Career

Asim is responsible for the strategic direction of The City Circle. All of The City Circle projects are committed to inculcating constructive citizenship and building bridges between communities. He was appointed to the Iraq Commission by the Foreign Policy Centre.

Asim is regularly interviewed by the British Broadcasting Corporation, Sky news and various radio stations.

Asim contributes to The Guardian and New Statesman web blogs. Asim has been nominated to take part in the United States International Leadership Visitor Programme.

Siddiqui graduated at University College London and qualified as an accountant at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He works full-time for a major Arab bank in the city.

Siddiqui is married with two sons.

Achievements

• In January 2014, Siddiqui was nominated for the Services to Finance and Accounts award at the British Muslim Awards.

Membership

Siddiqui is a member of the International Institute for Strategic Studies and has spoken at numerous think tanks including the Royal United Services Institute, Demos and the Fabian Society. Siddiqui is a member of the prime minister"s United Kingdom-Indonesia Islamic Advisory Group. He is now a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and a qualified Member of The Securities & Investment Institute.