Colin Lee

Chief Executive at CEMVO Scotland

Session: Protecting Minority Ethnic Communities Online (PRIME), AI and Racial Justice (Plenary)

Colin has worked in the voluntary sector for over 25 years and has managed various organisations, including a mental health project for ethnic minority men and an adult guidance, employment and training organisation. He has considerable knowledge and experience in race equality, having worked for an anti-racist project in Edinburgh and for the Scottish Federation of Housing Associations where he provided support to registered social landlords across Scotland on equalities performance standards. Colin became Chief Executive of CEMVO Scotland in 2003 which is a national intermediary race equality organisation and strategic partner of the Scottish Government Equalities Directorate.  In October 2011 Colin was appointed as the Adviser to the Scottish Parliament Equal Opportunities Committee to help scrutinize the Scottish Government 2012-13 Budget from an Equalities perspective. He is  currently a Non-Executive Director of NHS Lanarkshire and previously Chair of the Scottish Court and Tribunal Service Equality Advisory Group.