Kay Carberry, CBE (born 19 October 1950) is the former Assistant General Secretary of the British Trades Union Congress (TUC).
Kay Carberry | |
|---|---|
 Kay Carberry | |
| Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress | |
| In office 2003–2016 | |
| General Secretary | |
| Preceded by | David Lea (1999) |
| Succeeded by | Office vacant |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 October 1950 (age 74) |
| Alma mater | University of Sussex |
| Profession | Trade unionist, teacher |
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]
References
edit- ^ a b "CARBERRY, Kay", Who's Who
- ^ "Biographical Details: Kay Carberry", Trades Union Congress
- ^ "Women complete top team at TUC", Trades Union Congress, 22 January 2003
- ^ "Kay Carberry CBE Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine", Equality and Human Rights Commission
- ^ Trades Union Congress, "Paul Nowak appointed TUC Deputy General Secretary", 25 February 2016