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Surinder Sharma, National Director for Equality and Human Rights

Surinder Sharma took up his post as National Director for Equality and Human Rights at the Department of Health in October 2004.

As a fully qualified lawyer, he began his career with the Commission for Racial Equality in 1983, gaining the strategic knowledge base on which his subsequent career was built.  He has been a Councillor at Leicester, chaired Leicester Racial Equality Council, has also been a Chair in the Magistrates Court. 

He was a Commissioner at the Equal Opportunities Commission, chairing the Legal Committee, and the Conference Board European Work Life Diversity Forum.  He is also a Trustee of the National Space Centre.

His career has taken him into a variety of different organizations: BBC Television, Littlewoods Retail and Ford Motor Company.

• Equality and human rights