Tahir Mohsan

Mohsan was born in June 1971 in Blackburn and is one of five brothers.{{Cite web|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/gIS5WMPHnDCYmVzPCXAHQevukmY/appointments |title=Tahir Mohammed Mohsan}} In 1987, at the age of 16, he founded Time Computers, which went on to become Britain's largest manufacturer of PCs,[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/the-mystery-millionaire-1104674.html Interview with the UK Newspaper The Independent July 1999] with a turnover of over $750 million. He moved to Dubai in 2003, to develop the brand of Time in the Middle East and South East Asia.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2005/dec/02/news.business|title=The tycoon who fell to earth|last=Beckett|first=Andy|date=2005-12-02|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-07-20|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}} Time Group continues in the United Kingdom, Middle East and the Far East, supplying computers, notebooks, plasma screens and TFT screens around the world.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2919733/Time-called-on-The-Computer-Shop.html|title=Time called on The Computer Shop|last=Feisst|first=Melanie|date=2005-07-27|access-date=2019-07-20|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} And in January 2002, he acquired Tiny Computers.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/jobs-to-go-as-time-buys-tiny-computers-9272788.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220526/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/jobs-to-go-as-time-buys-tiny-computers-9272788.html |archive-date=2022-05-26 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Jobs to go as Time buys Tiny Computers|date=2002-01-31|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-07-20}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/2751684/Doing-Time-in-the-family-business.html|title=Doing Time in the family business|date=2002-02-03|access-date=2019-07-20|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}

In 1996, he became a non executive director of the East Lancashire Training & Enterprise Council.{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/the-mystery-millionaire-1104674.html|title=The Mystery Millionaire|date=1999-07-07|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-07-20}}

Mohsan also owns Internet service provider Supanet, currently under the control of his brother Zuber Mohsan who is the company's managing director the Mohsans family investment companies have interests in the IT and property industries[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/richlist/person/0,,34185,00.html Tahir Mohsan enters Sunday Times Rich List 2003]{{dead link|date=September 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} across Europe, the Middle East and Asia. These range from hardware manufacturing and sales to Internet services, software development and Voice over IP technology company Tpad.{{Cite web |title=Everything You Need to Know about VoIP Hardware Requirements |url=https://metrotech-uk.com/voip-hardware-requirements/ |access-date=2024-02-16 |website=Metrotech Voice and Connectivity Solutions |language=en-US}}

In 1999, he was asked to become a non executive director of the newly founded University for Industry, chaired by Lord Dearing.{{Cite web|url=https://www.tes.com/news/who-goes-wherebriefingpeople-6|title=Who goes where;Briefing;People|website=Tes|language=en|access-date=2019-07-20}} In the same year, he had bestowed on him an Honorary Fellowship, from the University of Lancashire, for services to industry.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uclan.ac.uk/corporate_information/honorary_fellows.php|title=Honorary Fellows {{!}}University of Central Lancashire|first=Kate|last= Jones|website=UCLan - University of Central Lancashire|language=en|access-date=2019-07-20}}

Also in 2000, he was asked by the Chairman of the East Lancashire Training and Enterprise Councils and Business Link to set up a business support agency for integrating the ethnic businesses of Lancashire into the main population. The results was the Asian Business Federation,[http://clickwalla.com/cw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1933&Itemid=49 Tahir Mohsan Chairman of the Asian Business Federation 2000-2011] which was launched in June 2000. As part of Enterprise4All, the ABF covers the whole North West region and continues to thrive under the chairmanship of Mohsan.{{Cite web|url=https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/5908062.city-welcome-abf-to-west-lancashire/|title=City welcome ABF to West Lancashire|website=Lancashire Telegraph|date=9 April 2003 |language=en|access-date=2019-07-20}}

He was approached by the group of Hilton Hotels, to become an independent co opted trustee.[http://www.hilton-foundation.org.uk/trustees.htm Tahir Mohsan accepted on Hilton Board of Trustees 2002-2011] In May 2006, Mohsan set up the VoIP telephony company Tpad, which specialises in providing business telephone systems and solutions to businesses, the public sector and corporates around the world. Tpad has its headquarters in Jersey, with service centres and presence in the UAE, India, Hong Kong, United States, United Kingdom and Canada.

In January 2014, Mohsan was nominated for the Entrepreneur of the Year Award, at the British Muslim Awards.{{cite news |url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/united_kingdom/10978079.British_Muslim_Awards_2014_winners/|title=British Muslim Awards 2014 winners|publisher=Asian Image|date=31 January 2014|access-date=1 November 2015}}

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