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Darra Singh OBE

Darra Singh is Chair of the Riots Communities and Victims Panel and has recently joined Ernst & Young as a director. He was, until the end of September 2011, Chief Executive of Jobcentre Plus. Before joining the Department, Darra was the Chief Executive of Ealing Council for four years and, prior to that, the Chief Executive of Luton Council.

Darra started his career in 1984 as a volunteer and housing case worker in Tyneside before moving to London to work for The Single Homelessness charity and as a Senior Policy Officer for the London Housing Unit. He became a Regional Director of the North British Housing Association in 1991, and later Chief Executive of the Asra Greater London Housing Association. He has also been the Northern Region Director for the Audit Commission.

In 2006, Darra was appointed the Chair of the Commission for Integration and Cohesion which published its report, ‘Our Shared Future’, the following year. He was appointed Chair of the London Serious Youth Violence Board in 2009.

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