Su Sayer

Chief executive, United Response

Su Sayer CBE is the chief executive at United Response, which helps sufferers of learning disabilities and mental health problems, with almost 3,000 staff and 250 residential units throughout England and Wales. She co-founded the charity in 1973.

Awarded an OBE in 2000 for services to disabled people and a CBE in 2013, Sayer also received the Outstanding Achievement Award at the 2003 Charity Awards.

She has served on the boards of several government bodies and charities and is currently a trustee of Save the Children and involved in a consultation group for the Futurebuilders fund.  

Sayer is also vice-chair of the Prostate Cancer Charity, a member of the Students’ Union Evaluation Initiative Validation Panel, an honorary senior visiting fellow in the faculty of management at Cass Business School, City University and vice-Chair of Bath University Students’ Union. 

She was previously on the trustee board for NCVO and was chair of Acevo for three years. 

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