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Assean Sheikh Live Q & A on Facebook

Posted: 1st May 2015

Assean is doing a LIVE Q.A. on Scotland Now’s Facebook page (http://tinyurl.com/kvwwrwx) on Monday 11th May at 12:30pm where he will answer your questions publicly.

As a direct follow-on from the recent “Building Bridges” conference at RBS Headquarters, Asia Scotland is committed to equipping Scotland’s future leaders with the knowledge and skills to engage effectively on a global scale. Taking the discussion to a broader audience, this is the second in our tech Q.A. series.

Assean Sheikh is a Babson trained, data driven Entrepreneur and the CEO of Flavourly – the UK’s fastest growing personalised gourmet food, snack & craft beer discovery service.

Joining Flavourly in 2014, after completing the Saltire Fellowship, Assean has grown the business from a single founder to a team of 10, increased year on year monthly sales by over 300% and raised £500,000 investment via crowdcube.

He is also active in the Entrepreneurial community, being alumni of Entrepreneurial Spark, PSYBT, Power of Youth, Scottish Institute for Enterprise and a mentor at Project Scotland.

Prior to Flavourly, Assean founded and piloted Direct Mechanics, an alternative approach to car servicing in the UK and has a background in financial services, working for Morgan Stanley.

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