Sandra Wallace

Biography

Sandra Wallace was appointed as interim chair of the Social Mobility Commission on 10 July 2020.

Sandra is a partner and joint managing director for the UK & Europe at DLA Piper, a global law firm active across the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East.

She serves on DLA Piper’s executive board and its diversity and inclusion council.

For two years, she was also head of diversity within the international employment team.

Sandra previously held the roles of UK managing partner and UK employment group head at the firm, which she joined as a trainee after qualifying as a lawyer in 1994.