About
Liz Sayce is a Visiting Professor in Practice at the London School of Economics International Inequalities Institute. She was Chief Executive of Disability Rights UK (and its legacy charity Radar) from 2007-2017, where she led work for equal participation for all, through programmes on independent living, career opportunities and shifts in cultural attitudes and behaviour.
Liz is Co-Chair of ADD (Action on Disability and Development), a Non-executive member of the North Central London Integrated Care Board and Chair of the Furzedown Project, a charity led by and for older people. She completed an independent review for Government into Overpayment of Carers Allowance in 2025 (Review of Carer’s Allowance Overpayments - GOV.UK), and has been Vice Chair of the Social Security Advisory Committee and a member of the Disability Advisory Committee of the Equality and Human Rights Commission. She chaired the Commission for Equality in Mental Health, hosted by the Centre for Mental Health, from 2019-21 and has been a Non-Executive Director of the Care Quality Commission and member of the Healthwatch England Committee.
With a background in mental health and disability policy, previous roles include Director of Policy and Communications at the Disability Rights Commission, where she led formal investigations and a new ‘Disability Agenda’; and Policy Director of Mind. She led an Independent Review into disability employment programmes for Government in 2011 and has published widely on mental health, disability and social participation. She undertook a Harkness Fellowship in the USA resulting in a book (From Psychiatric Patient to Citizen, 2000 – updated in 2016). She is a Principal Investigator on a research project Connecting Disability Justice with Wider Challenges to Inequalities Connecting Disability Justice with Wider Challenges to Inequalities | AFSEE