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The Lord Sewell of Sanderstead | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2022 Life peerage | |
| Chair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities | |
| In office July 2020 – 28 April 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Boris Johnson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Cleveland Anthony Sewell 6 August 1959 Brixton, England |
| Political party | Conservative |
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| Occupation | Educational consultant |
Cleveland Anthony Sewell, Baron Sewell of Sanderstead, CBE (born 6 August 1959) is a British educational consultant and founder and chair of the educational charity Generating Genius.[1] In July 2020, Sewell was appointed chair of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities tasked with investigating race disparity in the UK.[2] Sewell sits as a life peer in the House of Lords. He has been described as an admirer of the Black conservative scholar Thomas Sowell.[3]
- ^ "Dr Tony Sewell CBE | Honorary graduates | University of Exeter". www.exeter.ac.uk. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Charity boss to head government race commission". BBC News. 16 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ Matiluko, Seun (7 January 2023). "Truth, lies and racism: The story behind the "Sewell Report"". The House. Retrieved 7 January 2023.