Dr Syed Salah Kamall is a British Conservative Party

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician, Member of the European Parliament

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 for London

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Kamall was born and brought up in London. He is married with two children. He was educated at The Latymer School

The Latymer School

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, Edmonton

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. He holds a degree

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 from the University of Liverpool

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, a Masters degree from the London School of Economics

London School of Economics

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 and a PhD from City University, London

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. His grandfather moved to London from Guyana

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 in the 1950s to start a new life.

Initial career

He started his career as a Business systems analyst for NatWest Bank Overseas Department (1989–1991). He was a Management Fellow, University of Bath School of Management

University of Bath School of Management

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 (1994–1996), Management Research Fellow, Leeds University Business School

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 (1996–1997), Associate Director/Consultant, Omega Partners (1997–2001), and a Consultant at SSK Consulting (2001–2005). Since 2004 he has been a Visiting Fellow at Leeds University Business School where he has lectured MBA students on international business and strategy, and supervised doctoral students' research.

Before entering the European Parliament, Kamall worked as a consultant to companies on marketing, strategy and public affairs. In 2003, he started a diversity recruitment business. He is a co-founder of the Global Business Research Institute (GBRI), an educational body conducting outreach to business executives, journalists and civil servants, promoting a greater understanding of globalisation and its consequences.

Writing

In 1996, Kamall published a book on EU Telecommunications Policy, and has written on multinational business and telecommunications policy for such books as "Management in China: The Experience of Foreign Businesses"; "Trade and Investment in China: The European Experience"; "Political and Economic Relations Between Asia and Europe: New Challenges in Economics and Management", and in such journals as Management International Review and Transnational Corporations.

Political career

He has been a member of the Conservatives since 1987 and has held various positions in the party since then: Chairman, Stockwell

Stockwell

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 Ward, Vauxhall

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 Conservative Association; Hon. Secretary, Bath

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 Conservative Association CPC; Chairman, Eccleston Ward, and Chairman, Eccleston/Churchill CPC, Cities of London and Westminster

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 Conservative Association; Executive Member, London Eastern Area Committee.

In May 2000, Kamall was a Conservative Candidate for the London Assembly

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. The following year, he was Conservative candidate for West Ham

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 in the June 2001 General Election

United Kingdom general election, 2001

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. He was placed fourth on the Conservative list in London for the 2004 European Parliament elections. The Conservatives won three seats and Kamall became a Member of the European Parliament

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 in May 2005, after Theresa Villiers

Theresa Villiers

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 stepped down on being elected to the UK Parliament. In the European Parliament

European Parliament

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, he is a member of the Economic and Monetary Affairs, Legal Affairs and International Trade committees.

He was placed on the 'A-list' of Conservative parliamentary candidates ahead of the 2010 election .

See also

• Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2004-2009
  Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2004-2009
  This is a list of Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom in the 2004 to 2009 session, ordered by name.See European Parliament Election, 2004 for a list ordered by constituency.-Current members:...
  
  
• Members of the European Parliament for the United Kingdom 2009-2014

External links

• Official website
• Conservative party - Syed Kamall
• Profile at the European Parliament
• European multinational activity in telecommunications services in the People’s Republic of ChinaJ Clegg, S Kamall, M Leung, Management International Review, 1996.
• "Tory attacks EU veto plan in war on crime" Daily Mail
• Syed Kamll MEP on trade justice
• Syed Kamall – Syed Kamall
• Liberty League - Syed Kamall is a board member.