Imam Qasim Rashid Ahmad is the founder and chairman of Al-Khair Foundation (AKF), and also the CEO of IQRA TV. Since 2003, Imam Qasim has been managing AKF from concept to delivery of projects, from fundraising to feedback reports, managing donors, staff and volunteers around the world. Before founding AKF, Imam Qasim had graduated in the Islamic sciences and was previously an imam and community/faith leader at the Croydon Mosque. He also worked as a counsellor and teacher for reforming prisoners for nearly a decade at Her Majesty's Prisons.