Dr Leander Neckles is a high level, passionately committed, knowledgeable equalities professional and management consultant with a thirty year track record of delivering to advance equality, human rights and social justice at local, regional and national levels.

She has co-ordinated, supported and developed regional and national initiatives to support the implementation of the public sector equality duties (PSED) (1999-2015). She has extensive experience of analysing legislation and government policy proposals, briefing national organisations, co-ordinating and drafting response (e.g. on previous equality duties, the PSED, immigration, the Equality Act 2010) (1999 – 2015).

An experienced researcher, she was awarded a PhD in October 2015. Her thesis examines the effectiveness of the PSED, Judicial Review (JR) and accountability. At national level, as an equalities management consultant, trainer and activist, she engages with equalities, human rights and migrants' rights with NGOs and national networks (e.g. CORE, the Coalition for Race Equality Organisations and EDF, the Equality and Diversity Forum). Leander facilitates joint working, designs and delivers training, writes guidance and toolkits and is an experienced public speaker on discrimination, advancing equalities, human rights and social justice. She also advises on how to engage with VCOs, networks, peers and MPs on equalities-related legislative issues.