Mohammed Saddiq
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Mohammed Habedat Saddiq is Lord-lieutenant of Somerset. A utilities-sector engineer and manager he was born in Leeds, Yorkshire in June 1970 after his parents came to England in the late 1960s from a small village in Pakistan.{{cite web | url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/B0Z5AcJzghkwergjZbcPuNLUKeI/appointments | title=Mohammed Habedat SADDIQ personal appointments - Find and update company information - GOV.UK }}{{Cite news |date=2022-08-02 |title=Somerset Council appoints new Lord Lieutenant |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-somerset-62390671 |access-date=2024-03-13 |language=en-GB}}
Career
He has held management and engineering positions in the water, waste and renewables sectors, including as founder of green energy business GENeco and director of Swiss Combi Technology.{{Cite web |title=Mohammed Saddiq |url=https://uk.linkedin.com/in/mohammed-saddiq-dl-a054a0221 |website=LinkedIn}}
In 2020 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of the West of England for enhancing the sustainable development of Bristol.{{cite web | url=https://www.merchantventurers.com/news/mohammed-saddiq-appointed-hm-lord-lieutenant-of-the-county-of-somerset/ | title=Mohammed Saddiq appointed HM Lord-Lieutenant of the County of Somerset }}
Saddiq was appointed as Lord-lieutenant of Somerset with effect from 29 October 2022, taking over from Mrs Annie Maw CVO who retired after eight years in the role.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-lord-lieutenant-of-somerset-1-august-2022 | title=Appointment of Lord-Lieutenant of Somerset: 1 August 2022 }}
Personal life
He is married to Paula with whom he has five children.{{cite web | url=https://frome.nub.news/news/local-news/executive-director-of-operations-at-wessex-water-to-become-next-somerset-lord-lieutenant-144340 | title=Executive Director of Operations at Wessex Water to become next Somerset Lord-Lieutenant | date=2 August 2022 }} He lives in Midford, Somerset.
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