An entrepreneur from Leicester has been given the award for Young Director of the Year 2020 by the Institute of Directors.

Suleman Sacranie from Evington is the founder/director of the GP Service– a provider of online services for general medical consultations and prescriptions.

According to the organisers, the awards “brings together the winners from our regions and nations to determine who is the ‘best of the best’ in British business.”

On Linkedin Suleman said:

Incredibly humbled to be named the IoD Young Director Of The Year 2020. This year has been extremely challenging for all businesses, but, it has prioritizing innovation today is the key to unlocking post crisis growth. I feel grateful to our team at The GP Service as we look to continue our journey in revolutionizing the HealthTech Sector
We spoke to Suleman for an episode of the Leicester Startups Podcast, where he discusses his previous ventures, scaling and selling them. You can listen to it here: