Muzaffar Khan is a principal and board member of Space Energy AG, a company seeking to develop space-based solar power satellites that generate and transmit electricity to the Earth's surface. Space Energy also develops surface-based solar farms across the world. Space Energy has offices in USA, China, Canada, Switzerland and UAE.
Previously, Muzaffar worked in trading & asset management at Moore Capital, Barclays Capital and Citibank, before retiring from the industry in 2003. Since then, he has split his time between consulting for investment banks and hedge funds, incl. Man Group, and working with, and investing in, social enterprises.
Muzaffar is passionate about developing talent, having directly mentored hundreds of students over the last two decades. He co-authored a book called "Racing towards Excellence" with his mentee Jan Sramek in 2009. The Foreword was written by Sir Howard Davies, the former director of the London School of Economics. Muzaffar is currently involved in a range of initiatives, including working with King's College London to improve access to top UK universities for underprivileged students, and speaking about personal development and careers at universities across the world. Longer term, the goal is extending such programmes into working with companies to provide internships for students with non-traditional backgrounds.
Muzaffar holds degrees in Economics, Development and English Literature from the London School of Economics and King's College London. He was previously the vice-chairman of ACOPs, an international environmental charity.
A number of links below provide more details on Muzaffar Khan:
http://www2.lse.ac.uk/newsAndMedia/videoAndAudio/storiesFromLSE/studentMentoringScheme.aspx
http://www.citywealthmag.com/articles/377
http://www.kclradio.co.uk/features/index.php?GID=6
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/3203719.stm
http://www.canalup.tv/?menu=vp&id_video=2368#default
http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=43661523&trk=tab_pro
