Kay Carberry

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

Kay Carberry CBE
Assistant General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress
In office 2003–2016 Serving with Paul Nowak (2013–16)
General Secretary	Brendan Barber Frances O'Grady
Preceded by	vacant
Succeeded by	Paul Nowak (As Deputy General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress)
Personal details
Born	19 October 1950 (age 70)
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

1. "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