Maurice Ostro, OBE, KFO
- Chairman
- Ostro Minerals UK Ltd.
- Fayre Share Investments
- Ostro Fayre Share Foundation
- United Kingdom
Summary:
2021 Global Business & Interfaith Peace Award: Maurice Ostro, Chair of Ostro Fayre Share Foundation, has been an interfaith champion for decades, serving as Vice Chair of the Council of Christians and Jews — the UK’s oldest interfaith organization — and as the Founding Patron of the Faiths Forum for London. Maurice has been involved in advising the UK Governmental, most recently on the Prime Minister’s Holocaust Commission. He has promoted religious inclusion in the businesses he has started and grown, providing workplace prayer rooms for all faiths represented by his employees to ensure that all feel comfortable practicing their faiths during the workday. Maurice has also established a social enterprise making jewelry in Burma, providing dignified, well-paid jobs to Buddhist and Muslim women and building bridges between these communities.
Nominated by:
- Mustafa Field OBE
- Director
- Faiths Forum for London
Biography
Maurice Samuel Ostro, OBE, KFO is a serial entrepreneur in commercial and charitable spheres looking for innovative solutions to complex problems. He is the Founder and Chair of Trustees of the Fayre Share Foundation; Vice-Chairman of the Council of Christians and Jews & Founder Patron of the Faiths Forum for London amongst other charitable positions. His businesses have a commitment to positive social impact and he also uses his commercial perspective to create sustainable charitable activities. Maurice has created a number of companies in fields ranging from gemstones, ice cream, food manufacturing, media and logistics for the aviation industry. He invented and patented products and business methodologies internationally and won multiple awards for his business and charitable achievements.