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Petr Torák’s account of advancing the cause of the Roma people, his community work and the Obama Leadership Programme.
In 1999 Petr arrived in the UK as an asylum seeker from the Czech Republic. He volunteered in a law firm before obtaining a work permit then he worked in fast food, agriculture and the security industry. From 2006-17 Petr was a police community officer and then a police officer in the Cambridgeshire Constabulary.
In 2015 he was awarded an MBE for his community work. He is chief executive officer of COMPAS, a community charity that he co-founded in 2010. It provides education and leisure activities for Czechs and Slovaks living in Peterborough.
In 2021 Petr became Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Peterborough.
In 2023 he was selected for the Obama Leadership Programme which identifies emerging leaders working in government, civil society and the private sector who have demonstrated a a commitment to advancing the common good. In June he met with president Obama and discussed the issues the Roma community are facing and possible solutions.
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