1 General Profile.
Jagtar joined the Fire service in 1977 in West Midlands and retired from the service in October 2006 as Deputy Chief Fire Officer in Bedfordshire Fire Service shortly after returning from working with the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG). Jagtar on retirement set up Jagtar Singh Associates Ltd in 2006. The company quickly established a reputation for delivering high-quality training. HR policy support, equality and Diversity training, and Equality Impact Assessment training. conference, workshop, and innovative research. He worked on the Business Case for diversity with the DCLG on retirement and Cambridge University on the European-funded Fireworks ED research project

In July 2006Jagtar was selected to be a Non-executive Director for the East of England Ambulance Service. And then in 2009, he moved on to be a Non-Executive director of Luton and Dunstable Hospital this role he completed in December 2014. Jagtar started the role of Chair of Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust in September 2014. Jagtar also started the role of an independent chair of Bedford Police audit and finance in 2013 and was reappointed for four years in December 2016. Also, in 2016 Jagtar was appointed by the Privy Council as an independent member of the Architects Registration Board
Key Milestones
• Set up the very first equality department in the UK fire service in 1985
• Was the first National Diversity Advisor for the fire service working at DCLG from 2004 to 2006
• Fonder member of AFSA and B&EMM
• I was the BAME officer to be appointed to the rank of deputy chief fire officer in 2001 and then to acting chief fire officer in the same year
• Awarded the OBE for services to diversity in 2003
• Awarded Man of the year by Lloyd’s bank Asian achievement awards in 2003
• Awarded breaking through Glass ceiling award by GG2 in 2005
• Awarded Most Influential BME NHS Leaders award first in 2014 and then again in 2023
• Five awards in 2023 from peers
• Awarded professorship by Warwick University 2023