Sonia Watson

• Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust December 2013 – Present (2 years 1 month)
• Director, Watson & Watson January 2009 – Present [1]

"Sonia specialises in Human Resource and Business Consulting with particular expertise in change management, recruitment and retention strategies, leadership development, diversity management and executive coaching. She designed and delivered the ground-breaking “NHS Breaking Through” Leadership and Development Programme – for which the lead director has recently been awarded the O.B.E. for leadership development services to BME employees. In her previous career, Sonia enjoyed a career in Corporate Strategy and Banking with the Barclays Group. She regularly publishes papers on diversity and delivers talks to organisations and Schools on motivation and all aspects of career and management development."