Steering & Advisory Groups

Steering Group

The four Directors of The Equality Trust are:

Richard Wilkinson

Professor Richard Wilkinson

Kate Pickett

Professor Kate E Pickett

Bill Kerry

Bill Kerry
Secretary

Kathryn Busby


Kathryn Busby

Policy & Campaigns Manager

Biographies

Richard Wilkinson has played a formative role in international research on the social determinants of health and on the societal effects of income inequality; his work has been published in many languages. He studied economic history at the London School of Economics before training in epidemiology. He is Professor Emeritus of Social Epidemiology at the University of Nottingham Medical School, Honorary Professor at University College London and a Visiting Professor at the University of York. Richard co-wrote The Spirit Level with Kate Pickett and is a co-founder of The Equality Trust.

Email richard.wilkinson@equalitytrust.org.uk

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.

Email kate.pickett@equalitytrust.org.uk

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.

Email bill.kerry@equalitytrust.org.uk

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.

Email kathryn.busby@equalitytrust.org.uk

 

Advisory Group

Michael Bartlet

Michael Bartlet
Quaker Parliamentary
Liaison Secretary

Molly Scott Cato

Molly Scott Cato
Green economics speaker

Danny Dorling

Danny Dorling
Professor of Geography
University of Sheffield

David Erdal

David Erdal
Non-Executive Director
Baxi Partnership

Iona Heath

Iona Heath
GP

Martin Wilkinson

Martin Wilkinson
Former Co-ordinator for
Quaker work in Africa

Chris Brice
Priest, St Martin with St Andrew,
NW5 & former Advisor for Social Justice in the Diocese of London

Mike Rustin
Professor of Sociology,
University of East London