Steering & Advisory Groups

Steering Group

The Directors of The Equality Trust are:

Richard Wilkinson

Professor Richard Wilkinson

Kate Pickett

Professor Kate E Pickett

Bill Kerry

Bill Kerry
Secretary

Kathryn Busby
Policy & Campaigns Manager

You can email any member of the Steering Group by using the format firstname.lastname@equalitytrust.org.uk

Biographies

Richard Wilkinson has played a formative role in international research and his work has been published in 10 languages. He studied economic history at the London School of Economics before training in epidemiology and is Professor Emeritus at the University of Nottingham Medical School and Honorary Professor at University College London. Richard co-wrote The Spirit Level with Kate Pickett and is a co-founder of The Equality Trust.

Kate Pickett is a Professor at the University of York and a National Institute for Health Research Career Scientist. She studied physical anthropology at Cambridge, nutritional sciences at Cornell and epidemiology at Berkeley before spending four years as an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago. Kate co-wrote The Spirit Level with Richard Wilkinson and is a co-founder of The Equality Trust.

Bill Kerry is a co-founder of The Equality Trust and works for the Trust as a part-time consultant. He speaks regularly for the Trust and has written and blogged for various organisations including Oxfam and the pressure group Compass. Prior to the launch of the Trust he worked as a Company Secretary across the private, charitable and social enterprise sectors.

Kathryn Busby joined the Trust in February 2009, shortly prior to its launch, and works full-time as Policy & Campaigns Manager. Kathryn has nine years experience of working for charities and campaigning organisation; these include Shelter, the Forgiveness Project and the Campaign Against Arms Trade (CAAT). She is now a member of the CAAT Steering Committee and recently became their Treasurer.