 | Ram Gidoomal CBE PatronRam came to the UK as a refugee and became UK Group Chief Executive of the Inlaks Group, a multi national business with 7,000 employees. Ram is now Chairman at the Office of the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education in England and Wales. In September 2011 he bacame Chair of Traidcraft. He was EF's Chair until July 2009 and became our first Patron that month. | |  | Dr Robert GarnettBob is a former Director of Children's Services for Nottinghamshire and for Hounslow. He now works as a freelance consultant. Bob is Co-Chair of the Refugee Teachers Task Force and a member of national advisory groups on community languages and youth participation. He became a trustee in 2007. |
 | Diane HayDiane is a special adviser for PWC on international tax issues. She was previously Deputy Director at HM Revenue & Customs with responsibility for international corporate tax issues,and Chief Executive of ProShare. She has been a trustee of Employability since 2001 and has specific responsibilities around finance and evaluation. | |  | Robin Hazlewood RI ChairRobin is Education Adviser to the Trust for London. He has significant experience of higher education and was previously Vice Provost of London Guildhall University. He is a painter, author and currently Treasurer of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour. He has been a Trustee of Employability since 2002. |
 | Habte HagosHabte became an EF trustee in 2009. Himself a refugee from Eritrea, Habte was previously Director of Finance at the TDA until June 2010. He is now Finance Director at the Institute of Education. | |  | Richard PearsonRichard is an economist with particular expertise in migration, Higher Education and pay. Formerly Director of the independent Institute for Employment Studies (IES) and a member of the Senior Salaries Review Board, he is now involved with the Sussex Community Foundation, Sussex Oakleaf and is a Visiting Professor at Leicester and Sussex universities. |
