Linda Bellos is perhaps best known as a campaigner, political activist and former leader of Lambeth Council (south London).
Linda is a director of Diversity Solutions Consultancy Ltd, a specialist equality and diversity company which she formed in February 2002.  
Since the early eighties, Linda has worked with a range of public authorities and the private sector advising on change management and policy formulation.
She was the first Black woman to join the Spare Rib feminist collective in 1981 and was vice-chair of the campaign to select Black candidates within the Labour Party. Elected Leader of Lambeth Council in 1986, she became one of the first Black women to gain such a position.
As chair of the London Strategic Policy Unit in the mid 80’s, she introduced Black History Month, an annual event that is now celebrated across Britain.
Linda is a regular guest on radio and television programmes. As an author, she has contributed to a number of anthologies including IC3, the Penguin Book of New Black Writing in Britain.
Linda famously once defended Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrarkhan in an article published in 1994. She wrote: " I am no apologist for Farrakhan but I recognise he has things of much relevance to say to people of African origin. I have heard his comments about Jews (of which I am one) and I do not doubt those views are anti-Semitic, but that does not invalidate other things."
Her work on mainstreaming equality and diversity within the British Army and the Metropolitan Police Service has given her a keen insight into some of the UK’s major institutions, which she uses to benefit other public authorities. She was an Independent Advisor to the Metropolitan Police, the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO), and acts in a scrutiny role for a number of public bodies on equality and diversity issues.
Linda retains an active involvement in the voluntary and community sector which ensures that her work remains relevant and valid to grass roots communities.
Linda lives in north London and has one daughter.