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Nadir Raza (born Nadir Mohammad on 14th May 1994) is a British Entrepreneur, Management Consultant and Labour Party Activist.

Early Life
Nadir Raza was born at Hillingdon Hospital on 14th May 1994 to Fayyaz Mohammad and Jamila (née Abdul Karim). Fayyaz is a small-business owner of Pakistani-origin who moved to the UK from Australia in the early 1990s. Jamila migrated to the UK from Malawi in the 1970s following the expulsion of Asians from east Africa. After settling in the Hayes area of Hillingdon, Jamila was brought up by her mother and maternal-grandmother. From the age of 16, Jamila worked multiple-jobs as the main bread-winner of her family whilst also caring for her mother who had developed Dementia and her uncle who had Down Syndrome.

Raza was educated at local primary and secondary comprehensive schools in the London Borough of Hillingdon before winning a scholarship (supported by a bursary) to study at the prestigious British boarding school, Charterhouse. Raza then graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) degree in Theology from the University of Manchester in 2015.

Professional Career
Whilst a pupil at Charterhouse, Raza started a successful cricket equipment and sportswear business called Mars Cricket with his brother, Marwan. The business is now a successful family business operating internationally.

Following his graduation from the University of Manchester, Raza worked shortly on an internship for his local Member of Parliament and then for a public affairs consultancy based in Reading. He also served shortly as a religious advisor to the Hillingdon Borough Central Mosque in Hayes before being offered to join PwC as a Management Consultant. Raza joined PwC's Government & Public Sector Consulting Business Unit where he primarily supported government entities in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia on matters relating to strategy development, policy formulation, regulatory affairs and operations improvement.

Political Career
Raza joined the Labour Party in 2014 whilst a student at the University of Manchester. His first experience of campaigning for Labour was during the 2014 Local Elections across several wards in North Manchester and around the university campus. Upon his return to London, Raza volunteered as an Assistant Campaign Co-ordinator in the Uxbridge & South Ruislip constituency where his parents were living.

In 2019, Raza founded the Labour Cricket Club as its first Chair. The Labour Cricket Club is a national level organisation with the aim of bringing together Labour Party members who have a passion for cricket.

Raza unsuccessfully contested in the London Borough of Hillingdon's local elections in 2018.

Personal Life
Raza married Rabia Karim, a Pharmacist from Blackburn, in 2017. He is the eldest of three brothers.

Outside of his professional life, Raza inherited a passionate interest in Cricket from his father. Aside from starting his own cricket business, Raza has been a playing member at Ickenham and Uxbridge Cricket Clubs and is a regular spectator at Old Trafford, Lord's and Oval cricket grounds. He is also an ECB qualified umpire and coach. Raza is also a keen writer and has written many articles that are published on his Medium blog.

Raza identifies himself as a Sufi and is of a Memon family background.