Sarwar Ahmed

Sarwar Ahmed (; born 9 July 1971) is a British publisher, founder of Eastern Eye, and publisher of Asiana and Asiana Wedding.

Background Ahmed was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire and his family moved to London when he was six months old. He was brought up in East London. His father was a Bengali journalist.

Career In 1989, at the age of 18, and was the managing director of Smart Asian Media Limited. He was formerly publisher of Ethnic Media Group (EMG), a subsidiary of Southnews plc. He later sold Smart Asian Media and launched Asiana magazine.

In 2002, Ahmed was appointed to The Newspapers Panel of the Competition Commission.

Awards In January 2013, Ahmed was awarded the Services to Media award at the British Muslim Awards.