Shakeel Mughal is a multi-lingual Chartered Engineer with a track record of establishing and delivering rapid growth of businesses for Blue Chip high technology multinational businesses operating in the Middle Eastern, African and Asian regions. His international business and P&L experience was gained in several market sectors including information technology, mobile & fixed line telecommunications, industrial electronics, aerospace & defence and has led to establishing Tricolom Ltd.

Shakeel is an active member of the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC), a spinout from the Commonwealth Secretariat initiated by Tony Blair. He advises the CBC on its e-commerce initiatives and technology ventures and is a Director of CBC Technologies. He is also a Director of MCS 3, consultants on technology and market entry strategies.

Prior to this, Shakeel was a Director in the finance division of SchlumbergerSema, a $3Billion IT multinational and Vice President of Sema plc the second largest European IT company with responsibility for growing its business in the Indian Ocean Rim

Before joining Sema plc, Shakeel was a Regional Director for the newly formed Marconi Communications plc.

Prior to its take over by British Aerospace, Shakeel held senior management positions at GEC Marconi, the $7 billion Defence Electronics Company of GEC plc.

Shakeel also spent 13 years in Ferranti International, a major UK defence group, where he held engineering and management positions. In his role as the in-country programme manager for Ferranti International, he lived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia during the late 1980's where he first encountered the modern concept and application of Offsets to major aerospace and defence procurement programmes.