Irish Business Delegation Meets Members of MBO

Kansas City, MO | May 31, 2011

Members of Kansas City MBO chapter met with four visiting entrepreneurs and community members from Ireland. The goal of the meeting was to promote and expand regional and global businesses through networking and mentoring of entrepreneurs


The meeting was arranged and jointly held by International Visitors Council and MBO at Union Station. Among the visitors were Mr. Abhinav CHUGH, Chief Executive Officer, Waybiz, Mr. Munan Ur-Rahman HAMEED, Director, Madina Asian Food Company, Dr. Chi Yeung (Lawrence) LEE, Senior Commercialization Specialist, Enterprise Ireland, Mr. Shahzad Ahmed QUIDWAI, Secretary General, Irish Council for the Welfare of Immigrants


The meeting started with introduction of International Visitors Council by Theresa, MBO introduction by Dr. Ghafoor Akram, followed by a presentation of “ Minority Entrepreneurs in USA” by Abid Malik. The meeting ended with question and answers about local and US Muslim Community and business people. Dr. Mohammad Latif and Adnan Bayazid, Abdul Majid were among the MBO members and guests.


The guests showed interest in promoting MBO in Ireland and made commitment to explore possibilities of opening MBO chapter in Dublin. Guests exchanged contact information with MBO members and promised to stay in contacts.  


The group went to Jerusalem Restaurant where they were treated with Middle Eastern cuisine. The meeting was productive and ended with a positive note. MBO later thanked IVC for their efforts to arrange the meeting. A similar meeting was also arranged by IVC in 2010 when 24 Muslim entrepreneurs from Indonesia to Morocco visited Kansas City