Issan Ghazni
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Born 15 November 1959 in Gujrat (Punjab)Pakistan, Issan Ghazni grew up and has lived inNottinghamsince childhood. He is married to Ghazala and has 4 children, two sons, Haroon and Rahil, two daughters, Paras and Aaila.
Issan went to Roland Green Comprehensive School in the Meadows and then to Peoples College of FE. He left Nottingham briefly to study Business Studies and Finance at Preston Polytechnic and later went to the University of Leicesterto complete Postgraduate Studies in Human Resource Management.
Issan set up his training and management consultancy practice in 2005 specialising in equalities, diversity and human rights and continues to work with public, private and voluntary community sector clients. He has worked in senior roles and acted as consultant and interim manager for a range of clients including Learning and Skills Council, Centrex - Central Police Training and Development Authority, Capita Plc, NHS, Home Office, Cabinet Office, Independent Safeguarding Authority and the Legal Ombudsman. Issan currently works within the health and social care sector as Director of Regional Operations Central England for Arthritis Care.
Issan was appointed National Diversity Adviser to the Liberal Democrat Party from October 2007 to December 2010. He left that role to become Special Adviser to Vince Cable MP in his capacity as Chair of the Diversity Engagement Group (DEG). Issan subsequently continued to advise both officers and parliamentarians such as the Party's Chief Executive Chris Fox, Andrew Stunnel MP and Tom Brake MP.
Issan was previously a Labour Councillor for Radford Ward 1987-91 and left to join the Liberal Democrats in 2003 when he could no longer identify with the direction Tony Blair was taking the party towards. The illegal war in Iraq proved to be the last straw and he decided to sign up and come to rest in a more comfortable space when he saw Charles Kennedy speaking so passionately at the anti-war demonstration.
He stood as a Parliamentary Candidate in Nottingham East in 2005 where he achieved a 9.8% swing towards the Liberal Democrats and leapfrogged the conservatives to come second place to Labour. He subsequently stood again in the local council elections in Berridge Ward and led a campaign team within the same constituency in 2007 - achieving a major swing to the Liberal Democrats and coming from third place to within 20 votes of winning a historic victory over labour in one of their safest seats in the city.
Issan is currently:
- Chair of theNottinghamCityLiberal Democrats
- Executive member of the East Midlands Regional Party
- Chair of Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats (EMLD)
- Regional Diversity Champion for theEast Midlands
- Member of the Diversity Engagement Group (DEG)
Issan has recently been asked to join the Party's Race Equality Task Force chaired by Baroness Meral Hussain Ece to bring about recommendations to the Federal Executive on policy and strategic priorities to promote race equality within the 2015 General Election Manifesto.