A SHIPLEY businesswoman has been nominated for a national award.

Farrah Quershi, chief executive of Global Diversity Practice (GDP), has been shortlisted for the entrepreneur of the year award at the Asian Women of Achievement Awards.

She is battling for the honour with others including the founder of Fitzrovia-based eatery Maple & Co, and financial services specialist Cebile Capital.

She started GDP from her home in Nab Wood in 2009 following a deal brokered with her previous employer Norman Broadbent, one of the world’s top executive search and leadership firms.

Eight years later, having taken the diversity message to almost 70 businesses in more than 140 countries, the business is going from strength to strength.

The Asian Women of Achievement Awards will be held in London on May 10.