Selma Rahman heads up esar consultants with over 20 years experience here in Scotland, gained after returning from Bangladesh.

Her cv includes:

• City of Edinburgh - Libraries: Whose Town Project;
• 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.
• Director, Meridian Glasgow;
• Theatre Workshop, Artlink and Wester Hailes Festival Assoc. all Edinburgh;
• 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 was a member of the Scottish Executive’s Community Planning Task Force.