Q&A

Q: Are you a pessimist or an optimist about the economic future? A: I’m an optimist. Whatever mistakes have recently been made by government and by the banks, companies will go on organising their affairs in order to maximise returns, making whatever adjustments are necessary in response to changes to the world economy. Individuals will […]

Healthcare

More than 200 people are treated each week at the Auchi acute haemodialysis unit at Hammersmith hospital, the biggest provider of dialysis treatment in the UK and Europe. The state of the art unit, which proudly bears the name of its benefactor, has improved standards of treatment and survival rates and is widely regarded as […]

Dialogue & Tolerance

The organisational base for much of Nadhmi Auchi’s recent charitable work has been the Anglo Arab Organisation (AAO), which was founded in 2002 with the purpose of fostering greater understanding between people of Arab origin and their adopted countries. Mr Auchi believes strongly that the problems of the Middle East cannot be solved by governments […]

Good Causes

Iraq, Nadhmi Auchi’s country of birth, has been riven by war, conflicts with the West and with inter-ethnic and sectarian violence. The turbulent environment in which Nadhmi grew up as a student helped to shape his concerns as a philanthropist. Much of his charitable and humanitarian work has been directed to promoting unity among Arab […]