Sandra Wallace, CBE, is a member of the Executive board and acts as joint Managing Director, UK & Europe for the global business law firm, DLA Piper, and remains an active employment law Partner handling many international employment law mandates.
Sandra served as a Social Mobility Commissioner from December 2018 to October 2021, sponsored by the Cabinet Office which monitors progress towards improving social mobility in the UK and promotes social mobility in England, also serving as interim Co-Chair. Sandra also works to drive social mobility within the legal sector and worked on the Firm’s bid to become the lead legal services employer for the Social Mobility Pledge.
Sandra is the Midlands Chair at TheCityUK, a membership body, lobbying on behalf of the financial and related professional services industry, and recently Co-Chaired a Government commissioned taskforce, looking at improving socio-economic diversity at senior levels within UK financial and professional services. Sandra is also a Trustee at National Numeracy, a charity seeking to improve numeracy confidence and to remove barriers facing adults and children because of their numeracy skills.