Sade Bright.
Cabinet Member for Employment, Skills and Aspiration.

Councillor Sade Bright is Cabinet Member for Employment, Skills and Aspiration in Barking and Dagenham, working closely with businesses, schools and colleges, higher education providers, charities and community groups in this role.

Previously Councillor Bright was the very first Cabinet Member for Equalities and Cohesion where she developed important borough events such as Women’s Empowerment Month and Black History Month, implemented the borough’s Gender Equality Charter and worked with faith organisations and community groups across the borough to promote inclusiveness and diversity. Cllr Bright, first elected to represent Chadwell Heath Ward in 2014 and was re-elected in 2017. She is a trustee of many local organisations in Barking and Dagenham, and school governor in two schools.