Mehboob Bawa been MC'ing and compering events since 1988. Many of the events have been local and international live Bollywood music concerts. Some of the artistes whose shows he hosted include leading singers in the Bollywood music industry. Most of the concerts were held at the Good Hope Centre and Cape Town International Convention Centre with thousands of audience members. Aside from welcoming the audience, setting the scene for the concert, and introducing the artistes, he would entertain with humour as well.

While Mehboob is adept at presenting to large audiences, he is quite at home with smaller groups at corporate events, and the relationship developed with these clients have led him to MC their family events like weddings and anniversaries as well.

Some of the companies for whom he has compered events for include SPAR, Spice Mecca, Toyota, Gatti's Ice Cream, Busy Corner Meat Hyper, Muslim Views Newspaper, Travel Unlimited, Goldbray’s, Quality Beverages (manufacturers of Jive cooldrinks).

The British events company, Prescon International, appointed him as the MC for a conference that hosted leading international delegates in the cement industry.

He also MC'd the launch of the book, The World at Your Feet, for a motivational speaker, at the Centre of the Book which led to further MC work for him.

When the members of the Film Producers Guild of India visited Cape Town, Mehboob was request to MC the welcome party hosted by the Cape Film Commission.

More recently, he was confirmed to MC the launch of a cycle tour and an International Islamic Finance Conference held in Cape Town.

As a radio presenter for various stations including The Voice of the Cape, P4 Radio (now Heart 104.9FM), 94.5 Kfm, Smile 90.4FM and others, he has been called on to MC various station related events with major corporate sponsors.

Beyond his MC duties, Mehboob will guide clients regarding their proposed programme and will outline the best way in which to achieve their goal.