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Caroline Waters OBE
Deputy Chair at Equality and Human Rights Commission
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Appointed for five years from 15 January 2013
Re-appointed for five years from 15 January 2018
Currently Vice President of Carers UK, Trustee of RSPCA, Advisory board member International Longevity Centre, Member of leaders as Change Agents board and Founder and CEO of CW Consulting Box, Caroline Waters was also Director of People and Policy at BT and has a distinguished record on equality, inclusion, and human resources, and has been the driving force of many diversity-focused groups.
She chaired, for example, Employers for Carers from 2001 to 2013, was founder and inaugural Chair of the Employers' Forum on Belief, and Chair of the Lone Parents working group.
She was awarded HR Director of the Year in the 2009 and Most Influential HR Director of the decade in 2016 HR Excellence Awards and has also judged a number of prestigious diversity awards including the CRE Race in the Media Awards and Help the Aged's Living Legends.
She was awarded the OBE for services to diversity and equal opportunities in the New Year’s list in 2010.
She is a Director of Wilson James and appears on the Disability 100 Power list.
Latest articles by Caroline Waters OBE
Fair growth: How can we ensure more opportunity for more people?
With regions of the country currently developing their local industrial strategies, local leaders…
Unconscious bias training: no such thing as a quick fix
Does unconscious bias training work to create inclusive workplace cultures?