Mr. Awan is co-founder and Chairman of TCS. His businesses developed over the past 25 years are collectively called the ‘Tranzum’ group, (www.tranzum.com).

A mechanical engineer by education, Mr. Awan and TCS, are subject of a Harvard Business School Case Study on ‘International Entrepreneurship’ - included in the MBA curriculum for the past six years.                                                                                                        

Besides business he devotes his time to several welfare, and professional bodies. 

Mr. Awan is a lifetime member of the ‘World Presidents Organization’ an alumni and  past Chapter Chairman of theYoung Presidents Organization –YPO, and member of their Peace Action Network Forum that works for global peace. 

He is Toronto Committee member of ‘Human Rights Watch’, is Director of the Toronto based 'Canada-Pakistan Business Council, and member of the Dubai based 'Canada-Arab Business Council', and he represented the Paris based ‘International Chambers of Commerce’ (www.wbo.org) at the United Nations General Assembly session on ‘Millennium Development Goals’ in 2003. 

Mr. Awan is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society, of UK.  

He is married and has three grown up children.