Adeeba Malik (born 30 September 1966) is a British-Pakistani teacher, executive, and trustee.

Early life and education

Adeeba Malik was born on 30 September 1966 to a British Pakistani family. Her father, Mohammed Sadiq Malik, had moved to Bradford from Pakistan in 1958. In 1965 he had returned to

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where he met Fahmeeda. The two were married and, in 1966 moved to Bradford. In a 2022 interview to celebrate

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, Adeeba noted that in 1967 her mother, Fahmeeda, was one of only 67 south-asian women in her community in Bradford numbering over 3,000. Adeeba attended The Grange school in Bradford and studied for a Bachelor's Degree and then a Master's Degree in education at the

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Career

In 1992, Malik joined the QED Foundation, a Bradford-based charity which works to eradicate poverty, disadvantage and discrimination amongst disadvantaged communities. She is currently its Deputy Chief Executive. She has worked with many different social projects, including the

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, The National Muslim Women's Advisory Board, and is a former governor of

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. Through her position with Bradford Culture Company Ltd she has supported Bradford’s bid to host the

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title in 2025. She is Member of the

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in the Community and Voluntary Services committee. On 1 November 2021 she was appointed as a

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. She is also a trustee of Carers Resource, and Poverty Alleviation Scholarships. Malik was appointed an MBE in the

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for services to community relations and to business in Bradford, and in the

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she was appointed a

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for services to interfaith and community cohesion.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malik, Adeeba Living people 1966 births British people of Pakistani descent Trustees of York Museums Trust Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Order of the British Empire People from Bradford Alumni of the University of Hull