Sheikh originally moved from Pakistan to the UK to study, and worked alongside Anwar Perez to build Bestway, a name that Sheikh was credited with coining. His roles at the company included trading director, managing director and chairman. Bestway said that as well as being a successful businessman, Sheikh was “deeply committed to philanthropy and social responsibility”. He was a founding trustee of the Bestway Foundation in both the UK and Pakistan and supported a wide range of charitable causes throughout his life. “He believed deeply in hard work, fairness and looking after people, and those values helped shape Bestway into what it is today.