Lisa Kerr is Director of External Affairs at RadioCentre, the organisation which represents UK Commercial Radio and whose remit is to maintain and build a strong and successful Commercial Radio industry - in terms of both listening hours and revenues.
Lisa is responsible for the organisation's relationships with Westminster, Whitehall, regulators and other bodies concerned with radio. She has been in post since 2001 (the first five years being spent at predecessor organisation, the Commercial Radio Companies Association).
Lisa was previously Group Managing Director of Radio Services Limited (now part of The Local Radio Company) specialising in establishing and operating small Commercial Radio stations. She is a Director of the Broadcast Committee of Advertising Practice, chairs the Radio Skills Development Forum, is a trustee of the Radio Academy, has judged the Sony Radio Awards for many years and serves on the cross-industry organising committee for the Radio Festival.
She is also is a former award winning presenter and producer for Radio Forth and Classic FM.
Lisa lives in the north of Scotland, is a Vice-Chairman of Scottish Opera, a Governor of Gordonstoun Schools and is married with two young children.