Entrepreneur · Founder, Hajj People · London — Makkah

A life beyond

I am Mohsin Tutla, an entrepreneur, leadership thinker and international collaborator. For more than two decades I have worked across the pilgrimage world, building businesses and bringing institutions together, driven by a belief in people, possibilities and purposeful progress.

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Looking beyondWTM Spotlight Riyadh · September 2026

Since 2009Founder & Group CEOHajj People

Since 2011Founder & DirectorBritish Hajj & Umrah Council

My Story

Mohsin Tutla speaking on a panel at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai, shown on the stage screen — Speaking at the Arabian Travel Market, Dubai

Behind the titles is a journey of curiosity, enterprise, relationships and the belief that progress is measured by what becomes possible for others.

Behind the titles is a journey.

Mohsin Tutla is a British entrepreneur whose work spans international pilgrimage services, institutional collaboration, executive development and public dialogue. He founded Hajj People in London in February 2009. It has grown into a Saudi-British group headquartered in Makkah that has worked in more than 21 countries, across aviation, pilgrim welfare and government policy.

His work has always reached past the commercial. In 2011 he conceived the British Hajj & Umrah Council for UK pilgrims. He went on to chair the World Hajj & Umrah Convention, which brought the sector together at the British Museum, London Olympia, Jakarta and Jeddah.

During the pandemic, the World Hajj & Umrah Care Foundation he chairs published Hajj Under Pandemic Conditions and developed a Safe Corridor for pilgrims. In 2026 he took the stage at WTM Spotlight Riyadh to talk about the next chapter of Umrah.

Studying mathematics, statistics and management taught him to respect evidence. International business taught him that the human side matters as much. Decisions may be made in meeting rooms, but people feel their consequences.

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Values

Where the values come from.

Before the boardrooms and the conventions, there is the prayer. The principles he brings to his work are learned here first.

قيامQiyam · standing

Amanah: responsibility as a trust.

Every role he has held, from founder to chairman, is treated as something entrusted, to be protected as well as progressed.

ركوعRuku‘ · bowing

Humility: authority is a responsibility.

Leadership is not merely the authority to decide. It is the duty to understand who will feel the consequences.

سجودSujud · prostration

Ihsan: excellence in conduct.

Excellence in how things are done, not only in what is achieved. Never settling for average, and staying a benchmark others can follow.

دعاءDu‘a · supplication

Intention: honest and truthful.

Keep intentions positive, good, honest and truthful, and be relentless in finding solutions that benefit the Hajj and Umrah journey.

Makkah · Home of Hajj People

Above the Haram, at the centre of the work.

Hajj People is headquartered in Makkah, the city every pilgrim travels toward. From the Clock Tower, the reason for all of it is in plain sight.

Mohsin Tutla on the Makkah Clock Tower, with the Masjid al-Haram and the Kaaba far below — **Over the Masjid al-Haram**Makkah Clock Tower, 2026

From the Clock TowerSpeaking above the Haram

Mohsin Tutla seated on a prayer rug on the Clock Tower balcony with other worshippers — **Prayer on the balcony**Beside the clock face

Mohsin Tutla standing beneath the Makkah Clock Tower's clock face — **Under the clock**Makkah, 2026

In Motion

Moments, as they happened.

The picture stays with you while the story moves, from a first exhibition in London to the keynote stage in Riyadh.

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The Journey · 2003 – 2026 · 16 chapters

The journey so far.

Selected chapters from the public record, each linked to its source where one is published. Pick a year or swipe through.

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A Mohsin First

Every first begins with a possibility.

Pioneering steps, each labelled with how it is documented. Where others made it possible, they share the credit.

A first is not the finish line. It is the responsibility to make the next step possible.

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My World

People. Places. Possibilities.

Five institutions carry most of the work, each grown from one conviction: pilgrim welfare cannot be delivered by one organisation alone.

Hajj People: a one-stop Hajj & Umrah solutions provider.

Founded in London on 2 February 2009 as an events and consultancy firm, now headquartered in Makkah and active in more than 21 countries. Its work runs from aviation to pilgrim welfare, and from pilgrims to government policy.

Enhance the pilgrim's experienceEmpower decision makersEnrich the Hajj & Umrah cycle

Leadership beyond borders

From London, across the Muslim world.

On the road

Rooms where the work happens.

Embassies, conference halls and hotel lobbies. Most of this work is done in person, one conversation at a time.

RIYADH 2026

In conversationBetween sessions at WTM Spotlight Riyadh

Mohsin Tutla shaking hands with a senior Nigerian dignitary in a formal reception room with British and Nigerian flags — **A UK–Nigeria meeting**Under the British and Nigerian flags

Mohsin Tutla with a man and children in traditional West African dress at an exhibition stand — **At the exhibition stand**With a visiting family and their children

Mohsin Tutla standing beside a host at a podcast desk with a microphone and bookshelves — **In the studio**Recording a conversation

Mohsin Tutla seated with two guests in front of Global Peace and Unity Festival and Hajj People banners — **GPU Festival partners, 2024**Hajj People as Event Partner

Mohsin Tutla in a white thobe standing with a man in red Nigerian attire — **A visit**With a guest in traditional Nigerian dress

Mohsin Tutla at a long dinner table with colleagues — **Around the table**Dinner with colleagues and partners

Mohsin Tutla seated at a table with two colleagues in a hotel lounge — **Over coffee**With colleagues between meetings

Mohsin Tutla with the British Consul and Lord Kurban at the British Consulate in Jeddah — **British Consulate, Jeddah**With the British Consul and Lord Kurban

Mohsin Tutla standing beside a senior Nigerian dignitary in a formal reception room — **A formal visit**British and Nigerian flags either side

Mohsin Tutla welcoming a delegate to the WHUC forum in Jakarta — **Jakarta, October 2017**Welcoming delegates to the WHUC forum

Mohsin Tutla and a group of delegates on a boat on the River Thames in London at dusk — **On the Thames**An evening on the river with delegates, London

The Hajj People team standing in front of their exhibition stand — **The Hajj People team**On the stand, January 2023

Mohsin Tutla seated beside a Saudi sheikh at the Saudia airline desk at an exhibition — **On the Saudia stand**At an exhibition

Mohsin Tutla with guests in front of a Kiswa display at an exhibition — **Beside the Kiswa**Guests at an exhibition

Mohsin Tutla shaking hands with a man beneath GREAT Britain campaign posters — **Knowledge is GREAT**A handshake under the GREAT Britain campaign

Guests seated on the set of the television programme Living the Life — **Living the Life**On a television set

Mohsin Tutla presenting an award in Jakarta — **Best Pilgrims award, Jakarta**Presented as Chairman of WHUC

World Hajj & Umrah Care Foundation

A duty of care.

What began as a gathering of professionals to share best practice became a foundation for pilgrim welfare: health, safety, hygiene, education and social well-being.

The Foundation's principles were set on the evening of 12 February 2012, at the inaugural World Hajj & Umrah Convention at the British Museum, under the patronage of the late Lord Adam Patel of Blackburn, former head of the British Hajj Delegation. For almost ten years it was funded by a single company, Hajj People, as part of its Responsibility Division.

The manifesto

Help pilgrims understand the purpose of Hajj and Umrah, and how to benefit from it as individuals and as communities.
Make sure the basics of health, safety, security and hygiene are met throughout the journey, everywhere.
Build a healthier Hajj & Umrah ecosystem that grows pilgrimage and empowers pilgrims.
Provide sector-wide solutions with a local, national and regional focus.

In 2018 Hajj People also helped develop the Hajj & Umrah Standards Organisation (HUSO) and CPD-approved training with partners across the sector.

The WHUC Foundation is a non-governmental organisation, independent of the Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah, whose sovereignty over the affairs of the pilgrimage it recognises.

Mohsin Tutla wearing a Hajj People and WHUC Pilgrim Care high-visibility vest in a hotel lobby — **Pilgrim Care**In the field, in Hajj People and WHUC colours

Mohsin Tutla presenting a WHUC slide titled Key Challenges, with the NAHCON seal on screen — **WHUC × NAHCON**Key challenges for Nigerian pilgrims

Mohsin Tutla briefing Nigerian delegates around a table — **Working session**With Nigerian delegates

Mohsin Tutla with officials beside an ambulance outside a hotel in Makkah — **Ready for the unexpected**With officials at an ambulance outside a Makkah hotel

My Thinking · Polymorphic Leadership®

“Stand at the foot of it and jump off and build your wings on the way down.”

— Mohsin Tutla

Polymorphic Leadership® is about adapting how you lead as circumstances change, while holding to the same principles. Its concern is judgement rather than charisma, and judgement starts with paying attention.

Situational awarenessOpportunity recognitionRisk anticipationHuman understandingAccountable decisions

Listening firstFront row at WTM Spotlight Riyadh, 2026

A question worth asking

How do we make better decisions when opportunities, threats and responsibilities compete for our attention?

Opportunity and threat

Every opportunity introduces new possibilities. Every threat introduces potential consequences. Leaders must understand both.

Leadership programmes

Developing decision-makers.

Polymorphic Leadership® programmes bring together professional experience, peer exchange and structured reflection, for executives, regulators, institutional representatives and professionals whose decisions affect people and organisations.

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On stage

Hajj & Umrah Forum

Presenting to government Hajj missions, Hajj and Umrah companies and welfare organisations at the Hajj & Umrah Forum.

Mohsin Tutla presenting on stage at the Hajj and Umrah Forum, gesturing with both hands — Making the case

Mohsin Tutla on stage in front of a slide reading WE CARE: Workshop, Exhibition, Conference, Awards, Research, Entertainment — The W·E·C·A·R·E model

Speaking

One leader. Many circumstances.

Six talks on leadership, enterprise and the future of pilgrimage, each tailored to the people in the room.

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Themes he speaks onLeadership under pressureAdaptive judgementInternational partnershipsEntrepreneurial opportunityPilgrim-centric innovationInstitutional collaboration

Past engagements

Beyond business

More than what we build.

Some of the most valuable lessons come from family, friendships and everyday moments. This is a space for the people and experiences that shaped him.

Mohsin Tutla holding the microphone for his mother on stage at an evening event, with guests smiling beside them

Mohsin Tutla walking beside his mother at an evening event

“I am astounded how well organised and how advanced [the] process of Umrah has become.”

His mother, after Umrah in Ramadan 2018, as he recalled in his WHUC Awards chairman's message. Her words remain a measure of the work.

Taking the long shotOn the pitch, April 2026

Remain a student

“Experience should deepen curiosity rather than produce certainty.”

From his essay What International Experience Has Taught Me. Pictured at the astronomy museum in the Makkah Clock Tower.

Mohsin Tutla looking through a telescope eyepiece at a museum exhibit — At the telescope

Mohsin Tutla in front of a large model of the Earth — One world

Mohsin Tutla standing beside a large planet model in a museum — Asking how things work

Lighter moments

Not every room is a boardroom.

In 2019 Hajj People brought Al Comedy Club on a four-city tour of the UK.

Mohsin Tutla leaning on a giant I love KSA sign decorated for Saudi National Day in a shopping mall — **I ♥ KSA**Saudi National Day 90, 2020

Mohsin Tutla giving a thumbs up beside a guest under the Al Comedy Club sign — **Al Comedy Club**Under the neon sign

Now · updated October 2026

What I am working on now.

A short, current view of his focus, more immediate than a biography.

Leadership education

Polymorphic Leadership® programmes for executives, regulators and the people who lead institutions.

International collaboration

Building on the WHUC session with Nigeria's National Hajj Commission and the keynote at WTM Spotlight Riyadh.

Pilgrim-centred innovation

The next chapter of Umrah: creating value beyond the journey itself, for pilgrims and the cities that host them.

New ventures

New entrepreneurial initiatives founded in 2026, alongside the work of Hajj People.

The Mohsin Tutla Journal · Ideas. Experiences. Reflections. Possibilities.

Thinking aloud. Learning continuously.

Ideas, experiences, reflections and possibilities. Some pieces offer practical lessons; others explore questions that deserve more attention.

In the works

Media

The public conversation.

Independent coverage and recorded moments, each linked to its original source and dated.

Recognition

Mohsin Tutla smiling as he receives a plaque that reads We Serve Together The Guests of Allah — **“We serve together the Guests of Allah”**A plaque “in recognition and appreciation for his dedication and service to the Guests of Allah”, with the compliments of Alhaj Advocate Sheikh Md. Abdullah, State Minister for Religious Affairs, Bangladesh

Items marked “Award submission” are documented in Hajj People's 2019 Islam Channel Business Awards evidence pack.

In the news

Interviews & video

Press kit

Resources for the media.

Approved biographies, current titles and contact for interviews. Portraits and logos are available on request.

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Connect

Every opportunity begins with a conversation.

If you have an idea, an invitation or an opportunity to collaborate, I would welcome hearing from you. Choose a subject so your message reaches the right team.

A word from MohsinMakkah, 2026

A life beyond

Behind the titles is a journey.

Where the values come from.

Amanah: responsibility as a trust.

Humility: authority is a responsibility.

Ihsan: excellence in conduct.

Intention: honest and truthful.

Above the Haram, at the centre of the work.

Moments, as they happened.

The journey so far.

Every first begins with a possibility.

People. Places. Possibilities.

Hajj People: a one-stop Hajj & Umrah solutions provider.

From London, across the Muslim world.

Rooms where the work happens.

A duty of care.

Developing decision-makers.

One leader. Many circumstances.

More than what we build.

What I am working on now.

Leadership education

International collaboration

Pilgrim-centred innovation

New ventures

Thinking aloud. Learning continuously.

A thought worth sharing.

The public conversation.

Resources for the media.

Every opportunity begins with a conversation.