Darayus Motivala has been a committee member of WZO since 1994 and has held several posts including Chair, President, Company Secretary and Membership Secretary.

He now works with a number of the other Committee members on a variety of projects and with WZO’s Administrative Assistant.

Darayus played a major role in finding and procuring the current WZO office in Feltham and then later in its refurbishment.

Darayus is one of the earliest IT graduates (1972) and has worked in the IT sector for 30 years, predominantly in a Sales & Marketing role.

In 2002, he made a career change and moved into hospitality, owning a themed restaurant and a café.

Darayus is passionate about equality for all and on the environment.

He attends a number of InterFaith events locally.

He is a Trustee for his local MS Centre (Chilterns MS Centre) which is one of the largest in the country. He also chairs their commercial subsidiary which ploughs back all its profits into the charity.

Darayus lives in an Oxfordshire village with his wife who is confined to a wheelchair due to Multiple Sclerosis (MS).