Sundas Khalid

Director and Co-Founder

Community Midwife - currently on Maternity Leave

Sundas qualified as a midwife in 2018, most recently she has worked as a community midwife. She is also a co-founder and director of the Association of South Asian Midwives. Sundas also brings expertise in diabetes during pregnancy, drawing from both her clinical and research experience. 

Some of her notable accomplishments include establishing a program to welcome internationally recruited midwives into the NHS, co-organising the very first South Asian Nursing and Midwifery Conference in the UK, developing a unique action focused initiative to tackle inequalities in maternity care for black and brown women, managing membership activities at ASAM and also assisting prospective and newly qualified midwives with personal statement and interview support.

She was nominated for the Pure Foundation Fund in 2022 and was recognised as a runner-up and was also acknowledged in the GEMS: Hidden in Plain Sight 75@75 initiative.

Sundas was leading ASAM as CEO however decided to step down from her duties in ASAM to focus on caring for her little boy who was born on New Year’s Day 2024! She remains committed to tackling health disparities and hopes to come back to ASAM once she feels ready to.