Neena Gill
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Neena Gill
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| Member of the European Parliament for West Midlands |
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| Taking office 1 July 2014 |
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| Succeeding | Nikki Sinclaire |
| In office 10 June 1999 – 4 June 2009 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Nikki Sinclaire |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Ludhiana, India |
| Nationality | British |
| Political party | Labour |
| Children | One |
| Residence | Birmingham |
| Alma mater | Liverpool John Moores University London Business School |
| Occupation | Vice President Corporate Affairs Europe & Asia Pacific - SAS Software Inc |
| Profession | Senior Executive |
| Religion | Sikh |
Neena Gill is a Member of the European Parliament for the West Midlands for the Labour Party. She was first elected to serve from 1999 to 2009 and re-elected in 2014.[1]
Education
Gill was awarded her first degree by Liverpool John Moores University (BA Hons Social Studies) in 1979 and a postgraduate professional qualification from the Chartered Institute of Housing in 1986. She completed the London Business School SEP in 1996. She is fluent in several Asian languages, Italian, and is currently studying French and German.
Employment
Prior to becoming a Member of the European Parliament, she was Chief Executive of ASRA Group and the Newlon Housing Group. From 2009 to 2014 Gill was an MD for Public Affairs and from 2010 with SAS Software, as the Vice President Corporate Affairs for Europe and Asia Pacific.
Activities within the EP
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Gill is a member of the European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) which is a member of the S&D Group) in the European Parliament (EP).
Member: The Economic & Monetary Affairs Committee, the special Tax Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee
She held the following appointments 1999-2009
- President of EP Delegation for Relations with India (elected 2007)
- President (2004–2007) of EP Delegation for Relations with South Asia and SAARC countries
- Vice President (2002–2004) of EP Delegation for Relations with South Asia and SAARC countries
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- The Legal Affairs Committee, and a member of the Budgets Committee :* Ex-Officio member of the SAARC Delegation, 2007
- ITRE Committee - Industry, Research and Energy: dealing with Information Society and Industry issues.
- Delegation ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
- Member of the EU Election Observation Mission to first ever democratic elections in Nepal
- Member of the Foreign Policy Centre Commission-UK:*
References
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- 1956 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Liverpool John Moores University
- Alumni of the London Business School
- British politicians of South Asian descent
- Labour Party (UK) MEPs
- People from Ludhiana
- Indian emigrants to the United Kingdom
- Members of the European Parliament for English constituencies
- Female MEPs for the United Kingdom
- MEPs for the United Kingdom 1999–2004
- MEPs for the United Kingdom 2004–09
- MEPs for the United Kingdom 2014–19
