Mee Ling Ng OBE
Non-executive chair of Southwark Primary Care Trust
Mee Ling Ng was appointed as the non-executive chair of Southwark Primary Care Trust in April 2002. Before that, she was a non-executive director of two other NHS trust boards in South London.
Mee Ling was also the first Chinese woman councillor to be elected in Britain, to the London Borough of Lewisham. She was a Labour councillor for 16 years, deputy leader for four years and chaired a number of key committees such as Economic Development, Regeneration Partnership Boards, Social Services and Social Inclusion.
In the 1980-90s, she co-founded and chaired a number of organisations such as the National Federation of Chinese Women’s Groups, Chinese for Labour and Lewisham Anti-Apartheid. In 1994, she was privileged to be invited to be an International Peace Monitor in South Africa in the lead up to its first free and democratic elections. She was a Trustee of the Chinese Mental Health Association and Chinese in Britain Forum. Mee Ling was made a Fellow of the 48 Group Club and was a winner of the Windrush Achievement Awards in 2003.
After working for over 20 years in the voluntary and private sector, she is now a business partner in her own research and consultancy company working in health, social care and regeneration. She is an honorary fellow of Goldsmith's College, University of London and has co-authored three publications and written over 30 reports. She received an OBE in 2007 for services to the Chinese community in the UK.
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Mee Ling was also the first Chinese woman councillor to be elected in Britain, to the London Borough of Lewisham. She was a Labour councillor for 16 years, deputy leader for four years and chaired a number of key committees such as Economic Development, Regeneration Partnership Boards, Social Services and Social Inclusion.
In the 1980-90s, she co-founded and chaired a number of organisations such as the National Federation of Chinese Women’s Groups, Chinese for Labour and Lewisham Anti-Apartheid. In 1994, she was privileged to be invited to be an International Peace Monitor in South Africa in the lead up to its first free and democratic elections. She was a Trustee of the Chinese Mental Health Association and Chinese in Britain Forum. Mee Ling was made a Fellow of the 48 Group Club and was a winner of the Windrush Achievement Awards in 2003.
After working for over 20 years in the voluntary and private sector, she is now a business partner in her own research and consultancy company working in health, social care and regeneration. She is an honorary fellow of Goldsmith's College, University of London and has co-authored three publications and written over 30 reports. She received an OBE in 2007 for services to the Chinese community in the UK.
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