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Biographies

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Short for captions, medium for event pages, long for features and speaker introductions.

Short bio, 50 words

For captions and programme listings

Muhammad Tayyab Shabbir is a founder based in London. He is the founder of Avvale Ltd, which writes business plans, financial models and visa business plans for founders, and co-author of Classical Mechanics: A professor-student collaboration (IOP Publishing, 2020). He is a finalist at the Global Innovator Awards 2026.

Medium bio, about 120 words

For event pages and panel notes

Muhammad Tayyab Shabbir is a London-based founder and the founder of Avvale Ltd, a consultancy that writes business plans, financial models, feasibility studies, pitch decks and visa business plans for founders. Avvale has worked with 500+ founders across 30+ countries, including founders whose ventures have gone on to raise more than $500M.

Tayyab Shabbir read Theoretical Physics at University College London. At 20 he was one of six UCL students who co-wrote Classical Mechanics: A professor-student collaboration with Prof Mario Campanelli, published by the Institute of Physics in 2020 and now prescribed reading at UCL. He is a finalist at the Global Innovator Awards 2026 and was interviewed on PTV Home's Rising Pakistan in September 2026.

Long bio, about 250 words

For features and speaker introductions

Muhammad Tayyab Shabbir is a founder based in London. He moved to the UK alone at 17 to read Theoretical Physics at University College London, graduating with an MSci in 2021.

While an undergraduate he was one of six UCL students who co-wrote Classical Mechanics: A professor-student collaboration with Prof Mario Campanelli. The book was published by the Institute of Physics in 2020, when he was 20, presented at the CERN Library, reviewed in Contemporary Physics in 2021, and is now prescribed reading at UCL. In 2021 he held a summer research studentship at UCL modelling Ganymede's magnetic field for the JUICE mission.

Before Avvale he co-founded student startups, one of which pitched at London City Hall through the Mayor's Entrepreneurs competition in 2019 and was selected for the Santander Universities startup competition. He founded Avvale Ltd in April 2023. Avvale writes business plans, financial models, feasibility studies, pitch decks and visa business plans for the UK Innovator Founder, US E-2, EB-5 and other routes. It has worked with 500+ founders across 30+ countries, including founders whose ventures have gone on to raise more than $500M, and is Its US arm is Business Plan Firm.

Tayyab Shabbir holds the UK Innovator Founder visa and has been assessed and passed by UK endorsing bodies twice. He is a finalist at the Global Innovator Awards 2026 in the UK SME Global Expansion category and was interviewed on PTV Home's Rising Pakistan in September 2026.

Fact sheet

Checked facts, with sources

  • Name

    Muhammad Tayyab Shabbir. Alternate name: Tayyab Shabbir.

  • Pronunciation

    Mu-HAM-mad TAY-yab SHAB-beer.

  • Base

    Based in London, United Kingdom. Holds the UK Innovator Founder visa.

  • Education

    MSci Theoretical Physics, University College London, 2017 to 2021.

  • Company

    Founder, Avvale Ltd. Company number 14805382, incorporated 15 April 2023, England and Wales.

    Source: Companies House register, company number 14805382.

  • Book

    Classical Mechanics: A professor-student collaboration. IOP Publishing (Institute of Physics), 2020. ISBN 978-0-7503-2688-9. Editor Prof Mario Campanelli with six UCL student co-authors.

    Source: IOPscience listing. Reviewed in Contemporary Physics, Vol 62 No 2 (2021), DOI 10.1080/00107514.2021.1959648.

  • Awards

    Finalist, Global Innovator Awards 2026, category UK SME Global Expansion (Category 08). Shortlisted 28 September 2026. Ceremony at The Dorchester, Park Lane, London, 16 November 2026.

    Source: globalinnovatorawards.com/finalists.

  • Television

    Interviewed on Rising Pakistan, PTV Home, Pakistan's national broadcaster. Recorded in Islamabad on 8 September 2026, aired 14 September 2026. Presented by Muhammad Shoaib.

    Source: the segment on YouTube, from 33:57.

  • Podcast

    Guest on Startups and Side Hustlers, a monthly podcast for founders, March 2025, talking about AI and ChatGPT for startups.

    Source: Data Driven Business channel on YouTube, premiered 20 March 2025.

  • CERN

    One of the seven speakers at the CERN Library's online presentation of Classical Mechanics: A professor-student collaboration, 4 November 2020, hosted by Tullio Basaglia, then head of the CERN Library.

    Source: the recording on YouTube and indico.cern.ch/event/969981.

Headshots

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Style guide

How to refer to him

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  • First mention

    Muhammad Tayyab Shabbir, in full.

  • Thereafter

    Tayyab Shabbir, or Tayyab.

  • Descriptor

    "Founder of Avvale" or "London-based founder". Please do not attach a nationality label.

  • Title

    Founder, Avvale Ltd. The company is written as Avvale, with Avvale Ltd on first mention where a legal name is needed.

  • The book

    Classical Mechanics: A professor-student collaboration, published by the Institute of Physics and presented at CERN. He is a co-author, one of six UCL students, with Prof Mario Campanelli as editor.

  • The award

    Finalist at the Global Innovator Awards 2026. He is a finalist, not a winner and not a nominee.

  • Client figures

    Avvale has worked with 500+ founders across 30+ countries, including founders whose ventures have gone on to raise more than $500M. The figure refers to capital raised by those founders' ventures.

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