MASOOD AKBARZAI BEng (Hons), AMIChemE
Group Business Development Director & CEO, Akbarzai Tech UK
Years of Experience: 12 Years
Masood Akbarzai chose to pursue his studies in the sciences, opting for A-Levels in mathematics, chemistry, english and physics at Beaconhouse School System, Pakistan. He then gained a BEng with Honours in Chemical Engineering at the prestigious and renowned School of CEAS at UMIST, the University of Manchester, U.K.
The University of Manchester is the birthplace for Chemical Engineering and it was followed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the second school in the world to offer the course back in the early 1900s. Masood Akbarzai was the first registered Afghan-British graduate in Chemical Engineering from the University of Manchester in the establishment’s history of over a century.
Following his successful education, he was recruited in his early career by a private speciality chemicals manufacturer in the U.K. There, he proved himself to be the youngest design engineer in the country to design and install a distillation plant that separates two isomers in its finest PPM ratios, by forensic design scrutiny of manufacturing methods using advanced computational mathematical modeling.
With no assistance from a design house, and working on an operation plant, his results proved quantum and the optimum process optimization delivered humongous operating cost savings. It was then that he decided to launch his own private consultancy to help clients in the manufacturing industries worldwide, which led to other disciplines of varied industries and entrepreneurship.
Core competencies of Masood Akbarzai involve process engineering design, risk and safety, forensic technical audit, renewable industries, forensic financial audit, retail F&B, digital marketing & digital reach, contract negotiations and he specialises in forecasting capital and operating cost savings.
Masood Akbarzai is an entrepreneur with a diverse portfolio of experience in real-estate, international trade, retail, franchising, chemical engineering including operations, design, safety, industrial economics and risk management of fine chemical manufacturing and refining industries. His business establishments include, but are not confined to, the inception and operations of new retail, revamping and sales of real estate, franchising, brand development and marketing.
He is the director of Akbarzai UK, a sister company of the Akbarzai Group, which was the pioneering franchising start-up company for the launch of Canada’s largest speciality coffee retailer in the U.K. – The Second Cup Coffee Company Inc. It is growing in size and trade year on year in the country and competing against all of its like for like national and international brands.
Masood Akbarzai excels in working as an interlocutor for B2B, B2C and creating a chain of networks leading to a system in itself. He counsels for high net-worth individuals and organisations to enhance their growth in mutual interests, and exchanges inter-transferable skills that help him to flourish as an entrepreneur. He is currently counselling a number of blue-chip entities including financial institutions in the U.K. on digital reach and marketing to affluent millennials. Being a philanthropist, helping those who are less fortunate is something he passionately believes in and he actively takes time out to work for such causes
His primary role for the Akbarzai Group is to minimise risk and introduce new methods by carrying out tedious and intricate forensic, technical, and financial audits for the group. He then advises the shareholders on forecasted risks. He develops computational models and integrated management systems for the mining business of the group, which then helps the Akbarzai Group to stand out against its competitors in its high GCV natural coal procurement for its industrial clients.
