Cllr. Mrs Reena Ranger-Ahuja, Dr. Rami Ranger’s eldest daughter and Chairwoman & Founder of the social organisation Women Empowered, spoke of working for the family business from a young age and learning to deal with all aspects of the company under the guidance and support of her father. She described Dr. Ranger as a family man who places his family at the heart of all that he does and was his principal driving force. Reena spoke of the Prime Minister’s visit as being momentous, an occasion that she would cherish and tell her children, and generations to come, of the honour and privilege. She added the occasion showcased the moment where one man’s dreams had become reality through aspirations of success, hard work and sheer determination.

Dr. Rami Ranger MBE FRSA, Chairman of Sun Mark, said that he felt humbled to be the only one in Britain to have won an unprecedented fifth consecutive Queens Award for Enterprise and had achieved this by connecting Britain to 115 countries through trade. He described some of his challenges but that he had always believed that a ‘Hidden Talent is no Talent’ to describe the company’s practice of exhibiting across the globe to reach out to potential customers. He paid tribute to the British sense of tolerance and fair play, where an ordinary immigrant like him could realise his ambitions and live the ‘British Dream’ to become an asset for his family, community and adopted country. He thanked the Prime Minister for keeping his promises and making time in his incredibly busy diary to present the award and as a result boosted the morale and self-esteem of those present. He added that the country was privileged to have such a Prime Minister for his attendance showed that he had time for every Briton regardless of their origin to acknowledge their achievements and success for the nation. Dr. Ranger paid tribute to his mother who had taught him values which had been the bedrock of his success. She had brought up him and his siblings to be wholesome people despite having lost her husband during the partition of India and had to live in abject poverty in a refugee camp. He closed by thanking those around him for sharing his vision and turning his dream into reality, including his staff, wife Renu, son-in-law and CEO Mr Harmeet Ahuja and General Managers Mr Ray Perkins and Mr Mohan Khurana.