Rob is a qualified Development Trainer, Recruitment Interviewer and JEGs 'Job' Evaluator, with over 25 years experience in the Public Sector having worked in the Department for Constitutional Affairs (DCA) now known as the Ministry of Justice (MOJ).

Rob joined the DCA [then Lord Chancellor's Department - LCD] in 1983, after spending eight years working in Willesden County Court [Civil Law] in the London Borough of Brent; after which he was promoted at Willesden County Court as a Deputy Court Manager.

In November 1994 Rob gained promotion as Development Trainer in Corporate HR, and was awarded the CiPD's Certificate in Training Practice after successfully completing his studies. As a result of this he went on to facilitate Departmental development activities in Leadership, Motivation and Diversity for first, middle and senior managers throughout England & Wales.

Other works includes being invited to spearhead efforts to launch the Department's first corporate staff network in support of ethnic minority staff, PROUD in May 2001, and becoming the first elected Chair of the Civil Service Race Equality Network [CSREN] which continues to be sponsored by the Head of the Home Civil Service. He joined the MOJ as Project Leader and Policy Advisor and wrote the DCA's first Corporate Project Plan dedicated to developing more diverse Policy & Strategy.

In February 2005 Rob won a secondment, via the DTi, to lead a UK-wide Community Leadership Scheme as part of the Government's work in progressing the Equality Bill and a single equalities board.

Rob also sits as a Trustee on two Boards. One is a national organisation working in support of family relationships and the other is a community based charity committed to empowering young people in their journey from education to employment.

Rob was recently selected as one of the Government's 20 national REACH role models, which aims to support black boys and young black men to raise their aspirations, attainment and achievement,

More news on Rob Neil:

Read the interview with Rob Neil: Unlocking Potential April 2009. (Published by the Communications Directorate, HMCS, UK).