice President TMT Barclays Investment Bank; former Noon Scholar (2006)
Dr Farooq BAJWA	Director/Founder of law firm, Farooq Bajwa & Co., London
Dr Yaqoob BANGASH	Modern South Asia, History Faculty, Information Technology University, Punjab
Professor Masooda BANO	Professor of Development Studies, University of Oxford
Sir Nicholas BARRINGTON	VNEF Trustee; former UK High Commissioner to Pakistan
Dr Roger BONING	Fellow at Pembroke College; former Managing Director, International Division,  Oxford University Press
Mrs Anne BONING
Mr Nadir CHEEMA	Research Associate, Health Economics, University College London (UCL); founder Pakistan Bloomsbury Group
Dr Faisal DEVJI	VNEF Trustee; Professor of Indian History & Director of the Asian Studies Centre, St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Mr Alex DOW	Investment Manager, Rathbone Brothers PLC
Dr Gala FAROOQ	Healthcare Research Associate, Gerson Lehrman Group, London; former Noon Scholar, BA Natural Sciences (2010-13)
The Hon Dr Paul FLATHER	Chair of the VNEF; Fellow, Mansfield College, Oxford
Baroness (Shreela) FLATHER	House of Lords; Author of Women and Development
Dr Agha GHAZANFAR	Former Principal, Aitchison College Lahore & former senior civil servant, Pakistan
Dr Jane GOVER	Director of Student Fees and Funding, University of Oxford
Mr Hasan HAMEED	Noon Scholar, Modern South Asian Studies, Linacre College, Oxford (2018 -19 )
Mr Mumtaz  HASSAN KHAN	Chairman/CEO, Hascol Petroleum Limited
Sir Tim HITCHENS	President, Wolfson College; former UK Ambassador to Japan
Dr Ahmed HOSAIN	VNEF Trustee; Corporate Lawyer, Pakistan
Mrs Abida HUSAIN	Pakistani politician; former Ambassador to the US
Dr Mahboob HUSAIN	Associate Professor, Department of History & Pakistan Studies, University of  Punjab
Mrs Shama HUSAIN	Honorary Secretary, Pakistan Society London
Dr Humayun KHAN	VNEF Trustee; former Director-General of the Commonwealth Foundation
Mr Shahryar KHAN	Former Chairman, Pakistan Cricket Board
Mr Ali KHAN	Co-author of ‘Cricket Cauldron: The Turbulent Politics of Sport in Pakistan’
Mr Omar KIDWAI	Noon Scholar, BA (Hons) Natural Sciences, Cambridge (2018-21)
Ms Shahnaz LOCKWOOD	Member of Pakistan Society London
Dr Adeel MALIK	Research Fellow in Economics, Islamic Centre Lecturer & St Peter’s College
Mr Ehsan MANI	VNEF Trustee;  former President of Pakistan International Cricket Council
Mrs Frances MANI	Director, Associated Shipping Services Limited; Chartered Accountant
Professor Mark MOLONEY	Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry & Tutor for Welfare, St Peter’s College
Mr Kaveh MOUSSAVI	International Human Rights Lawyer; Wolfson College, Oxford
Rt Revd Dr Michael NAZIR-ALI	former Bishop of Rochester
Mrs Valerie NAZIR-ALI
Ms Naila Hayat NOON	VNEF Trustee
Ms Natasha NOON	Equity Research Analyst, Goldman Sachs
Mr Nasir NOON	Businessman
Mrs Afifa NOON
Mr David PAGE	Co-Director of the Media South Asia Project, the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at London University; former BBC correspondent’
Mrs Helen PENNANT	Director, Cambridge Commonwealth, European & International Trust, University of Cambridge
Mr John PENNANT	Senior Principal Gifts Fundraiser, Kings College London (KCL)
Mrs Bashan RAFIQUE	CEO, All Pakistan Women’s Association UK
Mrs Atto RAFIQUE
Mr Zafar RAFIQUE
Mrs Rosemary RAZA	VNEF Trustee; Writer on South Asia
Nasreen REHMAN	Writer and Screenplay write; alumna, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Mrs Ameena SAIYID	former Managing Director Oxford University Press, Pakistan; Karachi Literacy Festival
Professor Yunas SAMAD	Emeritus Professor, South Asian Studies, University of Bradford
Mrs Josefina SAMAD
Dr Moizza SARWAR	Senior Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute (ODI); former Noon Scholar (DPhil Social Policy, 2007)
Ms Victoria SCHOFIELD	Author and Historian; Chair, The Round Table Commonwealth Journal
Dr Mohammad TALIB	Fellow, Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies and Lecture, Institute of Social and Cultural Anthropology, University of Oxford.
Mr Stephen WILLIS	British Finance director
Dr David TAYLOR	Former Deputy Director, School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS);  Bloomsbury Pakistan’s Advisor
Mrs Anne TAYLOR
Dr Muhammad YAQOOB	Director/Founder Interaction Chempharm Ltd; Teaching & Research, Reading University; former Noon Scholar (DPhil Chemistry, 2001-04);
H.E. Mohammad Nafees ZAKARIA	High Commissioner for Pakistan and Honorary President of Pakistan Society London