Asad Khan obtained his doctorate in Pharmaceuticals Science from the University of Manchester in 2000, which was co-sponsored by GlaxoSmithKline where he spent research time in the Novel Technologies Group at the R&D HQ, Harlow, Essex. He then worked as a Management Consultant with a niche Technology firm, Angle Technology working for Public Sector Clients in knowledge commercialisation and licensing. He subsequently went on to be become an Executive Middle-Manager of Islamic Relief, an International Development Agency, flying around the world to help fight poverty, rehabilitate lives and deliver aid to the needy. It was during this time when he realised the immense difference in personal psychology people had built when faced with natural or man-made disasters. With this, his ideas of life coaching to help people with self-awareness and self-determination began taking shape. He subsequently established Ark2Ark as a Leadership & Personal Effectiveness Skills Training & a Motivational Life Coaching Company originally based in Manchester, UK, where he also graduated from the Internationally recognised Common Purpose Leadership Programme in 2006.