Dr Tanveer Ahmed is a psychiatrist, author, local councillor and media commentator.

His first book is called "The Exotic Rissole" and is published by New South.

He was elected to Canada Bay Council as a local councillor in September 2012.

He is an appointee to the Australian Multicultural Council.

He is a contributor to the Channel Seven program "Sunday Night". He has previously been a columnist for the Sydney Morning Herald and an SBS television cadet journalist.

He has also performed comedy, co-hosted a prime time gameshow and appears in various media.