Biographical details

Kay Carberry
Assistant General Secretary

Kay Carberry is Assistant General Secretary of the TUC, having previously been the first head of the TUC’s Equal Rights Department, set up in 1988.  She is responsible for the TUC’s internal management and oversees work on pensions and equality.

She has served on a number of government advisory bodies on equality, education, training and employment, was a member of the Women and Work Commission and a Commissioner of the Equal Opportunities Commission.  She is currently a Commissioner of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

She is a Trustee of One Parent Families, the People’s History Museum, the Work Foundation and a member of the Franco-British Council.