Zubair is an education activist, social entrepreneur, and founder of ZNotes - an online learning platform he started at 16 and today, has reached over 3.5 million students globally. He is the recipient of the Diana Legacy Award - the "highest accolade a young person can receive for their social and humanitarian efforts". Zubair is a One Young World ambassador and also an advisory board member of DEFI at Cambridge University and the EY Foundation. As an SDG advocate, he has been published and has spoken on international platforms including the 74th UN General Assembly, ITU Regional Innovation Forum and the TEDx stage.

Zubair believes education is a right, not a privilege and that an educated population with a change-making attitude is necessary for the survival of our planet. With his learnings from ZNotes, he proposes and is keen to implement a peer-based and community-led learning model to enable government-led educational reform strategies to ensure equitable quality education is available to all, especially in globally under-resourced education systems. Holding a Master’s in Mathematics from UCL, Zubair is a marathon runner, triathlete and inline/figure skater.