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 | birth_name      = Karan Faridoon Bilimoria&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;,&amp;lt;ref name=roll&amp;gt;{{cite web|author=Roll of the Peerage|title=Lord Bilimoria|url=http://www.college-of-arms.gov.uk/Roll%20of%20the%20Peerage.pdf|work=College of Arms|publisher=Crown Office, Ministry of Justice}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref name=parl&amp;gt;{{cite web|title=Lord Bilimoria|url=http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-bilimoria/3809|work=Parliament Home Page|publisher=Parliament of the UK}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; {{Post-nominals |country=GBR |CBE |DL |FCA |size=100% |sep=,}} (born 26 November 1961) is a [[British Indian]] entrepreneur,&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://www.themarque.com/profile/lord-karan-bilimoria|title=Lord Karan Bilimoria|website=THE MARQUE}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[life peer]] in the UK House of Lords, and a university chancellor.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bilimoria is well known for founding the popular global beer brand, [[Cobra Beer]] and currently operates as the company&amp;#039;s chairman. In addition to his business activity, Bilimoria is a politically active crossbench member of the [[House of Lords]], currently serves as Chancellor of the [[University of Birmingham]] and is President of the [[Confederation of British Industry]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Family background==&lt;br /&gt;
Karan Bilimoria was born in [[Hyderabad (India)|Hyderabad]], [[India]] into a [[Zoroastrian]] [[Parsi]] family which hailed from Gujarat. As the surname &amp;#039;Bilimoria&amp;#039; denotes, the ancestral home of the family is the little town of [[Bilimora]], situated on the banks of the river Ambika, in Gandevi taluka of [[Navsari]] district of [[Gujarat]] state in India.&lt;br /&gt;
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Bilimoria&amp;#039;s family had a strong background in trade and commerce, but his father and both his grandfathers served in the Indian armed forces.&amp;lt;ref name=parsikhabar&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://parsikhabar.net/karan-bilimoria-first-parsi-in-house-of-lords/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090629034530/http://parsikhabar.net/karan-bilimoria-first-parsi-in-house-of-lords/|url-status=dead|title=Karan Bilimoria in House of Lords|archive-date=29 June 2009}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; His paternal grandfather, Nasservanji D. Bilimoria, was one of the first Indians to be commissioned as an officer at the [[Royal Military Academy Sandhurst]] into the [[Indian Army|British Indian Army]] and he retired as a [[Brigadier]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk&amp;quot;&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk/interviews/item/from-the-ashes|title=From the ashes|work=Elite Business Magazine}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Karan Bilimoria&amp;#039;s father, [[F. N. Billimoria|Lt. Gen. Faridoon Noshir Bilimoria]] [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]] (1933–2005), popularly known as &amp;#039;General Billy&amp;#039;, had a long and distinguished career in the Indian Army. As a young, newly commissioned officer, he served as [[Aide-de-camp|ADC]] to the first [[President of India]], Babu [[Rajendra Prasad]]. Many years later, he commanded the [[5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)|2/5 Gorkha Rifles (Frontier Force)]] during the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]]. He later served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Army&amp;#039;s Central Command. In 1990, while serving at that post, Lt. General Bilimoria was deputed by the [[Government of India]] to [[Sri Lanka]] to review the work of the [[Indian Peace Keeping Force]], which had been deployed in that country during the [[Sri Lankan Civil War]] under the [[Indo-Sri Lanka Accord]]. It was on his recommendation that the force was recalled in 1990, ending India&amp;#039;s military engagement with the [[LTTE]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/lieutenant-general-faridoon-bilimoria-s8vszg59hh5|title=Lieutenant General Faridoon Bilimoria (June 27, 1933 - August 31, 2005)|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Karan Bilimoria&amp;#039;s mother, Yasmin Bilimoria (née Italia), was the daughter of Jamshed D. Italia, a [[Squadron Leader]] in the [[Indian Air Force|Royal Indian Air Force]]. Her mother, Aimai Italia &amp;#039;&amp;#039;nee&amp;#039;&amp;#039; Bharucha of Hyderabad, was the daughter of D.D. Italia, a Hyderabad-based businessman and politician who served as a member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] in the 1950s (this was Karan&amp;#039;s maternal great-grandfather).&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/it-s-a-lifechanging-moment-lord-bilimoria/172762|title=It&amp;#039;s a life-changing moment: Lord Bilimoria|website=The Indian Express}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Both his mother and maternal grandfather were educated in Britain at [[University of Birmingham|Birmingham University]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Early life==&lt;br /&gt;
Karan did his early schooling in Hyderabad from [[Hyderabad Public School]] at [[Begumpet]], Hyderabad where the family lived at his mother&amp;#039;s ancestral home, Anand Bhavan, while his father served in different military stations in the country. As he grew, his family began to accompany his father, and Karan attended seven different schools before he was sent to board at [[Hebron School]] in the [[Nilgiris]], Tamil Nadu,&amp;lt;ref name=hebron&amp;gt;{{cite web|last=Paul|first=Nisha|title=Multicultural Brew|url=http://www.verveonline.com/48/people/billimoria.shtml|work=Volume 15, Issue 4, April, 2007|publisher=Verve Online|access-date=9 December 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; alongside his younger brother, Nadir. When he was still nineteen, Karan received his [[Bachelor of Commerce]] [[academic degree|degree]] from [[Osmania University]] in Hyderabad in 1981.&lt;br /&gt;
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On receiving a scholarship, he then moved to London where he qualified as a [[chartered accountant]] with what is today [[Ernst &amp;amp; Young]] and received a diploma in accounting from the [[London Metropolitan University]]. Thereafter he read law at [[Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&amp;amp;lev2=38&amp;amp;menu=81&amp;amp;biog=y&amp;amp;id=54211&amp;amp;group=5&amp;amp;Page=Lord%20Bilimoria%20:%20Political%20Biography Biography] from dodonline, retrieved 8 September 2006 Not available directly, but available by following the link from [http://www.parliament.uk/directories/house_of_lords_information_office/alphabetical_list_of_members.cfm House of Lords: Alphabetical List of Members] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212094207/http://www.parliament.uk/directories/house_of_lords_information_office/alphabetical_list_of_members.cfm |date=12 December 2008 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; While at Cambridge, Karan played on the university&amp;#039;s [[polo]] team, organising their first ever tour of India, receiving a Half-Blue in 1988, and led the debating team against [[University of Oxford|Oxford]] for two years, becoming also the Vice-President of the [[Cambridge Union]] before graduating in 1988.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;annmorgan.me&amp;quot;&amp;gt;http://www.annmorgan.me/Cobra%20interview%20%281%29.pdf {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1993 he married Lynne Heather Walker, a South African national, whom he met through mutual friends.  She is an English and Latin graduate of [[Rhodes University]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.verveonline.com/48/people/billimoria.shtml|title=People - Multicultural Brew}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Founding of Cobra Beer==&lt;br /&gt;
During the India tour of the Cambridge University polo team, Karan noticed that the polo sticks made in India were different and of better quality than those made in Britain. At the time, polo sticks made in [[Argentina]] were very popular but following the [[Falklands War]], imports of Argentinian products into Britain had been banned and there was little competition to British manufacturers. Karan began to import polo sticks from India to fill in the gap, selling these successfully and profitably to [[Harrod&amp;#039;s]] and [[Lillywhites]].&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;annmorgan.me&amp;quot;/&amp;gt; He also experimented with importing fashion goods, fabrics, and other products from India, but unlike the polo sticks these were not very successful ventures.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;elitebusinessmagazine.co.uk&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In 1989, along with his friend Arjun Reddy, Karan founded [[Cobra Beer]] in a little flat in [[Fulham]]. The idea for the beer had come up while he was a student at Cambridge, where he regularly ate his meals at Indian restaurants. He noticed that regular [[lager]] was too gassy and bloating to be enjoyed with food, while [[ale]] was too bitter to accompany a meal. He came up with a concept for a beer that had &amp;#039;the refreshing qualities of a lager&amp;#039; but the &amp;#039;smoothness and drinkability of an ale&amp;#039; to accompany food – in particular, Indian food and [[curry]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/enterprisesupplement/cobra-beer | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Jemima | last=Kiss | title=Passion, faith, self-belief (and a love of beer) | date=28 October 2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 1989, after concluding his import-export ventures, Karan and Arjun Reddy started Cobra Beer.&lt;br /&gt;
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At the time Karan had a student debt of £20,000, and funds to start the business were not easy to find. Borrowing money from various sources and £30,000 from a bank, Cobra commenced operations. A brewer in [[Bangalore]], India, Dr Subroto Cariapa, and the owner of Mysore Breweries, Mr Balan, liked the idea of the beer and helped create Cobra. From India, then, it was imported to Britain. In a battered old Citroen 2CV, Karan himself began distributing 15 cases of beer at a time across London and, slowly, outside it.&amp;lt;ref name=&amp;quot;annmorgan.me&amp;quot;/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Since marketing on a large scale was not an option because of the paucity of funds, penetrating Britain&amp;#039;s highly competitive beer market required an innovative approach. The task was made all the more challenging because by 1990 the country was also in an economic [[recession]]. Cobra took off in these circumstances by creating a niche for itself in the market. Indian [[curry]] was becoming increasingly popular in the country at the time and so Cobra Beer was marketed and sold as the perfect drink to go with it. Karan himself delivered cases of Cobra to Indian restaurants, where it became very popular with customers. Within five years, the one million mark in sales revenues was crossed.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;http://www.iilm.edu/iilm-online/Casebook/Cases2007/3.pdf {{Bare URL inline|date=May 2021}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Cobra began to be served across the United Kingdom in thousands of Indian restaurants and the business began to grow, expanding into the pub and bar sector and also being sold in major supermarket chains.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/passedfailed-an-education-in-the-life-of-lord-bilimoria-of-chelsea-founder-of-cobra-beer-437254.html|title=Passed/Failed: An education in the life of Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea, founder of Cobra Beer | location=London | work=The Independent|first=Jonathan|last=Sale|date=22 February 2007}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; In 1999, the company diversified into wine.&lt;br /&gt;
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By 2001 Cobra, from which Karan&amp;#039;s partner had now exited, had a turnover of nearly £13&amp;amp;nbsp;million with a sales growth rate of nearly 60% per year, and was being brewed locally in the UK by [[Charles Wells Ltd]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.startups.co.uk/karan-bilimoria.html|title=Karan Bilimoria: Cobra Beer - Startups.co.uk: Starting a business advice and business ideas|date=3 September 2001}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; By 2007 Cobra was being sold in over 45 countries, and had a total production capacity of 450,000 cases per month.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2007-07-06/news/28447740_1_cobra-beer-beer-market-strong-brew | work=The Times of India | title=Cobra Beer launches &amp;#039;King Cobra&amp;#039; | date=6 July 2007}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; Revenues stood at £30&amp;amp;nbsp;million and, with rapid expansion, were expected to cross £100&amp;amp;nbsp;million by 2010.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news| url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080519/jsp/business/story_9290054.jsp | location=Calcutta, India | work=The Telegraph | title=Bilimoria gears up for Cobra Beer sale | date=19 May 2008}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==The Cobra Beer Partnership==&lt;br /&gt;
On 29 May 2009 the company went into [[administration (law)|administration]].  The company owed an estimated [[pound sterling|£]]70&amp;amp;nbsp;million to creditors.&amp;lt;ref name=MA&amp;gt;{{cite news|author=Charity, Paul|title=Lord Bilimoria: I plan to clear Cobra debts|url=http://www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/General-News/Lord-Bilimoria-I-plan-to-clear-Cobra-debts|work=Morning Advertiser|date=8 October 2009|access-date=20 August 2012}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; [[Molson Coors]], one of the world&amp;#039;s largest brewers, then paid circa £14&amp;amp;nbsp;million for a 50.1% share in a [[pre-pack administration]] deal, leaving Bilimoria and his shareholders with the other 49.9%, and signed a joint venture deal under the name the Cobra Beer Partnership, of which Bilimoria is chairman.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|author=Sibun, Jonathan|title=Molson Coors downs Cobra Beer in £14m pre-pack|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/retailandconsumer/5408332/Molson-Coors-downs-Cobra-Beer-in-14m-pre-pack.html#|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=29 May 2009|access-date=20 August 2012|location=London}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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On 7 October 2009 Bilimoria claimed that the creditors of Cobra Beer will be settled out of future profits of the joint venture.&amp;lt;ref name=MA/&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== The Cobra Foundation ==&lt;br /&gt;
In 2005 Lord Bilimoria helped to establish the [http://www.cobra-foundation.org.uk/ Cobra Foundation], an independent charity that provides health, education and community support for young people in South Asia.  The charity focuses on the provision of safe water and also provides support to disaster relief efforts in the region.&lt;br /&gt;
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Since 2014, the Cobra Foundation has partnered with Belu water to launch a new range of bottled water, with 100% of the profits made donated to WaterAid.  This partnership enabled the Cobra Foundation to donate £17,000 to WaterAid&amp;#039;s efforts in South Asia in 2015.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.cobra-foundation.org.uk/2016/03/cobra-foundation-donates-17k-to-wateraid-on-world-water-day/|title=Cobra Foundation donates £17K to WaterAid on World Water Day - Cobra Foundation|website=Cobra Foundation|language=en-GB|access-date=2016-04-13}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Chancellor of the University of Birmingham ==&lt;br /&gt;
On 17 July 2014, Lord Bilimoria was installed as the 7th Chancellor of the [[University of Birmingham]].  The previous holders of the office were [[Joseph Chamberlain]], [[Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood]], [[Anthony Eden]], [[Peter Scott|Sir Peter Scott]], [[Alex Jarratt|Sir Alex Jarratt]] and [[Dominic Cadbury|Sir Dominic Cadbury]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web|url=http://www.birminghampost.co.uk/news/regional-affairs/lord-bilimoria-chelsea-installed-chancellor-7454356 |work=Birmingham Post|access-date=3 November 2014 |title=Lord Bilimoria of Chelsea installed as Chancellor of University of Birmingham}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== Panama Papers Controversy ==&lt;br /&gt;
Lord Bilimoria was implicated in the [[Panama Papers]] leak: he was listed as a shareholder in Mulberry Holdings Asset Limited, a company registered in the [[Virgin Islands]]. However, he released a statement claiming that the company was dormant and had been formed for his ex-shareholders in [[Cobra Beer|Cobra]], who were not residents of the UK; furthermore he stated that he was taxed on all of his global income in the UK and had declared his interests to the authorities.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2016/apr/04/tory-donors-links-to-offshore-firms-revealed-in-leaked-panama-papers|title=Tory donors&amp;#039; links to offshore firms revealed in leaked Panama Papers|last=Watt|first=Holly|date=2016-04-04|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-03-11|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; As a result of these allegations the [[University of Birmingham]] Branch of the [[University and College Union|UCU]] called for an investigation into his finances in 2016;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://birminghamucu.org/2016/04/06/bucu-statement-on-lord-bilimoria-university-of-birmingham-chancellor/|title=BUCU statement on Lord Bilimoria, University of Birmingham Chancellor|last=UCU|first=Birmingham|date=2016-04-06|website=Birmingham UCU|language=en|access-date=2019-03-11}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; the University had released a statement the day before calling it a personal matter, referencing Lord Bilimoria&amp;#039;s previous statement to the media.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=https://thetab.com/uk/birmingham/2016/04/05/university-release-statement-following-panama-papers-29495|title=University release statement following Panama Papers|date=2016-04-05|website=University of Birmingham|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-03-11}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Honours and positions==&lt;br /&gt;
Lord Bilimoria was appointed as a [[Deputy Lieutenant]] for Greater London in 2001 and he was appointed a [[Commander of the Order of the British Empire]] (CBE) in the [[2004 Birthday Honours]] for his services to business and entrepreneurship.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[http://www.number-10.gov.uk/files/pdf/Queens%20List2789837721.pdf The Queen&amp;#039;s Birthday Honours List 2004] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060926062742/http://www.number-10.gov.uk/files/pdf/Queens%20List2789837721.pdf |date=26 September 2006 }} (PDF, 628 [[Kibibyte|kB]]), retrieved 8 September 2006&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{London Gazette |issue=57315 |date=12 June 2004 |page=7 |supp=y}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was appointed an Independent [[Crossbench]] [[Life Peer]] in the [[House of Lords]] and was created &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Baron Bilimoria&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;&amp;#039;of [[Chelsea, London|Chelsea]] in the [[Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea]]&amp;#039;&amp;#039; on 16 June 2006.&amp;lt;ref name=parsikhabar/&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{London Gazette |issue=58024 |date=21 June 2006 |page=8459}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He is the first [[Zoroastrian]] [[Parsi]] to sit in the House of Lords.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite news|title=Lord Bilimoria&amp;#039;s Speech at the House of Lords on the Occasion of the 150th Anniversary of ZTFE|url=http://parsikhabar.net/diaspora/lord-bilimorias-speech-at-the-house-of-lords-on-the-occasion-of-the-150th-anniversary-of-ztfe/4266/|work=parsikhabar|access-date=20 June 2013}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Lord Bilimoria has been a non-executive director and Senior Independent Director of the [[Booker Group]] PLC, the UK&amp;#039;s largest wholesale operator, since 2007. In 2011 he became Chairman of Molson Coors Cobra India, a joint venture between Cobra Beer and [[Molson Coors]] in India. He was awarded an Honorary Doctorate from [[Heriot-Watt University]] in 2005.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2005/people-lynn2.html |title=Heriot-Watt University Edinburgh &amp;amp; Scottish Borders: Annual Review 2004 |website=www1.hw.ac.uk |access-date=2016-03-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413072617/http://www1.hw.ac.uk/annual-review/2005/people-lynn2.html |archive-date=13 April 2016 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He served as the Bynum Tudor Fellow of [[Kellogg College, Oxford]] for the 2017–18 academic year.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|url=http://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/discover/news/lord-bilimoria-appointed-as-bynum-tudor-fellow/ |title=Lord Bilimoria CBE appointed as Bynum Tudor Fellow |access-date=2018-05-23 }}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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In June 2020, Lord Bilimoria was elected as the President of the [[Confederation of British Industry]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite news|last=Lynch|first=Russell|date=2020-07-18|title=Dig deeper, CBI&amp;#039;s new chief tells Chancellor|language=en-GB|work=The Telegraph|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/07/18/dig-deeper-cbis-new-chief-tells-chancellor/|access-date=2020-07-30|issn=0307-1235}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Lord Bilimoria elected as CBI President|url=https://www.cbi.org.uk/media-centre/articles/lord-bilimoria-elected-as-cbi-president/|access-date=2020-07-30|website=CBI}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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==Arms==&lt;br /&gt;
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|crest = An Indian elephant trunk elevated Or the dexter forefoot resting upon a tun palewise Azure banded Or.&lt;br /&gt;
|supporters = Dexter a representation of a winged bull with a human head at the gatehouse of Xerxes at Persepolis Or the wings Gules the underside Azure; sinister a winged lion Or the wings Gules the underside Azure.&lt;br /&gt;
|motto = Aspira Et Confice (Aspire And Accomplish)&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=Debrett&amp;#039;s Peerage |date=2019}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;}}&lt;br /&gt;
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==Publications==&lt;br /&gt;
* 2007: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Bottled for Business: The Less Gassy Guide to Entrepreneurship&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (London: Capstone) with Steve Coomber&lt;br /&gt;
* 2009: &amp;#039;&amp;#039;Against the Grain: Lessons in Entrepreneurship from the Founder of Cobra Beer&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (London: Capstone)&lt;br /&gt;
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==References==&lt;br /&gt;
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==External links==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/lord-bilimoria/3809 Biography and further details] at Parliament.uk&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/13881/lord_bilimoria Record in Parliament] at TheyWorkForYou.com&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://www.lordbilimoria.co.uk/ Personal Website] at LordBilimoria.co.uk&lt;br /&gt;
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