Gavin is currently the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy Lead at the Legal Services Board (LSB), the oversight regulator for legal services in England and Wales. Gavins role at the LSB involves shaping and delivering regulatory policy interventions to encourage diversity in the legal profession, both through formal statutory tools and the LSBs convening and collaboration activities.
Before joining the LSB, Gavin led and contributed to various policy activities designed to support professional standards, EDI, culture and careers in the voluntary and higher education sectors.
Gavin holds a PhD from Trinity College Dublin, where he examined the intersections of sexuality, gender and ethnicity in 20th-century queer Irish-American literature and culture.
