Nita Sharma is a Principal Consultant with Astar Management Consultants Limited. She also works independently, and has her own Management Consultancy practice.

Nita's experience is in helping people and organisations through change and transition, addressing diversity and culture issues, valuing and leveraging differences, team building, and coaching. She draws from several years of organisation effectiveness practice supported by a broad range of capabilities developed through consulting and engaging small and large groups in diverse work environments.

Prior to Nita becoming a consultant, she has worked as a Equal Opportunities Adviser in several Local Authorities and as an Equal Opportunities Manager and a Personnel Manager for the BBC, where she was instrumental in developing equal opportunities strategies, policies and training initiatives for all personnel.

Nita's recent consultancy experiences have included designing and delivering diversity programmes for various parts of Shell, developing diversity programmes for a large Healthcare Trust, reviewing and facilitating the harassment and bullying policies and training for managers and staff. Nita has also been involved in designing leadership programmes for ethnic minorities and women.

Nita has a BSc (Hons) and an MA in Sociology and Social Policy. She has a Certificate in Counselling and a Master Practitioner in Neuro Linguistic Programme (NLP).