New High Sheriff Sworn In

His Honour, Judge Martyn Levett DL, welcomed Gulshan Kayembe DL, as High Sheriff of Suffolk for 2025-2026. The Lord-Lieutenant was pleased to attend the swearing-in ceremony, held on Thursday 27th March at Ipswich Crown Court.

Gulshan Kayembe is Chair of Ipswich Community Media and has been an active community leader for many years. She has a distinguished background in Education, coaching leaders and in helping schools improve their provision of learning an outcomes.

Following her Declaration, Gulshan said, “It is a privilege and honour to be Suffolk’s High Sheriff and I am keen to connect communities and our voluntary community, faith and social enterprise organisations with the Justice services, including the Police, Courts, Prison and Probation services. My overarching theme is ‘Equity through Prevention’ and I invite all in the public sector to join me in helping to put our diverse range of communities in Suffolk at the heart of decision-making. We should be working more collaboratively together to prevent offending and to prevent children and young people taking the wrong route out of and away from education. Let’s work together to make a tangible difference.”

Judge Levett also welcomed the High Sheriff’s chaplain Christine Laverock and Bhai Ranjeet Singh Rajan the Gianni, who led prayers and sung a Shabad.

The Lord-Lieutenant said, “It is a very great pleasure to welcome Gulshan Kayembe as Suffolk’s new High Sheriff, and to join in the tributes and thanks to her predecessor Yvonne Gilchrist-Mason.

This historic role has a very modern purpose in recognising, supporting and encouraging all those who work in the legal system and emergency services, as well as thousands of others across our diverse communities who give selfless service and support to voluntary, charitable and community work.”