Arif Anis

Arif Anis is a Pakistani-origin professional coach, motivational speaker, and self-help author. He has received Points of Light award by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his One Million Meals campaign on May 2021. 
He is the first Pakistani origin achiever who won Brain of the Year award by Tony Buzan's Brain Trust in November 2020 for his philanthropic services during COVID-19. He is the founder of the World Congress of Overseas Pakistanis. His work has been featured in the BBC, ITV (TV network)|ITV, Sky, Telegraph, CNBC, Yahoo and MSN. His popular publications are I'MPOSSIBLE and Made in Crises. 
==Early life and education==
Anis was born in Angah, Soon Valley, Punjab, Pakistan. He was raised as a shepherd by his veteran father who had served in the British Army and later in the Pakistani Army. Anis graduated from the Government Emerson College in Psychology and Philosophy and received his master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the Applied Psychology Department of the University of Punjab. He received his executive education from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS), Imperial College London, Oxford University and Harvard University. 
==Career and services ==
Anis was selected in the Civil Services of Pakistan and joined as an Assistant Commissioner in 2002. He served at various positions in the public sector as a Deputy Commissioner. Later, he continued pursuing his career in the learning and development industry as a global professional speaker. He also served as an ‘Economic Senator’ for two years at the European Economic Senate. His work has been featured in the BBC, ITV, Sky, Telegraph, CNBC, Yahoo and MSN. 
Anis serves as a Trustee of Akhuwat Foundation|Akhuwat UK Trust. He commissioned one poll to YouGov in 2013 that produced a survey report which has been globally referenced on ‘the British attitudes to the Pakistani Diaspora’. Anis founded the World Congress of Overseas Pakistanis as an outcome of this survey to build bridges between the communities. He campaigned for setting up speedy trial courts for overseas Pakistanis to ensure their expeditious disposal for many years until a High Court Bench was formed. He launched Women Achievers Congress in 2015 with the British Home Secretary Theresa May, who acknowledged his work at the Congress. 
Arif Anis also co-founded The One Million Meals initiative in the wake of the outbreak of coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom in 2020. The campaign for serving food to people in crisis got backing from star footballer David Beckham. 
He served as a coach to thousands of chief executives and senior corporate leaders from the world’s leading organisations.
 
==Awards & honours==
* Arif Anis has been honored with the Points of Light award by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for his One Million Meals campaign on May 2021. 
* He was voted the ‘Brain of the Year 2020’ by Tony Buzan’s Brain Trust in November 2020 for his ‘One Million Meals’ campaign for the NHS staff and keyworkers. The campaign was backed up by the world-famous British footballer David Beckham , the legendary Scottish band The Proclaimers and boxing world champion Amir Khan and various other celebrities. 
*The British Parliamentary Review included him among the 100 most influential trailblazers in its 2018 list. 
*He also won the Brian Tracy Award of Excellence in 2017. 
*He received the Global Man of the Year award in 2019 by the Global Man magazine in London 
==Publications==
Anis published I’MPOSSIBLE in 2014. It was translated into multiple languages. 
He co-authored ‘Made in Crises’ on crisis leadership written from the perspective of the Coronavirus pandemic and its impact on global leadership. 
He edited ‘The Teacher’ with Tony Buzan. Boris Johnson honours four Pakistanis on Eid for their humanitarian services in UK|vi= twitter
Arif Anis’s anthology ‘Habits of Success’ became Wall Street Journal and USA Today's bestselling book. 
Category:Motivational speakers
Category:Self-help writers