Olivier Tsemo is the CEO of SADACCA (Sheffield and District African and Caribbean Community Association, www.sadacca.co.uk) and board member of Sheffield Stronger Together Leadership Group and Sheffield Pride of Place.
He is also co-founder of the African Heritage Culture Forum (https://www.africanheritage.org.uk/) and Co-investigator for the funded research project at the University of Sheffield titled ‘Ethnicity and unequal ageing: experiences in Rotherham and Sheffield’ to address the urgent need for evidence on how ethnic inequalities shape experiences of ageing over the life course in particular places. (https://www.ethnicityandunequalageing.ac.uk/home).
Olivier is a leading figure in the voluntary sectors, both locally and nationally. He regularly advises politicians, and is a high-profile contributor in the media, the Parliamentary Review, the Leaders Council of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and at national and international conferences.
Currently he is the Chair of the Sheffield Voluntary and Community Sector Leaders Forum and also co-chair of the Sheffield Culture Consortium, and recently served as a Commissioner for the Sheffield Race Equality Commission.
Olivier previously served as President of the African community of South Yorkshire for almost ten years. In his early career, Olivier held consultancy roles with the local education authorities and was a senior lecturer and researcher in both applied mathematics and mathematics education.
