Kay Carberry

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Kay Carberry
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Kay Carberry
Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
In office
2003–2016
Preceded by David Lea (1999)
Succeeded byOffice vacant
Personal details
Born19 October 1950 (1950-10-19) (age 72)
Alma mater University of Sussex
Profession Trade unionist, teacher

Kay Carberry, CBE (born 19 October 1950) is the former Assistant General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC).

Carberry studied at the Royal Naval School Tal-Handaq in Malta, then at the University of Sussex. She worked as a teacher for three years, and became active in the National Union of Teachers (NUT), where she took employment as a researcher. She began working for the TUC in 1978, [1] and in 1988 was appointed as the first head of its Equal Rights Department. [2] In 2003, she was appointed to the vacant post of Assistant General Secretary of the TUC. [3]

Carberry has held a number of other posts. She was a commissioner on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and the Equal Opportunities Commission. She is a commissioner of the Low Pay Commission, a board member of Transport for London, a trustee of the People's History Museum, a director of TU Fund Managers, an alternate member of The Takeover Panel and an honorary fellow of St Hugh’s College Oxford. [4]

In 2007, Carberry was appointed a CBE. [1] She retired from the TUC in 2016. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "CARBERRY, Kay", Who's Who
  2. ↑ "Biographical Details: Kay Carberry", Trades Union Congress
  3. ↑ "Women complete top team at TUC", Trades Union Congress, 22 January 2003
  4. ↑ "Kay Carberry CBE Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine ", Equality and Human Rights Commission
  5. ↑ Trades Union Congress, "Paul Nowak appointed TUC Deputy General Secretary", 25 February 2016
Trade union offices
Preceded by
Anne Gibson
as Women's Officer
 Head of the Equal Rights Department of the Trades Union Congress
1988–2003		Succeeded by
Sarah Veale
Vacant
Title last held by
David Lea 		Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
2003–2016
Served alongside: Paul Nowak (2013–2016)		Succeeded by
Post vacant
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