About us

Selma Rahman heads up esar consultants with over 20 years experience. On returning from Bangladesh, her professional career began in Wester Hailes Festival Association, followed by Artlink, then assistant general manager, Theatre Workshop, Edinburgh.

Her cv includes:

• Short listed for the NKS Life Time Achievement Award, Edinburgh June 09; 
  
• Business Manager, Public Sector to Alpha, Translating & Interpreting Services Ltd;
• Director, Meridian, information resource centre for black, minority ethnic women;
  
• Director, Fife Racial Equality Council, and Equal Futures, a national cohesive community program for young people, funded by the Scottish Executive.
• Member of the Scotland Advisory Committee – Ofcom for four years;
• She served as an Independent Assessor with OCPAS (Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments Scotland) for in excess of six years,
• and she was a member of the Scottish Executive’s Community Planning Task Force.

Public speaking 2009 includes:

• SIPR (Scottish Institute Police Research) - Conference

esar consultants clients include:

• The Sheila McKechnie Foundation;
• City of Edinburgh Council;
• Equality Human Rights Commission Scotland;
• Alpha, Translating and Interpreting Services Ltd;
• Eventscotland;
• NHS - National Services Scotland;
• Learn Direct Scotland;
• Children in Scotland;
• (former) Scottish Executive;
• GARA-Glasgow Anti Racist Alliance;
• Empower Scotland;
• Scottish Urban Rural Forum