The Conservative Friends of India is delighted to host in conjunction with the Conservative Councillors' Association (CCA), a joint panel event to support CF India members who are interested in standing as councillors.
An Alumni of London Business School with over Twenty years of intensive experience which includes CDO-Vice President at Barclays, Head of Architecture at Credit Suisse, Lead Technical specialist at Deutsche Bank, Assistant Vice President at Citi Bank, Senior Architect at Royal Bank of Scotland, Lead Technical Consultant at JP Morgan, Lead Solution Architect at British Telecom, Team Lead at Rabo Bank in United Kingdom,Senior Software Engineer in USA and Scientist B at Reaserch Centre Imarath( Minisitry of Defense, India) and founder of ivoteconservatives.com
2020- Appointed as Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead - Conservative Group Chief Whip and Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead - Chairman of the Licensing Panel. He is the first Indian sikh in both roles.
2019 - Councillor, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Elected Councillor in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead in May for the ward of Boyn Hill Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.
He had achieved one of the highest vote shares in the local council elections in the Royal Borough and he is also one of only two Sikh candidates elected for the first time in the Royal Borough.
2016 - Executive Officer
Maidenhead Conservative Association
One of two Sikh Association Executive Officer’s elected to the executive for the first time in the associations history.
Pradeep Bhardwaj is Senior Technology Strategist and Head of Industry Standards in the mobile industry. Pradeep has been part of a few historical moments and actually creating them – India’s 1st Public Email service, India’s 1st Public Internet service, India’s 1st Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) service, one of India’s 1st International Digital Exchanges, setting up mobile and international telecom services in Seychelles, the Paradise on Earth, followed by a stint in Melbourne, Australia designing state-of-the-art high-speed data network for INMARSAT using a constellation of satellites, before settling in the UK. He is Deputy Chairman (Political) for Swindon Conservatives and also holds several positions – being Governor of Swindon College, Chairman of Swindon Hindu Temple, Trustee of 3 local charities, Parish Councillor, and avid Division-1 Table-tennis player and umpire. With a global outlook, having travelled extensively to well over 50 countries and lived in many countries, he considers himself a Community champion for the cause of Equality and Diversity, to bring people together and harness their collective power for a bigger vision.
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Over 24 years of experience in commodity space In all kind of ferrous and non ferrous metal right from mining, smelting, processing, Trading, Hedging, structure and commodity financing. Chair for Europe One YPO. Regular contributor to CNBC, Europe on commodities, metals.
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Secretary of State for International Development
Member of Parliament for Reading West
Alok Sharma was elected in 2010 for Reading West, with one of the largest swings to the Conservatives in the country. In July 2019, Alok was promoted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to Secretary of State for International Development. He has also served the Government in 2018 as Minister of State for Employment and in 2017 as Minister of State for the Department for Communities and Local Government with responsibility for housing.
In 2016, Alok was the Prime Minister's Infrastructure Envoy to India and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. From 2012-15 he served as a Conservative Party Vice Chairman.
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Member of Parliament for Maidenhead
Mrs May has served as Member of Parliament for Maidenhead since 1997 and has held several positions within Parliament since. She was a member of the Shadow Cabinet from 1999 to 2010, and from 2002 to 2003 was the first female Chairman of the Conservative Party. In 2010, she was appointed Home Secretary, a position which she held for 6 years before becoming Prime Minister. She served as Prime Minister for three years, until July 2019.
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Member of Parliament for North West Cambridgeshire
Shailesh was first elected to Parliament in 2005, representing the constituency of North West Cambridgeshire. He has since been re-elected to Parliament in 2010, 2015 and 2017.
Shailesh was formerly a Minister for Northern Ireland, having also previously served as a Minister for Justice, a Minister in the Department for Work and Pensions and as a Government Whip.
In Opposition, Shailesh was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Commons and before being appointed to the Front Bench, he was on the Select Committee for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
