In an attempt to raise awareness of, recognize, and pay tribute to, the accomplishments of successful Islanders, I will, from time to time, be including �Profiles�.
I am honored, to introduce to you, in my first Profile, a fellow Guyanese:
Baroness Amos was appointed a Government Whip in the House of Lords in July 1998. In addition to her role as a Spokesperson on International Development, she also speaks on Social Security and Women�s Issues. She was created a life peer in August 1997.
Valerie Amos was born in Guyana, studied at the Universities of Warwick, Birmingham and East Anglia, and was awarded an Honorary Professorship at Thames Valley University in 1995 in recognition of her work on equality and social justice.
After working in Equal Opportunities, Training and Management Services in local government in the London boroughs of Lambeth, Camden and Hackney, she became Chief Executive of the Equal Opportunities Commission 1989-94. In 1995 Valerie Amos co-founded Amos Fraser Bernard and was an adviser to the South African Government on public service reform, human rights and employment equity.
In the House of Lords, Baroness Amos was a co-opted member of the Select Committee on European Communities Sub-Committee F (Social Affairs, Education and Home Affairs) 1997-98.
Valerie Amos has also been Deputy Chair of the Runnymede Trust 1990-98, a Trustee of the Institute of Public Policy Research, a non-executive Director of the University College London Hospitals Trust, a Trustee of Voluntary Services Overseas, Chair of the Afiya Trust, a director of Hampstead Theatre and Chair of the Board of Governors of the Royal College of Nursing Institute.
You may learn more about Baroness here , and here .
**The idea, for these entries was inspired by my Dede. Much love & Thanks Vivi!*
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