CABE team at the Design Council. In November 2012, she was dismissed from the role. From January to March 2013, whilst in between jobs, she worked as a freelancing consultant for Terry Farrell & Partners. In April 2013, Majid started working for the UK Trade & Investment (UKTI), where she developed a regeneration strategy which resulted in ministerial and Treasury approval for the Regeneration Investment Organisation (RIO). This subsequently led to her being promoted to chief operating officer in October 2013. She heads a new division whose task is to identify and access credible large scale capital regeneration projects across the UK and to market to overseas investors, sovereign wealth funds and pension funds. Majid also advises a number of voluntary sector charities, including being a volunteer and trustee of Concern Worldwide. She also is an active mentor and appointed as a Companion of the Chartered Management Institute for Leadership. She is a Strategy Director at Aventa Capital, a private firm with a portfolio of regeneration projects that seeks government financial support, including the Circuit of Wales. Honours and recognition In 2006, Majid was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours for her services to diversity. In 2012, she was listed as top eminent UK Planners by Planning Magazine. See also British Bangladeshi List of British Bangladeshis References External links 1964 births Living people British Muslims Bangladeshi emigrants to England British people of Bangladeshi descent Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom British urban planners Women urban planners British civil servants Civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions Chief operating officers People from London Officers of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Sheffield Alumni of the University of Westminster bn:নায়াহিদ মাঝিদ