COLOGNE - Surinder Sharma has been appointed to the position of Diversity Director, Ford of Europe. He took up the appointment on 1 September.  

He joins Ford from Littlewoods, the UK retailing and leisure business, where he has been Head of Equality and Diversity for the past five years. Prior to that he was Head of Equal Opportunities at BBC Television from 1990 to 1995 and also spent 12 years with the Commission for Racial Equality, the UK race relations agency.  
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Surinder Sharma

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Surinder Sharma is a Commissioner for the Equal Opportunities Commission in the UK and is an adviser to the Ministerial Advisory Committee on Work/Life Balance at the UK Department for Education and Employment. He is 47 years old, married with two children and holds a BA in Law from the University of Kent.  (September 4, 2000)

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Ford Appoints New National Diversity Manager In Britain
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BRENTWOOD - Kamaljeet Jandu has been appointed to the position of National Manager for Diversity, Ford of Britain.  

Kamaljeet Jandu joins Ford from the Trades Union Congress, where he has been Policy Officer in the Equal Rights Department for the past five years. In this role, Mr. Jandu was responsible for developing the TUC's policy on race and employment. Previously he was an Economic Development Officer at the London Borough of Ealing and a researcher.  
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Kamaljeet Jandu

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Mr. Jandu, an Economist by training, has numerous publications on diversity and race relations issues to his credit. He is also a Commissioner for the Commission for Racial Equality. He lives in Southall, West London, where he is on the management committee of the Southall Rights Legal Advice Centre.  

In addition to Kamaljeet Jandu's appointment, a new Diversity Manager for the Dagenham Estate was appointed in mid-May. Satya Kartara, joined Ford from Oxford City Council where she was employed as the Diversity Manager developing policies and strategies on employment and service delivery. Satya has extensive experience in the equality and diversity field, having worked with a wide range of groups and organisations on education, training and employment issues. As well as her practical experience she has written on the subject of diversity and has presented her own community issues programmes on local TV. (September 4, 2000)