Ranjit Sondhi

Ranjit Sondhi was appointed to the Board of Trustees in 2018.

Ranjit was born in India, and has lived, studied and worked in the UK since 1966. A graduate in Theoretical Physics, he founded the Asian Resource Centre in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1976. He was Senior Lecturer in Community and Youth Studies at University of Birmingham Westhill from 1985 to 2005.

He has served on a number of national regulatory and governing bodies. He was Vice Chairman of the Commission for Racial Equality. He was a board member of the Independent Broadcasting Authority and the Radio Authority. He was a Governor of the BBC and Trustee of the National Gallery. He was Chairman of the Heart of Birmingham Primary Care Trust. He has been a Civil Service Commissioner and Judicial Appointments Commissioner. He has just completed a term of office at the Criminal Cases Review Commission, and the Queen’s Counsel Selection Panel. He is currently Vice Chairman of Sandwell and West Birmingham Clinical Commissioning Group and a Trustee of Citizens UK.