25th Anniversary Dinner – 30th 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.
25th Anniversary Dinner – 30th 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 |