Sandra Kerr (diversity adviser)
Sandra Kerr is a race, gender, and disability business and policy advisor in the United Kingdom. Kerr is currently the Business in the Community's Race Equality Director and has worked in the Cabinet Office. Professional background. Between 1999 and 2003, Sandra Kerr worked in the Cabinet Office advising on policies on race, gender, disability, and work-life balance across Whitehall. Prior to this, Kerr worked in the Department for Work and Pensions delivering front-line services to 33,000 customers whilst also managing a team of 120 employees. Kerr also worked as a personal development and  IT skills trainer. After her time in the Cabinet Office, Kerr joined the Business in the Community Race Equality campaign as the National Campaign Director where she works with the race advisory board to set the agenda for issues around race and employment in the United Kingdom (UK).Between 2012 and 2016 Kerr chaired the Ethnic Minority Employment Stakeholder Group (EMESG), advising the Government on issues and employment barriers facing individuals from minority ethnic backgrounds. In 2015, the Royal Society invited Sandra Kerr to become a member (2015-2021) of their Diversity Committee. In 2018, Sandra Kerr was named as one  of the panelists comprising a Cabinet Office task-force to create a public leadership center. Honours and awards. Kerr was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 2012 for services to Black and minority ethnic people and Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2019 Birthday Honours for services to equality and diversity. In April 2015, she won the "Women: Inspiration and Enterprise (WIE) Equality Award".