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Adam Kansler

President, S&P Global Market Intelligence

S&P Global

Adam is the President of S&P Market Intelligence which is the largest division within S&P Global, with over 18,000 colleagues across the globe. Adam has placed inclusion at the center of his leadership agenda, embedding DEI into the Market Intelligence divisional strategy. He championed the inclusion of DEI as a core metric in executive scorecards, ensuring that the division is held as accountable for DEI performance as it is for financial, customer and operational performance. Adam is also currently the Executive Sponsor for the Adelante People Resource Group which aims to increase opportunities for personal, professional, company and community success and impact for Hispanic/Latine colleagues across S&P Global. Additionally, he has sponsored several leadership development programs for underrepresented colleagues, spearheaded a number of DEI-focused recruitment initiatives and rolled-out various inclusion trainings across the division.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 50 Advocates

Matt Truman

Co-founder & Executive Chair

TRUE

Matt is a co-founder and executive chair of consumer-focused investment and innovation firm, True. Established in 2013, True taps into diverse pools to recruit team members, enabling opportunities for those who typically face barriers. True's workforce is now 49% female, surpassing the industry average by 11%. Matt is passionate about tackling educational inequality and works in partnership with 'Careers and Enterprise' and 'Universify,' both charities focused on closing the educational gap, with initiatives targeted geographically to reach those from a disadvantaged socioeconomic background. Moreover, True is committed to achieving sustainable equity and inclusion by providing diversity and inclusion training and working with change champion consultants, contributors, and speakers from various intersections of the global community. With its own proprietary innovation lab advising the likes of Walmart, Diageo, Warner Brothers, Johnson & Johnsons, Primark and M&S, True is one of the fastest growing firms in Europe and well-placed to impact lasting change.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 50 Advocates

Christine Palmer

Chief Risk Officer

Santander UK

Christine is the Chief Risk Officer at Santander UK and has been the Executive Committee Sponsor for the Santander UK Ethnicity@Work network since 2022. In this role, she celebrates the diverse cultures of colleagues. She also sponsors the Santander Black Talent Programme, which supports Black colleagues' progress within Santander. This program has been a success, with over 60% of the first cohort in 2022 promoted to new roles, leading to the decision to double the class of 2023. She also advocated for a reverse mentoring program for the Executive team and senior leaders to understand and learn from the lived experiences of black and diverse colleagues.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 50 Advocates

Donnica Hawes-Saunders

Senior Manager, Global Strategic Partnerships and Civil Engagement

Philip Morris International

Donnica founded, co-chairs and manages Philip Morris International's (PMI) largest U.S. employee resource group - Multi-Cultural Organization Supporting an Inclusive Culture (MOSAIC). This group promotes diversity, culture, and inclusion for PMI's multicultural employees and their allies, focusing on race and ethnicity. MOSAIC partners with third parties to improve how PMI is perceived in diverse spaces, works with internal stakeholders to ensure PMI considers diverse perspectives and promotes visibility, and career mobility for team members of all backgrounds and ethnicities. In addition, for more than 65 employees in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and the U.K., Donnica provided leadership development training for corporate employees of color through MOSAIC's partnership with the Executive Leadership Council, an organization that champions the development of Black executives to impact business and communities positively.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Mayur Gupta

CEO

Career Accelerator

As CEO of Career Accelerator, Mayur spearheaded Race and Ethnicity focused business mentoring programs with GoCardless, Cisco and Centrica supporting ethnic minority students from lower socio-economic backgrounds. He also spearheaded a Race and Ethnicity work experience program supporting ethnic minority students. Career Accelerator currently supports 300+ young people from diverse backgrounds every year. Mayur has organized 6 quarterly Race and Ethnicity Roundtables with 20+ businesses such as LinkedIn, Salesforce and Snapchat to connect them with their counterparts, share good practice and explore collaboration opportunities. Mayur is a business advisory member at WithInsight - a charity supporting Black students to secure places at top 1/3rd universities. He has spoken at events in collaboration with The Economist, Teach First and The Labour Party. Mayur ran the Liverpool Marathon and fundraised for Black charities such as Blueprint for All, Black Lives Matter UK and Black LGBTQIA+ Therapy Fund.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Swati Mohan

Associate

Natwest Group

Swati Mohan, Associate with Transaction Monitoring Products has wide experience across operations at Natwest Group. She drives diversity and inclusion agenda apart from her everyday work and has won South Asian Heritage Award for Outstanding contribution in 2021, Natwest Group Gender Network Advocate Award for 2022 and was selected as Top 22 Role Models across the bank. She has been featured as Empower Top 100 Future Leaders by InVolve for 2022. She is a trailblazer and is part of UN women delegate for CSW 67. She is the only woman on the Technology Advisory Board in Woxsen University and acts as a motivational speaker. She conducted “Embrace our differences and celebrate our similarities” campaign during Inter Faith Week from 13th – 20th November 2022 to increase understanding between people of faith and none. The campaign was well received and it helped to promote unity in diversity and bring the equity factor.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Lina Cano-Ackerman

IT Service Leader

Dow Chemical

Lina is an IT Service Leader at Dow Chemical and a strong advocate for Hispanic and Latin individuals. With a deep passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion, she pursued opportunities for leadership within the Hispanic and Latin Network (HLN) to have a broader impact on the company. Lina has held various leadership roles, including serving as an Advocacy Leader on Dow's HLN Senior Council. Her work addresses inequities impacting the Hispanic and Latin communities, including under-representation in corporate America and promoting growth opportunities within the company. Lina spearheaded the development of an Advocacy Strategy for Dow's HLN ERG in alignment with DOW ACTs, a holistic framework that addresses racial injustice and systemic racism. Additionally, she partnered with the non-profit group Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility (HACR) to bring professional development programming for Dow employees and is Dow's representative in the Greater Houston Partnership Immigration Advisory Committee.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Priscilla Lim

Executive Director

JP Morgan Chase

Priscilla is an Executive Director and Relationship Executive at JPMorgan Chase Commercial Banking, where she helps provide comprehensive banking solutions to the Bay Area business community and is passionate about championing for diverse-owned businesses. This includes partnering across the firm to tell the stories of these businesses and business leaders through regional and community events. Priscilla was a San Francisco Site Leader for JPMorgan Chase’s Women on The Move and played a key role in the 2022 Bay Area Pride Parade. She sits on the board of Ascend Northern California as EVP and acts as Board Advisor to Ascend LA. She’s also involved with the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (“CAPE”) and the Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation, helping both organizations with their fundraising galas. Priscilla has been recognized with USPAACC’s 2023 SHEroes Award and as a 2023 Top 50 Unsung Hero by the Asian Hustle Network.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Jaanvi Chawra

Vice President

OCBC Bank

As a Vice President at OCBC Bank, Jaanvi is a part of the core leadership team for the Digital Team that drives technology for Digital Business and Transformation. She was one of the first 20 members of a group of 600+ employees, responsible for onboarding and ensuring their success. Jaanvi has made significant contributions to diversity, focusing on workers who face challenges due to being non-native English speakers. She has led teams from Shanghai and Shenzhen to overcome language barriers and excel in virtual and in-person teams. Jaanvi's 'north-star' approach of putting people first has driven their success. Jaanvi is also a member of the Women In Tech chapter of the Singapore Computer Society, enabling women leaders within her team and outside of OCBC to advocate for a seat at the table.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Oluchi Ikechi-D'Amico

Partner, Head of Strategy & Transactions, Capital Markets, APAC

Ernst & Young

Strategy & Transactions advisor across Financial Services; experience leading strategic initiatives and M&A programs across 3 continents. DEI leader across EY’s Strategy & Transactions business across APAC Financial Services, representing 300 professionals and advising the APAC Board on DEI matters. Successfully led DEI training initiatives on career development and personal branding, to those from underrepresented backgrounds, inspiring a community of people. Led flagship DEI events and learning content for EY, in collaboration with Financial Services institutions, reaching over 500 people. As the only Black partner in EY’s Strategy & Transactions Financial Services UK and Asia-Pacific businesses, Oluchi prioritizes meeting with professionals from ethnically diverse backgrounds to understand how she can support them. Active sponsor, advocate and blogger on DEI; including production of ‘inclusive leadership’ learning content for Stanford Graduate Business School. The Founder of ‘Fully Bossed’, helping professionals, including those from underrepresented backgrounds, accelerate in their careers using soft skills.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Executives

Bridget Lea

Managing Director of Commercial

BT / EE

As the Managing Director of Commercial at BT/EE and the only black female at her level in BT Group, Bridget is committed to creating opportunities for the BAME community by ensuring that both her own personal lived experiences and those of other minority groups are shared openly and aired at the most senior forums. Bridget has led the way for BT to work with the 10,000 Black Interns Programme. Within BT Bridget is committed to driving a culture of inclusion through role modelling allyship. Outside of BT, Bridget sits on the Board of Governors for Manchester Metropolitan University, where she supports the University's commitment to equality and diversity by being a regular inspirational speaker. In 2022, she was the keynote speaker at the Black Girls Tech Summit and shared valuable insights on how to kickstart a career in tech, and how to stay true to your authentic self, be brave and not be afraid to speak up.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Executives

Jacqui Moore

Executive Producer

Peloton Interactive

The murder of Ahmaud Arbery was the catalyst for Jacqui to make a commitment to increase diversity and representation in media and sports. As Executive Producer at Peloton Interactive, this has been achieved through the creation and implementation of diversity and inclusion riders in vendor service agreements, identifying diverse supplies, increasing representation in front of and behind the camera, and disrupting stereotypical narratives in both casting and story-telling. Jacqui serves as Advisor to media non-profits creating opportunity and equity for underrepresented communities and mentored diverse creatives for New Inc - the first museum-led cultural incubator at the intersection of art, design and technology. As a marathon runner, Jacqui is active in increasing inclusion and diversity in endurance sports and is the first Jamaican female to complete the World Marathon Majors.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Executives

Fiona Bolton

Partner

Simmons & Simmons LLP

Fiona has ensured that race and ethnicity inclusion is treated as a business priority at Simmons & Simmons, by driving the conversation and acting as a sponsor and spokesperson for race and ethnicity inclusion. She has also helped to oversee the firm's race and ethnicity action plan, based on recommendations and principles of the Race at Work Charter, to ensure that objectives are met. Fiona has co-chaired the firm's race and ethnicity network 'EMerge' since 2019 and helped launch EMerge's mentoring program, which she also participates in, mentoring senior allies on the challenges and opportunities for ethnic minority employees. Fiona has also taken part in various conferences and seminars, discussing diversity and inclusion.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Executives

Isabella Mascarenhas

Vice President, Grass Roots Education & Social Impact

RS Group Plc

Isabella founded and Co-chairs RS Group Plc's EmbRace ERG who have created a three-pillar action plan based on feedback from 100s of ethnically diverse colleagues. They have set targets to ethnically diversify senior leadership, signed public charters, recommended initiatives that attract, develop and promote ethnically diverse talent. Embrace host educational events such as Global Heritage Week, Black History Month and South-East Asian Heritage Month celebrations to celebrate the valuable and often hidden contributions that we have made to life as we know it. Embrace encouraged the organisation to sponsor industry events, support charities and grassroots organisations that positively impact global majority communities. Isabella is a member of the TNON SteerCo (The Network of Networks) who specialize in achieving greater ethnic diversity in business through a range of targeted initiatives and awards to celebrate inspiring role models. She also mentors ethnically diverse youth to realise their full potential.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Executives

Mitesh Sheth

Chief Investment Officer, Multi-Asset

Newton Investment Management

Upon joining Newton as their multi-asset Chief Investment Officer, Mitesh took on join executive sponsorship of the firm’s DE&I Council, introduced new recruitment partners to support the placing of professionals back into mid/senior roles after a career break, and encouraged colleagues to share more stories by fostering regular firmwide discussions around mental health, as well as race and ethnicity. Outside of the scope of his role at Newton, Mitesh is a member of the Diversity Project’s Advisory Council and is also an executive sponsor for the Diversity Project’s Race and Ethnicity workstream, its campaigns, and programs. Moreover, Mitesh is a regular DEI speaker, has run workshops on ‘embracing discomfort’, volunteers with grassroots social mobility charities and in 2021 brought together UK & global investment consultants to agree upon a common DE&I questionnaire for the investment industry to bring consistency and momentum, now part of the Asset Owner Diversity Charter.

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Dame Carolyn McCall

Chief Executive

ITVplc

Carolyn joined ITV in 2018 as the first female CEO in ITV's history, having previously served as the first female CEO of easyJet and CEO of Guardian Media Group. During her time at ITV, Carolyn has overseen the development of ITV's Diversity Acceleration Plan and the appointment of Ade Rawcliffe to ITV's Management Board as Group Director of Diversity and Inclusion. Beyond ITV, Carolyn is actively involved in various groups aimed at improving diversity and inclusion in the workplace, including 25x25, the FTSE Women Leaders review, and an action group of like-minded CEOs aimed at improving black equity in businesses. Carolyn is also a trustee of the Royal Academy of Arts and a Non-executive Director on the Board of Bridgepoint plc. In 2016, Carolyn was awarded a Damehood for services to the aviation industry having received an OBE in 2008 for services to women in business.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 50 Advocates

Paul Kempster

Co-Head Mid Corporate

Barclays

Beyond being Co-Head of Mid Corporate, Paul became Accountable Executive for UK Corporate Bank Race at Work in 2021. He critically evaluated the previous action plan’s effectiveness in colleague attraction, development, retention, and engagement and drove a significant momentum uplift through a diverse colleague working party, embedding reverse mentoring for all line managers, signing-up all managers to DE&I Employee Resource Groups, and securing personal DE&I 'pledges' from 100 leaders. Barclays is progressing towards its 2025 Race at Work ambition, including increasing the population of Managing Directors from underrepresented ethnicities by at least 50% by December 2025 (in 2022 having doubled the number of Black Managing Directors). Paul focuses on providing equal employment opportunities in UK Corporate, and recently expanded his DE&I role to become the Accountable Executive for all 6 DE&I pillars. In 2022, Paul became NED of Black South West Network, supporting the charity's ambition of achieving racial equity.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 50 Advocates

Judith Haupt

Managing Director

CONTRACT South Africa

Judith is the Managing Director of CONTRACT South Africa, strongly focusing on People and Organizational Development and on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. CONTRACT founded a trust in 2021, with the principal founders donating most of their shares, whose dividends go straight to disadvantaged individuals in the organization. Judith's team also underwent a transformation journey from 2020 to 2023, reflecting individually and collectively on their origin, heritage, and ways of engaging with each other in South Africa today. They formed a cross-functional "DEI community of practice" with fellow consultants and leaders who engage actively with the topic of transformation in their organization. Beyond CONTRACT, Judith supports schools in developing strategies, focusing on increasing diversity in their community. She is a Board member of Women for Afrika, where she has been involved in discussions around diversity and inclusion.

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Aisling McCaffrey

Director - Sustainability & Financial Services Advisory

Grant Thornton

For the last nine years, Aisling has been a mentor with Grant Thornton as part of the Trinity Access Program to create pathways into the professional world of work for young adults from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who are often ethnically diverse. In the last 18 months, Aisling has played a key role in supporting the development of the E,D&I Employee Resource Group (ERG) in Grant Thornton which was recently awarded Outstanding ERG of the year at the National Diversity and Inclusion Awards and she currently serves as the Ethnicity & Culture ERG co-lead. Since 2022, Aisling has been a community mentor for the African Professional Network of Ireland, providing free career guidance & advice to ethnically diverse individuals in Ireland. Most recently, Aisling helped launch the Ethnicity Network within Chartered Accountants Ireland and is currently looking at ways to embed Ireland’s National Action Plan Against Racism across the profession.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Deon Pillay

Head of Marketing Operations

Legal and General Investments

Deon’s work on numerous D&I initiatives at Legal and General Investments has increased awareness, improved internal policy, and created more opportunities for ethnic minority groups. Alongside mentoring junior ethnic minority employees and reverse mentoring senior colleagues, Deon has been holding candid conversations with LGIM leadership which have resulted in the development of a Global D&I Council and a commitment from senior leaders to drive change. Deon also worked with HR to ensure company policies supported all marginalized communities and contained inclusive language. He champions LGBT+ rights for ethnic minorities through industry events, keynotes, and participation on panels. Another initiative Deon played a key role in developing was ‘Follow the Money’, a scheme designed to give children from ethnic minority or poor socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to explore asset management. This initiative has now been rolled out by LGIM’s Socio-Economic Committee and will continue on an annual basis in the future.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Adrienne King

External Manufacturing Vaccines Operations Lead

Merck

In addition to being an External Manufacturing Operations Lead at Merck, Adrienne has created global forums, the first of their kind at Merck, to center the voices of Black employees and build a strong sense of community. The Community Conversation forums are attended routinely by hundreds of employees. The forum supports, educates, and empowers Black employees and their allies. Additionally, Adrienne developed for the Sister Circles forum, a space for women of color and their allies to discuss topics like imposter syndrome and emotional tax. As a result of her daughters being routinely subjected to bullying because of their race, Adrienne founded The PairUP Society, a Non-Profit organization. In this capacity she works with students and families who are subjected to bullying, harassment and discrimination related to their race or culture to help them make advocacy plans and seek support.

Can be viewed on: 2023 Top 100 Future Leaders

Nicole Perryman

Manager, Professional Services - Business Consulting EMEA

Adobe

Beyond her role at Adobe, Nicole has been leading professional development initiatives since she joined in 2018. She was appointed as Co-Lead for the Black Employee Network (EMEA) in 2021 managing a community of 160 black employees and allies with a mission to recruit, retain and advance black individuals at Adobe. She launched EMEA's first BEN mentoring program and is a core team member that re-launched the Global Executive Sponsorship Program for Black colleagues. In 2020, Nicole created the "Invest in Success" development program to empower her black colleagues across the globe to drive conversations on growth and advancement. Nicole actively leads conversations on DEI within her work, including building a strategy for diverse hiring and tackling unconscious bias. Nicole is building a workplace for the future and actively pushes for mentors at the Active Horizons Charity to help support children in making informed decisions for their future.

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Karina Varma

Corporate Development Manager

Beazley

Karina is a Corporate Development Manager at Beazley and a founding member of Beazley's Race and Ethnicity ERG. Since becoming a Chair in January 2022, she has grown the network from a 10-person Steering Committee to four working groups with over 60 volunteers. Karina has pioneered a new way of working that ensures her ERG volunteers are rewarded with senior leadership exposure and relationship-building opportunities. Recent work includes Lunar New Year celebrations, bespoke recruitment initiatives for Cyber that created new opportunities for people of color and working with the CFO and CSO to improve financial inclusion for marginalized communities. Colleagues rate the network 9.5 out of 10 for promoting an inclusive culture. Karina has also worked tirelessly to boost engagement with cultural inclusion in Beazley's regional offices. Outside of Beazley, Karina supports Indian teenagers to feel pride in their cultural worth and establish strong self-esteem through the Chinmaya Mission.

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Riddhima Cannappane

Chief of Staff to Global Director of Digital Inclusion at Capgemini

Capgemini

In 2020, in addition to her role as Managing Consultant at Capgemini Invent, Riddhima assumed the position of Chief of Staff for Capgemini’s Global Director of Digital Inclusion. As one of the three CSR pillars of the company, Digital Inclusion aims to bridge the gap between technology and society and make the digital revolution an opportunity for all. Riddhima played a pivotal role in co-building the pillar’s strategy and roadmap and developing Digital Inclusion programs, specifically designed to benefit disadvantaged communities in more than 17 countries, hand in hand with local NGO partners. Ranging from digital literacy programs, advanced digital skills training, employment opportunities, and STEM promotion among young people, Capgemini’s Digital Inclusion programs have positively impacted 1.9 million beneficiaries so far - from socially and economically disadvantaged people, NEET youth, refugees, women, and young girls – significantly contributing to building a more inclusive digital world.

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John Hope Bryant

Founder, Chairman & CEO

Operation HOPE

John is the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Operation HOPE, Inc., the largest non-profit provider of financial literacy, and economic empowerment services in the United States for youth and adults. He is also the Founder, Chairman, and CEO of Bryant Group Ventures, and Founder and Principal of The Promise Homes Company, which is the largest minority-controlled owner of single-family rental homes in the United States. As CEO, he encourages all his employees to promote diversity and inclusion. At Operation HOPE, they promote social justice for ethnically diverse individuals through an economic lens. Within the past year, HOPE has experienced incredible growth and expansion with a focus on diverse communities that are typically underserved. With currently 200 HOPE Inside locations across the country, John and his team of passionate coaches, will continue to support the wider community through programs, partnerships, and initiatives.

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Tony Simpson

Partner, Sport Industry Lead

Oliver Wyman

Tony is Oliver Wyman's first UK Partner of Afro Caribbean descent. As such, he is opening space for colleagues to follow the leadership path through co-chairing the firm’s Professional Black Network, mentoring many of the firm’s Black consultants in the UK and USA, and championing the recruitment and development of diverse talent. Tony also drives broader societal impact as a Board Director and Trustee for the Drive Forward Foundation, which helps care leavers, many of whom are Black and Asian, find work opportunities. As a Trustee, and a person of colour, who sits on the Board of Birmingham Museums and Galleries, Tony supports cultural alignment that reflects the diverse heritage of Britain’s second city. Tony is also passionate about inclusive performance and driving inclusion in sport, recently leading the mandate that resulted in the appointment of the first Black Chief Executive in English football.

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Hoa Ngo

UK Managing Director

Comensura

In 7 years as the UK Managing Director, Hoa has driven Comensura to achieve colossal growth and navigate changes in a turbulent market. She is an executive sponsor for Impellam Group’s IM Multicultural, which aims to reflect the DE&I of all Impellam’s staff. Hoa’s passion for building a more inclusive society goes beyond her work at Comensura and Impellam Group. She has immersed herself in supporting women in prison, specifically at Drake Hall, a category C women's closed prison in Cheshire. As Employment Advisory Board chair at Drake Hall, Hoa's work with the prison is focused on changing the perceptions and stigmas around hiring ex-offenders and building a platform that connect employers with prisons.

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Annette Byron

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Annette co-leads the Freshfields Global Black Affinity Network and is Partner sponsor for social mobility. She is on the firm's graduate recruitment panel and on the cross-function social-mobility committee to further help those from non-traditional backgrounds join the firm and thrive. She is a founder and driving force behind Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship, a bespoke recruitment, development, and mentorship program. The program has seen 400+ Freshfields UK volunteers in the last two years, 29 scholarships awarded and four scholars earning Freshfields training contracts. Annette has also helped shape Freshfields’ five-year diversity commitments and targets, including on race/ethnicity, to continue to drive change. Furthermore, she facilitated and was sponsored speaker at events on race and cultural diversity that saw a high level of engagement at all levels of the firm and beyond. Annette is also a sponsor for Future Leaders – Freshfields’ bespoke talent and development program for Black/ethnically diverse colleagues.

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Daniel Acosta

Managing Director and Senior Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Danny Acosta is the leader of BCG’s West System of offices, the recent leader of its US State & Local Public Sector practice, and a core member of BCG’s Technology, Media & Telcom (TMT) practice. Danny served as a member of BCG’s Racial Equity Task Force Leadership Team, where he shaped how BCG would address systemic inequality internally and externally. Danny served as the leader of the Black+Latinx@BCG Diversity Affinity Network for eight years where he developed and implemented strategies to attract and develop talent. Moreover, Danny works with BCG's Center for Inclusion and Equity partnering with organizations to build inclusive cultures, deliver social impact, create business value, and drive systemic change. Danny is a founding member of the Council for Urban Professionals, and his board activity includes the Latino Donor Collaborative, Southern California Public Radio, the Hispanic Scholarship Fund, the Univision Foundation, and the Global LA Advisory Council.

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Shay Mustafa

Senior Vice President, Business Communications and Sustainability

Reynolds American Inc. Subsidiary of British American Tobacco (BAT)

Shay is a transformational leader with over 20 years of experience who currently serves as Senior Vice President, Business Communications and Sustainability on Reynolds American's leadership team. Shay is the Executive Sponsor of BEYOU, the company's 300+ member African American Employee Resource Group and is a driving force behind initiatives such as the African American Leadership Connection to increase minority representation within the organization. She is a proponent of whole-of-society solutions, such as harm reduction public health policies and philanthropic efforts to eliminate economic disparities in her community. Shay is the chairperson of the Reynolds American Foundation Board and was instrumental in the fulfilment of the corporation's $3 million commitment to support social justice in the U.S. Having personally benefited from early-career mentoring and internships, she is an advocate for focusing on talent development as a means of fostering sustainable diversity and inclusion throughout organizations, particularly at the leadership levels.

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Diana Conrad

Chief People Officer

GSK

As Chief People office at GSK, Diana is accountable for the people strategy, including talent, culture, capabilities, leadership, and diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI). Under Diana’s leadership, GSK is creating a culture where everyone feels valued, welcomed, and included. DEI is embedded in the GSK Code, people’s objectives, mandatory training, leadership development and the way people are rewarded. GSK has made good progress on their aspirational targets to ensure its leaders are more ethnically diverse by 2025. GSK clinical trial programmes are diverse by design because they include the people who are most impacted by the disease from the onset. And the organisation continues to invest in programmes to provide access to STEM careers for underrepresented people. Diana’s personal mission is to ensure that GSK has the right talent and culture to unlock the full potential of all GSK’s outstanding people to help us get ahead of disease together.

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Fraser Longden

Chief Operations Officer

Wickes

Fraser uses his privilege to drive change across the organization and industry. Specifically focusing on the area, he is most authentic, the change a heterosexual, white, cisgender man should lead to create a more equitable workplace. He describes this as real, leadership work that is as important as any other business change initiative. He shares his personal stories and journey with other non-diverse leaders, to encourage them to step up, become allies and lead change, always asking ‘if not you, then who? If not now, then when?’. Fraser is Executive Sponsor for Wickes’ Raising Awareness and Action for Culture and Ethnicity (RAACE) and Let’s do it with Pride (LGBTQ+) networks, listening to and amplifying the voices and concerns of these communities. His Allyship has led him to personally run 12-month development programs with teams from under-represented communities, coaching, mentoring and connecting them to his network to help their personal development.

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Nick Gliddon

Director, Vodafone Business UK

Vodafone Ltd

Nick is the Director of Business at Vodafone UK, where he is committed to fostering inclusion and diversity. As the sponsor and leader of Vodafone's Black Professional Network, he focuses on three areas: sponsoring the REACH program to ensure greater diversity and inclusion, promoting the Your Next Role program to encourage black professionals to apply for more senior roles within the company, and conducting market mapping in the technology and telecommunications industry to create a diverse range of non-traditional recruitment pools as he is passionate about enabling managers and candidates to be selected for potential as much as experience.

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Marina Ebrubah

Head of Client Due Diligence, Financial Crime Compliance

Man Group

Marina is one of the founding members of Man Group's Black Employees and Allies network, BEAM. She is also a member of Man Group's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) Steering Committee, involved in setting the DE&I strategy for the firm as well as overseeing initiatives. Marina has led the organisation of a partnership with Barrington Hibbert Associates and the sponsorship of the Black Women in Asset Management (BWAM) conference to support the representation and inclusion of Black talent at Man Group and within the broader asset management industry. She also contributes her passion to DE&I through her role as a Diversity Project ambassador and #talkaboutblack’s EnCircle committee member. Last year, Marina had the opportunity to speak on panels for BlackRock, the Diversity Project, Encircle, and BWAM about career progression and the barriers faced by Black talent.

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Rabya Akhtar

Relationship Manager

Phoenix Group

As founding co-chair of Mosaic, Phoenix Group’s BAME network, Rabya leads a diverse committee to actively drive D&I initiatives, delivering impact for colleagues, her business and local communities. She’s hosted leading academics and thought-leaders to discuss Black Lives Matter and systemic racism – which have directly impacted the company’s response to these issues. Rabya is instrumental in driving social/cultural awareness – organising a program of events/communications to encourage colleagues to learn about steps they can take to support BAME colleagues. Throughout 2020 she worked closely with Parliament to produce the ‘Young Women Lead Report’ on the education-employment transition for young BAME women. Rabya received the 'Unsung Hero' award at the Scottish Financial Enterprise Awards 2021 for making an impact in people's lives within her organisation and the wider community. Acknowledging her efforts, she was invited to the “Celebrating the Best of Scotland” reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by the Prime Minister

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Leanna Hay

Executive Assistant / ERG Engagement Lead

Experian

Beyond her role as Executive Assistant at Experian, Leanna has significantly contributed to diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives. In 2020, she launched the first race and ethnicity Employee Resource Group (ERG) at Experian UKI, an inclusive safe for Black employees to work and fulfil their potential. In addition, Leanna advocated for greater transparency and reporting of DEI and has spearheaded Black History Month celebrations with the purpose to uplift and celebrate Black heritage and culture. Leanna has also established a volunteer led community outreach programme, focusing on career insights and financial education workshops, covering the importance of credit scores, consequently, impacting the lives of over 600 young people from underserved communities. Her leadership, dedication and passion for promoting DEI in the workplace has made a positive impact at Experian and amongst her colleagues. Leanna has also championed for Experian UKI to sign the Race at Work Charter and the Halo code, committing to improving equality and opportunity in the workplace.

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Francia Sales

Head of Contact Center

Manulife Business Processing Services

Beyond her role as the Head of the Contact Center at Manulife Business Processing Services, Francia is also the Executive Chair/Sponsor for the Global Women's Alliance (GWA). As a diversity and inclusion leader, she advocates for women's empowerment, raising awareness of issues facing women in the workplace and promoting an inclusive environment that supports their advancement. She acts as a spokesperson within the company and externally, sponsoring activities and participating in discussions that support diversity and inclusion. Francia represented the Philippines in a series of roundtable discussions since 2021-present, focusing on diversity and inclusion in the Workforce management industry and women's leadership. She spoke about how women's leadership in the WFM industry can bring change and transformation, as a significant percentage of women's leadership has increased post-pandemic. She believes, as women, we should also uplift other women, and succeed together with our counterparts—whenever and wherever possible.

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Paul Morrison

Education Lead UK&I

Zoom Video Communications

Paul is a recognized education technology leader and a promoter of inclusion and diversity. He serves as the UK&I Education Lead for Zoom and the interim co-chair of Zoom Soul UK Employee Resource Group. This has led Paul to oversee many initiatives such as Zoom's UK Black History Month events and several engaging fireside chats. He was recently awarded Zoom UK Most Valuable Player for Public Sector as a great testament of Paul's ongoing outstanding contributions to the team. Paul is passionate about empowering and raising the aspirations of young people. He serves as the Chair of the Professional Advisory Board at the University of West Scotland and is also the founder of Idare2inspire, A program which impacts the lives of many thousands of young people. This has led Paul to receive a global recognition award presented to him by Rev Jesse Jackson, The civil rights activist.

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Andre Charles-Foster

Product Manager, Global

GroupM Nexus

Andre is a Global Product Manager at GroupM Nexus and Chair of the Roots (Multicultural) ERG. As the Multicultural chair, he led the efforts to rebuild culture through connection during a period of adaptation to hybrid working. He also served as a key stakeholder for GroupM's Sponsorship program for Black, Asian, and marginalized ethnicity colleagues, ensuring opportunities for critical feedback were created. He worked with the group of sponsees to identify challenges and lack of progress and shared his own experiences, contributing to the program's success over its 18-month pilot period, leading to a 57% promotion rate. Outside of work, Andre volunteers with Brixton Finishing School and the Visible Start program, providing speed networking, speed mentoring, and talking about his industry, role, and journey. Additionally, he is an active member and mentor with Media For All.

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Mauro Gregorio

President, Performance Materials & Coatings, Latin America Oversight

Dow

Mauro’s commitment to inclusion is evident not just within his own diversified leadership team but also in his wider efforts to institutionalize inclusion via Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Among 11,000 employees in his business globally, ERG participation has increased from 39.2% (2019) to 58% (2022). Mauro is the Executive Sponsor of Dow’s Hispanic ERG, which was named Hispanic ERG of the Year by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. A role model to advocate psychological safety, Mauro led multiple sessions with ~400 people leaders to promote a culture where everyone is confident to speak up. He sponsors PROJECT Ybá in Brazil, an initiative to develop a women-led association to harvest the bioactives in Amazon Rainforest to increase family incomes, while conserving the rainforest. As the co-chair of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, Mauro meets regularly with both governments to improve bilateral collaboration in educational programs that create bridges for social advancement.

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Hannah Reid

EMEIA People Director

Apple

As EMEIA People Director at Apple, Hannah is committed to attracting and supporting career progression for Black talent including through internal, external events and digital campaigns. She is executive sponsor of Black@Apple where she proactively amplifies Black voices, inviting peers to speak on a podcast distributed across the network and featured in morning team meetings across Apple retail in the UK. Hannah also mentors and advocates for many colleagues across the 36 countries she leads. She uses her platform to inspire and aid progression. Beyond Apple, Hannah works with educators across the county to discuss how education for Black, Brown, and underprivileged communities can be improved. She also partnered on an internship program to place Black talent into paid opportunities. Moreover, Hannah is an advisory board member for The Edge and has been working with them in partnership with UK BlackTech to create a new hub for diverse tech talent in the North of England

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Pam Kaur

Group Chief Risk & Compliance Officer

HSBC

Pam is the only Asian woman to sit on HSBC’s Group Executive Committee, which she has been part of for the last 10 years. Pam is committed to using her platform to educate, encourage and support inclusive change in the organisation. In May 2020, she became the executive sponsor for the bank’s multi-year Global Ethnicity Inclusion program – increasing ethnic diversity across the organisation to reflect the customers and communities they serve, by better enabling the career progression of people from all ethnic backgrounds. She is also the first executive sponsor for the HSBC Global Embrace network for ethnicity and race. It helps HSBC to attract, retain and engage a more diverse range of talent, and educate on embracing inclusion to support a more ethnically diverse and multicultural workforce. Pam also sits on the Abrdn Plc Board of Directors.

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Ann Marie Gothard

Vice President, Global Corporate Media Relations

Henry Schein

Beyond her role as Vice President, Global Corporate Media Relations at Henry Schein, Ann Marie is an Executive Sponsor for Pride & Allies, the company's ERG for the LGBT+ community, a Founding member of the Women's Leadership Network, and led the creation of "Revelations," a series of candid conversations about coming out and breaking down barriers that make living openly possible. Within her community, Ann Marie is President of the Board at Pride Live, a nonprofit dedicated to raising awareness and supporting the LGBT+ community via social advocacy and community engagement. She has also co-founded the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center, the first LGBT+ visitor center within the National Park System dedicated to preserving the Stonewall legacy for current and future generations, and Pride Live's Stonewall Day, a global campaign that elevates awareness for the Stonewall legacy through an annual concert and a collective of activists, celebrities, and business leaders.

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Akima Paul Lambert

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Akima joined Hogan Lovells in 2021 as a Litigation Partner specializing in high stakes commercial disputes. She has a long history of work on diversity, equity and inclusion matters over the last 15 years including as a Committee member of the Black Solicitors Network’s City Group, and co- founder of Creating Pathways, a bespoke mentoring and professional development program for black and minority lawyers that has assisted more than 150 City lawyers to date. She plays a pivotal role on D&I matters at Hogan Lovells. She supports the Co-Chairs of the REAHL Network (a network established for the successful integration and promotion of ethnically diverse lawyers and staff) including as a Partner Champion and as part of the Steering Committee for Black History Month. She is a Mentor on the firm’s INCLUDED trainee mentoring programs and serves on the firm’s Moderation Panel for qualification of trainee solicitors, ensuring fairness on retention on beyond. She has been instrumental in amplifying the firm’s pro bono offering for the Black Community including on Windrush Compensation claims and supporting black female not for profit organizations such as World Afro Day. Akima was listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 2022 and was named the BBBA Senior Leader of the Year in Professional Services in 2022. Akima regularly blogs on diversity and inclusion matters as they relate to race in her weekly #FrIDay blog on Linked In. Some of her contributions have been amplified in Legal Business, Bloomberg News and The Lawyer.

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Oluwabukunola Olukoga

Senior HRBP Commercial, West & Central Africa

British American Tobacco

Oluwabukunola Olukoga is a Senior HR Business Partner at British American Tobacco. Passionate about promoting diversity, she is a business leader who is actively involved in promoting people strategy. Oluwabukunola inspires colleagues from diverse cultures through mentorship, coaching, and workshops facilitation for employee resource groups, including Women in BAT. She led the formulation of BAT East Africa Persons with Disabilities strategy, demonstrating her commitment to equity and inclusion. She continues to encourage employees, helping them build capabilities, advance their careers, and feel valued. Outside of her professional work, Oluwabukunola is an active member of the Nigeria-British Association, a non-profit organization focused on cultural exchange and building relationships between Nigerian and British communities. She also serves as a career coach and panellist at next-gen educational academies, promoting inclusive and progressive environments. Oluwabukunola leadership has inspired individuals and organizations to view diversity as a strength and work towards a more equitable future.

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Jon Holt

Chief Executive

KPMG LLP

Driving inclusion, diversity and equity is at the heart of Jon’s leadership strategy. He has actively championed the firm’s new inclusion, diversity and equity strategy and is a proactive participant in a number of initiatives, such as our Black Lives Allyship Programme. As Chief Executive, Jon is committed to driving sustainable change and ensuring that KPMG is an organisation where everyone is able to thrive. Jon is a member of KPMG’s Inclusive Leadership Board, a group which acts as a catalyst for achieving our ambitions in this space. Jon’s commitment to inclusion has been longstanding, and in his previous role as the Head of Audit, he was responsible for several strategic initiatives including mentoring programmes, leadership goals and awareness sessions. Outside of KPMG, Jon is a Trustee for the Patchwork Foundation, which promotes, encourages and supports the active participation of young people from disadvantaged and minority communities in British democracy.

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Sharon Sharples

Director Business Management & Strategy Operational Risk

Barclays

Beyond her job as Director Business Management & Strategy Operational Risk at Barclays, Sharon has been leading DEI initiatives for the past three years focusing on Gender equity. As well as hiring and managing two black females, she coaches and mentors many colleagues and external females to support them on their career journeys. Sharon also organises intersectional events with Black and Asian Professionals and LGBTQ+, including panel events, and worked with a local low socioeconomic youth program (mainly recent immigrants) with a charity called Shine to provide mentoring with Barclays colleagues. Moreover, as the Development & Sponsorship Service Lead as part of the Risk DEI SteerCo, Sharon leads a team who run a HALO mentoring scheme offering 360 support for diverse colleagues with senior leaders, almost 500 colleagues currently signed up, the focus being on challenging DEI status quo, understanding different perspectives, driving change and creating a sense of belonging.

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Emma Botfield

Managing Director UK&I - RS Group

RS Group

As the first female leader of the UK&I market in RS history, Emma is the Managing Director of UK&I at RS Group, leading the most diverse leadership team in the European Region. Emma also advocates for the internal employee lead group EMBRACE, where she promotes diversity and inclusion for ethnically diverse individuals by supporting and engaging with events that educate, inform and drive inclusivity. Under her leadership, there has been an increase in colleagues with ethnically diverse backgrounds at RS Group, and she has played a vital role in changing the approach to recruitment.

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Lotus Huang

R&D Director

The Dow Chemical Company

As the R&D Director at The Dow Chemical Company, Lotus advocates diversity and inclusion. As Global Co-Chair of the Asian Diversity Network (ADN), she participated in EMERGE 2019 and 2022, Dow's global conference for employee resource group leaders, advocating for under-represented backgrounds. From 2018 to 2021, Lotus served as the APACI Regional Chair of Dow's ADN, forming chapters in Greater China, Southeast Asia, India, Japan, and Korea and increasing participation by over 40%. She has also sponsored, mentored, and coached multiple programs since 2014 to develop diverse talent within the company. Outside of Dow, Lotus provides coaching to young and diverse talent and sponsored the formation of the Society of Women Engineers - Shanghai Affiliate chapter.

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Natasha Persad

Vice President Client Services and Relationship Management

State Street Bank and Trust

Natasha is a member of action number 8 of the 10 Actions Against Racism and Inequality at State Street Bank and Trust that lead efforts to attract and advance individuals of ethnic minorities working with high impact partnerships. The aim to attract diverse representation through job postings, thought leadership, recognition, mentoring and learning with all partners. Natasha is a member of State Street ID&E council, co-chairs the Diversity, Disability and Ethnicity network, part of the Street Culture umbrella that supports PRIDE, PWN, ESEN, and other networks focused on inclusion and equality for all. Natasha is a mentor in the UCC Disability Support Services, INVOLVE and NEIC mentoring programs. Having completed her MBA at Trinity College Dublin in 2022, with a focus on Sustainability, Technology and Ethics, solidifying her focus on governance of ESG and inclusion efforts she completed her Diploma in Corporate Governance at University College of Dublin in 2023.

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Marc-Olivier Lamaro

Senior Compliance Business Partner International

Vertex Pharmaceuticals Ltd

Marc-Olivier is a Senior Compliance Business Partner International at Vertex Pharmaceuticals, where he is the only diverse member of the Leadership team within their International business. Because of that, he advocates for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, coaching and mentoring Black, Brown, and Asian colleagues by sharing his experiences. As the Executive Sponsor of the VIBE enterprise network group, Marc-Olivier advocates for resources to lead Ethnicity Promotion activities and conducts training and external events. Outside of work, he mentors young students through City Year, a UK organization that supports ethnically diverse students about to graduate. Additionally, he gives an annual lecture to 'All Race at Work' members to inspire them to succeed professionally and achieve their goals. Most recently, Marc-Olivier has taken part in one of his Company Diversity program, 10,000 Black Interns, during which he will be mentoring an ethnically diverse student in Law.

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Rioh Burke-Derby

Management Consultant, Growth & Strategy

Avanade

Rioh has used his leadership position at Avanade to create company-wide opportunities for unique learning and development. During Black History Month, he facilitated a company-wide fireside chat between Dr. Maki Mandela and Pam Maynard, Avanade's CEO. Rioh also works closely with Senior Leadership to help drive race and ethnicity conversation for long-term sustainable change. He regularly connects with key stakeholders across all levels of Avanade, including the CEO and Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer, to elevate the voices of Avanade's ethnically diverse employees. Rioh continues to push leaders across the business to implement and achieve their KPI’s pertaining to DEI. Rioh’s influence goes beyond Avanade, and he also facilitates a quarterly cross-industry roundtable to discuss race and ethnicity, allyship, and how leadership teams in the City of London can help move the needle.

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Kelvin Kung Kung

Project Architect

Gensler

Kelvin is a Project Architect at Gensler, with years of professional experience in Toronto, Montreal and Japan tackling healthcare, sciences, community centre, high-rise residential, commercial real estate, national art galleries, mixed-use and master planning practice areas. Exhibiting inquiry driven leadership, he uses machine learning and healthcare architectural design to solve palliative care for everyone while being inclusive of low-income, immigrant families, etc. His work was awarded Canadian Architect Award of Excellence in 2021. Kelvin is a Global McGill Ambassador, an Executive Board Member for ArQuives—preserving LGBTQ+ National history, Society of Architectural Historians, and Architecture is Free Foundation supporting BIPOC architects worldwide. He is a Gensler Pride Co-chair, creating safe spaces for collaboration. Kelvin solves problems for those with neurodiverse and accessibility needs: being Peer Reviewer of Neurodiversity in the Workplace, and as a Microsoft Jury to Artificial Intelligence for Accessibility. His next project solves for lab automation, pharmaceutical workflow and responsive palliative care.

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Stacey Oree

Head of Wholesale Non-Financial Risk

HSBC Bank Canada

In addition to her role as the Head of Wholesale Non-Financial Risk at HSBC Bank Canada, Stacey is the National Chair of the Caribbean and African Network for Diversity and Inclusion (CANDI) employee resource group for three years running. Under her leadership, CANDI’s mission is to influence the bank’s D&I strategy and build community within the bank. She firmly believes in an inclusive and diverse workplace and works with the HR Talent and Recruitment teams to increase and retain Black talent. She works directly with Corporate Sustainability to review and recommend Black charitable partners and volunteered with the Toronto Metropolitan University's Diversity Institute, to judge a pitch competition for the Pursue Entrepreneur program. Stacey is a passionate DEI advocate and puts that passion to work collaborating with other ERGs within HSBC globally and as a mentor to others. She was a 2021 recipient of the HSBC Americas Inclusive Leader Award.

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Kathy Quashie

Chief Growth Officer and Executive Committee Member

Capita plc

As Chief Growth Officer, Executive Committee Member at Capita, and a sponsor for the Race and Ethnicity Employee Network, Kathy continues to accelerate awareness and call to action on diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Influencing with multi-year targets in Capita, to match representation in leadership to representation in society, her passion for ED&I drove her to shine the spotlight on how businesses can continue to enact change through reverse mentoring and continuous learning programmes. Kathy previously chair networks, written blogs, shared insights in round table discussions and continues to mentor. As a leader in her executive role, Kathy also supports the equality and inclusion ESG agenda for business through board and responsible business committees.

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Elizabeth Brandon

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Elizabeth is a Partner at Reed Smith and Chair of the firm's STAARS program (Sustaining and Training African American Attorneys at Reed Smith), which she joined intending to increase the retention of Back attorneys and professionals. Within the scope of STAARS, Elizabeth has founded an Associate Academy, a 1-year training program for Black associates that provides coaching, mentorship, and essential career skills training in a safe space that respects their unique lived experiences and perspectives. Throughout her career, Elizabeth has been engaged in organizations dedicated to advancing the careers of diverse attorneys and increasing diversity in the legal and business communities. As such, she is a Founding Member of the Network of Empowered Women, a nonprofit formed by Dallas-based Black women attorneys, and a Member of the Dallas Women Lawyers Association, a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating the standing of women in the legal profession.

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Karim Chowdhury

Vice President - Private Banking

Butterfield

Karim was named in the Empower Top 100 Future Leader Role Model List 2022. He was also listed as an EqualityX 2022 Top 100 Influential Muslim in the UK and Top 10 Influential Muslim in the Financial and Professional services category. He has recently been involved in forming Butterfield’s first DE&I council, selected as a member representing Bermuda. In his previous role, Karim was a founding member and deputy chair of the Unity network, promoting DE&I at Schroders Personal Wealth. He was also an ally of the Woman's, Disability and LBGT+ networks. Karim provides mentoring to students from disadvantaged backgrounds. He has arranged work experience, CV support and networking opportunities to students encouraging them to pursue a career in financial services. He has made it his mission to seek out and help others who don't have suitable and inspiring role models to fulfil their potential.

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David Ziyambi

Partner

Latham & Watkins

Through the visibility of being a Partner at Latham and Watkins, David is committed to developing Black talent in the legal industry and wider business circles in the UK, the US and Africa. As one of the founders of Latham's Black Lawyers Group, he helped conceive and spearhead an ecosystem focused on recruiting, retaining, and progressing Black lawyers by fostering an inclusive culture. The program spans financial advice, a layered mentoring program, bespoke training sessions, and recruitment initiatives. He also leads numerous pro-bono initiatives (e.g., the Windrush Compensation Scheme Legal Clinic and the landmark oral history project, Making of Black Britain) that support Black communities. Having grown up in Zimbabwe, David understands the challenges that minority groups face in London's competitive legal market and is doing his part by supporting students and young lawyers. David also holds board/trustee positions with several organizations, including BIGKID Foundation and International Lawyers for Africa.

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Aditi Javeri Gokhale

Chief Strategy Officer, President of Retail Investments and Head of Institutional Investments

Northwestern Mutual

As Chief Strategy Officer, President of Retail Investments and Head of Institutional Investments, Aditi holds executive accountabilities for Northwestern Mutual’s strategy to drive growth, competitiveness, and relevance. She oversees more than $570 billion in company and client assets, including over $325 billion in the institutional investment portfolio and nearly $245 billion in retail client assets. Aditi also is executive sponsor of Northwestern Mutual's African American Employee Resource Group and a champion of efforts to increase visibility and connections between diverse employees and senior leaders. Additionally, Aditi oversees the Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures fund which invests in early-stage startups developing financial products and solutions addressing consumers’ needs. This includes $20 million in funds set aside to help Black-owned entrepreneurs launch and grow their businesses. Part of a $100 million impact investing strategy, the firm also sponsors a Black Founder Accelerator, providing financial support and mentorship to improve outcomes and drive change.

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Dionne Aiken

CMO

Kantar

Dionne is the Global Executive Sponsor for I&D at Kantar Profiles and played an integral role in formulating a strategy winning the hearts and minds of the business. Feedback suggests it has had a significant and lasting impact. Passionate about the next generation and paying it forward, Dionne was instrumental in Kantar partnering with the 10,000 Black Interns programme. She mentors a number of individuals within her organisation, as well as externally, helping diverse talent further increase their leadership capability. Currently an advisor on the Kantar Global I&D Committee, Dionne balances these commitments with her primary role as Chief Marketing Officer. Additionally, Dionne is a Non-Executive Director at the BFE Leadership Group, a frequent participant in panel discussions and DE&I events including a recent roundtable at Number 10 Downing Street. She is a Baton Award winner and judge for The National Diversity Awards and a number of Marketing Industry Awards.

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Keri Gilder

Chief Executive Officer

Colt Technology Services

Keri Gilder is CEO, Colt Technology Services. Passionate about addressing disparity in the tech industry, Keri’s working hard to remove barriers that prevent employees from progressing. Keri chairs the TM Forum's Diversity & Inclusion Council and founded Colt's first Inclusion & Diversity Council. Keri is firmly committed to ensuring that Colt remains focused on removing any biases inherent within its systems, processes and structures. Programmes to address this include Actioning Inclusion, aimed at educating employees on purposeful, conscious inclusion. Keri has held listening sessions with employees from different racial and ethnic backgrounds to find out what was on their minds and understand how Colt can support them. The insights she gathered led to a collaboration between HR and the YOUnited employee network group, which aims to promote cross cultural understanding and create a supportive environment where anyone can flourish regardless of their race, ethnicity, faith, or cultural background.

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Michelle Arbitrio

Managing Partner

Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman, LLP (WSHB)

Michelle is Managing Partner of the White Plains, New York office of Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP (“WSHB”), a national insurance defense law firm with 33 offices across the country. Michelle manages a diverse team of lawyers who specialize in defense of litigation matters involving labor and employment law, professional liability and securities law. Michelle serves at Chief Diversity Officer, and leads the Diversity Committee for the Professional Liability Defense Federation (“PLDF”), an organization comprised of professionals in the insurance and legal industries. Michelle sits on WSHB’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, where she creates and implements strategies designed to achieve the firm's goals relating to recruiting, retaining, and promoting diverse attorneys and ensuring a supportive environment where all attorneys can thrive. Michelle regularly speaks at conferences and provides educational webinars to professionals regarding a wide range of diversity issues.

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Ludovic Fenaux

Senior Vice President, International Commercial Operations and Global Marketing

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Ludovic is a Senior Vice President at Vertex, where he initiated a reverse mentoring program and prioritized inclusion, diversity, and equity in his regular employee communications. Ludovic is also an Executive Sponsor of the Race at Work Charter and has launched programs to support the call to action, including 10,000 Black Interns and the Black Lawyers Mentoring Program in the UK. As an active member and ally of VIBE (Vertex Includes Boundless Ethnicities), IWILL (Inspiring Women in Leadership & Learning), and PRIDE, he champions more black talents and female leaders, advocates for unconscious bias training, and speaks up against racism. His firsthand experience with the disparity of creating equal opportunities across countries and cultures motivates him to find new paths to prioritize ID&E and foster a culture of inclusion across Vertex's geographies.

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Richard Huang

Associate Director, China Supply Chain Project Management Lead

MSD

Richard is the Associate Director and China Supply Chain Project Management Lead at MSD. With 11 years of experience in various MSD ERGs, he currently co-leads the Asia Pacific Association (APA) ERG, which has grown by 84% since 2021 and aims to develop future leaders, build social community and be a valued business partner by effectively promoting and leveraging Asian diversity and cultural competency. Richard has also led regional D&I efforts and co-led APA's Global Mentoring Program to encourage career development and cross-geographical and cross-cultural mentoring with a customized curriculum, resulting in high participant ratings. Richard also led a team to facilitate community conversations and mental health sessions responding to anti-Asian sentiments and other globally relevant topics. Beyond his role, Richard partnered with non-profit organizations like ASCEND and The Asian American Foundation (TAAF) to elevate Asian voices in workplaces.

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Lauren Mathurin

Senior Vice President, Early Stage Banking

SVB UK

As a Senior Vice President in the Early Stage Banking team at SVB UK, Lauren is a founding EMEA DEI working group member, leading her to Co-Chair the Racial Equity ERG and join the Global Client Success Working Group towards a more equitable ecosystem for ethnically diverse founders. She has overseen multiple racial equity initiatives and is a mentor to numerous ethnically diverse colleagues at SVB UK. In addition, Lauren created and hosted the 'Festival of Funding' event, which provides dedicated opportunities for ethnically diverse founders to understand the fundraising landscape. Beyond SVB UK, Lauren founded Insight Money Management, which delivers financial literacy workshops for underrepresented and diverse individuals. Between several community initiatives, she has also delivered over 30 seminars on money management and business development for diverse individuals through various organizations and acts as Business Mentor to ethnically diverse founders.

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Lim Pang Qi

Director, Asia Business Lead, Strategic Initiatives

Fidelity International

Lim Pang Qi is a Director and Asia Business Lead for Strategic Initiatives at Fidelity International. He is the co-lead for the Asian Voices Network, which promotes cultural diversity, inclusion, and racial awareness from a broad Asia perspective. Over the past year, Lim led a global campaign about the appreciation of Asian culture, contributed content associated with Asian music and instruments whilst messaging music’s universal ability of bringing diverse people together. Lim spoke at an employee panel representing the Asia Region during a Race and Representation company event in 2020. On the panel, Lim spoke about his upbringing in a unique multi-racial society in Singapore and how its education system and military service helped shape his positive outlook towards diversity and inclusion. Beyond Fidelity, Lim is a proud Singaporean who embraces multi-racialism, and aspires to be an active promoter of cultural diversity and inclusion in the wider APAC region.

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Ericka Shoulars

Vice President, Program Manager

Bank of New York Mellon

In addition to her role as a Program Manager at BNY Mellon, Ericka is dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion within the company. She developed and launched the first global mentoring program for IMPACT, the firm’s multicultural employee resource group in 2022. The program’s success has contributed to an increase in participation by 200% in 2023. She also serves on the leadership team of DiverseTech; an IMPACT subcommittee focused on attracting and retaining people of color in technology. Last year, Ericka coordinated an event for Juneteenth on allyship and advocacy in action, attended by more than 100 participants of different ethnic backgrounds. Additionally, she served as the co-lead for the BNY Mellon Howard University Mentoring Program, matching 20 students with 20 Black senior leaders. Outside of work, Ericka is a member of ITSMF, where she has facilitated sessions for their college mentees focusing on resume building, interviewing, networking, and negotiation.

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Amber Tomlinson

Product Director

GroupM

Amber is a Product Director at GroupM and a consistent advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. As a Black Employee Network Committee member, she co-organised their first social event, fostering community and retention amongst Black employees. Currently, she leads efforts to ensure inclusivity in GroupM UK's programmatic advertising product set by reviewing processes, technologies, media supply, and conducting tests to create inclusive minimum standards and benchmarks. Amber also co-led a Caribbean & West African lunch for over 150 staff and personally curated and hosted an interview with trailblazer Dame Elizabeth Anionwu to educate employees about health inequalities surrounding Sickle Cell. Outside of work, Amber curated a programmatic module for underrepresented communities to gain skills and co-hosted a networking session with Visible Start participants - women over 45 that have taken an extended leave from the workplace - to create access and understanding around working in data.

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Bamidele Farinre

Pathology Quality Manager/Governance Lead

NHS

As a Pathology Quality Manager at the NHS, Bamidele has taken on multiple roles to promote diversity and inclusion. As a Freedom to Speak Up ambassador and BAME Biomedical Science representative, she has increased visibility and awareness, and secured buy-in from senior leaders, which indicates a broader organizational commitment to improving diversity, equity, and inclusion practices. Also, as a Staff voice representative, Bamidele has encouraged staff to share their feedback, which provided information to make strategic decisions to eliminate any patterns of discrimination or biases. Bamidele is also involved in various professional bodies and organizations, including the Institute of Biomedical Science and the British Science Association. She regularly speaks at conferences and educational events and has authored many articles in her field. She is also a mentor and assessor for several programs, including the HCPC and WISE campaign role model.

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Gail Peterson

Chief Marketing Officer

Ecolab

As the CMO at Ecolab, Gail founded the Black Leaders Forum (BLF) to raise courageous truths to the organization about the Black experience and create a supportive community focused on developing emerging Black leaders. Gail's initiative also encompasses a mentorship program for manager-level associates, and 75% of its mentees have been promoted since joining BLF. Outside of the scope of her role, Gail is a member of the black executive CMO Alliance and the Executive Leadership Council. Savoy Magazine awarded Gail 'Most Influential Black Executives' in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

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Reshma Ramachandran

Chief Transformation Officer, Non-Executive Board Director ISS A/S and Oxford Instruments

Oxford Instruments

As Chief Transformation Officer of the organizations she has worked for, Reshma is one of few women of color in senior management positions in Switzerland. She serves as the sponsor for the Ethnic Minority Women's Network and is a mentor to several ethnic minority women in the organizations she has worked for. She is a vocal advocate for advancing women, especially women of color in the workplace. Her TEDx talk on changing the paradigm for women of color in corporate Europe was received with overwhelming accolades. She was the Chair of the World Woman Agenda at WEF Davos 2023. Reshma also sits on the Advisory Board of the World Women Foundation and has been a keynote speaker at over 100 events that support advancing equality & equity for women.

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Brendon Seeto

Head of Asia Pacific, Market Intelligence

S&P Global

As the Head of Asia Pacific, Market Intelligence at S&P Global, Brendon aims to actively include DEI topics in his team discussions, to ensure it becomes a standard practice within the business. In addition, Brendon is passionate about outreach and driving opportunity and inclusion for the community. He mentors colleagues and also provides pro-bono support and advice for start-ups and businesses.

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Michael Pugh

President and CEO

Carver Federal Savings Bank

Michael Pugh is the President and CEO at Carver Federal Savings Bank, and through his work to amplify and empower diverse voices, Carver has been a springboard for putting women and minorities in high-level positions of power across the industry. Under Pugh's leadership, Carver has invested heavily in cultivating a new generation of diverse entrepreneurs whose small businesses of today may become the corporations of tomorrow with access to the right platforms for generational wealth building, upward mobility, and access to capital. Moreover, Carver has partnered with fintech to increase access to capital for women and minority small business owners by offering micro-loans and other initiatives that look past the traditional credit score and instead use factors like on-time rent and utility payments to assess the true creditworthiness of an applicant.

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Amaar Khan

Managing Director and Chief Information Officer - Asia Pacific

BNY Mellon

Amaar Khan is a Managing Director and Chief Information Officer for BNY Mellon Asia Pacific. He is responsible for providing engineering consultancy, change execution and localization services in response to regional regulatory and client requirements. Beyond his role as Chief Information Officer, Amaar is an ally and champion for the firm’s DEI programs. He is the Regional Executive Sponsor for the IMPACT Multicultural Network, which focuses on recruitment, retention, professional development, and advancement of multicultural employees. Additionally, he is the Global Executive Sponsor for Asian Community Engagement, which strives to raise awareness of the rich diversity of Asian heritage and culture, while fostering a sense of community through empowered connections. Outside of his mentorship and sponsorship of employees and business resource groups, Amaar moderates and participates in fireside and panel discussions, championing the professional advancement and inclusivity of multicultural and gender diverse employees to foster a greater sense of community.

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Debbie Ellison

Global Chief Digital Officer

VMLY&R Commerce

After establishing VMLY&R COMMERCE’s Roots UK network, six further ERGs have been introduced including gender equality, parents & carers and LGBTQ+. Debbie’s Incubator work experience program for 16–18-year-olds is in its fourth year in London and has expanded to New York. Students from Black, Asian, Mixed Ethnicity or lower socio-economic backgrounds are eligible for a full scholarship to study business administration thanks to the partnership Debbie established with Hult Business School. Debbie has led VMLY&R COMMERCE to track 60 DE&I KPIs resulting in the business being named Diversity & Inclusion Company of the Year. Most recently she launched the UK’s Inclusion Experience consultancy, helping businesses connect inclusive communications to transformational change, leading global brands like InterContinental Hotels & Resorts develop more inclusive, world-class customer experiences. In the Ethnicity Awards, Debbie has been listed in the Inspirational Leader Category for three years running.

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Murray Auchincloss

Chief Financial Officer

BP

As the CFO at bp, Murray acts as the Race and Ethnicity champion in the UK, sponsoring bp's Positively Ethnic Network (PEN). He worked with senior leaders at bp to endorse the UK Framework for Action on racial injustice in 2020 and supported establishing bp's first UK DE&I council in 2022. He is a visible advocate for inclusion, promoting conversations around race and ethnicity in bp, sponsoring diverse leaders through bp's LIfT program, and engaging in reciprocal mentoring. Beyond bp, Murray has promoted diversity equity and inclusion for ethnically diverse individuals within the community. He launched the bp-sponsored Powerlist Black Excellence – Business of the Year Award and sponsored the finance stream of Black Business Week & Black Business Show in 2022.

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Jackie Uhi

Managing Director – Distribution UK

HSBC

2021 saw Jackie change the shape of the leadership structure and improve the recruitment processes -focusing on building people capabilities, championing diversity, and driving the inclusivity agenda. Jackie also continued to develop her Step Forward Programme, a programme aimed at restoring confidence, improving engagement and encouraging commitment by all to become real advocates for racial equality and inclusion in the workplace. Jackie is a trusted adviser for senior executives, is the inclusion executive sponsor for Wealth & Personal Banking, and is an advocate and activist for Embrace, our global majority employee network. Jackie is a part of the advisory council 3012 and is proud to be a founding ambassador for Every Child Needs a Mentor. Jackie utilises these connections and experience to help the group engage with senior stakeholders across the industry and beyond. An in-demand keynote speaker, panellist and influencer on the topic of inclusion, ethnicity & inequality.

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Laurie Myers

Director, ESG Strategy & Engagement

Merck & Co.

As Director of ESG Strategy & Engagement at Merck & Co., Laurie has led initiatives promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. In 2021, she co-chaired the BEAM launch, facilitating open dialogue between Black employees and non-Black allies to increase active allyship. She is also a co-lead of allyship for LEAD (League of Employees of African Descent), including the launch of an Ally Resource Center with 20 materials about racism. Her efforts have resulted in a highly successful inaugural webcast and increased comfort in conversations about race. Laurie often speaks at global town halls, sharing practical allyship tips and advocating for diversity. Besides the allyship work Laurie has initiated and led at Merck, she has sought opportunities (podcasts, conferences, publications) to give practical tips to people working in pharma and beyond on fostering active allyship, reducing health disparities, promoting patient empowerment through health literacy, and fostering diversity in clinical trials.

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Coleen Mensa

Lawyer

EY

Coleen is the Founder of Black Connection, a community for EY’s Black colleagues globally to build meaningful connections. The community has over 200 members and is now run by a committee of 5. At the height of the BLM protests in 2020, Coleen also partnered with the Race and Ethnicity Network (EY REN) to deliver a talk to over 1,000 colleagues called "Breaking the Silence'' (attended by the Chairman), on micro-aggressions, mistaken identity, building authentic allyship and stereotypes. Following the talk, leadership committed to making changes like eradicating the use of the term ‘BAME’ when publishing reports. Coleen has also been listed by Equality X as a Top 10 Global Influential Diversity Ally in Law, Financial Times as a Future Leader, UK Diversity Legal Awards as a Rising Star in Law, DOC as Legal professional of the year and a Rising Star by WATC. Outside of EY, Coleen has written articles for The Guardian and founded the Law Masterclass Series: a mentoring program for aspiring lawyers from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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Jaspal Thandi

Product Executive

Marsh

Since 2020, Jaspal launched and developed the Multicultural CRG, which has grown to over 500 members to create an inclusive and diverse working environment. He is also growing partnerships with charities Career Ready and ReachOut to give back to the communities within which Marsh works and improve social mobility amongst young people. Jaspal has engaged with the UK&I and global CEOs to raise awareness of issues colleagues from ethnically diverse backgrounds face and leverage their support to break down barriers. Additionally, he has been working with Talent Acquisition and HR to improve the diversity of the talent pipeline entering the organization and review HR policies to create a more inclusive workplace for ethnically diverse colleagues. Jaspal has collaborated with resource groups across Marsh to improve intersectionality and create inclusivity for colleagues through all lenses of D&I. To showcase Marsh’s diversity, Jaspal launched a Cookbook to unite people through food with colleague contributions.

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Jennie Koo

Head of Operations Risk Management

Capital One

Intersectionality is a key focus that Jennie has been driving into conversations since joining Capital One in late 2018. Recognizing that a focus on ethnicity alone will not be enough to address the changes that are required, Jennie has been providing a social mobility lens to the organization’s initiatives. The ‘Privilege Walk’ exercises she organized raised awareness of the different levels of privilege existing within the firm’s own teams, whilst the community engagement workstreams aimed to role model within schools and charities in order to tackle challenges to social mobility. Along with launching a reciprocal mentoring scheme for Senior Leaders to learn from others, Jennie also established open conversations on the increase in anti-Asian racism to raise awareness and ensuring that the mental health implications were considered as part of return-to-office initiatives. As a Director on the Board of Women in Banking & Finance, Jennie brings ethnicity into focus within the gender conversation.

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Leah Adeniran

Associate

Latham & Watkins

Leah is a Corporate Associate at Latham & Watkins. As Co-Chair of Latham’s London Black Lawyers Group (BLG), over the last 18 months, she has led the BLG’s mission to recruit, retain and promote Black talent. Leah organised financial literacy sessions for BLG members; participated in the BLG's award-winning mentoring programme; and curated the 'Across Generations' exhibition to celebrate UK Black History Month, as reported by The Guardian newspaper. Leah actively contributes to firm’s graduate recruitment efforts and was appointed to the Recruiting Committee in London. She also supported Latham’s sponsorship of 'The 1% Study', a research investigation addressing the underrepresentation of Black partners in UK law firms. Outside of Latham, Leah presented on effecting organisational change at a Runnymede Trust conference and mentors aspiring lawyers through several external organisations.

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Minoli Jinasena

Senior Consultant

Oliver Wyman

Beyond her role as a Senior Consultant at Oliver Wyman, Minoli serves as the Lead of EmpOWered Australia, promoting a collaborative, safe, and comfortable workplace for all colleagues. She has contributed to the development of a Reconciliation Action Plan for Oliver Wyman and partnering with an indigenous organization, Happy Boxes, to run regular charity drives in the office, where employees donate toiletries and self-care items. Additionally, she has organized in-office cultural celebrations for events such as Ramadan, Diwali, and Lunar New Year, encouraging all employees to join the celebration where a colleague shares what the holiday means to them. She has also facilitated cultural round table discussions, where colleagues can present on cultural or racial issues affecting them, which has shone a light on these situations, bringing awareness to colleagues.

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Tim Baros

Assistant Vice President - KYC Officer

Deutsche Bank

Beyond his role as Assistant Vice President - KYC Officer at Deutsche Bank, Tim has been involved in numerous D&I initiatives at the bank, increasing visibility for individuals like himself, who identify as both gay and an ethnic minority. As a mentor in the dbENRICH program, he guides and supports junior ethnic minority employees. He also co-led and co-coordinated two initiatives at the bank, where senior leaders engaged in soft Q&A and any-question-goes formats with junior employees. Additionally, Tim participates as a mentor and judge in the DB Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs program (dbACE), rewarding creative entrepreneurs with funds to build and sustain their ventures. Outside of work, Tim is the Treasurer of Westminster LGBT+ Forum, a voluntary group that works to support the LGBT+ community, improve services and provisions, and bring the community together through sponsored events. Tim also participates with Diversity Role Models.

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Richard Iferenta

Vice Chair and Partner

KPMG

With over 20 years’ experience spanning law, tax and financial services, Richard is a dedicated leader who advocates, challenges and helps to push for sustainable positive change at every opportunity. He was the first Black Partner appointed at KPMG UK and throughout his career he has played a fundamental role in helping to build a more diverse, inclusive and equitable culture within KPMG UK and across the wider business community. One of his recent achievements includes the launch of a Black Leaders Network dinner series, connecting Black executives with upcoming talent in a bid to increase Black representation in Board rooms. He’s a coach, mentor, speaker and panellist who always brings his passion for seeing more Black leaders and greater intergenerational wealth for the Black community to life. Richard has featured in the Top 10 of the Powerlist since 2019 and he also Chairs Business in the Community’s Race Diversity Board.

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Deepak Soni

Commercial Director

AXA UK

Deepak is an Executive at AXA a French multinational insurance company headquartered in Paris, with a presence in over 51 countries and over 93 million customers. Deepak is the Commercial Director and member of the UK Executive Commercial Board. As a member of the Executive team Deepak plays an active role in developing and driving an inclusive and diverse culture across AXA and is also an Executive sponsor of AXAs REACH (race, ethnicity and cultural heritage) Network as well as a member of the UK D&I Board. His commitment to diversity is evident in driving Network membership by over 400% and diversification of his own executive team with 50% gender diversity and 30% ethnic diversity. Deepak's passion for fostering an inclusive community comes from his own family background, who set up a Cultural Trust over 20 years ago to raise cultural heritage awareness amongst 2nd/3rd generation Indians in Northeast England.

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Gerald Yao

Global Head of ESG, Chief Strategy Officer, & Co-Founder

FiscalNote

Gerald is the Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, and Global Head of ESG at FiscalNote, where he leads the company's environmental, social, & governance initiatives and line of business. At FiscalNote, Gerald also implemented the Corporate Social Responsibility and DEIBA (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Accessibility) functions. He co-founded FiscalNote after a decade of leading operations in the non-profit, public schools, and start-up sectors. Gerald started his career in the nonprofit space in high school and was a founding member of Operation Fly, an initiative to support homeless and underprivileged students across North America. Gerald studied finance and sociology at Emory University.

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Julia A. López

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Julia is a Partner in Reed Smith’s life sciences health industry group, a Chair for UNIDOS - Reed Smith's business inclusion group supporting Hispanic/Latinx talent, a member of the Princeton office recruitment committee, and a participant of RS’ DEI Reciprocal Mentor Program. Through her work, Julia aims to promote and support recruitment, retention, and professional development of Hispanic/Latinx talent. Outside of the scope of her role at Reed Smith, Julia is a committed DEI leader and serves as a National Finance Director at the Hispanic National Bar Association, where she helps to implement national initiatives for Hispanic/Latinx attorneys and students. Under Julia’s leadership, the HNBA has raised nearly $9 million dollars over the last three years to support their philanthropic programs and has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars in scholarships to deserving Hispanic/Latinx law students. Julia was also the founder of the Hispanic Bar Association of New Jersey’s scholarship endowment.

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Shim Sameer

Head of Preferred Business and Lending

Bank of America

Shim Sameer leads a team of more than 3,000 specialists within Bank of America’s consumer organization providing financial solutions to clients and communities. Shim is widely known as a passionate advocate for equality and inclusion, dismantling perceptions and barriers built by unconscious bias. She serves as executive sponsor for LEAD for Women employee network, comprising 44,000 members spanning 25 countries. She has founded multiple leadership forums for women leaders providing access to resources and developmental opportunities. Shim enjoys addressing global audiences through forums, panels and events, discussing topics such as leadership, economic empowerment and advancing gender equity. She serves on the boards of the National Association of Asian American Professionals, Girl Scouts of Greater New York and Massachusetts Bankers Association, and is a multi-year recipient of the “INDIA New England News” list of Outstanding Women, and the Empower Top 100 Executives and the HERoes Top 100 Women Executives lists.

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Martin Barnett

Global Head of Technical Product Experts, Search Ads 360

Google

Martin is the Executive Sponsor for the Black Google Network (BGN) Employee Resource Group UK Chapter. He is a coach and mentor for BGN EMEA Chapter Leads and members, advising on career development, leadership and engagement of senior executives. He has overseen the expansion of the Employee Resource Group across several regions and been a vital part of establishing chapters in France, Ireland, Nordics & Benelux, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa as well as the recent launch of its newest chapter in Germany. In addition, Martin coaches senior executives and managers within the organization on inclusive leadership, and promoting the career growth of under-represented talent. For the UK Gov Department of Work and Pensions and Youth Justice Board Mentoring Circles Pilot Program, Martin serves as a consulting mentor.

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Christophe Beck

CEO & Chairman

Ecolab

Christophe Beck is CEO & Chairman at Ecolab, the world’s water, hygiene, and infection prevention company, where he advocates for a culture where all 47,000 associates belong and thrive. As a founding member of Ecolab's DEI Council, he actively shapes strategy, prioritizes initiatives, and sponsors Employee Resource Groups. He advocates for ERGs by engaging and supporting their initiatives and attending Ecolab’s quarterly Black Leaders Forum meeting to listen and learn. Under his leadership, Ecolab has made significant progress towards its 2030 DEI goals, including a 50% increase in female and BIPOC executives since 2016. Christophe also joined the Minnesota Business Council in 2020, where he established a Diversity and Inclusion Task Force, and launched a CEO pledge to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion at Ecolab. Christophe is also a Catalyst CEO Champion for Change, demonstrating his commitment to advancing gender diversity and inclusion within Ecolab and the business community.

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Catherine Johnson

Group General Counsel and Executive Committee Sponsor for DE&I

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

Catherine is Executive Committee Sponsor for Diversity & Inclusion at LSEG, Chair of the D&I Working Group and sponsor of the Women Inspired Network. Her thoughtful, compassionate and visible leadership on diversity and inclusion has seen LSEG introduce targeted initiatives designed to aid the progress of underrepresented and emerging talent and build a sustainable, diverse pipeline of prospective new joiners. These initiatives include an inclusive leadership programme, accelerator programmes to identify and progress Black and Latinx talent, colleagues based in Asia Pacific, and the LSEG Returner programme addressing the gender gap at middle management level and above. Catherine is driving progress against LSEG’s gender and ethnicity senior leadership targets, which will be extended to apply beyond leadership. She is a prominent advocate for allyship at LSEG and long-time champion of the Group’s intent to build an open, inclusive culture where everyone feels they belong.

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Charlie Wagner

Chief Financial Officer

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

Charlie is the CFO at Vertex and a committed advocate for inclusion, diversity, equity and belonging. He recently led two 6-month mentoring circles to develop next-generation Black and Hispanic leaders for Vertex and has also placed members of his leadership team as executive sponsors or co-chairs for each of the company’s employee resource networks (LGBTQ+, POC, Women and Veterans). Additionally, he has spearheaded pilots for corporate training on Allyship, Inclusive Hiring and Insider Outsider Dynamics. Each year his leadership team establishes “healthy team” priorities that include comprehensive ID&E goals and metrics to ensure they are effective in recruiting, developing and engaging talent with diversity of thought and background. Areas of emphasis include equitable access for all CFO employees to career opportunities and resources; rigorous focus on individual development goals and plans; transparency in talent management processes such as promotion and performance review; and thoughtful, timely response to employee feedback.

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Sasha Mills

Executive Director of Financial Market Infrastructure

Bank of England

As Executive Director of Financial Market Infrastructure at the Bank of England and Executive Sponsor/Ally of the Bank of England Ethnic Minorities (BEEM) Taskforce, Sasha is dedicated to driving forward a range of actions and initiatives to help ensure the bank is progressing against its targets for ethnic representation at all levels. She has played a crucial role in supporting the progression of BAME colleagues, including building an inclusive leadership program, improving data to track BAME representation, increasing senior engagement through allyship and supporting BEEM events, and enhancing understanding of the BAME employee experience. Sasha also spearheaded a project to create a manager's toolkit for inclusive recruitment practices.

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Ragveer Brar

Senior Policy Advisor

Bank of England

Beyond his role as Head of Division, and now Senior Policy Advisor at the Bank of England, Ragveer has been Co-Chair of the Bank’s Ethnic Minorities Network since 2018; becoming the first member of its Senior Management Team (SMT) to hold the position. He chaired the Bank's largest ethnic minority staff meeting, from which Ragveer synthesized staff concerns and presented them to the Bank's SMT and Board, resulting in an independent review of ethnic diversity. He was on the Steering Group of the Bank’s Court Review of Ethnic Diversity & Inclusion in 2020/2021 and became a member of the Bank's Diversity & Inclusion Oversight Group in 2021. Beyond work, Ragveer is passionate about cricket and started coaching at his local club in 2016. In 2022, he was also appointed to the Buckinghamshire County Cricket Board, as a Non-Executive Director, and is currently the only ethnic minority member of the Board.

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Shruti Bahadur

Global Leader, Employee Experience (EX) and Employee Resource Groups (ERG)

Dow

In her current role, Shruti advances Dow’s People and Culture strategy by championing enterprise-wide EX priorities and provides oversight to over 600 ERG chapters globally. Under her leadership, ERG participation grew to 58% redefining best-in-class participation across industry and improvements in EX resulted in 14% higher satisfaction by ERG participants compared to non-ERG participants. Shruti championed development of ERG Agenda, a North Star for ERGs, offering strategic guidance on positioning ERGs as a resource for the employees and for the company. This accelerated cross-ERG alignment for greater and meaningful good through leveraged collective intellect and skillset. In 2020, Shruti received ERG Leadership Award from Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE). At SASE, she helped organize and co-hosted AAPI Women’s Leadership Conference last few years attended by hundreds of participants from about 70 companies. Shruti takes pride and enjoys being a mentor to many at Dow and within her community.

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Ruth Ekong

Director - Commercial Strategy & Ops | Solicitor

Fitch Group

As Director within the Commercial Strategy and Operations team at Fitch Group, Ruth manages and negotiates global contracts for the business. Ruth also co-founded and chaired the Fitch EMBRACE network, an internal diversity network that aims to promote and educate on racial equality, career advancement, and network expansion. She has supported the growth of the EMBRACE Network to four more chapters globally and hosted company-wide panel events to educate business leaders on race and equality. In March 2021-2022, Ruth also advised on the DEI Council regarding company diversity initiatives and facilitated a partnership with the BYP Network to increase the hiring and representation of Black and minority staff. She also participated in creating an ERG Cross Mentorship Program for staff across the company. Beyond her role at Fitch as a Venture Scout, she volunteers with LevelUp Ventures (HEARST) by joining venture capital pitches for minority-owned businesses in New York.

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Marissa Yu

Expert Counsel

The Dow Chemical Company

Marissa is Expert Counsel at Dow and is the Company’s North America Chair for the Asian Diversity Network (ADN), an employee resource group (ERG). Marissa firmly believes in doing the hard work needed to examine and challenge beliefs and inequities. She led ADN to develop the Re-Model Minority Series that examined the harm of the “Model Minority” myth on the AAPI community. She shared her story of anti-Asian hate in listening sessions, delivering ADN’s impact statement at Dow’s internal All-ERG conference. Marissa hosted an event on Authentic Allyship with Dow’s Global African Affinity Network, where experts in race and social justice spoke on the experiences of Asian and Black communities. For International Women’s Day, she moderated panel discussions on the disparities between women of color and Caucasian women in the workplace. Marissa has also spoken at external conferences on inclusion and diversity, including the Women of Ascend Leadership Conference.

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Cynthia Torto

EMEA Regional Lead, Creative Solutions

Shell

Cynthia is the EMEA Regional Lead for Creative Solutions at Shell, as well as a reverse mentor and the force behind many Black representation initiatives within Shell and in the wider community. Cynthia works with the VP of Brand to embed Black Representation in Marketing (BRiM) across Shell by auditing policies and practices, spearheading sponsorship initiatives and championing diversity and representation in content creation. Unafraid to lobby, her work resulted in visual toolkit changes to represent ethnic employee networks correctly and as a reverse mentor she has accelerated talent and helped senior leaders understand the Black experience. She co-organises the UK Country Chair’s annual panel discussions in her role as BHM Programme Lead and worked closely with the Chair to deliver authentic initiatives around race. Alongside this, Cynthia is a former co-chair and current special advisor of the Black Employee Network.

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Ti'Ara Brown

Manager, Cultural & Community Communications

McDonald's

Ti'Ara is the Manager of Cultural & Community Communications at McDonald's, where she prioritizes connecting with diverse colleagues to find development opportunities that can advance both individuals and the company. In 18 months, Ti'Ara has identified and advocated for over ten diverse employees to work on new teams and attend professional development workshops and conferences. As part of the 'Beyond Campaign,' she has also curated stories of diverse employees at McDonald's. Her accomplishments include pushing for brand scholarships in 2021, including educational sessions and mental health app subscriptions. Ti'Ara is known as an advocate of ethnically diverse ideas and individuals, and she understands the scale of the brand's vast platform and how to use it for good. Outside of McDonald's, she volunteers with The Humanity Lab, developing narrative and communications plans and reorganizing websites to promote fundraising toward eliminating racial inequalities in the justice system.

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Kirk McDonald

CEO, North America

GroupM

As CEO of GroupM North America, Kirk leads 7,500 people shaping the next era of media where advertising works better for people. An industry leader with 25+ years of experience across leading brands, media companies, and technology providers, Kirk champions a new balance where advertising is a less interruptive and more valued part of the media experience. Kirk is deeply committed to increasing representation and developing talent through purposeful inclusion and responsible media investment. Under his leadership, GroupM formed the Media Inclusion Initiative to support and grow diverse media companies and creators and launched GroupM University and GroupM Launch Pad to bridge the gap for applicants from non-traditional backgrounds and education pathways. Kirk is a founding member of the Black Executive CMO Alliance and serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations, including Elanco, Paley, Ad Council, and the Advertising Week Advisory Council.

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Monique D. Jefferson

Chief People Officer

Community Preservation Corporation (CPC)

Monique joined the Community Preservation Corporation nine months ago as their Chief People Officer, and she has already implemented several initiatives to support the organization's path to becoming a more diverse and inclusive workplace. For example, Monique established CPC's first Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging Council, developed a strategic plan that included the establishment of diversity goals for officer-level hiring and promotions, formally rolled out the use of pronouns in internal and external employee communications, and adapted their HR system to allow employees to self-identify across various demographics. Monique is also a board member at CALIBR, an organization dedicated to accelerating the readiness of mid-level Black executives for senior executive roles, and a Youth Facet Chair at The Links Incorporated, where she developed and implemented STEAM careers and HBCU readiness programs for Meyer Levin Middle School in Brooklyn, NY.

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Moni Mannings

Non Executive Director, Chair of Remuneration Committee

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

Moni is the first person of color on FTSE100 Hargreaves Lansdown’s Board, a NED and the Remuneration Committee Chair. Moni was instrumental in helping HL’s TV ads be more inclusive and diverse; supported the CEO in an improved recruitment process yielding greater ethnic diversity in senior hires; and encouraged voluntary ethnicity pay gap reporting. Moni founded EPOC (Empowering People of Color), a not-for-profit, peer to peer network working to increase non-executive, ethnic minority engagement on all Boards whether commercial, public sector or charitable. Since 2021, EPOC has held 30+ in person and virtual events, conducted roundtable discussions on Ethnic Minority Representation on Boards at No. 10 Downing Street, engaged 300+ executives from under-represented ethnic minorities and 100+ FTSE Chairs, SIDs and NEDs at EPOC events and secured NED roles at several FTSE 350 companies including 1 FTSE 100 Board, and on high-profile industry bodies, charities, educational, sporting and creative boards.

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Dennison John

President

SAP Labs Latin America

Dennison’s experience working in different locations like India, Germany, Finland, Malaysia, and Brazil has built his experience in fostering an inclusive environment in which diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and practices are valued and respected. As the President at SAP Labs Latin America, Dennison has ensured that the company becomes a front-runner for D&I in Brazil, winning the #1 Great Place to Work award for the large-sized companies' segment among all industries in 2022. Also, as a sponsor of the Black Employees Network (BEN), initiatives such as the Black Talent Attraction and Development Program have fostered reflection and awareness of structural racism, increased the inclusion and sense of belonging of employees, and strengthened the upward social mobility of Black people.

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Rahul Gumber

Chief Risk Officer

Aviva Canada

Rahul has been the Chief Risk Officer of Aviva Canada since April 2022. Since joining Aviva, Rahul has been a passionate advocate for DEI and an active proponent of creating a meritocratic and inclusive culture within companies. In Rahul’s prior role, he was the Executive Sponsor for DEI in Aviva Ireland where he worked with leadership teams to develop and implement a company-wide DEI strategy. As the current Executive Sponsor for diversity and inclusion in Global Risk, Rahul established the DEI program for the function and, along with his colleagues, has promoted and participated in a number of initiatives aimed at advancing diversity and inclusion in the workplace across the four pillars of their work: governance, data and metrics; education and training; communication and events; and recruitment, retention and progression.

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Rob Anarfi

Chief Risk Officer

Beazley

‘Rob Anarfi is the Chief Risk Officer at Beazley Group. He joined in 2012 as Head of Internal Audit. Rob has held senior audit roles at the FCA, Aviva, Zurich, and Allianz. He also qualified as a chartered accountant with PwC. Rob is the founder and executive sponsor of BeazleyRACE, the company's employee network focused on race, culture, and ethnicity. He helped the D&I Steering Committee set and communicate the public race and ethnicity targets, which Beazley has been progressing with to ensure better racial inclusivity and diversity across the company at all levels. Rob is also the Co-Chair of a cross-industry initiative, Race Action Through Leadership. RATL brings a diverse group of senior insurance professionals together to help improve the representation of minority ethnic professionals at all levels of the insurance industry.

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Jon Lewis

Chief Executive Officer

Capita

Jon Lewis has been CEO of Capita since 2017, where he has overseen the transformation of Capita from a traditional outsourcer into a consulting, transformation and digital services business with purpose, values and inclusion at its core. He’s sponsored multi-year ethnicity targets at senior leadership levels and made anti-racism training mandatory for over 30,000 UK colleagues as well as his plc Board. He also launched a mutual mentoring program focused on developing inclusion and allyship, in which he has participated as a mentee. Since 2021, Jon has also chaired Capita’s Black Lives Matter employee network group. Jon is a BITC Race at Work charter founding member, sharing Capita's commitments for race equality in the workplace openly. He is also the Chair of BITC’s Employment and Skills Committee. Moreover, he is deeply committed to promoting social mobility across all protected characteristics, including ethnicity, and is a regular advocate on this topic.

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Lee Schrager

Chief Communications Officer & SVP Corporate Social Responsibility

Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits

Lee is the Chief Communications Officer and SVP of Corporate Social Responsibility at Southern Glazer's Wine & Spirits. With a strong passion for diversity and inclusion, he has championed multiple initiatives to support female students and employees in fulfilling their potential. He partnered with Women of Tomorrow and Step Up Women Network to introduce diverse female students to careers in hospitality and provide them with mentoring, career panels, and field trips. He also sponsored an employee conference for VolunCheers Ambassadors to align community engagement with DEI practices. As the Founder and Director of the Food Network & Cooking Channel South Beach Wine & Food Festival, he announced a groundbreaking partnership with Dr. Lisa Davis, Ph.D., in 2021, focused on advancing diversity and inclusion across the hospitality industry. He also helped establish a DEI Alliance at the Florida International University Chaplin School of Hospitality & Tourism Management.

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Natasha Harrison

Founder & Managing Partner

Pallas Partners LLP

Natasha is a leading international disputes lawyer and one of the few women to have set up and lead a London/New York firm. She launched Pallas Partners in February 2022, starting out as a majority female led firm with significant representation of ethnic minority backgrounds and LGBTQ+ colleagues. Diversity is integral to the firm’s wider strategy, with Pallas pledging to achieve diversity parity by 2025. Natasha has committed Pallas to the Equal Representation in Arbitration pledge and the Law Society’s Women in Law pledge. She also sponsors The Brokerage; a charity creating internship opportunities for under-privileged candidates and has sat on their Board since September 2021. Natasha has been leading the way on innovation in the legal sector for years and in 2022, she was listed by Financial News as one of the 50 Most Influential Lawyers and as one of the 100 Most Influential Women in European Finance.

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Esther Akinwolemiwa

Fixed Income Sales - Rates

Wells Fargo

With almost 15 years of experience in investment banking, Esther has a career spanning sales, risk management, operational excellence and corporate transformation in Top-tier banks. She currently works at Wells Fargo’s Paris office in Fixed Income (Rates) Sales covering European corporate and institutional clients. She also serves as the Marketplace Outcomes Co-Chair for the Wells Fargo EMEA Black Connections network where, amongst other things, she organizes the "Black MD Series" - a series of talks featuring Black Managing Directors within the organization which aims to improve the visibility of Black leaders, as well as, provide a platform for career guidance to all EMEA employees. Beyond Wells Fargo, Esther volunteers as a School Governor at Lilian Baylis Technology School and is Vice-chair of the school’s Welfare committee overseeing the welfare of students and staff. She also actively mentors young people and is a CFA charter holder. She obtained an Executive MBA from ESCP Europe business school in 2020.

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Gabriela Leão de Sousa

Junior Associate Attorney

Mattos Filho

In addition to her role as a Junior Associate Attorney in the White-Collar Practice at Mattos Filho, Gabriela is an active member of the "Soma Group," which promotes equity for black people and combats systemic racism in the Brazilian legal environment. Since joining the group in 2019, she has participated in events as mediator and panelist. Besides, she published and assisted colleagues in publishing articles on violence against the black population in Brazil and hate crimes related to race. Furthermore, Gabriela is also actively involved in pro bono cases at Mattos Filho related to racial crimes and LGBTQI+ rights. Beyond her role at Mattos Filho, Gabriela has been dedicating herself to black movements since college. She recently coordinated the communication sector of a major event called "Pre-International Congress of the 6th African Region", which facilitated discussions on the reality of black people in various countries in 2021-2022.

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Ella Mbaeri

Privacy Compliance Lead, Wealth Management, Legal & Compliance Division

Morgan Stanley

As the Privacy Compliance lead for Wealth Management at Morgan Stanley, Ella helped pioneer her firm’s Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) initiatives by establishing its first Black History Month event in 2018, paving the way for future events. In 2020, Ella assisted in creating a D&I Committee in Morgan Stanley At Work, creating a safe space for employees to discuss the aftermath of George Floyd's murder. She became a Co-Chair for her department's Black Employee Network in 2022 and delivered a flagship event interviewing a prominent Black UK political and activist figure. Outside of work, Ella is a Board member of UD Music, a London-based music organisation bringing communities together around Black music and culture. Earlier this year, she was transferred to New York, taking on a new role leading Privacy Compliance within Wealth Management.

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Thais Bento

Tax Lawyer

Mattos Filho

Thais is a Tax Lawyer at Mattos Filho and represents the firm in the Legal Alliance for Racial Equity and in the Brazilian Bar Association Racial Working Group, both aiming to increase diversity and inclusion in the Brazilian legal market. Through her involvement in the Mattos Filho's racial ERG, called SOMA, she has worked with lawyers and partners to promote a work environment that supports career development for Black people and fosters awareness of gender and race matters. In this context, Thais has an exceptional performance guiding interns from other legal teams in their hiring interviews at the firm and promoting initiatives regarding the importance of Black’s history and culture in Brazil. Furthermore, she also had an outstanding participation in several events, such as in the lecture about algorithmic racism at the Pontifical Catholic University of São Paulo and the podcast discussing ways to increase diversity in a corporate environment.

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Nora Younes

Talent Acquisition Advisor Middle East, Africa and Turkiye

Boeing

As a Talent Acquisition Advisor at Boeing, Nora is passionate about promoting diversity and inclusion through her hiring efforts. She actively builds awareness with hiring managers to consider diverse candidates in their pipeline and presents them with diverse slates. She encourages hiring managers to have a diverse interview panel and actively sources female talent for open roles. Having grown up as a Palestinian and having lived in six countries throughout her life, D&I is ingrained in her DNA. She is dedicated to advancing D&I within the aviation industry and play an active role in participating in external D&I conferences. Nora holds a degree in Business Management and Human Resource Management and has extensive experience in Talent Acquisition across various industries between UK and UAE and has promoted D&I efforts throughout her career.

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James Dornor

Engineer

Formerly Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team

James Dornor formerly of Mercedes AMG F1 was one of 25 volunteers’ part of Accelerate 25 D&I forum. His role includes regular meetings to provide his input on specific areas of D&I, suggestions for future focus areas. He was interviewed by BBC Radio5LiveF1 for Black History Month, where he discussed the state of diversity in F1 and plans to move forward on inclusion. As an executive board member at Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers’ he focus’ on industry engagement. He shares his relatable journey and has actively been involved in organising STEM engineering panels events with AFBE-UK that included crucial figures of under-represented groups who are the change makers of their time. In late 2022 he won high commended in STEM by Evenfields-Black Talent Awards. His spare time, he volunteers to charitable causes by giving inspiring talks to the next generation that anything is possible.

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Jaida White

Vice President, Marketing and Communications COO team

BlackRock

Beyond her role as a Vice President on BlackRock’s Marketing and Communications Operations team, Jaida Co-Chairs the Advocacy and Engagement pillar of BlackRock's Black Professional & Allies Network (BPN). She works closely with allies, identifying opportunities for them to engage more formally with BPN members. Jaida recently spearheaded the ringing of the bell at the New York Stock Exchange to kick-off Black History Month in the U.S. and commemorate the firm’s 35th anniversary. In addition to driving DEI within BPN, she also serves as the operations lead for BlackRock’s Marketing DEI Steering Committee, focusing on how to increase the diversity of BlackRock spokespeople, make content more accessible to those with disabilities, and promote DEI within the marketing department and throughout the firm. Outside of work, Jaida has been on the leadership committee of The Family Center, a Brooklyn non-profit focused on helping diverse families affected by crisis, illness, or loss since 2018.

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La-Toya Hackney

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Saint-Gobain North America

La-Toya is the Senior Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary at Saint-Gobain North America, a manufacturing organization of over 18,000 employees, focused on sustainable building materials. At SGNA, La-Toya serves as Executive Advisor for the LEAD (Leading Efforts for Ancestral Diversity) employee resource group and was responsible for spearheading a diversity internship program within SGNA's legal department, allowing students from ethnically diverse backgrounds to explore the legal career opportunities within manufacturing. In addition to her work at SGNA, La-Toya serves on the Board of Directors of WHYY, a leading public radio and television broadcasting organization in the tri-state area, and on the Board of Directors of the Philadelphia Education Fund. This organization enables equitable access to higher education for students in underserved communities. La-Toya is also engaged with Philadelphia VIP, a legal aid organization providing pro bono legal assistance and ensuring access to justice for low-income Philadelphians, small businesses, and nonprofits.

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Suresh Raj

Global Chief Growth Officer

Virtue Worldwide

Suresh sits on the Global Management Team at Virtue Worldwide, the award winning global creative agency. Suresh has been a vocal champion of diversity and equality throughout all his professional roles across the Americas, EMEA, APAC and LatAm. As Chief Growth Officer, Suresh emphasizes on the need to bring diverse lived experiences to deliver strategically sound and inspirational creative campaigns. Ensuring diverse individuals are given the opportunity to work on award-winning campaigns is part of Suresh’s mission to make the organization a place for all to belong Suresh’s executive sponsorship of a number of networks which focus on the personal and professional development of Black, Asian and Latin communities sees him actively soliciting the engagement of these groups within the business as well as within client activity. Through INvolve and the Marketing Academy USA, Suresh is a mentor to numerous ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ professionals.

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Anji Kang-Stewart

Global Head of Marketing, Managing Director

Man Group

Anji is one of the most senior women in Man Group’s Sales & Marketing team, she is an advisor to the firm’s South Asian employee network and a mentor to three women from underrepresented backgrounds. Within the industry, she is a Steering Committee member of the Diversity Project's #TalkAboutBlack workstream and profoundly supports several of the organisation's initiatives, including the #IAM campaign in support of racial fairness, the #WeAre campaign that seeks to destigmatise the perception of disability and the EnCircle mentoring programme for young Black professionals. Anji regularly speaks at diversity and career-focused events, highlighting the difference that sponsorship and advocacy can make particularly for women and members of underrepresented groups, and providing advice and sharing stories of hurdles she has had to overcome in her own professional career.

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Amit Sinha

Chief Technology Officer - SMB and Scale

Microsoft UK

As the CTO - SMB and Scale at Microsoft, Amit is committed to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) advocacy through several initiatives, such as mentoring STEM professionals and students, championing diversity with customer executive management teams and supporting internal Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic initiatives. Amit has also been an active speaker in several forums on the importance of diversity for innovation and growth, and has created a national reach strategy for a charity which includes students interviewing professionals on STEM careers, with a focus on participants from a minority background. He also supported students in sharpening interview skills by doing mock interviews.

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Rakesh Thakrar

Group CFO

Phoenix Group Holdings plc

Diversity and mobility are defining aspects of Rakesh’s life, he is a high-flyer from an immigrant background, his father was from Tanzania and mother a Ugandan refugee. Since his appointment to the Board as Chief Financial Officer, Rakesh has been Executive Sponsor for Social Mobility. The intersectional strategy has dramatically improved Phoenix's Social Mobility Index ranking, through actions like a recruitment DEI audit, ensuring adverts are bias-free and focussing graduate recruitment outside of the Russell Group Universities. He sponsored the Kickstart Programme, offering entry-level positions for young benefit claimants. His focus on data has helped drive analysis of colleague DEI data and publication of the first Group ethnicity pay gap. Beyond his role at Phoenix Group, Rakesh works with Progress Together, a taskforce led by the City of London Corporation that collaborates with financial services companies to promote social mobility and aims to progress and retain a socio-economically diverse workforce.

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Julien Linger

Advisory Partner

PwC

Since joining PwC, Julien has been an active sponsor and supporter of Connected Cultures, an internal network for cultural diversity. Within Connected Cultures, Julien is a panelist to discuss the importance and challenges of inclusion and diversity and acts as an informal coach for colleagues with non-western backgrounds across the firm. Julien has also been part of the Roots Inspire network as a mentor for several professionals in the Leadership Catalyst Program - Roots Inspire is a leadership development platform by ethnic corporate leaders for ethnic leadership talent. In the past he has appeared on Dutch national television as a panelist to discuss the ways in which diversity & inclusion in Dutch society could be further improved.

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Anne Richards

Chief Executive Officer

Fidelity International

Anne joined Fidelity International as CEO in December 2018 and was appointed a Director of FIL Limited in September 2019. Anne has almost three decades of experience as an analyst, portfolio manager and CIO and is a strong proponent of ESG investing. Her career path spans many blue-chip global names in the financial sector including Alliance Capital and JP Morgan. Anne is a Chartered Engineer and began her career as a research fellow at CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research. She is a former chair of the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s Practitioner Panel and was appointed a board member of the Institute of International Finance (IIF) in December 2020. Anne was appointed a Dame Commander (DBE) in June 2021 for services to Financial Services, Women, Education and Science. Anne holds an MBA from INSEAD and a BSc (Hons) and an honorary degree from the University of Edinburgh.

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Mairéad Cullen

CIO

Vodafone Ireland

Mairead is the CIO at Vodafone Ireland, where she has driven significant progress towards making Vodafone a great place to work for People of Colour. In 2020, she ensured the inclusion of Race and Ethnicity in employee data, followed by the introduction of Race Fluency training for the Board of Directors in 2021. The establishment of the REACH Network in 2022, created to raise awareness of race and racism in the workplace and celebrate differences, along with the expansion of Race Fluency training to the People Manager Community, is a testament to her commitment to inclusive practices. As Executive Sponsor of the REACH Network, Mairead led the development of a strategy and mission for the network and the first REACH Network event. Beyond Vodafone, as a board member of Kinia, Mairead is dedicated to ensuring equal opportunities for all children and young people, regardless of race or ethnicity.

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David Hynam

Chief Executive Officer

LV=

David joined LV= as CEO in 2022 amidst a period of change for the business. Recognising the need for a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace, he prioritised implementing a strategy that puts DE&I front and centre. He worked closely with his Senior Leadership Team to boost diversity data to over 70% and invited them to participate in DE&I networks to promote cultural change. By championing the Respect Network, David supports LV's efforts to empower women from all backgrounds and to encourage them into senior roles. He has a strong personal commitment to DE&I, having championed opportunities for underrepresented individuals in and out of work. He was formerly a Trustee of the UK Foundation and supported charitable projects that promote people's emotional and physical well-being, including the BAME men's mental health charity, Key Changes.

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Amjad Khan

Director

Customer Institute

In Amjad’s previous position as Vice President at HSBC, Amjad co-founded the Stretch45 program, which focused on helping underrepresented colleagues jumpstart their careers. The first cohort of the program was completed in late 2021, with numerous colleagues advancing their careers. He also co-chaired another business wide initiative that aims to develop talent pipelines of Black and ethnically diverse individuals from grassroots and junior positions. The program has gone on to win two external awards: Best Talent Development Program and Team of the Year, as well as receiving exceptional feedback from those on the program. Amjad was also awarded Inspirational Role Model of the Year at the European Diversity Awards in 2022 for his passion in creating a work environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging and inclusion. Through his various roles, Amjad continues to champion DE&I in the workplace, inspiring those around him to do the same.

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Tracey-Lee Johnson

Group Financial Manager - Financial Planning and Analysis

MiX Telematics

Tracey-Lee, the Group Financial Manager for Financial Planning and Analysis at MiX Telematics, created a five-year DEI plan upon joining in November 2021, encouraging leadership to incorporate DEI initiatives from an ESG and an Employee Value Proposition perspective. They have also engaged with MiX Telematics' Marketing team to discuss how external communications can better reflect DEI values and had meaningful discussions with employees throughout the organization regarding sexuality, intersectionality, and pronouns, resulting in a closer team and executives engaging more on the importance of a well-thought-out and intentional DEI strategy. Beyond her role, Tracey is a board member of Fundza Literacy Trust, whose mission is to improve the literacy levels of South Africa's youth by encouraging reading for pleasure, writing for meaning, and learning for life to grow educated, empowered, and engaged young leaders and citizens in South Africa.

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Penelope Muzanenhamo

Assistant Professor in Marketing and Society

University College Dublin

Penelope Muzanenhamo is a multiple award-winning Assistant Professor in Marketing and Society at University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland. As committee member UCD College of Business Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, and Global Strategy Engagement, Penelope played an instrumental role in articulating UCD’s racial justice campaign. She is also Africa Lead, UCD Centre for Business and Society, and co-executive Director, 'People, Work, Society,’ UCD Earth Institute. Penelope has helped to recruit diverse researchers working on Sustainability into UCD Earth Institute. Beyond academia, she is Media and Artefacts Review Editor for the journal Organization, and co-chair, Critical Management Studies Division of the Academy of Management. In these roles, Penelope works to facilitate the integration of Black and Brown voices, and their communities into mainstream Business School research. Penelope further serves as part of the Ireland-Africa-Rural-Development Committee, which supports Ireland's strategy for integrating African agricultural actors into global value chains.

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Zain Nazar

Software Degree Apprentice

BT Group

As a Software Degree Apprentice at BT Group, Zain made history as the youngest-ever Chairman of BT Muslim Network, leading company-wide campaigns for Ramadan, Eid & Islamophobia Awareness Month. His efforts increased network membership by over 350% since he joined the network. Zain's work on diversity and inclusion also led him to be part of BT Group CEO Philip Jansen's 'D&I Working Party,' where he spearheaded a 'Diversity in Apprentice Recruitment' survey. The survey's findings were incorporated into BT Group's D&I policy, and 12 action plans were set in motion to bring more diverse talent into the company. Zain also helped develop a multi-faith room blueprint, allowing hundreds of BT employees and visitors from all faiths to fulfill their religious commitments. Beyond BT, Zain co-founded ACE Insights, a social mobility organization to empower young adults and students from deprived London boroughs to navigate post-16 life with alternatives to university.

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Christopher Jackson

Director of Sustainable Geoscience

Jacobs

Christopher is the Director of Sustainable Geoscience at Jacobs, where he has been an active member of the employee network for Black staff and their allies, 'Harambee,' since May 2022. He contributes to their 'Courageous Conversations' talk series, highlighting the importance of professionalizing Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion practices. Christopher is also helping to re-establish a mentoring program that pairs Black colleagues with those at Vice-President grade or higher. He also mentors two Black earlier career colleagues, providing them with personal and professional guidance through bi-monthly meetings. Beyond Jacobs, he is a founding trustee of the Cowrie Scholarship Foundation, supporting 14 Black, socially disadvantaged students through UK Higher Education institutions. He has been featured in several print and online articles focused on race and racism in science and academia and has visited schools to talk about his journey, focusing on areas of significant socio-economic disadvantage.

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Dr Kishora Shetty

Associate Technical Fellow

Boeing

Dr. Kishora Shetty is an Associate Technical Fellow at Boeing with a strong passion for diversity and inclusion. As a Managerial Focal Point for Boeing India D&I Council, he collaborates with colleagues across Boeing India and internationally on regular and innovative D&I projects. Dr. Kishora submitted ideas to IT Infrastructure and Operations (I&O) Innovation Campaigns to improve Diversity and Inclusion, including the idea of the 'Diverse Mentorships and Mentoring Program,' which was implemented across Boeing. He believes that DEI is about understanding, accepting, and valuing differences to perform better, while inclusion creates a respectful, collaborative, and supportive environment that increases the participation and contribution of everyone. Beyond Boing, Dr. Kishora is part of mentoring groups such as the Society of Women Engineers and mentors early and mid-career engineers globally for career progression, technical skills development, and overall growth.

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Peta-Gay Clarke

Senior Program Manager

Google

Peta-Gay, a Senior Program Manager at Google, co-designed and led 'Code Next,' Google's first community-facing initiative to cultivate the next generation of Black, Latinx, and Indigenous tech leaders. Code Next has been instrumental in expanding social capital, and providing access to technology education. Under her leadership, the initiative has reached over 10,000 high school students, and 90% of the inaugural cohort attended a postsecondary institution and majored in a computing-related degree. In addition to her work at Google, Peta-Gay is an Adjunct Professor at Pace University’s Seidenberg School of Computer Science and sits on the Board of Trustees for the University, demonstrating her deep commitment to education and the empowerment of young people. Peta-Gay is also a sought-after speaker and panelist on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, and computer science matters. She has delivered talks and moderated panels at various events, including the White House STEM Advocacy, International Women’s Day, and Black Girls Rock

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Yasmin Diamond

Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Yasmin is Executive Vice President of Global Corporate Affairs at IHG Hotels & Resorts, and one of the company's most senior women and ethnic minority colleagues. A role model and mentor for colleagues, Yasmin is responsible for all global communications, corporate responsibility strategy and key public affairs activity. Her focus on creating an inclusive environment at IHG starts within her own diverse team – three quarters of which are women. She has been a member of IHG's Global DE&I Board since 2018, setting IHG’s inclusivity agenda and ensuring the company is hiring and developing diverse talent. Yasmin is also part of IHG's UK working group that builds ethnically diverse talent within the UK corporate office and promotes diverse recruitment. She has been Executive Sponsor of IHG's Europe-based employee network, Embrace, since its inception. The network helps ethnic minority colleagues collaborate and educate others about their role at work and in society.

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Tom Shropshire

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Diageo

Tom is one of the most senior Black Executives in the UK, and the only General Counsel & Company Secretary in a top FTSE company. Tom is also a Board Director at the Bank of England, a Trustee at Comic Relief and a Patron of the Amos Bursary in the UK. Tom has continued to be one of the driving forces behind the Parker Review. Since joining Diageo in June 2021, Tom has been a passionate champion for diversity and inclusion across the business. As the Executive Sponsor of Diageo's Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage Employee Group (REACH), Tom has provided guidance and leadership to ethnically diverse employees and allies, and supports REACH-led initiatives across the year. In 2022 and 2023, he sponsored Diageo's Race Equity Weeks, as well as helping to further the work of Diageo BRGs in North America.

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Samay Shah

Partner

Slaughter and May

In addition to his role as a Partner at Slaughter and May, Samay is also a Diversity and Inclusion Partner, through which his efforts have led to the implementation of D&I champions across the legal groups, to embed diversity and inclusion as a key part of every function of the business. Samay is leading as a D&I champion for the Financing group. Samay also co-leads the firm’s Race Fairness Partner-Led Working Group. The working group’s key initiatives include implementing mentoring and leadership programmes for ethnic minorities, particularly Black heritage talent, and tools to support partners in developing ethnic minority talent. Samay is also the lead pro bono partner for the Black Equity Organisation, a non-profit focused on promoting economic, legal, social, and political equity for Black British communities.

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Jorge Otero

Chief Risk Officer of the Investment Bank

Deutsche Bank

In the early stages of his career, Jorge was fortunate to have a mentor who advocated on his behalf. Today, beyond his role as Chief Risk Officer of Investment at Deutsche Bank, Jorge is pound to sponsor and mentor black, indigenous, and people of color colleagues to ensure they are being supported and listened to, especially considering how ethnically diverse individuals tend to have additional challenges when working at large organizations.

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Natascha Jesuvant

Store Director – Convenience Central

Tesco

As the first ethnically diverse female Store Director to be appointed at Tesco, Natascha has been educating teams on cultural diversity and its benefits in the workplace. She runs a Diverse Talent Community for 60 female colleagues across the Convenience format, which provides sponsorship, guidance, and personal development, directs the Race and Ethnicity network, and supports colleagues in recognizing and celebrating cultural dates. Natascha also takes her advocacy beyond Tesco by celebrating important dates, such as Diwali, with local customers, fundraising for Birmingham City Children's Hospital, organizing a toy collection at Christmas for those who couldn't afford it due to the cost-of-living crisis, and supporting the Positive Youth Foundation, a charity that aids young people in the Coventry area. More recently, Natascha completed the London Marathon for Charity.

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Marie Caliskan

Head of Development Programmes

Tesco

Marie co-founded the Black Action Plan for Tesco and has been leading the Talent Equity Pillar element since 2021; The plan impacts all under-represented groups and aims to dismantle systemic racism across the business. Marie played a pivotal role in designing Tesco’s Diverse Talent Community (DTC) spotlight programme for black talent, featured in the 2022''If Not Now, When'' Report. It’s designed to remove progression barriers for all under-represented groups to ensure that everyone within Tesco has an opportunity to get on. Externally, Marie is heavily involved with the Black British Network which led to an invitation to attend and speak at a CEO Roundtable session in 2021, where she shared her experience of being Black in the workplace with over 20+ CEOs.

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Jason Tarry

UK & ROI CEO

Tesco

As the Executive sponsor for the Race and Ethnicity colleague network Jason leads the agenda on race inclusion at the most senior level within the organisation. Visibly role modelling allyship he works to create a safe, supportive, and connected space which colleagues can feel proud to be part of and a place where they can get on. Through sponsoring the Diverse Talent Community initiative, Jason has cemented his commitment to accelerate change through targeted interventions ensuring increased ethnically diverse representation across all levels at Tesco. 81% of ethnically diverse colleagues agree they have had the “opportunity to learn and develop over the last year” 9% increase year on year. Jason continues to steer conversations with the wider Executive Committee to ensure Black inclusion is discussed at board level providing updates on our Black Action Plan which sets to bring about fair and equitable change for the Black community.

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Erika Gottfried

Chief Risk Officer of DB UK Bank Ltd

Deutsche Bank

Beyond her role as the Chief Risk Officer at Deutsche Bank, Erika is a founding member of the Chief Risk Office UKI Black Inclusion Forum, where she has played a vital role in creating a sponsorship program and organizing events that aim to increase the visibility of Black colleagues within the bank. Erika is also the CRO UK D&I Sponsor and has created a series of "Coffee & Connect" sessions, potluck events, and panel discussions promoting inclusion. In addition, she has created a video series to educate people on identifying microaggressions on topics ranging from gender, Black inclusion, LGBT+, Faith, and mental health.

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Renata Cubas

Tax Partner

Mattos Filho

Renata is a Partner and member of the Executive Committee of Mattos Filho. She sponsors the firm’s racial equity initiatives such as Soma Project developed to attract and retain non-white talent, that created in 2019, Soma Talentos, an affirmative action which aims to hire and include non-white Law school students and first year associated in the firm. In less than four years, Mattos Filho's went from 1% to 11% non-white talent within their legal team. Renata represents Mattos Filho in the Legal Alliance for Racial Equity as a Member of the Board, which gathers 12 Brazilian full-service law firms around racial equity in the legal industry. At last, she is a co-founder of Women in Tax Brazil, which aims to promote diversity in tax, and gathers over 3,000 women, and together with other C-level women she is also mentor at Women in Law Mentoring.

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Malcolm Ellis

Pronghorn Lead / Global Director, Technology and Strategy

Diageo

Malcolm leads ‘Pronghorn’, Diageo’s business venture in North America which has the ambition of cultivating the next generation of Black leaders within the spirits industry. Launched in 2021, Pronghorn is a 10-year initiative focused on cultivating the next generation of diverse founders, executive leaders, and entrepreneurs, and aims to generate $2billion in economic value in the US. Over the past year, Pronghorn has invested in 12 Black-owned brands, including Ten to One Rum, Tequila with Friends, and Ego Tequila. Malcolm is also a leading member of AHEAD (African Heritage Employees at Diageo), and champions ethnic diversity at Diageo and beyond at key events throughout the year.

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Ngcebo Gwebu

Team Leader and Economist

Jacobs

Ngcebo is a Team Leader and Economics Consultant at Jacobs. Recently, Ngcebo was selected to serve as the 2022 Australia and New Zealand (ANZ) Executive Intern, where he joined the ANZ Executive Leadership Team and helped to drive company-wide initiatives in corporate strategy, finance and talent management. Within and outside of Jacobs, Ngcebo has made a positive impact in elevating diverse talent. Ngcebo has served as ANZ Lead for Harambee, the Black employee affinity network at Jacobs. In this role, he has helped organize local and global events to drive engagement and belonging for Black employees. Ngcebo also contributed to the ANZ business diversity and inclusion strategy called the ANZ Together Beyond Strategy. Outside of Jacobs, he has volunteered for AMES Australia, an organization that supports recent migrants and refugees to find gainful employment in Australia. He has participated as a guest speaker at events and conducted mock interviews.

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Imran Khan

Business Development Manager

Phoenix Group

With a focus on ‘real action and no virtue-signalling’, Imran is a founding co-lead of Mosaic, Phoenix Group’s BAME colleague network. Not only has Imran provided reverse mentoring to Phoenix Group's CEO on racial/ethnic diversity but he also led the growth, from ideation to implementation, of a successful new diversity data application 'Who We Are' - which achieved a completion rate of over 75% (within only eight weeks) and has transformed the organisational approach to DEI. He is a recipient of the FT Adviser’s prestigious ‘Diversity Champion of the Year’ award and in 2022, Imran was invited to a private roundtable with the First Minister of Scotland and the Lord Mayor of the City of London to discuss strategic issues pertaining to diversity/socio-economic mobility in financial services. Passionate about cricket, he is a member of the 'Running Out Racism' campaign to eradicate institutional and every-day racism from Scottish Cricket.

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Abdur Rahman

Head of Product - Client Data & Analytics

Lloyds Banking Group

Seen as a big rising star within Cloud, Data and Tech with an extensive network, Abdur has been recognized as an inspirational ethnic role model by the company, leading to public speaking opportunities and industry awards. He became the first British-Bangladeshi to win the AI Professional of the Year in 2022 and was also crowned 2020 Computing Rising Star of the Year in Financial Services. He is an active member of various internal initiatives, including the LBG REACH and Muslim networks, where he advocates for diversity and inclusion in the workplace. A mentor to a number of ethnic minority colleagues, Abdur is also visibly promoting the advancement of female Asians in tech. Beyond Lloyds Banking Group, he founded The Coder's Club, an initiative to help ethnic minorities gain software engineering skills through coaching and workshops. Moreover, in his spare time, Abdur is studying for his 4th degree and was recognized at the Multicultural Apprenticeship Awards in 2022.

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Bana Kawar

Senior Enablement Lead

Amazon Web Services

Bana Kawar is a on a mission - to empower people to thrive in an inclusive, diverse, and equitable environment. Beyond her day job as a Senior Enablement PM Lead, Bana co-founded the EMEA Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity chapter, reaching 1,400+ Amazonian change-agents across 35+ countries. Bana believes in IDEA where A stands for Action. The chapter delivers programs to empower Amazonians, amplify their voices, and recognize their contributions. She co-built global IDE initiatives and certification programs to lead the change motion. Bana partners with global leaders and teams to promote IDE internally and externally. She is also an Amazon Bar Raiser, actively involved in hiring the next generation of talent and ensuring equitable hiring. Outside of work, Bana volunteers at The Prince Trust and Involve to support the next generation of leaders. She is an active member in the DE/UK WiSE chapters, empowering women in the Sales Enablement field.

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Narmda Bhudia

EMEA Credit Risk Manager

GroupM

Narmda is a EMEA Credit Risk Manager at GroupM, and since June 2022, has Chaired Lifetimes, GroupM's intersectional and intergenerational group. As an older Asian woman, she wanted to contribute to a specifically intersectional group to ensure that we all have thriving careers throughout our lifetimes. She works across ERGs to surface specific experiences of older men, women, parents, carers, those from minority ethnic backgrounds, and with disabilities and conditions. Narmda has worked tirelessly to raise issues that particularly impact minoritized older people. Through her advocacy, policies have been updated to provide better support, including a 24/7 menopause helpline and a 3-year plan for WPP to provide support to women through their menopause stage. Her main agenda for Lifetimes ERG is to address ageism, including initiatives of a skill-sharing platform. Narmda is also passionate about giving back to her local community and actively engages in her local and Indian communities.

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Shez Iqbal

Director of Publisher Partnerships

Criteo

Shez is the Director of Publisher Partnerships at Criteo and Co-Leader of their Global BIPOC ERG, where he sets up educational events, mentoring programs, and a Leadership video and podcast Series for People of Color. He also actively works with Criteo offices, across the globe to share insights to raise awareness of DEI. To help deliver more value across the EMEA region, he has recruited a small group of individuals to represent their London, Munich, Barcelona, and Paris offices. Beyond Criteo, Shez is a contributor to the Advertising Association, Asian Focus Group, where he was an active member when creating the 'All-In Campaign,' an initiative to raise awareness of the issues Asians face. He is also a member of MEFA (Media For All), as a mentor and is working on delivering a new network for People of Colour and his own Podcast series spotlighting People of Colour in leadership.

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Chasity Henry

Vice President, Deputy General Counsel

Jacobs

As a Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at Jacobs, Chasity is one of two global leaders for Jacob's black employee network (Harambee). She is also an active facilitator for an internal women's leadership program called WISE, which aims to create a safe space for women in leadership positions to share experiences, network, and get advice from other women who deal with similar situations. Passionate about education and equity, Chasity founded the NEW Roundtable, Inc. This nonprofit organization drives the inclusion and advancement of Black women attorneys through targeted relationship-building, professional development initiatives, and mentoring. The group comprises over 100 attorneys practicing in Dallas in-house, at law firms, in academia, and in government.

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Tendayi Munyebvu

Director and General Manager

Jacobs

Tendayi is a member of all eight Employee Networks at Jacobs. He is the Global Chair Emeritus of Harambee, the Black Employee Network, and is the Europe Advocate of the Jacobs Career Network. Tendayi led the EMEA Council in spearheading the firm's Action Plan for Advancing Justice & Equality which focuses on the inclusion and development of its Black workforce. Some of the objectives realized this past year include the continuation of a partnership with Cowrie Scholarship Foundation to financially sponsor Black students through undergraduate studies, collaboration with councils such as Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Greater London Authority on STEAM outreach for Black and diverse students at local schools and universities, establishment of a senior leadership sponsorship program for Black talent and the publication of the company’s third UK&Ireland Ethnicity Pay Gap in 2023. The council advocates for metrics on recruitment, retention, advancement and representation of Black talent.

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Emelia Quist

Head of Policy Research

Federation of Small Businesses

As the Head of Policy Research at the Federation of Small Businesses, Emelia oversees all areas of diversity policy, especially the work on ethnic minority entrepreneurship, which benefits over 5 million UK small businesses and self-employed professionals. Emelia's work on diversity goes beyond ethnic minority entrepreneurship and covers workplace diversity and community cohesion. Recently, she commissioned and led a significant research project, the first of its kind, on ethnic minority-led businesses, with the Centre for Research Ethnic Minority Entrepreneurship. The main research findings were raised several times in Parliament.

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Christina Liciaga

Head of Retail Products

HSBC

Christina is an entrepreneur turned international finance executive, with 18 years’ experience leading national and global teams across Asia, Latin America, UK and Europe. In HSBC, she Co-Founded the Black Action and Advisory Council to keep pace and conviction to HSBC’s Race Commitments, launched STRETCH45, an internal venture to cultivate ethnic minority talent, and Chairs Embrace the race and ethnicity ERG. She’s an Executive Trustee for JUSTICE, an all-party law reform and human rights organisation which challenged Racial Disparities of Children in the Youth Justice System and championed Increasing Judicial Diversity. She’s also Trustee Chair of the Strategy & Finance Committee for Brixton House, a combined social venture, cultural hub and theatre working to make the arts more inclusive and representative. Externally, Christina has founded organisations supporting women of colour, advises minority owned ventures, is a speaker and panellist on DEI issues, and mentors black and female talent globally.

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Camille Drummond

Senior Vice President, Global Business Services

BP

Camille has achieved over 30 years in the energy industry, from a trainee accountant to SVP of Global Business Services, with multiple finance roles across different businesses. She is a qualified accountant with a Masters degree. As a female of Jamaican heritage, Camille is passionate about opportunities for under-represented ethnicities in the workplace. She is Executive sponsor for bp's Positively Ethnic Network and is instrumental in progressing bp’s ambition to reflect diversity inside the company. She is also a founder of the Black Executive Leadership Team, which aims to develop black leaders at bp. Additionally, Camille has forged strong partnerships with leaders in other companies, to develop talent across organizations and pursue greater supplier diversity in corporate supply chains. Camille is on the advisory board of Business in The City's "Race Leadership Team," which provides strategic guidance to employers to help break down barriers that prevents progression of ethnic minorities.

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Jig Ramji

Group Head of Talent

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

Jig's passion and commitment to the global DE&I strategy as LSEG’s Group Head of Talent is helping LSEG continue to create an inclusive culture where people truly belong. In 2022, his leadership helped achieve an ambitious Senior Leadership gender representation goal, expand our leadership goals to achieve better gender and ethnicity representation and a refreshed global DE&I focus that is regionally relevant. Outside of his role at LSEG, Jig holds multiple directorships including the Financial Services Skills Commission, the Roffey Park Institute and the LSEG Foundation. Jig’s current priority is how we continue to drive and encourage trust for colleagues to share their diversity data so that LSEG can drive a data-led approach in its DE&I decisions.

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Donna Milrod

Executive Vice President, Chief Product Officer

State Street

Since joining State Street as Executive Vice President in 2019, Donna has been an active member of State Street's Professional Women's Network, which supports women's professional growth through networking, coaching, and development opportunities. Donna is also a member of the company's Executive Committee, the senior team responsible for implementing DEI initiatives. She has been instrumental in driving progress by encouraging employees to complete unconscious bias and inclusive leadership training. Donna also supports State Street's 10 Actions Against Racism and Inequality by spearheading initiatives to increase representation and career opportunities for BIPOC talent. Donna is also an Executive Sponsor for State Street's PRIDE network and is involved in partnerships with organizations like the Robert Toigo Foundation, which develops and promotes diverse finance leaders.

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Andrew Jolly

Partner

Slaughter and May

Beyond his role as a Partner at Slaughter and May, Andrew is a Sponsor Partner for DIVERSE, the firm’s race and ethnicity inclusion network, a Continuity Partner to several trainees and a Mentor to numerous individuals through internal mentoring programmes. He is a member of the Race Fairness Partner-Led Working Group, where he focuses on improving the strategy to recruit, retain, and promote ethnic minority talent. Subsequently, mentoring and leadership programmes have been launched for ethnic minorities alongside tools for partners and other senior leaders at the firm to support ethnic minority talent development. Andrew also engages in reverse mentoring to deepen his understanding of the experiences of ethnic minority employees. He is also Sponsor Partner for the SoMo Network, the firm’s social mobility network, which began with his support as a sub-committee of DIVERSE and launched as its own network in 2023.

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John Tierney

COO, NEHS

Nomura

At Nomura, John is the EMEA COO and senior executive sponsor of Nomura’s EMBRACE Inclusion Network, an employee resource group focussed on driving cultural change and advancing race and ethnicity within Nomura. John’s focus has been on breaking down barriers for diverse employees within Nomura and across the wider community, to increase representation and strengthen inclusion. John has spearheaded Nomura’s partnerships with organisations such as Progress Together, which supports people from diverse socio-economic background to acquire senior roles in the UK and Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, aimed at providing opportunities in financial services to young adults from under resourced and underrepresented backgrounds. Previously John was also the Exec Sponsor for the Pride employee network for Nomura across Asia, supporting our LGBTIQA+ colleagues. Under John’s leadership, mentoring, accountability of senior leaders, bringing in industry experts to share best practice and advocating allyship has strengthened the attraction and retention of diverse talent pipelines at Nomura.

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Lin Yue

Executive Director

Goldman Sachs

Beyond her role at Goldman Sachs, Lin is a thought leader on the intersection of diversity, business and behavioral science. She’s a multi award winning thought leader, advocate and speaker. She pioneered a Diversity Conference and further built the firm’s thought leadership franchise on diversity, social mobility, Asianomics and Womenomics both within the financial service industry and beyond. Her thought pieces and presentations, such as “Diversity - From Awareness to Action”, “China - A Personal Journey”, and “The Bamboo Ceiling - East Asians in Business” - are highly acclaimed and recognized at the firm and with clients. She championed Asian Heritage Month focusing on the lack of Asians in leadership in the industry. Additionally, Lin co-chairs the parenting initiative at her division and leads Ethnicity Pillar at the Diversity Project. Her Tedx talk - The Art of Being Different - is inspiring for ethnic minorities and future generations.

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Helen Alemseged Areguy

Recruitment Manager

Amazon Web Services

Helen is a Recruitment Manager at Amazon Web Services, where she takes on a front-facing role as the Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity point of contact for her business segment across EMEA. Helen collaborates with leaders globally to drive change and promote diversity in the workplace, particularly for women in tech, people with disabilities, and nationalization efforts in Middle East and South Africa. Her work involves interacting with senior leaders and HR to identify gaps and develop creative ways to hire diverse talent, retain employees, and support their growth. Additionally, she is a member of the Black Employee Network at Amazon. Outside of work, Helen supports disadvantaged communities, particularly those from war-torn countries in East Africa, where she originally comes from, by providing guidance and advice to help them find job opportunities.

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Omar Ahmed

Business Process Optimization Manager

GSK

Omar is the founder of GSK's EMBRACE ERG, which has grown into a global ERG with chapters and membership across multiple geographies. He is an organisational thought partner on race and ethnicity, leading numerous initiatives to embed Diversity, Inclusion and Equity (DEI) strategies in the organisation. Alongside the EMBRACE leadership team and GSK's Global Ethnicity council, Omar has influenced policies focusing on areas such as inclusive culture, data, communication, and leadership. His contributions have led to the setting of aspirational targets at senior levels, a review of the recruitment process, mandatory inclusion training, refreshed leadership training, and policy changes to create a more equitable and inclusive workplace. Omar's passion for DEI extends beyond GSK. His unwavering commitment to advancing diversity and inclusion has made him an inspirational role model, challenging the status quo, and paving the way for a more equitable and just society.

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Tiffany Woo

Center of Excellence Lead, Medical Affairs International and Global Lead, Asia Pacific Assoc ERG

Organon

Tiffany Woo is Center of Excellence Lead, Medical Affairs International and Global Lead, Asia Pacific Association, Employee Resource Group of Organon, a spinoff of Merck dedicated to Women’s Health. She has worked and published in clinical research for over 20 years and has experience in many therapeutic areas in global clinical and medical affairs lead roles. She is an alumna of both Columbia University and NYU where she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biology and Electrophysiology. She is a 2021 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award recipient from the Asian American Business Development Center and received the 2021 Women of Color in Pharma Trailblazer Award. Tiffany is also the Vice President of the Columbia University Alumni Club of NY and Chair of the Health and Wellness Committee, Advisor for the Asian Columbia Alumni Association and is an active ally for Asian alumni and colleagues.

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Daniel Clarke

Senior Clients & Markets Manager

Kennedys LLP

Daniel is a Senior Clients & Markets Manager at Kennedys. Prior to transferring to the firms New York office in October 2022, Daniel was based in Kennedys Singapore office and was Chair of the APAC Diversity & Inclusion Committee at the firm. Also in 2022, he received the award of 'Diversity and Inclusion Champion' issued by Speak In Asia, for his exceptional work in managing multi-cultural and multi-location teams, and working with specialist teams across Asia Pacific. In 2021, Daniel participated in two panel discussions, one of which he moderated directly and included the former Prime Minister of Denmark at the 2021 Dive In Festival, the international festival for diversity and inclusion in insurance, an initiative of Inclusion@Lloyd's.

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Jacqui Rhule-Dagher

Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Beyond her role as an Associate at Hogan Lovells International LLP, Jacqui has been a member of the firm's Race & Ethnicity at Hogan Lovells (REAHL) Network since May 2021. Jacqui is committed to improving representation, progression, and retention by ensuring that all BAME colleagues' views are heard and respected in the firm's decision-making process. Jacqui does this by reverse mentoring Partners, where she shares the experiences of BAME colleagues. Jacqui has also been working with the Hogan Lovells UK Managing Partner, since October 2022, to raise awareness about intersectionality. As someone with multiple intersecting identities, Jacqui offers unique insights and perspectives. Also, in October 2022, The Law Society profiled Jacqui for its Black History Month series. Additionally, Jacqui represents We Create Space (WCS), an LGBTQIA organization, on various panel discussions, where she discusses intersectionality. Jacqui has also written articles on intersectionality for The Lawyer, Thomson Reuters and DIVA Magazine.

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Abhishek Kulkarni

Online Strategy & Development Manager

Tesco

Beyond his role as the Online Strategy & Development Manager at Tesco, Abhishek was promoted to Co-Chair of the Race & Ethnicity network, where he leads a team of 20 colleagues to support the company's agenda on race, religion, culture, and inclusion. He engages with teams across Tesco's offices, stores, and distribution centres to break down barriers and has organized company-wide events celebrating the diverse cultures of their teams, promoting a sense of community. Abhishek's actions contribute to the delivery of Tesco's Diverse Talent Community & Black Action Plan. Also, by building trusted relationships with the Executive network sponsors, he ensures that the views and experiences of diverse colleagues are heard at the very top of the organization, enabling changes such as policy updates. Outside of Tesco, Abhishek enjoys blogging, sharing his thoughts around racism, unconscious bias and role models in the workplace.

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Serufusa Sekidde

Chief of Staff, ViiV Healthcare

GSK

Since 2021, Serufusa has co-led EMBRACE, championing race and ethnicity issues within the global bio-pharmaceutical giant GSK. He featured in the 2022 Empower Executives Role Model List and was a finalist for the 2022 UK Black Talent Awards. As co-chair of GSK's Infectious Diseases Physicians' Forum in March 2021, he has also been involved in strategy for recruiting and developing infectious diseases talent in GSK. For the past eight years, Serufusa has been a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute – the world-leading Washington DC-based think tank – and been advocating for social change, and equity in the healthcare sector globally through media such as CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC, and other public forums. Finally, as an award-winning rapper – with his latest album The Solutionary Manifesto released in 2021 - he has used English, Swahili, and Mandarin Chinese to advocate for change.

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Shelina Janmohamed

Vice President, Islamic Marketing

Ogilvy Consulting

As the Vice President of Islamic Marketing, Shelina champions Muslim engagement and expression within Ogilvy. By bringing more diverse clients into the organization on projects as varied as relationship apps, content production and Ramadan consumption, Shelina’s work benefits staff and consumers in developing inclusive and representative ways of working. In addition to sitting on WPP and Ogilvy’s Inclusion Board Shelina dedicates time to improving diversity and inclusion and ensuring pastoral care of junior talent from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. She works with the comms team to establish a calendar of religious and cultural events. In regular columns for Campaign magazine Shelina writes about culture and diversity. She advises cultural organisations like the British Film Institute and AMAL foundation on representation of Muslims in the Arts. She’s an awardwinning author and newspaper columnist. She’s just published a book for girls 10+ “BeYOUtiful: Radiate Confidence, Celebrate Difference and Express yourself”.

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Girish Ganesan

Senior Vice President, People

S&P Global

As Global Head of People for multiple businesses at S&P Global, Girish championed numerous strategic initiatives to increase diverse representation and foster an inclusive talent acquisition and development process - all aligned with his deeply held belief — that there’s strength in diversity. He actively mentors ethnically diverse individuals and LGBT+ people of color through several organizations, such as TENT, Ascend, YearUp, and GirlsWhoCode, and is an active speaker who focuses on being the voice of ethnically diverse individuals on intersectionality, LGBT+ people of color, micro-aggressions and intentional inclusion. Outside his day job, Girish is a non-executive director of CRISIL Limited and on the Board of Directors at the Association of Talent Development (ATD), the largest professional association of talent development professionals with 35,000 members in 120 countries. He has been featured on numerous lists for his transformational leadership and DEI work, and was named one of Canada’s Top 40 under 40 in 2019.

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Celia Liu

CEO, Central and Southern Europe

ISS World Services

As CEO of ISS A/S for Central & Southern Europe, after the D&I strategy creation, Celia has been working closely with the Cultures, Race & Ethnicity ERG to discuss equality and embrace diversity in all business areas across the company. As a result, the company has advanced into forming new partnerships with different organizations to create programs and review policies according to the objectives of the D&I strategy. Moreover, they facilitated the TENT Foundation Program to start pilots in mentoring, support, and job opportunities for more than 700 refugees across Europe. As a result, ISS continues moving forward to create a more inclusive and diverse workplace and achieve the goals planned with its D&I strategies. Celia also has been an active public speaker for several webinars with DIAL Global lecturing on leadership, equality, and diversity.

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Amira Barger

Executive Vice President, Health Communications & DEI Advisory

Edelman

Amira K.S. Barger, MBA, CVA, CFRE is an Executive Vice President at Edelman, providing senior Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) and Communications counsel. She is a scholar-practitioner and thought leader who brings experience in strategic communications that reach stakeholders, mobilize community and inspire action. At California State University East Bay, she is a professor in marketing and communications. She is a data-informed, organizational architect who leverages design thinking to advance DEI and solve complex challenges. Amira's work in DEI goes beyond her Edelman role. She is a member of Benicia California’s Commission United for Racial Equity (CURE) - an accountability partner to government, a Board Member of By the Bay Health -a nonprofit health system in California, a member of Journalistic Learning Initiative -which engages students in storytelling to build confidence, and a founding member of Benicia Black Lives Matter, a grassroots organization in the Bay Area.

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Balbir Bakhshi

Chief Risk Officer and Executive Committee Sponsor for the LSEG Pride Network

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

Since joining LSEG in early 2021, Balbir is a regular speaker at events across the company advocating for sustainable change around all aspects of diversity and inclusion. In his time at LSEG he has led initiatives that have focused on numerous changes across recruitment processes, and he personally sponsored the introduction of a return-to-work program aimed at female returners. In addition, Balbir has a strong voice on social media campaigns across all D&I topics and promotes what LSEG does to support the LGBTQ+ community as the executive sponsor for LSEG Pride. Furthermore, Balbir has a focus on D&I across the industry and frequently engages with peer risk officers to exchange ideas for encouraging more diverse candidates into risk management and changing the face of financial services in support for a more diverse workforce. Balbir is also a Board member of London Clearing House Ltd, London Clearing House S.A and Tradeweb Markets Inc.

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Scott Salmirs

President and CEO

ABM Industries

Scott is a visionary leader who prioritizes diversity, equity, and inclusion at ABM. Since becoming CEO in 2015, he has worked tirelessly to create a more diverse and inclusive workplace. Under his leadership, ABM has established a Culture & Inclusion Council dedicated to developing organizational priorities that foster diverse talent, nurture an inclusive workplace, and drive meaningful social change across the organization, and built a board that is ethnically and gender diverse. Scott’s leadership paved the way for the launch Women at ABM, the company's first employee resource group dedicated to supporting and advancing women from diverse backgrounds. Scott's commitment to DE&I extends beyond ABM. He serves on the board of Outreach Project, a nonprofit organization providing professional development resources for a diverse community of individuals aspiring to pursue careers as substance abuse counselors in New York City and Long Island.

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Bonni Hendrix

Global Head of HR Strategy & Execution

Bank of NY Mellon

As a long-time social justice warrior, Bonni, the Global Head of HR Strategy & Execution at BNY Mellon, champions diversity, equity and inclusion across the firm by serving as the Head of Strategy for BNY Mellon’s IMPACT Employee Business Resource Group, focusing on diversity across race, ethnicity, and culture. She has launched regional DEI working groups, implemented an executive leadership program that received external recognition, created a DEI learning series and has a firmwide allyship program currently in development. Bonni contributes to prioritizing diverse representation at BNY Mellon and mentors talent from underrepresented backgrounds. Moreover, Bonni is a board member at Fiver Children’s Foundation and leads their Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Taskforce, serves as a member of her town's Social Justice and Equity Committees, and is currently completing a civic leadership program to identify and execute policy changes that will create more equitable outcomes for underrepresented communities.

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Louise Prashad

Chief HR Officer

Diageo

Louise is the Executive member responsible for the design and implementation of Diageo's Inclusion and Diversity strategy. In 2020, Louise led the creation of Diageo's progressive Ethnic Inclusion & Diversity Framework to support markets to define multi-year plans covering representation, capability, and external partnerships that impact society. This also included setting an ambitious goal to increase ethnic diverse representation across leadership to 45% by 2030, and after two years, representation stands at 41%. The collective sense of responsibility that Louise has fostered has led to more than 80% of Diageo’s global workforce, and 95% of its leadership population, disclosing their ethnic background. This is believed to be one of the highest disclosure levels in a global company.

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Joshua Angelo Estrella

Sr. Technical Analyst

Meta Ireland

Joshua is a Sr. Technical Analyst at Meta and leads the Asians and Pacific Islanders (APIs) @Meta EMEA group having 7 chapters and subgroups across the region. They played a key role in growing Meta's EMEA representation by ensuring processes, leadership, and engagement were established in the region. They started leading APIs@ Ireland in 2020 and became the EMEA lead in 2022, empowering 17 new leaders in the process. They led multiple events on Heritage Month, Lunar New Year, Diwali, and Community Summits, showcasing the diverse cultures and building a stronger network. Their efforts have resulted in increased representation of API leaders in EMEA, diverse and inclusive programs, and celebrations of different API heritage. Beyond Meta, Joshua also leads the Asians in Tech Network EMEA and sits on the board of directors of the Irish Street Arts, Circus, & Spectacle Network, where they advocate for more inclusive and diverse policies. They are a non-binary circus artist, life coach, and unicorn on their free time.

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Vincent Egunlae

Corporate Finance

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Vincent is a multiple-award winning accountant working within Grant Thornton’s Corporate Finance Team, having previously spent a unique year with his firm’s Strategic Leadership Team. Vincent is the co-founder and Chair of his firm’s Ethnicity Network, aiming to increase representation and knowledge at all levels. Vincent co-founded The Open Private School, a charity providing state-educated students with elite mentors in their chosen career path and opportunities to network and be upskilled. Vincent is a NED at Capital City College Group, London’s largest further education college group, providing exceptional education and training to 28,000+ students. Vincent is a One Young World Ambassador, recognised as one of the world’s pre-eminent young leaders working to drive forward the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Vincent often speaks publicly, amassing over 1.3m views and was recently named the UK’s Number 1 Rising Star in professional services at the Black British Business Awards.

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Annie Xiao

Chief of Staff

FiscalNote ESG Solutions

Annie is a Chief of Staff of FiscalNote, a leading technology provider of global policy and market intelligence. In her role, Annie oversees global business strategy, partnerships, and operations for the company's ESG business unit. Annie is a founding member of FiscalNote’s DEI Task Force and has launched numerous employee resource groups within the global technology company to promote diversity and inclusion. Currently, Annie serves as a Co-Chair of Women in Government Relations (WGR)’s Energy, Environment and Agriculture Task Force, where she spearheads the planning process of WGR's annual wine tasting event, one of WGR's largest networking events, and helps organize speaker events to spotlight women leading the way in government affairs and public affairs. She is also a Co-Chair of the 10,000 Degrees Young Professionals Council, a diverse group of young business leaders that support students from low-income backgrounds in pursuit of their higher education and career goals.

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Christiane Costa

Corporate Communications Manager

JTI

Christiane is a true champion of diversity, equity, and inclusion at JTI. Her unwavering dedication to promoting ethnic and racial diversity is simply remarkable. As the leader of embRACE, an Employee Resource Group, from 2020 to 2022, and now as the Communication and Engagement Lead, she has created a powerful sense of belonging for employees of diverse backgrounds. Her advocacy for a safe space to share experiences, learn, and grow has ensured that everyone feels valued and heard. To support her colleagues even more, she attended Harvard's Women of Color Leadership program - a testament to her dedication and passion for creating positive change. Through her hard work, she has formed a network of change agents and ambassadors at all company levels, creating an environment of psychological safety and advocating for gender, sexual, and ethnic diversity at panel events.

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Lorna Nsoatabe

Partner

Slaughter and May

As an associate at Slaughter and May, Lorna has led as co-chair of DIVERSE, the firm’s race and ethnicity inclusion network, growing the network to one hundred and seventy members. She has organised various events including a celebratory and educational reflection on the history and cultural significance of Carnival; and a Stephen Lawrence Day event with the firm’s Family Network, alongside Educating Matters on conversations about race at home. She has also led training and discussions on allyship and inclusion, engaging senior leaders and allies on fostering inclusivity. She was the only associate on a partner-led recruitment strategy committee, contributing to the trainee recruitment strategy, particularly for underrepresented groups. Lorna has invested much of her time, personally and professionally, to support ethnic minority students and lawyers seeking to build their career, through formal and informal coaching, mentoring, presentations, and talks. Lorna has recently been promoted to partner at the firm.

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Kushal Roy

Founder

Feelings Forward, Non-Profit

Beyond Kushal's role as a 9-5 Technology Consultant, he has played a crucial role in recruiting and employing several individuals from the LGBTQ community, providing them with various levels and functions at reputed organizations. He also worked with the talent teams to create opportunities for multiple employees, including working mothers returning to work after employment gaps and widows. Kushal has also developed a comprehensive document for improving mental health for all professionals and has conducted multiple sessions on mental health under various well-being programs. In addition, as a speaker representing DEI, he has shared his insights with various clients and projects. In his personal life, Kushal works as an LGBTQ youth counselor and helps individuals come out in a safe environment. He also provides suicide prevention first aid and has set up "feelings forward," a platform that connects people worldwide to provide free counseling, therapy, and treatment.

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Titi Cole

CEO, Legacy Franchises

Citi

Raised in Nigeria and having worked on five continents, Titi Cole sees Diversity, Equity & Inclusion through a global lens. As the first Black woman on Citi's Executive Management team, Titi uses her position as CEO of Legacy Franchises to address systemic and structural barriers that impede the advancement of women and underrepresented groups. Titi is actively engaged in DE&I efforts within Citi by supporting Citi Women as a Global Co-Lead, the Black Heritage Network and Pride Network and, outside the organization, she donates her time to support financial literacy programs with the Council for Economic Education and various schools and universities. Titi has also helped expand recruiting and talent identification for Citi University Partnership in Innovation and Discovery, a program where underrepresented minority students work on innovation projects to gain training, mentorship, and networking.

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Praveena Yagnambhat

Chief of Staff & Boeing Global Engagement lead

Boeing India & South Asia

Praveena is the Chief of Staff & Boeing global Engagement Lead at Boeing in India. She is passionate about supporting historically excluded groups and has led several community engagement initiatives in India which include education for school children, skill development programs for over a thousand youth from lower socio-economic backgrounds, healthcare facilities in government hospitals and skilling of veterans and their families in India. Praveena’s outstanding work around enabling access to health services, education and skilling was recognized by the governments of Nagaland, Mizoram, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Jammu & Kashmir.

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Satvir Bungar MBE FCA MCSI

Managing Director and Head of Business Services Sector, Mergers & Acquisitions

BDO LLP

Satvir’s longstanding commitment to championing ED&I and creating sustainable society changes has helped deliver big movements. As BDO’s CEDAR Network Lead, Satvir uses his platform to empower a diverse workforce to increase representation and leadership ranks for ethnically diverse colleagues. He is part of BDO's ‘Be Yourself’ video, openly sharing his experiences about BDO’s unique culture to promote social mobility. Satvir leads BDO’s annual mentoring programme, creating safe spaces for under-represented talent to tackle barriers to future career growth. As a responsible ethnic business leader, Satvir was selected as Batonbearer for Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, received an invitation to 10 Downing Street to discuss social mobility initiatives with government advisers and recently selected as a notable alumni at King’s College London which amplifies the achievements of its diverse alumni community. Satvir is NED to a charity and regularly delivers keynote speeches providing top tips on career growth and commercial management.

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Verdun Perry

Global Head of Blackstone Strategic Partners

Blackstone

Verdun S. Perry is the Global Head of Blackstone Strategic Partners (“Strategic Partners”), having joined the business in 2000, the year it was founded. Mr. Perry chairs the Investment Committee for each of the Strategic Partners funds and is currently an advisory board member of multiple third-party funds. Mr. Perry serves on the board of Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), an organization focused on narrowing the opportunity gap for minority high school and college students, as well as increasing diversity in the financial services industry. Mr. Perry founded Blackstone’s Diverse Professionals Network (“DPN”) in 2014 and chaired the network for its first 6 years. Mr. Perry also serves on the boards of Morehouse College, the Partnership for Education Advancement, the New York Police & Fire Widows' & Children's Benefit Fund and the Blackstone Charitable Foundation. Mr. Perry received a B.A. from Morehouse College and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

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Gayathri Kamalanathan

Partner

Slaughter and May

Gayathri joined Slaughter and May in 2021 and co-leads the firm’s Race Fairness Partner-Led Working Group, with strategic oversight of the firm’s people strategy specific to race and ethnicity. The key initiatives include implementing mentoring and leadership programmes for ethnic minorities, particularly Black heritage talent, and tools to support partners in developing ethnic minority talent. Additionally, Gayathri is a sponsor partner of a firm-wide D&I training programme to increase inclusion. As a member of the firm’s partner-led recruitment strategy committee, Gayathri ensures there is a pipeline of trainees joining the firm from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities. She further supports the recruitment strategy by giving presentations and talks to large student audiences on her experience and advice from her career journey to inspire students, particularly ethnic minorities on the legal career path. Gayathri mentors and coaches junior female and ethnic minority lawyers; alongside sponsoring the firm’s DIVERSE Network.

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Rama Gollakota

Partner

Oliver Wyman

Rama is the product of a first-generation immigrant upbringing, learning to adapt to his surroundings from school age. This experience shaped how he navigated through the predominantly Anglo/European ranks of Australian businesses. This experience greatly shaped Rama's passion for and approach to DEI in the workplace. In addition to being a Partner at Oliver Wyman, Rama is the regional lead of EMPOWERED, the firm's employee resource group that promotes a collaborative, safe, and comfortable workplace for all colleagues by combining the Ethnic Diversity strategy with grassroots priorities. EMPOWERED also promotes recognition of indigenous communities through the ‘Acknowledgment of Country' in regular course of business and supporting remote indigenous communities through charitable giving. More recently, the group has been supporting the development of Oliver Wyman's Reconciliation Action Plan for Australia and the Pacific Islands, and celebrating cultural and religious festivals.

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Annie Leung

Chief of Staff to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Vertex Pharmaceuticals

As the Chief of Staff to the CFO at Vertex, Annie has designed and implemented an inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E) strategy for the CFO organization that focuses on further expanding diversity in the talent pipeline and recruitment, fostering an inclusive team environment, creating equitable access to development opportunities, and increasing transparency of promotion and performance management processes for all CFO employees. Across Vertex, she advocated for, and piloted, corporate training on Allyship and Inclusive Hiring; promotes the development of next-generation Black and Hispanic leaders through program design and operational support for 6-month mentoring circles led by the CFO; and collaborates closely with the HR and ID&E teams on “healthy team” metrics that have been incorporated into the company’s global talent dashboard. Externally, Annie has been working on building and launching a mentoring circle for young Asian women in the Boston area who aspire to a business career.

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Karen Sedgwick

Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer

Sempra

As a Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer at Sempra, Karen has been a vocal advocate for diversity and inclusion. In 2021, she championed the inclusion of D&I metrics in annual leadership goals and executive compensation and helped establish an officer-led diversity and inclusion function at the parent company. To identify and address gaps in representation, she introduced diversity metrics and increased D&I education by encouraging employees to complete training. Her team launched phase 1 of the I Belong app in 2022 to enhance D&I experiences and communications. She has supported expanding employee resource groups and sponsored D&I events that reached almost 12,000 employees. Outside of work, she is a dedicated volunteer, mentor, and board member of Promises2Kids, a nonprofit that supports foster children and those removed from their homes due to abuse and neglect.

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Dan Draper

Chief Executive Officer

S&P Dow Jones Indices

Dan utilizes his leadership role and platform to celebrate and amplify S&P Dow Jones Indices’ (S&P DJI) commitment to DEI. He actively participates in roundtables, fireside chats, town halls, and global office visits to foster an environment of inclusion and belonging across the organization. Additionally, he has led and collaborated with other senior leaders to develop a mentoring program for S&P DJI, and personally serves as a mentor to numerous colleagues. Dan is also the Executive Sponsor for S&P Global’s Black Organization for Leadership Development (BOLD) People Resource Group and promotes the network and its members across the company. Externally, Dan is a fellow of the 2017 class of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship and a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network. He is a recipient of the Male Ambassador Award from Women in Derivatives (WIND) in 2022 and is also a proud sponsor of Women in ETFs.

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Lauren Aste

Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer

CWT

As Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer at CWT, Lauren is a committed diversity, equity, and inclusion leader, guiding CWT’s Race & Ethnicity Employee Resource Group since its formation in 2022. She actively supports the group's efforts to create a more inclusive workplace by raising awareness and understanding of topics related to race and ethnicity and helping to break biases and inform policy changes within CWT. As executive sponsor of CWT’s anti-human trafficking task force, she advocates against human trafficking, particularly as it impacts communities of color. Moreover, as a signatory to the General Counsel for Diversity and Inclusion initiative, she seeks to increase diversity and inclusion both in CWT’s in-house legal team and in the law firms that CWT engages, including through mentoring. Beyond her role at CWT, Lauren is Board Chair of Childhood USA, a not-for-profit organization that combats violence against children.

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Norman Jones

Director, Global University Recruitment

Danaher Corporation

Norman has been a DEI champion since joining the workforce. He started his professional career at Accenture in Talent Acquisition and was the U.S. Diversity Recruiting Lead overseeing the development and implementation of a strategy that would deliver diverse talent at all levels into the annual recruiting plan. After leaving Accenture, Norman held roles at companies such as Discover Financial Services, Apple, and Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) that always had a focus on hiring and retaining diverse talent. Currently, Norman works at Danaher Corporation as the Director of Global University Recruitment where his team has a strong focus on hiring diverse entry-level talent who will be the future leaders of organization. Outside of work, Norman serves on the Board of Directors for the Chicago Foundation for Women, is on the Board of Trustees for The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, and a member of the Advisory Council for Reaching Out MBA.

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Liseli Sumbwanyambe

Management Consultant

McKinsey & Company

Liseli was appointed as McKinsey Black Network UK&I Partnerships Lead six months after joining the firm as Junior Associate. Drawing on her experience at Unilever, she expertly manages the network's relationships with UK-based charities through volunteering and pro bono work. At Unilever, Liseli founded and chaired the organization's first race equity network, Empower, overseeing its exponential growth and expansion into new markets over three years. She also worked closely with senior leaders to develop the UK&I ED&I strategy and collaborated with the recruitment team to increase diversity in the graduate cohort. Her dedication to helping others extends beyond her work, as she has spent four years as a mentor and committee member of the Amos Bursary, supporting black teenagers to reach their full potential. Liseli also regularly participates in public speaking events on diversity in STEM and how to support the next generation of diverse business leaders.

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Felix Wong

Executive Assistant

Allianz

Over the past year, Felix continued developing Allianz’s Global Race and Cultural Ethnicity (GRACE) network and advised new multicultural networks in the Benelux countries and Singapore. He organized the first virtual meeting of the global networks in January 2023 and developed the "Black to the Future" event exploring the future for Africa and Black people worldwide. Felix co-facilitated Race at Work webinar sessions, contributed to the UK-wide company inclusion and diversity strategy and continued to write on multicultural matters both inside and outside of Allianz. As a steerco member of the insurance Cultural Awareness Network, Felix led organisation of iCAN's popular Dive In event, spoke at events for undergraduate groups, and delivered an iCAN survey. He also led the first-ever iCAN Lunar New Year event leading to the launch a Special Interest Group for people of East and Southeast Asian heritage working in insurance and allied industries.

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Eka Zhao

Team Lead

Bridgewater Associates

Eka leads a team of investment professionals who play a central role in Bridgewater’s portfolio implementation process. Beyond her job within Bridgewater’s Investment Engine, she serves as the co-head of the Bridgewater Asian Affinity Network (AAN). In this role, she leads initiatives focused on empowering and recognizing the AAPI community while supporting all diverse communities. In her Team Lead role, she advocates for increasing diverse representation in the candidate pool and mentors the next generation of investment professionals and diverse talent. She also helps ensure that the team’s developmental program is inclusive and collaborates with others to constantly evolve them through time. In addition, she regularly represents Bridgewater on panels and mentorship programs focused on developing minority talent in the investment industry.

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Rumbi Hondora

Head of Marketing Deployment, East & Southern Africa Markets

British American Tobacco

Rumbi is heading the Marketing Deployment for the East African and Southern Africa Markets at British American Tobacco and has been a strong advocate of diversity in the workplace for over a decade. She is a member of Women in Trade and Women in BAT networks, where she coaches and mentor's young female talent, champions gender diversity in trade marketing and distribution, and promotes the company's D&I agenda. Moreover, Rumbi has spoken at Women in Sales for the Marketing Association in Zimbabwe and coaches' women in trade, building resilience in male-dominated spaces. She uses her position as a senior leader to champion the need for inclusive, supportive, and diverse cultures in organizations.

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Akua Opong

Senior Analyst

LSEG

Akua is an active member of the LSEG’s Black Employee Inspired Network Group (BEING), Women’s Inspired Network (WIN), WIN Tech Network and UK Accessibility Lead. Akua has spearheaded multiple initiatives including speaker events, charity work and raising awareness of neurodiversity with an intersectional lens. Akua has participated in the City Hive Cross-Collaboration Mentoring Programme with Talk About Black to increase black representation in senior leadership in the Investment industry and is a Cajigo mentor, upskilling women into the Tech industry and delivering career talks to students UK wide from underrepresented backgrounds. As part of LSEG’s previous Black History Month campaign, she hosted the Black Leadership and Neurodiversity (BLEND) event focused on healing, information and empowerment. Other achievements include the Baton Awards STEM Trailblazer 2022, Campaign Tech Awards judge, Team London EDI Volunteer Advisory Group and The Voices in the Shadows 2021 book highlighting black women and their journey into Technology.

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Funmi Adegoke

Group General Counsel & Chief Sustainability Officer

Halma plc

Funmi is Group General Counsel and Chief Sustainability Officer at Halma, the FTSE 100 global group of life saving technology companies. Halma is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture throughout the Group and is a signatory of Change the Race ratio. As a member of the Group Executive team, Funmi helps drive a culture of inclusion where everyone feels they belong, and aims to challenge stereotypes and support emerging talent, with a focus on enabling work environments where everyone can fulfil their potential. She speaks publicly and candidly about her experiences, supports corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives, sponsors ethnically diverse individuals and has partnered with organisations that improve diversity within the legal profession. Outside of Halma, she is a non-executive director of a FTSE 100 company.

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Claire D'Abreu-Hayling

Chief Scientific Officer

Sandoz

Claire is an inspiring champion of diversity and inclusion, and has a proven track record of leading change, working with teams to identify disparities and promoting consistency based on capabilities, experience, and tenure. Her efforts have played a significant role in creating an inclusive work environment where everyone can thrive. Claire is committed to mentoring Black and Asian women pursuing careers in STEM. She also serves on the Governance Board for Regents Theological College, where she champions diversity in studentship and advocates for Black representation in education. Claire's passion for D&I has also led her to be a sought-after speaker. She presented at Reuters Pharma 2022 on Black Women in STEM careers, sharing her insights to inspire change and promote diversity. Claire’s efforts have been making a real difference, and her dedication and commitment to creating a more inclusive world continues to drive positive change within Sandoz and beyond.

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Bjorn Haines

Head of People Experience

BlackRock

Bjorn Haines serves as BlackRock’s first Head of People Experience, charged with deepening employee engagement globally, and driving adoption of an “employee experience” mindset. He also serves as Global co-lead of the firm’s Black Professionals Network and was previously co-lead of DEI for the firm’s US Wealth business. In both instances, Bjorn led the launch of diverse mentorship programs, pairing early career professionals with senior leaders, and has been an outspoken champion of DEI throughout the organization. Outside of BlackRock, Bjorn also co-leads the Money Management Institute's Social Justice Advisory Council, where member firms advise and advocate for efforts to accelerate the progress of DEI within the industry by engaging the collective capabilities of the member firms. Lastly, Bjorn serves on the NY advisory board of Facing History & Ourselves, an organization that uses lessons from history to challenge teachers and their students to stand up to bigotry and hate.

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Katrina Nusum

Head of Group Compliance and Deputy Bermuda Site Head

Fidelity International

Katrina is the Head of Group Compliance and Deputy Bermuda Site Head at Fidelity International, where she is actively involved in building a community throughout their offices for ethnically diverse employees by working with the senior leadership team to implement the Cultural Diversity Action Plan, to set ethnic diversity targets and to implement programs and activities that will support and develop culturally diverse staff and contribute to Fidelity's corporate culture. Katrina is also a Stanford National Black Alumni Association Board Associate, where she co-hosts events to provide Black Stanford students and alumni information on topics relevant to them, such as mental health, childhood financial insecurity, defining career paths, and how to network successfully.

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Hannah Smith

Head of Nordics, SPDR ETFs

State Street Global Advisors

Hannah is Head of Nordics where she is responsible for leading business development and strategy for the region. Hannah leads the company's initiative to increase diverse representation across the asset management industry. As part of this, she successfully advocated for State Street to partner with Black Women in Asset Management and Talk About Black, and now oversees a team which manage these partnerships. Hannah sits on the board of State Street’s I&D Council and conducted work to better align policies across divisions. She led the firm's initiative to develop internal talent and produced a report with recommendations on how to address the lack of diverse representation. Hannah is an ambassador for Reboot which aims to continue the discussion of race within the workforce and regularly speaks on industry panels about her experiences as a Black woman in finance. Hannah was named as a Financial News Rising Star and on Black Women in Asset Management’s 40 under 40 list.

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Silika Shellie

Director of Food Product & Innovation - Grocery

Sainsbury's

As the Director of Food Products and Innovation at Sainsbury's, Silika has developed & spearheaded the 'Thrive' program, which aims to Influence business through gaining senior-level support & sign off to invest in a retail 'first of its kind' free incubator program to support Black founders-led start-up food & drink businesses transition to supermarket shelves. Silika led the team to develop an authentic and meaningful program that addresses specific barriers for Black founders. As a result, three businesses will be sold in Sainsbury's this year. Beyond Sainsbury's, Silika mentors black male undergraduates at AddPsalt, and is an active member of the Black FMCG Network. In this professional network, she acts as an event panelist to inspire attendees to strive for success and encourage senior decision-makers to take individual actions to drive collective change.

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TJ Lim

Managing Director, US Private Bank Head of Digital Platforms

JP Morgan

TJ Lim is a passionate advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in and outside of J.P. Morgan. At the firm, TJ is an active member of the Asian Leadership Forum as well as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender+ (LGBT+) Executive Forum. He is actively involved in promoting inclusion topics into the workplace. He was featured in a panel at this year’s senior leaders meeting, where he spoke about losing his mom, migrating to the US, coming out as a gay man, and his Asian-American experience. TJ also actively integrates DE&I at work by leading cultural celebrations such as Diwali and Lunar New Year. He has also hosted small group “open conversation” sessions with global employees from the United States, India and the Philippines about inclusion, covering topics such as sexual orientation, gender and race. TJ also represents J.P. Morgan on the Technology Council for Asia Society.

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Courtney della Cava

Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Portfolio Talent & Organizational Performance

Blackstone

Courtney is a Senior Managing Director and Global Head of Portfolio Talent & Organizational Performance at Blackstone. She is a committed leader focusing on diversity and inclusion efforts across the organization. As a champion of Blackstone's DEI initiatives, she works to attract, develop, and advance a diverse workforce, recognizing that the most valuable asset is the people who work at Blackstone. She oversees C-suite and board DEI initiatives and signature programs like Career Pathways, which aims to increase access to entry and mid-level jobs for historically underrepresented talent. Courtney also manages Blackstone's firmwide mandate to target one-third diverse representation on portfolio company boards for new control investments. Beyond Blackstone, Courtney serves on the board of Renaissance Learning, furthering her commitment to accelerating learning for all students despite their ability levels and ethnic and social backgrounds.

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Jennifer Remling

Global Chief People Officer

WPP

As WPP's Global Chief People Officer, Jennifer Remling is laying the groundwork for unlocking the creative potential in all 115,000 employees within the WPP network. Central to that is ensuring DE&I is embedded in all aspects of the People strategy – from talent acquisition and total rewards to employee engagement and leadership development. Jennifer has a wealth of experience building high-performing teams in agency environments in roles at Essence, R/GA, AKQA, 360i and most recently GroupM. There, she transformed the People team to deliver a world-class People proposition that ensured a fair, equitable and inclusive workplace for all 36,000 employees in 80 markets. Jennifer is passionate about helping people find meaning and purpose in what they do, no matter their background. That’s why she published “Carve Your Own Road: Do What You Love and Live the Life You Envision” in 2009 and has made it her lifelong ambition to help as many people as possible reach their full potential.

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Sinead Lynch

Senior Vice President, Low Carbon Fuels

Shell International

As the Senior Vice President at Shell, Sinead is a dedicated advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. As a senior ally for the LGBTQ+ and Black Employee Networks, past Executive Sponsor for the Enable Network and the Black Employee Network, promoting DEI is fundamental to her leadership style. Sinead participates in a reverse mentoring initiative with a professional of color and mentors a diverse group of employees. She has also spoken at conferences on DEI's critical role in driving performance and engagement in the workplace and led Executive awareness raising sessions, seeking to catalyst faster progress in this critical area. Previously, as UK Chair for Shell, she was a founding member of the Energy Leaders Coalition, driving greater DEI progress through joint initiatives and visible leadership. Sinead has been using her learnings to drive market progress beyond the UK.

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Tolu Falade

Offshore Subsea Operations Specialist

BP

Tolu is an Offshore Subsea Operations Specialist at bp and a tireless advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As the One Team Lead for bp's Positively Ethnic Network (PEN) and a member of the bp Black Collective, he supported the creation of bp’s mandatory racial equity training program in 2021 which has been rolled out to all UK and US employees. He has worked closely with senior leaders to progress commitments aligned with the bp Framework for Action, resulting in greater engagement and advocacy at the highest levels. He chaired bp's Black History Month activities in 2021 and 2022, which included a series of successful events and initiatives that drew record engagement in the company. Additionally, Tolu chairs the AFBE Ethnic Leaders Network, where he drives collaboration and adoption of best practices in the engineering sector and mentors students through Nottingham University's Black Industry Connections and Empowerment Programme (BICEP).”

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Jennifer Dunmore

VP, Business Development, Strategy & Chief of Staff – Commercial Risk Solutions

Aon

Beyond Jennifer's role as Vice President of Strategy & Chief of Staff for Commercial Risk Solutions at Aon, she leads the North America Black Professional Network (BPN), an inclusive community of several hundred colleagues across 14 chapters where she connects, uplifts, and advocates for Aon's Black colleagues to achieve their full potential. In addition to her BPN leadership role, she drives other DE&I initiatives at Aon, including developing diverse talent recruitment and retention strategies and partnerships with HBCUs for recruiting and culture programs. Jennifer also serves as the co-chair of the Executive Council for Cara Collective, a non-profit organization that aims to eradicate poverty through transformational training and job upskilling. Her passion for advancing Black talent has led her to bring Aon and Cara together through the Aon Apprentice program. She also mentors Aon apprentices and works closely with Cara to steward the process and increase applicants.

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Tokeer Ahmed

Managing Applications Consultant

Capgemini

Tokeer is a Managing Applications Consultant at Capgemini and has been Chair of the Race & Equality Network for Capgemini UK since 2021. In this voluntary role, he leads initiatives and works with a committee to produce content and events that make Capgemini a more diverse and inclusive workplace. Tokeer represented Race & Ethnicity globally at a Corporate Social Responsibility event, raising awareness of race and ethnicity across 50 countries, and was also instrumental in creating the anti-racism toolkit, with positive feedback from the managers who have completed it. Beyond Capgemini, Tokeer ran an interactive workshop session for Tech Industry Gold Live, focusing on diversity, inclusion, and personal brand, at an event with over 500 young people attending higher education. He also supports an external mentoring scheme for young Black females looking for career coaching and volunteers for The Prince's Trust initiative to assist young people in CV writing skills.

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Renee Sterling

EMEA Regulatory Controller

Wells Fargo

Renee is the EMEA Regulatory Controller at Wells Fargo, and in the last 18 months, she has been active in the International Finance Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) Council. She created and led the 2022 Power Skills Challenge, which involved organizing teams to take courses on inclusion. This initiative received great feedback from colleagues and sparked more interest in DE&I deep dive sessions with the Finance leadership team. Beyond Wells Fargo, Renee co-founded and co-hosts a podcast called Race2Rise, where she and her friend discuss their experiences as black women working in the City of London. Their most popular episode is Can We Live?, which gave insight on how they felts watching events that unfolded in 2020. The podcast has been downloaded in 69 countries and counting. As a vocal advocate for DE&I, Renee uses her platform to bring awareness and change to the workplace and beyond.

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Nichola Silvano

Operations Technology Transformation Project Manager

Credit Suisse

Beyond her role as Operations Technology Transformation Project Manager at Credit Suisse, Nichola is actively involved in various organizational Diversity Equity and Inclusion initiatives. She co-leads the Black Asian and Minority Ethnic Network, Strategic Partnership and Advocacy working group, promoting awareness and education, ethnic minority representation on boards, and external network engagement. Since 2022, she has been the Technology DEI Lead responsible for driving initiatives to educate and develop an inclusive culture in Technology. Nichola also hosted a Tech Career Workshop for Black Interns and has coached several female employees to navigate their career progression. Outside of Credit Suisse, Nichola volunteers with Mothers, Daughters, Sisters (MDS), a Foundation that provides virtual career mentorship to undergraduate students in Ghana. MDS also provides a networking forum for the Black British women mentors, to which Nichola contributes by arranging in-person social networking events to share experiences and develop relationships.

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Adejumoke Peter-Adenuga

Commercial Finance Controller

British American Tobacco

Adejumoke is a Finance Professional with over 15 years experience in the FMCG industry. She is currently the Commercial Finance Controller at British American Tobacco, where she is committed to promoting fairness and equality for all individuals. As a cultural ambassador, she has led initiatives to align the strategic focus of the organization with the company's core values of freedom through responsibility, speaking up, being heard, and not feeling marginalized. She pioneered the 'No-Barriers Conversation' initiative, facilitating access to Senior Managers by creating a safe space for employees to share their views and be candid even when their opinions are unpopular while creating a Great Place to Work culture, fostering innovation and creativity within the organization. Outside of her work environment, Adejumoke uses informal approaches to promote diversity and inclusion, including facilitating seminars about flourishing in the Society for individuals as an active member of her school's alumni association.

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John Chen

Executive Chairman and CEO

BlackBerry

Mr. John Chen, Executive Chairman and CEO of BlackBerry, has been a pioneering Asian American CEO in the technology industry for decades. At BlackBerry, he has built a diverse leadership team where 50 percent of BlackBerry's Board of Directors are either racially or gender diverse, and every leader is committed to driving diverse representation and expected to role model inclusion, mutual respect, accountability, integrity, and innovation. As a distinguished voice in business and foreign policy, Mr. Chen previously served on the U.S. President's Export Council and co-chaired the Secure Borders and Open Doors Committee. He also is active in the not-for-profit community, including serving as a trustee of Caltech, a national trustee at First Tee, and Governor of the San Francisco Symphony. Additionally, Mr. Chen is a signatory to the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion pledge in the U.S. and the BlackNorth Initiative in Canada.

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Roger G Arrieux Jr

New York Managing Partner

Deloitte

Roger is a financial expert and business leader with over 35 years of professional experience, leveraging financial, risk, regulatory compliance, and governance expertise to advise senior management and board members of public and privately held companies, including alternative investment vehicles. As Deloitte’s New York Managing Partner, Deloitte’s US headquarters and largest offices, Roger helps to drive client and business growth and build relationships with community organizations and business and civic leaders. Roger has impacted Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in his internal and external roles throughout his career. Roger is a long-standing supporter of various nonprofit organizations that focus on academic acceleration, currently serving as the Chair of the Harlem YMCA Board of Directors, Chair of the Black Achievers in Industry Steering Committee, and Chair of the Braven New York Board. He also serves on the National Board of Directors of the A Better Chance and Braven charitable organizations.

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner, Global Partnership Board Member

FGS Global

Dorothy has been involved with promoting diversity, equity and inclusion at FGS Global, since 2014. In the last year, enhancements in the talent pipelining and recruitment process led to ethnic minorities making up over a quarter of all new hires in the year. The company’s DEI programming includes financial and pro bono commitments to local charities serving diverse populations, debiasing recruitment practices, ethnicity paygap reporting, instituting training on solidarity across differences and continued support of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which seeks to increase ethnic minority representation in the communications industry. She has also delivered training internally and for clients on Destigmatizing the Race Conversation. Dorothy also serves on the DEI advisory committee for Which?, the consumer champion and as chair of London (UK) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, a charity supporting women and ethnic minorities with mentoring, training and other support to increase their access to economic opportunity. She is a non-executive director of Pennon plc and Post Holdings, Inc.

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Bansi Nagji

President, Healthcare

GoodRx

As President, Healthcare at GoodRx, Bansi has been instrumental in setting up CRGs at GoodRx and co-chairs the AANHPI (Asian American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander) resource group and sponsors the organization’s newly appointed head of DEI. He is also a member of the fundraising Campaign Board for INSEAD, where he supports funding scholarships for minority candidates. More recently, Bansi has been appointed as a keynote speaker at AXS 2023, one of the largest conferences in the pharmacy space, where he will be talking about DE&I in healthcare companies and how this drives better health equity outcomes.

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Dr Rehana Sidat

Vice President Risk Management

GSK

Beyond Rehana's role as the Vice President, Risk Management at GSK, she is an active sponsor, mentor, and coach to many staff members and has also sported professionals on 'The Talent Accelerator' program. Rehana actively participates in DEI opportunities; as the LT DEI sponsor in her department, she set the expectations of DEI strategy, held leaders to account & drove specific ownership & action. In 2022 she received the Top 10 Influential Muslim in Healthcare Award from Equality X and in 2021 she received the GSK Inspirational Role Model Award. Outside of the scope of her role at GSK, Rehana continues to strive to build a diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture. She is a member of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Inclusion & Diversity Committee and a key contributor to the definition and participation of the partnership with the RSC for the Broadening Horizons, promoting Ethnic Diversity in Chemical Sciences.

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Karen S. Carter

President, Packaging & Specialty Plastics

Dow

Karen S. Carter is President of Dow’s Packaging & Specialty Plastics (P&SP) business operating segment. With annual sales of more than $29 Billion, P&SP is widely recognized as the world’s largest materials supplier of polyethylene resins and functional polymers serving key growth markets like food packaging, health and hygiene, infrastructure, and consumer goods. Carter’s cross functional leadership team is diverse with 45% women, 25% U.S. ethnic minority and 35% international talent representation. Carter has served in a progression of roles at Dow since beginning her career with the Company in 1993, including most recently as their Chief Human Resources Officer and first Chief Inclusion Officer, where she successfully institutionalized inclusion and diversity as key drivers for long-term growth. In her current role she remains committed to driving inclusion, diversity and equity as business imperatives. Carter has a bachelor’s degree from Howard University and a master’s degree from DePaul University.

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Niken Wresniwiro

Senior Vice President, Global Communications

WPP

Since joining WPP in 2018, Niken has made it her priority to showcase the diversity of the company’s people and markets. She has personally pushed external organizations and enforced WPP's commitment to only appear at events and on panels with gender and ethnic diversity. She has also advocated for the inclusion of minority ethnic speakers at high-profile events, identifying and putting forward leaders from both across WPP’s global network and outside of her organization. Moreover, Niken led the promotion and helped launch WPP's Consumer Equality Equation report; the most comprehensive report on Minority Ethnic consumers, and actively champions inclusion within the organization to provide a platform for diverse voices across WPP’s internal and external channels.

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Mark Read

CEO

WPP

In June 2020 Mark announced WPP’s set of commitments to combat racial injustice and support Black and minority ethnic talent, which included pledging $30m over three years to fund inclusion programs around the world. Since then he has continued to take steps to improve diversity and inclusion, including introducing DE&I goals into WPP senior leaders’ incentive plans, and establishing a Global Inclusion Council where underrepresented voices advise on DE&I goals and identify barriers to progress. WPP has launched and backed initiatives that build a talent pipeline for both the company and the wider industry such as its global early career program where 50% of its first cohort were of color, The Update for Black tech professionals, the One School with the One Club for Creativity for Black British creatives, the Detroit Experience Studio for the city’s Black students, and the SOMA+ online series for Brazil’s low-income Black and Indigenous communities.

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John Langley

Head of Wells Fargo International

Wells Fargo

Head of Wells Fargo International and Executive Sponsor for the EMEA Black Connections Network, John, in 2020, helped create and secured funding for the network. He was instrumental in signing the Race at Work Charter in October 2021, and he ensures that DE&I is a regular topic at the International Operating Committee meetings. John has been key in ensuring hiring practices promote diversity, that all interview panels have diverse representation, diverse candidate slates, and partnerships with external recruitment firms that draw candidates from diverse backgrounds at all hiring levels. He is actively involved in the program BOLD - Building Organisational Leadership Diversity. Additionally, John has supported the sponsorship of the Black British Business Awards for the last four years.

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Jennifer Stula Rivera

Global Head of Community Impact & Vice President, Moody’s Foundation

Moodys Corporation

Since 2008, Ms. Stula Rivera has held various roles within Moody’s CSR department and was appointed as Moody’s Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) in 2021. She lead the strategic re-imagining of a CSR framework that better reflected the values and interests of employees and aligns with the corporate mission, vision, and purpose. Prior to joining Moody’s, Ms. Stula Rivera was an educator at a residential substance abuse school for adolescent males aged 13-17 where she held various leadership roles, including a six-month term as interim school principal and member of the executive leadership team. Ms. Stula Rivera holds a Master of Science in Education and a Certification in School Counseling from Manhattan College. She is a two-time recipient of City & State Magazine's Responsible 100 Award and the Mahatma Award for Social Good, and was featured in Profile Magazine Q1 2019 segment "How Purposeful Programs Lead to Sound Profits.”

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Anna Dilku

Group Social Media Manager

Aviva

Anna is Aviva's Group Social Media Manager, where she also co-chairs the Aviva Origins employee resource group and sits on the Brand and Corporate Affairs DEI committee. After being elected as the first co-chair to lead Aviva’s gender network, Anna was keen to use her experience to drive awareness of different cultures, faiths and socioeconomic backgrounds. She immediately made her mark, introducing the first South Asian Heritage Month, sharing thought leadership on podcasts and informing their first Ethnicity Pay Gap Report. Alongside her day job and leading Origins, she has completed an Ethnically Diverse Leaders Program and is part of 30% Club’s Mission Include Program, whilst also mentoring others. Beyond her role at Aviva, Anna is actively involved with other organizations - from representing UN Women as a delegate at CSW, to reporting on the annual Financial Times’ Women at the Top event - her longstanding work winning Women in Finance’s Outstanding Contribution Award.

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Melanie Warren

Business Manager, Pershing Operations, Trading and India Services Team

BNY Mellon Pershing

Melanie is a Business Manager for BNY Mellon Pershing’s Operations, Trading, and India Services teams. As a leader and appointed member of the Diversity Advisory Council, she advises the Pershing Executive Committee on its DEI strategy, programs, and goals. She was instrumental in implementing programming that addressed feedback from more than 50 employee roundtable discussions. Also, as a co-founder and member of the strategy committee of Black Excellence, an employee-led affinity group, Melanie develops programming to share knowledge and provide transparency under the theme of Building Black Wealth and Building Black Leaders. Melanie is passionate about paving the way for the next generation of talent. Internally, she participates in several mentorship, sponsorship, and ambassador programs. Externally she helps fuel talent pipelines by creating opportunities for diverse college and high school students from underserved communities, exposing them to senior executives of diverse backgrounds and the broad career opportunities in financial services.

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Ritambhara Kumar

Partner

Bridgewater Associates

Ritambhara is a Partner and Senior Manager for Equities, responsible for managing all equities-related research and enablement. She joined the firm in 2009 and held prior roles in various areas of Bridgewater including as an Investment Associate and Senior Manager in the Client Service research area and most recently as Head of Talent Acquisition & Onboarding. Throughout her career, Ritambhara has been dedicated to making asset management more diverse and inclusive. As Head of Talent Acquisition, she created multiple pipelines for diverse talent and drove policy changes to make Bridgewater a better place for all to work. Ritambhara also mentors dozens of diverse individuals across the firm and is a founding member of Bridgewater's DEI council, and leader in the firm’s Asian Affinity Network and Women's Influence Network. She was named a 2021 Aspen Institute First Movers Fellow – her work in the fellowship focused on the creation of a platform to bring in senior investment talent and eliminate barriers that have historically impacted women and minorities. Outside of work, Ritambhara volunteers for a Hindu faith organization teaching kindergarteners about religion and spirituality. Ritambhara grew up in India and came to the US as an undergraduate student, graduating from Harvard College with a degree in Economics. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and two daughters.

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Ugochi Onwuanibe

Associate Director, Deal Execution

KPMG

At KPMG, Ugochi co-founded an informal community for Black Heritage staff within her team. The group comprises over 30 Black heritage staff members across all levels. Through it, Ugochi provides mentorship to junior team members and encourages socials to foster community. As someone who has rapidly progressed, Ugochi uses her experience to drive representation, and support others in the community with their professional development. She has also supported KPMG's Black Heritage and Women in DA Insight programmes as an assessor of candidates and volunteer. Outside of work, Ugochi is part of the leadership team at KINSIS, a CIC driving change for women of Black Heritage in Higher Education through community building, development programmes, and research. She supports several aspects of KINSIS, including finances, strategy, and KINSIS’ flagship Holistic Leadership Academy. Ugochi has also coached four students from KINSIS’ student communities, helping them to excel during internships and achieve academic success.

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Dipti Kulkarni

Senior Vice President, Senior Business Support Manager

Bank of America

Dipti Kulkarni is a business support manager for a global technology team at Bank of America. An advocate for diversity and inclusion for almost a decade, she was the recipient of Bank of America’s Global Diversity and Inclusion award in 2019 and 2021. She put her passion for inspiring and mentoring women to work in 2021 through her active support and participation in several events such as the "Innovation Challenge" to promote innovation, as a panelist for the "Diversity Series" in celebration of Women's History month, as a speaker at LEAD's (Leadership, Education, Advocacy and Development for Women) "The Power of Your Authentic Voice" event, and as one of the organizers of an enterprise event, "Courageous Conversation: Coming together against racism," in partnership with the Asian Leadership Network, Black Professional Group and Hispanic/Latino Organization for Leadership and Advancement. She also mentored young professional women to help them advance in their careers.

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Teik Tan

Procurement & Supply Chain Manager

Costain PLC

Having noticed a lack of representation in his sector, Teik has taken a leading role in driving outcomes-focussed discussion around inclusion through speaking at several high profile industry events, where his core-focus has been fast-forwarding to a more diverse industry, and fostering supplier diversity with a set of practical recommendations. Teik chaired a Multi-Cultural & Allies Network for 4-years, whilst also acting as a D&I Representative on the working groups for Site-Culture, Procurement, Finance, Hiring Manager Capability and the Overarching D&I working group. He has reverse-mentored a Managing Director and has spoken on D&I for many events including a company-wide ‘Let’s Talk about Race’ webinar attended by 440 people and three workshops aimed at the Executive Leadership Teams. As an ethnic minority professional with a disability, Teik also hopes to represent intersectionality. He founded Construct-Ability, an industry-leading collaboration between contractors, consultants and institutions, to focus on creating a positive narrative around disabilities within the Construction Sector.

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Sir Ivan Menezes

Chief Executive Officer

Diageo

Since becoming the CEO of Diageo in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company. In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’. The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year. Ivan was awarded a knighthood as part of the King’s 2023 New Year Honors List, with the citation of the award highlighting the work he has done to champion both female and ethnically diverse talent within both the company and wider society.

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Matheus Souza

Chief Innovation Officer

SAP Latin America & Caribbean

As the Chief Innovation Officer at SAP Latin America & Caribbean, Matheus has an extensive portfolio of projects designed for innovation with social impact that are considered global best practices within SAP. Matheus also managed SAP’s DEI framework in the SAP Labs Latin America in 2022 and currently leads an initiative focused on anti-racism to promote discussions around inclusion at Latin America & Caribbean. Outside of the scope of his role, Matheus also deliver lectures at Universities and events about how DEI activities fuel innovation.

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Alanna Lee

Managing Director, Legal & Compliance Division

Morgan Stanley

As a Managing Director in Morgan Stanley’s Legal & Compliance Division and a member of the EMEA Diversity Action Council, Alanna uses her platform to help influence, shape and deliver the Firm’s D&I strategy within the Division. She is the co-executive sponsor of Morgan Stanley's Net East Asia employee network, which works to attract, retain and celebrate East Asian talent, whilst also amplifying voices to highlight the positive impact of cultural differences on career opportunities and progression. Alanna has also been a mentor through the Social Mobility Foundation, and for many women in her profession. She has participated in several speaking opportunities within the industry to help promote the inclusivity of ethnically-diverse individuals, most recently being a keynote speaker at the University of Warwick's Women in Finance Society 'Females in Finance Conference' in January 2023.

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Charles Kyalo Mukiti

Area Operations Director, Sub-Saharan Africa

British American Tobacco

Charles joined BAT Kenya as Operations Management Trainee in 2000, and over the past 23 years, he has grown through the organization in various roles of increasing responsibility and scope. This has shaped him into a keen advocate for gender balance and a mix of nationalities, ethnicity, and cross-industry experiences to challenge the status quo and deliver breakthrough results. He was recently promoted to Area Operations Director for Sub-Saharan Africa a role that spans more than 30 countries. Most recently, he was the Operations Director for BAT Bangladesh, he accelerated inclusion in Operations by more than doubling the number of female managers. The outstanding work performed by Charles goes beyond BAT. He sponsored the launch of Bangladesh's first-of-its-kind mentorship program for STEM female students from different universities & ethnic backgrounds and the launch of the first-ever corporate grooming platform for Agri-Science students in Bangladesh called Elevate.

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Bal Mahil

Head of Distribution Operations

axa xl

Bal has had a 20-year career spanning the technology and insurance industry. In January 2020 Bal was appointed Head of Distribution Operations following eight years in the Global Risk Function at AXA XL where she had successfully managed large transformations following multiple acquisitions and mergers. Bal also co-founded and co-chairs Rise, the first multi-cultural network group at AXA XL, focused on the development and inclusion of historically underrepresented racial and ethnic groups. Its support led to the company publishing their first Ethnicity Pay Gap Report in 2021. Bal is a steering committee member on the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, an industry network for international and ethnic minority development. Bal was named in the Empower Top 100 Ethnic Minority Executive Role Model list in 2022 and the Insurance Business UK’s Elite Women list 2023.

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Ritu Shirgaokar

Head of International and Regulatory Legal

State Street Corporation

Ritu is executive sponsor to the Race and Ethnicity network, guiding their agenda to amplify the voice of employees in holding management accountable. Ritu speaks openly about her lived experience as a lawyer, an ethnic minority, and a female. As one of the few regional ethnic minority leaders, she uses her role as a trusted advisor to inspire stronger awareness and action, through regular panel events and counselling of executive colleagues. As a senior leader of the legal division, her “LCARS Shares” platform empowers lawyers to share their personal stories of inclusion, promoting a deeper sense of belonging across the global team. Moreover, Ritu is a founding advisory council member and ambassador to Reboot, a voluntary coalition led by Noreen Biddle (an Empower role model), using the power of story-telling and research to advance the diversity dialogue in financial services between senior business leaders, ethnic minority role models and allies.

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Robyn Grew

President

Man Group

Robyn leads Man Group's diversity, equity and inclusion network, Drive, and chairs its Steering Committee. She is senior sponsor of several of the firm’s employee networks and workstreams, including BEAM (Black Employees and Allies at Man Group). She also oversees Man Group’s Paving the Way initiative, which seeks to improve access to the industry for underrepresented groups and encapsulates the work of our BEAM network and its external partnerships with #TalkAboutBlack, EnCircle Mentoring and Black Women in Asset Management. Robyn is a member of several industry groups, including the Diversity Project, where she sits on the Advisory Board, and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) council, where she chairs the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Working Group. Robyn is an active speaker on DE&I, within schools, across the industry and in the media, particularly championing the importance of allyship, inclusion and belonging.

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Adam Anderson

Executive Director, West System and Bay Area Office Business Management

Boston Consulting Group

Adam is an Executive Director at BCG. His career spans social impact and advocacy for justice, including almost a decade in K-12 public school system leadership. As the first in his family to attend university out of high school, Adam prioritizes programs to support employees from low-income backgrounds and first-generation college students. At BCG, he sponsored establishing the Champions Circle community, a nurturing space for all Black consulting employees to belong and be supported by mentors. In 2022, Adam enabled the first Black Excellence Retreat, fostering community building and programming for all levels and functions. His commitment to equity extends to office catering and art sourcing, thoughtfully supporting women and minority-owned businesses and diverse artists. Outside of BCG, Adam works with incarcerated men, helping them prepare to be returning citizens, and currently serves as Treasurer on the board of Connect Ed, which supports college and career pathways for all students.

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Paul Palicki

Executive Manager, Risk Technology

BNY Mellon

Beyond his role as Executive Manager, Risk Technology at BNY Mellon, Paul is a dedicated diversity, equity, and inclusion lead for Corporate Technology. With the Corporate Engineering team of 600 individuals, he successfully organized several events to celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Women's History Month, and Black History Month. He continued his efforts and partnered with BNY Mellon's Corporate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team to develop a Black/Latino peer-to-peer mentoring program. Additionally, as a supporter of the Latinx community, he led a delegation at the Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA) Conference in Orlando, where he facilitated a Crypto discussion and recruited dozens of candidates, which contributed to increased Latinx representation at BNY Mellon.

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Allegra Tomassa Massaro

Senior Conflicts Analyst

Latham & Watkins LLP

Allegra was an inaugural global leader of Latham’s Black Staff Affinity Group, where she oversaw its growth to over 200 members globally. Since 2017, Allegra has also provided strategic support as a coordinator and subcommittee member of the Black Lawyers Group, which aims to attract, retain, and promote top talent, and foster an inclusive culture supporting the long-term success of Black lawyers. Allegra has led the client and community engagement initiatives of the past 3 Black Lawyers Group retreats, connecting membership with communities through supporting and establishing long-term relationships with local nonprofits and businesses. Outside of Latham, Allegra is a Co-Founder of Fuel the People, a grassroots food justice organization that partners with Black and POC chefs and restaurants to combat food insecurity in Washington, DC, and New York City. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, the organization distributed over 50,000 meals throughout local communities and raised over $200,000 for local businesses.

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Chioma Nwagbara

Quality Assurance & Validation Officer

GSK

Chioma is a Quality Assurance & Validation Officer at GSK and a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As the Founder and Co-lead of Embrace Barnard Castle and Founder and Lead of Embrace Zinnat Supply Chain, she has successfully initiated and grown two employee resource groups dedicated to promoting inclusion and creating a sense of belonging in the workplace. She has also been engaged in conversations with HR Leads to improve diversity, led a 'Let's Talk' initiative to encourage open discussions, and participated in various DEI initiatives. Her efforts have resulted in increased awareness of important topics such as racial injustice, stereotypes, discrimination, microaggressions, and allyship and have fostered an inclusive environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Outside of work, Chioma has enrolled in an Equality & Diversity Training Course to enhance her knowledge and better impact others.

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Olivia Grant

Associate

Reed Smith LLP

Beyond her role as an Associate at Reed Smith LLP, Olivia has been the co-chair of the Multicultural Network since 2021. She helps create and lead the network's strategic plans focused on embedding racial and cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion within Reed Smith's business strategy and broader legal practice. Olivia has been instrumental in the design of a brand-new career development and retention plan to increase training, sponsorship, and client engagement opportunities for Black, Asian, and ethnic minority associates, resulting in significantly increased promotion and retention figures. Outside of Reed Smith, Olivia has supported NOTICED, the UK's first inter-firm ethnic diversity network for law firms, and Women in the City Afro-Caribbean Network with several initiatives to increase the number of Black heritage women and ethnic minorities within law firms. In addition, Olivia founded 'MyStory Publishing Group' to create greater ethnic minority representation and role modeling within children's literature.

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Charlene Henry

People Partner Stores Service Centre

One Stop

With over 15 years of experience working for Tesco UK, Charlene is One Stop's People Partner Stores Service Centre. In 2022, she became the Chair of the Race and Ethnicity network at Tesco UK, leading a steering committee of 20 colleagues to deliver the network objectives and drive a more diverse and inclusive culture. Charlene partnered with Executive team members and Senior Director sponsors to shape the network objectives and developed a team to support the delivery of goals and resources, including large celebration events. She leverages her experience working with diverse communities to advance racial equity, build positive relationships across Tesco businesses, and diversify the talent pipeline. Charlene is also a member of Tesco's Diverse Talent Community & Black Action Plan, focusing on improving representation through targeted interventions.

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Negla Abdela

General Manager, Ministry of Sound

Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd

As the General Manager of Ministry of Sound at Sony Music Entertainment, Negla serves as the management sponsor for the internal race and ethnicity group HUE (Helping Unite Everyone), where she is critical in bridging the gap between HUE committee members and the D&I team, ensuring that the group's mission aligns with company goals for people of colour. She also sits on the Steering Committee for the Sony Music UK Social Justice Fund, which was created to address racial injustice. Negla supports the operation of the fund, including shortlisting grant applications to go before the Board. Negla is also a member of Black Lives in Music, an organization that addresses the current inequality of opportunity for Black, Asian, and Ethnically Diverse people in the music industry, and an ambassador for the OnSide Youth Zone charity, which provides inspirational venues for marginalized young people in London to develop skills in music.

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Elizabeth Oladunni

Associate

Slaughter and May

As an associate at Slaughter and May, Elizabeth is deeply committed to increasing the representation of those from ethnic minority backgrounds, particularly those of Black heritage and from low socio-economic backgrounds. She provides valuable feedback, insights, and suggestions to the diversity and inclusion team on recruitment efforts and supports outreach activities. Also, as a committee member of DIVERSE, the firm's race and ethnicity inclusion network, Elizabeth contributes to discussions on inclusion strategies and leads on campaigns such as Black History Month: ‘People You Should Know’, raising awareness of lesser-known figures in Black history. She speaks to vacation schemes students about her career progression experience and her work as part of DIVERSE. Outside of work, Elizabeth is a mentor with the Black Excellence Network and the Urban Lawyers' North, where she shares university, career, and application advice and pathways into law with undergraduate students from diverse backgrounds.

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Tiger Tyagarajan

Chief Executive Officer

Genpact LLC

Genpact is a global professional services firm focused on delivering outcomes that transform businesses. With over 115,000 employees across 30+ countries, diversity, equity, and inclusion is a continuous journey that is core to Genpact’s business strategy to better serve clients, employees, and communities. Under Tiger’s leadership, Genpact has made strides to reach its vision of having a 50% gender-diverse workforce globally, reporting 42% global gender diversity in 2022, with women making up 50% of its board. Genpact's DEI initiatives include a broad range of programs designed to attract, retain, and support women professionals at every stage of their careers. The company’s commitment to gender diversity is evidenced by recent honors, including being named to the Forbes Best Employers for Diversity 2023 List, and the 2023 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. Tiger is a champion of diversity and serves on the board of directors at Catalyst, an organization at the forefront of driving diversity momentum.

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Timothy Wilkins

Global Partner for Client Sustainability

Freshfields Brukhaus Deringer

Tim has over two decades of experience guiding social justice, cultural, and sustainability initiatives across New York City and around the world. Tim leads the firm’s global sustainability practice, advising clients on regulatory, litigation and transactional issues, including the role business can play in the fight for racial justice. Tim has been a fierce advocate for social justice on several boards of leading non-profit organizations, including Chair of the New York Public Radio, Co-Chair of Governance for the Public Theater, and Chair of Governance for the NYC Economic Development Corporation. At Freshfields, Tim established programs to bolster the success of students and lawyers of color, including founding the firm’s participation in Legal Outreach, a mentoring program for NYC high school students. Most recently, Tim was named by Crain’s New York Business as a “Notable Leader in Sustainability” in its May 2023 edition.

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Tevin Tobun

Chief Executive

GV Group (Gate Ventures)

Tevin recognises the importance of creating an inclusive culture that values differences. As CEO GV Group, he actively seeks diverse perspectives and experiences to ensure equal opportunities for all employees. In addition, Tevin founded Tobun Foundation which continues to impact lives by supporting education through scholarships; launched the 'Education Support Program,' initiative that supports young people from underrepresented backgrounds, many students continue to benefit from Maths and English online tuition sessions. Tevin is a Life Patron of Springboard charity, which develops pathways for diverse people to access jobs, and as Council Member of the Open University, is responsible for delivering the University's strategic vision, Tevin is instrumental in the launch of the scholarship programme which offers 50 scholarships for black students, launched in 2023. Recently inducted into the Dr Martin Luther King Board of Sponsors, an honour bestowed onto individuals who have contributed greatly to business and social Impact globally.

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Hans Brown

Chief Information Officer and Head of Engineering - Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipt

BNY Mellon

Hans Brown is responsible for setting and delivering the technology strategy in support of Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts businesses. He is dedicated to enabling digital operating models of the future, leveraging technology to deliver increased operating leverage, innovating new business models and products to enable our clients to be successful. Within BNYMellon, he is recognized as a digital first change agent, passionate about creating opportunities for all irrespective of background; firmly believes with the right support, everyone can flourish. He is the executive sponsor for IMPACT DiverseTech, an employee/business resource group focused on developing diverse leaders from Black and Latinx backgrounds, an Advisor to DiverseByDesign, a training organization preparing low-income populations for careers in Technology, a vocal DEI advocate with BNY Mellon and externally. Building and cultivating diverse teams is a business imperative and he continually advocates to increase diversity and lowering barriers to access technology careers for underrepresented minorities.

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Andrea O'Leary

VP of Talent, Development and Inclusion

ModMed

Andrea is committed to driving impact and change as the VP of Talent, Development and Inclusion. Just recently in this role, she evolved a strategy around DEIB and provided more support and structure for ModMed's ERGs. In her previous organization she was the Representation Chair for the Global Inclusive Leadership Council, where she fostered programs to create visibility for diverse leaders. Also, as the Black Professional Network national leader, she led the group's expansion to Canada and Brazil, increasing the community by 100 colleagues. Outside ModMed, Andrea has served, since 2019, on the Board for Cara Collective, helping individuals affected by poverty, homelessness, and incarceration find gainful employment. Additionally, she has served since 2022 on the board for UnLearning Space, an organization focusing on recognizing and resisting systems of oppression and healing. Moreover, Andrea facilitated over 30 workshops/discussions in DEIB internally and externally with organizations, professional associations, and community nonprofits.

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Kelechi Onukogu

EMEA Head of Risk and Controls

Wells Fargo

Kelechi is a Managing Director and EMEA Head of Corporate Investment Bank and Enterprise Functions, Risk and Controls. He is a senior risk and control expert with a career that spans 20 years. He has a passion for Diversity & Inclusion and played a pivotal role in creating and co-chairing the UK Barclays Black Professional Forum. His team won the 'Inclusion Champion' category in the 2019 Citizenship and Diversity Awards. In 2020, he was appointed as the global head for the 'Race at Work agenda' sitting in group HR to design and execute the strategic framework for Barclays and successfully published the Bank-wide commitments in October 2020. Most recently within one year of joining Wells Fargo, Kelechi was instrumental in lobbying the bank to sign-up for the UK Race at Work Charter and was appointed Executive Sponsor in 2021 to help drive the Race At Work strategy in the EMEA region.

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Greg Case

Chief Executive Officer

Aon plc

Greg Case is Chief Executive Officer of Aon plc, a leading global professional services firm and is a member of the company's Board of Directors. Before joining Aon, he served on the governing Shareholders' Council at McKinsey & Company, a leading international management consultant, and led their Global Insurance and Financial Services Practice. Prior to McKinsey, he worked for the investment banking firm of Piper, Jaffray and Hopwood and at the Federal Reserve Bank. Case was named by the Harvard Business Review as one of the top 100 best performing CEOs in the world in 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016 and 2014.

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David Shelley

Group CEO

Hachette UK

David works closely with Hachette UK's ten employee networks, including THRIVE - the organisation's Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic Employee Network – and holds quarterly strategy meetings to agree on their respective goals and any actions for the company to help improve its levels of representation. In addition, David also co-chairs Hachette UK's open-forum workshops to discuss its ethnicity pay gap reports and drive associated actions. All of which have contributed to a 1.3% increase in representation across the business. In 2020, David and his team also created a Mirror Board Leadership Programme for high-potential colleagues from Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic backgrounds, which ran for 18 months and involved strategic tasks to expand business understanding and provide first-hand learning from Board members. He also started an internal programme to pair staff from backgrounds currently under-represented at Board level with a Board member for a 12-month mentoring period.

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Jeffrey Russell

President of Accenture Canada

Accenture

Jeffrey is the Founding Executive Sponsor of BOLD (Black Outreach Leadership Development) employee resource group, established in 2019. This ERG aims to identify, engage, and increase Black talent at Accenture Canada, focused on learning and development, recruitment, community, and building allyship. Under Jeffrey's leadership, BOLD ERG has increased membership by 300% by facilitating cross-collaboration between other ERGs and Accenture Canada's I&D leadership team. In addition, under Jeffrey's leadership, Mediacorp named Accenture Canada one of Canada's Best Diversity Employers in 2022. He has also helped establish ASPIRE, an internal mentorship program for people of color. This program is part of Accenture's commitment to supporting the development and advancement of BIPOC employees in Canada. Moreover, he is on the advisory board of Catalyst Canada, whose mission is to accelerate progress for women through workplace inclusion.

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Rhonda Childress

Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer Security and Resiliency, Kyndryl Fellow

Kyndryl

Throughout her career, Rhonda has been a positive influence on the professional community as a Global champion for the advancement of women and other underrepresented minorities across IBM/Kyndryl by using "outcome-based mentoring," which helps to achieve a specific outcome, such as obtaining architectural certification or filing a patent. As a result, the women Rhonda has mentored in IBM/Kyndryl have created patents, obtained IT Architect and IT Specialist Certifications, and been promoted to STSM and Distinguished Engineer. Furthermore, she has been taking her passion for helping others in the world of technology outside IBM by building a pipeline of students interested in STEM careers. While working with young people by showing "outcome-based" projects that would interest everyone in learning the technology behind the outcome, she aims to inspire future generations to choose STEM careers. Rhonda has been guiding, supporting, and sponsoring many people to achieve their goals, from coaching and mentoring adults joining the workforce to those wanting to advance their careers.

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Timothy Wilkins

Global Partner for Client Sustainability

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Tim has over two decades of experience guiding social justice, cultural, and sustainability initiatives across New York City and around the world. Tim leads the firm’s global sustainability practice, advising clients on regulatory, litigation and transactional issues, including the role business can play in the fight for racial justice. Tim co-led the founding of the New York Circular City Initiative, a collaboration of city agencies, businesses and foundations to promote employment opportunities and a greener environment for the city. Tim has been a fierce advocate for social justice on several boards of leading non-profit organizations, including New York Public Radio as Chair, the Public Theater and the NYC Economic Development Corporation as Chair of the Governance Committee. At Freshfields, Tim established programs to bolster the success of students and lawyers of color, including founding the firm’s participation in Legal Outreach, a mentoring program for NYC high school students.

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Rajeev Mittal

Managing Director, Asia Pacific (Ex Japan)

Fidelity International

As Managing Director at Fidelity International for the Asia Pacific ex Japan region, Rajeev is responsible for setting Fidelity's regional corporate and strategic initiatives, and ensuring a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. He drives the development of the D&I strategy in the region and champions an inclusive culture. Rajeev introduced a regular schedule of D&I focused talent reviews and prompted actions to develop a diverse talent pipeline. Rajeev also works with his leadership teams to embed D&I into their management focus, he supports communications activities across the region to engage colleagues in D&I programmes, and he encourages colleagues to share their experiences to bring the D&I strategy alive. In 2021, Rajeev was selected as a Global Top 100 Executive Ally by the LGBT Great Network, recognising efforts to promote allyship in the region.

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Gavin Lewis

Managing Director, Head of UK Local Government Pension Scheme

BlackRock

In addition to his role as Head of UK LGPS, Gavin is currently Co-Chair for BlackRock’s Global Black Professionals Network, which involves leading the firm’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts for Black professionals across its offices, globally. Gavin sits on the firm’s Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) DEI Taskforce, and has participated in numerous industry discussions on the challenges Black professionals face and on leadership & professional development for Black professionals. He has been recognized for his efforts to increase minority representation at BlackRock and in the asset management industry, including with the Heart of BlackRock Award 2020, which recognizes BlackRock employees for creating a culture of empathy, trust, and respect.

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Maxine Goddard

SVP, Strategic Distribution & Development

Sompo International

Maxine is an award-winning champion for greater inclusivity across the insurance industry. She also sits on the Executive Committee of the industry-wide Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCAN), with responsibility for partnerships and external relationships. She is also the co-chair of RATL, the Race Action though Leadership group for CEOs and Board Chairs. Maxine is very active in D&I within the insurance industry, and is a regular public speaker on race and ethnicity. Her work across the insurance industry involves raising awareness of the challenges faced by POC from recruitment through to career development and senior progression; and their exit. Her work involves holding listening sessions, focus groups while educating middle management, hiring managers and external recruiters and broadly garnering C-Suite executive sponsorship. This enabled her to get over 50 C-Suite executives to volunteer as mentors to a range of BME employees. She chaired the Annual Diversity Summit for the Association of British Insurers in 2021. She previously chaired the Zurich Insurance Cultural Awareness Network and has been key to leading Zurich’s multicultural D&I strategy including the publication of the Zurich UK ethnicity pay gap report in 2020, the first for the insurance industry. Maxine was the first winner of the Insurance Award as the Race Champion in 2019 and continues to lead challenging discussions with senior leaders breaking down barriers at work for ethnic minorities. She was also the winner of the Women in Insurance 2020 Role Model of the Year.

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Parminder Kohli

Senior Vice President EMEA . Shell Lubricants

Shell

As one of the few ethnic minority leaders in the senior executive group of Shell, Parminder made it his duty and moral obligation to be active in ensuring a fair and equal playing field for diversity. Parminder spearheaded a "Count Me In" campaign that increased Shell UK’s ethnicity self-declaration rates to 81% in 2021. Increased declaration has allowed us to develop interventions or improve specific programs, policies, and practices for our UK employees. Parminder also coaches, mentors, and sponsors talented ethnically diverse employees for performance and career progression and has also hosted "fireside chat" discussions with ethnically diverse employees on a range of topics from "Leading a Purposeful Life" to "Building Effective Networks" and "Managing Stakeholders".

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Esohe Denise Odaro

Head, Investor Relations & Sustainable Finance

IFC

Esohe has led several initiatives to focus on targeted recruitment for people of color into sustainable finance. In addition, Esohe is a mentor to 12 young people of color across institutions and geographies, offering one-on-one counseling and career guidance. She is the Program Champion for IFC’s delegation to the McKinsey Black Leadership Academy, a training program for black senior leaders 1-2 levels below the C-Suite. Most recently, she has used podcasts as a medium to promote ideas around diversity and the inclusion of people of color and women into mainstream business. She has also been featured on Kenyan Wall Street, speaking on how to bring more African women into leadership positions within finance. She recently co-authored the publications Bonds to Bridge the Gap (2020) and Emerging Practices for the Economic Inclusion of LGBTI People (2021) which offer guidance to financial institutions and corporates to advance equity for women and LGBTI people

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Rupinder Bains

Managing Director of Pinder Reaux & Associates Ltd and Director on the Board of The Football Association

Pinder Reaux & Associates Ltd

As the first-ever Asian person to have been appointed to the Board of the Football Association, Rupinder has helped elevate D&I within the organization, ensuring that this subject is on every Board agenda. She was part of the committee that formulated the Leadership Diversity Code for football clubs to sign up to, looking at increasing diversity at the senior management levels and for coaching roles. All signatories to the code will report back on their recruitment annually, introducing accountability. Rupinder is also a member of the McKenzie Delis review committee, which produced the most comprehensive D&I review ever carried out, looking at race, gender, age, ethnicity, mental health, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic background, nationality, religion, and parenthood in the UK's top 500 companies. In addition, she has taken on Mentoring roles to encourage individuals from ethnically diverse backgrounds to work in football.

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Annie Xiao

Go-to-Market Manager, Sustainability and ESG

Equilibrium AI

As a founding member of FiscalNote’s DEIBA Task Force, Annie helped publish their inaugural DEI report in 2020 and launched the Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) interest group and French club to promote diversity and inclusion within the global technology company. In addition to her efforts at FiscalNote, Annie is an active member of the Women in Government Relations’ DEI Committee, where she continues to highlight DEI issues facing Government Affairs professionals today. As a Board Member of VIDA Fitness' Diversity & Inclusion Board, Annie helped launch VIDA’s Personal Training Scholarship Program this year, an initiative to increase diversity in the fitness industry by supporting local minority residents with a demonstrated interest in becoming personal trainers. Annie is also a Co-Chair of the 10,000 Degrees Young Professionals Council, a diverse group of young business leaders that support students from low-income backgrounds in pursuit of their higher education and career goals.

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Elaine McKay

Director: International Affairs

JAPAN TOBACCO INC.

From 2019 to 2021, Elaine was Founder and Chair of TOGETHER - an ERG aimed at gender diversity and in 2019 created the environment for JTI’s newest ERG, EmbRACE, aimed at ethnic and racial diversity. Over the last two years, she has actively created a sense of belonging for a group of gender and ethnically diverse employees. As one of the most senior woman of color in the company, she has advocated for the creation of a safe space for people to share experiences, learn and grow, and she has raised her concerns to senior management whenever incidents of systemic racism have occurred. In addition, Elaine has formed a network of change agents and ambassadors at all levels of the company that has created psychological safety and took every opportunity of panels speaking to advocate for gender and ethnic diversity.

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Malaika Jawed

Associate Solicitor

BLM

Malaika started out as a CSR representative and after noticing a lack of representation of BAME causes, and a lack of contributions to CSR events from ethnic minority colleagues, she set about finding ways to improve ED&I at the firm. Malaika started out leading projects with local charities in Manchester, supporting ethnic minority members of the community and raising awareness of diversity. Eventually, BLM set up an EDI group and Malaika was named an ambassador. Malaika created and now leads the Multicultural Network at BLM. In these roles Malaika has set up mentoring schemes, attended panel discussions for universities, worked on events and publications, reviewed office policies to ensure they reflect the objectives of the Network, including recommending the use of blind CVs to ensure people are assessed on their key skills and talents. Malaika also mentors law students for external organisations.

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Isaiah Wellington-Lynn

Founding Faculty, Lead of Academic Integration and Coaching

London Interdisciplinary School

Isaiah is a Founding member of the Admissions Decisions Committee at the London Interdisciplinary School, a new university for those who want to shape the world and not just fit in. He uses his anthropology background to help make holistic, intersectional decisions on an applicant's potential. He has helped build one of the most forward-thinking contextual recruiting tools that attracts students from ethnically and neurodiverse backgrounds. Isaiah is also a member of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Committee and designs the School's internal workshops on belonging. He is on a mission to create more moments for people to experience shared compassion. Isaiah also leads the School's pioneering stance on Student-Centred Design, curating empowering and diverse curricula. Isaiah is also an Anthropology PhD candidate at Oxford, an Anthropologist-in-Residence at TwentyFirstCenturyBrand, and an Associate Expert at the Creative Mentor Network. He focuses on building communities where underrepresented groups can belong.

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Xiaoqin Jia

Associate Director

Ernst & Young

Gigi sets out to promote socio-economic diversity. She reached out to the City of London's Socio-Economic Task Force and is currently working with task force members to improve socio-economic diversity at senior levels in financial and professional services across the UK. Gigi is also actively promoting the "Who Gets Ahead" movement which calls for attention to the "progression gap" of lower socio-economic backgrounds. Gigi joined EY in 2022 and immediately signed up to be a mentor of young women professionals within EY's Women's Network. She ensures regular check-ins and timely guidance and support to the mentees when they encounter challenges.

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Yaa Ofori-Ansah

Senior Strategy and Policy Advisor, and Founder, Talking Drums

Civil Service

Yaa is the Founder of Talking Drums, a sustainable-focused travel platform and marketplace, that aims to promote positive impact and diversity in travel. From 2018 to 2021, she was a committee member, and later Deputy Chair, of a global Bank's Black Professionals Forum (BPF). Yaa was responsible for leading career development and community engagement initiatives, and co-leading BPF's flagship RISE mentoring program, equipping Black and Ethnic Minority sixth-form students with skills and confidence to achieve their goals; and nurturing talent from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds. Under her co-leadership, the program expanded its annual intake by 250%, included work experience at the bank's headquarters, a dedicated Insight Programme for Year 10 students, and increased partnerships. Yaa was also part of the Bank's Race at Work Taskforce, helping to embed its commitments to enable tangible and long-term changes across the organisation. Since 2021, she has been a Business Ambassador for her department's diversity network, responsible for aligning the ambitions of the network and wider department with the support required for businesses. In 2021, Yaa won the WeAreTheCity Rising Star Award for Banking and Capital Markets.

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Anne Erni

Chief People Officer

Audible

As Chief People Officer at Audible, Anne leads both HR and Real Estate, two areas that are inextricably linked, as highlighted by the global pandemic. Anne activates caring at Audible by embracing a culture that celebrates all the glories of the human spectrum. She introduced the D&I function at Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg, and Audible, by setting the strategy and actively driving results. She is a mentor with W.O.M.E.N. In America (WIA), a development program for high potential women with a focus on women of color. She has also supported Johns Hopkins University's efforts to drive diversity in its faculty. An effort that Anne is most proud of pioneering is “Encore,” the first back to work program for women who had left the workforce to care for their children. She launched the program at Lehman Brothers in 2005 and it continues to thrive throughout the U.S. today, including at Audible.

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Lisa Levy

Head of Marketing & Communications, Europe

Jacobs

Lisa knows that as a Jacobs business leader her words and actions act as a lever for cultural change. With this in mind Lisa is currently serving as Executive Sponsor of Harambee, a Jacobs network committed to positively impacting the Black employee experience through the recruitment, development, and retention of Black talent. Lisa has mentored Harambee ambassadors to help them grow the network’s membership, and has promoted the group’s work, objectives, and successes through multiple internal communication channels across Europe. She has also stepped forward to support the team in designing and delivering engagement events and to amplify the group's voice to senior leadership, as well as using her professional network to find advocates and external speakers that can support Harambee’s activities. Since the global launch of Jacobs’ Action Plan for Advancing Justice and Equality, Lisa has worked to set actionable and measurable objectives to address systemic racial inequalities.

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John Langley

Head of Wells Fargo International

Wells Fargo

Head of Wells Fargo International and Executive Sponsor for the EMEA Black Connections Network, John, in 2020, secured funding and helped create the network. He was instrumental in signing the Race at Work Charter in October 2021, and he ensures that DE&I is a regular topic at EMEA Executive meetings. As a result, in 2021, the EMEA Executive Committee developed a set of DE&I expectations & actions for all members. John has been key in ensuring hiring practices promote diversity. All interview panels have diverse representation, diverse candidate slates, and partnerships with external recruitment firms that draw candidates from diverse backgrounds. He is actively involved in the program BOLD- Building Organisational Leadership Diversity. Additionally, he worked with Wells Fargo's black connections lead to secure sponsorship of the Black British Business Awards in 2022.

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Shirine Khoury-Haq

Interim CEO

Co-op Group Ltd

A proud member and an Executive Sponsor of Rise - a Co-op colleague network representing ethnically diverse employees - Shirine is part of all colleague networks, representing different groups. She openly shares life experiences borne from her intersectional identity, as a woman and working mother of Palestinian and Turkish heritage. To understand, appreciate and celebrate differences across 60,000 colleagues, Shirine champions and speaks to diversity and inclusion, bias and allyship, often alongside experts. She has frequently spoken to professional networks outside the group in the last year and empowered her mentees to also share their stories. Acknowledging the work to be done for Co-op to be truly anti-racist, Shirine sponsored the group’s diversity and inclusion commitments, which have seen senior leaders from an ethnic minority climb to 9% and apprenticeships worth millions created for under-represented candidates.

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Bo Lu

Vice President of Corporate Strategy, BD, incubation business, and global MI

Lenovo

Bo Lu is a passionate advocate and role model for ethnically diverse colleagues both within and outside of her workplace. Since becoming Lenovo’s Vice President of Corporate Strategy, Bo has grown female representation on her own team to 62%. In addition to her role leading strategy for the global technology company, she contributes to Lenovo’s culture of diversity and inclusion by mentoring rising female and Asian talents as an executive sponsor of Lenovo’s Women Leadership Development Program. Bo is an advocate and speaker for the Executive MBA Program at Peking University in her spare time, and enjoys leveraging her career experience to inspire students toward a more cross-cultural, innovative and prosperous future for all. Prior to her role at Lenovo, Bo held leadership roles at Google and Boston Consulting Group. Bo holds an MBA from Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business.

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Serufusa Sekidde

Chief of Staff, ViiV Healthcare

GSK

Since 2021, Serufusa has co-led EMBRACE, GSK's company-wide Employee Resource Group (ERG) and been at the forefront championing race and ethnicity issues within the global pharmaceutical giant. He recently featured as the employee voice at GSK’s recent media events to celebrate progress on GSK’s aspirational targets for race and ethnicity progress, featured in the company’s 2022 Annual Report. As co-chair of GSK's Infectious Diseases Physicians' Forum in March 2021, he has also been involved in strategy for recruiting and developing infectious diseases talent in GSK. For the past seven years, Serufusa has been a Senior Fellow at the Aspen Institute – the world-leading Washington DC-based think tank – and been advocating for social change, and equity in the healthcare sector globally. Finally, as an award-winning rapper – with his latest album The Solutionary Manifesto released in 2021 - he has used English, Swahili, and Mandarin Chinese to advocate for change.

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Jonathan Mildenhall

Co-Founder & Chair

TwentyFirstCenturyBrand

Deeply passionate about ensuring that executives of underemployed groups get the professional opportunities they deserve, in 2018, Jonathan founded TwentyFirstCenturyBrand, a consultancy that champions diversity and comprises a team of diverse talent - age, race, gender, ethnicity, LBGTQ+. In 2021,TwentyFirstCenturyBrand published a whitepaper, helping organizations understand how to build Inclusive Brands. With Jonathan as Curator, in 2023 TwentyFirstCenturyBrand will publish "A Colourful View From The Top'' book, featuring 21 autobiographical stories of Black and Brown excellence in British business. Whilst for-profit, his ambition is to distribute the book free of charge to every 16-year-old student in a majority minority school in London, inspiring school children to explore a broader set of career choices. Jonathan sits on Peloton and GoFundMe’s board, Chairing the N&G committee. He is the Co-Chair of College Track's LA Advisory Board, an organization committed to helping students from underserved communities get into and graduate from college.

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Gayathri Kamalanathan

Partner

Slaughter and May

Gayathri joined Slaughter and May in April 2021 and co-leads the firm’s race fairness working group, which has strategic oversight of the firm’s people strategy with regards to race and ethnicity. The working group’s key initiatives, include formally capturing and recognising individuals' D&I contributions in performance reviews and a firm-wide D&I training programme to increase inclusion of underrepresented groups. Gayathri is also a member of the firm’s partner-led recruitment strategy committee that ensures there is a pipeline of trainees joining the firm from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities. Gayathri also mentors, coaches and sponsors junior female and ethnic minority lawyers.

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Ritu Mohanka-Vedhara

Managing Director & Head of EMEA

Syndio

Ritu is now MD EMEA of Syndio Inc, leading their charge into Europe as a unique provider of hard KPIs on Pay and Workforce Equity that actually deliver the ‘S’ in ESG. At Syndio, Ritu merges a personal passion for Diversity, Equality and Inclusion (DE&I) with making a real difference in workplace fairness, irrespective of gender or race. Previously at Glint (now LinkedIn), Ritu was the only minority member of the Leadership team and made DE&I a priority, adopting colour/gender-blind hiring mirrored in performance management. Prior to Glint, at IBM, Ritu was already a highly regarded and lauded Diversity Champion. Ritu mentors upcoming diversity colleagues, advising them on career management. Externally, she walks the talk, regularly meets and advises CXOs, making the case for DE&I by living and breathing its values. Constantly in demand for interviews, regularly publishing articles and hosting roundtable discussions to drive the DE&I agenda with HR Leaders across the UK/Europe.

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Crystal Sai

Executive Director, Chief of Staff, Global Online

Estée Lauder Companies

Executive Director and Chief of Staff at Estée Lauder Companies (ELC), Crystal’s passion for people, promoting DEI, and building community is at the core of everything she does. She currently serves as Global Advisor, and previously Co-Chair, of ELC’s Black employee resource group NOBLE, the Network of Black Leaders and Executives. Under her leadership, NOBLE’s membership doubled with new chapters created in Los Angeles, Travel Retail, Brazil, and expansion plans into EMEA. She’s led several campaigns, events, and partnerships including one of the company’s most successful employee giving campaigns. NOBLE has become a critical voice at ELC for Black talent and consumers, often partnering with brands to ensure authentic representation, and contributing to ELC’s racial equity commitments with programs like From Every Chair- a Leadership program designed to give Black talent equitable access to sponsorship, mentorship, and leadership training. In the inaugural year of the program, 30% of participants experienced career mobility during and after the program.

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Danish Qureshi

Head of International Subsidiary Banking, Hong Kong

HSBC

Co-chair of the Hong Kong chapter of Embrace, an ERG at HSBC focused on ethnic and cultural diversity; Danish has been raising the awareness of issues that people of color face both in HSBC and in the broader Hong Kong community. He also collaborated with other team members in the organization of a series of events celebrating the diversity in HSBC Hong Kong (cultural and religious events) as well as Hong Kong culture. In addition, under his leadership, Embrace, and the Amber Foundation arranged sessions for ethnic minority women at universities in Hong Kong to help them develop good interview skills and resume writing. He is also a member of the fundraising committee for Zubin Foundation, Hong Kong's preeminent charity focused on ethnic minorities.

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Kuldeep Mehmi

Associate Director

Savills

Kuldeep is a leading changemaker for diversity and inclusion in the communications industry. He is Vice-Chair of The Taylor Bennett Foundation, founding member of the PRCA Equity & Inclusion Advisory Council and lead for the Social Mobility Group. He is a reverse mentor to Cardiff University School of Journalism, Media and Culture, and works closely with industry bodies PRCA and CIPR on diversity reports and initiatives looking at the lived experience of professionals from underrepresented backgrounds and how organisations can be more inclusive. Throughout his career he has mentored and supported numerous junior and entry level graduates, conducts inspirational speeches at schools and organises insightful panel discussions highlighting the barriers faced by those from underrepresented backgrounds. At Savills, Kuldeep is a Savills ethnicity group committee member, creating the cultural celebration calendar, bringing to life how individuals celebrate certain festivals in the year, and supporting the launch of Savills Ethnicity Pay Gap Report.

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Shabion Postlethwaite

Manager Intellectual Property

Fidelity International

Shabion is the Chair of the Fidelity For Everyone Committee and Sustainability Ambassador for the Bermuda office, a member of the Fidelity Wellness Committee, and co-chair of the Cultural Diversity Strand Black Professionals Network, for which she organized events for Cultural Diversity Day. Among the activities, there was a food festival with dishes from around the world, Zoom cooking lessons, traditional Bermuda recipe pages, and a Gombey tradition history session that incorporated the making of the traditional Gombey Hats. This celebratory day has had a huge impact on foreigners in Bermuda, giving them a chance to learn about Bermuda Heritage and incorporate Bermuda Dishes, and for Bermudians as they have an opportunity to learn about different dishes for the multicultural office. Moreover, since 2020 Shabion has served on The Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee for International Companies in Bermuda and served on the panel for a Black Lives Matter Fidelity via webinar within the same year.

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Jaspal Thandi

Product Executive

Marsh

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Akua Opong

Senior Analyst

London Stock Exchange Group

Akua is an active member of the LSEG’s Black Employee Inspired Network Group (BEING), Women’s Inspired Network (WIN) and UK Accessibility Lead. Akua has supported multiple initiatives including speaker events, wellbeing-focused activities and raising awareness of neurodiversity with an intersectional lens. Akua has participated in the City Hive Cross-Collaboration Mentoring Programme with Talk About Black to increase black representation in senior leadership in the Investment industry and is a Cajigo mentor, upskilling women into the industry and delivering career talks to students UK wide from underrepresented backgrounds. As part of LSEG’s previous Black History Month campaign, she was a panellist for "What's in the name?" event, where employees discussed and share the origins of their names. She also facilitated a virtual training session with Show Racism the red card. She has also been featured in Investment Week and most recently featured in the TLA - Black Women in Tech, The Voices in the Shadows 2021 book highlighting black women and their journey into Technology.

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Francis Carrero-Green

Sr. Talent Manager

VMLY&R

Throughout her career, Francis has been passionate about supporting the growth of talent in the marketing industry. Most recently, she co-created WPP’s NextGen Leaders Series, a global learning experience offering opportunities for early talent to learn, grow and connect with industry experts. The series included 846 international participants, with 55% representing talent from historically underrepresented communities. In 2021, she designed an e-course for the series and diversified the panelists, giving exposure to internal talent and reaching over 1500 global participants. Francis also managed WPP's Elevate Sponsorship & Leadership Program for Black Women. She supported the U.S. cohort and the program’s expansion into Canada, resulting in more than 50% of participants gaining internal career mobility, client exposure, and promotions. Francis is now a Sr. Talent Manager at VMLY&R - a WPP agency - where she creates learning experiences to enhance the development of talent with a focus on DE&I and belonging.

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Jason Tarry

CEO, UK & ROI

Tesco

Jason is Executive Sponsor for the Race and Ethnicity at Tesco colleague network. In this capacity he works to create a safe, supportive, and connected space which colleagues can feel proud to be part of. The efforts he has undertaken to achieve this include running listening sessions, celebrating and raising awareness of key cultural events, developing new resources (anti-racism guide and video) and leading pathway calls with leaders to understand barriers to colleagues getting on. Our ethnic diverse colleagues now increasingly feel Tesco is an inclusive place to work 79% (2% increase YOY). Jason has supported Tesco in becoming founding members of The Black British Network and is Executive Sponsor of our Black Action Plan which sets about to bring about fair and equitable change for the Black community. Jason has set up in conversation with the Executive team at Tesco to ensure Black inclusion is discussed at board level.

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Emma Hind

Director, Global Revenue Strategy

IHG Hotels & Resorts

As ERG Lead Coach for IHG Hotels & Resorts, Emma drives ERG strategic planning, lobbying for budgets, and developing group leaders. She partners with HR to ensure all groups align strategically to the business and are resourced to serve ethnically diverse and other under-served colleague groups. She identifies and assesses under-served groups to create new ERG programming and resources, recruiting new executive-level ERG sponsors. Engaged with community efforts to advocate for civil and human rights, and as an engaged and active ally to the multiple diverse colleague populations at IHG, Emma chooses to lead colleague-driven efforts to create a more inclusive culture at IHG. She serves as a member of IHG’s Americas DE&I Board. As a member of IHG's Global Commercial & Technology team, Emma recognizes that more diverse organizations make better decisions, achieve greater success more quickly, and positively impact the communities they're part of.

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Louise Prashad

Chief HR Officer

Diageo

In January, Louise was appointed Chief HR Officer and is the Executive member responsible for the design and implementation of Diageo's Inclusion and Diversity strategy. Under Louise's leadership, Diageo has fostered a culture with inclusion and diversity at its heart. In 2020, Louise led the creation of Diageo's progressive Ethnic Inclusion & Diversity Framework to support markets to define multi-year plans covering representation, capability, and external partnerships that impact society. This also included setting an ambitious goal to increase ethnic diverse representation across leadership to 45% by 2030, and after only one year, representation stands at 37%. Thanks to Louise's efforts, the company was praised by the FTSE Women Leaders Review, Bloomberg Gender Equality Index and Equileap's Gender Equality Global Report.

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Ivan Menezes

Chief Executive

Diageo PLC

Since becoming the CEO of Diageo in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company. In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’. The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year. 2021 also saw the roll-out of a new learning intervention ‘Confronting Racial Bias Learning’, and the opening of Diageo’s fifth global ‘INC’ week; an employee-led, grassroots movement encouraging employees around the world to celebrate diversity. In the UK, Diageo was an early signatory of ‘Change the Race Ratio’ a campaign led by the CBI to increase racial and ethnic participation in business.

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Tom Shropshire

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Diageo PLC

Tom is one of the most senior Black Executives in the UK, and the only General Counsel & Company Secretary in a leading FTSE company. Since joining Diageo in June 2021, Tom has been a passionate champion for diversity and inclusion across the business. Under his leadership, diversity and inclusion have become a strategic element of the global legal, business integrity, Co Sec, and corporate security functions. As the Executive Sponsor of Diageo's Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage Employee Group, Tom has provided guidance and leadership to ethnically diverse employees and allies. In 2022, he sponsored Diageo's first-ever Race Equity Week which featured events to challenge ways of thinking. Tom also supports the African Heritage Employees at Diageo group in North America, and he is a mentor for the Spirited Women's Network.

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Elizabeth Scarpelli

Managing Director, Global Head of Enterprise Wide Functions Compliance

BNY Mellon

As Co-Chair of BNY Mellon's Global Hispanic Latinx Leadership Forum (HLLF), Chair of External Partner Relationships for IMPACT (the company's multicultural resource group), and a key D&I partner within the Risk and Compliance business, Elizabeth has promoted the attraction, development, and retention of ethnically diverse individuals within the company. She takes every opportunity to mentor/sponsor emerging leaders to prepare and position professionals inside and outside BNY Mellon for future leadership roles and give exposure to senior leaders and executive management. Under Elizabeth's leadership in March 2021, HLLF launched two new leadership development programs for high potential Latinx talent in partnership with the Hispanic Alliance for Career Enhancement and helped facilitate the company's participation in McKinsey & Co's inaugural Hispanic Latino Leadership Academy. Additionally, this year, HLLF will launch the IMPACT Ambassador Program designed to introduce new joiners and existing employees to the company's Asian, Black, and Latinx Leadership Forums.

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Baljinder Mahil

Head of Distribution Operations

AXA XL UK

As a senior female leader, Bal is passionate about driving meaningful and lasting changes in the organisation's processes, procedures, behaviors, and culture to ensure the company achieves ethnic equity through tangible and measurable actions. In 2020, she Co-founded and Co-chairs AXA XL's first multicultural business resource group, RISE. Bal and the team have spearheaded the driving of ethnicity data disclosure, achieving a 76% completion rate in 6 months from 28% in 2020. This action has directly led the company to publish its Ethnicity Pay Gap Report in 2022. Bal and the team implemented a multi-tier committee structure to accelerate the changes across the business, including recruitment processes and relationships with sponsors and charities. As a result of this work, Bal has been recruited by the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network Steering Committee (iCAN) taking on the role of Head of Network Leads bringing together all network leaders in the industry.

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Cesar Wurm

VP Commercial & Revenue Management, CMH US

IHG Hotels & Resorts

As a member of IHG's Americas Regional DE&I Board since 2021, Cesar has contributed to shaping the D&I commitments for 2021 and driving actions to support their goals; and providing leadership to continue progressing their impact. Thanks to Cesar and the other member’s efforts, the company received a 100% rating on the Corporate Equality Index from the Human Rights Coalition for the 7th year in a row. He is not only a Co-Executive Sponsor of IHG’s Ascend Advanced Talent Program of 19 multiracial and/or ethnic leaders that has as key components Formal Learning & Development, Self-Assessment, Coaching, and Executive-level Sponsorship but he is also a Co-sponsor of IHG’s Hispanic ERG which provides opportunities for networking, development, and community involvement. Additionally, Cesar shows active engagement in company-wide D&I initiatives such as Global Inclusion & Wellness Week.

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Bahiyah Robinson

Founder & CEO

VC Include

Bahiyah Yasmeen Robinson is a recognized innovator of new avenues for VC and Impact investment. Her expertise in leading technology, investment, and social impact initiatives since the early 2000s culminated in creating VC Include in 2018 to build platforms and programs for diverse emerging fund managers globally. With just 1% of all assets in the U.S. managed by diverse asset managers, VC Include meets this market opportunity by building an ecosystem of women, Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and LGBTQ+ fund managers in alternative investments. Robinson is a Bloomberg News New Voices Fellow, a member of The Ceres President’s Council, and Private Equity Women in Investments Network. Her work has been recognized by The Stanford University Social Innovation Review, Responsible Investor Magazine, Bloomberg, Crunchbase, Impact Alpha, Entrepreneur Magazine, CNN, and Forbes. Bahiyah’s companies integrate 7 of the 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including Gender Equality, Industry, Innovation, and Reduced Inequalities.

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Radhika Balasubramani

Director - Global Technical Operations Lead

Merck

Since joining Merck & Co. in 2019, Radhika has championed multiple DE&I initiatives engaging with Senior-Leaders using a data-driven approach to increase Asian representation in mid-management and Senior leadership roles. Currently co-leading Merck's Asia Pacific Association (APA) with +2100 global members, Radhika aims to promote and leverage Asian diversity to raise cultural competency so that employees can bring their authentic selves to work. Thanks to her efforts, global membership grew by 100% in 2020-2021. In addition, she led APA's first Global Mentoring Program launched for employees of Asian descent and allies to promote career development, cross-geographical and cross-cultural mentoring with a customized curriculum. In 2020, Radhika co-led the partnership with North-South Foundation to raise funds for underprivileged kids in US, and in 2021, partnered with UNHCR to help global refugees impacted by the pandemic. She led multiple cultural / STEM events at local schools to promote cultural/STEM awareness in communities.

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Nabeela Butt

OPERATIONS DIRECTOR

GlaxoSmithKline

In her current role as Operations Director Development, and during her previous roles at GSK, Nabeela continually advises and contributes to a variety of company and ERG led initiatives. These include the global mandatory inclusion and diversity training and the race ally toolkit for ERG members. The toolkit contributed to development of the Company Global I&D ally toolkit. She also set up the governance and operating model for GSK’s Global race ERG -EMBRACE. Nabeela also acts in an Internal Consultant capacity to various local race and ethnicity ERGs/groups in the company assisting with strategic and operational development. She supports the annual delivery of events from EMBRACE and led a project team to successfully execute and deliver the first-ever UK race and ethnicity awards which included participation from senior leaders across the highest levels of the Company. These first of a kind awards led to one of Nabeela’s proudest ERG moments.

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Nikeisha Beckford

Group Director of Client Engagement

VMLY&R

With almost 20 years in marketing and advertising, Nikeisha has been blessed to make awesome happen. As chair of Fluorescent, VMLY&R's Black ERG, Nikeisha shapes strategies, programming and activations to empower the agency’s Black talent. She co-produced VMLY&R's celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Black History Month, and co-hosted Just Ad Flava, a conference featuring conversations on health, wellness, and culture with VMLY&R employees, client partners, and notable guest speakers. Nikeisha is the leader of Detroit Experience Studio, a WPP-supported youth development initiative designed to build excitement for the industry among Detroit's Black and ethnically diverse students. As a host of The Level, a vodcast showcasing the realities of BIPOC talent in advertising, Nikeisha unpacks cultural, corporate, and industry issues. Additionally, she serves as a mentor for VMLY&R's Ujima program, which provides an opportunity for the agency's Black employees to build meaningful relationships through exposure and advocacy.

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Sui-Jim Ho

Partner

Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP

As Chair of the BAME Working Group since 2017, Jim has worked tirelessly to advance diversity and inclusion by cultivating a culture that focuses on providing equitable development for Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP lawyers and professional staff. He believes that focusing on equity in addition to diversity and inclusion will produce meaningful and lasting change at Cleary. As Chair, Jim has been facilitating conversations among key stakeholders to address DEI challenges in the last two years. Under his leadership, the Working Group and office have worked to embed Cleary's values into the organization's systems to ensure accountability, has leveraged data and best practices to evaluate progress and set goals for improving DEI initiatives, identified opportunities to improve the work experiences of underrepresented attorneys through talent management and staffing structure and has been also broadening the firm's DEI education to help all employees build core anti-racism, inclusion, and allyship skills. Furthermore, as a member of the Recruitment Committee, Jim oversaw the implementation of the Rare Contextual Recruitment System, which resulted in a more diverse intake.

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Shareeka Meadows

Vice President, Divisional Merchandising Manager, Apparel

Dollar General Corporation

Shareeka is the current president of DG's African-American ERG (AAERG), launched on the guiding principle that inclusion enhances DG's culture, enables growth, and is critical to the Company’s continued success. As President, Shareeka oversees AAERG's Lunch & Learn sessions focused on enhancing leadership skills, and career and personal growth, AAERG Days of Service where they engage with the community and service events and AAERG Gala, the annual company celebration of Black History Month. Under her leadership, DG introduced a virtual Black History Month Celebration, bringing employees together during the pandemic to celebrate diversity and inclusion. Shareeka is also a member of DG's Diversity and Inclusion Council, responsible for ensuring the company invests in its diverse teams through development, empowerment, and inclusion.

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Jon Perry

Underwriter - Executive Risk

Beazley

Jon is a member of Beazley’s Global I&D Steering Committee, which is responsible for setting and implementing the diversity strategy at Beazley and monitoring the progress against publicly stated gender and race targets in the business. He also serves as the Vice-Chair of Beazley RACE in the United States, which is the company's employee network focused on race, culture & ethnicity. One of his areas of focus has been to engage with people of colour in Beazley by hosting small group sessions at least once a month and aggregating the candid feedback to share with leadership. Jon makes a specific effort to connect with young/junior colleagues of colour to ensure their experience at Beazley is welcoming, inclusive, and rewarding. Jon engages with most of the employee networks at Beazley and is specifically working to improve the underwriting division’s racial diversity and encourage a clearer path to promotion for women.

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Nurlin Salleh

Partner, Senior Consulting Team

Boston Consulting Group

Nurlin is a Partner in the Senior Consulting Team at Boston Consulting Group, the South-East Asia Diversity & Inclusion team, and is involved in driving the women's agenda within South East Asia. Efforts include organizing fireside chats with senior lead women to increase the women's conversation within the firm. She formerly led Women@BCG efforts for the Malaysian office, which include organizing activities and events to encourage continued women's participation in the workforce. Nurlin also organized Women@BCG TED talk screening events in Malaysia with participants from within BCG and externally. The event focused on networking and discussions about critical women-related topics. In addition to this, she regularly mentors younger BCG women as they progress within BCG and has been the author of multiple articles related to women in the workforce such as "Tackling the mental load of women's second job" published in 2019 on The Edge Markets and "Inspiring women at the heart of developing a nation" issued in 2020 on The Edge.

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Diana Conrad

Chief People Officer

GSK

As Chief People Officer for GSK, Diana has amplified and integrated Inclusion and Diversity (I&D) into the wider agenda, with an approach focussed on people, business and communities. Under Diana’s leadership, GSK has launched a number of key projects focussed on ethnicity including, annual mandatory all-employee I&D training, the Accelerating Difference Ethnic Diversity development programme and expectations of diverse shortlists of qualified candidates for all key roles. In 2021, Diana worked with the Board and GSK Leadership Team to set aspirational targets of at least 30% (US) and at least 18% (UK) ethnically diverse leaders in Vice President and above roles by end of 2025, with year-on-year disclosure of progress against ethnicity sub-categories. One year on, GSK has made good progress with 27.1% (US) and 12.9% (UK) ethnically diverse leaders in VP and above roles, as well as increased ethnic diversity at all levels leadership – not just the most senior.

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Kathleen Russ

Senior Partner

Travers Smith

Kath sponsors Travers Smith's BAME recruitment and retention strategy, which seeks to introduce formal mechanisms to create fairness at critical inflection points of BAME lawyers' careers. This includes mentoring as well as implementing processes to ensure fair access to opportunities to work for important clients, to help address structural inequality in the division of work assignments. Kath also sponsored the firmwide response to the BLM movement, which saw the delivery of anti-racism and effective allyship training for all staff and partners and the publication of Travers Smith’s ethnicity pay gap reporting. The firm also signed up to Rare Recruitment's Race Fairness Commitment and the Law Firm Anti-Racism Alliance. In addition to sponsoring these initiatives, Kath helped set up and is an active participant in the firm's reverse mentoring scheme to enable junior BAME colleagues to share their experiences with senior leaders.

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David Armstrong

Group Managing Director

BAE Systems Digital Intelligence

In 2021 BAE Systems established company-wide support of core diversity and inclusion themes within the organization to ensure leadership support, action and accountability. As Group Managing Director, David volunteered to partner with the strategic theme lead for race and ethnicity and their ERG, Embrace, to shine a spotlight and drive positive changes around race, ethnicity, and religion in the workplace. He has raised awareness and visibility of the ERG, helping it grow by 31%. In addition, he has supported the establishment of new subgroups, such as Understanding Islam which won a Chairman's Award. David sponsored group-wide objectives for recruitment and more diverse recruitment avenues such as the use of partners like MindWeaver and has also been involved in the review of the internal ethics process and the proactive review and assurance of no bias in reporting and resolution.

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Kirk McDonald

CEO of GroupM, North America

GroupM

As the CEO of GroupM North America, Kirk leads 6,500 people to shape the next era of media where advertising works better for people. A media and technology industry leader with 25+ years of experience across leading brands, media companies, and technology providers, Kirk is driving the industry to find a new balance of making advertising less interruptive and a valued part of the media experience. Kirk is deeply focused on increasing representation and developing talent. Under his leadership, GroupM formed the Media Inclusion Initiative to support and grow diverse and Black-owned media companies and creators; as well as launched GroupM University and GroupM Launch Pad to help bridge the gap for applicants across traditional and non-traditional education pathways. Kirk is a founding member of the Black Executive CMO Alliance and serves on the Board of Directors for several organizations including Elanco, Paley, Ad Council, and Advertising Week Advisory Council.

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Demet Ikiler

GroupM EMEA CEO, WPP Country Chair Turkey

GroupM

Demet has been a member of WPP's Inclusion Council since 2020 and a passionate and outspoken advocate for sustainability and, diversity & inclusion. Across the 25 WPP agencies for which she is responsible in Turkey, Demet launched the WPP Culture Project in April 2019 to address the issues of gender equality. Additionally, she is one of the mentees in GroupM EMEA Reverse Mentorship Program "The Bridge." This program aims to facilitate an open dialogue between leadership and Black, Asian and Mixed Heritage individuals within the agency by creating a safe space for senior management to discover the challenges that ethnically diverse employees face in the workplace. In 2022 and 2021, Ekonomist magazine Turkey recognized Demet as number #1 in 10 Most Powerful Women CEOs list.

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director - Accenture Operations

Accenture

Andrew is the Co- Executive Sponsor of the Accenture African Caribbean Network (AACN), Andrew works with the global Accenture I&D team to further the retention, progression, and development of Black talent, as well as being accountable for all annual network events, including a series of prominent Black History Month events. Other undertakings of Andrew’s include sponsoring and facilitating the innovative inclusive leadership programme- Engage! and sponsoring the Accenture UK Operations Black Advocacy program. He is also currently the UK Chair of the Executive Leadership Council, the membership organization for the development of global Black leaders at C-suite level. As a member of the board for Kingston University he advocates for greater diversity for academic and senior staff and works with the management team to ensure that diversity across all of the university is a priority.

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Justin Dean

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Justin currently serves as the Office Leader for BCG's Washington DC office and is a member of BCG’s Executive Committee. He has championed diversity efforts internally within BCG and externally with the community throughout his 15 year career at BCG. Justin leads BCG’s Center for Inclusion and Equity, focused on convening and supporting private sector, public sector, and non-profit entities in driving equitable outcomes for underrepresented populations. Internally, he leads BCG’s Northeast Black+Latinx@BCG ERG, acts as a 'Managing Director Champion' for Black and Hispanic/Latinx managers at the firm, and as a senior Black leader, he mentors and sponsors more junior managers and employees. As a senior leader in BCG’s utility practice, Justin is a public advocate and advisor around ‘energy equity’ issues as part of the US energy transition.

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Dorothy Hui

Senior Vice President, Digital & Audience Development at 4th Floor Creative

Sony Music UK

Dorothy is part of the team involved with launching UK arm of Sony Music Social Justice Fund, which forms part of the Sony Music Group’s global commitment to support social justice, equal rights, anti-racist initiatives around the world. Dorothy is also a sponsor for Sony Music UK's Internal Employee Resource Group - HUE (Helping Unite Everyone), established in 2020 with the aim of increasing diversity and inclusion within the company. To help broaden the pipeline of diverse talent for music industry digital functions, Dorothy has identified upskilling candidates at entry and pre-entry levels as key to accomplishing this. She helped connect-the-dots to facilitate the launch of the Sony Music UK’s 4th Floor Creative Academy in partnership with charity organisation Small Green Shoots, a program designed and delivered by leaders across 4th Floor Creative to provide minority and underprivileged young people an opportunity to hone creative and technical skills within the music industry.

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Allia McLeod

Head of Development & Partnerships, Yahoo RYOT Studios

Yahoo

During the past two years, Allia’s work has focused on intersectionality, allyship, and belonging, with a key focus on anti-racism practices. She co-led the development and implementation of a racial justice plan that had eight areas, including diversity hiring, internships, career advancement, and D&I training. In 2021, she spearheaded a first of its kind anti-racism alignment and evolution series of workshops that focused on: building the knowledge, awareness, and capacity of individuals to investigate the need for racial equity work, practicing talking about racism, power, and anti-racist practice constructively within the foundation and with its community, and identifying opportunities and next steps for pursuing a deeper and longer-term commitment to aligning as a Team and building anti-racist leadership capacity. The program led to opportunities for its expansion within the larger company and the development of a second training program with a focus on catalyzing racial healing and justice movements in the organization and communities. Allia aims to challenge the cycle of exclusion and normalize difference.

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Walter Diaz

Project Leader

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Walter is currently a senior Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group where his projects range from strategic and digital transformations across retail/technology and other sectors to diversity and equity-focused partnerships. He has also led the BCG Spark Program since 2018. This volunteer-driven program provides consulting services to minority- and women-owned businesses (M/WBEs) in support of community development through entrepreneurship. Over the past four years, Walter has led the program's growth from Boston to 12 cities nationwide, 350+ BCG volunteers, supporting 40+ M/WBEs and their communities, and engaging multiple external partners. Walter's dedication to develop and broaden Spark has allowed BCGers to actively engage in this work throughout the company and in their communities. It has been a source of empowerment and belonging for employees ready to take action. He also invests in mentorship in his office and BCG’s diversity groups as an advisor to BCGers on their careers and beyond.

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Donnica Hawes-Saunders

Manager Transformation Projects

Philip Morris International

Donnica founded, co-chairs and manages Philip Morris International's (PMI) largest U.S. employee resource group - Multi-Cultural Organization Supporting an Inclusive Culture (MOSAIC).This group promotes diversity, culture, and inclusion for PMI's multicultural employees and their allies, focusing on race and ethnicity. MOSAIC partners with third parties to improve how PMI is perceived in diverse spaces, works with internal stakeholders to ensure PMI considers diverse perspectives and promotes visibility and career mobility for team members of all backgrounds and ethnicities. In addition, for more than 50 employees in the U.S., Canada, Brazil, and the U.K., Donnica provided leadership development training for corporate employees of color through MOSAIC's partnership with the Executive Leadership Council, an organization that champions the development of Black executives to impact business and communities positively.

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Felix Wong

Executive Assistant to Chief Operating Officer

Allianz

Felix Wong is recognised for his integral part in the delivery team which responded to Allianz’s Race at Work survey (which he co-authored in 2021). Those actions include developing a race awareness programme for all employees, plus additional training on inclusive leadership for all managers. As a lead for the UK and global multicultural employee networks, he led activity celebrating the diversity of languages spoken across Allianz, assisted the formation of local networks in other countries and speaks regularly to employees across Allianz globally on race equality. As a steerco member of the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, Felix leads the iCANApply initiative which connects multicultural talent with vacancies in the industry and he regularly speaks at university and Chartered Institute of Insurance events, supporting new and potential entrants into insurance. In November 2021 he hosted an interfaith panel event, which explored the experiences of LGBTQ+ people within their faith communities.

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Ona Odili

Lawyer

Clifford Chance

A year after being featured on the Empower Future Leaders Role Model List, Ona remains committed to diversity and inclusion. This is demonstrated by her continued participation in several pro bono initiatives (REACH, SMF, ACCESS and Raising Aspirations) offered by Clifford Chance LLP. In addition, as founder of Q-Leap (a self-funded non-profit organisation), Ona continues to mentor young people (Q-Leapers) and drive initiatives that support Q-Leapers' personal, academic, and professional growth. Through the success of the Q-Leap program, Q-Leapers have won the UN Affiliate UPF Award, the Commonwealth Award, secured apprenticeships, and internships.

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Wayne Shand

Relationship Manager

Private Banking

Wayne, Relationship Manager at HSBC UK Private Banking, is a keen advocate and representative of their Embrace Committee - winners of the Best Network Group at the 2021 Ethnicity Awards. Co-chair of the HSBC UK Private Banking Ethnicity Advocates Group, he is also a member of their Step Forward Working Group, voted the United Health Group Diversity Team of the Year at the 2021 European Diversity Awards. A mentor spanning Global Private banking, Wayne is also a wellbeing lead, D&I champion and influencer. So, it comes as no surprise that he was recognised as the winner of the Championing Inclusivity Award at the 2021 HSBC UK Private Banking Awards.

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Susan Richards

Service Delivery Manager

LV=GI

Susan formed and is a sponsor of One Network aimed to discuss race, culture, and religion for positive change. She revolutionized communication strategies to boost open discussion through bi-weekly meetings on race-related matters, cultural funerals, and world wars. The sessions on "Let's Talk About Race" had over 2000 attendees and were very successful. She also organized Podcasts and Webinars to open the hearts and minds of employees and empower them to 'be the change'. Susan has been steering all senior-level activities challenging and retuning mindsets to build strong foundations for positive change, including reverse mentoring and meetings with the CEO to foster a safe environment for honest dialogue. She spearheaded strategic workstreams to ensure the right focus was in place to enhance understanding of ethnicity, culture, and religion and has developed and been delivering a bespoke training program to Managers to promote diversity and inclusion across the business.

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Kevin Ampeh

Engagement Manager (Associate Director)

IQVIA

Kevin founded and globally leads the Race, Ethnicity, and Cultural Heritage ERG at IQVIA which aims to create a supportive and collaborative community for IQVIA employees who represent racial, ethnic, and cultural minorities across the globe. He has launched chapters across the UK, North America and Latin America with 500+ members. Additionally, the ERG executed over 29 events/initiatives over the course of 2021 including an employee mentoring program with teenagers from disadvantaged backgrounds, internal/external speaker events, initiatives on topics such as career progression. diversity in the corporate world, skills development, diversity in pharma, networking, community outreach and mock interviews for university students from diverse backgrounds. The REACH ERG has provided a forum for exchanging ideas, opportunities for mentoring and professional development, which fosters the diverse thinking required for innovation. As a result of Kevin's contributions to Diversity and Inclusion, he was rewarded with an IQVIA Impact award in 2021.

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Robyn Grew

Global COO & GC, Head of ESG, Head of Man Group US

Man Group

Robyn chairs Man Group's diversity, equity and inclusion network, Drive, and is a senior sponsor of BEAM (Black Employees and Allies at Man Group), an employee network which led Man Group's signing of the Race at Work Charter, committing the firm to following the Charter's five calls to action and taking practical steps to tackle barriers impacting ethnic minority groups in recruitment and progression. Robyn oversees Man Group’s ‘Paving the Way’ initiative, which seeks to improve access to the industry for underrepresented groups. Last year, the firm continued to work with #10000BlackInterns and North Carolina A&T University (a historically Black university) as part of ongoing efforts to encourage a broader range of diverse talent into the industry. Robyn is a member of several industry groups, including the Diversity Project, where she sits on the Advisory Board, and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) council, where she chairs the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Working Group.

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Laura Juliano

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Since 2020 Laura has led the creation and evolution of the MDP Champions program, engaging managing directors and partners to have an active role in the development and success of Black consulting staff. With more than 150 pairings to date, Laura is now expanding the program to the firm's practice areas to further champion Black managers. In 2021, Laura founded the Center of Excellence for North America Career Development, bringing together firm leaders to engage in critical conversations about supporting Black consultants in their career journey. Additionally, Laura has been working for the Retention and Advancement Parity Team within the North America Racial Equity Taskforce to achieve retention parity and strengthen advancement opportunities for Black consulting staff through various programs and initiatives. Laura also chairs the Board of Directors at the Houston Food Bank, America's largest food bank in distribution.

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Raffaella Temporiti

Europe CHRO

Accenture

Since joining Accenture in 2016, Raffaella has played a meaningful role in promoting ethnic diversity and fighting racism. Working across multiple countries prior to that, allowed her to grow her passion for culture, engagement and the unique value that people bring to organisations. As Accenture Europe CHRO since 2020, her goal to encourage conversation and action on ethnic diversity has been instrumental in launching initiatives across Europe. Raffaella was pivotal in Accenture Europe's anti-racism training, facilitating a conversation with employees on their stories, Accenture’s zero-tolerance for retaliation, and commitment to fighting racism. She role models the leadership behaviours required to create a more diverse and inclusive environment for ethnic groups through regular connects with employees, ensuring their experiences and feedback are incorporated into the Europe Ethnicity strategy. Raffaella has also sponsored Accenture´s involvement in partnerships with other organizations across Europe, to ensure continued focus and commitment on the topic.

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Bina Mehta MBE

Chair

KPMG UK

In 2021, Bina was appointed KPMG UK’s first female chair in its 150-year history. As well as chairing KPMG’s UK Board, Bina also chairs the firm’s Inclusive Leadership Board, a forum for independent experts to provide challenge to ensure the organisation is embedding inclusion, diversity and equity within the business strategy. She uses her prominent role to champion the need for organisations to create inclusive, supportive, and diverse cultures that enable people from all backgrounds to thrive. Bina won the Hammer Award at the 2022 GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards, awarded to an individual who has broken through the glass ceiling, and was awarded an MBE in this year’s New Year’s Honours list for supporting female entrepreneurs.

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Shimna Sameer

Head of Preferred Lending

Bank of America

Shim Sameer is a passionate advocate for parity, often heard quoting “It’s not a world for anyone if it’s not a world for all.” A tireless promoter of racial and gender equality, she is focused on driving awareness and dismantling perceptions and barriers built by unconscious bias. She serves as executive sponsor for the company’s Leadership, Education, Advocacy & Development (LEAD) for Women employee network, comprising 44,000 members in 66 chapters throughout the world. She enjoys addressing global audiences and has served as keynote speaker at various forums, panels and events to discuss inclusion and women’s empowerment. She serves on the board of the National Association of Asian American Professionals and has been named to the 2020 and 2021 “INDIA New England News” list of Outstanding Women, the 2021 INvolve HERoes Top 100 Women Executives List, and the 2020 EMpower/Yahoo Finance Ethnic Minority Executive Role Model List.

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Soraya Wright

Non-Executive Director, Audit & Risk Committee Member

Beazley Insurance

As a non-executive director of Beazley, Soraya mentors the current Chair of Beazley's Inclusion & Diversity Steering Committee, providing advice and guidance to the company in reaching its inclusion and diversity goals. She has connected Beazley with several diverse professional organizations in the US as partners who will support the company in furthering its goals. Soraya has spoken passionately on panels and presentations about diversity and inclusion at Beazley, including a Q&A session about the implementation of race and ethnicity targets, and for two years running has been a spokesperson at events for Black History Month in the US. As a D&I champion, she leverages her influence to develop strategies, change policies and implement practices that enable organizations to drive success through diversity and inclusion.

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Karim Chedid

Head of EMEA Investment Strategy for iShares

BlackRock

Karim is the EMEA co-lead for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at iShares and a member of the Out & Allies Committee in EMEA. His focus is on furthering inclusion in the workplace and shifting the conversation to equity. Karim spends time mentoring talent across a diverse pool at the firm with a focus on career progression whilst paying attention to intersectionality of experiences across income, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender. Additionally, he managed the Outstanding mentorship program for BlackRock and the Involve-BlackRock relationship in EMEA for four years, ensuring a good slate of diversity for mentees. Furthermore, throughout the past year, Karim launched a series of Inclusion Dialogue panels focused on having difficult conversations on ethnic diversity in a safe environment in smaller groups of employees.

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Karol Ussher

Product @ Apple | Founder BLIX Network

Apple & www.blix.network

In 2020, Karol launched BLIX network by bringing together diverse leaders from leading tech firms including Apple, Google, Amazon, LinkedIn, Ericsson and others to offer their time and knowledge to help diverse candidates “get hired and get ahead”. BLIX has run over 500 free mentoring sessions enabling diverse candidates to get advice, CV support, practice interviews and learn how to accelerate their careers. With this support, candidates have been hired by Facebook (Meta), AWS, Apple, Capita, Google, LinkedIn and eBay amongst others. In 2022, BLIX will build on the successful mentoring sessions and launch Autumn and Spring accelerator programs to help high potential candidates from underrepresented backgrounds secure jobs in top tech companies or launch their startups. Karol's goal is to elevate as many people as he can from underrepresented backgrounds through the BLIX network. This is made possible with the incredible help from volunteer staff and mentors.

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Hayward Williams

VP, HR Business Partner Global Operations and Corporate Functions

Tapestry

Over the past two years Hayward worked to align leaders and create actionable change through a focused Equity, Inclusion and Diversity strategy at Tapestry, a global house of brands including Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. Under Hayward’s leadership Tapestry has introduced a diverse slate requirement in the recruiting process, increased transparency in posting open roles, established an inclusion index engagement goal and tied leadership incentive compensation to Equity, Inclusion and Diversity goals. This work also led to Tapestry's first-ever ERGs – The Black Alliance, Prouder Together, Asian Heritage Alliance and Working Parents & Caregivers – which are partnering to transforming Tapestry’s culture. Along with executive sponsors and a small group of resolute employees, Hayward has created a framework and governance to set diverse communities up for success.

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Omar Ahmed

Technical Project Manager

GSK

As the founder, Omar has overseen the growth of GSK’s EMBRACE ERG into a global ERG with chapters and membership across multiple geographies, in addition to being acknowledged as an organisational thought partner on race and ethnicity. Alongside the EMBRACE leadership team and GSK’s Global Ethnicity council, Omar has influenced numerous initiatives to embed the I&D strategy in the organisation, focusing on areas like inclusive culture, data, communication, and leadership. His ongoing collaboration with the Board, Executive Team, and HR has led to the setting and publishing of aspirational targets at senior levels of the organisation, review of the recruitment and selection process with clear recommendations, the rollout of a global development programme, mandatory inclusion training, refreshed leadership training and implementation of policy changes, along with supporting the creation of the DEI strategy, for Haleon, centring on amplifying belonging, improving ethnicity and gender diversity, and driving societal change.

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Barbara Cuitino

Sales Director

Accenture

Since 2021, Barbara has been the Co-Lead of Hola Accenture, the Latin/Hispanic ERG within Accenture ASG. She has built a strategy that supports community members in adapting to the German, Austrian or Swiss culture by guiding them from an intercultural perspective and reinforcing their self-esteem and the value of their culture for their jobs. In addition, Barbara and her ERG have participated in all diversity-awareness events to help Accenture become a more inclusive and diverse workplace. She also seeks the involvement of senior management to improve the visibility of the Latin/Hispanic community within the company and enables sessions to discuss DEI for new colleagues openly.

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Dipti Kulkarni

Senior Vice President, Senior Business Support Manager

Bank of America

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Richard Odufisan

Manager

Deloitte

Richard has been actively promoting, supporting, and facilitating inclusion and diversity at Deloitte in the last two years. He achieved this by creating and implementing the Deloitte Black Action Plan in 2020, which included promoting the first Black Equity Partner within the business and the organization and the direction of consulting-wide listening sessions on the Black Experience to enable broader conversations. In 2020, Richard founded and co-chaired the Deloitte UK Black Network, shortlisted for Best Diversity Network at the Women in Tech Awards in 2022. As co-chair of the Black Network, he actively engaged with other diversity network leads to ensure representation of Black and other ethnically diverse talent on major diversity days. As a Chief of Staff, his focus to diversify the awareness days recognized within the business enabled greater understanding of cultures.

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Karim Chowdhury

Wealth Manager

Schroders Personal Wealth

Karim is the founding member and deputy chair of the Unity network, promoting D&I at Schroders Personal Wealth. He promoted over 10 events, celebrating and educating others on different cultures and religions, including Eid, Chinese New Year, Ramadan and St Patrick's Day. He also pursued and approved the critical goal of getting SPW to conduct and produce an ethnicity pay gap review to put a plan in place and set targets. Karim is a member of the overall diversity network steering group and an ally of the Woman's, Disability and LBGT+ networks. He has made it his mission to seek out and help others who don't have suitable, inspiring role models and guidance to fulfill their potential. His next key aim is to increase the diversity of the senior leadership team at SPW.

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Rashael Kelly-Jarvis

Associate

Norton Rose Fulbright

Rashael co-led the launch of Norton Rose Fulbright's first Origins Ambassadors Program in 2021 enabling people of color to gain visibility, contribute to decision-making, and have a voice within the firm. She also led a global event on raising Black boys in the UK and US and bystander intervention for teenagers planned in May. Following the BLM protests and firm’s 2021 Global Charitable Initiative fighting racism and championing social justice, this intersectional event with the Origins and Family Matters networks and US Racial Equity Council will discuss how parents can approach difficult conversations with their children, including police brutality, stop and search powers and intervention when witnessing racial injustice. Additionally, Rashael has reverse-mentored a Partner and member of the firm’s managing board through the Origins Reverse Mentoring Programme and has been a mentor with Aspiring Solicitors and bp for BAME students covering topics including reading financial papers and commercial awareness.

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Patricia Soares

Corporate Education Manager

Mattos Filho

As Organizational Development Manager at Mattos Filho, Veiga Filho, Marrey Jr e Quiroga Advogados, Patrícia is an active participant in the firm's diversity and inclusion groups. She has been responsible for the career development of the firm's Black Professionals who participate in the Soma Talentos initiative and preparing the leadership team to work with future diverse employees. With the corporate development team, her primary responsibility is to understand the needs of diverse talent, design pillars of action, and ensure the effectiveness of these actions. Furthermore, Patrícia does individual monitoring and informal mentoring with Mattos Filho's Black employees. This initiative brings essential insights related to the professionals' sense of belonging.

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David Schwimmer

Chief Executive Officer

London Stock Exchange Group

David has set a clear vision for a diverse culture where inclusion is a constant practice. He has established priorities against which to measure the Group’s progress globally; LSEG employs 23,000 people, more than half of whom are based in Asia Pacific. In 2022, one of LSEG’s strategic objectives is to ‘foster a diverse, inclusive culture’, a goal embedded throughout the organisation. David has introduced senior leadership gender and race/ethnicity targets aiming to achieve 40% women in senior leadership roles by the end of 2022, 20% underrepresented groups in senior leadership roles by the end of 2023 and 25% by the end of 2025. With great pride, the London Stock Exchange Group was shortlisted for the "Company of the Year" category at the British Diversity Awards in 2022 and continues to build momentum in advancing its diversity, inclusion, and belonging agenda.

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Sarah Gosler

Chief Operating Officer - Global Operations and Technology (GOT) Strategy & Governance

BNY Mellon

As COO, Sarah oversees Leadership, Governance and Engagement for the Firm’s Global Operations and Technology division. In her role, she acts as an agent of change and a leading advocate for DEI, serving as a committee member / executive sponsor on several E/BRGs, and co-chair of the Ops and Tech DEI Council. Sarah works with executive leadership and Black, LatinX, and Asian colleagues to increase diverse representation at all levels. She has developed integral internal campaigns that spotlight diverse employees, including a monthly Diversity in Leadership Event series in which Black, Asian, LatinX, and other diverse leaders share their personal stories across BNY Mellon. As a Board Member of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Sarah launched an exclusive mentor-to-intern program to provide opportunities for overlooked and underserviced students to gain experience and employment at BNY Mellon. In 2022, she scaled this to include CUNY and CCAC in Pittsburgh.

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Michael Elliott

Vice President Development

Gilead Sciences

Vice President of Development and Medical Affairs at Gilead Sciences and Executive Sponsor at European Pride Alliance. Michael is also a close collaborator with Gilead Leadership Organization of Black Employees (GLOBE) where he focuses on Industry placement and internships. Over the course of his recent career, Mike has been an active speaker at the Career Nuggets Academy, an information and support hub for Black and Ethnic Minority professionals, and a committed supporter of NAZ, a sexual health agency led by people of color working to address sexual health inequalities within ethnically diverse communities.

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Monique D. Jefferson

Chief Human Resources Officer

New York Public Radio

As a human resources leader, Monique has for the last four years been a strong internal advocate for representation and inclusion at all levels within Hogan Lovells. Whilst historically the firm’s National Diversity Committee had focused on lawyer advancement and development, Monique felt that this focus needed to be expanded if the company wanted a truly inclusive culture and diverse workforce. So, as an inaugural member of the new Americas Business Services Diversity Committee, she helped developed strategic goals centering on education, increasing representation at senior levels, and creating a culture where employees have a sense of belonging. In another of her roles as President of the Global Leadership Network for Black executives, CALIBR, Monique has overseen a 20% rise in corporate sponsorships. At New York Public Radio, where Monique now works, she is a member of the Race Equity Committee, where she will continue to drive positive change.

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Richard Iferenta

Vice Chair and Partner

KPMG UK

Richard’s passion for inclusion is evident not only in his specialism of Tax and Financial Services, but also within the wider business community. He has championed greater diversity, inclusion and equity for over 20 years, and his passion to see more Black Heritage (BH) leaders and colleagues led to the creation of KPMG’s BH Working Group to deliver a strategy focused on lasting change and results. Results of this include a plan of commitments to double the number of BH leaders in the firm, and increase the number of BH graduate recruits, as well as a project allocation overhaul to ensure BH colleagues have greater exposure to high quality experiences. Richard sponsors the firm’s African and Caribbean Network and plays an instrumental role in the delivery of the firm’s Black Lives Allyship Programme which has reached over 700 colleagues, helping to create an open and inclusive environment, while nurturing talent.

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PK Yegneswaran

VP, Manufacturing Science & Technology - Global Animal Health Manufacturing

Merck & Co.

At Merck & Co (MRK), PK has been a strong sponsor of D&I through his involvement in Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs), and mentoring and sponsoring talent from diverse backgrounds. PK has been sponsoring and supporting several diversity initiatives at Merck such as Women in Science and Engineering, several D&I Councils and The Diverse Leaders Program. During 2019-2021, PK was the Executive Sponsor of the Pan-Asian EBRG Asia Pacific Association (APA) at Merck and successfully increased employee membership and engagement by 100%. During 2020-21, with PK’s guidance, the APA EBRG developed a Call-to-Action in solidarity with the League of Employees of African Descent EBRG and sponsored community conversations responding to Anti-Asian incidents in the USA. PK also currently represents Merck on the Board of Directors of NACME (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering), with a vision to develop an Engineering workforce that looks like America.

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Suresh Raj

Global Chief Growth Officer

Virtue Worldwide (VICE Media Group)

Suresh sits on the Global Management Team of Virtue, VICE Media Group's Global Creative Agency. Within this new role as well as in his previous roles as a C-Suite ethnic minority executive, Suresh has been a vocal champion of diversity and equality throughout all company offices across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Within his capacity on driving growth within the business, Suresh emphasizes the need for diversity within agency teams to deliver strategically sound and inspirational creative campaign work that resonates culturally. Ensuring diverse individuals are given the opportunity to work on award-winning campaigns is part of Suresh’s mission to make the organization a welcoming place for all. Suresh’s executive sponsorship of a number of networks which focus on the personal and professional development of Black, Asian and Latin communities sees him actively soliciting the engagement of these groups within the business as well as within client activity. Through INvolve and the Marketing Academy USA, Suresh is a mentor to numerous ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ professionals.

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Ambra Caruthers

Director of Project Management Office

Kerry

Ambra, a non-profit owner, community and corporate leader launched the first and only race and ethnicity global resource group within Kerry. This has surpassed expectations, being one of the first to engage employees globally around racial social equity and equality within the company. Launched in October 2021, over 400 members have joined the cause to create a social and equitable network. At the current growth rate, the expected outcome for this initiative is to build awareness, educate, and create a diverse and effective culture of equity and sustainability. Her desire and passion to help other people brought Ambra to become a Community Leader for a girls’ leadership academy that provides a college-prep education focused on STEAM and Architecture to girls living in distressed urban communities. She also volunteers at a local resale store that provides high-end clothing at an affordable cost to members of isolated communities.

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Fiona Bolton

Partner, Employment

Simmons & Simmons

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Laura Wheeler

Investment Operations - Specialist

Capital Group

In addition to being the Founder and leader of LEAP Europe, a community that leads and engages Asian professionals, Laura has invested her time in promoting more inclusive work practices, particularly in the recruitment sector. As a specialist in Investment Operations at Capital Group, she increased the percentage of ethnically diverse employees and those with non-traditional backgrounds. Laura is also co-founder and co-lead of the disability and neurodiversity Network (Capital Abilities Network - Europe) and foundational member of the Mental Health Community. Since 2020, she has been a panel speaker for Black History Month on diversity in children's books and regularly posts on LinkedIn about diversity and inclusion, always receiving thousands of views. Her strong interest in D&I sees her involved with schools, charities, and the Asian community to promote, increase and support D&I.

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Amjad Khan

Vice President

HSBC

In 2020, Amjad co-founded and chaired the Stretch45 program, which helps Black and ethnically diverse colleagues springboard their careers through learning, growth, and sponsorship. The first cohort of this program completed its run in December 2021, with a number of colleagues successfully moving their careers forward. Amjad also took on the role as co-chair for a second initiative called Step Forward, which looks at building talent pipelines of Black and ethnically diverse talent right from grassroots and junior positions. In its first cohort, this initiative had over 200 delegates & sponsors, and has gone on to win two external awards - the Best Talent Development Programme at PIMFA and Team of the Year at the Diversity Awards in 2021. Amjad is also on the Board of Directors at the Customer Institute and a member of the Awards International Judges Steering Council.

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Shelley Bishton

Head of Creative Diversity

News UK

Head of Creative Diversity for News UK, Shelley launched News UK's first network for Black and Asian employees, the Cultural Diversity Network, in 2019. This forum's purpose is to debate D&I issues and challenge perceived wisdom. She also forged partnerships with Black-owned businesses that helped to drive News UK's creative diversity. These businesses help increase the profile of Black entrepreneurs in coverage and promote the product to a more diverse audience, develop a media planning tool for News UK's clients, and increase the findings' reach by sharing them in the company's titles. Shelley also created a research-based Common Sense Guide to Language, offering staff the latest thinking on language on diversity, race, gender, and disability. Furthermore, she built an algorithm to review the sentiment of coverage of minorities and produced an in-depth report investigating the perceptions and sentiment toward the Media from underrepresented communities.

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Marsha Guerrier

Senior Test Engineer

IHS Markit

Marsha advocates for all women to receive equal career progression opportunities within business. For this reason, she founded HerSuiteSpot, a digital platform and private network for women of color advancing as leaders and entrepreneurs. She helps women advance their economic success by providing a community, coaching, and capital. Her network creates a space for women to connect and provides the opportunity to win a microgrant to help grow their businesses. She is also the Founder of the HerRise STEM Squad, a program offering spring and fall activities and a 6-week summer career employment curriculum as part of an intensive, multi-session program intended to build upon career exploration for young girls in underserved and underrepresented communities on Long Island. Additionally, Marsha is a TedX speaker and has moderated the IHS's Black Business Impact Panel for Black History Month hosted by Engage and has interviewed the firm's Chief Diversity Officer for a fireside chat at the HerRise Conference hosted by HerSuiteSpot.

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Henrique dos Santos

Support Consultant

SAP

In 2018, Henrique helped in the foundation of the first Black Employee Chapter in Brazil. At the SAP Labs, Henrique and his colleagues had the privilege of hosting numerous events and opportunities to develop and increase internal awareness about the African culture and the African Brazilian's needs and challenges. The team held trainings focused on structural racism and events such as the "International Afro-Latin America, Afro-Caribbean and Diaspora Women's Day" where four marvelous Black women from SAP came to share their thoughts and challenges with the entire organization based on their personal experiences. In order to have an impact on external individuals, Henrique and his team created the Black Attraction program in partnership with the Black Employee Network and the Talent Attraction team to create a pipeline of Black candidates looking to become a part of the SAP family and increase the global diversity impact of SAP.

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Michael Jackson

Regional Vice President Franchise Performance Support

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)

As co-chair of IHG's employee resource group for Black colleagues, Michael was instrumental in steering IHG's response to racial justice issues in the US in 2020, contributing to the redesign of IHG's DEI commitments and actions. Since 2019, he has led companywide Black History Month (BHM) events, facilitated Courageous Conversations with Black colleagues, and facilitated listening sessions to share the perspectives of Black colleagues. Michael has mentored and sponsored colleagues of color, guiding them to achieve career promotions. In addition to his work at IHG, he volunteers with local schools to increase the focus on mentoring and sponsorship for students of color. He has conducted several letter-writing campaigns to national and state officials against laws affecting people of color. Michael and his husband Paul have four boys and, in his spare time, enjoy traveling and involving his family in his philanthropic and community efforts.

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Helen Redfern

Chief People Officer

Kier

Helen is committed to breaking down barriers at her firm and in the wider industry, making the company accessible to everyone by driving ethnically diverse inclusion. To do so, Helen, as the chief people officer at Kier, has in the last two years created the D&I roadmap, including reporting on Kier's ethnicity pay gap in FY23, and launched Kier's Expect Respect campaign, designed to educate employees on the importance of inclusivity in the workplace. She also led the creation of Kier's employee networks, including the Racial Inclusion Network and chairs the D&I committee. Furthermore, Helen is creating a leadership development program designed for diverse employees, increasing diversity in Kier's leadership succession pipeline, and organizing a race and ethnicity upskilling training for Kier's executive committee to ensure a most inclusive workplace leadership.

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Roanne Parry

SVP HR Global Commercial

GlaxoSmithKline

As the HR Lead for GSK's Global Ethnicity Council, Roanne translates GSK’s external commitments into tangible internal actions, driving change for better diversity, equity & inclusion. She ensures Senior Leaders are accountable for demonstrating active and visible allyship, being ambassadors for race and ethnic equality at GSK, and taking personal responsibility for increasing awareness and understanding in support of diversity aspirations. Roanne is committed to mentoring and sponsoring ethnically diverse talent at various management levels. She is currently mentoring six ethnically diverse employees and is an active sponsor for ethnically diverse colleagues in our talent approach. In addition, Roanne has made challenging norms and micro-aggressions a lifelong commitment, while promoting a safe environment for others to speak up, ensuring continuous learning and belonging.

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Peter Koffler

Senior Managing Director, Legal & Compliance

Blackstone

As Senior Managing Director, Peter has been a consistent champion and supporter of D&I initiatives. He helped to establish OUT Blackstone as Blackstone's LGBT+ affinity network in 2015, serving first as chair and then co-chair. He has been a vocal advocate of D&I for internal and external events and has been a model for allyship by his consistent willingness to support programs, causes, and various initiatives. Peter is an active supporter and champion of several charitable partners, including the Ali Forney Center, Trevor Project, and the LGBT Center, and has participated in the Legal & Compliance's Collaboration and Development Committee and the numerous Pro Bono activities in which they engage.

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Dionne Aiken

Profiles division, Kantar

Kantar

Dionne is the Global Executive Sponsor for I&D at Kantar Profiles, and joined the UK&I I&D Ethnicity Steering Committee as a member in February 2020. Upon joining she played an integral role in formulating a strategy enabling them to win the hearts and minds of the business, and she now co-leads the committee, balancing this commitment with her primary role as Chief Marketing Officer. Feedback on the work of the I&D SteerCo, including its Ally Programme of over 100 individuals who champion Kantar’s Race and Ethnicity Initiatives, suggests it has had a significant impact on the business. Dionne is passionate about the next generation and was instrumental in Kantar partnering with the 10,000 Black Interns programme, she mentors individuals within and outside of her organisation and most recently joined the BT Mentoring programme to help ethnically diverse top talent further increase their leadership capability. Additionally she is a Non Executive Director at the Black Further Education Leadership Group, a frequent participant in panel discussions and events, a Baton Award winner and judge for both The National Diversity Awards and Campaign Agency of the Year Awards.

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Melody Rollins

Client Advisor

Bridgewater Associates

At Bridgewater, Melody leads a team of professionals providing world-class service to institutional clients globally. In addition, she serves as the senior sponsor of Bridgewater’s Black affinity network, helping to build and sustain a collaborative community of black employees and their allies. This work has included both mentoring and raising awareness about the needs of black employees, such as the conversation she organized to commemorate the killing of George Floyd while also exploring the roots of systemic racism. In 2018, she co-founded Women of Color in Investments, an invite-only networking and professional development group for senior women of color in the investment industry. Among several board roles, Melody is especially proud of being the board chair for Custom Collaborative, a transformational organization dedicated to training, mentoring, and advocating for low-income women to build the skills necessary for economic success in the sustainable fashion industry and society.

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Shelina Janmohamed

Vice President, Islamic Marketing

Ogilvy Consulting

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Cecil Adjalo

Head of Business Intelligence

Dixa

In two leadership positions, Cecil serves on the board of social enterprise, Foundervine and as a senior leader in Dixa. At Dixa, he has contributed ideas and critique to the D&I agenda which has seen greater recruitment of people of color. He also provided input into the recruitment communication strategy in making the language more appropriate and appealing for gender and ethnically diverse applicants. Cecil has engaged in ensuring D&I also externally by designing and securing a 3-year partnership with Lloyds bank to run programs and events to boost the success of underrepresented founders in building start-ups as well as a 4-year deal with Lambeth Council to run entrepreneurship and tech-skills building programs free at the point of access in one of the most diverse areas in London. Cecil is a firm advocate for diversity and speaks on this topic at many public events.

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Apoorva Bapna

Chief Culture Officer

WPP

As a Chief Culture Officer at WPP, Apoorva relaunched WPP Stella – a globally recognised initiative supported by the WPP’s Global CEO – in India. Its aim is to develop and accelerate the careers of current and future women leaders by providing safe space and access to senior women leaders for mentorship and coaching. WPP Stella in India has established a pool of 50 female mentors that have gone on to support 80 early-career, high-potential female leaders. Thanks to Apoorva’s work and commitment,the program has increased women’s representation across all levels and functions in PR, Media & Creative. She has also overseen the launch of WPP’s global LGBTQ+ community in India. The network is made of a group of individuals of different identities, sexualities, genders, agencies and disciplines, united to ensure diverse thinking and creativity thrives within WPP’s workplaces and within its work.

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Mandy Kaur

Legal Director

PizzaExpress Group Limited

Mandy was one of the founding members of PizzaExpress’ DEI and Belonging steering group in 2020. Since then, she led the proposal to sign the Race at Work Charter in 2021 and formally committed to making progress by agreeing to seven key actions, she organized the company’s first-ever ethnicity listening and working groups giving employees a space to be heard and Co-led a project to introduce specific diversity and inclusion characteristic questions into PizzaExpress engagement survey to better understand a breakdown of engagement. Mandy conducted a panel on race and ethnicity during Black History Month, covering subjects such as the difference between inclusion and anti-racism and how to have progressive conversations about race at work. Mandy also devotes her time to sharing her lived experiences as a Senior Leader at external events, to help inspire hearts and minds of future leaders. In addition, she is passionate about ensuring everyone has the right support in place and relatable role models to inspire them to achieve their potential.

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Selina Lau

Senior Associate

Clifford Chance

Selina has advised and collaborated with the inclusion team and ethnicity network at Clifford Chance by putting together an East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) resource pack to educate staff on the ESEA experience in the UK, providing feedback on subconscious bias interview training to ensure a fairer hiring process inclusive of all ethnic minorities, taking part in reverse mentoring and arranging presentations with senior management to raise awareness of discrimination faced by ESEA colleagues in the workplace. She is also a co-founder of Voice ESEA, an organization for eliminating racial discrimination against East and South East Asians in the UK through education and building bridges with different communities. Voice ESEA undertakes research into the rates of hate crimes, produces materials to educate others on the ESEA experience and gives presentations to companies to raise awareness of ESEA discrimination in the corporate sphere.

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Coleen Mensa

Lawyer

EY

Coleen is the Founder of Black Connection, a community for EY’s Black colleagues globally to build meaningful connections. The community has over 200 members and is now run by a committee of 5. At the height of the BLM protests in 2020, Coleen also partnered with the Race and Ethnicity Network (EY REN) to deliver a talk to over 1,000 colleagues called "Breaking the Silence'' (attended by the Chairman), on micro-aggressions, mistaken identity, building authentic allyship and stereotypes. This was the first time a Black colleague had addressed racism in a direct way to a huge audience within the firm and the impact was massive. Following the talk, leadership committed to making changes like eradicating the use of the term ‘BAME’ when publishing reports. Coleen has also been listed by UK Diversity Legal Awards as a Rising Star in Law, DOC as Legal professional of the year and a Rising Star by WATC. Outside of EY, Coleen founded the Law Masterclass Series: a mentoring program for aspiring lawyers from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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Shannon Nelson

VIce President, Investment Stewardship

BlackRock

For two years, Shannon has served as co-chair of BlackRock's Black Professional Network (BPN) in the Americas. She has connected and mobilized the global BPN community through the challenges of the pandemic with a focus on racial injustice. Shannon leads efforts to maximize the BPN community's impact through mentorship, professional development, and philanthropy. In 2021, Shannon helped provide a BPN network grant to external community stakeholders. Partnering with BlackRock’s Women’s Network, the selected grant provided hundreds of black women in need with access to mental health services. As a member of BlackRock’s Investment Stewardship team since 2019, she engages with US and Canadian technology companies to promote enhanced corporate governance standards– including greater diversity at corporate boards and workforces – that are consistent with the long-term profitability BlackRock’s clients rely on to meet their financial goals. It’s exciting to witness the notable increase in female and historically underrepresented corporate board directors.

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Mahari Hay

Communications Lead

Lloyds Banking Group

Mahari is the co-chair of the internal Black network within Lloyds Banking Group - BOLD established in 2019. Through the Group's public Race Action Plan, the network aims to ensure the increase from 0.6% to 3% of Black colleagues in senior leadership positions across the Group. In addition, Mahari and the BOLD Network have been given ownership of the Group's Black History Month celebrations to educate, celebrate and raise awareness among employees. Mahari has also developed an impactful internal Anti-Racism campaign called #StandingTogether, which was rolled out across the Retail Transformation team in December 2021. Additionally, Mahari and the BOLD network organised monthly events to promote Black and Ethnic minority colleagues, giving them visibility and raising awareness of opportunities across the Group. Speaker at many universities and schools, he also won awards such as Lloyds Banking Group Internal I&D Champion of the Year 2020.

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Marcus-Alexander Neil

Senior Sustainability Business Development Advisor, Aviation

Shell

Marcus-Alexander is the Chairperson of Shell's Black employee network in the UK. He is also a member of Shell's Global Employee Advisory Board (EAB), which supports Shell's D&I Council for Race. The Council takes steps to improve the inclusion and experience of Black employees and other under-represented racial and ethnic groups. The EAB supports the Council by acting as a sounding board, influencing, and testing strategy, advocating throughout the organization, and delivering complementary programmes which support the Council's aims. Marcus was instrumental in developing Shell UK's 2020 10-point action plan. The plan introduced recruitment aspirations of 8% representation of Black people in our graduate and experienced hires by 2025. Marcus also embedded changes to recruitment processes, reverse mentoring, enhanced employee mandatory inclusion training and other initiatives in pursuit of fairer representation. Marcus helped shape and deliver the plan and became a trusted advisor to VP UKHR and Country Chair of Shell UK.

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Lekha Giridharan

Senior Lean Consultant

AECOM

Lekha is Vice-Chair of Ethnic Diversity Network (EDN), AECOM's first Employee Resource Group (ERG) in Europe and India launched in 2021. The Network aims to champion an equitable workplace where ethnically diverse employees and future employees have a safe space to learn and grow through access to career progression and personal development opportunities. Lekha challenges and shapes the strategy and direction to ensure the firm effectively supports the network to build an inclusive culture where diverse talent can thrive. She helped structure EDN with four sub-committees: Careers, Community, Culture, Commerce, ensuring each have diverse teams focused on shaping activities that fulfil the strategic objectives. EDN's impacts have been successful Europe-wide with Equity, Diversity & Inclusion client collaboration, leading educational, cultural, and religious events such as 2021 Black History Month, South Asian Heritage Month and Ramadan 2022, and partnerships with Professional Bodies like ICE, speaking at schools, universities and more.

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Jon Holt

Chief Executive

KPMG LLP

Driving inclusion, diversity and equity is at the heart of Jon’s leadership strategy. He has actively championed the firm’s new inclusion, diversity and equity strategy and is a proactive participant in a number of initiatives, such as our Black Lives Allyship Programme. As Chief Executive, Jon is committed to driving sustainable change and ensuring that KPMG is an organisation where everyone is able to thrive. Jon is a member of KPMG’s Inclusive Leadership Board, a group which acts as a catalyst for achieving our ambitions in this space. Jon’s commitment to inclusion has been longstanding, and in his previous role as the Head of Audit, he was responsible for several strategic initiatives including mentoring programmes, leadership goals and awareness sessions. Outside of KPMG, Jon is an ambassador for the Patchwork Foundation, which promotes, encourages and supports the active participation of young people from disadvantaged and minority communities in British democracy.

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Larry Tomei

Country Head – Wealth & Personal Banking

HSBC Bank Canada

Larry Tomei has been a tireless and passionate advocate for Diversity & Inclusion, particularly in regards to empowering women, throughout his career. Since becoming Country Head – Wealth & Personal Banking for HSBC Bank Canada, Larry has championed a three-year diversity and gender promotion objective and has achieved a gender balance of 50% in his leadership team. He supports diversity through advocacy and engagements with the firm's ERG and events. In addition, he provides mentoring and sponsorship of women throughout the organization, such as promoting senior women executives for key external awards, and hosts panel discussions to bring attention to critical issues impacting ERG groups. Larry has also created a platform for female leaders to gain exposure, providing role models for female leaders throughout the team. Larry’s motto is to ‘treat others as you want to be treated’. He not only speaks about change, but is actively engaged in bringing change.

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John Tierney

Chief Operating Officer, NEHS

Nomura

John is the senior executive sponsor of Nomura’s EMBRACE Inclusion Network, an employee resource group focussed on driving cultural change and advancing race and ethnicity within Nomura. The network was founded in 2020 and has since built a strong network across the region with almost 600 active members. It celebrates events such as the UK National Inclusion Week, Black History Month, Pride and Diwali. Working alongside Sponsors for Educational Opportunity, the network also participates in a mentoring programme aimed at providing access and opportunities in financial services to individuals from under resourced and underrepresented backgrounds. Under John’s leadership, mentoring, accountability of senior leaders, bringing in industry experts to share best practice and advocating allyship has strengthened the attraction and retention of diverse talent pipelines and ensures Nomura promotes a fully inclusive environment where all employees can flourish. As EMEA COO, John has ensured that Nomura’s DEI strategy incorporates geographical sensitivities to make it impactful and meaningful for colleagues across the region. Passionate about fostering a diverse and inclusive culture at Nomura, John is committed to highlighting courageous conversations internally around racial equity in the workplace.

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Pam Kaur

Group Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

HSBC

As the only Asian woman on the General Executive Committee of HSBC, Pam uses her platform to educate, encourage and act as a role model. Since May 2020, she has been the executive sponsor for HSBC's worldwide Ethnicity Inclusion Program, which further diversifies its workforce ethnicity profile across the organization to reflect the customers and communities they serve. She has also been the global executive sponsor for the Embrace Network, the employee resource group which aims at helping the company attract and retain a more diverse workforce. Thanks to a project that aimed to collect data on HSBC employees’ ethnicities, the company published ethnicity representation data in the UK and US for the first time and is one of the first financial services companies to publish ethnicity pay gap data in the UK.

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Justin Onuekwusi

Head of Retail Investments, EMEA

Legal and General Investment Management

Justin is the Head of Retail Investments, EMEA at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM). He develops and leads LGIM’s Retail Investments business working with fund managers, Distribution and Product supporting, improved performance, investment capability, external credibility and asset growth. He is also a fund manager and part of a team managing over £60 billion for pension schemes and savers globally. He leads on the management of the award-winning Multi-Index Funds. As a founding member of #TalkAboutBlack, Justin has led numerous initiatives aimed at increasing representation across the corporate sphere. Justin also founded EnCircle, a mentoring network connecting industry newcomers with senior Black professionals. Justin also sits on the advisory board of the City of London Social Mobility Taskforce. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2020 and is the Non-Executive Chair of the Board for the afro and curly hair brand Afrocenchix.

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Karen S. Carter

Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Inclusion Officer

Dow

Dow ACTs is the name of the anti-racism framework Karen launched in 2020 as the Chief Inclusion Office at Dow. Built on the pillars of Advocacy, Community and Talent, Dow ACTs has taken actions such as establishing an internal social justice council; allocating $5 million over five years to support the Black community, including $1 million to The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation, Inc.; investing $100,000 in Dow Promise to impact educational and economic challenges faced by Black youth and adults in communities near Dow, and donating $500,000 to HBCUs. Karen’s other achievements include establishing Equity as a company goal; requiring advanced inclusion training for all leaders and HR; implementing D&I metrics linked to leadership and employee performance awards and introducing new inclusion hiring standards. Following the implementation of these measures, employee satisfaction at Dow is currently at its highest since it began being conducted in the 1990s.

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Christina Liciaga

Head of Customer & Products, Europe, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

HSBC

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Isabella Mascarenhas

Vice President, Grass Roots Education

RS Group Plc

Isabella founded and now Co-chairs RS Group Plc’s EmbRace ERG. Embrace have hosted roundtables with ethnically diverse colleagues to understand their experiences and identify issues to resolve, creating three focused workstreams - Commit & Communicate, In On Up, and Measure. They have set targets to ethnically diversify senior leadership, implement initiatives that help the company attract, develop and promote ethnically diverse talent and collect data on the ethnic diversity of their employees to measure progress. They hosted the company’s first-ever Global Heritage Week inviting colleagues from around the world to share their culture to educate others and delivered high-profile talks from anti-racist celebrities and professionals to challenge biases and behaviours. Isabella is a board member of the Association for Black & Ethnic Minority Engineers and TNON SteerCo (The Network of Networks) - both organisations that specialize in encouraging greater ethnic diversity in the engineering and technology industry and in business whilst celebrating inspiring role models.

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Keshav Suri

Executive Director

The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group

Under Keshav leadership, The Lalit Suri Hospitality Group has become the first hotel chain to have adopted UN Standards in the workplace for LGBTQ+. It has been on the front foot to promote diversity and inclusion. They have been case studies for their best practices in several white papers, and books and have won numerous awards and accolades for the same. The organization is committed to developing skills and providing employable opportunities to the people who are not skilled yet to bring them to the mainstream. Kitty su, the hotel's nightclub, is a leader in providing safe spaces for LGBTQ+ and also had revolutionized drag culture in India. Furthermore, they have initiated a fully sponsored scholarship for students who identify as queer for a food production and bakery diploma course.

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Deon Pillay

Head of Marketing Operations

Legal and General Investments

Deon’s work on numerous D&I initiatives at Legal and General Investments has increased awareness, improved internal policy and created more opportunities for ethnic minority groups. Alongside mentoring junior ethnic minority employees and reverse mentoring senior colleagues, Deon has been holding candid conversations with LGIM leadership which have resulted in the development of a Global D&I Council and a commitment from senior leaders to drive change. Deon also worked with HR to ensure company policies supported all marginalized communities and contained inclusive language, and in 2020 he ran a ‘Racial Equality’ social media campaign. Another initiative Deon played a key role in developing was ‘Follow the Money’, a scheme designed to give children from ethnic minority or poor socio-economic backgrounds the opportunity to explore asset management. This initiative has now been rolled out by LGIM’s Socio-Economic Committee and will continue on an annual basis in the future.

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Vincent Egunlae

Strategic Leadership Team

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Vincent co-founded Grant Thornton's (GT) UK-wide Ethnicity Network, which facilitates numerous workshops, safe spaces and holds senior leadership to account. He commissioned Cranfield Business School & Delta Alpha Psi, to perform a 'deep dive' into the GT’ structural barriers, creating an action plan which aims to reduce the ethnicity pay gap, increase representation and be the best firm for valuing diversity through inclusion by 2025. He established an Ethnicity Network Leadership team that runs an inclusion survey, a quarterly newsletter, a leadership outreach program, and a community outreach program. Vincent won the GTGO award as 'Emerging Leader' for his work. Furthermore, he is the co-founder of The Open Private School, a charity connecting highly experienced mentors with state-school educated students across a comprehensive six-month program. Vincent is also a NED at Capital City College Group, London’s largest further education provider and a governor at Crowland’s Primary School.

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Mayur Gupta

CEO at Career Accelerator

Career Accelerator

As a CEO at Career Accelerator, Mayur provides mentoring to pupils from working-class backgrounds to prepare for careers in the modern economy. He has spearheaded a first-of-its-kind BAME work experience program collaborating with Centrica and Just Eat Takeaway and ethnically diverse students across several schools. Since 2020, Mayur has organized quarterly Race and Ethnicity ERG Roundtables with other Race and Ethnicity ERGs from companies such as LinkedIn, Salesforce, Vodafone, Cisco, and Snapchat to connect them with their counterparts share good practices and explore collaboration opportunities. Additionally, he has arranged Black Heritage Youth Mentoring between 25 Black students and 25 mentors from Cisco to help these pupils prepare for careers in the modern economy through business mentoring. Mayur also been Chair of Trustees at the Year Here Foundation since 2021 and has helped fund unrepresented young people to participate in the Year Here Fellowship, the UK's leading social innovation postgraduate.

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Josephine Okonkwo

Group Policy Framework Senior Risk Manager

London Stock Exchange Group

Josephine is one of the leadership team members responsible for setting up the global network for Black employees in the UK. She directed the initiatives and events designed to educate and influence change in the organizations for the black employees, ranging from one-off meetings and events to specific programs. She also created newsletters, podcasts, interviews, and panel discussions for BHM in the UK for the last two years. Additionally, Josephine is an advocate for the Disability Network and actively champions courageous conversations about ethnic minorities with disabilities to speak up about their disability and get assistance. She also works with Employee Relations to rewrite people's policies, making them more favorable to and, therefore less biased toward people of color and those with disabilities.

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Lorna Nsoatabe

Associate

Slaughter and May

Lorna is a lawyer in the firm’s Competition group and has been leading as co-chair, member and mentor of the DIVERSE Network celebrating ethnic, racial, and social diversity. She has helped grow the network from three to over a hundred members. Lorna organized various events such as the 'Lived Experiences' webinar for Black History Month in 2020 where she was a panelist, Race Equality Week event on privilege and inclusivity, and a Stephen Lawrence Day event with Family Network/Educating Matters on talking about race at home. She has also led training and discussions on allyship and inclusion, engaging senior leaders and allies on their role in fostering inclusivity. Lorna is a reverse mentor to a Senior Partner within the firm, and has been the only associate on the partner-led recruitment strategy committee, contributing to the firm trainee recruitment strategy, particularly for underrepresented groups.

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Faizal Ansarey

Client Partner, Financial Services & Insurance Sector

Atos

Faizal is the Vice-Chair of the Together Network - the Multicultural Network of Atos, who has launched several initiatives to support Diversity and Inclusion within the firm. Faizal organised a Reverse Mentoring program to empower discussion about culture between senior and junior colleague to further enhance inclusivity within the firm. The network organised the BAME Senior Leadership Program which identified ethnically diverse talent at mid-management, and paired them with the Executive Leadership Team to accelerate their personal development. In addition, Faizal arranged the Listen and Learn sessions to provide the Executive leadership team with perspectives of Atos' ethnically diverse members, to support shaping future Diversity & Inclusivity strategies. Furthermore, as part of the BAME Women in Tech Initiative, Faizal worked with a local high school to provide internships to women students from an ethnically diverse background with aim of inspiring them towards a career within the technology sector.

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Cindy Noble

Chief People Officer

Compass Group USA

As Chief People Officer for Compass Group USA, Cindy leads the diversity and inclusion (D&I) agenda for the one of the largest companies in the United States, empowering associates to succeed through a culture of belonging. Since serving on the Executive Committee, Cindy has overseen the first-ever company-wide D&I survey, the establishment of initiatives confronting unintentional biases and micro-aggressions, growth in salaried ethnic minority representation and the recognition of best practices through an Associate Inclusion Excellence Award. Cindy's leadership and commitment to diversity is reflected in Compass Group USA's consistent acknowledgement by outside organizations, including being named a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity five years in a row. Cindy’s service on the boards and committees of numerous external organizations, including Charlotte Center City, American Heart Association, and Jose Andres World Central Kitchen, focus on D&I-related issues.

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Jessica Walsh

Managing Director, Health and Wellness

H+K Strategies London

Jess has led international health communications and advocacy teams for 20 years, 13 years out of London, with a special interest on how creativity and technology can be applied to keep healthcare human. She leads a team whose motto is “People Not Patients” and works at the intersection of advocacy and policy. Jess sits on the leadership team of H+K Strategies London and is also the co-founder of the firm's equity culture change program EquALL. For two years in a row she has been named to EmPower's list of Top 30 advocates for diversity and inclusion in UK business. She's worked extensively in HIV, oncology, anaesthesia, rare disease and vaccines. Jess is a graduate of Wellesley College where she studied psychology and French, and spent her post-graduate year as a teaching assistant at Sciences Po in Paris, where she also interned at ABC News. In 2012 she co-wrote and produced the award winning short film “Wild Horses,” starring Mireille Enos.

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Neale Belson

Senior Vice President UK & Ireland Pharmaceuticals and General Manager UK

GSK

As General Manager at GSK, Neale raised the profile of D&I across Europe. As a leader, Neale drives the importance of improving the experiences of ethnically diverse colleagues to the 500+ employees in GSK UK, and thanks to the input of his reverse mentor, he has been able to learn about his own biases and the experience of others. Neale speaks about D&I in regular meetings and embeds D&I into his leadership team's personal objectives. Thanks to his commitment, he has moved D&I from being seen as an addition to being part of the core of GSK and consistently encourages other leaders from across the UK and Europe to make the same change. In 2021, Neale received an EMBRACE Ally Award for his continued and enthusiastic allyship.

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Mauro Gregorio

President, Performance Materials & Coatings, Latin America Oversight

The Dow Chemical Company

Mauro’s commitment to inclusion is evident not just within his diversified leadership team but also in his wider efforts to institutionalize inclusion via Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Among 11,000 employees in his business, ERG participation has increased from 39.2% (2019) to 52.6% (2021). Mauro is the Executive Sponsor of Dow’s Hispanic ERG, which was named Hispanic ERG of the Year by Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. A strong advocate for inclusion, Mauro integrates inclusion into his daily business agenda. He engages Dow’s African ERG for unmet needs in the textured hair care market. He advocates PROJECT Ybá in Brazil, an initiative to develop a women-led cooperative to sell the bioactive in Dow’s preserved Amazon Forest to increase family incomes, while conserving the rainforest. As the co-chair of the U.S.-Brazil CEO Forum, Mauro meets regularly with both governments to improve bilateral collaboration in educational programs that create bridges for social advancement.

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Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE. FRSA

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE, FRSA is an Executive Director at Morgan Stanley. For almost two decades – with a career spanning the UK, the Americas and Asia – Bijna has been a passionate advocate of promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace, with a strong track record of championing gender-equality. She is an active proponent of creating a culture within companies whereby employees can bring their ‘authentic selves’ to work. At Morgan Stanley, Bijna champions change through her commitment to the Diversity and Inclusion Council, the Women’s Business Alliance, the Network of Women in Operations (NOW) and the Black Employee Network, to name a few. She is also spearheading initiatives to support social mobility and the hiring, retention and promotion of people from lower socio-economic backgrounds. In October 2020, Bijna received a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) award for services to diversity and inclusion in financial services.

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Oluchi Ikechi-D'Amico

Partner, Head of Strategy & Transactions, Capital Markets, APAC

Ernst & Young

Oluchi is a DEI Partner Sponsor for Ernst & Young Strategy & Transactions, Financial Services, and has been positioned as an advisor to the Board. She led efforts to build an 'Inclusion Assessment' framework that has been packaged as a product to help clients across all regions and industries. As the only Black partner in the above UK and APAC businesses, Oluchi prioritizes meeting with professionals from ethnically diverse backgrounds to understand how she can improve their working experience. Whilst at Accenture, she became a DEI Advisor to UK CEO and CHRO, also helping with Strategy & Consulting UK around DEI focused training, recruitment and career development programs for employees. Moreover, as Head of Capital Markets Innovation UK, Oluchi supported securing a 40%+ increase of submissions from ethnically diverse founders to Accenture's FinTech program. Oluchi founded Fully Bossed, helping professionals, including those from underrepresented backgrounds, accelerate in their careers.

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury Glover Hering

Dorothy has been involved with promoting diversity, equity and inclusion at Finsbury Glover Hering, sinc 2014. In the last year, enhancements in the talent pipelining and recruitment process led to ethnic minorities making up nearly a quarter of all new hires in the year. The company’s expanded DEI programming included financial and pro bono commitments to local charities serving diverse populations, debiasing recruitment practices, launching its first ethnicity paygap report, instituting training on allyship and continued support of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which seeks to increase ethnic minority representation in the communications industry. Dorothy also serves on the DEI advisory committee for Which?, the consumer champion and as chair of London (UK) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated a charity supporting women and ethnic minorities with mentoring, training and other support to increase their access to economic opportunity.

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Akima Paul Lambert

Partner

Hogan Lovells

Akima joined Hogan Lovells in 2021 as a partner. She has a long history of work on diversity, equity and inclusion matters over the last 15 years including as a Committee member of the Black Solicitors Network’s City Group, and founder of Creating Pathways, a bespoke mentoring programme for black and minority lawyers. She plays a pivotal role on D&I matters at Hogan Lovells. She supports the Co-Chairs of the REAHL Network (a network established for the successful integration and promotion of ethnically diverse lawyers and staff) as a Partner Champion. She sits on the firm's Steering Committee for Black History Month. She is a Mentor on the firm’s INCLUDED trainee mentoring programme and serves on the firm’s Moderation Panel for qualification of trainee solicitors, ensuring fairness on retention on beyond. She has been instrumental in amplifying the firm’s pro bono offering for the Black Community including on Windrush Compensation claims. She has been listed in The Lawyer Hot 100 2022 and was the BBBA Senior Leader of the Year in Professional Services in 2022. Akima also blogs on diversity and inclusion issues in her weekly #FrIDay blog on Linked In. Some of her contributions have been amplified in Legal Business, Bloomberg News and The Lawyer.

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Martin Barnett

Global Head of Technical Product Experts, Search Ads 360

Google

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Anthony "Tony" Mayo

Managing Director and Chief Information Officer of BNY Mellon Asset Management Technology Global Distribution and Marketing

BNY Mellon

As the present co-Chair of BNY Mellon’s Black Leadership Forum and formerly a Mellon Diversity Board member and Chair of the Dreyfus Diversity Council, Anthony continuously demonstrates an ability to embrace approaches that create a far more inclusive environment. He is actively engaged with BNY Mellon's E/BRGs beyond the multicultural resource group, including PRISM, the LGBTQ+ resource group, HEART, the diverse abilities group, and GENEDGE, the intergenerational resource group. Additionally, he represents the firm's DEI initiatives by being a BNY Mellon Ambassador at various forums and venues. At his company, his focus has been on building a pipeline that provides opportunity and access for underrepresented emerging talent and senior leaders across the organization and to leverage opportunities to embrace a diversity of experience and promote a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment. Anthony also serves as a Board Member for Blacks on Wall Street, a Not-for-Profit catering to the advancement of young black and brown students in the New York Tri-State area.

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Sharlene Chan

Associate Director, Business Management

Fidelity International

Sharlene has been the Global Cultural Diversity strand co-lead at Fidelity International since 2020. She helped define and implement the firm's Cultural Diversity vision, goals, and plan to ensure Fidelity is an inclusive environment where employees of all backgrounds can thrive. Working with employees to drive cultural awareness and HR on talent development and acquisition initiatives. She also spearheaded a successful 12-part series, "Fidelity Diverse Leaders" featuring Fidelity’s leaders’ in a honest and open conversation with emerging talent. Sharlene played a leading role in developing Fidelity's response to the Black Lives Matter Movement by running focus groups with Black and passionate colleagues on topics of race, incorporating the responses and commitments in Fidelity’s Cultural Diversity Action Plan. She is a dedicated advocate for strengthening Asian voices within the organization and is passionate about giving back to young talent, through engagements with university students about being an Asian woman in Finance

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Teik Tan

Procurement & Supply Chain Manager

Costain Group PLC

Having noticed a lack of representation in his sector, Teik has taken a leading role in driving outcomes-focussed discussion around inclusion through several high profile industry events including UKCW 2022 and the London Build Expo 2021 where his the core focus of his work has been fast - forwarding to a future diverse industry and fostering supplier diversity with a set of practical recommendations. At his former workplace, Teik chaired the Multi-Cultural & Allies Network for 4 - years, whilst also acting as a D&I Representative on the working groups for Site-Culture, Procurement, Finance, Hiring Manager Capability and the Overarching D&I working group. He has reverse-mentored a Managing Director and has spoken on D&I for events including a company-wide ‘Let’s Talk about Race’ webinar attended by 440 people and three workshops aimed at the Executive Leadership Teams. As an ethnic minority professional with a disability, Teik also hopes to represent intersectionality, and founded Construct-Ability, an industry-leading collaboration between contractors, consultants and institutions, to focus on creating a positive narrative around disabilities within the Construction Sector

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SueSan Chen

Principal, Brand Environments

United Airlines

In their time on the aircraft product team at United Airlines, SueSan saw an opportunity to remove bias from seat design practices and improve ergonomics and launched a cushion redesign program to improve comfort for a broader range of body types. Since recently becoming Manager overseeing brand environments, they also have been instrumental in redefining the company's brand environment standards to prioritize accessibility, inclusivity and sustainability, and have led the effort to feature work from local, artists from underrepresented groups. SueSan is currently working on redesigning the airport environmental communications strategy to be more inclusive of passengers with diverse abilities, languages, nationalities, and travel experiences. Furthermore, they initiated a policy change to make menstrual product dispensers more widely available, including men's restrooms in new facilities. Passionate about creating space, opportunities, and awareness for people of color and other minorities, SueSan embodies all the characteristics of an inspiring role model.

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Saajan Patel

Finance Analyst

Liberty Global

Saajan founded Liberty Global's first employee resource group, REACH (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Harmony), in 2020 and continued leading the steering committee throughout 2021. The launch of REACH led to five other diversity strands starting additional resource groups. Saajan has campaigned internally and externally for racial equity and has launched various events to drive this, including organising and hosting an event for global colleagues in support of Show Racism the Red Card's flagship Wear Red Day. Additionally, he has given talks on his personal and professional journey and is featured in an internal documentary film detailing experiences of racism in the workplace. Since transferring to the US offices, Saajan has been acting as a local representative for the Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer

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Daniel Clarke

Senior Business Development Manager

Kennedys

Daniel is a Senior Business Development Manager at Kennedys and Chair of the APAC Diversity & Inclusion Committee at the firm. In 2022, he received the award of 'Diversity and Inclusion Champion' issued by Speak In Asia, for his exceptional work in managing multi- cultural and multi-location teams, and working with specialist teams across Asia Pacific. In 2021, Daniel participated in two panel discussions, one of which he moderated directly and included the former Prime Minister of Denmark at the 2021 Dive In Festival, the international festival for diversity and inclusion in insurance, an initiative of Inclusion@Lloyd's.

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Sue Fox

Non-Executive Director

Scottish Power Energy Networks

In Sue’s previous position as CEO of HSBC, Channel Islands and Isle of Man (2019-2022), through her CEO communications with employees, such as all-employee webinars, leadership calls, and team meetings, she stressed that diversity and inclusion are among her core values and the foundation of how she runs her business. One way Sue manifested this commitment to D&I is by serving as Executive Sponsor of HSBC’s D&I Allies group. The group includes EMBRACE, the ethnicity network made up of self-nominated employees who put on events and trainings and write articles to give colleagues deeper insights, and highlight biases and discrimination. For the last two years the group has run a full month of activities during Black History Month, which Sue endorsed and took part in through panel discussions. Sue also supported HSBC's corporate sponsorship of The Diversity Network in Jersey, which runs events and networking to spread understanding and break down barriers around inclusivity.

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Fraser Longden

Chief Operating Officer

Wickes PLC

Fraser uses his privilege to drive change across the organisation and industry. Specifically focussing on the area he is most authentic, the change a hetrosexual, white, cisgender man should lead to create a more equitable workplace. He describes this as real, leadership work that is as important as any other business change initiative. He shares his personal stories and journey with other non-diverse leaders, to encourage them to step up, become allies and lead change, always asking ‘if not you, then who? If not now, then when?’ Fraser is Executive Sponsor for Wickes’ Raising Awareness and Action for Culture and Ethnicity (RAACE) and Let’s do it with Pride (LGBTQ+) networks, listening to and amplifying the voices and concerns of these communities. His Allyship has led him to personally run 12 month development programmes with teams from under-represented communities, coaching, mentoring and connecting them to his network to help their personal development

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Ellis Rosenberg

Managing Director, ESG Sales and Business Development

Equilibrium AI, Part of FiscalNote

As Managing Director at FiscalNote and a DEIBA and Inclusion Ambassador, Ellis has been working to promote diversity of all types for fifteen years. He achieved a DEI certification and was evaluated as one of AARP's most culturally competent employees. His commitment to DEI brought him to FiscalNote's Equilibrium business, where he leads sales and business development for ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) Solutions for global corporations that are headquartered in the Americas. Prior to FiscalNote, Ellis led Marketing and Communications and Strategy Development and served as a public spokesperson for SourceAmerica. Furthermore, he wrote a letter to the editor of the Washington Post to protest the College Board's approach to scoring minorities which was well received, resulting in the policy's removal.

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Debbie Ellison

Global Chief Digital Officer

VMLY&R Commerce

After establishing VMLY&R COMMERCE’s Roots UK network, six further Employee Resource Groups have been introduced including gender equality, parents & carers and LGBTQ+. Debbie’s Incubator work experience program for 16–18-year-olds is in its fourth year. Students from Black, Asian, Mixed Ethnicity or lower socio-economic backgrounds are eligible for £10,000 grants to study business administration thanks to the partnership Debbie established with Hult Business School. The Incubator has been exported to New York with Bronx Community School and is set to expand across Europe. Debbie has led VMLY&R COMMERCE to track 60 DE&I KPIs resulting in the business being named Diversity & Inclusion Company of the Year 2021. She is set to launch the Inclusion Experience consultancy, helping businesses undergo similar transformational change. In the Ethnicity Awards 2020 & 2021, Debbie was listed in the Inspirational Leader Category. Through her connection with Inspiring the Future, Debbie regularly speaks at schools to give insight into the industry and her career pathway.

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Akama Davies

Global Practice Lead, Digital OOH & Co-Founder of We Are Stripes

Xaxis

Akama founded a DEI organization called We Are Stripes, with the mission to address the ethnic imbalance in the creative advertising sector through recruitment, consultancy, and events. We Are Stripes has impacted the careers of over 1,000 diverse creatives and supported multiple organisations to improve their DEI practices and policies. Akama also sits on the DEI Steering Committee at Xaxis alongside participating in WPP’s Ethnic and Cultural ERG, Roots, and was one of the original members of Media for All. Amongst his contributions are the Insight Days, which he runs for The Media Trust, City University and Brixton Finishing School. These Insight Days bring in colleagues from every team (including the C-Suite) to speak to young diverse, talent about opportunities in Media and help them enter the industry. In addition, Akama was instrumental in creating the Black Is The New Black exhibition at The National Portrait Gallery.

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Jugveer Randhawa

Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Compass Group North America

As a Chief Digital & Technology Officer at Compass Group North America, Jugveer, along with his team, has developed and implemented a program called Digital Future Initiative, a set of action-based programs where associates from one of our sectors, Compass Digital, use their knowledge and expertise in the world of technology to empower the communities in which they live and build the next generation of digital leaders. Additionally, Jugveer's focus on promoting ethnically diverse individuals' diversity and inclusion has led to many achievements including Compass Group actively recruiting diverse employees, partners, and suppliers. Jugveer champions his executive team to have a strong diversity and inclusion agenda, in fact, Compass Digital's associates comprise a diverse team of 54% women in leadership roles and 50% of employees from ethnic minorities.

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Renato Scaff

Senior Managing Director, North America Supply Chain and Operations Lead

Accenture

In his role as North America Supply Chain and Operations Lead, Renato's primary focus alongside delivering client value is driving both gender and ethnic diversity in supply chain. Since 2021, Renato has been the Executive Sponsor for Accenture North America African American and Black and Hispanic American and Latinx sponsorship program. The program provides support for career success and builds a solid pipeline for promotion to Managing Director. Since the same year, he has been a member of the Accenture NA Hispanic Leadership Steering Committee and focused on increasing the Hispanic American community representation, addressing the gaps, and raising the visibility of their HA leaders internally and externally. In addition, Renato leads Accenture's partnership with L'Attitude, supporting the U.S. Latino cohort driving the New Mainstream Economy and will be a speaker at their September 2022 conference. Renato was also a Products Industries Leader between 2020 and 2021 for Accenture South Market Unit D&I Program and successfully drove retention and career progression for African American/Hispanic American and women employees.

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Namrata Yadav

SVP, Global Head of Community Advancement

Bank of America

Namrata Yadav heads the enterprise programs and external community development strategy at Bank of America. In this role, Namrata is responsible for the enterprise strategy and initiatives focused on reskilling our external communities and partners. She also leads the strategy for the Academy’s enterprise initiatives and is responsible for creating an external Academy platform for our clients. Previously, Namrata led the Diversity and Inclusion strategy for the bank. In that role, Namrata focused on creating a work environment and culture where all employees had the opportunity to achieve their full potential and contribute to the bank’s success. She also led the underrepresented talent strategy, the global executive development diversity programs, D&I learning and external partnerships for the bank. Namrata holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature from Delhi University and a Master’s of Science in Industrial/ Organizational Psychology from Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago. She is a graduate of the Bank of America HR Development Program and multiple top talent programs. She was recognized as a Top 50 D&I professional in the 2016 and 2017 Global Diversity List, and as a Top 15 Business Woman in Illinois in 2017. She was on the 2018 Crain’s Chicago Business 40 under 40 list and was also on the Women of Color magazine’s 2019 Top Women in Finance list. Most recently she was on the Crain's 2021 Notable Executives in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion list. Her D&I strategy has won 10+ Brandon Hall GOLD award for four consecutive years (2016-2020). Namrata resides in Chicago with her husband and two kids.

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Kelechi Onukogu

EMEA Head Controls Leader

Wells Fargo

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Ayomide Akin

Growth Strategy Manager

Accenture

As Growth Strategy Manager at Accenture, Ayomide is committed to driving the company's Black talent agenda from the front. She has led several large teams to create tangible products that make a real difference in society and transformed how people within Accenture and beyond discuss the topic of race. Since 2019, she co-leads the Accenture African and Caribbean Network (AACN), by providing a safe space for London's Black community, supervising the business in how it recruits, retains, and progresses Black talent, and pushing Accenture to make significant impact across society. Furthermore, Ayomide launched a platform called MOBOLISE for the MOBO Awards that drives systemic change for racial equality across the creative and tech sectors. Since 2021, she has been an Advisory Board Member for Black Representation in Marketing to drive inclusivity across the marketing industry by shaping actionable advice to BRiM's audience of marketers.

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Ajay Mistry

Head of Digital Sales & Marketing

Clear Insurance Management

Ajay is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of iCAN, the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, an industry-wide network with over 2,500 members and sponsored by more than 20 companies across the insurance industry. Throughout lockdown, Ajay has driven colleagues in his industry to continue to attend events and network – including launching a new virtual forum for insurance industry Employee Network’s Leadership teams called iCANConnect. With his committee, he also continued to develop a self-service mentoring platform to connect more ethnic minority employees with mentors from across the industry. Ajay also sits on the CII Board of the Society of Insurance Broking as well as the Shadow Board of Inclusion@Lloyds and was recently named in the Global 100 list by Insurance Business.

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Rutendo Chigora

Investment Associate

Bridgewater Associates

Rutendo plays a central role as an Investment Associate within Bridgewater’s Investment Engine, conducting and leading investment research projects for Bridgewater’s global clients. In addition, Rutendo works to diversify the firm’s investment talent by championing efforts to recruit, advance, and mentor minority talent. She regularly represents Bridgewater on panels focused on developing minority talent in the investment industry (including the Harlem Children Zone’s Careers Exposure Panel, Bridgewater Black Network Recruiting Events, and Bridgewater’s Immersion and Rising Fellows Programs) where she speaks to minority students about pathways into the industry. Before joining Bridgewater in 2017, Rutendo graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and was a Rhodes Scholar. While at Oxford she led efforts to diversify the pool of applicants to the university and expand funding for Rhodes and university-wide scholarships for African students. She volunteers with initiatives focused on expanding educational and entrepreneurial opportunities in Africa that catalyze economic growth.

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Samir Manek

Solicitor

Mishcon de Reya

Shaping attitudes and structures that promote psychological safety, inclusion and diversity for ethnically and other diverse individuals is a passion that runs alongside Samir's career as a regulatory legal adviser. At Rare, Allen & Overy, the Financial Conduct Authority and now Mishcon de Reya, Samir has been a thought leader on progressive approaches to recruitment, retention and progression. He has constructively challenged existing approaches, helped implement new processes and acted as a role model by mentoring senior leaders and junior employees. At Mishcon de Reya, he sits on the Race Equity and Social Mobility Committees. In 2021, the firm was ranked in the Social Mobility Foundation Index and 58% of its trainee solicitors came from diverse backgrounds. Additionally, Samir sits on the Advisory Board for the HM Treasury and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy commissioned taskforce to boost socio-economic diversity in UK financial and professional services.

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Sade Oladugbewo

Technical Portfolio Delivery Manager

Vodafone

Sade founded the Vodafone Black Professionals Network and is the founding member and chair of the Multicultural Inclusion Network, driving the ethnicity agenda within the organization at the UK level and globally. She created and guided the Multi-cultural Inclusion Strategy around race and employee engagement, which has led Vodafone to design and develop its REACH strategy on race over the last 18 months. Sade also supported D&I to gather ethnicity data which led Vodafone publicly announce their ethnicity targets within the UK. She has personally raised awareness of minority groups within Vodafone globally and locally, highlighting the role that senior leaders can play in driving inclusion. Furthermore, Sade has been mentoring and coaching externally and creating a network where ethnically diverse professionals can be supported in the next steps of their careers.

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Geeta Kana

Vice President

BlackRock

Geeta is the global deputy co-chair of BlackRock’s OUT & Allies network and the philanthropic lead for the EMEA chapter of the network. She is also on the EMEA Diversity Equity and Inclusion Taskforce and leads the internal communications and engagement pillar. As part of her leadership role in the network, she has helped colleagues in smaller satellite offices organize virtual events on diversity and LGBT+ awareness and has promoted various LGBT+ initiatives on BlackRock's social media channels. Since 2018, Geeta has been working to promote the OUT & Allies network's partner charity Just Like Us, helping train hundreds of LGBT+ young people in public speaking, interview practice and CV building. Geeta currently works in BlackRock’s Sustainable Investing team and one of her main priorities is making the workplace a safe, open and accepting environment for all people, regardless of background.

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Carolyn McCall

CEO

ITV plc

Carolyn set up the Diversity & Inclusion Council when she joined ITV in 2018. In 2020, she worked with senior leaders and the Council, particularly the Embrace Network in order to create a Diversity Acceleration Plan. The plan included increasing diversity on the management board and in senior leadership teams across ITV; commissioning content to ensure ITV better represents contemporary British life on screen; improving diversity and career progression in TV production and educating ITV colleagues so everyone understands racism and their role in creating an inclusive culture. Carolyn appointed a Group Director of Diversity and Inclusion who joined the executive committee in 2020, making ITV the first FTSE 100 company to do this. She initiated the creation of an independent external advisory council who advise and often challenge the leaders at ITV on pace and progress. Carolyn has also enabled on screen initiatives such as the Black Voices campaign, a platform for Black people to share their stories, as well as ITV's biggest ever Black History Month, showcasing Black talent, stories and original commissions

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Jennifer Remling

Chief People Officer

WPP

As WPP's Global Chief People Officer, Jennifer Remling is laying the groundwork for unlocking the creative potential in all 109,000 employees within the WPP network. Central to that is ensuring DE&I is embedded in all aspects of the People strategy – from talent acquisition and total rewards to employee engagement and leadership development. Jennifer has a wealth of experience building high-performing teams in agency environments in roles at Essence, R/GA, AKQA, 360i and most recently GroupM. There, she transformed the People team to deliver a world-class People proposition that ensured a fair, equitable and inclusive workplace for all 36,000 employees in 80 markets. Jennifer is passionate about helping people find meaning and purpose in what they do, no matter their background. That’s why she published “Carve Your Own Road: Do What You Love and Live the Life You Envision” in 2009 and has made it her lifelong ambition to help as many people as possible reach their full potential.

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Jackie Uhi

Head of Network

HSBC

2021 saw Jackie continue developing her Step Forward programme aimed at restoring confidence, improving engagement and encourage commitment by all to step forward and become real advocates for racial equality and inclusion in the workplace. The programme saw 23.7% of enrolled individuals gain promotion or move laterally to a position more suited to their skillset and saw 75% of new senior network positions filled by people from a BAME background. This success has resulted in other business lines adopting the Step forward programme. Alongside Step Forward, Jackie acts as a trusted adviser for HSBC senior executives, is the inclusion executive sponsor for Wealth and Personal Banking UK, an advocate and activist for Embrace, the BAME employee network. Jackie utilises these connections and experience to help the group engage with senior stakeholders across the industry and beyond. An in demand key note speaker, panellist and influencer on the topic of inclusion and ethnicity inequality.

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Badar Khan

President, National Grid USA

National Grid plc

Badar started his involvement in D&I efforts in 2010 by serving on the Houston Advisory Council of the Tahirih Justice Center, a non-profit organization protecting immigrant women and girls fleeing gender-based violence and persecution. His company, National Grid, led efforts to make environmental justice a significant policy focus on decarbonizing energy supply, transport, and heating by ensuring disadvantaged communities of color gain equitable access to the benefits of the clean energy transition. Furthermore, he advocated for organizations like Browning the Green Space, a group of leaders and organizations whose goal is to increase the participation of people of color in the clean energy sector. In April 2021, he was invited to become a Founders Circle member of the British Asian Trust, founded by the Prince of Wales to tackle poverty, inequality, and injustice in South Asia.

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Millicent Clarke

Regional Head HR Africa and Middle East

Standard Chartered Bank UAE

Millicent passionately champions the diversity and inclusion agenda by creating platforms and talent programs to create visibility and promote hiring for African and Arabic Talent. This has resulted in an increase in African and Arabic representation across the bank's global footprint and an increase in women representation in senior roles. She is also a coach, mentor, and sponsor of diverse African and Arab Talent groups across the region to build capability and fast track their growth. In addition, she hosts group mentoring and learning sessions where individuals can share experiences, thoughts, and opinions to create a workplace where different perspectives are valued and embraced. Millicent is also often invited as a guest speaker to encourage ethnic declarations, have dialogues that raise awareness on diversity and inclusion, and encourage a diverse culture.

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Titi Cole

CEO of Legacy Franchises

Citi

Titi was recently appointed CEO of Legacy Franchises at Citi overseeing the consumer banking businesses in Asia, EMEA and Consumer, Wealth and Commercial Banking in Mexico. She is also a member of Citi’s Executive Management Committee. Prior to this position, she served as Head of Operations & Fraud Prevention, Chief Client Officer and the first Diversity Champion for Citi’s consumer bank. In this role, she worked to increase representation and build a culture of inclusion, helping Citi exceed its representation goals for 2021. Titi is also a staunch advocate for improving representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the finance industry and received the 2021 Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion Award from Women in Finance for her contributions. She remains actively involved in her community through volunteering, mentoring and her work as a Board member for Queens University of Charlotte as well as a Global Advisory Council member for TechnoServe.

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Roni Savage

CEO & Founder

Jomas Associates (Engineering & Environmental)

Roni is the UK's only Black female CEO in the engineering and construction industry running a business of Jomas’ size. She champions D&I across Jomas, with strict company policies against discrimination and bias. Roni is currently working with universities to encourage diversity in order to fill the existing gap in the industry. She is also a regular speaker at schools, universities and international events, and sits on various boards, including the YMCA SPG, the Diversity Subgroup of The Chartered Institution pf Building, and a board advising the London Mayor on social mobility and D&I. She has been honored with several awards including the Construction News InspireMe award for her contribution to D&I in the industry. For the last three years she has been listed on the Top 100 Financial Times HERoes: Champions of Women in Business in the UK.

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Noreen Biddle Shah

Founder, reboot / Head of Communications and Marketing

Numis

Noreen launched reboot, the voluntary-led think-tank, in 2020. It uses original research, storytelling and engagement to inform policy and promote greater ethnic diversity within the workplace. This includes a landmark annual index and report on race and equality in the UK financial services industry, and a partnership with Opinium to publish the multi-cultural Britain report – one of the most comprehensive reports on race and identity in the UK. reboot collaborates regularly with financial services and national media including regular collaborations with Investment Week, ESG Clarity and more recently, the Financial Times and Financial News. This year, reboot joined forces with Share Action to engage with FTSE companies on their ethnicity reporting. Its advisory board and ambassadors includes a baroness, an OBE, chief executives and senior professionals from across the industry. Noreen is also head of communications and marketing at the investment bank, Numis. She sits on both Numis’ executive committee and its ESG committee.

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Eric Maldonado

SVP, Global Head of Sales and Marketing

S&P Global Market Intelligence

As one of S&P Global’s top senior sales leaders at S&P Global, Eric strives to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion is reflected within the S&P Global Market Intelligence’s sales team. Eric is the divisional executive sponsor of the firm’s diversity recruiting initiatives in the Market Intelligence (MI) division, working directly with the senior leaders – from the President of the division, to the head of People/Talent Acquisition and the DEI teams – to continually advance diversity and inclusion in recruiting and ensure all hiring processes are aligned to the firm’s DEI goals. Prior to IHS Markit’s merger with S&P Global, Eric was the Executive Sponsor of Engage at IHS Markit – the affinity network centered around supporting our black colleagues. He assisted the network with strategy and growth, including the expansion of chapters across the US and sponsoring several high-impact initiatives and programs internally. Eric was also the Co-Executive Sponsor of EMpower, IHS Markit’s multicultural affinity network.

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Emily Mathews

Managing Director, Legal & Compliance

Blackstone

Emily has been actively engaged in several DEI and other employee engagement activities, serving as co-chair of the Diverse Professionals Network (DPN) Task Force, leading the Education & Programming sub-committee. She also serves as the co-chair of the Blackstone Alternative Asset Management (BAAM) Racial Equity & Inclusion Task Force. Emily has led the collaborative development and facilitation of BAAM's Courageous Conversations (following the murder of George Floyd in 2020) and the similarly designed focus group discussions around violence against the AAPI community for the DPN. She is actively involved in the BAAM Charitable Committee, the BAAM Women's Initiative, the Legal & Compliance Collaboration and Development Committee, and the numerous Pro Bono activities they engage in. Outside of Blackstone, Emily sits on the board of the Asian American Federation.

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Shakira Sebastian

Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer - Corporate Staff

BNY Mellon

In addition to being a Global Leadership Team member of IMPACT, BNY Mellon's multicultural resource group since 2011, Shakira is also co-chair of the Black Leadership Forum, which comprises 40 senior Black Leaders across the firm. Her mission is to promote opportunities for Black employees and foster an environment that positions BNY Mellon as the preeminent employer of choice for Black talent. BLF members act as ambassadors and trusted advisors and help execute enterprise DEI strategy and goals. Her plan includes Courageous Conversations on race and racial injustice in society and the workplace, the history of racism and the Black experience in America; Black Health & Wellness; and discussions with Black corporate board members on career journeys and overcoming barriers to success. She also partnered with DEI to deliver Black Excellence@BNY Mellon, a safe space forum and peer support network for Black employees to learn, share and advocate for one another.

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Manjit Kang

Senior Relationship Manager

NatWest

As Senior Relationship Manager, Manjit has played a significant role in building NatWest's profile in the West Midlands, particularly of women in the business sector, as well as strengthening links with the Asian business community. In 2020, she helped the firm to be recognised as a charity partner for Birmingham's response to COVID19. Manjit is also the Founder of the South Asian Heritage Awards, which recognises colleagues' outstanding contributions who help create an open, inclusive, and purpose-led Bank. Additionally, she was co-chair of the NatWest Sikh Network for two years, promoting religious diversity in the workplace, and creating safe spaces where colleagues are understood, recognized, and respected. Manjit has supported many colleagues from the Black Asian Ethnic Minority communities to achieve new skills and experience to help with their career progression.

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Imran Khan

Business Development Manager

Phoenix Group

Not only has Imran provided reverse mentoring to Phoenix Group's CEO on racial diversity but, since 2017, has been one of the founding co-chairs and leaders of Mosaic, the organization's BAME colleague network. Imran also led the growth, from ideation to implementation, of a successful new diversity data application 'Who We Are' - which achieved a completion rate of over 75% (within only eight weeks) and has transformed the organisational approach to DEI. Passionate about cricket, Imran is a member of the 'Running Out Racism' campaign to eradicate institutional racism from Scottish Cricket and has also been working with the East of Scotland Cricket Association to advise on setting up their DEI strategy and policies. In 2022, Imran was invited to a private roundtable with the First Minister of Scotland and the Lord Mayor of the City of London to discuss strategic issues pertaining to diversity/socio-economic mobility in financial services.

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Karamjot Jaswal

Strategy Consultant

IBM

Within IBM UK's Emb(race), Karamjot led the Talent Attract Workstream that helped attract a more diverse pipeline of talent to IBM by recruiting and supplying IBM Mentors of diverse backgrounds to the award-winning P-Tech Programme, which provides students from low socio-economic backgrounds with extra-curricular subjects and learning opportunities on career paths. Since September 2021, Karamjot has been tirelessly working to identify ways in which her current project can successfully grow and increase inclusivity and has been also organising and leading Learning Hour sessions for the team, promoting IBM's inclusive initiatives and creating an internal webpage around Diversity and Inclusion resources. Externally, Karamjot is passionate about raising awareness around mental health and has created a social media platform on Instagram to support those who have experienced trauma and anxiety. Through her efforts and impact on mental health, Karamjot was awarded the 'Wellbeing Award' from IBM's Graduate Programme.

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Jennie Koo

Head of Operations Risk Management

Capital One

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Mark Read

Chief Executive

WPP

In June of 2020 Mark announced WPP’s set of commitments to combat racial injustice and support Black and minority ethnic talent, which included pledging $30m over the next three years to fund inclusion programs and support anti-racism charities. Since then he has continued to take steps to improve diversity and inclusion, launching an initiative called NextGen Leaders which sees WPP working with 300 colleges and universities, including HBCUs, to build a diverse future talent pool. Of the program’s first 850 participants, 50% were students of color. Mark also established a Global Inclusion Council where underrepresented voices can advise on D&I goals, recommend new systems and identify barriers to progress. In October 2020, WPP appointed its first Black Board Member, Tom Ilube, while for the first time from 2021, Mark introduced D&I goals into WPP Senior Leaders’ annual incentive plans.

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Jean-Marc Ollagnier

Europe CEO

Accenture

Jean-Marc has been at the forefront of Accenture’s commitment to promoting ethnic diversity and fighting racism in Europe. He plays a key role in various initiatives aiming to address racism in the workplace, and he is a strong internal and external advocate on the topic. He recognizes that various geographies approach the notion of ´ethnicity’ differently due to their history and legal environment, and he has strongly encouraged all Accenture offices in Europe to have their action plan and report progress, based on Accenture’s global set of principles but with enough flexibility for them to adapt. He strongly believes that awareness needs to be built with a local approach, so that people feel ‘it’s about them’. He represents Accenture at the Board of B4IG/OECD Coalition, where Accenture leads the Diversity&Inclusion taskforce with special focus on Ethnicity&Race, contributing to diffusing best practices and need for change.

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Natasha Harrison

Managing Partner

Pallas Partners LLP

Natasha is a leading international disputes lawyer and one of the few women to have set up and lead a City law firm. Natasha launched Pallas Partners in February 2022, starting out as a majority female firm with significant representations of ethnic minority background and LGBTQ+ colleagues. Diversity is integral to the firm-wide strategy she introduced, with the firm pledging to achieve diversity parity by 2025. When launching Pallas the vast majority of the partners, associates and staff from Boies Schiller Flexner’s London office joined her. That office, which Natasha founded, was ranked #1 for the highest proportion of U.K lawyers identifying as LGBTQ+ by Law.com, and #1 in AmLaw’s UK A-List for diversity and female equity partner representation in 2020. Natasha is passionate about equality and has been leading the way on innovation and change in the legal sector for years. She won plaudits for overhauling BSF’s diversity programme when she was the Deputy Chair there, securing the firm Mansfield Rule Certification. Natasha sponsors The Brokerage, a charity creating internship opportunities for diverse and under-privileged candidates. She was invited to join their Changemakers Board from September 2021.

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Brenda Wylie-Kay

Global Sales Vice President - Business Development

Precisely

Brenda Wylie-Kay, Global VP Sales – Business Development at data integrity leader, Precisely, is deeply passionate about advocating for diversity in the technology space. For this reason, she worked with Precisely's female CTO, to set up and co-chair the Precisely Women in Technology (PWIT) – a network that connects women employees across the business, providing access to key development, executive job shadowing, mentoring relationships, and fireside chat events with leading industry experts. Brenda is a tireless mentor to many women with diverse backgrounds teaching leadership, providing career guidance, and teaching negotiation skills. Last October was PWIT's first anniversary, which is now 206 members strong. It has already helped empower ethnically diverse women employees and access opportunities for career advancement. Thanks to Brenda's efforts and commitment to having better DEI across the company, 31% of the overall Precisely workforce are now women, and 27% of executives, senior-level, and management positions are women.

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Kathy Quashie

Chief Growth Officer and Executive Committee Member

Capita plc

As Chief Growth Officer, Executive Committee Member at Capita, and a sponsor for the Race and Ethnicity Employee Network, Kathy ran a webinar for Race equality week in February 2022 to drive awareness of the progress still needed in the workplace. Her passion for D&I drove her to write a blog on LinkedIn about why companies in the UK need to do more to address equality in the theme of #ActionNotJustWords. From June 2019 to December 2021, she was Chair of the Multicultural and Inclusion Network at Vodafone. She championed and hosted roundtables to promote the initiatives from the 2020 D&I strategy shaped by the MIN Group. Furthermore, between June 2020 and December 2021, as Head of Indirect Business at Vodafone, she engaged in numerous events promoting D&I to attract talent and raise awareness and was appointed judge at the Black British Business Awards in 2021.

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Enterprise Risk Director

Aviva

Following the 2020 global social events, Chika provided counsel to the organisation on external and internal comms and via a global live stream. She proposed and led calls for all-staff conversations and closed calls with Black colleagues to help process the events. In instigating the Black Professionals Network as a cohort of the multi-cultural network, Chika helped to amplify this voice within the organization and has seen the confidence of this group growing visibly as a result. She provided input on both the Aviva Black Action Plan and the Aviva Black History Month arrangements, and continues supporting initiatives such as anti-racist training. Outside Aviva, Chika has been engaged in multiple initiatives and education and discussion sessions in the insurance sector and the actuarial profession to promote and support Black talent and inclusion.

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Vishal Dixit

Strategy and Wholesale Director

Vodafone UK

Whilst serving as its Executive Sponsor, Vishal re-launched Vodafone’s Multicultural Inclusion Network in 2019. With a specific focus on race and ethnicity, Vishal spearheaded key initiatives to drive systemic change. These included propelling the #CountMeIn campaign aimed at capturing ethnicity data to help enhance diversity across all areas and levels, pioneering a new ‘Inclusive Leadership Training’ module that will be mandatory for senior leaders, and developing a comprehensive Roadmap for Race & Ethnicity, with a structured series of policy, training and communications improvements over the next 12 months. Vishal has also been coaching 10 key Regional Chairs of the MIN Network as part of a ‘Speak Out and Speak Proud’ initiative; participating in monthly all-company webinars on race and ethnicity; encouraging Executives to participate in listening sessions, and bringing allies into Vodafone’s employee networks.

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Annette Byron

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Annette co-leads the Freshfields Global Black Affinity Network and is Partner sponsor for social mobility. She is on the firm's graduate recruitment panel and on the cross-function social-mobility committee to further help those from non-traditional backgrounds join the firm and thrive. She is a founder and driving force behind Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship, a bespoke recruitment, development, and mentorship program. The program has seen 300 Freshfields UK volunteers in the last two years, 26 scholarships awarded and five scholars earning Freshfields training contracts. Annette has also helped shape Freshfields’ five-year diversity commitments and targets, including on race/ethnicity, to continue to drive change. Furthermore, she facilitated and was sponsored speaker at events on race and cultural diversity that saw a high level of engagement at all levels of the firm and beyond. Annette is also a sponsor for Future Leaders – Freshfields’ bespoke talent and development program for Black/ethnically diverse colleagues.

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Hans Brown

Global Head of Enterprise Innovation, CIO for Corporate Technology

BNY Mellon

Hans is the chairman of IMPACT Diverse Tech, an internal ERG that seeks to develop leaders and grow talented technologists from under-represented African American and Latinx populations. Building and cultivating diverse teams is a priority for him. The teams he built exist as microcosms of diversity within BNY Mellon. For example, as of 2022, 40% of the Enterprise Innovation team are women and 70% are from an ethnically diverse background. Hans has crafted an environment where each team member feels the psychological safety to express differing viewpoints and perspectives regardless of age, background, or experience level. He is also a member of the Information Technology Senior Management Forum and connects with Black IT executives, leaders, and professionals to elevate, promote, and enhance underrepresented minorities.

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Onyeka Anugwom

Commercial Excellence Director - GB and Ireland

GSK - GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

Onyeka helped create the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team at GSK Consumer Healthcare UK&I in 2019 and has been the leader and leadership team sponsor since 2021. He organized & facilitated "Let's Listen" and "Let's Talk" sessions within UK and Ireland plus the wider EMEA leadership team in 2020 after the George Floyd incident. He led the change in recruitment practices to bring in more ethnic minorities by expanding the scope of talent searches and inspired changes in the Graduate Recruitment Program to ensure ethnic diversity. He is a role model for ethnically diverse employees, driving the development of overlooked colleagues. GSK Consumer healthcare UK&I now focuses on differentiated development plans for people from diverse backgrounds, thanks to his efforts.

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Shruti Bahadur

Global Program Leader

Dow

In her current role, Shruti advances Dow’s People and Culture strategy by championing enterprise-wide priorities and provides oversight to over 600 ERG chapters globally. Under her leadership, ERG participation grew to 52.4% redefining best-in-class participation. ERG participants reported average 9% higher satisfaction with Dow than non-ERG participants. As North America (NA) Chair for Asian Diversity Network (ADN), Shruti organized listening session in 2021 to hear racial injustice stories from Asian descent employees. These stories informed Dow's strategy to fight racism against Asian descent employees. Under Shruti’s leadership, ADN championed new leadership development program for NA Asian-heritage employees aimed to accelerate their careers by partnering them with senior leaders serving as sponsors. In 2020, Shruti received ERG Leadership Award from Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers (SASE). At SASE, she helped organize and co-hosted AAPI Women’s Leadership Conference in 2021 and 2022 attended by approximately 400 participants from about 70 companies.

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Tieran Bhuhi

Corporate Communications Manager

IHG Hotels & Resorts

In 2020, Tieran supported the creation of and now co-leads IHG's ethnic diversity employee network, Embrace. Her responsibilities include governance for ensuring the delivery of the network’s goals in the areas of opportunity and equity, voice and education, and employee experience - all in support of the company’s DE&I commitments. As a result, Tieran leads workstreams that organise events to foster education around race, ethnicity and belonging; facilitated sessions for safe employee feedback and networking opportunities with executives. Tieran is also a member of IHG's Europe DE&I board, and a working group for UK ethnic representation. She represents diverse views, counsels senior leaders, provides quality communications advice; sponsors workstreams for the enactment of inclusive practices and greater representation. Additionally, since becoming an Advisory Board member to WiHTL – Diversity in Hospitality, Travel & Leisure – she has helped guide the organisation’s gender and ethnicity agendas, and represents at events for its members.

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Rabya Akhtar

Workplace Relationship Manager

Phoenix Group

As founding co-chair of Mosaic, Phoenix Group’s BAME network, Rabya leads a diverse committee to actively drive D&I initiatives, delivering impact for colleagues, her business and local communities. She’s hosted leading academics and thought-leaders to discuss Black Lives Matter and systemic racism – which have directly impacted the company’s response to these issues. Rabya is instrumental in driving social/cultural awareness – organising a program of events/communications to encourage colleagues to learn about steps they can take to support BAME colleagues Throughout 2020 she worked closely with Parliament to produce the ‘Young Women Lead Report’ on the education-employment transition for young BAME women. Rabya received the 'Unsung Hero' award at the Scottish Financial Enterprise Awards 2021 for making an impact in people's lives within her organisation and the wider community. Acknowledging her efforts, she was invited to the “Celebrating the Best of Scotland” reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by the Prime Minister.

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Obakeng Makapane

Economist

IHS Markit

As one of the Founding Members and now Vice Chairperson of Ubuntu (I am, because we are), Obakeng aims to address issues around diversity, equity, and inclusion and has assisted with internal mobility and early career development for young people of color. Obakeng has also brought forward solutions around women's leadership and successfully assisted in positioning two women site leaders in each South African office. She is also part of the Global Shapers community, a world economic forum aimed at bringing talented individuals together to solve some of the most pressing issues in Johannesburg's communities. For this reason, Obakeng helped raise sanitary towels in her community through fitness and provided sports resources for young boys and girls of disadvantaged communities.

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Ayesha Afzal

Researcher

Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) Germany

Ayesha is a passionate advocate for inclusive technology and training new scientists in mentorship. As a full-time researcher in academia, she has mentored and promoted technical women consistently. Ayesha is the recipient of First Place ISC PhD Forum Award 2021 and has authored multiple peer-reviewed publications. She is an active speaker and reviewer at various international events and conferences. She has made a marked impact in encouraging women to pursue STEM disciplines. Ayesha serves as a global ambassador, mentor, advisor and member of platforms, catering to women. She actively engages at various meetups, forums and structured programs that reduce barriers, highlights accomplishments and expands career opportunities for women. Her commitment to promoting women in technology is reflected through her continuous activities.The networking she built by connecting with other renowned women researchers and industry specialists helped create opportunities and guidelines for other talented women.

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Higor Borges Lima

Intellectual Property Associate

Mattos Filho

Higor has been part of Mattos Filho's racial diversity initiative from its onset. As one of the few ethnically diverse employees at the Sao Paulo office when the firm started its efforts to address the issue, he was invited to participate in discussions that led to the formalization of the company's racial diversity internal group SOMA. Since then, Higor has been an active member collaborating in planning and executing D&I activities. SOMA's Talentos Trainee Program was launched in 2019 to promote racial diversity at career-entry level talent attraction. In addition, SOMA has promoted numerous internal and external initiatives on debating and exposing racial issues within the corporate legal scenario. These include, among others, a series of presentations for internal and external parties, race-related debates with prominent public figures, participation in media coverage, and production of materials related to race and the workplace.

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Anne Richards

CEO

Fidelity International

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Christiana Riley

Management Board Member and CEO of the Americas

Deutsche Bank

Christiana Riley’s leadership and personal commitment has increased the prioritization of D&I at Deutsche Bank since she took over as CEO of the Americas in 2019. In June 2020 Christiana Riley made a public statement condemning racism and followed up with open-door sessions, before announcing a ‘Seven Actions in Seven Months’ plan which spanned culture, talent development, advancement, recruiting, business, and community impact in order to advance ethnic diversity and inclusion. Christiana made implementing this plan a leadership priority and delivered on it ahead of schedule. She also increased representation at the highest levels of the bank by elevating a Diversity Champion to the Americas Executive Council, and diversifying the Deutsche Bank Board of Directors by appointing Paula Price. On the development side, Christiana launched a dbBOLD (Black Opportunity Leadership Development) program, offering Vice Presidents and Directors exposure to senior leaders and a place at in McKinsey's Black Leadership Academy.

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Adam Kansler

EVP, IHS Markit and President, Financial Services

IHS Markit (soon to be S&P Global)

Adam has placed DEI at the center of his leadership agenda as an integral part of the Market Intelligence division at S&P Global. Through the partnership of the DEI team at S&P Global, Adam has embedded DEI into the Market Intelligence business strategy. Adam has been at the forefront of driving DEI at IHS Markit (now part of S&P Global) and was responsible for hiring the first ever full-time DEI Lead. Adam, with the support of his teams, has increased diverse representation in internship schemes and grad programs, setting up partnerships with Wall St Bound, St Francis College, Posse New York, and SEO London. Adam has also sponsored several DEI trainings across the business, including inclusive leadership training, live bias reviews and interview skills training. Additionally, under Adam’s steering, the organization has funded a financial scholars literacy program, equipping students, particularly from unrepresented backgrounds, with the skills necessary to thrive in a fintech job.

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Sally Lake

Group Finance Director

Beazley Insurance

As an Executive Member of the Inclusion & Diversity Steering Committee responsible for setting and implementing the diversity strategy with other senior individuals at Beazley, Sally has been involved in overseeing the implementation of executive targets regarding diversity for both gender and race, and ethnicity and increasing representation throughout the countries that Beazley operates within. She advocated for her management team, who have attended training on diversity and inclusion, and monitors their recruitment and engagement data accordingly. Sally joined the executive sponsor of the Beazley Race network in a 2021 presentation about the importance of allyship and presented the importance of being an ally to the company, and shared guidance on how to challenge non-inclusive behavior. Additionally, she mentors several people of color across the organization and continues to be one of the most vocal supporters of the D&I initiatives across the company.

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Celia Liu

CEO southern & central Europe

ISS A/S

As CEO of ISS A/S for Southern & Central Europe, after the D&I strategy creation, Celia has been working closely with the Cultures, Race & Ethnicity ERG to discuss equality and embrace diversity in all business areas across the company. As a result, the company has advanced into forming new partnerships with different organizations to create programs and review policies according to the objectives of the D&I strategy. Moreover, they facilitated the TENT Foundation Program to start pilots in mentoring, support, and job opportunities for more than 500 refugees across Europe. As a result, ISS continues moving forward to create a more inclusive and diverse workplace and achieve the goals planned with its D&I strategies. Celia also has been an active public speaker for several webinars with DIAL Global lecturing on leadership, equality, and diversity.

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Rob Anarfi

Chief Risk Officer

Beazley Insurance

Rob is the founder and now Executive Sponsor of BeazleyRACE, the company's employee network focused on race, culture, and ethnicity. He helped the Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee set and communicate the public race and ethnicity targets, which Beazley has been progressing with to ensure better diversity across the company at all levels. In addition, Rob mentors other people of color within the company and in the wider insurance market, helping them overcome barriers or find routes to develop their careers. He also co-founded RATL, "Race, Action Through Leadership," which focuses on amplifying the influence of senior insurance leaders of color, and works with insurance CEOs and Chairs to increase racial diversity and inclusion in the industry. He speaks regularly about creating an inclusive work environment and the importance of leadership accountability including on the Risky Mix podcast and More Brown in Town.

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Tendayi Munyebvu

Managing Director - France

Jacobs

Tendayi is a member of all eight Employee Networks at Jacobs. He is the Global Co-Chair of Harambee, the Black Employee Network, and is the Europe Advocate of the Jacobs Career Network. Tendayi led the EMEA Council in spearheading the firm's Action Plan for Advancing Justice & Equality (AJ&E) which focuses on the inclusion and development of its Black workforce. Some of the objectives realised this past year include the establishment of a partnership with Cowrie Scholarship Foundation to financially sponsor Black students through undergraduate studies, collaboration with councils such as Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Greater London Authority on STEAM outreach for Black and diverse students at local schools and universities, establishment of a senior leadership sponsorship programme for Black talent and the publication of the company’s second UK&Ireland Ethnicity Pay Gap in 2022. The council advocates for metrics on recruitment, retention, advancement and representation of Black talent.

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Loreal Torres

Chief People Officer

Vested

Ever since first joining Vested, Loreal has had DE&I policies and recruitment practices fixed as one of her priorities. In 2020, her accomplishments included creating a partnership between Vested and the LaGrant Foundation by sponsoring scholarships for their students; formalizing the Vested DE&I policy and statement; securing funding to bring in a consultancy firm so that Vested could evaluate and audit its existing programs, and implementing blind feedback processes for candidate interviews to help eliminate bias. She also set up partnering with the marketing department to create an ongoing series of DE&I focused interviews & panel discussions around topics like Black representation in historical currency, Latino influence on financial services, and how COVID has affected working women and mothers. Another of Loreal’s achievements was the fact that nine of Vested’s 14 new hires in 2020 were candidates from underrepresented backgrounds.

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Fatiha Thiam

Vice President, Head of Operational Transformation

ISS World Services

Since becoming co-chair of the Global Races, Cultures & Ethnicities employee resource group of ISS World Services, Fatiha has worked to start a true employee-driven conversation on races, cultures and ethnicities amongst the company’s 350.000+ employees. Fatiha was born from Danish and Senegalese parents and has lived in several countries and cultures, and therefore her focus is to build bridges and create a workplace environment where all individuals can express themselves and have courageous conversations on the subject. Fatiha’s goal for this ERG is to implement tangible actions driving increased diversity and belonging across the company, to ensure that people of all backgrounds will experience economic mobility via inclusive recruitment, promotion and retention practices in ISS World Services.

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TJ Lim

Managing Director, Head of US Private Bank Client Digital Platforms

JP Morgan

TJ Lim is a passionate advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in and outside of J.P. Morgan. At the firm, TJ is an active member of the Asian Leadership Forum as well as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender+ (LGBT+) Executive Forum. He is actively involved in promoting inclusion topics into the workplace. In February of 2022, TJ led a Lunar New Year celebratory lunch for Private Bank employees (complete with red envelopes!), and recently delivered remarks at the firm’s Asian American Pacific Islander kickoff event about being a leader during a time of rising anti-Asian sentiment. He has also hosted small group “open conversation” sessions with global employees from the United States, India and the Philippines about inclusion, covering topics such as sexual orientation, gender and race. TJ also represents J.P. Morgan on the Technology Council for Asia Society.

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Paul A Morrison

Primary and Secondary Education Lead UK&I

Zoom

Paul is a recognised leader in Education Technology and a promoter of inclusion and diversity. He serves as the Zoom UK&I lead for Primary and Secondary Education and the interim co-chair of Zoom Soul UK Employee Resource Group. This has led Paul to oversee many initiatives such as Zoom's UK Black History Month events, including an engaging fireside chat with The Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, Sir Kenneth Olisa OBE, who is Her Majesty The Queen’s representative in Greater London to a global Zoom internal audience. In 2022, marking Paul’s first year at Zoom, he was awarded Zoom UK Most Valuable Player for Public Sector as a great testament of Paul's ongoing outstanding contributions to the team Paul has also won a global recognition award which was presented to him by Rev Jesse Jackson, The civil rights activist. This is evident of Paul's tireless works championing many initiatives to raise the aspirations of under-represented young people mainly from ethnic minority and socially and economically deprived backgrounds. Paul's activities has included arranging for a group of boys from a school in London to tour the Houses of Lords and also sponsoring the UK's largest annual anti-bullying conferences in Portsmouth.

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Lynn Cinelli

Executive Director, Vaccines Value Chain

Merck

Lynn is a member, supporter, and mentor of the Asia Pacific Association and Merck Women's Network. She initiated an early talent program for Global Policy with the first cohort in 2020 and continues to recruit high-performing, diverse talent globally. Lynn encourages and sponsors talent to take global D&I leadership roles as reflected by her directs which include the global leader for Merck's Next Gen Network; Allyship lead for Merck's LEAD (League of Employees of African Descent) and the prior Global Women's Network Lead. In addition, she is supporting a US Chamber of Commerce program "Hiring our Heroes" to integrate Military Alums into civilian roles. She is on the Cornell Engineering Alumni Association board of Cornell University, her alma mater. Lynn builds community for women and diverse students through this role and influences the curriculum and engagement.

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Maya Welford

Behavioural Finance Specialist

Barclays

Maya is a founding member of Barclays' D&I resource group, Inspire, focused on socioeconomic inclusion. She leads Internal and External Engagement, which has included collaborating with the Black Professionals group on events focusing on the intersection between social mobility and ethnicity. Maya contributes to a more inclusive workplace by raising awareness of social mobility and its links with ethnically diverse individuals, as well as other dimensions of diversity. In 2019, Maya founded the Charity Mentoring Programme. It connects Barclays colleagues with employees at charities dedicated to different D&I agendas, including ethnic diversity, gender equity, LGBT+ rights, and socio-economic inclusion. Maya mentors young people, particularly those from lower socio-economic backgrounds and of color, to help raise their aspirations in navigating education and their early career. Outside work, Maya hosts podcast, That’s My Name, featuring individuals globally from ethnically diverse backgrounds to share their experiences with their names, or cultural naming traditions.

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Sara Abbasi

Associate

S&P Global

Sara was the co-chair of IHS Markit’s diversity network ‘Empower’ from 2021-2022. She led a range of initiatives at the company to promote a sense of belonging in the workplace. In 2021, she started a half-day fast initiative at the company for non-Muslim colleagues to highlight the spirit of Ramadan. During the Covid surge in India, Sara organised a well-being programme called ‘Virtual Chai’, connecting employees in global offices with colleagues in India over a cup of tea. To mark Black History Month 2021, Sara organized a session on the topic of equitable investing. When IHS Markit merged with S&P Global in 2022, Sara was in the leadership team that helped to establish Empower as a new People Resource Group at S&P Global. She is also one of the founders of the charity 'Bridging the Future', which aims to support disadvantaged young people from minority backgrounds with their career aspirations.

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Andrew O'Flaherty

Sector Strategist - Special Situations Group

Credit Suisse

Andrew is a member of the BAME Network's Talent & Development Working Group at Credit Suisse and was appointed to lead on-campus recruiting and graduate outreach. He organised and participated in numerous diversity-focused campus recruitment events, including Credit Suisse's annual ACS Finance conference and has been a mentor on Credit Suisse's "Steps to Success" diversity program since 2021, in which CS employees form individual mentoring relationships with "Steps Scholars" and gain work experience through the firm. Andrew was a Keynote speaker at Credit Suisse's "Courageous Conversation – Black Lives Matter" seminar in 2020 and was also Invited to host "Courageous Conversation: George Floyd - One Year On" the following year. In addition, he has been participating in various diversity-focused focus groups, seminars, and discussions, all intending to create safe spaces for honest and productive dialogue around race and representation

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Manuel Antonio Soler Suarez

Marketing & Strategy Project Manager

University College Dublin UCD

Antonio Soler, from Bogota, Colombia, is a first-generation high-school graduate. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in international business from Saint Tomás University, a Master’s degree in Politics and International Relations, and a Professional Diploma in Strategy and Innovation from University College Dublin. Antonio has worked on the practice and standards of strategy, marketing, sales, finance, and operations in large, diverse, and complex organizations in the private sector, such as Teleperformance, Nestlé, and ICON plc., and in the government and not-for-profit sectors at University College Dublin, the United Nations Office for Humanitarian Affairs, and the Ministry of Education of the Government of Colombia. Antonio currently is a senior business development and strategy project manager at University College Dublin, where he places Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion at the core of his work. Antonio is part of both the DEI Network and the Multi-Cultural Employee Network at UCD. He is working at the School level on strategies to highlight the impact of both networks and how they can further enhance and promote an environment for DEI in the higher-education spectrum. Antonio is currently undertaking an MBA at Johns Hopkins University, where he is Carey Business Fellow and a ROMBA Fellow for the Reaching Out MBA. The ROMBA LGBT+ Fellowship is a joint effort between prominent business school programs and Reaching Out to develop LGBT+ and active advocates in business. Antonio represents the best and brightest in future LGBT+ and ethnic minority business leaders.

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Keri Gilder

CEO

Colt Technology Services

Keri founded Colt's first Inclusion & Diversity Council and chairs the TM Forum's Diversity & Inclusion Council, the aim of which is to make the telecommunications sector more diverse and inclusive. In response to 2020's Black Lives Matter protests, Keri held listening sessions with a cross-section of employees from different racial and ethnic backgrounds to find out what was on their minds and gain an understanding of what Colt could do to support them. The insights she gathered led to a collaboration between HR and the YOUnited employee network group, aiming to ensure that Colt was focused on removing any biases inherent within its systems, processes and structures, and that all employees, including those who identify as BAME, had a fair chance to join and develop at the firm. Over the past year, under Keri's support, Colt has sponsored 12 employees through the Black British Business Awards Talent Accelerator programme.

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Joerg Ambrosius

Executive Vice President, CEO Europe Middle East & Africa

State Street Corporation

As Executive Vice President and CEO of Europe Middle East & Africa at State Street Corporation, Joerg is a sponsor of one of the corporate "10 actions to Address Racism and Inequality" initiatives at State Street. For many years he acts as a sponsor for multiple ethnically diverse talents in EMEA and the US across all management levels. This sponsoring focuses on actual career progression via role expansions, mentoring, and promotions to ensure clear accountability. He regularly hosts employee town halls and workshops where he invites external speakers to talk about race and ethnicity and to help initiate internal dialogue. In addition, Joerg is a senior representative and corporate sponsor of "reboot" – the think-tank made up of financial services professionals who talk about race in UK businesses. Involved from the start, he has supported this initiative through funding their inaugural FS Race to Equality report and Index and acting as an ambassador.

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Kelly McGeehan

Managing Director/VP, Global Head of Issuer Solutions

IHS Markit

Kelly has a passion for driving inclusion at S&P Global and is an active ally for diverse talent. As a leader, her goal is to build a more diverse team and have personal and business KPIs related to recruiting and retaining diverse talent, and creating a more inclusive environment. Kelly won the 2021 Brandon Hall Group Excellence in Technology Awards, in the category of Best Advance in Diversity and Inclusion Innovation based on a career development program she led with Pilot, an award-winning, software-based employee coaching product. In addition, she has been leading the DEI Committee for NIRI San Francisco, with the mission to create a welcoming environment for all and promoting greater diversity within the chapter and the profession. Kelly also participates in and leads programs to support women’s issues ranging from the lack of senior female leaders in Finance to the challenges facing women in South Africa.

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Tiger Tyagarajan

Chief Executive Officer

Genpact

Tiger has been at the forefront of building a diverse, inclusive, and equitable culture at Genpact. Under his leadership, the firm has made strides to reach its vision of having a 50% gender-diverse workforce globally, reporting 41% global gender diversity in 2022, with women making up 45% of its board. Genpact's DEI initiatives include a broad range of programs designed to attract, retain, and support women professionals at every stage of their careers. The company’s commitment to gender diversity is evidenced by recent honors, including being named to the Forbes Best Employers for Diversity 2022 List, and the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index. Tiger is a champion of diversity and serves on the board of directors at Catalyst, an organization at the forefront of driving diversity momentum. He is also a founding supporter of the U.S. chapter of the 30% Club, a global campaign focused on increasing gender diversity at board and executive-committee levels.

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Syreeta Brown

Group Chief People & Communications Officer

Virgin Money UK PLC

As the Group Chief People & Communications Officer at Virgin Money since November 2021, Syreeta leads a strategy that improves inclusion by introducing location-agnostic benefits and working practices, to engage people from all backgrounds and reduce 'entry barriers.' Additionally in Syreeta’s prior role as a Global Head of Talent Acquisition Strategy at Citi, Syreeta secured investment for a dedicated Diversity & Inclusion recruitment strategy and team, which successfully improved their diversity hiring. Delivered company-wide, this enabled infrastructure within Recruitment to equip recruiters and hiring managers with tools to promote and ensure inclusion in their processes. Syreeta was also a Senior Leader mentor on the Citi Roots Network Mentoring Program for ethnically diverse talent.

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Sabrina Lynch

SVP

Taylor

As a Black Female Executive leader at Taylor's New York office, Sabrina acts as a vocal and visible role model for management and junior staff. She collaborates with the Taylor Board to curate industry panel discussions that positively impact employees and company partners, articulating the importance for marketers to develop an understanding of diverse communities and multicultural markets. As a mentor of both employees and BIPOC professionals entering the marketing industry for the first time, Sabrina provides counsel on best practices in hiring and team structures to ensure women and People of Color are represented equally at every level of business. Additionally, she is a strategic partner of New York City Mayor's Office for ThriveNYC and the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity; leading workshops for staff and writing strategic roadmaps on integrating racial equity. An Executive Fellow (Lecturer) at Harvard Business School, Sabrina’s goal is to ensure the development of resources/programs/initiatives that promote societal and professional inclusivity in the corporate, education and political sectors.

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Satvir Bungar MBE FCA MCSI

Managing Director and Head of Business Services Sector, Mergers & Acquisitions

BDO LLP

As Managing Director, Satvir supported and promoted diversity and inclusion while committing to using his national profile at BDO to empower employee progression. Satvir helps lead BDO's media campaign to attract diverse talent. He has been featured in the Advisory stream video on the graduate website as the senior representative showcasing diversity. He is also a mentor to young colleagues as part of the campaign. Additionally, he is a member of BDO's National CEDAR Network and leads the Midlands focus, which represent BDO’s diverse workforce and increase leadership ranks for its ethnically diverse colleagues. In the Midlands, Satvir mentors high-performing ethnically diverse colleagues, charitable causes and client entrepreneurs while also supporting BDO's internal events that promote a safe space for people to have conversations that matter. The BDO Culture Report highlighted Satvir's achievements and they help inform business strategy on inclusion.

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Nigell Todd

Head of Global Foreign Exchange Trading

Fidelity International

The Core Culture group at Fidelity International evolved following the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Nigell is a one of the members providing input to Senior Management to formulate the company's Cultural Diversity Action Plan and plays a lead role in the Ireland Culture group, implementing the global objectives at a local level. As one of the Global Leads Nigell has been involved in setting up global sub networks for peer support and increasing employee engagement by amplifying cultural celebrations. He is strongly advocating for an increase in the number of individuals of ethnic backgrounds to participate in talent development programmes and is involved in a working group to increase cultural diversity in decision making committees and Boards. Nigell’s passion for change also transcends to the wider industry, showing there is a career pathway into financial services and building a pipeline of diverse future talent.

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Yasmin Diamond

Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Yasmin is one of the company's most senior women and ethnic minority colleagues, and as such is a role model and mentor for colleagues throughout the organisation. Her focus on creating an inclusive environment at IHG starts within her own team. She leads a diverse team, three quarters of which are women, responsible for IHG's corporate affairs across more than 100 countries. She has been a member of IHG's Global DE&I Board since 2018, which helps set the direction for IHG's inclusivity agenda and ensures that the company is hiring and developing inclusive talent. Yasmin is part of IHG's UK working group looking at building ethnically diverse talent within the UK corporate office and promotes diverse recruitment slates and panels for new hires. Since its inception, she has been Executive Sponsor of EMbrace, IHG's Europe-based employee network that aims to help ethnic minority colleagues collaborate and educate others about their role at work and in society.

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Priyanka Aggarwal

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

Priyanka is a Managing Director & Partner at BCG, and co-leads the India Healthcare Practice. Since 2019 has been leading Women@BCG for the Asia Pacific and beforeg that, she led Women@BCG in India for three years. Women@BCG is Boston Consulting Group's global initiative to attract, retain, and promote talented women and make the firm the most attractive workplace for women's talent. She focuses on building an inclusive culture for Women at BCG and runs initiatives across Recruiting; Career Support, Affiliation, Policies, and External Engagement at the Asia-Pacific level. Under her leadership, BCG in the AP increased the entry-level women recruiting ratio. From 2020, Priyanka has also led Asia Pacific Women CEO Forum where they run dedicating networking sessions to discuss topics such as business transformation, leadership, volatility, and inclusion and diversity with the goal to shape the perspectives of Asia Pacific's largest corporations and create a cohesive force to make further change happen.

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Ronier Cladel Deumeni

Electrical Engineer

Jacobs

Ronier is a Jacobs Harambee member/ambassador and has played a pivotal role in promoting ethnically diverse individuals' inclusion internally. His efforts have resulted in the creation of Jacobs' Action Plan for Advancing Justice and Equality. Ronier received an 'Outstanding Contribution to Widening Participation, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM' award from the House of Lords for inspiring young people to pursue Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics. Moreover, he founded African Challenge Scotland (ACS) in 2013 to provide opportunities for the black, minority ethnic communities in Glasgow. Ronier played a vital role in the innovative work placement program within ACS and North Glasgow Housing Association, designed and developed to support young people from the African Community. This program was built to enhance their confidence, develop communication skills and problem-solving skills, and increase their knowledge and awareness of the world of work and career opportunities.

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Ama Ankobia

Finance Analyst

GSK

Ama reverse mentors and influences the CFO of GSK by providing a cultural, racial, and generational perspective to promote and implement inclusion. In 2020, Ama and other members founded GSK's global finance I&D team to drive collaboration with a subset of GSK's finance leadership team to align on strategies to drive I&D initiatives across all business units. She has also facilitated a 6-month diverse reverse mentoring program for a cohort of 80 senior leaders and employees, delivered a series of inclusion dialogues & now developing a global network of finance champions to equip and empower colleagues to propel the D&I agenda beyond the UK. Furthermore, Ama has educated the graduate network as a panelist on GSK's' Intersectionality: Encouraging Change' event to encourage young talent to become inclusive leaders and recognize the benefit of diversity.

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Natasha Persad

Vice President Client Services

State Street Bank and Trust

Natasha is part of the State Street 10 Step RAAMI initiative, focused on increasing representation of Ethnic Minorities in Financial Services .This involves partnering with Industry Associations on speaking and thought leadership engagements ,job board creations and raising awareness on inequalities and disparities and finding solutions to address these. Natasha is on the State Street Global Inclusion and Diversity Council and co-chairs the DDE that collaborates with PRIDE, PWN, and other networks to raise awareness on LGBTQ, Gender, Race and Ethnicity and other equality issues. Natasha is a mentor in the UCC Disability Support Services and the NEIC Transition year Flash mentoring programs. She will complete her EMBA at Trinity College Dublin in 2022, a program strongly focused on Sustainability and Ethics and the work of social enterprises. This will create a stronger foundation for her to continue working with and finding resolutions to Diversity and Inclusion issues.

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Elisha St Hilaire

Early Careers Development Manager

Aon

Elisha has driven the conversation at Aon around race and ethnicity in the workplace, serving as Co-Chair of both the Multicultural Network and D&I Data Task Force, as well as participating in the Diversity Council and UK Inclusive Leadership Council. The listening sessions she arranged following George Floyd's murder will continue throughout 2021 as a platform for Black colleagues to share their lived experiences with senior leaders to improve their cultural competence and awareness. Another initiative Elisha is supporting this year will be the outreach skills workshops Aon are organizing for ethnic minority community leaders seeking to provide necessary skills, training on a variety of topics so we can better understand how to support the Black community. Elisha has gained recognition both internally and externally for her work in D&I at Aon and the insurance sector, including winning a We Are the City ‘Rising Star in Diversity’ Award in 2016.

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Robert Hewitt

Principal Landscape Architect

AECOM

Robert has worked across AECOM's Europe region to bring together ethnically diverse employees. For this reason, he helped to create the company's first employee resource group (ERG) – the Ethnic Diversity Network. As Chair, he was instrumental in setting the vision and objectives while challenging the business' strategies and decisions. Since then, membership has grown to over 400 members. With the support of leadership, Robert developed a long-term framework, and short-term goals that drove tangible change. Since 2021, he has been creating opportunities and a safe space for ethnically diverse colleagues to discuss any concerns and delivering six cultural and religious awareness events across Europe. As a result, Robert was able to challenge the business representation targets for ethnically diverse colleagues and the selection and delivery of AECOM's talent and leadership development programmes. He was also able to influence the Europe Real Estate strategy to ensure inclusion of workplaces.

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James Dornor

Electronics Support Engineer - Heritage

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team

James is one of 25 volunteers’ part of Accelerate 25, the D&I forum within Mercedes AMG F1 Team. His role includes regular meetings to provide his input on specific areas of D&I, suggestions for future focus areas, internal events. He is a member and mentor at the Association for Black and Minority Ethnic Engineers (AFBE). In his capacity James co-hosted "Make Engineering Hot" in partnership with Mercedes F1 & AFBE. He shared his journey and advised on how to stand out from the crowd. Throughout the year James has assisted students in the STEMettes program, involving aged 16-20yrs writing CV’s. He was interviewed by BBC Radio5LiveF1 for Black History Month, where he discussed the state of diversity in F1 and how the team plans to move forward. James has been leading the process in organising the first motorsport panel with AFBE that’ll include crucial figures of under-represented groups who are the change makers of their time. In his spare time, he volunteers by giving inspiring talks to the next generation that anything is possible.

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Jim Fitterling

Chairman and CEO

Dow

Under Jim’s leadership Dow announced a bold framework aiming to address systemic racism and inequality within the company and its employees’ communities. Named Dow ACTs, the program’s acronym represents the three pillars of the strategy: Advocacy, Community, and Talent. Dow ACTs includes pledging $5 million over the next five years to help accelerate change, establishing a paid time off policy for voting and other non-partisan related civic activities, and including an additional $4.6 million investment in historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) and community college skilled trades programs through 2024. Jim also serves as the Executive Sponsor of the Global African Affinity Network (GAAN) Employee Resource Group, which works to provide advocacy for one of the most underrepresented populations in Dow. Outside Dow, Jim regularly participates in discussions with other companies and organizations on the importance of inclusion and equality in advancing the world's economy.

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Aimie Chapple

CEO - Capita Experience

Capita

Aimie is a big supporter of diversity and inclusion and empowering others. She is an active supporter and sponsor of many of Capita’s Employee Network Groups, which provide a space for all employees to feel heard, valued and supported. Our networks include gender equality, multi-faith, wellbeing, family, generation, embrace and rainbow alliance. Aimie hosts monthly colleague coffee & chats on important topics emerging from these networks. Aimie is also helping to drive a more inclusive and ethnically diverse business through her active membership of our Mutual Mentoring programme and also our new RISE programme focussed on creating opportunities for ethnically diverse colleagues to move into leadership roles. Outside of Capita, Aimie also advises start-ups, such as TechPixies, a digital learning organisation that helps women to change jobs or start businesses using digital technologies. In 2021, Aimie was recognised in the HERoes Top 100 Women Executives list, showcasing leaders who are championing women in business and driving change for gender diversity in the workplace. Aimie has also previously been recognised as Business Woman of the Year 2012 and in 2018 featured on the Kindness & Leadership 50 Leading Lights list.

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Matt Sinnott

Group People & Property Director

Lloyds Banking Group

Matt’s visible leadership has helped to transform Lloyds Banking Group's culture and create a more inclusive environment for ethnically diverse colleagues, customers, and communities. Matt advocated and supported the implementation of the Group's Race Action Plan. He sponsored a complete review of the organisation's people policies and processes to remove any issues of bias and deliver a proportional outcome for our ethnically diverse colleagues, leading to the production of the first Ethnicity Pay Gap Report in December 2020. Matt's authentic leadership means his organisation-wide communications have regularly addressed matters that impact ethnically diverse colleagues, helping to build trust in the Race Action Plan. Matt has created a more diverse People Team, and provided significant funding to a People Academy & Sponsorship Programme for ethnically diverse talent, that saw 60% of the 2021 cohort achieve promotion within six months.

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John Hope Bryant

Founder, Chairman, and CEO

Operation HOPE

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Traci Dinkins

President, Head of Media, North America

Essence Global

As President, Head of Media NA of Essence Global (p/o WPP Group), Traci provides guidance on media best practices for the agency, and she is actively and passionately involved in creating the global roadmap for D&I initiatives within the company. As part of the Essence Global Career Advocacy Program, she mentors individuals of diverse backgrounds to improve retention and strengthen the talent pipeline in the advertising industry. Traci’s engagement as a public speaker has also seen her remain active with her graduate school alma mater as a panelist for DEI/Belonging Events at SC Johnson Graduate School of Management in 2022, and as an Ambassador for the DE&I Advisory Team at Cornell since 2019. She also moderated a Cornell Talk for AA Entrepreneurs' Black History Month Panel.

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

Some of the major changes Albertha has pushed for in PwC’s D&I strategy over the past five years include the introduction of coaches to drive Black and ethnic minority groups progression; the initiation of ‘Fair Allocation of Work’ programs; Ted Circles to encourage open conversations about D&I topics and the ‘One Action’ campaign, which asked everyone to commit to one action they would take personally to embed behavior change. As Chair of the Staff Diversity Council Albertha also gathers feedback across the firm’s networks on D&I priorities and actions taken so far, bringing recommendations to the Partner Diversity Council in response. At 2020’s Anti-Racist Manifesto for Action, Albertha contributed by sharing insights on how PwC reached disclosure rates of over 90% and used the data to drive inclusion actions such as fair work allocation and sponsorship programs.

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Dominic Carter

EVP, publisher of The Sun

News UK

After instigating the creation of a company-wide Diversity Board at News UK, Dominic now sits as its Chair, leading the team to deliver a comprehensive D&I strategy for News UK based on three pillars: a recruitment function ensuring more diverse young talent joins the business; the creation of new pathways to leadership for existing diverse talent; and a renewed focus on ensuring diversity across the company’s brands (The Times, The Sunday Times, The Sun, Virgin Radio, Times Radio). Together these programs constitute News UK’s commitment to achieving 50:50:20 male:female:ethnic minority representation. Dominic was also responsible for setting up a Cultural Diversity Network as a forum to freely debate how D&I issues affect News UK’s employees, and a means of challenging perceived wisdom in leadership. Other projects which Dominic has been involved with include sponsoring and supporting Sachini Imbuldeniya to set up Studio PI, a new photography and illustration agency promoting underrepresented talent.

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Balbir Bakhshi

Chief Risk Officer and Member of Executive Committee

London Stock Exchange Group

Since joining LSEG in early 2021, Balbir is a regular speaker at events across the company advocating for sustainable change around diversity and inclusion. Through the past year, he has been the Executive Lead of the Building a Diverse Team initiative across LSEG that has focused on numerous changes across recruitment processes, and he personally sponsored the introduction of a return to work program aimed at female returners. He leads by example with his current senior leadership team being above the forward Group targets for gender and ethnicity. In addition, Balbir has a strong voice on social media campaigns across all D&I topics and promotes what LSEG does to support the LGBTQ+ community as the executive sponsor for LSEG Pride. Furthermore, along with a small group of industry colleagues, he is part of the newly formed CRO Diversity Forum aimed at encouraging more diverse candidates into risk management and changing the face of financial services in support for a more diverse workforce. Balbir is also a Board member of London Clearing House Ltd, London Clearing House S.A and Tradeweb Markets Inc.

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Rak Kalidas

Commercial Director

Compass Group UK & I

‘Within’ is the Cultural Diversity Employee Network which Rak founded at Compass Group UK&I. Now sitting as its Chair, Rak has laid out the group’s aims to develop plans to improve diversity within Compass and be a voice for the firm’s employees. Believing dialogue is essential to making change happen in the right areas, the network introduced listening groups where ethnic minority employees’ experiences can be heard. The impact of the company’s D&I program has seen increased visibility of D&I across all sectors through comms and educational work, including a new program of Reverse Mentoring and InclustiviTEA sessions. Rak is also the UK&I representative for the Compass Group Global D&I Champion Committee, sits on the Board of WiHTL (the Festival of Inclusion in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure), and serves on both the Deloitte D&I Committee and CMI Race Advisory Committee.

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Crystal Wallace

EVP, Data Operations & Infrastructure

Publicis Media

Crystal is the Chair of the Accountability Measurement Committee for Spark Foundry’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, and co-chairs Publicis Media Atlanta’s Women In Technology (VivaWIT); a Business Resource Group for women in technology and their allies. She is also an active participant in numerous other BRGs, such as Égalité (an LGBTQ+ BRG), VivaWomen of Color, and enABLE Publicis Groupe’s BRG for colleagues with visible and invisible disabilities and their allies. For the second year, Crystal has overseen the deployment of SparkFoundry’s Equity and Inclusion Measurement Framework and Employee Survey at Spark Foundry, using data and metrics to decide upon action items for growth and development. These insights have led to positive quantifiable impact for Sparkfoundry’s inclusive community. Beyond Spark Foundry, serves as a volunteer and mentor across several community organization including, the Emma Bowen Foundation, HBCU first, Career Talks and Powerplay to help girls build confidence through improv.

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Aisling McCaffrey

Associate Director - Sustainability & Financial Services Advisory

Grant Thornton

For the last eight years, Aisling has been a mentor with Grant Thornton as part of the Trinity Access Program to create pathways into the professional world of work for young adults from socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds who are often ethnically diverse. In the last 12 months, she has contributed to the redesign of the Grant Thornton D&I Strategy to place a greater focus on the Ethnicity Pillar and promote a more inclusive workplace for Grant Thornton’s increasingly diverse workforce. She is now the co-lead of the Employee Resource group, actively involved with the overall re-development of the D&I strategy. Since 2022, Aisling has also been a community mentor for the African Professional Network of Ireland, providing free career guidance & advice to ethnically diverse individuals in Ireland.

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Iman Taha

Project Manager

Jacobs

In 2020, Iman initiated a Harambee (Jacobs' Black Employee Network) chapter in the Middle East to empower and engage Black talent in the region. She held Courageous Conversations as an opportunity for employees to share the obstacles and issues they face regularly. Iman also created initiatives focused on connecting the Company's diverse talent with global network members to develop their careers within the Company and encourage employee retention. She managed a regional collaboration with other networks to firmly embed the Jacobs TogetherBeyond Action Plan across all employee networks. In the past year, Iman joined the UAE Black Professional Network Steering Committee created for Black professionals across all industries to empower them and help develop their careers and provide employees with networking opportunities. Iman's work both within Jacobs and externally, mirror her commitment to create an inclusive environment where every voice is heard and valued.

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Aaron Thompson

Audit Trainee

BDO

Aaron is the Co-Founder and Chair of South East BAME/CEDAR Network and ran the South East Black History Month Campaign in 2020 to spread awareness of Black inspirational people and culture. Since 2020, Aaron has worked with colleagues to create a sense of community for people of colour in the South East. After the murder of George Floyd, he raised his concerns about the firm’s stance and practices with Partners, with the firm later standing in solidarity with the BLM Movement. Aaron featured in an internal video campaign about racism in 2020, talking about allyship to aid inclusion in the workplace. He is a member of the Black Lives Working Group which successfully worked with senior management to agree a target of having 10% of partners from an ethnically diverse background, with 10% being from Black heritage by 2026 and this is something Aaron intends to hold the firm to account on. Aaron has also been working on the ESG Executive since 2021, recommending and influencing the direction of the Social Impact strategy for the firm, including EDI, CSR and social mobility initiatives.

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Toks Sotande-Peters

Global Relationship Director - Consumer, Retail and Healthcare

Barclays

Toks is a Global Relationship Director for Barclays focusing on Healthcare and Consumer Retail clients. Toks is also a Co-Chair of Barclays Black Professionals Resource Group (BPRG) in the Americas where we works to support the attraction, retention, development, and engagement of Black professionals at Barclays. In 2020, Toks, and the BPRG Leadership, helped the bank respond to colleagues, clients, and communities looking for Barclays to take action on DEI with the production of a research paper titled "Path Forward" that laid a clear plan of action. The document eventually became the company's Global Race at Work Agenda, recognized in the Barclays annual Citizenship & Diversity Awards in 2021. Committed to taking DEI externally, Toks, regularly supports the bank in engaging with local communities to support high school students with access to advice, mentors, and opportunities at Barclays. Toks has also led, as an ambassador, the Race at Work Client Engagement workstream, where Barclays collaborates and partners with clients to share best practices and ideas on D&I engagement.

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Sherena Masharani

Trainee Solicitor

Centrica plc

As Head of Communications and Engagement for the VOICE Network (Ethnicity Network), Sherena led its relaunch, creating a forum for colleagues to support one another with over 300 cross-company members engaged. In addition, she produced 'Amplify' a research bulletin promoting the message of inclusion by raising awareness and focusing on how people can turn awareness and knowledge into practical action and active allyship. Sherena also coordinated Centrica's Legal (LRECS) diversity and inclusion event that committed fourteen leading law firms to initiatives providing more inclusive workplaces for employees. In addition to this, she has supported Centrica's Access to Law work-experience program, supporting ethnically diverse students entering the legal profession and helped establish a specific LRECS D&I Committee focused on education and promoting diversity within the business function.

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Tiffany Woo

Executive Director, R&D Operations Business Development

Organon

Tiffany Woo is Executive Director, R&D Operations Business Development and Global Lead, Asia Pacific Association, Employee Resource Group of Organon, a spinoff of Merck dedicated to Women’s Health. She has worked and published in clinical research for over 20 years and has experience in many therapeutic areas in global clinical and medical affairs lead roles. She is an alumna of both Columbia University and NYU where she received her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Biology and Electrophysiology. She is a 2021 Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award recipient from the Asian American Business Development Center and received the 2021 Women of Color in Pharma Trailblazer Award. Tiffany is also the Vice President of the Columbia University Alumni Club of NY and Chair of the Health and Wellness Committee, Advisor for the Asian Columbia Alumni Association and is an active ally for Asian alumni and colleagues.

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Keith Barr

CEO

IHG Hotels & Resorts

Under Keith’s leadership DE&I has been made integral to IHG’s company strategy. The firm’s 2030 business plan, ‘Journey to Tomorrow’, includes commitments specific to DE&I, such as doubling the representation of under – represented groups across leadership teams and building a culture of inclusion. Steps taken to achieve these goals include strengthened policies and programs, rolling out a ‘Conscious Inclusion’ program to all corporate employees and driving more focused events and communications to increase colleague awareness. Keith actively participates in industry-level discussions around the importance of inclusion and has signed both the Race at Work Charter and the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance DE&I in the workplace.

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Renata Correia Cubas

Tax Partner

Mattos Filho

Renata is a Partner and member of the Executive Committee of Mattos Filho. She sponsors the firm’s racial equity initiatives such as Soma Project developed to attract and retain non-white talent, that created in 2019, Soma Talentos, an affirmative action which aims to hire and include non-white Law school students and first year associated in the firm. In less than four years, Mattos Filho's increased non-white talent within their legal team. Renata represents Mattos Filho in the Legal Alliance for Racial Equity as a Member of the Board, which gathers 12 Brazilian full-service law firms around racial equity in the legal industry. At last, she is a co-founder of Women in Tax Brazil, which aims to promote diversity in tax, and gathers over 3,000 women, and together with other C-level women she is also mentor at Women in Law Mentoring.

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Catherine Johnson

Group General Counsel

London Stock Exchange Group

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Funmi Adegoke

Group General Counsel and Chief Sustainability Officer

Halma plc

Funmi is Group General Counsel and Chief Sustainability Officer at Halma, the FTSE 100 global group of life saving technology companies. Halma is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture throughout the Group and is a signatory of Change the Race ratio. As a member of the Group Executive team, Funmi helps drive a culture of inclusion where everyone feels they belong, and her commitment to diversity is evident in her leadership team, with 50% gender diversity and 33% ethnic diversity. Funmi aims to challenge stereotypes and supports emerging talent, with a focus on enabling work environments where everyone can fulfil their potential. She speaks publicly and candidly about her experiences, supports corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives, sponsors ethnically diverse individuals and has partnered with organisations that improve diversity within the legal profession. Outside of Halma, she is a non-executive director of a FTSE 100 company.

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Reshma Ramachandran

Group Senior Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer

The Adecco Group

As Senior Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer at The Adecco Group, Reshma is one of few women of color in a senior management position in Switzerland. She serves as the sponsor for the Ethnic Minority Women's Network and is a mentor to several ethnic minority women in the organization. Her team consists of several ethnically diverse women. In her role in transforming the business, one of the key pillars is diversity & inclusion, helping clients hire more ethnically diverse candidates by eliminating bias in the recruitment process. As well as serving as a mentor to ethnically diverse colleagues, she has started a LinkedIn group where several senior women of color provide coaching and mentoring to women of color pro-bono. Reshma also sits on the Advisory Board of the World Women Foundation and is a keynote speaker at Women in Tech, Equality leaders, and Global Movement for Women in Tech.

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Jeanne Samuels

Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Wealth and Personal Banking US

HSBC

Jeanne is a founding member of the HSBC Black Leaders Action & Advisory Council, which comprises Black employees and allies from across the organization globally. The council organically come together to hold senior HSBC leadership accountable for their expressed commitments to HSBC's black employees and press for systemic and sustainable progress toward stated D&I goals. Jeanne is also a sponsor for two junior Black legal colleagues in connection with an initiative to provide formal Sponsorship and tailored development for Black lawyers. In July 2020, along with four other Black women lawyers, she authored a paper titled "Moving Beyond Conversation: Diversity and Inclusion Transformation Proposal For Black Employees in HNAH." The document was presented to HSBC senior management in the US and successfully set forth targeted diversity and inclusion initiatives to mitigate some of the critical challenges for Black employees within the bank.

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Jacqui Moore

Executive Producer

Peloton Interactive

Since joining Peloton Interactive as Executive Producer, Jacqui has been instrumental in identifying diverse suppliers and ensuring representation by including a 'diversity and inclusion rider' in all vendor production service agreements. She is a member of the Black at Peloton ERG and mentors and coaches diverse employees. Jacqui also serves as Mentor and Advisor to media non-profits committed to creating opportunity and equity for underrepresented communities. A runner herself, the death of Ahmaud Arbery provided the catalyst for Jacqui’s commitment to dismantle stereotypes through increasing representation (both in front of and behind the camera) and changing the narrative in both casting and story-telling. Additionally, Jacqui pro-actively reaches out to brands to raise D&I concerns as they appear, and has provided pro-bono consulting to brands and production companies to support their marketing campaigns in being inclusive - as well as to offer support and guidance on diversifying their talent network.

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Sabrina Natasha Browne

Vice President, Corporate Affairs

BCW

Sabrina serves as the North American Lead for BCW's African American Employee Resource (AAER) Group and works in conjunction with BCW's C-Suite to create professional and personal development experiences for employees. Recently, she put together a partnership with Wine to Water to host BCW's first Filter Build program that resulted in clean water going to 350 individuals and families in Africa and the Caribbean until 2030. She launched BCW's first-ever Black History Month Guide to educate BCW employees and clients on how to build relationships with the Black community. In 2020, Sabrina was selected as one of 20 Black female leaders to participate in WPP (BCW's parent company) Elevate Women's Leadership Program, designed to accelerate Black career progression across WPP. Co-chair of the newly launched Black Voices Affinity Group at the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), she works in collaboration with the PRSA National D&I Committee to convene like-minded members to strengthen connections and build relationships.

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Corey Durant

Vice President of Research

CoStar Group

Since 2020, Corey has been the Founder and Executive Sponsor of The Black Excellence Network (B.E.N.), CoStar's first African American ERG. With over 600 active members, the group hosted over 25 events in its inaugural year. B.E.N. seeks to promote positive workplace dynamics and elevate the contribution of Black people within the organization by increasing visibility and education, bringing awareness to Black history and culture. Their initiatives include book clubs and speaker series, promoting mentorship and leadership development opportunities for Black employees, advocating for diversity in recruitment efforts, consistency and fairness in interview tactics and compensation, and providing corporate philanthropic opportunities that impact and influence the Black community. Additionally, Corey actively attends recruiting events and career fairs at HBCUs and all universities to support building a diverse talent pool at CoStar.

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Mercheley Beuns

Vice President, Head of Talent Acquisition

Fox Corporation

When it comes to D&I at Fox, Mercheley is focused on leading from a data driven standpoint to implement strategic initiatives that will attract, build, and diversify candidate pipelines at all levels, from campuses to senior committees. Mercheley has also concentrated on leaning into the company’s diversity partners, educating on the value of diversity and ensuring aspirational diversity goals are tied to recruitment initiatives. The combination of programs she has championed have led to continuing improvements in diversity across various levels of the business. Mercheley’s other efforts to bring in diverse talent include recruiting for Fox at diversity journalism conferences every year, an effort which has resulted in numerous hires. Unsurprisingly, Mercheley is often asked to share her expertise on recruiting and diversity, and she has been featured as a panelist on topic for various organizations and recruitment podcast.

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Javad Mushtaq

Deputy CEO / Managing Partner / CEO / Co-Founder

EAT Foundation / JM Ventures / MAK / CEO Commitment

Javad is a recognized winning impact leader diversity pioneer social entrepreneur and impact investor on a mission to democratize access to opportunities and capital. Javad is the Founder and CEO of MAK a multi-award winning systems change organization on DEI in Nordics empowering talents upskilling organizations and challenging policymakers. In 2021 he co-founded the Nordic CEO Commitment a pioneering initiative between two organizations to accelerate gender and ethnic minority inclusion with 60+ CEOs signing. He is also Founder and CEO of JM Ventures Norway's first advisory and impact investment firm with the core thesis that diversity is profitable. With focus on ethnicity and people-of-color JM Ventures has in the last 12 months advised and mentored over 200 underrepresented founders joined as advisor of more than 10 diversity-founded startups invested and set up the first diverse-led investor syndicate through co-founding WE& Capital. Javad is also the Deputy CEO of EAT Foundation.

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Marina Ebrubah

Head of Client Due Diligence

Man Group

Marina is one of the founding members of Man Group's Black Employees and Allies network, BEAM. Last year, Marina was appointed to Man Group's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (‘DE&I’) Steering Committee and has been involved in setting the DE&I strategy for the firm as well as overseeing initiatives. She has led the organisation of internal events such as a Lunch and Learn with Wes Moore for US Black History Month, a Lunch and Learn with Michael Barrington-Hibbert for UK Black History Month, and a Lunch and Learn with Nicolas Hamilton for International Day of Persons with Disabilities. She is a passionate advocate of Man's grassroots initiatives and is currently working with a group of South Asian employees to help launch a network for the firm. She contributes her passion to the broader asset management industry, through her contribution as a Diversity Project ambassador and #talkaboutblack’s EnCircle committee member.

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Moussa Thiam

Head of Cross-Border

Beazley PLC

As Vice-chair of the Race Culture and Ethnicity Network at Beazley, Moussa organized many cultural events. Promoting inclusion and diversity in alternative ways is Moussa's passion and this led to the creation of the first Beazley RACE podcast, which he hosts. In addition, Moussa was a panel member for the inaugural Black History Month carnival attended by 40% of the organization, including Beazley executives, and led and presented Beazley's first Ramadan celebration. Moussa has also created the RACE@Beazley coaching scheme, which is launching this summer and looks to provide members of the network with guidance and support for their careers. The success of these events has led him to gain exposure, reaching many employees, and as a result, the engagement in the network increased yearly with a 30% gain from the starting point. Furthermore, encouraging allies to support the network has created a more significant impact on the company's executive committee to bring about change.

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Eileen Lewis

Performance and Development Manager

Capita

Eileen is the Founder and lead of RISE which aids Capita to readdress the balance of inequality by building a sustainable career pathway that ensures a fair representation of ethnic diversity at all levels of the business. She specifically designed, delivered, and curated RISE to equip ethnically diverse colleagues with leadership tools and techniques to enhance confidence, skills, and competencies through upskilling and reskilling to help them progress into more senior roles. She is a group leader of the Black Lives Matter Advisory Group, an active member of Capita's Black Employee and Embrace Networks. She continually promotes diversity and inclusion by liaising with the CEO, Chief People Officer, D&I Director, and senior leaders via internal activities to ensure the company has an inclusive culture, fair BAME representation, education, awareness, and engagement.

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Swati Mohan

Senior Analyst

Natwest Group

Swati has always been committed to creating an open, honest, and inclusive workplace for ethnically diverse individuals and in 2021, as part of the bank's Inclusion Week, she conducted the 'Challenging stereotypes and biases' campaign under the Sikh Network to raise awareness of stereotypes based on all strands of diversity, including gender, ethnicity, religion, caste, color and creed, age, ability, and disability. In the same year, Swati led languages awareness campaigns for South Asian Heritage Month and later received an Outstanding Service to Diversity and Inclusion award. In addition, Swati has also cultivated awareness of the importance of D&I through DGFG Campaigns, Women's Day Celebrations, and the Every Woman network and has been the multi-cultural and D&I ambassador for Natwest by working at a grassroots level to bring out a significant change in the mindsets of people by building valuable relationships.

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Ross Charles

Transformation Project Manager

Community Fibre

Renowned as a Change Maker and Positive Disruptor, Ross dedicates much of his time in and out of work actively removing barriers for ethnically diverse people across the UK and Internationally. His work includes being an active member of D&I Networks where he drives change at strategic level to ensure that minority ethnic colleagues are not being left behind. Some of the work he has been involved in includes the establishment of a recruitment assurance panel to ensure that internal and external applicants could be assured of a robust and fair interview process, irrespective of their individual characteristics and creation and delivery of the RealTalk mentoring programme for young people and adults. He also engages in community and charitable work, motivational speaking, mentoring and advocacy. Ross creates safe spaces where employees can speak freely about issues that are usually taboo to encourage open discussion and learning opportunities.

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Ronnie West

Chief People Officer

IHS Markit

As CPO, Ronnie promotes a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion at all levels. He is the Founder and Moderator of IHS Markit’s well received Courageous Conversations series which launched in 2020 and recorded over 1500 attendees. As well as playing a key role in hiring IHS Markit’s Chief Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer, Ronnie has championed partnerships with early career programs targeting BAME students such as Wall St Bound, St Francis College, Posse New York and SEO London, making public commitments to hire directly from the programs. In addition, Ronnie has been a key advisor in helping build IHS Markit’s first ‘Collaborative Mentoring’ program where Black employees reverse-mentor the firm's Partners. Other efforts include funding a third-party provider to conduct live bias reviews during the promotion process, funding unconscious bias training for all promotion panel members and championing learning opportunities for all colleagues through their learning & development platform.

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Clive White

Senior Vice President, Critical Missions Solutions International

Jacobs

When Clive joined Jacobs a year ago he became an Executive Sponsor of the Harambee employee network in Europe, which advocates an inclusive culture and work environment that actively supports the recruitment, retention and advancement of Black talent. He has helped to raise the profile of the network; driven the production of a regional action plan to promote equity for current and future Black employees; supported the plan’s implementation, and actively participated in network events. Clive is also currently the Chair of the Jacobs’ European TogetherBeyond Council, which addresses and promotes all aspects of inclusion and diversity across the company. Furthermore, in line with Jacobs’ Global Action Plan for Advancing Justice and Equality, he has taken on the personal mentoring of a junior female Black employee. Throughout his career, Clive has actively promoted inclusion and diversity, encouraging colleagues to proactively participate and drive forward work in this area.

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Lorraine Barnes

Partner

Deloitte

After hearing the workplace experiences of some of her Black colleagues first-hand, Lorraine joined them in creating the Black Community Group; a network designed to bring Black colleagues together to talk, develop and grow. As one of its leads and sponsors, Lorraine supports Black Community Group events including career coaching from internal and external Black leaders, cook-a-longs, afrobeat dance classes and guest speeches. In response to George Floyd’s murder, Lorraine amplified and mobilized a Black Action Plan crafted by the firm's Black colleagues and impacting 6000 people in Consulting. As part of this plan, Lorraine encouraged her senior leaders to share personal stories of awakening to racism and their reflections on how they will implement change. Lorraine’s other efforts include identifying, developing and promoting diverse talent through specialist recruiting agencies, reinvigorating sponsorship programs, and creating a leadership development program for underrepresented groups.

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Fraser Longden

Chief Operating Officer

Wickes

Fraser used internal forums like monthly briefings and leadership conferences to raise the issue of diversity and inclusion at Wickes and start important conversations. After leading listening exercises across the business, including with the whole board, he supported numerous measures to drive progress at the firm. These measures included championing a ‘Conscious Inclusion’ live training event with every store manager and leader, focused on creating better understanding across the business, working with the Underrepresented Ethnicity Group to update policies and target positive actions across the business, and introducing a ‘Let's Care for Each Other’ campaign nationwide to involve colleagues and customers in combatting racism and other forms of aggression. Fraser has created a group of 20 store managers from underrepresented ethnicities that he will mentor, train and bring into his network, sharing experiences and knowledge.

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Katherine ‘Katy’ Basile

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Katy, Partner at Reed Smith LLP, acts intentionally to cultivate diversity and inclusion in her profession and law firm. Leading by example, she nurtures the careers and aspirations of her diverse colleagues. She successfully creates and sustains diverse client teams where her colleagues demonstrate their legal acumen and talents, building their own relationships and networks. Katy is co-Chair of the Silicon Valley ChIPs Chapter and Vice-Chair of the ChIPs Social Justice Committee, and successfully advocated for Reed Smith to participate in the ChIPs and Diversity Lab’s Inclusion Blueprint survey. Using the firm’s success in the survey, Katy organized a major meeting with the legal department of one of the world’s largest multinational technology companies, introducing Black partners and diverse associates to in-house leaders. Katy mentors and sponsors the firm's Black junior attorneys, participates in the firm's reverse mentoring program, and is speaking on allyship at Reed Smith’s Mental Health Summit.

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Alex Brown

Managing Director, Head of Sales Management, UK Corporate Bank

Barclays Bank Plc

As an ally and advocate for Embrace, Barclays’ multicultural network, Alex leads by example to create an environment where over 1000 colleagues can feel they have a strong career pathway regardless of their race or ethnicity. In order to do this Alex has been engaging senior leadership across the business to drive the multicultural and Race at Work (RAW) agenda. Membership of the UK Corporate Bank Embrace network has increased by more than 30% due to clear strategy formulation and is now at more than 1000 members. Alex also sponsored colleague listening groups in collaboration with INvolve, the first time this has been done in Corporate Bank. The sessions provided a safe environment for colleagues to give open and honest feedback and share the issues they have faced at Barclays. During 2020, Alex frequently coached other leaders across the business on their responses to Black Lives Matter.

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Robert Lawson

Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

BP

In 2006, Robert co-founded and initially chaired bp's ethnicity Business Resource Group, the Positively Ethnic Network (PEN). Since then he has been an active and committed supporter of ethnic minorities in bp; as well as serving as an ambassador and sponsor for PEN, he has spoken at many internal events. Robert has also been a passionate advocate for the need to analyze and benchmark ethnicity data relating to the workforce in order to monitor progress, remove any biases and drive sustainable change. He has used his position on advisory boards at three of the world’s leading business schools (Stanford Graduate School of Business, Cambridge Judge Business School, and the City of London University Business School), as an opportunity to provide career coaching to emerging ethnic minority leaders.

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Michael Bates

UK Regional Managing Partner

Clifford Chance LLP

As the UK Regional Managing Partner at Clifford Chance, Michael has responsibility for promoting inclusion and diversity within the UK firm. His leadership has seen the implementation of a new strategy for work allocation to ensure colleagues of particular backgrounds are not under-utilized and suffering negative impacts on their career progressions. UK ethnicity targets have also been introduced for 2025, setting out goals for BAME professionals to account for 15% of Clifford Chance’s partners and 30% of its senior associates. Other initiatives at the firm include the development of training on the nature and impact of 'microaggressions' and the introduction of independent diversity champions at promotion meetings to avoid any bias in decision making. As well as publishing their own ethnicity pay gap data, Clifford Chance has been involved in discussions with the Law Society to establish the best ways for law firms to record and publish this data.

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Lisa Levy

Head of Marketing and Communications, People & Places Solutions, Europe

Jacobs

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John Graff

CEO

Ashby & Graff Real Estate

John is a leading voice in efforts to bring a stronger focus on D&I into the real estate industry. He has published and contributed to articles on the history of racial discrimination in real estate and the importance of taking action to make your business anti-racist in industry press, including Realtor Magazine, and in mid-2020, his company published their report on diversity and inclusion. John previously served on the Board of Directors of the National Association of Realtors and also sat on the Multi-Cultural Leadership Advisory Council, but when the National Association of Realtors invited then-President Trump to speak at their annual meeting, John resigned his position due to his deep disappointment with the United States' leading housing organization inviting a man with a history of accusations of racist discrimination in his real estate work. John continues to consult with national organizations devoted to promoting fair housing.

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Robyn Grew

Group COO and General Counsel

Man Group

Robyn chairs Man Group's diversity and inclusion network, Drive, and is a senior sponsor of BEAM (Black Employees and Allies at Man Group), an employee network which led Man Group's signing of the Race at Work Charter, committing the firm to following the Charter's five calls to action and taking practical steps to tackle barriers impacting ethnic minority groups in recruitment and progression. Robyn oversees Man Group’s ‘Paving the Way’ initiative, which seeks to improve access to the industry for underrepresented groups. Last year, the firm launched partnerships with #100BlackInterns, #10000BlackInterns and North Carolina A&T University (a HBCU) as part of ongoing efforts to encourage a broader range of diverse talent into the industry. Robyn is a member of several industry groups, including the Diversity Project, where she sits on the Advisory Board, and the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) council, where she chairs the Diversity & Inclusion Working Group.

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Matthew Newick

Partner and Global Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Clifford Chance

Over the last two years Matthew has made diversity and inclusion at Clifford Chance an explicit strategic priority. As well as being an active ‘Partner Champion’ for the firm’s REACH network (Race Equality and Celebrating Heritage), he has been deliberate about giving issues of ethnic diversity and inclusion maximum airtime through townhall meetings, one-to-one discussions, and engagements with clients. Whilst continuing to educate himself about the issues confronted by minorities in the organization and broader community, Matthew is sponsoring a detailed plan to improve the business's attraction, retention and promotion of ethnic minority lawyers. Another of his efforts has been the implementation of a ‘diverse slate’ policy, which requires the firm to consider diverse candidates when appointing third party suppliers such as barristers, arbitrators, mediators, expert witnesses. During Black History Month Matthew participated in four graduate recruitment events, including engagements alongside June Sarpong and David Olusoga.

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Kevin Ellis

Chairman and Senior Partner

PwC LLP

Believing in the importance of engaging people through honest communications, Kevin chaired a firmwide livestream with three Black PwC leaders discussing Black Lives Matter. The candid conversation centered on how PwC has dealt with racial inequality and barriers to progress and what it can do in the future. One initiative, implemented following this discussion, has seen HR teams and volunteer 'Colourbrave Champions’ hold discussions with ethnic minority employees to better understand their experiences of working at PwC and the ways the firm can continue to evolve its culture to create a stronger feeling of inclusion. Over the last four years PwC’s ethnicity pay gap has seen a substantial reduction. Having been one of the first companies to voluntarily publish their ethnicity pay gap, PwC has now gone one step further by publishing the breakdown of ethnicity subcategories in its 2020 Annual Review.

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Julio Bruno

CEO

Time Out Group plc

As CEO of Time Out Group Julio oversees a media and hospitality business that operates in 328 cities and 58 countries. To ensure that the organization is reflecting the diversity of the cities it serves, Julio works closely with the HR team to review hiring practices to ensure opportunities are being provided to a diverse range of job applicants. Currently the organization uses the practice of blind recruitment and demands a minimum of 50% diverse candidates. Julio has also overseen the implementation of a D&I portal and education program as a global resource for all staff to help fight conscious and unconscious bias, and has introduced externally run training for the whole company. These efforts have resulted in more diverse leadership and management teams throughout the organization. Outside of Time Out, Julio uses his social media platforms to support causes that affect the culture of the organization’s cities, including issues around DE&I.

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Kate Priestman

Senior Vice President, SPO, GSK Research and Development

GlaxoSmithKline

Kate has served as Executive Sponsor of GSK’s EMBRACE employee network since early 2020 and in that time she has grown its membership from under 500 to over 1800. By embedding targeted programs across her global organization to increase diverse representation, the division was able to meet, and in some cases exceed, its diversity targets. These targets included training over 30 diverse volunteers to take part in recruitment panels to eliminate unconscious bias and encourage new joiners, and arranging sponsors and mentors for early career BIPOC talent to accelerate development and career progression. The program also saw the introduction of targeted pay reviews of BIPOC talent across the business to ensure equity and to correct any anomalies in compensation. Additionally the new ‘grade mobility’ tracking system ensures the firm is committed to achieving genuine BIPOC mobility and not just filling the funnel anew at each level.

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Sue Fox

CEO, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

HSBC

In Sue’s CEO communications with employees, such as all-employee webinars, leadership calls, and team meetings, she stresses that diversity and inclusion is one of her core values and the foundation of how she runs her business. One way Sue manifests this commitment to D&I is by serving as Executive Sponsor of HSBC’s D&I Allies group. The group includes EMBRACE, the ethnicity network made up of self-nominated employees who put on events and trainings and write articles to give colleagues deeper insights, and highlight biases and discrimination. For the last two years the group has run a full month of activities during Black History Month, which Sue endorses and takes part in through panel discussions. Sue also supports HSBC's corporate sponsorship of The Diversity Network in Jersey, which runs events and networking to spread understanding and break down barriers around inclusivity.

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Nick Studer

Managing Partner

Oliver Wyman

The Racial and Ethnic Diversity group Nick sponsors at Oliver Wyman is called EMPOWERED. After starting off with eight members in 2016, the group has now grown to over 400 members across 19 offices. Another initiative sponsored by Nick was an education program for leaders focused on allyship, anti-racism and advocacy. It saw 10 senior UK leaders attend a multi-session program, work with reverse-mentors for nine months, and launch sponsorship programs for Black colleagues. Other internal activities Nick has been involved with include the development of racial equity targets, the launch of a pre-emptive analysis of ethnicity pay gap data and a series of conversations about race with Black colleagues to reach alignment on prioritization. Nick’s championing of diverse recruitment strategies has contributed to a three-fold increase in entry level offers to Black candidates at Oliver Wyman and a five-fold increase in BAME new joiners, bringing the proportion to 22%.

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Jack Azagury

Senior Managing Director – US Northeast Lead

Accenture

Jack Azagury is Accenture’s market unit lead for the US Northeast and responsible for clients, people, offices, community involvement, and financial performance across the region. He has strategic responsibility for integrating Accenture’s services to tackle and solve our clients’ most complex problems. Leading more than 10,000 people in the Northeast— Jack maintains a focus on empowerment and creating a culture of equality where people feel like they belong. Jack strives to bring continuous innovation to clients while attracting and retaining top talent and strengthening Accenture’s impact in the local communities. He also is a member of Accenture’s Global Management Committee and North America Leadership Team. Jack’s authentic leadership approach exemplifies a commitment to cross-cultural dialogue and substantive allyship for underrepresented communities. Jack is proud be a Board Member of Hillel, the largest Jewish student organization in the world, dedicated to creating pathways for young adults.

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Jason Tarry

CEO, UK & ROI

Tesco

Jason is the Executive Sponsor for the BAME at Tesco network. In this capacity he works to create a safe, supportive, confidential and connected space which colleagues can feel proud to be part of. The efforts he has undertaken to achieve this include running listening sessions to elevate diverse voices, developing new resources such as allyship guides, celebrating and raising awareness of key cultural events, and signing off new and updated internal policies. Jason has also overseen the introduction of ethnically diverse talent communities, designed to strengthen succession plans and support colleagues to realize their potential. Jason has also promoted the establishment of partnerships with specific universities, to diversify Tesco’s internship programme, which resulted in an intake of 51% ethnic minority representation in 2021, compared to 14% in 2020. Additionally, Jason has supported the launch of a range of leadership development programmes looking at race, intersectionality and privilege.

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Jessica Walsh

Managing Director

Hill + Knowlton Strategies

As the Founder and Executive Sponsor of EquALL, Jessica has been a strong advocate for the creation of what Hill+Knowlton calls 'a louder culture of equality'. Last summer, the firm created and hosted a series of open conversations, reaching 200 of 227 people in the agency through a series of five 50-minute conversations where employees could talk about racial justice and being black at H+K. Jessica co-organized this discussion series, earning CEO buy in, and showed up at every conversation. Following those listening sessions, EquALL developed a fourth workstream dedicated specifically to race and justice, and Jessica supervised a team of three young people to curate a race and justice resource library, which was shared globally to drive learning and support change. Jessica’s proudest achievement this year was implementing a level-appropriate performance metric on equity, diversity and inclusion for every person in the firm.

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Jon Holt

Chief Executive

KPMG UK

Driving inclusion and diversity is at the heart of Jon’s leadership strategy. Jon actively champions the progression of underrepresented groups across KPMG UK and has been instrumental in setting diversity targets at the highest levels of leadership. As Head of Audit, Jon developed and championed a Black Lives Action Plan which led to the launch of mentoring circles for black heritage colleagues. He set diversity goals for partners and directors to ensure that all leaders play a role in creating a diverse and inclusive culture. As Chief Executive, Jon is committed to making a bigger impact and driving sustainable change. He continues to advocate for applying a diversity lens across all people processes to ensure greater transparency and action. Outside of KPMG, Jon is an ambassador to the Patchwork Foundation, which promotes, encourages and supports the active participation of young people from disadvantaged and minority communities in British democracy.

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David Farrow

Head of Corporate Bank Client Coverage

Barclays

As an Executive Sponsor of Corporate Bank’s Embrace network, David has driven the Corporate Bank contribution to the Race at Work action plan, pushing forward a number of initiatives including the reporting of ethnicity data at executive committee monthly meetings; the encouragement of all Managing Directors to sign up for reverse-mentoring schemes; the launch of a pilot career development program for ethnically diverse colleagues, and the promotion of internal and external role model events. Membership of the network has increased, and activities have continued to grow across David’s global teams. David’s other efforts have involved establishing regular listening groups, championing greater transparency of data, promoting education to all colleagues and providing development programs to ethnic minority employees. David has served as a panelist for Embrace on a number of internal and client sessions, as well as speaking at a global townhall ‘Talking about the Tough Stuff’ event.

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Mairéad Nayager

Chief HR Officer

Diageo

As Chief HR Officer Mairéad is responsible for Diageo’s Inclusion and Diversity strategy which strives for 50% female and 45% ethnically diverse representation across leadership positions by 2030. In addition to creating Diageo's Progressive I&D Framework on ethnic diversity, Diageo was a founder member of the UK’s Change the Race Ratio campaign and in 2020, announced a $20 million community fund to help black communities and businesses to recover from COVID-19 in North America. Mairéad is the Executive sponsor of the employee REACH group focusing on Race, Ethnicity And Cultural Heritage. With Mairéad's sponsorship REACH has taken action by creating a reverse mentoring programme and hosting educational sessions on topics including the importance of discussing race. In 2019 Mairéad led the introduction of Diageo’s equal parental leave policy, giving all UK employees the opportunity to take 26-weeks fully paid, and more recently the launch of Diageo’s first-ever Global Menopause Guidelines.

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Sarah Gosler

Global Head of Operations & Technology Relations

BNY Mellon

Sarah governs Executive Relations and Governance, Internal Relations and People Experience, and External Relations for the Firm’s Global Operations and Technology division. She is an agent of change and a leading advocate for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion including serving as a committee member or executive sponsor on several ERGs, including the division’s DEI Council, Women in Technology and DiverseTech, where she works directly with executive leadership and Black and LatinX technologists to increase diverse representation at all levels. Sarah has developed integral internal campaigns that spotlight diverse employees on topics of diversity, equity and inclusion. One key program includes a recurring content series “Courageous Conversations” in which Black, Asian, LatinX, and other diverse leaders are invited to share their personal stories across BNY Mellon. As a Board Member of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, Sarah launched an exclusive mentor-to-intern program to provide opportunities for overlooked and underserviced students to gain experience and land full time jobs at BNY Mellon.

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Dominic Christian

Global Chairman, Reinsurance Solutions

Aon

Together with one of the Black women he sponsors at Aon, Dominic worked on two initiatives to attract diverse talent. The success of these led the pair to develop a brand new two-day workshop called Future Leaders Workshop, designed to attract ethnically diverse individuals and fast-track them to the assessment centre for Aon’s graduate program. In 2020, 38% of Aon’s early careers hires, including graduates, interns and apprentices were Black, Asian or ethnically diverse. As Chairman of Inclusion@Lloyd's, Dominic also works with leaders at other firms in the industry to drive a culture of inclusion. He was instrumental in devising an industry-wide diversity & inclusion festival called Dive In. Now in its sixth year, Dive In stretches globally with over 30,000 attendees in over 60 locations across 32 countries attending in 2020. He was recently honoured to join the Race Equality Commission.

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Paul Stacey

Executive Partner

Slaughter and May

Paul is the Executive Sponsor of Slaughter and May’s BAME network, and the Lead Partner on the firm’s Race Working Group. The Race Fairness Action Plan he commissioned and led was designed to embed and drive racial equality by improving how the firm recruits, retains and promotes BAME talent. Paul also launched a pilot scheme in which each trainee lawyer was assigned a partner to be their mentor for the duration of their training contract in order to increase inclusivity amongst the BAME population and achieve higher retention rates. This scheme sits alongside the reverse mentoring program Paul launched, which pairs BAME employees with business leaders in the belief that inclusive leadership styles can be developed by consulting different viewpoints. Paul also sponsored the firm’s first Race Equality Week and hosted and chaired the 2020 Black History Month event, which recorded attendance double that of previous years.

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David Hynam

Chairman (CEO)

HomeServe UK (Bupa Global & UK)

David passionately believes that we must celebrate inclusion and diversity in the workplace and in society. He was the very first signatory to the Government backed pledge to champion diversity and inclusion in business and believes that we should all strive to outperform diversity benchmarks. During his time as CEO of Bupa Global & UK, David transformed the organisation, building an award winning culture of inclusivity, launching Bupa’s global ‘Be You at Bupa’ commitment and the ‘Everyone’s Welcome’ pledge celebrating diversity. As Chairman of HomeServeUK, with his support they have built an inclusive organisation which was recently voted one of the Best Workplaces for Women in the UK.

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Jackie Uhi

Head of Network

HSBC

In 2020, Jackie created Step Forward, a program aimed at restoring confidence and improving engagement among BAME colleagues. Jackie encouraged her direct leadership team to become Step Forward sponsors as well as her colleagues on the Executive Committee. The initiative aims to encourage a commitment by all to step forward and become real advocates for racial equality and inclusion in the workplace. The program has now been widely adopted across a number of areas, with over 150 BAME colleagues now part of the program. Alongside Step Forward, Jackie acts as a trusted advisor and Executive Sponsor to Embrace, the BAME employee network, a role which sees her leverage her connections and experience to help the group engage with senior stakeholders. In October of last year Jackie was awarded HSBC UK’s Visible Advocate Award, for her work done to support ethnic diversity and inclusion at HSBC and beyond.

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Kathleen Russ

Senior Partner

Travers Smith

Kathleen sponsors Travers Smith's BAME recruitment and retention strategy, which seeks to introduce formal mechanisms to create fairness at critical inflection points of BAME lawyers' careers. This includes mentoring as well as implementing processes to ensure fair access to opportunities to work for important clients, to help address structural inequality in the division of work assignments. Kathleen also sponsored the firmwide response to the BLM movement, which saw the delivery of anti-racism and effective allyship training for all staff and partners and the publication of Travers Smith’s ethnicity pay gap reporting. The firm also signed up to Rare Recruitment's Race Fairness Commitment and the Law Firm Anti-Racism Alliance. In addition to sponsoring these initiatives, Kathleen led on hosting a ‘Celebration of Black Music’ event as part of Black History Month and implementing a reverse mentoring scheme to enable junior BAME colleagues to share their experiences with senior leaders.

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Alicia Pittman

Managing Director and Senior Partner and People Chair, North America

Boston Consulting Group

As People Chair for North America and co-lead for BCG’s Racial Equity Task Force, Alicia helped spearhead DEI efforts including: starting in 2019 revamping first-year evaluations for consultants from communities historically underrepresented in professional services, creating dashboards to track DEI aspirations, and a Champions’ Program to match consultants from communities of color with senior leaders. Alicia’s team is also building on BCG’s DEI network model to launch Inclusion Accelerators, which create space for colleagues of all identifies and ethnicities to raise awareness and encourage open dialogue on culture, identity and belonging in every office across the region. Additionally, her team partnered with the Groundwater Institute to educate senior leaders on structural racism and rethinking the meaning equity. Over 100 leaders participated in the two-day training. The program will be scaled up and rolled out across BCG and beyond.

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Keith Barr

CEO

IHG

Under Keith’s leadership DE&I has been made integral to IHG’s company strategy. The firm’s 2030 business plan, ‘Our Journey to Tomorrow’, includes commitments and targets specific to DE&I, such as doubling the representation of minorities across leadership teams and building a culture of inclusion. Executive Committee members have DE&I related goals. Steps taken to achieve these goals will include strengthened policies and programs, rolling out a ‘Conscious Inclusion’ program to all corporate employees and driving more focused events and and communications to increase colleague awareness. Keith actively participates in industry-level discussions around the importance of inclusion and has signed both the Race at Work Charter and the CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion, the largest CEO-driven business commitment to advance DE&I in the workplace. The impact of IHG’s action plans is already noticeable, with ethnic minority representation in senior roles up 5% over the last six months.

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David Schwimmer

Chief Executive Officer

London Stock Exchange Group

David marshalled London Stock Exchange Group’s response to demands for social justice in 2020, following the death of George Floyd. His statement committing the London Stock Exchange Group to a fresh approach on inclusion began a process that has led it to develop new recruitment and retention policies, better support mechanisms for ethnic minority colleagues and the use of data to create a more racially-balanced and diverse organisation. As well as leading an organisation that’s pioneering a new framework for all employers to disclose their racial diversity metrics, David has committed LSEG to the Race at Work Charter and advocated for Black inclusion through an open letter to UK business following #BlackLivesMatter.

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Natasha Harrison

Deputy Chair and Managing Partner

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

Natasha is a leading international disputes lawyer, one of few women running a major international law firm, and the only British woman currently running a US law Firm. As is reflected in the London office Natasha built from scratch, she cares passionately about equality – the office topped AmLaw’s UK A-List for diversity and female equity partner representation and was recently named on the 2021 Global Inclusion Index. Diversity is integral to the firm-wide strategy Natasha introduced last year. She has formed a Diversity Council and appointed a dedicated DEI officer and external consultants to ensure DEI is implemented in the most impactful and sustainable manner. She has also set firm-wide diversity targets and introduced a diversity budget to ensure these are achieved. Externally, Natasha has made a public stand about how firms can tackle inequality. She also sponsors The Brokerage, a charity creating internship opportunities for diverse and under-privileged candidates.

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Sinead Lynch

Chair

Shell UK

As the Executive Sponsor for Race in Shell UK, Sinead’s focus has been three-fold. Firstly, she has placed an emphasis on listening to the voices of Shell’s employees to better understand their lived workplace realities, including setting up an all-staff ‘townhall’ to discuss the need for change both within Shell and in the wider sector. Secondly, she has taken action by working with leaders, HR and BAME employee networks to implement a 10 Point Plan covering visible leadership & role models, recruitment targets, allyship guides and new development programs for Shell’s BAME talent pool. Sinead’s third focus was on transparency, leading Shell UK in voluntarily reporting their Ethnicity Pay Gap for the first time in 2020, as one of the first in the industry to do so. Sinead is also a founding member of the Energy Leaders Coalition, a group set up to collaborate across the Energy sector to achieve better diversity.

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Jeremy Amias

Vice Chairman

Standard Chartered Bank

As the Chair of Americas’ Diversity and Inclusion Council at Standard Chartered, a banking group that employs over 120 nationalities, Jeremy oversees the team which champions how the region can enhance its D&I culture and harness the potential of its diverse workforce. Jeremy is also a Senior Advocate on the Black Leadership & Development Initiative where he has created several opportunities for professional and personal development through networking, community volunteering and safe spaces for connection and support. His role as an Executive Sponsor of the Europe and Americas Ethnicity Strategy, which has established a three-year plan to improve racial diversity and equality in the UK and US, helped informed the plans to increase the number of Black and LatinX colleagues in the US senior leadership team by 2025 through numerous initiatives. They include the implementation of regional Unconscious Bias training for all staff and partnerships with diverse schools, colleges and non-profit organizations.

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Christiana Riley

CEO, Americas and Member of the Management Board

Deutsche Bank

In June 2020 Christiana Riley made a public statement condemning racism and followed up with four open-door sessions with approximately 500 employees. She then announced a ‘Seven Actions in Seven Months’ plan which spanned culture, talent development, advancement, recruiting, business, and community impact in order to advance ethnic diversity and inclusion. Christiana made implementing this plan a leadership priority and delivered on it ahead of schedule. As well as appointing the Chair of the Black Leadership Forum to the Americas Executive Council as a Diversity Champion, and diversifying the Deutsche Bank Board of Directors by appointing Paula Price, Christiana also launched a dbBOLD (Black Opportunity Leadership Development) program, offering Vice Presidents and Directors exposure to senior leaders and a place at in McKinsey's Black Leadership Academy. Overall, Christiana’s leadership and personal commitment has increased the prioritization of D&I at the global Management Board level.

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Paula Lindenberg

President - BU West and Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I

AB InBev

In response to the Black Lives Matter movement, Paula chaired several employee Listening Sessions with over 100 employees, seeking to understand how colleagues felt and what they would like to see more of. Following these meetings, Paula commissioned INvolve to conduct a RADAR report assessing the position of Budweiser Brewing Group in relation to inclusion and to gather and analyze D&I data. This meant that future work could be evidence-based and strategically led. She also challenged the company to identify partners that could help Budweiser Brewing Group to become a more diverse workforce when recruiting. She is a champion of the company’s scholarship at the University of Bath and gives her time to mentoring students. Paula sits on the company’s European D&I Council and has commenced monthly Diversity and Inclusion meetings at Budweiser Brewing Group to ensure the company continues to progress at pace.

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David Shelley

Chief Executive Officer

Hachette UK

After receiving an email from a colleague whose experiences of the company, as woman of color, were very different to his own, David got permission to set up a working party which later became Hachette’s diversity and inclusion program: ‘Changing the Story’. In 2018, when David became CEO of Hachette, it felt imperative to him that ‘Changing the Story’ became one of the company’s four strategic pillars. Since then, Hachette has become the first publisher to voluntarily share their Ethnicity Pay Gap figures as part of a commitment to inclusivity, and the latest company report reveals that representation of Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic employees increased to 9.6%. This year the firm refreshed its publishing traineeship program, which focuses on making publishing more accessible to under-represented groups. The program will be partnering for the first time with literary agency Curtis Brown and booksellers Waterstones.

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Adam Kansler

President, Financial Services

IHS Markit

Adam has placed DE&I at the center of his leadership agenda as an integral part of the financial services business at IHS Markit. He was responsible for hiring the first ever full-time DE&I Programs Lead at IHS Markit. He made funding the DE&I function a strategic priority and was a key sponsor in setting up the Chief Diversity Officer role and office. Adam, with the support of his teams, has increased diverse representation in internship schemes and grad programs, setting up partnerships with Wall St Bound, St Francis College, Posse New York and SEO London. Adam also sponsors inclusive leadership training, live bias reviews and interview skills training. Under Adam’s steering, IHS Markit has funded a financial scholars literacy program, equipping students with the skills necessary to thrive in a fintech job.

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Carolyn McCall

CEO

ITV

Carolyn set up a Diversity & Inclusion Council when she joined ITV in 2018. In 2020, she worked with senior leaders and the Council, particularly the Embrace Network in order to create a Diversity Acceleration Plan. The plan includes increasing diversity on the management board and senior leadership teams, commissioning content to ensure ITV better represents contemporary British life on screen, improving diversity and career progression in TV production and educating ITV colleagues so everyone understands racism and their role in creating an inclusive culture. Carolyn also appointed a ‘Group Director of Diversity and Inclusion’ role, making ITV the first FTSE 100 company with a dedicated diversity director on its board. She is also initiating the creation of an independent external advisory council who will advise on and challenge inclusion and diversity initiatives. Carolyn has also championed on screen initiatives such as the Black Voices campaign, a platform for Black people to share their stories, as well as ITV's biggest ever Black History Month, showcasing Black talent, stories and original commissions

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Diana Conrad

SVP,Human Resources

GSK

On appointment to the position of Chief Human Resources Officer at GSK, Diana worked to amplify and integrate Inclusion and Diversity into the wider agenda, establishing an I&D strategy across the core areas of People, Business and Community. She set out a number of key projects specifically focused on ethnicity, such as mandatory annual I&D training for all employees and diverse shortlists of qualified candidates for all senior vacancies. Aspirational targets were put in place, aiming for 50% ethnically diverse early talent hires (UK and US), and at least 30% (US) and 18% (UK) ethnically diverse leaders in roles at Vice President level and above by the end of 2025, with year-on-year disclosure of progress against ethnicity sub-categories. The executive committee of GSK now have the latter target built into their personal objectives.

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Mark Read

CEO

WPP

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Doug Butler

CEO

Reward Gateway

Doug is very proactive in all of Reward Gateway’s Diversity & Inclusion networks. He understands it as being an opportunity to learn from employees, learn from his mistakes and create a place where everyone feels welcome and comfortable. In light of this objective, Doug launched a global learning & awareness course on unconscious bias, anti-racism and diversity for all employees. Complimenting this course, Reward Gateway began a video series in which Doug had open conversations with employees on all aspects of diversity including the racial trauma inflicted by microaggressions, and conversations with Black employees on the racial equality movement in 2020. Doug shared his thoughts on these topics, and opened up conversations further through his weekly blog update. Doug continues to work with the leadership team, managers and employees at Reward Gateway to build a diverse team with different voices, different perspectives and different day-to-day life experiences.

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Jim Fitterling

Chairman and CEO

Dow

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Anne Sheehan

Director

Vodafone Business UK

After running a series of 45 minute ‘lunch and learn’ sessions with members of the BAME community at Vodafone, to hear first hand their experiences and better understand challenges they have faced, Anne fed back recommendations to HR for direct action. These steps included making improvements to unconscious bias trainings, running mandatory ‘Let’s Talk Race’ training sessions for line managers and ensuring non-UK holidays were more widely celebrated throughout the year. Anne also set up Vodafone’s Business Reciprocal Mentoring Scheme, where mentors from the BAME community form a professional relationship with white senior leader mentees to exchange knowledge and workplace experiences, providing opportunities to learn from each other. Nine members of the Business Senior Leadership team have signed up to this reciprocal mentoring scheme. Another result of Anne’s efforts has been the celebration of cultural holidays as part of monthly webinars, helping facilitate inclusion, increase awareness, and redress the imbalance of only celebrating British cultural holidays.

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Anne Richards

Chief Executive Officer

Fidelity International

Under Anne Richards’ leadership, Fidelity’s Global Operating Committee (GOC) signed up to the Race at Work Charter in the UK and the BlackNorth initiative in Canada. GOC members then convened focus groups to identify how race and culture were impacting people's experiences at Fidelity, and the learnings informed a new strengthened cultural diversity action plan and employee toolkit. Ethnic diversity is consistently monitored at each level of the company to assist in setting and measuring progress against specific targets. Additionally Fidelity supports the Catalyst After School Programme, 100 Black Interns, and the Investment Association Kickstart Scheme in order to encourage more BAME young people to enter the sector. The firm has also adopted a new approach to apprentice hiring in the UK, partnering with Entrepreneurs in Action and the local Job Centre Plus. 65% of the 17 apprentices hired through the new program were from an ethnic minority.

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Keri Gilder

Chief Executive Officer

Colt Technology Services

Keri founded Colt's first Inclusion and Diversity council, and chairs the TM Forum's Diversity and Inclusion Council, with the group’s aim to make the telecommunications sector more diverse and inclusive. In response to 2020's Black Lives Matter protests, Keri held listening sessions with a cross-section of employees from different racial and ethnic backgrounds to find out what was on their minds and to gain an understanding of what Colt could do to support them. The insights she gathered led to a collaboration between HR and the YOUnited employee network group, aiming to ensure firstly that Colt was focused on removing any biases inherent within its systems, processes and structures, and secondly that all employees, including those who identify as BAME, had a fair chance to join and develop at the firm. Over the past year, under Keri's support, Colt has sponsored eight employees through the Black British Business Awards Talent Accelerator programme.

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Cindy Noble

Chief People Officer

Compass Group USA

As Chief People Officer for Compass Group USA, Cindy leads the D&I agenda for the 6th largest company in the U.S., empowering associates to succeed through a culture of belonging. Since serving on the Executive Committee, Cindy has overseen the first ever company-wide D&I survey, the establishment of initiatives confronting unintentional biases and micro-aggressions, growth in salaried ethnic minority representation and the recognition of best practices through an Associate Inclusion Excellence Award. Cindy's leadership and commitment to diversity is reflected in Compass Group USA's consistent acknowledgement by outside organizations, including being named a Forbes Best Employer for Diversity four years in a row. Cindy’s service on the boards and committees of numerous external organizations, including Charlotte Center City, American Heart Association, and Jose Andres World Central Kitchen, focus on D&I related issues.

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Joe Davis

Managing Director & Senior Partner and Regional Chair, North America

Boston Consulting Group

Joe has always made DEI a priority throughout his 30+ years at BCG. As Chair of BCG North America, where he oversees operations in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico, Joe has been committed to creating a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive BCG. During Joe’s tenure, BCG appointed more women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ people to leadership roles than ever before, while making progress in achieving retention parity across identities and ethnicities. Joe is also responsible for expanding BCG’s DEI networks and allyship groups’ membership by over 75% in North America. Most recently, Joe founded BCG’s Racial Equity Task Force, which developed seven public racial equity commitments and implemented numerous initiatives to support these goals, including over $100 million consulting services and donations over five years. Joe also led the effort to develop BCG's inaugural U.S. diversity, equity and inclusion report this year to increase transparency and accountability on DEI.

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Anne Erni

Chief People Officer

Audible

As Chief People Officer at Audible, Anne leads both HR and Real Estate, two areas that are inextricably linked, as highlighted by the recent pandemic. Anne activates caring at Audible by driving a culture that embraces all the glories of the human spectrum. She introduced the D&I function to three organizations – Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg, and Audible and helped set the strategy. She is a mentor in W.O.M.E.N. In America (WIA), a development program for high potential women, with a focus on women of color. She has also supported Johns Hopkins University's efforts to drive diversity in its faculty. An effort that Anne is most proud of pioneering is “Encore”, the first “back to work” program for women who had left the workplace for extended periods to care for their children, which launched at Lehman Brothers in 2005 and thrives nationally in the US today, including at Audible.

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Ahmed Omer

Head of Marketing

GroupM

Ahmed is the Chair of the GroupM Roots network, which champions and drives equity and inclusion for ethnic, religious and cultural minorities. Under Ahmed’s leadership the Employee Resource Group has supported a sponsorship program which connects high potential ethnic minority talent with senior sponsors across the company, helping them to create clear career paths. The group has also created an inclusive hiring system for managers, launched a scheme allowing colleagues to swap UK bank holidays for days of significance to them, and brought new suppliers into the firm’s apprenticeship program to ensure diverse representation. In another effort to promote diversity the network has also added 5,000 additional diverse publishers to the list GroupM works with. Following the Black History Month panel Ahmed hosted last year, he will be hosting another panel on the importance of D&I at the Programmatic Pioneers summit later this year. Ahmed is also a Mentor at MEFA and has taken on two mentees.

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Rutendo Chigora

Investment Associate

Bridgewater Associates

Rutendo plays a central role as an Investment Associate within Bridgewater’s Investment Engine, conducting and leading investment research projects for Bridgewater’s China-based clients. In addition, Rutendo works to diversify the firm’s investment talent by championing efforts to recruit, advance, and mentor minority talent. She represented Bridgewater as a panelist at the Harlem Children Zone’s Careers Exposure Panel and Bridgewater Black Network Recruiting Events, where she speaks to minority students about pathways into the financial services industry and shares practical steps for them to pursue similar tracks. Before joining Bridgewater in 2017, Rutendo graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and was a Rhodes Scholar. While at Oxford she led efforts to diversify the pool of applicants to the university and expand funding for Rhodes and university-wide scholarships for African students. She volunteers with a venture firm that is investing in and helping to build businesses in Africa that catalyze economic growth.

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Jennifer Alvarado

Vice President, Product Development and Management - Senior Manager | IPG-US

HSBC Bank

The long list of groups and initiatives Jennifer is part of at HSBC includes the Caribbean Employee Resource Group, for which she is COO, the Hispanic Employee Resource Group, of which she is the NY Chapter Chair, the Private Bank People & Culture Program, the Wealth and Private Banking D&I Advisory Board and the WPB Customer & Employee Experience Working Group. Belonging to so many groups has allowed Jennifer to play an important role in creating unity amongst varying networks and business lines, bridging the gaps between them. Through her involvement in each one she has led and coordinated employee events for awareness, education, action and change, driving the business's D&I deliverables. As a result of her efforts, Jennifer was recognized in 2020 with the HSBC Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador Award. Jennifer was also the recipient of the Culture Hero Award. Outside of HSBC she collaborates with iMentor to support an ethnic minority student from a lower income school district.

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Shailyn Tirado

Americas Head of Research

NextGen

As Co-Chair of the Americas Race, Ethnicity & Faith Network at Euromoney, Shailyn felt compelled to write an article following the death of George Floyd about how Black and Brown employees were expected to fight for their human rights one day, and attend morning meetings unaffected the next. Since first becoming co-chair of the network more than three years ago, Shailyn helped introduce and promote ideas on education, inclusion, mentorship and career development at all stages of the business. She co-curated a detailed program for Black History Month inviting external speakers to discuss areas such as disability, sexuality, gender and socio-economic status in an effort to practice what was preached and remain intersectional in our group approach. Outside of Euromoney, Shailyn is a small businesses owner and member of the Justice Committee, a grassroots organization dedicated to building a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City.

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Rini Laskar

Director

UBS

Rini is the Co-Chair and founding member of MOSAIC UK, UBS’s largest employee network representing 2400 members. MOSAIC UK’s successes include pushing the ethnicity disclosure rate up to 75%, driving UBS to set its first race and ethnicity targets at 26% by 2025, and to sign up to the Race at Work charter. Another victory was gaining sponsorship from the Board and CEO for a 19-point action plan to increase Race and Ethnic diversity at UBS. MOSAIC UK has also delivered a mentoring program for 200 members, an inaugural reverse-mentoring program with 64 senior leaders, and community initiatives to promote reading and ethnically diverse books for primary schools. In addition Rini is a Board Member of the BritBangla network, which promotes Bangladeshi interests and represents over 1000 members. She is also identified as one of the UK’s top 100 Muslim Women under Baroness Uddin’s Change the Script Initiative.

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Antonio Xu Liu

Global Program Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

National Grid USA

As the Chair of National Grid USA’s PrideUSA Employee Resource Group, Antonio has increased LGBTQ+ and ethnic minority Board Member representation by 112%, from 8 to 17 members. His role makes him accountable for over 300 LGBTQ+ employees including many allies and employees of color in the US. In 2020, together with his team, Antonio developed a virtual intersectionality training for employees to learn about allyship for the LGBTQ+, Black and Brown communities. The training received company-wide executive and employee participation, becoming the highest attended virtual D&I event in the company’s history with over 2000 attendees; in 2020, the training received the firm’s highest employee recognition award, a National Grid Chairman's Award. And in the same year, Antonio led an initiative to re-design and implement National Grid’s ‘Inclusion Logo’: a new version of the company's rainbow logo which includes the colors of the Progress Flag and would annually continue to be used across all customer facing Social Digital Media platforms during Pride Month.

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Zeeshan Nazar

Contract Management Graduate

British Telecommunications (BT)

Zeeshan’s work to promote D&I at BT includes creating a mentorship function within the BT Muslim Network made up of experienced colleagues, graduates and apprentices. He has hosted online webinars for graduates in collaboration with ConsortiuM, as well as creating BT’s own three-part apprenticeship series to explore life at the company. The impact of this series has been an increase in diverse talent applying to early career routes with BT, an achievement helping to advance BT’s D&I agenda. As a result of Zeeshan’s work with Senior Leaders and HR Directors to shape the company’s D&I strategy, a new Ethnicity Rapid Action Plan is being rolled out, including a program of reverse mentoring for Senior Management and the Global Leadership Team. Zeeshan also managed to increase signups to employee affinity networks by establishing and running a mandatory session during graduate induction to introduce the networks to new staff.

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Hannah Chukwu

Assistant Editor

Penguin Random House

In Hannah’s current job as Assistant Editor at Hamish Hamilton she editorially works on the books of Bernardine Evaristo, whose novel Girl, Woman, Other made her the first black woman to win the Booker Prize in 2019. Hannah is also editor for the inaugural BLACK BRITAIN: WRITING BACK Series. Selected and introduced by Bernardine Evaristo, the series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books depicting Black Britain. Hannah’s vocal championing of those who are underrepresented in the publishing industry led to the Penguin Random House Creative Responsibility Team appointing her as Policy and Campaign Consultant on a joint campaign with Runnymede Trust, 'Lit in Colour'. In this role, Hannah advises on how to meaningfully change the English curriculum throughout the UK to feature more authors of colour. Her work in the publishing industry over the last two years has led to her recently winning the London Book Fair Trailblazer Award 2021.

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Jonathan Chen

Head of EMEA Commercial Strategy - Equity Data and Analytics

IHS Markit

In order to improve representation at IHS Markit and provide a forum for ethnic minority colleagues to connect and appreciate each other's cultures, Jonathan joined the Steering Committees of the EMpower and ASPIRE affinity groups. Together with the groups’ members, he worked to promote awareness by chairing sharing circles and webinars, moderating speaker panels as well as advancing the partnership with SEO London to encourage the recruitment of students from ethnic minorities and low socio-economic backgrounds. The result of this partnership has been a shortlist of 43 candidates who applied through the SEO scheme now proceeding to final interviews for positions across the firm. The groups Jonathan steers have also worked to raise awareness and funds to combat anti-Asian sentiment and API violence. Jonathan is also a volunteer at End the Virus of Racism, a UK ESEA community advocacy group.

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Micaela Christophe

Vice President, Event Management

BNY Mellon

As the lead Corporate Events advisor to BNY Mellon’s E/BRGs, Micaela plays an integral role in events that drive the company’s DEI strategy, including programs focused on talent recruitment, employee development and client engagement. As an advocate for E/BRGs, she developed resources to empower groups to own and execute their DEI programming. In 2019, Micaela was recognized by BNY Mellon as a Diversity & Inclusion Champion, after receiving a record number of nominations for any one individual in the award’s history. Micaela serves as a Founding Junior Board Member for the nonprofit organization, Part of the Solution, which helps 30,000+ New Yorkers struggling with poverty each year. She was also recently appointed to the Steering Committee for the Harlem YMCA bai mentor program which aims to develop youth into future leaders.

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Antonio Soler

Marketing & Strategy PM

University College Dublin UCD

Antonio is a member of UCD LGBT+ Staff Network, the Multicultural Employee Network (MENU) and the EDI network at University College Dublin – Ireland’s largest and most diverse university. By participating in these committees, he provides ethnic minority representation at meetings where decisions relating to diversity and inclusion are made. The strategies Antonio has developed include building an internal communication plan for the College, with a section dedicated exclusively to showcasing events, news and outstanding contributions relating to DE&I. Antonio has also worked to highlight the importance of celebrating events such as International Women’s Day and Pride within the College. Alongside his achievements at UCD Dublin, Antonio has been awarded the Johns Hopkins Carey Business School Fellowship for his professional achievements and his work highlighting matters related to EDI, in particular, the contributions of LGBT+ staff to the workplace.

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Sangeetha Mahadevan

Client Director

Dentsu

Sangeetha is the only ethnic minority person at Director level or above in her department and is part of the steering committee of Dentsu Represent. Her work includes ensuring that Diversity and Inclusion is implemented across the board in the firm’s culture, people, client work, briefings and media choices. She has raised awareness of issues such as the lack of ethnic minority leadership at senior levels and advocated changes in processes to enable open sharing of lived experiences. The committee has rolled out D&I training programs across the organization as well as initiatives that celebrate diverse cultures. As part of her contributions to the wider industry, Sangeetha mentors young ethnic minority talent through organisations like Bloom UK, CMI, The Girls Network and is part of the editorial committee at Media for All, an organization that was set up to help ethnic minority talent thrive and grow within the media industry.

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Harpreet Cheema

Head of Digital & Promotions

Sodexo

As Co-Chair of the Culture and Origins network at Sodexo, Harpreet was at the forefront of the firm’s response to the Black Lives Matter movement. He started by sending a personal letter to the business and followed this with a firmwide virtual meeting, attended by around 300 employees, exploring the role we each have to play in tackling racism. Harpreet then supported the design and delivery of Sodexo's first ever listening groups, seeking to understand Black colleagues’ lived experiences within the organization and how the workplace culture could be improved. After nearly 100 employee interviews were conducted, Harpreet facilitated feedback sessions with the executive leaders that challenged the organization on its approach and helped shape the strategy going forward. Harpreet has also been working with colleagues to launch a 'Breaking Bias' webinar series, exploring the subtle biases that occur and how to address them.

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Frederick Sharp

Sr. Account Executive

SAP SuccessFactors

Frederick’s work as part of the SAP Diversity Council has included helping to launch HBCU career fairs, initiating a program to increase D&I ambassadors across SAP, and reallocating marketing dollars towards diverse candidates. Frederick also sits on the Emerging Talent Advisory Board, a role which has seen him work with SAP leaders to determine how to respond to BLM movement and speak with members of the Future Forum Congressional Caucus to discuss the importance of workplace diversity and the steps lawmakers need to take to address racial disparity. A third committee Frederick contributes to is the SAP Black Employee Network, for which he created a voter registration initiative to educate diverse employees on their voting rights, hosted a fireside chat discussing D&I with Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, and set up networking programs to connect new ethnic minority hires with an ethnic minority mentor inside the organization.

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Amit Chouhan

Solution Executive, Law & Order

Fujitsu

Amit is the Co-Chair of Fujitsu’s Cultural Diversity Network, which accelerated its actions to deliver sustainable change in response to the Covid-19 lockdown and the BLM movement. Amit himself was instrumental in driving Fujitsu to publish its first-ever public statement on racial justice, and after he led roundtables with the Senior Leadership Team and 35 BAME-colleagues, of which 45% were women, a number of BAME-focused initiatives were agreed to by the CEO. These included sending out regular communications on D&I issues, the establishment of an Ethnicity Steering Board reporting to the Senior Leadership Team, and coaches trained to provide BAME Safe Spaces. Amit was also involved in a campaign to increase ethnic-background disclosure, resulting in a current disclosure rate of over 80%, as well as a BAME focused Career Ignition training which has reached 250 people. 80% of Fujitsu’s roundtable participants have expressed that they feel real change is now happening.

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Roselyn Mutongerwa

Contract Manager

Agilisys Limited

Roselyn is an active member of Agilisys’ D&I committee and networks and is the Head of Education for the Agilisys BAME and the Women Empowerment networks. Roselyn conducted D&I presentations to business units in Guernsey and the UK, promoting the work of the D&I Committee and the networks, in order to increase employee engagement in D&I activities. Roselyn was also involved in the development of compulsory D&I training, with modules on ‘Why D&I Matters’, ‘Unconscious Bias’, and ‘Belonging’ being successfully rolled out across Agilisys to over 1000 employees in 2020. Outside of Agilisys, Roselyn has founded an organisation, WEM Vision, which has a mission to change the face of the finance and technology industries by enhancing career opportunities and supporting the social mobility of women and ethnic minorities through employment. The organisation has increased its membership by 80% in 2021, and is continuing to grow.

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Annie Xiao

Events and Partnerships Marketing Manager

FiscalNote

Since joining FiscalNote, Annie has launched a number of interest groups, such as the Asian and Asian American Pacific Islander interest group and the French Club, to promote diversity and inclusion within the global technology company. As a founding member of the Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) Task Force, Annie helped publish their inaugural DEI report which was shared throughout the entire organization. In addition to her efforts at FiscalNote, Annie is an active member of the Women in Government Relations’ DEI Committee, regularly participating in their meetings and events to highlight DEI issues facing Government Affairs professionals today. Annie is also a former Vice-Chair of the Conference on Asian Pacific American Leadership and a new member of the 10,000 Degrees Young Professionals Council, a diverse group of young business leaders who support students from low-income backgrounds in pursuit of their higher education and career goals through strategic initiatives.

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Jean Kikaya

Project Surveyor

Clarion Housing Group

Jean’s record of promoting D&I at Clarion Housing Group has involved single-handedly launching the BAME Network (including forming the terms of reference and creating all publicity when Affinity Sutton merged with Circle to form Clarion). Jean regularly speaks externally on BAME matters. As the network’s Co-Chair, Jean was approached following the death of George Floyd to discuss issuing a company statement and putting staff support systems in place. As a result, additional funding was granted to the network to run events during Black History Month including unconscious bias training for senior managers, peer-to-peer support groups & Black history study sessions. Jean sits on Clarion’s D&I advisory group. Under Jean’s leadership the network has grown to approx. 200 members. Outside of Clarion Jean co-founded the housing sector’s BAME Network, called Unify, which brings together different housing association BAME networks to share insights and explore projects to run throughout the year.

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Donna Hill

Business Planning Manager, Disputes Government Investigations Legal

Standard Chartered Bank

Donna creates and implements organisational design strategies, oversees budgeting and operations and executes key initiatives for a global team of attorneys and legal professionals. Donna is also a dedicated advocate for equity and inclusion and serves as one of the founding co-Chairs of the Bank’s Origins, Nationality, and Ethnicity (“ONE”) employee resource group and the Program Chair for ONE BoLD, the Black and African American colleague programming pillar. In 2019, she received the Bank’s D&I “Better Together” award in recognition of her efforts. Following the killing of George Floyd, Donna led open discussions and provided specific recommendations to leadership to address racial inequity, inclusivity, and lack of representation. Since then, the bank has publicly committed to targets for increasing Black and Latinx representation in senior management in the US. Donna also serves as Northeast Chair of the Cornell Black Lawyers Alumni Network, planning events and mentors current students and alumni.

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Natasha Persad

Vice President Client Relationship Management

State Street Fund Services Ireland

Since featuring on last year’s EMpower list, Natasha has been using her platform to continue speaking out against racism. As well as speaking engagements with FuSion, her network in conjunction with the PWN interviewed the mayor of Dublin, Hazel Chu, an advocate, of Diversity and Inclusion. Natasha is a proud member of State Street’s Global Inclusion and Diversity Council with involvement in the workstream that aims to encourage a more diverse future workplaces in the Asset Management industry. The DDE network that Natasha co-chairs collaborated with the PRIDE and PWN networks on virtual events held last year at State Street. Natasha’s aim for this year is to work with children and she will be engaging with secondary schools to speak about diversity and third level education. In 2020, Natasha commenced her MBA at Trinity College Dublin, a programme strongly focused on sustainability and social enterprise projects topics that are of great interest to her.

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Coleen Mensa

Lawyer

EY LLP

Coleen is the Founder of Black Connection, a community for EY’s Black colleagues across all UK offices to meet and grow their networks. The community has over 200 members and over the lockdown periods Coleen held regular virtual events. At the height of the BLM protests in 2020, Coleen also partnered with the Race and Ethnicity Network (EY REN) to deliver a talk to over 1,000 colleagues called "Breaking the Silence'' (attended by the Chairman), on micro-aggressions, mistaken identity, building authentic allyship and stereotypes. This was the first time a Black colleague had addressed racism in a direct way to a huge audience within the firm and the impact was massive. Following the talk, leadership committed to making changes like eradicating the use of the term ‘BAME’ when publishing reports. Outside of EY, Coleen founded the Law Masterclass Series: a mentoring program for aspiring lawyers from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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Deon Pillay

Head of Marketing Operations

Legal and General Investments

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Hope Levy-Shepherd

Associate (Mainstream Corporate)

Linklaters LLP

Hope is an active member of the Linklaters Ethnicity and Race Network (LEARN) and was one of the committee members involved in developing the firm’s Race Action Plan. She was a key part of the team which coordinated Linklaters’ first-ever client webinar series on Black identity at work and the most junior lawyer on a panel alongside senior leaders on intergenerational experiences of Black women in law. Hope used her experiences as a mentor on Linklaters’ pilot reverse mentoring program to deliver talks to clients on launching their own reverse mentoring schemes. Outside of Linklaters, Hope is co-founder of the Black British City Group (“BBCG”), a cross-sector network of Black professionals in the UK empowering Black communities through programs which leverage members' collective skills and resources. For example, BBCG runs an e-mentoring careers program for Black university students facing cancelled internships as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Jasmine Cruz

Account Strategy Supervisor

Praytell

Jasmine is an Account Strategy Supervisor at Praytell by day and Head of Marketing & Brand Strategy for InHerShoes Movement by night. She's a champion for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, catalyst of courage, and advocate for dogs at work. She leads with compassion and curiosity, applying her DE&I expertise to any challenge that comes her way in a client partner, community activist, and mentor capacity. With over 6 years of experience in Marketing & Advertising and a Master’s Degree in Strategic Marketing & Consulting, she’s dedicated her work towards uplifting misrepresented communities both within the workplace and is committed to partnering with brands in reflecting the beautiful range of identities in all marketing communications. Her current efforts support the People, Allyship, Culture, and Trust (PACT) team at Praytell and service the InHerShoes Movement community in driving action and dialogue around DE&I.

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Shaun Lee

Corporate Relationship Manager

HSBC

Shaun has been active in advocating for more Asian representation across HSBC since first joining in 2017. As a result of being vocal on the matter, Shaun was nominated to take on the responsibility of running the Southern California chapter for an internal Employee Resource Group (ERG): Asians and Pacific Islander Committee (APIC). In this role he was able to drive change by organizing internal cultural and professional sessions and partnering with external organizations like ASCEND to conduct workshops such as ‘Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling’. After Shaun’s success in this role was recognized he was then appointed to be one of the three global Co-Chairs for the HSBC Embrace Employee Resource Group. This appointment is allowing Shaun to look at ethnicity issues from different lenses specific to each minority group, and to effect change by providing on-the-ground insights to senior leaders.

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Bernard Adjei

Lead Project Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

Bernard is part of Lloyds’ Black Organisation Leadership Development network (BOLD) and a Committee Member of the Chartered Banking Institute (CBI). In 2016 he launched the bank’s RISE initiatives, designed to inspire and empower disadvantaged young people, providing them with the employability skills they need to access a career in banking. Following its initial success, the RISE (Reach Inspire Support Empower) program has now been rolled out to more than 10 colleges across London, Manchester, Leeds and Wales. It has supported over 350 students over the last two years, and 800 overall, through CV workshops, work experience schemes and internship opportunities. During the pandemic it launched an Online Programme Curriculum to keep providing BAME students with access to key resources, role models and learning opportunities virtually. For two consecutive years, Bernard has topped the Lloyds Banking Group’s Inspire List in recognition of his achievements within the firm’s Diversity and Inclusion Network.

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Claire Sachiko Fourel

Pro bono senior associate lawyer (Europe and Middle East)

Ashurst LLP

Claire is the lead lawyer on Ashurst’s pro bono Windrush Compensation Assistance scheme, in partnership with the community legal center United Legal Access. This project, which Claire developed as a response to the Windrush Scandal, the BLM marches, and the death of George Floyd, provides legal help to people who suffered as a result of the UK Home Office's ‘hostile environment’ policy, which saw thousands of British Black Afro-Caribbean people lose their homes, their right to work and their access to social welfare and healthcare, as well as facing deportation in some cases. Claire worked with ULA to develop legal training for herself and 20 other lawyers at Ashurst, and the team has so far provided over 500 hours of free legal support to ULA and their clients. Claire is also the Co-Founder of Sachiko & Shu, a minority-led enterprise focused on activism through storytelling and events, which released a digital anti-racism charity cookbook "Recipes Against Racism" in April 2021.

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Dipti Kulkarni

Vice President, Senior Business Support Manager

Bank of America

Kulkarni is a business support manager for the consumer, small business and wealth management technology team at Bank of America. An advocate for diversity and inclusion for almost a decade, she received Bank of America’s Global Diversity and Inclusion award in 2019. An active member of the bank’s Leadership, Education, Advocacy and Development (LEAD) for Women group, she recently was a panelist at an event to inspire women to raise their voice and encourage men to be allies. She actively mentors young, diverse female talent from multiple universities to encourage their pursuit of careers in technology. Her other work to advance ethnic minority diversity and inclusion has included organizing an event called ‘Courageous Conversation: Coming together against racism’ hosted by the Asian Leadership Network, the Black Professional Group, and the Hispanic/Latino Organization for Leadership and Advancement. As a recognised artist and poet, Kulkarni recently interviewed with ShoutOutLA.

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Malaika Jawed

Associate Solicitor

BLM

Malaika started out as a CSR representative and after noticing a lack of representation of BAME causes, and a lack of contributions to CSR events from ethnic minority colleagues, she set about finding ways to improve ED&I at the firm. As a paralegal with little influence, Malaika started out leading projects with local charities supporting ethnic minority members of the community and raising awareness of diversity. Eventually, BLM set up an EDI group and Malaika was named an ambassador. Malaika created and now leads the Multicultural Network at BLM. In these roles Malaika has set up mentoring schemes, attended panel discussions for universities, worked on events and publications, reviewed office policies to ensure they reflect the objectives of the Network, including recommending the use of blind CVs to ensure people are assessed on their key skills and talents. Externally, she is Co-Head of D&I for the Muslim Lawyers Action Group.

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Janet Onyia

Project & Programme Manager

Accenture

Janet specialises in technology delivery and transformation within the Financial Services, successfully leading complex large-scale projects and programmes. Within a few months of joining Accenture, Janet spearheaded the inaugural Black History Month event in Scotland, as Lead for the Accenture African Caribbean Network (AACN) in the region. Her motivation for establishing a role as the AACN regional lead was to create a community for Black colleagues closer to home, so they could feel part of the network when away from its epicentre in the London HQ. Alongside her AACN role, Janet co-leads I&D for the Accenture Scotland Office, setting the strategy and empowering her brilliant teams to deliver on disability, ethnicity, gender and pride initiatives. Outside Accenture Janet runs ONYI (a gifting concierge and lifestyle brand championing female-led independent businesses), and she’s a Board member for the Black Professionals Scotland social enterprise advising on and establishing their Technology strategy.

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Bryant Krongard

Vice President, IMD Product Controllers

Goldman Sachs & Co.

Bryant’s promotion of ethnic diversity and inclusion at Goldman Sachs has included mentoring Hispanic/Latinx analysts and leading a summer intern panel where former interns shared their best practices for success. He has also developed Hispanic/Latinx celebrations to showcase cultural diversity, celebrate the achievements of the Hispanic/Latinx community and raise awareness of issues it faces. In response to remote working under Covid-19, Bryant helped lead a variety of initiatives and programming to foster connectivity in a virtual environment, including leading the launch of a quarterly newsletter highlighting local Hispanic/Latinx events. Under Bryant’s leadership, the Hispanic/Latinx network has remained connected, raised broader awareness of the issues affecting the community, and successfully developed membership across four pillars: Recruiting, Personal and Professional Growth, Community Engagement, and Client Engagement. Bryant’s work outside of Goldman Sachs includes serving as President of the Salt Lake City Chapter of the Association of Latino Professionals in Finance (ALPFA).

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Mateo Urquijo

Head of Strategy & Commercial

Phoenix Group

In 2020, Mateo led and co-sponsored the delivery of Who We Are, Phoenix Group’s first comprehensive diversity data initiative. The initiative delivered the first true D&I data blueprint for the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business, achieving a 77% survey completion rate in just two months, which is seen as a model for UK corporates. Additionally, Mateo serves as a committee member of MOSAIC, the group’s colleague BAME network. He is also the group’s lead for financial inclusion, wellness, and education under the Group Board’s sustainability agenda. Mateo works closely with the Phoenix Executive Committee, to educate, challenge, and influence the group’s strategic direction on D&I issues; but he also provides support, and inspiration, to his colleagues through mentorship and coaching young people from diverse backgrounds. Through MOSAIC, Mateo also sits on the Scottish Parliament's Cross-party Group for Racial Equality, which seeks to identify and address racism across society.

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Kholofelo Mothibi

Interim Head of Supplier Assurance

Barclays

Kholofelo is the Co – Lead for Barclays Black Professional Forum (BPF) US, Whippany Campus, where she developed a number of impactful initiatives. Notably under her leadership, she was responsible for increasing the forum’s membership and developing the 1st multicultural month at the campus. With BPF, she contributed to research which served as the input to the Barclays Race at Work agenda. She’s contributed to the delivery of Barclays’ mandatory race training, the launch of collaborations with HBCUs, and leveraged BPF’s external network to launch an awareness campaign, with speakers including Dr. Sheila Robinson and Dr. Tony Allen. BPF also collaborated with IHS Markit’s ERG and local non-profit Arête Education, to raise funding for meal distributions in support of minority-owned businesses impacted by the pandemic as well as youth and families living below the poverty line. The collaboration surpassed fundraising goal, $9K was raised and used to feed over 200 families in the South Bronx and Harlem. Kholofelo was nominated for Barclays Citizenship and Diversity Awards for her role in the initiative.

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Sengova Kailondo

Senior Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

The ‘Junior Lawyer of the Year 2020’ (awarded by the Law Society), Sengova is an integral part of committees and organisations through which he has impacted strategies and organised events focussed on increasing diversity in the legal industry. As part of the steering committees of the Hogan Lovells Multicultural Network and REAHL (Race and Ethnicity at Hogan Lovells), his work has included reviewing internal policies on recruitment and progression, personally moderating an audience with Ebony-Jewel Rainford-Brent on the importance of identity, arranging a wealth management event focussed on underrepresented groups and facilitating discussions on racial injustice in the UK and abroad. He is the acting co-treasurer for NOTICED, the UK’s first inter-firm diversity network aimed at promoting opportunities to integrate, celebrate and educate on diversity across the legal sector. Furthermore, he currently mentors five students as part of a mentoring programme managed by Rare Recruitment in collaboration with Hogan Lovells.

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Lemona Chanda

Associate

Financial Conduct Authority

Lemona is the Co-Chair of BAME Women’s Group, promoting the role of BAME women within the organization. She co-leads a Support Group for BAME women that created a safe space for them to share their perspectives and work on areas such as career progression. This has been very successful and currently starting its third cohort. As a key member of the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group at the Financial Conduct Authority, Lemona proactively advises on addressing BAME inclusion across all levels of business. By challenging behaviours that can prohibit progress, Lemona is a champion of inclusion and committed to driving positive change. As part of her work in Balance, the FCA’s gender network, she leads the network’s mentoring scheme for aspiring Technical Specialists, which helps them in preparation for applying specialist roles. There are 16 mentees in the programme. She delivers training to SLT on microaggression and bystander intervention.”

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Yasmine Laurent

Director of People & Culture

Mobilize/EveryAction

Yasmine heads the diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging efforts at Mobilize/EveryAction. When Yasmine arrived at Mobilize she immediately got to work on implementing new DE&I initiatives, making it part of the company’s ‘People & Culture’ mandate. Within her first six months Yasmine designed & implemented a DEI strategy and roadmap; established a DEI board; initiated and facilitated quarterly company-wide DEI trainings; developed an inclusive recruitment strategy and toolkit for managers; started celebrating cultural and heritage events, and launched internal monthly ‘safe space’ conversations. Establishing a DEI Board allowed Yasmine to build internal capacity so her work would have a larger impact across the organization, she put together a team of individuals across all departments. Yasmine then worked with the team to define the company DEI goals, incorporate DEI as a measured competency in staff performance appraisals, and evaluate client standards and supplier pipelines for accessibility and equity.

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Natalie Narh

Social Content Creative

Ogilvy UK

During the resurgence of the BLM movement, Natalie was active in Ogilvy’s efforts in supporting the Black community via workshops and a video series on effective allyship against racism. She led Ogilvy’s Black History Month activities with a host of virtual campaigns and events to amplify the outstanding contributions of over 30 Black organisations and artists in the UK. This included The People Behind the Label campaign for Black Pound Day that highlighted five Black-owned businesses, the ‘Rooted’ Virtual Art Exhibition with Mediacom Roots celebrating the beauty of Black culture, ‘Cut the Stigma’, a 3-part series exploring mental health in the Black male community in partnership with TrimIt, and “Cooking with OSU”, a how-to tutorial for Afro-Caribbean delicacies. The online platform she co-founded, New Comma, is due to launch this year. The tech start-up is a creative ecosystem for local and diaspora African creatives to connect, create, learn, and earn.

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Ona Odili

Lawyer

Clifford Chance LLP

Ona Odili is a Lawyer at Clifford Chance LLP and a member of the firm's Racial Equality and Celebrating Heritage (REACH) network, the Breakfast Club, and co-founder of an informal lunch and language group where culture, diversity and language interests are promoted. As part of the firm's initiative to promote diversity in business, Ona mentors at Social Mobility Fund, has contributed on panels such as WCAN Annual Law Conference 2020, and has volunteered at Sisters for Change, a charity that works to combat violence against women / girls in Asia, Africa and the Caribbean. Ona is the founder of Q-Leap, a self-funded not-for-profit organisation that promotes the personal, academic and professional development of youth (fondly called Q-Leapers) in London. The success of the Q-Leap programme has led to Q-Leapers winning the UN Affiliate UPF Award, the Commonwealth Award, securing training contracts, apprenticeship and internships.

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Siji Onabanjo

Chief Growth Officer

Cyber-Duck

Siji has achieved significant progress in his role as Cyber-Duck's Diversity Lead, including signing them up to the Creative Equals diversity pledge, through which creative agency leadership commit to improving sector representation. He also vocally champions inclusive recruitment strategies, contributing to a workplace in which 13% of his team are Black, 35% are ethnic minorities and only 42% are white-British. Last year the article Siji wrote titled ‘Black Lives Matter, Yes Even in the Workplace’ became LinkedIn’s most engaged with article ever, receiving over 135,000 likes and being shared 10,000 times. Siji received hundreds of testimonials from c-level executives and employees in the UK and the US about the role the article had played in changing attitudes towards systemic bias and racism at their companies. Siji also hosts the popular podcast "The B in BAME", interviewing inspiring Black professionals, and works with 1000 Black Voices, providing mentorship to Black-owned technology startups.

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Lorenna Buck

Partner

Boston Consulting Group

As part of the North America Racial Equity Task Force at the Boston Consulting Group, Lorenna works with corporate clients and non-profit partners to identify ways in which they can drive equity and inclusion for marginalized communities, such as by providing access to capital and supporting diverse talent. She also leads the development of DEI curricula specific to the principal investor and private equity industries. Her role as the Boston Office Black and Latinx Network Lead includes launching programming, fostering community, mentoring diverse talent, and spearheading initiatives in the Boston office and across North America. Lorenna also founded, and currently leads, BCG Boston's Racial Equity Accelerator. The accelerator has over 150 members of all backgrounds driving four workstreams committed to advancing equity and inclusion: Recruiting, Supporting Co-workers (including career development and mentorship), Education (e.g., DEI trainings, speaker series), and External partnerships in the Boston area to drive local community impact.

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Oscar Rodriguez

Senior Product Manager

LSEG

Under Oscar’s leadership the LSEG Multicultural Network grew from just five members in 2019 to over 100 by the end of 2020. He puts this accomplishment down to the successful coordination of several cultural events. For the US Hispanic Heritage Month, the network hosted a Latinx lunch; for the Global Hispanic Heritage Month they spotlighted Latinx employees, ran salsa lessons and hosted panel discussions; and for the US Black History Month they discussed the critical roles played by African-Americans on Wall Street. After first getting involved with D&I as a member of JP Morgan’s Latino network, Oscar has since begun exploring external organizations addressing these issues. He recently served as a Junior Board Member for El Museo del Barrio, where he engaged young artists and recruited supporters, and donates annually to the Hispanic Heritage Fund to ensure kids are able to attend college.

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Simran Mohnani

Operations Consulting Analyst

Deloitte

Outside of her day job as an Industry4.0 consultant, Simran is the Chair of Codename MAXINE: a community of 90+ people aiming to uplift women and underrepresented groups working with MuleSoft and Technology Integrations. The ‘Inclusive Tech Terminology’ initiative launched by MAXINE was designed to convert racially charged, gendered and ableist words into more inclusive alternatives. The project is now being rolled out across the Business Operations team of 1,500 consultants, with Deloitte developing a new ‘Inclusivity in Tech’ People & Purpose pillar to sponsor MAXINE's work. Simran is also a Co-Founder of Deloitte’s Speak-Up pillar and leads the production of a monthly educational series called ‘Keeping It Real’, which was rolled out across 7,000 employees as a means for colleagues to share lived experiences of discrimination. The D&I blog she co-created and now edits serves to spotlight BAME people and projects, diversifying the team’s feeds and facilitating shared learning.

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Celia Fraser

Insights and Analytics Lead

Capital Group

Following Celia’s revamp of the Capital Associates of African Descent (CAAD) European network, membership has doubled to 86 associates. Celia and the core team both provide educational material on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and run events promoting DEI. ‘Racism: A European Lens’, an event she instigated, brought together 250 Europe-based associates to share first-hand their experiences of racism. For Black History Month 2020, alongside the core team, Celia compiled a programme with guests including Professor David Olusoga, attracting 750 attendees. She also moderated a DEI panel event featuring John Amaechi in December 2020. Outside Capital Group, Celia is a Corporate Advisor on the Advisory Board for Cowrie Scholarship Foundation, which aims to fund disadvantaged Black British students through UK universities. Separately, alongside a former classmate, she has pioneered a mentoring scheme at her secondary school to provide practical educational support, empowerment and positive representation for African and Caribbean-descent students.

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Martin Pong

Product Manager (Payments)

Bottomline Technologies

Having noticed a lack of visible gay East and South East Asian role models in his own life, Martin has championed role modelling as a way of raising awareness of intersectional identities, in particular those of LGBT+ people of color. In his previous job roles, Martin acted as Global Chair of the LGBT+ Network, Advisor on the Global Racial and Ethnic Diversity Committee and also worked with various Executive Leadership teams to launch new diversity networks and initiatives. With this impressive track record, Martin continues to openly speak and write about his intersectional experiences to combat the underrepresention of LGBT+ East and South East Asian communities. In the wake of increasing Covid-related anti-Asian hate crimes, Martin has focussed on educating people across industries about the model minority stereotyping and micro-aggressions affecting Asian people both inside and outside of the workplace.

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Thevani Ravindran

Assistant Engineer

Atkins

Atkins’ BAME committee, EMBRACE, developed a new focus in 2020 following the death of George Floyd. As the committee’s Communications Lead, Thevani was involved in holding a live ‘Race & Discrimination’ discussion and setting up a conversation within Atkins to provide an honest and open platform where employees could share stories and educate each other. This conversation, the first of its kind in the company, was attended by around 800 participants and ended up being replicated by Atkins America. The list of events Thevani has facilitated for Atkins includes ‘Decolonising Our Lives’, ‘Black Heroes of Mathematics!’ and ‘EMBRACE Refugees’ as well as leading a range of events for Black History Month 2020. She also set up a BAME Guiding Group focused on a BAME ally program and a stakeholder engagement initiative and is a Champion for the RIA (Rail Industry Association) and Women in Rail (WR) EDI Charter Working Group.

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Steven Asifo

Manager, Information Security Risk

Verizon Media

On a monthly basis Steven meets with the Chief Technology Officer of Verizon to talk about creating organizational DEI goals and to call for support in bringing additional opportunities to underrepresented groups. As a Steering Committee member on the Human Capital Management team, Steven also works to ensure diversity and inclusion is integrated into the lifecycle of the Security team. To this end the team rolled out DE&I training to all 198 employees in the department last year and held ‘Expanding Allyship’ workshops for all 40 people leaders. In addition, Steven’s team created a ‘Brave Spaces’ series as way of holding intentional conversations about ethnic diversity and inclusion within the organization and the larger Information Security field. Following the event feedback was collected and the results were passed on to Senior Leadership as priority issues needing to be addressed.

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Elisha St Hilaire

Project Manager

Aon

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Kajal Chhapia

Consultant

Oliver Wyman

Kajal recently joined Oliver Wyman, following 2.5 years at the Bank of England. At the Bank of England, Kajal was voluntarily part of the core team developing the Bank’s ethnicity targets for 2021-2025. The team developed a proposal to increase ethnicity recruitment targets to improve ethnic minority representation, particularly at senior levels. Kajal also played an active role in the Bank’s ethnic minority staff network; she was responsible for organising the highest-attended cultural event for Diwali 2019, along with leading an initiative supporting ethnic minority staff build their brand by providing professional headshots. Outside of work, Kajal is the Founder and Director of Divercity, a non-profit organisation championing diversity in Finance and Consulting. Kajal leads mentoring programmes with 250+ participants across more than 60 companies, 40 universities and 7 countries. With 95% of participants identifying as ethnic minorities, Kajal provides visible, relatable role models to the next generation.

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Taslima Parvin-Kabir

Director, Talent Development

Day One Agency

During Taslima's tenure at Day One Agency, she designed learning programs and DE&I initiatives that enhanced the agency’s culture of belonging and journey towards creating equitable growth. She curated a Leadership Academy program for all levels of the organization which focused on educating teams on DE&I and equipping them with the tools to take action for change. She partnered with leadership in reviewing policies and programs to ensure that they were in line with Day One’s commitment to being actively anti-racist. Taslima spearheaded the company’s DE&I action plan which includes ongoing commitments to cultivate diversity, equity, and inclusion across three pillars: Recruit, Advance, and Retain and Engage. As a result of Taslima’s work the diversity of Day One’s team reached 31% ethnic minority representation in 2020, up 4% on the previous year.

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Abhishek Kulkarni

Product Manager

Centrica

After being appointed the Chair of VOICE (Centrica’s Ethnicity Network) in 2020, Abhishek now leads a team of 15 employees driving the company's agenda in matters relating to race, culture, and identity. From this position Abhishek launched the first company-wide ethnicity survey, which reached 1,000 colleagues and led to the implementation of mandatory unconscious bias training. He also rolled out ‘Listen & Learn’ sessions to gain a deeper understanding of the lived realities of race in the workplace; this blueprint gave rise to independent interviews to develop further awareness of ethnic minority experiences at Centrica. Following his own experience of attending a graduate assessment centre which lacked diversity, Abhishek has pushed for all employee networks to be represented at every graduate assessment centre. The impact of Abhishek’s work can be seen in the improved BAME representation within the 2021 Commercial Marketing cohort, which went from 0% to 40%.

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Jennie Koo

Head of Operations Risk Management

Capital One

Intersectionality is a key focus that Jennie has been driving into conversations since joining Capital One in late 2018. Recognizing that a focus on ethnicity alone will not be enough to address the changes that are required, Jennie has been providing a social mobility lens to the organization’s initiatives. The ‘Privilege Walk’ exercises she organized raised awareness of the different levels of privilege existing within the firm’s own teams, whilst the community engagement workstream aimed to role model within schools and charities in order to tackle challenges to social mobility. Another of Jennie’s initiatives and focus was establishing open conversations on Racism towards East Asians to raise awareness this was happening and ensuring that the mental health implications of the increase in anti-Asian racism are built into any return-to-office initiatives. As a Director on the Board of Women in Banking & Finance, Jennie brings ethnicity into focus within the gender conversation.

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Macky O'Sullivan

Senior Associate

King & Spalding

As Co-Chair of the African American Affinity Group at King & Spalding, Macky has spearheaded initiatives which have helped improve diversity and inclusion at the firm. Macky is responsible for the creation of a firmwide mentoring program, through which university students in African Caribbean Student Societies are paired with lawyers in the firm to act as their mentors and help them realize their full potential. The program has helped mentees successfully secure various internships and training contracts. Externally, Macky is the Founder of Fireside Talks, an organisation which arranges workshops aimed at encouraging ethnic minority students at universities across the UK to pursue a career in law. Macky also serves as the Policy and Legal Advisor of Enact Equality, a not-for-profit focused on promoting legislation to support race equality.

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Sonjii Ivey

Director

BNY Mellon Pershing

Sonjii is a passionate advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion and is recognized for her commitment to building an inclusive workforce. She serves in a leadership capacity for the BNY Mellon DiverseTech E/BRG, presented DEI recommendations to executive management and supports recruitment efforts that promote BNY Mellon as the employer of choice among technologists of color. Sonjii also serves as a lead for Women in Technology New Jersey initiatives and has organized and moderated multiple DEI panels such as Voices of Innovation – Black Women in Technology for IMPACT, and Algorithmic Bias and its Impact on Communities and Business for Women in Technology. In 2021, she moderated a panel in support of Black History Month on The Black Family. Sonjii leads courageous conversations for the Technology Product Management team and runs DEI workshops to raise awareness and engagement. She also mentors a group of diverse students through the Big Sisters and Brothers program of Essex, Union and Hudson counties.

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Jack Van Cooten

Senior Research Specialist (Digital)

Oliver Wyman

Jack oversees the inclusion and diversity initiatives of more than ten different countries as the EMEA lead of EMPOWERED, Oliver Wyman’s racial and ethnic diversity network. In addition to continually role modelling and advocating for diverse colleagues, Jack has presented to over 1,000 Oliver Wyman employees at a ‘Being Black in 2020’ conference and has spoken on inclusion to 120 CEOs and executives. As Senior Research Specialist, earlier this year he was also involved in developing the governance and oversight capabilities of the UK's Digital Identity market. His work will contribute towards increasing financial inclusion among the 1.3m unbanked people in the UK and reducing financial crime. In his spare time, Jack runs music events company and record label Banana Hill, hosting music events and performing in more than ten countries. Jack is also an Independent Visitor for a young person in the care system through the children’s charity, Barnardo’s.

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Monica Michaan

Senior Manager, Brand and Corporate Marketing

FiscalNote

Since joining FiscalNote, Monica has passionately championed diversity, equity and inclusion efforts in her role. As a Latina working in the tech space, she realized that there is a huge opportunity to shine light on and empower other Latinx community members. Within Monica’s first eight months at FiscalNote, she jumped at the chance to lead a cross-functional initiative to spotlight Hispanic Heritage Month, which included hosting virtual events and penning a personal essay -- La Mescolanza. Born in Costa Rica to a Nicaraguan mother and Egyptian Jewish father, Monica experienced a dynamic and vibrant culture at home. Growing up in the Congo, Angola, Cambodia, Haiti, and Vietnam before moving to the U.S. developed her intense appreciation of multiculturalism, which has fueled her pursuit of workplace inclusion. Monica’s other D&I work includes her participation in Women in Government Relations’s (WGR) DEI Taskforce and co-leading marketing for WGR’s DEI Summit.

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Adobea Atsrefi

Third Party Governance Officer: Personal Insurance

American International Group UK (AIG UK)

Adobea was recently appointed co-chair of the International General Insurance Talent Diversity Council, a shadow management board, where Adobea aims to help advise and shape the talent strategy. In May 2020, Adobea launched the African and Caribbean Network & Allies (ACN), to address issues faced by AIG’s Afro-Caribbean employees and implement initiatives to improve racial inequalities. ACN representatives hosted a UK-wide townhall, where Adobea provided a platform to discuss the issues faced by the community and suggest improvements. Through the ACN, Adobea was able to work with the Executive team towards AIG signing up to BITC’s Race at Work Charter and partnering with ‘10,000 Black Interns’ to offer internship positions. For the past 2 years, Adobea has also been the Financial Secretary of the London chapter of The Links, Incorporated; a charitable organisation focused on advancing education and relieving unemployment, especially within the Afro-Caribbean community.

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Justina Omotayo

Business Development Manager

Slaughter and May

As a member of the Steering Committee for Slaughter and May’s ethnicity and social mobility network, DIVERSE, Justina has led on a number of BAME inclusion initiatives. In this capacity she has chaired a peer-to-peer listening group for ethnic minority employees and implemented mandatory supervisor training to improve the experiences of BAME trainee solicitors. Following the killing of George Floyd, Justina spearheaded the firm’s response, working on its Race Fairness Action Plan to embed and drive racial equality with a focus on recruitment, retention and promotion. Other initiatives included organizing an internal event for Black colleagues to share their lived experiences, and delivering a series of unconscious bias trainings. As well as organizing the first firm-wide Race Equality Week campaign, Justina was responsible for 2019-20’s Black History Month activities, which saw record breaking attendance. The ‘Inclusion Allies’ training she designed to raise awareness of micro-behaviors was rolled out to clients in 2020.

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Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy

Senior Digital Product Manager

Barclays

As Co-Chair of Barclays’ Black Professionals Forum, Zainab is responsible for shaping the group’s strategy as well as engaging senior leaders from across the firm to develop Barclays’ wider Race agenda. In her previous role as Deputy Chair she oversaw career progression and colleague development initiatives, including an internal colleague mentoring program and personal development workshops. Zainab also acts as Co-Lead for the Black Professionals Forum’s Sixth Form mentoring program, which delivers development workshops to students from South East London, pairing them with a mentor within Barclays and offering them work experience with the aim of creating a diverse talent pipeline. Outside of Barclays, Zainab is one of eight authors that make up the A Quick Ting On (2021) book series which will explore topics relating to Black British history and culture. In 2020 she won the category of Rising Star in Financial Services at the Black British Business Awards.

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Rabya Akhtar

Workplace Relationship Manager

Phoenix Group

As founding co-chair of MOSAIC, Phoenix Group’s BAME network, Rabya leads a diverse UK-wide committee (including senior leaders) to actively drive D&I initiatives, delivering impact for colleagues, her business and local communities. She’s hosted leading academics and thought leaders to discuss Black Lives Matter and systemic racism – which have directly impacted the company’s response to these issues. And co-led a powerful session for International Women’s Day, where she hosted a conversation with Dr. Kamel Hothi and the Group CEO. Rabya is instrumental in driving social/cultural awareness– organising a program of events/communications to encourage colleagues to learn about steps they can take to support BAME colleagues. Outside of work, Rabya is an active member of the Scottish Parliament’s Cross-Party Group for Racial Equality and part of YWCA Scotland. Throughout 2020 she worked closely with Parliament to produce the Young Women Lead Report 2019/2020 on the education-employment transition for young BAME women.

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Arzu Ozdemir

Senior Strategy Lead, HR

AIG

Arzu Ozdemir joined AIG in 2018 and is a Senior Strategy Lead in the Human Resources Chief Operating Office in New York. At AIG, Arzu also works to raise awareness about Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) as part of the leadership team for the New York Latino Network Employee Resource Group (ERG), one of more than 130 such groups at AIG worldwide. As an ERG member, Arzu helps promote inclusive dialogue through panel discussions, most recently speaking about the challenges of being a Middle Eastern woman in Corporate America and how to overcome them. In addition, Arzu serves on the board of Diverse Influencers, a non-profit professional development organization for diverse students in the City University of New York system. She teaches participants early on about the career opportunities and resources available to them, along with the soft skills that support a successful career in the corporate world.

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Dennis Owusu-Sem

Oversight Relationship Manager

BMO Global Asset Management

Dennis founded Success Talks, which has hosted 35 live experiences to support the career progression of ethnic minorities. To date, there have been over 4,500 registrations, 169,000 YouTube views & 130 speakers. Additionally, Success Talks has held bespoke workshops for senior leadership teams across the UK to improve their understanding of racial challenges at work. In 2020, Dennis spearheaded the BMO GAM Black History month celebration, which was one of company’s best internally attended events. Furthermore, during a series of workshops, Dennis advocated to elicit the barriers to progression for BMO’s ethnic minority employees worldwide. This led to the implementation of BMO’s ‘Zero Barriers to Inclusion 2025’ plan. Following the 2020 BLM protests, Dennis was recognised as a “Top 25 Black British Business Leader to Follow” by Forbes and was invited to speak on BBC World News alongside Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE to discuss tackling racial inequality in the workforce.

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Carol Fergus

Global Travel, Events & Ground Transportation Manager

Fidelity International

At Fidelity International, Carol is a core member of the Cultural Diversity Working Group. Carol has been integral to the development of the ‘Talking about Race at Work’ Toolkit, which equips employees to have difficult conversations about race. She led and participated in focus groups on employee’s personal experiences of race at work, which enabled Fidelity to develop its Cultural Diversity Action Plan. Meanwhile, by pushing for supplier diversity, Carol has contributed to the implementation of programs which will fundamentally change the way Corporate Property Services work with suppliers, requiring them to share their views and policies regarding ethnic minority owned businesses, and developing a program to provide a training, learning and mentoring structure for employees and contractors. In the wider sector, Carol is Vice Chair for the Global Business Travel Association’s Diversity Equality & Inclusion Committee and is Co-Lead for the Travel and Meetings Society’s Diversity, Inclusion and Equity group

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Nigell Todd

Director, Global Foreign Exchange

Fidelity International

The Core Culture group at Fidelity International evolved following the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Nigell is a one of the members providing input to Senior Management to formulate the company's Cultural Diversity Action Plan and plays a lead role in the Ireland Culture group, implementing the global objectives at a local level. In addition, Nigell has volunteered his time to be one of the D&I Champions with The Finance Hive Network and has used his influence to ensure D&I was included at the organization’s annual members’ conference. Nigell is currently working with The Finance Hive, creating an annual calendar covering all facets of D&I through workshops and roundtables, driving forward an online 'D&I Resource Hub', as well as acting as a 'D&I Champion' to offer support to individuals within The Finance Hives Network of over 500 individuals, representing over 300 asset managers and hedge funds.

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Ademola Bamgbose

International Arbitration Associate

Hogan Lovells

Ademola is an international arbitration lawyer in the London office of Hogan Lovells. He is a member of the firm’s Africa practice and admitted to practice in Nigeria, England and Wales. He is a founding member of the steering committee of the BAME group at Hogan Lovells - this allows him play a front seat role in driving the firm’s diversity agenda and increase awareness on issues relating to race and ethnicity. Amongst the many initiatives driven by Ademola and his team include a reciprocal mentoring programme where he pairs members of the BAME group with other members of the firm. Ademola regularly mentors and speaks at events designed to encourage ethnic minority individuals both within and outside London to apply for positions at leading law firms. Dr Bamgbose is founder and director of a number of external organisations designed to encourage increased participation of ethnic minority lawyers in international arbitration.

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Ajay Mistry

Head of Digital Sales & Marketing

Clear Insurance Management Ltd

Ajay is the Head of Digital Sales and Marketing at Clear Insurance Management and is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of iCAN, the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, an industry-wide network with over 2,000 members and sponsored by 20 companies across the insurance industry. Throughout lockdown, Ajay has driven colleagues in his industry to continue to attend events and network – including launching a new virtual forum for insurance industry staff network Leadership teams called iCANConnect . With his committee, he also promoted a series of activities following the BLM protests, and promoted ethnic minority staff onto external panel events. Having recently joined Clear Insurance, Ajay is looking forward to working with the Operating Board to support people of colour and develop new internal staff networks, taking all his previous D&I knowledge and feeding it into a new business. Outside of his role with Clear Insurance, Ajay also sits on the CII Board of the Society of Insurance Broking as well as the Shadow Board of Inclusion@Lloyds.

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Joseph Ham-Silvestre

Strategy and Experience Manager, SAP Labs California

SAP

Joseph is currently leading the Pride@SAP California group and member of Latinos@SAP and Business Women’s Network. His community engagement and recruitment work has included underrepresented student events for organizations like Code2040 and Students Rising Above. He’s taken part in Diversity Careers Expositions together with Latinx student organizations, while leading SAP Tech Treks for Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and National Society of Black Engineers chapters across the West Coast. Many efforts undertaken by Joseph emphasize intersectionality within the Latinx experience, considering ethnicity, race, sexual orientation, and class. His work resulted in boosting talent pipelines and systematizing networking and mentorship opportunities between SAP colleagues and young BIPOC populations. Beyond his role at SAP, Joseph has spoken at first-generation conferences, diversity summits, and LGBTQ+ hackathons. He currently serves as a Programming Director for the Out 4 Undergrad Tech Conference, collaborating in conference programming specifically targeting underrepresented groups launching their Tech careers.

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Reha Kansara

Reporter

BBC News

Much of Reha’s work as a journalist focuses on digital human rights and identity. She has presented a BBC Three documentary about British minorities being told to 'go back to where they came from', reported on Black Lives Matter, coronavirus disinformation, and used her own family history to look at the idea of home and identity amongst British diasporas. Reha was recently appointed to the BBC’s ‘Next Generation’ panel 2021-2022, working with board members to lobby for change and inclusivity amongst younger colleagues within the organisation and is also a member of the BBC's oldest staff-led network, Embrace, which represents people from ethnic minority backgrounds. She is now working as a correspondent in Nairobi.

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Toib Olomowewe

Organisational Development & Learning Manager

Royal Dutch Shell

Toib is a committee member of the Shell UK African and Caribbean Network. In 2020 he facilitated numerous ‘Let's Talk About Race’ workshops with Executive Leadership Teams, leading to ethnicity action plans in every function where they were delivered. As the Network Lead on advocacy and influencing company policy, Toib contributed to the Country Chair's new 10-point Action Plan to address ethnic minority inequality, which included recruitment ambitions specifically for Black talent, and senior leader sponsorship of a development program for BAME progression. As a line manager, Toib received top quartile scores for team leadership and D&I, with exceptionally high scores relating to inclusion. Toib is also an Advisory Board Member at the Ramadan Tent Project. There he developed the HR and D&I policies and advised on their engagement approach, which has now reached over 200,000 people from all backgrounds across the UK.

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Haafiz Suleman

Senior Associate

Clifford Chance LLP

Descended from East African exiles following the Idi Amin expulsion, Haafiz is a senior associate member of the Clifford Chance (CC) REACH Network's Steering Committee, leading the firm's Client Engagement pillar. REACH's influence has been significant, and CC has in the last year adopted its first minority ethnicity targets for the US and UK. Within his practice, Haafiz has acted in a high profile public inquiry and (with others) fought hard for the evidence of witnesses on BME issues to be heard. He has spoken extensively on D&I issues both to internal audiences and external industry leaders, and sits on an internal working group charged with improving ethnic minority experiences. In October 2020, Haafiz was a key promoter of CC's South Asian Heritage Month and, using his platform as a member of the London Committee of the CC Foundation, has supported funding for a number of charities promoting BME issues.

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Rachel Welch-Phillips

Associate

Bird & Bird LLP

Rachel is the founder and co-chair of Bird & Bird’s multicultural network, Embrace, through which she has carried out vital work to drive the charge for diversity and inclusion in the legal profession. Embrace was recognised by the UK Diversity Legal Awards 2019 as the Outstanding Multicultural Employee Network of the Year for its work in tackling barriers faced by minority communities within the workplace. Rachel is also a public speaker at local councils, universities, non-profit organisations and private company events where she has shared her journey to law and advocates for greater awareness of black history in Britain. She is also an active mentor and believes that visibility is key to achieving greater representation of black women in the law. Rachel has been recognised as the Under 35 Woman of the Year at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2018, and as the Future Leader Minority Lawyer at the Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Europe Awards 2019.

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Renee Cummins

Director, Head of Compliance Risk Management

Deutsche Bank

As Co-Chair of Deutsche Bank’s Black Leadership Forum employee resource group, Renee has implemented impactful initiatives, like the ‘Real Talk’ open conversation series and the ‘Get To Know You’ program that connects BLF members with senior executive leaders globally. She was a key advisor to the Americas CEO during the creation of the US D&I plan in 2020. Renee was instrumental in championing and defining the dbBOLD program launched in September 2020 for Black Vice Presidents based in the US. Renee also facilitated the expansion of the D&I ethnic minority strategy by liaising with colleagues in UK&I and Germany and sharing best practices. As the Corporate Bank’s People Strategy Inclusion lead, she drove the implementation of a targeted strategy to successfully improve the recruitment and retention of diverse talent. Outside of Deutsche Bank, Renee co-leads The Collective, an organization dedicated to creating opportunities for Black professionals in the finance industry.

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Yvonne Kunihira-Davidson

EMEA Commercial Lead, Tax Solutions

IHS Markit

Yvonne is co-chair of the IHS Markit CEO's Advisory Board on Diversity & Inclusion. She is a founding member of the EMpower Employee Resource Group (ERG) and sits on the steering committee. In addition to recruiting colleagues to the ERG, she's hosted several panels discussing difficult topics such as microaggressions and being an active bystander. Yvonne led the company’s partnership with SEO London, resulting in a significant increase in the diversity of graduates from ethnic minorities and low socioeconomic backgrounds. Yvonne supported the Ubuntu ERG through mentoring, hosting sharing circles, running external events, and piloting inclusive culture training, which is being rolled out globally. Working in partnership with colleagues from the Engage ERG, Yvonne co-designed a collaborative mentoring program for senior leaders, which is currently being implemented. Outside of work, Yvonne sits on the steering committee of The Network of Networks (TNON), a community of 100+ organizations including FTSE companies.

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Nilesh Solanki

Secure Data and Power Platform UK Lead

PwC

In his position as the Founder & Leader of the PwC Hindu Network, Nilesh positively influences people internally and externally to deliver the firm's strategic priorities. His dynamic team in the Network benefits from Nilesh’s leadership and mentoring in its delivery of high profile events promoting the firm’s D&I agenda. As well as offering support to members of the community, Nilesh provides events, activities and information on relevant topics, creates opportunities for members to contribute, and seeks feedback on what additional offerings they would value. Events Nilesh has been involved in organising include ‘Diwali Celebrations for All’, ‘Chai with a Leader’ sessions, Yoga Day and International Women’s Day. He has recently joined the PwC UK India Group, helping clients accelerate their growth in both of these two markets. Outside of PwC, Nilesh has held various responsibilities such as Advisory Board member for NHSF UK (largest Hindu Student body in Europe) and the Assistant General Secretary for Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh UK, which supports 130 youth activity centers across 60 towns, with a weekly attendance of 2000.

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Vincent Egunlae

Public Sector Consultant

Grant Thornton UK LLP

As a first-year, Vincent founded and is the head of GT’s first Ethnicity Network, which aims to reduce the ethnicity pay gap and increase representation at the top level. The network now comprises 550+ members (the firms largest) and Vincent sits on the Ethnicity Network Board, made up of some of the firm’s most senior employees. In the wake of George Floyd's death, Vincent presented a plan to all partners and directors on what needed to be done within the organization to create change. Vincent is also on GT’s Inclusion Advisory board, which advises the Strategic Leadership Team on operational and strategic decisions. Outside of work, Vincent is the co-founder of The Open Private School, a charity which provides state-school educated students with some of the intangible benefits of a private education, matching elite mentors with young adults from state-school backgrounds, providing succour through workshops and an alumni network.

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Shreeya Paudel

Client Relationship Manager

Aviva Investors

Throughout her time on the leadership team of Aviva’s gender parity organization, Balance, Shreeya has continued to highlight the role that race plays in gender disparity. Driving a strategic direction that focusses on the intersectionality between gender inequity and systemic racial issues, Shreeya has been pushing for policies like the creation of a diverse talent pipeline for leadership through The RISE Initiative. She is also part of the Origins Working Group which aims to understand issues affecting minority groups and asks for tangible change at a faster pace. The group has been challenging the leadership team up to the executive level to improve transparency on the data around ethnic minority progression. Another of Shreeya’s initiatives has been running workshops for Heads of Departments and Directors, imploring them to understand how modesty culture in minorities might lead to a lack of leadership opportunities, and prompting them to explore practical solutions.

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Sherita Lee

Director, Global Talent & Leadership

Merck & Co.

In 2019, Sherita became the Global Leader of Merck’s League of Employees of African Descent (LEAD). Sherita has positively impacted the membership and fostered a culture of inclusion within Merck. Under her leadership several career development initiatives were implemented - the reimagining of LEAD’s mentorship program, developing special assignments for LEAD members, and launching the first LEADership Development Summit impacting 150 members. Under Sherita’s leadership LEAD has also established an HBCU Council, Allyship Program, and formed a Diversity in Clinical Trials committee to bring insights regarding black patients to the organization. She has held positions across three Divisions of Merck, and recently expanded the breadth of her experience as the Director of Merck’s Key Talent Programs. In addition to serving on several community boards she is also the founder of Suite Dreams, a non-profit providing students with needed support as they start their collegiate journey. Sherita is a servant leader and her contributions are motivated by her desire to make a difference in the lives of others.

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Kalyani Martinelango

Associate R&D Director, Core R&D

Dow Inc.

Having been an active member of Dow's Asian Diversity Network (ADN) for the last 10 years, Kalyani is currently serving as its Global Chair. In this position, she led ADN through its global expansion, creating a greater impact for European and Asian colleagues. Over the past two years, she oversaw the launch of six new chapters and increased participation by 70% to over 4,400. She recently championed a Sponsorship Program to help with the advancement of Asian employees from mid-level managers to directors and beyond. Recently, Kalyani worked with the Dow CEO office to issue a statement condemning the increased violence against Asians in the U.S. and led her team’s action plan to address the issue and elevate awareness of the challenges faced by Asian colleagues and to positively highlight contributions made by the Asian community. Kalyani has served as speaker and panelist for several events, both internal and external.

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Omar Ahmed

Product Transfer and NPI Manager

GSK

In 2020, Omar engaged GSK’s Chairman of the Board and gained commitment to further diversify the Board, include race and ethnicity targets in the annual report and to implement annual mandatory inclusion training for the Board and the CET. Omar also drove the progress of GSK’s race and ethnicity agenda as a member of the Global Ethnicity Council; developing objectives with clear tangible actions. His ongoing collaboration with HR shaped and developed global I&D and talent programmes including introducing new mandatory I&D training, refreshed leadership training and an Inclusion Dialogue toolkit to help teams have impactful and action focussed conversations about inclusion. Omar also worked with HR to update GSK's Covid-19 guidelines to ensure that ethnically diverse individuals were not facing a greater environmental risk to Covid-19, and partnered with HR, R&D and the Black British Business Awards to run a pilot talent programme for ethnic minority talent within R&D.

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Felix Wong

Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer

Allianz UK

Felix cofounded and now leads the Employee Network for Race and International Cultural Heritage (ENRICH) at Allianz UK. In this role he led work which drove Allianz and LV= to sign the Race at Work Charter, and then, to ensure ongoing momentum helped establish a Race at Work Group bringing together senior managers with the authority to make structural and policy changes. Felix’s other achievements include co-authoring a comprehensive ‘Race at Work’ survey to truly understand the working experience of minority colleagues through qualitative and quantitative feedback, as well as ensuring that the ‘Return to Office’ survey specifically took account of employees’ ethnicity, and addressed concerns over COVID mortality rates for BAME groups. He was also responsible for initiating the collection of employee ethnicity data within Allianz and advising on changes to ethnicity categorization. In February 2021, Felix cofounded the Global Race and Cultural Ethnicity network (GRACE) for the global Allianz Group.

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Uchechukwuka Monu

Project Leader

Boston Consulting Group

As a Project Leader at Boston Consulting Group, Uche has been a key member of the Racial Equity Task Force and BCG’s Black and Latinx affinity network. While on BCG’s Racial Equity Task Force, Uche was responsible for supporting process management of racial equity initiatives, such as increasing diverse representation and instituting accountability measures. Uche played a key role in spearheading the launch of BCG’s first public diversity, equity and inclusion report in March 2021. In this role, she managed the development of the report’s design and structure, including contributing as a writer and editor. Uche serves as a West Coast Node of BCG’s Black and Latinx Network and helps develop and execute on programming. A doctoral alumna of Stanford University, Uche continues to support the DARE (Diversifying Academia, Recruiting Excellence) Doctoral Fellowship Program, by serving as an industry resource for current fellows looking to explore opportunities outside of academia.

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Jennifer Kent

Associate

Latham & Watkins LLP

Jennifer Kent is an accomplished finance lawyer in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins and has served as a Global Chair of the firm’s Black Lawyers Group (“BLG”) for the last two years. Her work in that role included adjusting the strategy for recruiting Black candidates, ensuring that substantive pro bono projects on issues of importance to the Black community are provided to Black lawyers, developing initiatives to retain and promote mid- and senior-level Black associates, co-chairing Latham’s global retreat for BLG members, and moderating firmwide conversations on racial equity and social justice. Jennifer is also an original member of, and advisor to, The Black BigLaw Pipeline, a non-profit organization established to promote positive outcomes for Black attorneys in large law firms. She also co-leads Latham’s “Law Day” partnership with Thurgood Marshall Academy, a predominately Black public charter school in D.C., educating students about law, democracy, and civics.

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Shruti Bahadur

Global Program Leader

Dow

Shruti is currently the North America (NA) Chair for Asian Diversity Network (ADN) at Dow. In last 2 years, she established governance structure of ADN leadership across NA sites to execute network’s strategy that impacts 1600+ regional members. Under Shruti’s guidance, membership of the network grew by 22% in NA in 2020, including establishment of five new chapters. Under Shruti’s leadership, ADN championed a new leadership development program in NA for Asian-heritage employees aimed to accelerate their careers by partnering them with senior leaders serving as sponsors. Shruti recently organized a listening session to hear racial injustice stories from Asian descent employees. These stories inform Dow strategy Shruti is helping create to fight racism against Asian descent employees. Shruti is an active member of cross-company ERG Leadership team of Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers where she is helping organize first ever API Women’s Leadership Conference scheduled for June 2021.

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Bre McDermott King

International Marketing Assistant

Sony Music UK

Bre is the Diversity Lead for Sony Music UK's international inclusion and equity committee, Helping Unite Everyone (HUE). This role sees Bre driving change within the company and ensuring all staff feel seen, heard and supported in all things related to D&I. In order to achieve this, Bre manages a forum for constructive dialogue and ensures that all matters raised are taken to the boardroom and addressed by senior management. Within HUE, Bre has spearheaded the D&I agenda and worked with HR to roll out diversity and unconscious bias training across the company, as well as creating partnerships between HR, managers and employees to improve cultural competency through educational events and communication initiatives. Bre also co-founded and runs a collective called Women Connect, which specializes in creating a safe space and promoting equal opportunities for women, non-binary people and gender-fluid people working in the creative industries and beyond.

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Belton Flournoy

Director

Protiviti

As a director in Protiviti's technology and digital practice, Belton helped to structure, and find an executive sponsor for, Protiviti UK's ProCulture Employee Networking Group (ENG). The goals of the group are to open a dialogue to better respect people's cultural differences; to provide a safe space for discussion; to educate, and to drive change. Belton also formally provides input into quarterly UK leadership meetings to ensure that diversity and inclusion issues remain a core focus of the organization. Outside of Protiviti, Belton sits on the Advisory Board of The Inclusion Initiative, which was founded by The London School of Economics and Political Science with the aim of using behavioral science insights to help firms achieve their diversity and inclusion goals. Belton has shared the story of his own personal career journey through the TLC Lions. His account reached over 250,000 people and has been translated into multiple languages.

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Wesley J. Lai

Vice President, One Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs & Co.

In Wesley’s role as the Chief of Staff for the Asian Professionals Network (APN), he has been raising awareness of the drastic increase in anti-Asian sentiment throughout the Americas, and how it impacts the Asian community internally and externally. Steps he has taken include hosting a dialogue with senior leaders and bringing about a call to action for allyship. Wesley has also planned and developed several Asian Heritage Month celebrations to showcase the diversity of culture, and celebrate the achievements, of the Asian community, as well as raising awareness of issues it faces. During Covid-19 workplace closures, Wesley delivered opportunities for the APN to remain connected and network with different areas of the firm in a fully virtual environment. He is currently developing a mentorship pilot for high potential senior vice presidents in order to support their continued development and strengthen the pipeline for managing director promotion opportunities.

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Maryse Gordon

Business Development Manager, Data & Analytics

London Stock Exchange Group

When Maryse worked to launched LSEG’s Black Employee Inspired Networking Group in the Americas, she drew on her five years’ experience as Vice Chair of the Women’s Inspired Network New York, replicating the successful framework used to elevate women whilst making the necessary changes for addressing ethnicity challenges. Alongside the rest of the BEING leadership team, Maryse facilitated numerous initiatives to drive the D&I agenda, working with D&I and HR on areas like unconscious bias training, hiring practices and career development. She also drew on her internal and external connections to facilitate events, for example partnering with the Bank of America for a panel discussion on ‘Being a Black Man in Corporate America’. In six months BEING has officially signed 100 members, launched 15 events, and created a platform where colleagues can talk about race, be educated in a safe space and truly see the challenges facing employees of color.

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Tiffany Woo

Director, Translational Pharmacology Clinical Operations

Merck

As the Global Lead of Merck’s Asia Pacific Association, Tiffany developed two major solidarity statements and calls to action addressing issues of racial injustice which were adopted by the firm’s Employee Business Resource Groups (EBRGs) and communicated across the company. The first, in response to BLM, was ACT: Acknowledge the situation proactively and don’t stay silent; Connect with a colleague and show your solidarity in supporting them; and Talk with your teams. In response to anti-Asian racism Tiffany then came up with SAFE: Support Asians in your community; Accept differences; Find commonality; and Educate those around you. At the EmERGe Leadership Conferences Tiffany has spoken on the value of EBRGs in a company, and how EBRGs can handle issues of racial injustice. She joined the departmental D&I Committee to share EBRG insight on how to improve processes to be more inclusive.

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Teik Tan

Supply Chain Lead

Balfour Beatty plc

As well as co-chairing Balfour Beatty’s Multi-Cultural & Allies Network since 2018, Teik is a D&I Representative on the working groups for Site-Culture, Procurement, Finance, Hiring Manager Capability and the Overarching D&I working group. He has reverse-mentored a Managing Director and has spoken on D&I for events including a company-wide ‘Let’s Talk about Race’ webinar attended by 440 people and three workshops aimed at the Executive Leadership Teams. During Covid-19, Teik created fortnightly cross-Affinity Network calls to bring together the LGBTQ+, Female, Ethnic-Minority and Disabled communities across Balfour Beatty, giving them a safe virtual space in which to talk. As an ethnic minority professional with a disability, Teik also hopes to represent intersectionality, and founded Construct-Ability, an industry-leading collaboration between contractors, consultants and institutions, to focus on creating a positive narrative around disabilities within the Construction Sector.

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Kelsey Robb

Account Strategist

Google

As the Communications Manager of the Black Googler Network, one of Google's largest Employee Resource Groups in EMEA, Kelsey is responsible for creating all internal content for the group. This includes writing monthly newsletters communicating progress; creating and executing the comms strategy for events including Black History Month; coordinating regional chapters of the BGN; maintaining the website; and delivering all quarterly town halls. Alongside her work for the Black Googler Network, Kelsey mentors individuals through programs such as Google BOLD and the ERG Buddy Program, and has spoken twice at Google's Top Black Talent EMEA, an award-winning diversity initiative to identify and support the best Black students in the UK and across EMEA. In 2020, Kelsey was awarded the Google Ireland Inspire Award for building an inclusive culture and championing gender diversity in the workplace and beyond. Kelsey is now a Creator Manager at TikTok, focused on managing the relationship and growth of top TikTokers from all walks of life.

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Ambily Banerjee

Director, Global Regulatory Affairs

GSK

Since Ambily became Co-Lead of GSK’s EMBRACE Employee Resource Group, the impact of her leadership has been felt in several areas. Mandatory Inclusion training has been implemented for almost 100,000 GSK employees; ethnic minority sponsorship programs have been developed; aspirational targets have been set for senior levels of the organization, and accountability from the GSK board has been secured to externally publish the firm’s race commitments in its annual report. Alongside these achievements Ambily has participated in intersectional events to highlight challenges faced by women of colour, orchestrated several high-profile EMBRACE events that led to 500% membership growth, and collaborated with HR to implement policy changes that would advantage members. Her efforts outside of GSK include serving as Deputy-Chair of The Network of Networks and as a Board Member for Slough Council Voluntary Services, where she supported the leadership team to deliver impactful work for a diverse community, during covid.

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John Valdivia

National Trade Incentive Manager

Anheuser- Busch

Since joining Anheuser-Busch in 2003, John has held various positions across the US leading him to his current role as National Trade Incentive Manager. He is the Co-Chair and a founding member of AB Inspira (Anheuser-Busch’s Latinx ERG), where he led activities for Hispanic Heritage Month, including fireside chats with company executives and external speakers. John is a champion of diversity, using his influence to not only partner with other ERGs within the company but also support A-B’s recruiting programs. He was instrumental in organizing an Afro-Latino panel discussion during Black History Month and Latina Empow(her) discussion for Women’s History Month. As a member of the P3 Taskforce he represents AB at networking events to help recruit multi-cultural talent. Outside of Anheuser-Busch, John is an active member of the VECINOS ERG Collective, Hispanic Star NYC and sits on the board of TechFIN (Technology for Families in Need).

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Reena Chawla

Framework Lead - Public Sector & Co-Chair Cultural Diversity Network

Fujitsu

In 2020, Reena has been unwavering in her determination to seek out lived experiences of ethnic minority colleagues, educating and challenging Senior Leadership, managers and employees and raising awareness of racial equality within Fujitsu. This has resulted in the company launching safe spaces coaches and initiating ‘Career Ignition’ supporting ethnic minority talent take the next step in their career. Additionally, 100% of the UK Leadership Team have participated in reverse-mentoring by someone from a different ethnicity, of which, 60% are ethnic minority women. Reena leads the Cultural Diversity Network, representing interests whilst creating an inclusive workplace where everyone’s voice is heard. She works tirelessly championing the benefits of the Mentoring Circle initiative which supports young people currently unemployed, often from a minority ethnic background to seek employment. Reena is also working with schools who have a high proportion of ethnic minority children to encourage them into a career in tech.

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Adrianne Gilbert Pettiford

Ph.D.

pymetrics

Adrianne’s achievements in promoting D&I at pymetrics include the implementation of employee diversity benchmarking enabling data-informed development and evaluation of D&I strategies. Resulting in improvements in employee diversity including 46% and 229% increases in Black and Hispanic/Latinx employees respectively. With the People Team, Adrianne launched pymetrics' Diversity, Inclusion & Engagement Culture Amp Survey effort, which led to the identification of key focus areas and the creation of initiatives targeting internal mobility; transparency in decision making; diversity sourcing resources; an Employee Resource Group program; and anti-racism training. As a founding member and chair of the Diversity and Inclusion working group, Adrianne collaboratively builds out structure and process to support the sustainability of successful D&I initiatives. Beyond pymetrics, Adrianne speaks regularly on the value of leveraging data and machine learning tools to address D&I challenges in workplaces and on understanding, identifying, preventing, and correcting the ways algorithms may contribute to employment discrimination.

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Monique Malcolm-Hay

Global Programme Manager

PwC

Monique Co-Chairs PwC’s Multicultural Business Network (MBN), an employee network with 1,600+ members, and leads 8 regional teams to drive inclusion initiatives internally and with clients. In 2020, Monique conducted an MBN survey and liaised with senior leaders across the business to support the firm’s response to BLM protests. She initiated the "Black experience around the world" series to hear from colleagues across 5 continents and educate staff on the experiences of black people globally. She advocates for intersectionality and leads collaborations between MBN and PwC’s LGBTQI+ network (Shine), Gender Balance Network, and Social Mobility Network. Monique co-founded New Gen Accountants (NGA), a non-profit with 3,000+ followers, providing mentorship to predominantly ethnic minorities. During the pandemic, she liaised with Kaplan to provide scholarships to NGA members. Monique used PwC’s edtech products to upskill 300+ ethnic minorities and helps drive efforts to recruit more black people into Artificial Intelligence roles.

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Jina Haynes

Vice President, Global Client Services-Client Contracting

BlackRock

Since taking over as the Atlanta Office Lead of BlackRock’s Black Professionals Network, Jina has mobilized a group of internal non-Black senior leaders to ideate and brainstorm on strategies to enhance the Black employee experience; created an ‘Ask Me Anything’ series for Black professionals to get exposure to senior leaders in an intimate setting, and generated a pipeline of Black talent to increase representation in sections of the firm lacking Black professionals. Jina is also currently piloting a training program for a group of Black professionals in the US to increase representation in the interviewing process; specifically they will be trained on how to conduct a successful interview with a diverse candidate, in conjunction with HR and talent acquisition. Outside BlackRock, Jina founded the organization Junior Attorneys, which aims to equip 10-14-year-old children from underrepresented communities with the confidence and tools to navigate physical, mental, emotional and social changes.

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B. Pagels-Minor

Senior Data Product Manager

Netflix

B. has a significant influence on both the content Netflix produces (specifically purchasing and promoting content about Black lives), as well as on the ways in which Netflix operates as a corporation. They are one of the leaders of Black@ Netflix, a network with approximately 700 members. Black@ was a key resource and planner in the ‘Black Banks’ initiative as well as in the launch of a new HBCU internship program which will see hundreds of HBCU students have the opportunity to learn the skills needed to work at Netflix. The Black@ network has also led to a significant increase in Black executives throughout every team at the company. Alongside their role at Netflix, B. is on the Board of Directors for Howard Brown Health, an organization selected as a strategic partner of the city of Chicago in getting the Covid-19 vaccine to underserved Black and Latinx communities.

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Derin Bamgbelu

Learning and Development Advisor

GroupM

Within her role as Learning and Development Advisor at GroupM, Derin has promoted ethnic minority diversity and inclusion by designing and delivering a suite of workshops in areas such as conscious hiring and allyship. These workshops have been presented to almost 3,000 employees across GroupM and WPP. Derin is also the Vice Chair of GroupM's Roots Employee Resource Group, whose members act as representatives of and advocates for ethnic, cultural, and religious diversity. In this position Derin has been involved in shaping policy changes such as enabling the swapping of religious holidays, improving recruitment practices, and creating cultural change through impactful training. Outside of GroupM, Derin is the founder of ‘Finesse the System’ and the Co-Founder of 'The Wake-Up Call', a collective with over 500 subscribers which share perspectives on topics such as ‘Microaggressions Towards Black Women’, delivering, in the process, insights and actionable ideas to HR and D&I professionals.

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Minal Mehta

Managing Consultant

IBM iX

Minal is a recognised leader in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace through engaging employees and externally, through actively mentoring university and school students to attract diverse talent into pursuing careers in STEAM. In recognition of Minal's efforts, she was promoted to Co-Lead IBM UK's BAME Employee Network Group. The group has since increased both membership and ally numbers and expanded focus areas to represent more ethnically diverse employees to encourage a more inclusive environment. Outside of IBM, Minal is a Manager at Soumik Datta Arts, one of the UK's most innovative music and visual arts charities. Recently, she managed “Silent Spaces” – a six part, visual album filmed and recorded in lockdown, inside Royal Albert Hall, British Museum and iconic cultural spaces that were shut off to the world during the Covid-19 pandemic. This series features a diverse community of artists, exploring themes including race, identity and colonisation.

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Akama Davies

Director, Global Solutions and Innovation at Xaxis, Co-Founder at We Are Stripes

Xaxis

Akama sits on the DEI Steering Committee at Xaxis alongside participating in WPP’s Ethnic and Cultural ERG, Roots. Amongst his contributions are the BAME Insight Days, which he runs for The Media Trust and City University. These Insight Days bring in colleagues from every team (including the C-Suite) to speak to young diverse, talent about what they can get out of the industry and how they will help them get there. Akama also supports an internal committee to run Black History Month campaigns, which have included a Diversity Migration Map, a Cultural Food Festival, and a Migration Museum Trip. Seven years ago, Akama founded a DEI consultancy organization called We Are Stripes, with the mission to address the ethnic imbalance in the creative advertising sector through recruitment, consultancy, and events. The consultancy has impacted the careers of over 1,000 BAME creatives.

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Javad Mushtaq

CEO, Co-Founder and Deputy Managing Director

JM Ventures

Javad is the Founder and CEO of JM Ventures, Norway's first advisory and impact investment firm operating with the core thesis that diversity is profitable. JM Ventures has a particular focus on ethnicity and people of color, and in the last 12 months has advised and mentored over 100 ethnic minority founders, joined the advisory board of over 10 diversity-founded startups and organizations, invested multiple startups, and set up one venture studio company. Javad is also the Co-Founder and CEO of MAK, a multi-award winning systems change organization on ethnic D&I in Norway and Nordics. In 2021 he co-launched the Nordic CEO Commitment, a pioneering initiative between two leading organizations to accelerate gender and ethnic minority inclusion and get top leader anchoring in the region. He is also serving as the youngest Deputy Managing Director of EAT Foundation and is setting up the first diverse led investment fund in Norway.

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Keisha Garcia

VP Digital Foundations Programmes

BP

Keisha Garcia is the VP of Digital Foundations Programmes at bp, leading the delivery of modern, secure, and compliant digital operations in service of net zero ambitions. Joining bp 15 years ago, Keisha has held a number of leadership positions, including Director of the cloud transformation and end-of-serviceable-life (EoSL) programs, Digital Foundations Senior Manager for Upstream IT&S, and Regional CIO and Head of Global End User Computing and Business Analytics. Keisha is the 2020-21 Golden Torch Outstanding Woman in Technology recipient by the National Society of Black Engineers and 2020 Finalist for IT Team of the Year, Women in IT Awards, in addition to holding Ambassador roles for Prairie View A&M University, International Smart Advancing Women (iSAW) organization. Keisha is actively involved in promoting the presence of women and other minority groups in technology careers. e.g., Grace Hopper, and supports Katy’s Independent School District Junior Achievement’s mentorship program in Houston.

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April Crichlow

Head of Marketing, SAP SuccessFactors

SAP

At SAP SuccessFactors, April acts as an Executive Sponsor of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Her accomplishments include: supporting the creation of the first mothers’ room at SAP Hudson Yards; launching initiatives to support working moms in the pandemic such as ‘Back to Best for Parents’ with the ‘Female Founder Collective’; creating D&I forums at major events and championing the topic across all major programs at SAP. April has spoken at the UN Commission on the status of women, at the Cannes Lions’ Goal Goals House about supporting supplier diversity and at the New York Stock Exchange about diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace. She sits on the Board of GiveClear and SheGone, as well as being a member of AAPI Marketing Executives Network. April has advised various organizations on DE&I, from large corporations, startups to non-profits.

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Anit Chandarana

Chief of Staff

Network Rail

Following George Floyd’s death in 2020 and the subsequent protests, Anit used the increased focus on racial injustice to push the issue of ethnic diversity at Network Rail right to the top of the agenda. His willingness to be bold in starting uncomfortable conversations about white privilege with his peers on the Executive Team has resulted in D&I becoming a whole organization objective. Anit is committed to investing more and working harder with minority groups over coming years to redress the inequality that exists. He recognizes racial justice not just as something we must make a business case for, but as a fundamental right which should not be up for debate. Some of the panels Anit has spoken on over the last few years include the Ethnic Diversity in the City summit and a rail industry panel discussion during Race Matters week.

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Tanvi Gokhale

Director, Segmentation & Propositions

Lloyds Banking Group

Since joining Lloyds Banking Group in 2008, Tanvi has passionately driven the inclusion agenda. She is a key Diversity Sponsor for the Retail Bank, a member and speaker for LBG’s Inclusion and Diversity Forum and Inclusion Strategy Working Group, and LBG’s Ethnic Diversity Network, REACH. Tanvi founded the Chief Customer Office’s Diversity Committee, increasing colleague disclosure rates and advocate involvement, and leads Customer Inclusion within LBG’s Race Action Plan for greater inclusivity of diverse groups. She pioneered “Ask Me Anything” sessions, encouraging diverse colleagues to share experiences and be more confident. Other initiatives include a hiring and retention programme for diverse talent and reverse mentoring programme. Tanvi was invited to the ‘Deloitte Academy Diversity on Boards Programme’ and is a regular panel speaker at industry diversity events. Tanvi heads up the development and roll-out of LBG’s consumer propositions, and her career has spanned strategy and commercial executive roles across divisions.

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Reshma Ramachandran

Senior Vice President & Group Head of Transformation

The Adecco Group

Reshma’s work as a vocal advocate for both women and ethnic minorities has prompted not only her own rise through the corporate ladder but also that of several other demographics. Women, ethnic minorities from Africa and India, and women of color are all groups Reshma has advocated for in each of the organizations she has worked for in the past. Alongside being an active promoter of women and ethnic minorities within Employee Resource Groups, Reshma has also formed her own informal group for women of color in the DACH region, where she personally mentors and coaches around 30 women in order to help them progress in their careers. Reshma was a Microsoft Trailblazer Award finalist for her work promoting ethnic minority women in technology, and at the Women in Technology Sharjah Summit she was invited to take part in a panel discussion on intersectionality.

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Laurent De Cock

HR Director

Accenture

In 2020, Laurent stepped up to become Accenture’s Ethnicity Inclusion Sponsor for Europe, keen to drive progress across the whole region in terms of anti-racism efforts and the promotion of ethnic diversity. Despite Europe’s complexity, with varying levels of maturity on this topic as well as data collection challenges, Laurent defined a common strategy which was supported by the Europe CEO and communicated to all geographies. Since then, the commitment to promoting ethnicity diversity has been turned into action, with various initiatives being launched across the region including listening sessions with underrepresented ethnic groups in selected countries; the organization of awareness sessions with all employees about racism and how to address it in the workplace, and the communication of an internal guide for managers with recommendations on how to recognize and address discrimination.

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Kally Kang-Kersey

HR Influencer & thought leader, previously VP Global Talent

Zebra technologies

As one of the most senior members from an ethnic minority background in the organizations she has worked in, Kally is a role model for others to drive change. Serving in HR roles for nearly 30 years in the technology space, her passion and resilience has allowed her to champion diversity. She has developed and driven Zebra’s inclusion and diversity strategy, including diversity-driven mentoring and sponsorship for internal talent. Kally also helped remove barriers to entry, such as getting leaders to re-examine the need for a college degree for varying roles, eliminating biased language in job descriptions, and helping build a strong internal Inclusion Network for employees, creating a diverse Global team. In addition, she was involved in the launch of an externally sponsored STEM program for ethnic minorities in EMEA. After a rewarding corporate career, she is now developing her own consultancy business to help companies drive change and inclusion within their organizations.

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Kenneth Olisa

Chairman

Shaw Trust

In his role as Chairman of the Shaw Trust, Kenneth oversees the creation and implementation of D&I policies within the organization’s overall strategy, which commits to a fully diverse and representative workforce. As part of this strategy Kenneth proposed partnering with the National Equality Standard (NES) to ensure that Shaw Trust was at the vanguard of the not-for-profit sector when it came to D&I. Outside of the Shaw Trust, Kenneth speaks regularly and participates in panels to promote ED&I and its competitive advantages. He has recently been hosted by City University, Barings, Nat West Bank, the Armed Services and the Black FE Leadership Group, and was a keynote speaker on the BT-sponsored Business in the Community Manifesto for Action event. Kenneth also champions inclusion in his position as Her Majesty’s Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London, and through the Aleto Foundation he founded to identify and equip young leaders.

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Bansi Nagji

President, Healthcare

GoodRx Inc

Bansi was attracted to GoodRx for two key reasons. First, because of its vision to make healthcare more affordable for all Americans - with lack of access to healthcare being a problem that particularly affects minority populations. Second, because GoodRx itself is particularly diverse, with half its employees identifying as people of color. The mission of a diverse company serving diverse customers was one Bansi was eager to be part of. As a President of the firm, Bansi helps lead the internal Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, and has been a champion of their successful recruiting of minority talent. He also serves as a mentor to many diverse employees at GoodRx, helping them to progress through sponsorship and career guidance. As a member of the Campaign Board for INSEAD business school, Bansi has helped raise and personally donated funds for scholarships targeted at diverse candidates.

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Loreal Torres

Chief People Officer

Vested

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Manroop Singh Khela

Head of Specialist Business Units

Santander UK plc

Manroop is the Executive Sponsor of Ethnicity at Santander UK. His key accomplishments include launching the Santander Black Inclusion Plan, with the objective of doubling Black representation in senior leadership roles in two years and championing the first ever Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting at Santander UK in 2021. Manroop was also responsible for delivering the roll-out of listening programs across the organization, which were set up to understand the challenges and issues ethnic minority colleagues face. He also ran six panel sessions, each with up to 2,500 attendees, featuring both internal and external role models, such as Akala and Baroness Amos. Beyond Santander, Manroop has been a speaker and panelist at engagements for the City of London’s ethnicity conferences. He is part of the Black in Tech’s taskforce for the Confederation of British Industry and sits on the Race Leadership Board for Business in the Community.

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Tapaswee Chandele

Global Vice President of Talent & Development

The Coca-Cola Company

Tapaswee has a long history of involvement in diversity and inclusion work, with past accomplishments including initiating the first Diversity Council in India and launching a Women in Leadership Program which was expanded to the whole region. She has continued this work in her current role for Coca-Cola, ensuring that all practices have the company’s D&I ambition hardwired into them. As part of this work, Tapaswee has encouraged investment in recruiting, succession planning and the development of diverse talent, as well as helping run company programs such as ‘Global Women in Leadership’ and ‘Multicultural Edge’. Tapaswee personally mentors and coaches women and other diverse talent in the company so that they can achieve their full potential, and she has spoken on diversity and inclusion at numerous events including for The Chapman Consulting Group’s HR Leaders’ Networking Sessions and for Brandon Hall Group’s Excellence Conference.

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Ansumana Bai-Marrow

Chief Compliance Officer

Cairn Capital

Following the raft of developments in the US, including George Floyd’s death exposing racial injustice, Ansumana contacted Cairn Capital’s Executive Management Committee and was asked to set up a D&I committee. Now serving as the Chair of the committee, Ansumana has started creating a new level of awareness of D&I issues within the firm, including advising the EMC on its strategy. In October 2020, the EMC agreed a broad suite of D&I initiatives that the committee would work to implement over the coming year. These included establishing more diverse hiring processes; securing the assistance of a D&I consultancy firm; launching a mentoring scheme, and giving to diverse charities and organizations. In March 2020, the committee completed the firm's first ever D&I staff survey, the results of which will be shared with management to inform the Cairn Capital’s strategy and the committee's activities going forward.

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Noreen Biddle Shah

Head of Corporate Communications EMEA

State Street

One year ago, Noreen wrote a story on her father's experience of workplace racism and posted it on LinkedIn. It received 200,000 views and an outpouring of responses. The feedback to this post, as well as to the whitepaper Noreen wrote based on interviews with kiddigrant professionals (children of immigrants), led her to set up a not-for-profit group, reboot.,with fellow senior communication professionals as a way of ensuring these stories would continue to be told across the UK. Since reboot’s launch in January, it’s had lots of media coverage and is gaining momentum, especially in financial services. reboot. started off with 10 powerful interviews with senior minorities and is now focusing on its 2021 strategy with the help of an advisory panel. Noreen has also been pushing for change within State Street by participating in roundtables, presenting to senior management teams, and sharing recommendations on race dynamics in the workplace.

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Allyn L. Shaw

President & CTO

Recycle Track Systems

As the President and CTO of Recycle Track Systems, Allyn heads all D&I efforts across the company. One of his initiatives has been to host a biweekly ‘team huddle’ bringing all people together to openly discuss their experiences. When Allyn joined RTS 18 months ago, 20% of employees were BAME. Today that figure sits at 37% and he has made impressive advancements in achieving a gender balance too. This year Allyn has participated in over fifteen panels, eight speaking engagements and four ‘courageous conversations’ around Black Lives Matter and systemic racism in the workplace. Allyn’s ambitions for the next 25 years of his career include creating opportunities for LGBTQ+, Black & African American and Women entrepreneurs to have access to credit, capital, and support networks. He also wants to work with organizations to educate and support LGBTQ+ and communities of color to run for elected office at the city, state, and federal levels.

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Gautam Bhattacharyya

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Gautam is one of very few UK-based ethnically diverse senior partners in global law firms the size of Reed Smith LLP. He became a partner in the firm in 2000, and since 2017 has been a member of the firm's Executive Committee, its global board, which, amongst other things, oversees the promotion of Reed Smith’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion objectives and is responsible for the successful implementation of its Racial Equity Action Plan. He is also a Partner Champion of the firm’s Multi-Cultural Network, its PRISM (LGBTQ+) group, and its Disabilities Group; as well as acting as a male partner champion for the firm’s Women's Network. As a mentor, Gautam shows young and up-and-coming diverse lawyers that Big Law is not out of bounds to anyone, with his mentees’ success over the years testifying to this message. Gautam regularly speaks about careers in the law, ways to succeed, and overcoming obstacles for numerous organizations such as The Brokerage, Speakers for Schools, IntoUniversity and Aspiring Solicitors.

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Rak Kalidas

Commercial Director (Head of Diversity & Inclusion)

Levy UK (Compass Group UK & Ireland)

‘Within’ is the Cultural Diversity Employee Network which Rak founded at Compass Group UK&I. Now sitting as its Chair, Rak has laid out the group’s aims to develop plans to improve diversity within Compass and be a voice for the firm’s employees. Believing dialogue is essential to making change happen in the right areas, the network introduced listening groups where ethnic minority employees’ experiences can be heard. The impact of the company’s D&I program has seen increased visibility of D&I across all sectors through comms and educational work, including a new program of InclustiviTEA sessions. Rak is also the UK&I representative for the Compass Group Global D&I Champion Committee, sits on the Board of WiHTL (the Festival of Inclusion in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure), and serves on both the Deloitte D&I Committee and CMI Race Advisory Committee.

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TJ Castro Lim

Global Co-Head of Product (Private Wealth Management)

Goldman Sachs

TJ is part of the divisional Inclusion and Diversity Council (IDC) at Goldman Sachs Private Wealth Management, focusing on the culture pillar. He is actively involved in creating safe spaces, recruiting and interviewing diverse talent, and promoting and leading open conversations about inclusion, covering topics such as sexual orientation, gender, and race. In his previous role at Fidelity, TJ worked with HR to launch the Pride network, and whilst at UBS he supported the firm’s efforts for the United Nations Women in the World Summit and the women’s segment strategy. At Goldman Sachs, he is continuing this promotion of diversity through his active support of various initiatives affecting various minority groups, including, Asian, women, black and LGBTQ+ groups. During this time of anti-Asian sentiment, TJ has been engaging in discussions about encouraging empathy towards Asians (and all minority groups in general).

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Vishal Dixit

Director of Strategy & Wholesale; Member of Executive Board Vodafone UK

Vodafone UK

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Crystal Wallace

SVP, Data Technology and Insights

Spark Foundry

Crystal is the Chair of the Management Committee for Spark Foundry’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Council, and co-chairs Publicis Media Atlanta’s Women In Technology (VivaWIT); a Business Resource Group for women in technology and their allies. She is also an active participant in numerous other BRGs, such as Égalité (an LGBTQ+ BRG), VivaWomen of Color, and the Men of Color Alliance. This year Crystal gathered a team to run the first ever Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Measurement Framework and Employee Survey at Spark Foundry, using data and metrics to decide upon action items for growth and development. Beyond Spark Foundry, Crystal is a mentor for the Emma Bowen Foundation, which recruits promising students of color and places them in multi-year paid internships at some of the nation's leading media, PR and technology companies. She also served as a Co-Sponsor of Advertising for Change’s ‘Advancing Women in Technology’ event.

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Kathy Quashie

Head of Enterprise Indirect Business

Vodafone plc

Kathy recently featured in Telecoms channel press articles around the importance of D&I in the Telecoms sector and the role leaders can play to make it more inclusive. She was also involved in participating in sessions on how to talk about race at the London Transport Museum, where she serves as Non-Executive Director. Since becoming Chair of Vodafone’s Multicultural and Inclusion Network in 2019, Kathy has re-shaped its strategy, igniting a new action-oriented program to support employees. Working closely too with D&I teams across the business to trigger new policies. Also led on online webinars, which gave a platform to the voices and faces of the network, raised awareness of the benefits of diverse teams and led to a significant increase in network fellowship. The Black Lives Matter virtual discussion she participated in resulted in several new initiatives including a ‘Diversity Portal’ and the deployment of race education programs.

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Pauline Lewis

Group Head of Talent & Diversity

Selfridges Group

As an activist for inclusion, Pauline believes we all have an obligation and a role to play in driving real and sustainable societal change. Her role as Group Head of Talent & Diversity has given her a vehicle in which to support and sponsor ethnic minority inclusion by challenging white privilege in all processes of recruitment, talent management and promotion. As the Head Judge of the European Diversity Awards for the last four years, Pauline has worked closely with various organizations both in the corporate world and in charities promoting and championing ethnic minority inclusion. This has involved group presentations to senior leadership teams as well as coaching and mentoring Black students one-to-one. Pauline regularly travels to universities throughout the UK, specifically targeting non-Russell Group universities, promoting various career opportunities and giving advice to students on their CVs and interview preparation techniques.

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Titi Cole

Head of Global Operations and Fraud Prevention & Chief Client Officer, Citi’s Global Consumer Banking

Citigroup

2020 saw Savoy Magazine name Titi one of the Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America and she has used this influence to advocate for the power of inclusion and creating supportive work environments for all. At Citi, Titi launched the Global Consumer Bank Diversity and Inclusion Council and also led work to create D&I goals for all people managers, as well as helped implement diverse interview slate and panel requirements for management roles. Titi serves as a Board Member for Communities in Schools, supporting their work to help underprivileged children and youth stay in public schools both financially and through volunteering. As a member of the Executive Leadership Council, Titi supports high achieving college students through scholarships. She also volunteers her time to speak with and mentor Black, Hispanic, Asian and Female emerging talent in the Financial Services Industry, for Northwestern University’s alumni programs, and at Citi.

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Darain Faraz

Marketing Director, EMEA & LATAM

Embrace is the LinkedIn Employee Resource Group, co-launched by Darain, which has been a leading light in terms of reviewing existing practices, evaluating challenges, and setting out a measurable plan of action. Darain was involved in initiating unconscious bias training for the UK business, and hosting events discussing issues of race and intersectionality. Darain is also leading LinkedIn’s involvement in the Black Representation in Marketing (BRiM) program, rallying the UK Marketing and Communications functions to launch a framework to improve Black representation. Darain has hosted workshops over 8 years for the Taylor Bennett Foundation, an organisation set up to address the underrepresentation of Black & Minority Ethnic people in the Marcomms industry. Last year he co-founded, together with his brother Sheeraz, People Like Us, a networking group to celebrate and support Marcomms professionals from underrepresented backgrounds. Outside of their events, People Like Us support the individuals and the industry at large with D&I consultancy, job placement and personal branding - all for free.

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

Nilufer is one of Slaughter and May’s two D&I partners, and as such plays a leading role in the firm’s overall D&I strategy. Since occupying this position she has accelerated progress against the Race Fairness action plan by establishing and leading a partner working group focusing on race and ethnicity. A framework has also been embedded to analyze diversity data in order to improve recruitment, retention and promotion of BAME employees. It will also be used to examine structural processes so that the firm can advance change, with best practice being shared with clients and other law firms. Nilufer spearheaded the launch of a new bursary scheme, that will support a number of BAME students who come from less-advantaged backgrounds. In 2019, Slaughter and May also launched the company’s ‘Inclusion Allies’ initiative, with a series of workshops including training specific to BAME inclusion.

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Javier Morgado

Executive Producer

CNN

As the new Executive Producer of CNN's 11am show, At This Hour, Javier is committed to covering communities of color and booking newsmakers & experts that represent the audiences the network serves. For more than six years, Javier was the Executive Producer of CNN’s 3-hour morning show, New Day, where diversity was a big part of his success. Each year, he leads professional development sessions to attract prospective employees, with numerous diverse hires joining the company as a result. Javier also recruits for CNN and WarnerMedia at journalism conferences across the U.S. He is a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and The Association of LGBTQ Journalists. Javier was recently named the Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the Martha Graham Dance Company; he also serves on the Board of Directors for the Stonewall Community Foundation and the Advisory Board of the Provincetown Film Festival.

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Karen S. Carter

Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Inclusion Officer

Dow

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

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Segun Osuntokun

Partner in Charge, UK

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Segun is a founding member of BCLP's Global Inclusion & Diversity Action Board. He was also appointed Co-Chair of the firm's global diversity initiative shortly before the death of George Floyd, after which the role took on a new level of urgency. In these capacities Segun has championed the introduction of firmwide ‘Aspirational Diversity Goals’, which are among the most stretching in the legal industry, including a US 18% and a UK 22% Black, Asian and minority ethnic partner goal. He has also led and informed the introduction of an ‘I&D Cultural Foundation’, against which all BCLP partners’ performances are assessed, and introduced ‘Hours Gap reporting’ in the firm’s US and UK offices, allowing them to monitor, highlight and drive accountability around disparities in hours billed by lawyers of color, and specifically disparities between Black associates and their white counterparts.

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David Wallis

Partner

Deloitte LLP

In his position as a member of Deloitte’s Ethnicity Council, David helps define, drive and monitor initiatives to promote better representation and outcomes for ethnic minorities. He is a key partner supporting and launching Deloitte's Black Action Plan (BAP), and chairs a steering group ensuring voices of Black colleagues are being heard as BAP is implemented. After collaborating with colleagues firmwide to formulate this comprehensive plan, David then worked with the Executive Committee to gain its commitment and sponsorship. The objectives of BAP are firstly: to systematically examine processes across the employee lifecycle and make improvements to reduce potential opportunities for bias, and secondly: to evolve organizational culture allowing colleagues of Black and ethnic minority backgrounds to realize their potential and thrive. Initiatives already underway at the firm include a leadership development and mentoring program, a multicultural allies’ network, and mandatory race fluency training.

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Muna Hussaini

Head of ESG Governance

Indeed

Muna has been working with a group of employees at Indeed to establish an interfaith Employee Resource Group and, pending its approval, will serve as the group’s Executive Sponsor. This role will be in addition to the support she already provides to several of the company’s Employee Resource Groups by participating in panels, giving advice and taking part in mentoring programs. Muna was also involved in launching a manager’s guide to Ramadan and has run an allies’ session to educate colleagues on Ramadan and how to support employees who are fasting. Outside of Indeed, she is a member of the City of Austin/Travis County Hate Crimes Taskforce, which works to secure help for victims, to support legislation to prosecute, and to engage resources in prevention and education. Muna is also the Muslim mama on Three Righteous Mamas, a podcast about building a better future for ALL of our children.

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Jessica Markowski

Commercial Director - Wholesale and Convenience

Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I

Jessica is an influential voice and champion for many D&I initiatives at work. While initially focused on gender equality in the brewing industry, last year Jessica realized the need to highlight another side of D&I. Drawing on her experience as an ethnic minority in the UK, Jessica used her voice as a force for good inside Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I. Jessica established several Listening Groups to ensure colleagues had the space to channel their thoughts in response to BLM. Following this, Jessica established, and now is Executive Sponsor for, a Racial Equality Employee Resource Group working to drive change within the company. Jessica was also responsible for securing management support to appoint a partner to gather and analyze the company’s D&I data. Additionally, Jessica is a mentor, works with Bath University to ensure stronger representation in the firm’s scholarship program, and established the company’s relationship with Diversity in Grocery.

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Martin Barnett

Global Head of Technical Product Experts, Search Ads 360

Google

After serving as leader of a local chapter of the Black Googler Network (BGN) Employee Resource Group, Martin went on to become Regional and then Global Co-Lead of the group. During the time of highlighted racial injustice in 2020, Martin worked within Google's Black Leadership Advisory Group, with guidance from Google and Alphabet’s CEO Sundar Pichai to input into Google’s Commitment to Race Equality. In addition, Martin is coach and mentor to BGN EMEA Chapter Leads on career development, leadership and engagement of senior executives. Driving his focus on expanding the reach of the Employee Resource Group across different locations, Martin played a critical role in the recent launch of new chapters in Zurich as well as supporting the group’s growth in Northern Europe (across Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden & Benelux). For the UK Government Department for Work and Pensions BAME Mentoring Circles Pilot Program, Martin served as a consulting mentor.

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Jignesh Ramji

Group Head of Talent

London Stock Exchange Group

As the Group Head of Talent at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Jignesh is accountable for building a more diverse leadership team and accelerating internal progression. He led a series of projects in 2020 covering a range of areas, such as Leadership Development, Wellbeing, Hiring and Progression and Mentoring, each with its own appointed executive sponsor. Resulting progress in these areas has included the improvement of resources such as counselling and coaching; the evaluation of hiring activity to eliminate bias; the collection of data to ensure meaningful advancements; the introduction of reverse mentoring for the Executive Committee; and the implementation of unconscious bias training for all employees. Jignesh is also a member of the Race Equality Leadership Team at Business in the Community, the aims of which include promoting the Race at Work Charter and growing the number and capability of executive-level D&I champions. He is also on the advisory board for Baxter Neumann and HR Grapevine. Jignesh is a board member for the UK ICF and a trustee and non-executive director for Roffey Park Institute.

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Tonia Bottoms

Managing Director & Senior Managing Counsel

BNYM Pershing

Tonia champions diversity and inclusion by building awareness, focusing on talent and impacting BNY Mellon’s culture. She drives strategies to accelerate recruitment and retention of diverse talent, deliver measurable change in Latinx and Black representation, and advocates for increased transparency of DEI goals. Her active leadership, including organizing a townhall dedicated to diversity, led to her appointment as the first D&I Advocate on Pershing’s Executive Committee, where she is responsible for driving programming to support diversity efforts. Recently, she was named Global Chair of IMPACT E/BRG and previously chaired IMPACT’s Black Leadership Forum. She also served on the Advisory Council to the CEO. Tonia is committed to community, serving organizations that focus on empowering others. She is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated and sits on the boards of the Girl Scouts (Nassau County), the American Red Cross (Greater New York) and the Money Management Institute Gateway Foundation.

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Ara Tucker

SVP, Head of Talent and Culture

Audible

Ara delivers innovative solutions to organizations looking to disrupt the status quo in pursuit of stronger business results, collaborative cultures and inspired talent. As Head of Talent and Culture at Audible, Ara sits on the company’s most senior leadership team while leading an integrated group focused on attracting, hiring, developing and engaging employees at all career stages. She also oversees Audible’s Spectrum & Belonging (DEI) strategy and execution to ensure that Audible is an inclusive and progressive workplace where a broad spectrum of employees can contribute fully while being their authentic selves. Prior to Audible, Ara served in diversity and inclusion leadership roles in the financial and legal sectors. She regularly shares her story as an openly gay leader of color in a variety of settings including on LinkedIn and her website, 'I'm Here Too'. Ara received her J.D. from NYU School of Law and has an A.B. from Princeton University.

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Ritu Mohanka-Vedhara

VP Strategy & Business Development EMEA

Glint

Ritu is the only ethnic minority leader on the global leadership team at Glint. In her previous role for IBM she was a highly regarded and lauded Diversity Champion and an Executive Sponsor for several diversity groups, and now she is continuing that work at Glint, helping change the internal agenda to prioritize Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging (DIB). Through this Glint has adopted color and gender-blind hiring, ensuring this approach is mirrored in performance measurement too. As the senior Glint leader within EMEA, Ritu invests in mentoring upcoming and talented ethnic minority employees in and beyond her region, advising them on career management. Meanwhile, outside of Glint she walks the talk , regularly meeting with CEOs and CXOs to advise them on talent strategies, making the case for D&I not by just talking about it but by embodying its values and benefits in her actions. Ritu also publishes article and hosts roundtable discussions to further the DIBs discussion among senior HR Leaders in the UK and Europe.

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Sarah Nelson

London Zone Managing Director

Sainsbury's

Sarah founded and chairs Sainsbury's ethnic minority network, 'I AM ME'. Last year, she played a pivotal role in increasing corporate confidence in race fluency. She personally delivered the ‘Let’s Talk About Race’ ethnic diversity training to the PLC board and Operating board. This was then delivered to the top 250 leaders at Sainsbury’s and has now been rolled out company wide. She was influential in Sainsbury’s decision to change its language from ‘BAME’ to ‘Ethnically Diverse’. Sarah has worked with the business to lead a number of positive actions, including encouraging partnerships with charities that support the Black community, such as the Sickle Cell Society; supporting commercial teams to drive incremental sales on the World Food range at Sainsbury's; led the internal and external narrative for Black Lives Matter; and played a role in driving the agenda of the 2020 Christmas advert, 'Gravy Song', which featured a black family. She has been instrumental in creating the strategic priorities for Sainsbury's and influencing the business’ overall inclusion targets as an organisation.

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Leila Thomas

Seconded CEO and Founder Urban Synergy Talent

Refinitiv

Leila is currently seconded from Refinitiv to Urban Synergy where she is Founder and CEO. Urban Synergy is an early-intervention mentoring charity, supporting thousands of diverse young people between 10-18 years, to reach their full potential. Leila is also a steering group member of the Black Employee Network at Refinitiv. Setting up inspirational role model seminars with support from Refinitiv volunteers and professionals from other organisations. Urban Synergy simultaneously helps inspire the next generation and deliver a diverse work-ready talent pipeline. Leila’s work is guided by the belief that showing students relatable role models, that look and sound like them, will enable them access valuable work experience opportunities that will help them to take their next step into the world of work. The number of corporate Role Models Leila has built up through Urban Synergy has risen to over 600, reaching over 10,000 students, from more than 100 schools.

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Sam Patel

Chief Counsel

AXA Health

Under Sam's sponsorship, the Employee Resource Group REACH has advanced racial equality across AXA, in particular by developing initiatives such as a 'Let's Talk About Race' program, which has been engaged with over 700 times in its first six months. Sam also represents REACH at AXA’s D&I Board, providing leadership which has resulted in initiatives such as the Inclusion Allies program which has had over 2,000 engagements. Sam also played a fundamental role in developing AXA's response to the Black Lives Matter movement, leading both external and internal communications, consulting on the development of an Ethnicity Action Plan, and speaking to hundreds of business leaders and employees at team meetings on the topic of race equality. Another way Sam promotes diversity at AXA is by mentoring ethnic minority talent, something he also does for Business in the Community’s Cross Organisational Mentoring Circles.

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Glyn Aikins

Co-President of Since'93

Sony Music UK

At Sony Music, Glyn is the Co-President of Since’93, where he is now responsible for a diverse roster of British artists including Fredo and British-Somali singer-songwriter Amun. Glyn sponsors Sony Music UK's Internal diversity Employee Resource Group Helping Unite Everyone (HUE), formed in February 2020 with a mission to promote equity and inclusion at the company. As well as using his position to spearhead diversity committees, Glyn has worked with a Diversity expert to manage and deliver key agenda points, such as rolling out mandatory diversity and unconscious bias training to all employees. He has also facilitated the sharing of positive experiences, through events, activities and celebrations, to promote a culture of inclusivity so that all employees feel respected and represented. In 2020, Glyn was appointed to the board of the South Bank Centre where he is a 'Diversity in Music Champion' designed to bring together a new generation of audiences after Covid-19 closures.

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Andrew Monu

Senior Director, Marketing, EMEA & LATAM

Andrew is co-founder and EMEA lead of Embrace, LinkedIn’s ERG supporting under-represented racial groups. Andrew’s record on driving the D&I strategy at LinkedIn includes leading the largest ever set of listening sessions in the UK, following the death of George Floyd. These sessions saw the number of allies increase by four times, and the findings were shared at the executive level to shape the UK D&I strategy. Andrew’s work developing this D&I strategy provided a vision to empower allies to take action across the region. The ‘Allyship’ education series he led, including events with high profile speakers like John Amaechi, helped allies to understand how low levels of belonging and forced assimilation impact internal mobility among people of colour. Andrew’s team also led diverse hiring initiatives, such as "The Changing Face of Technology: Why Black Representation in Tech Matters" which created more racially diverse pipeline for the business.

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Roland Ilube

VP Finance Marketing

Shell International Petroleum Company Limited

As a visible role model for employees from minority ethnic backgrounds at Shell, Roland participated in a variety of engagements including acting as a panel member on UK wide employee webcasts exploring issues of race, and writing a blog to all staff globally reflecting on the importance of diversity and inclusion. The initiatives Roland has worked on for Shell include implementing a global review of organizational practices to investigate how they impact upon the careers of employees from ethnic minority backgrounds and overseeing the publication of Shell in the UK's inaugural Ethnicity Pay Gap report in November 2020. Roland also provides support and guidance to two employees from Ethnic Minority Backgrounds and was part of a sub-committee of the Business in the Community (BITC) Race Equality Leadership Team, working on the development of a series of executive sponsor toolkits for race which launched in November 2020.

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Kedra Newsom Reeves

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

In her capacity as a leader in BCG’s Financial Institutions practice and the firm’s Racial Equity Task Force, Kedra advises financial institutions on strategic challenges ranging from core operational challenges to programmatic design to driving greater equity in their processes, products and distribution models. In this work, she has spearheaded several publications on driving equity through business practice. She also leads the Black, Indigenous & Latinx Network for BCG's Midwest and Canada region, working closely with leadership, talent management and diversity teams to coordinate mentorship, development and affiliation activities. Her responsibilities co-leading the Women of Color affinity group include hosting discussion sessions and mentoring junior diverse consulting staff throughout their career journeys. As a Board member of BCG’s Center for Illinois’ Future, which uses BCG’s capabilities to invest in Illinois-based organizations that support social issues, Kedra brings expertise in strategy, community development, organizational effectiveness, and operations. Outside of BCG, she sits on the boards of Chicago Public Media and the Chicago Civic Consulting Alliance. She lives with her husband and 4 children in Chicago.

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Enterprise Risk Director

Aviva plc

Following the 2020 global social events, Chika provided counsel to the CEO and organisation on external and internal comms, as well as speaking at a whole organization global live stream. She proposed and led calls for all-staff conversations and closed calls with Black colleagues to help them through the trauma. In developing the Black Professionals Network as a subset of the BAME network, Chika added a louder voice to the organization and saw the confidence of the group growing visibly as a result. She also provided her input on both the Aviva Black Action Plan and the Aviva Black History Month arrangements, and continues supporting initiatives such as anti-racist training and reverse mentoring. Outside Aviva, Chika has been engaged in multiple initiatives and education and discussion sessions in the insurance sector and the actuarial profession to promote and support Black talent and inclusion.

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Rekha Gomes

Global Head of Risk Operations

HSBC

As the former Global Business Lead for D&I for HSBC's Wealth and Personal Banking (WPB) group, Rekha was responsible for shaping the global WPB D&I strategy, working diligently to create an inclusive culture that reflected her personal journey. With her strong belief that unconscious bias awareness is key to the acceleration of inclusion, Rekha launched an unconscious bias campaign with the WPB Executive Committee in 2020, which will be rolled out as learning for the whole organisation in 2021. Rekha was also the global Co-Lead for the WPB Ethnicity taskforce, and after listening to the voices of many BAME colleagues, she led the creation of a two-tiered plan with specific commitments globally and at a country level on race and ethnicity. She is now continuing the D&I drive in her new role with the Digital Business Services part of the bank. Chairing the Citizens Advice Bureau for Croydon, London, where more than 50% of the population are BAME, is another way Rekha has promoted racial equity outside HSBC.

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Deonte Thompson

Chief of Staff- Client Solutions Group

Dell Technologies

Deonte is both a member of the Black Networking Alliance ERG and a co-lead for the Client Solutions Group Diversity Action Council. For the past seven years, he has helped to recruit collegiate engineers at the National Society of Black Engineers conference, and has been a continual internal advocate for increasing the number of minority intern and full-time hires. Deonte also recently led a company-wide initiative involving executives hosting listening sessions with diverse team members to gain a deeper understanding of their experiences within the corporate culture. His team used the Design Thinking framework to turn observations and insights into specific ideas and actions that have begun to be implemented across Dell Technologies. He also influenced others to become allies and advocates for underrepresented groups by encouraging over one thousand people to take a pledge to educate themselves, listen to the perspectives of others, and take a stand against injustices.

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Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE, FRSA

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

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Roni Savage

CEO & Founder

Jomas Associates (Engineering & Environmental)

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Erika Brown Lee

Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

MasterCard

At Mastercard, Erika Brown Lee is the global lead for the company’s privacy advocacy efforts, including cybersecurity, and previously led the team that ensures compliance with privacy and data protection laws across the company’s products and services. She has been an advocate for mentorship and diversity, equity and inclusion since joining Mastercard. Erika champions the advancement of both women and people of color through various company programs, including its Women's Leadership Circles, internship program and business resource groups. Throughout her career, Erika has served as a Liaison to the American Bar Association Commission on Racial and Ethnic Diversity in the Profession and has been featured on both Business Insider’s list of Powerful Black Women CEOs and Executives and Black Enterprise’s list of the Most Powerful Women in Corporate America.

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Arlene Isaacs Lowe

Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and President of Moody's Foundation

Moodys Corporation

After guiding Moody's leadership team on shaping a statement in response to the murder of George Floyd that highlighted racial inequities in the US and in Europe, Arlene ensured that there were meaningful actions following its publication. She did this by, advocating for the funding of programs to support Black entrepreneurs in the US and EMEA , and convincing Moody's talent acquisition team to prioritize Black and Brown students sourced by the firm’s educational non-profit partners for internships. . She worked with the Chief Diversity Officer to establish a $1 million multi-year scholarship commitment administered by the Executive Leadership Council (ELC). Arlene participated in several ‘Courageous Conversations’ internal panels discussing her experience with microaggressions inside and outside the firm, even as one of the most senior Black women in the organization. Arlene co-chairs the ELC’s International Presence Committee, charged with enhancing the ELC brand in the UK and identifying talented senior Black corporate professionals for consideration of membership.

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Mercheley Beuns

Vice President, Head of Talent Acquisition

Fox Corporation

When it comes to D&I at Fox, Mercheley is focused on leading from a data driven standpoint to implement strategic initiatives that will attract, build, and diversify candidate pipelines at all levels, from campuses to senior committees. Mercheley has also concentrated on leaning into the company’s diversity partners, educating on the value of diversity and ensuring aspirational diversity goals are tied to recruitment initiatives. The combination of programs she has championed have led to continuing improvements in diversity across various levels of the business. Mercheley’s other efforts to bring in diverse talent include recruiting for Fox at diversity journalism conferences every year, an effort which has resulted in numerous hires. Unsurprisingly, Mercheley is often asked to share her expertise on recruiting and diversity, and in the last year she has featured as a panelist on the topic for Day One and the Voray Group as well as for a recruitment podcast.

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Fenil Khiroya

Head of Human Resources, UK

Standard Chartered Bank

Fenil’s promotion of diversity and inclusion at Standard Chartered Bank has included launching a toolkit called ‘How to have Conversations about Race’, and hosting listening sessions in which BAME colleagues have an opportunity to openly share their experiences. Fenil also wrote the firm’s 2021 Ethnicity Strategy for the UK and US and was responsible for making D&I training mandatory for all UK employees. Another of her roles is as Senior Sponsor to the ‘Futuremakers RISE’ program; a BAME mentoring program for young adults with the firm’s community partners. Fenil is also active in the wider sector, contributing to a D&I working group to ensure Financial Services are future ready and can attract and retain a diverse talent base, as well as serving on the City HR Ethnicity EDI Taskforce with the goal of helping all City HR members on ethnic inclusion metrics, data insights and shared best practice.

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Suresh Raj

Global Chief Growth Officer

Virtue

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Amber Finch

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Amber’s undertakings as Partner Chair of Reed Smith’s African American Business Inclusion Group (STAARS) have involved working with the firm’s senior management to navigate the current climate of racial injustice and its impact on employees' experiences in the workplace, and developing programming designed to give Black employees a space to share their thoughts on the firm and on events affecting and shaping their lives. In her time in the role Amber has overseen a significant increase in membership growth among Black attorneys and allies. She has also acted as the Diversity and Inclusion Market Chair for the Los Angeles Office, where she produced quality, educational and timely diversity programs. Amber also coordinated Reed Smith’s pro bono efforts with the Bail Project, a non-profit organization missioned to change the US cash bail system through the use of a national revolving bail fund.

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Sathya Bala

Global Head of Data Governance

Chanel

Since joining Chanel in March 2020, Sathya has become the Global Finance D&I lead for the function. Working with the Finance D&I forum she launched, she is now delivering on its action plan by running colleague events, engaging senior finance leaders through D&I sessions, and drawing up a 5-point strategy. Sathya’s work connecting data, HR and D&I brought focus on how Chanel can better use data to influence change, and in November she set up a Data and D&I cross-industry forum, driving best practice on data collection and reporting. Sathya is also the Founder of My Skin My Story, a community focused on connecting, empowering, and elevating women of color globally through authentic meetups and panels. Following support from allies of MSMS, Sathya went on to create the Allyship Alliance, an informal educational space on WhatsApp, where content is shared to drive reflection on race, gender and intersectionality.

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Jennifer Mbaluto

Partner & Co-Head of East Africa

Clifford Chance LLP

Jennifer sits on Clifford Chance’s UK Inclusion Committee, which collaborates closely with affinity networks works to drive institutional change across all aspects of diversity and inclusion. Since June 2019, she has influenced advancements including the publication of ethnicity pay gap data. Reverse mentoring the firm’s Global Managing Partner over the last two years has allowed Jennifer to use her voice as one of two female Black partners in the firm to challenge the status quo. Through conversations with her mentee and with the firm's leadership team she has influenced decisions including 2020’s diversity targets, which included ethnicity targets for the first time. In 2019, Jennifer set up a monthly breakfast club for Black female associates and trainees as a forum for them to discuss challenges that are unique to Black women at the firm, and as a way for senior Black female lawyers to provide mentorship at scale.

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Adrian Joseph

Managing Director, Group AI and Data Solutions

BT Group

Adrian is the Executive Co-Sponsor of the Ethnic Diversity Network (EDN) at BT, which has over 100,000 employees. His achievements include publishing recommendations on BLM to BT’s CEO, coaching the chairs of the EDN and presenting to the Executive Committee on ethnic diversity progress, which led to a review of the plan. He is supporting the CEO of OpenReach to double the mix of ethnic minority hires in 2021 and produced a joint video with the CSTO which improved declaration rates with ethnic minorities significantly. In 2020 he Ideated and co hosted a major ethnic diversity event with Business in the Community which BT sponsored, attracting 300 senior executives and increasing the BITC Race at Work Charter signups by 35% to over 500 organisations. From 2015-2020, Adrian was also a NED to the UK Home Office where he sat on the Race Board and regularly contributed to the D&I Strategy. Adrian is also on the Board of Direct Line Group as a Non Executive Director and a member of the UK AI Council.

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Edleen John

International Relations, Corporate Affairs and Co-Partner for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Director

The Football Association

Edleen is a British-born Sierra Leonean, who grew up in South-East London, attending non-selective comprehensive schools in Lewisham, before completing her MA (Cantab) in Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge. She started her career as an Investment Banker and has held a variety of revenue-generating and support-function roles across Financial Services. Besides her day job, Edleen is a multi-industry Diversity and Inclusion Consultant, a Governor at Greenvale School, a Director of Tech Talent Charter, an International Trustee for Restless Development, an NHS NED and sits on the DIAL Global Advisory Board and the McKenzie-Delis Packer Review Committee. At the Football Association, Edleen remains committed to ensuring a game free from discrimination, having recently driven the launch of the Football Leadership Diversity Code and the #StopOnlineAbuse boycott. She’s overseen the creation of an internal Black Lives Action Plan, an Employee Network and the update to the Asian Inclusion Plan.

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Vanessa Thurston

Head of Talent Management

Samsung Electronics America

Vanessa co-leads Samsung Electronics America’s Diversity and Inclusion Executive Council. She fixed the company’s focus on D&I by appointing the first ever leadership position within the organization, a role responsible for coming up with a strategy and practice that will drive a culture of inclusion. To date, the D&I organization has established a clear three-year roadmap on how it will attract, develop and retain talent within the workforce. Vanessa was also responsible for appointing the first ever Executive Inclusion Council: a subset of diverse executive leaders chartered to set the tone and serve as role models through active sponsorship of and participation in education programs and ERG groups, as well as through commitments around diversity, underrepresented profiles and equal appreciation of talent.

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Tendayi Munyebvu

Managing Director - France

Jacobs

Of Jacobs’ eight Employee Networks, Tendayi is a member of six. He is the Chair for the EMEA region of Harambee, the Black Employee Network, and is the outgoing Europe Region Lead of the Jacobs Career Network. Tendayi led the EMEA Council in spearheading the firm's Action Plan for Advancing Justice & Equality (AJ&E) which focuses on the inclusion and development of its Black workforce. Since the Council’s foundation less than a year ago it has established a senior leaders sponsorship and mentorship program for black talent; invited over 50 of the EMEA workforce to participate in the McKinsey Black Leadership Academy; prompted the UK&Ireland region to publish its Ethnicity Pay Gap data for the first time in 2021, and advocated for the launch of an internal project to gather reliable ethnicity data to enable progress monitoring on recruitment, representation and the advancement of Black and minority talent in the region.

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Tunji Akintokun MBE

Director, Product and Solutions Group

PwC

In the wake of the murder of George Floyd last year, Tunji and 2 colleagues held a livecast with the chairman of PwC to talk about Black Lives Matter, their lived experiences as Black leaders, and what changes they would like to see. This was watched by almost all of PwC’s 22,000 employees and had a profound effect on attitudes towards systemic and structural racism in the workplace and in society. Being one of PwC’s ‘ColourBrave Champions’, Tunji leads a group of 23 ‘ColourBrave Advocates’ within his function, supporting the firm's ‘Everyday Inclusion’ agenda around ethnic diversity. The group provides a support platform for staff to discuss race, and hosts events to inform, celebrate and embrace inclusive culture. Additionally, as the founder of Ilesha Charitable Trust, Tunji has helped provide financial support to 100 Black Men of London, The Sickle Cell Society, and the Black Cultural Archives among others.

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Jenny Chung Savidge

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance, Privacy and Risk Officer

IHS Markit

For the last 2 years Jenny has participated in IHS Markit's Unity and Diversity Week, speaking on panels promoting racial and ethnic diversity and advocating for communities of color. In 2020, Jenny drove the social and racial justice conversation and set up new initiatives including the creation of ASPIRE, an employee resource group for Asians and Pacific Islanders. As ASPIRE’s Executive Sponsor she launched an education campaign around combatting anti-Asian hate and violence and the erasure of Asian American history. Jenny was also responsible for establishing the Legal and Compliance department’s Diversity Summer Internship Pipeline program and is the Executive Sponsor of the legal department's ‘Mansfield Rule’, a Diversity Lab program to increase the hiring and retention of diverse in-house lawyers. Jenny is passionate about issues of race and intersectionality, is an advocate of first-generation students, and as such, is also the Executive Sponsor of Parents@IHS Markit.

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Timothy Wilkins

Global Partner for Client Sustainability

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Tim has over two decades of experience guiding social justice, cultural, and sustainability initiatives across New York City and around the world. Tim leads the firm’s global sustainability practice, advising clients on regulatory, litigation and transactional issues, including the role business can play in the fight for racial justice. Tim co-led the founding of the New York Circular City Initiative, a collaboration of city agencies, businesses and foundations to promote employment opportunities and a greener environment for the city. Tim has been a fierce advocate for social justice on several boards of leading non-profit organizations, including New York Public Radio as Chair, the Public Theater and the NYC Economic Development Corporation as Chair of the Governance Committee. At Freshfields, Tim established programs to bolster the success of students and lawyers of color, including founding the firm’s participation in Legal Outreach, a mentoring program for NYC high school students.

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Cindy Rampersaud

Senior Vice President - Pearson, BTEC & Apprenticeships

Pearson

Cindy’s leadership of Pearson’s global DEI taskforce as one of two Executive Sponsors resulted in a plan which included a threefold increase in the DE&I budget, allowing for initiatives including the roll-out of a ‘Let’s Talk about Race’ training program; the appointment of a new Chief Diversity Officer and the introduction of quarterly reporting on employee representation. In 2020 Cindy served on the CBI Race Charter Group and facilitated Pearson becoming an early signatory. One of the Group’s actions was championing the 'It's Time to Change the Race Ratio' campaign, which seeks to increase ethnic minority participation in senior leadership. Cindy has been proactive in raising BAME visibility through her mentoring and sponsorship of talent both within and outside Pearson. She is a Patron of the BAME Apprenticeships Awards, a Board Member of The Speaker’s Trust, and an Honorary Lifetime member of The Children’s Society.

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Rupal Kantaria

Partner

Oliver Wyman

Together with the Managing Partner of Oliver Wyman, Rupal ran the roll-out of a new mission to change the company’s approach with clients, exploring racial diversity and its place in interactions. ‘MissionINCLUDE’ was another initiative cofounded by Rupal; a cross-company mentoring movement endorsed by the 30% Club which began with 10 firms but has now grown to cover 47 companies and 900 employees. As a BAME Employee Network leader Rupal collaborated with the Global I&D Lead and the Executive Committee on ethnicity targets, and invited external BAME guests to speak at events to broaden representation. Her work with the company’s design department helped them to recognize racial biases in imagery, ensuring diverse representation is now embedded in the company’s ‘standard’ iconography. Beyond her role at Oliver Wyman, Rupal is also a member of the government’s social mobility taskforce, where she is focusing on the intersection with race.

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Jay Muthu

Executive Director- Employee Experience

Virgin Media

As the Lead for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging at Virgin Media, Jay works with the company’s Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Network to provide coaching and support. His other efforts to promote D&I at Virgin Media include establishing a decision-making framework whereby every decision must have equity in mind; setting up a complete review of recruitment processes to eliminate any bias; bringing the focus onto ethnic minorities in graduate and apprentice recruitment (which has already yielded positive results); identifying ethnic minority talent through the first ever organization-wide talent review, and implementing mentoring and development programs in partnership with INvolve. Many of Jay’s speaking engagements focus on intersectionality, because as a lifelong wheelchair user he recognizes that the challenges he faces are different, and wants to openly role model for disabled ethnic minorities through his own corporate success story.

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Justin Onuekwusi

Fund Manager and Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds

Legal & General Investment Manangement (LGIM)

Justin manages £6bn in one of the UK’s most popular fund ranges; the L&G Multi-Index Funds. As a founding member of #talkaboutblack, Justin has led numerous initiatives aimed at increasing representation across the corporate sphere. This included the international, cross-industry allyship campaign #IAM which Justin co-founded following the BLM protests of 2020. Justin also founded EnCircle, a mentoring network connecting industry newcomers with senior Black professionals. Within LGIM, Justin sits on the Global Diversity and Inclusion Council and co-chairs the Legal & General Inclusion Team (LEGIT), heading up nine employee networks within the firm and overseeing several initiatives including a shadowing program for staff, which led to many ethnic minority employees being given access to otherwise exclusive areas within the organisation. Justin also facilitates regular Insight Days to give ethnic minority students opportunities to connect with investment professionals. He was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 2020.

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Shelina Janmohamed

Vice President, Islamic Marketing

Ogilvy Consulting

As the Vice President of Islamic Marketing, Shelina champions Muslim engagement and expression within Oglivy. By bringing more diverse clients into the organization on projects as varied as relationship apps, content production and Ramadan consumption, Shelina’s work benefits staff and also consumers in developing inclusive and representative ways of working. In addition to sitting on WPP’s Inclusion Board and serving as a member of the WPP Roots Steering Committee, Shelina dedicates an official proportion of her working time to improving diversity and inclusion and ensuring pastoral care of junior talent from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic backgrounds. She also works with the comms team to establish a calendar of religious and cultural events. In regular columns for Campaign magazine Shelina writes about culture and diversity, and for the British Film Institute and the AMAL foundation she advises on better representation of Muslims in the Arts.

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Dr Paula Franklin

Chief Medical Officer

Bupa Group

Paula recognizes that having a representative and inclusive workforce is critical to Bupa’s success. With this in mind, she places a focus on increased belonging amongst ethnic minority groups through schemes like ‘Be You at Bupa’, which empowers employees to bring their whole selves to work. Paula’s priorities involve making leaders accountable and empowered so that they can role model inclusive leadership behaviors, and engaging employees to share their experiences to increase awareness and encourage openness. The recently launched ‘Bupa Include’, which she supports and champions, is a mentoring scheme to help support underrepresented groups. It sits alongside the company’s apprenticeship programs as another example of efforts to develop diverse future talent. Paula is a vocal advocate for inclusivity whether on the Brilliance Resilience podcast series she co-hosts, in her blog posts for LinkedIn exploring issues affecting those from BAME backgrounds, or in her position on the Advisory Council of the Black Women’s Leadership Network.

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury Glover Hering

Dorothy has been involved with promoting diversity and inclusion at Finsbury, now Finsbury Glover Hering, since their diversity committee was formed in 2014. In the last two years, the committee has supported efforts to promote and increase the recruitment of ethnic minorities through continued sponsorship of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, as well as working to diversify the firm’s recruitment lists. Material improvements in the talent pipeline have led to ethnic minorities now making up a third of employees at the Managing Director level in her market. The company’s 2020 efforts to formalize their D&I commitments included introducing revised policies for qualifying, sourcing and advertising for candidates; setting up a firmwide inclusion training curriculum; providing direct financial support and pro bono services for BLM charities; instituting a dedicated racial injustice awareness and education day, and expanding their cultural content to include a book and film club, with guest speakers discussing social justice and racism in society.

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Richard Iferenta

Partner and Vice Chair

KPMG UK

At KPMG UK, Richard worked with the Managing Partner to set up the Black Heritage (BH) Working Group, bringing together senior stakeholders to deliver a strategy which builds on the inclusion of BH colleagues. Results of this working group have included the creation of a Black Lives Action Plan comprising of commitments to double the number of BH leaders in the firm and to increase the number of BH graduate recruits. The group has also been reviewing and changing how projects are allocated to ensure BH colleagues have greater exposure to good quality experiences, and has delivered a Black Lives Allyship Programme which has reached over 700 colleagues. As the Partner Sponsor for the African Caribbean Network (ACN), Richard has hosted events to understand challenges and showcase a roadmap of how to succeed. His work setting up the KPMG Black Leaders Network has led to improved networking, mutual support and collaboration within the Black community.

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Maxine Goddard

Senior Vice President, Strategic Distribution and Development

Sompo International Insurance

Maxine is an award-winning champion for greater inclusivity across the insurance industry. Maxine sits on the Executive Committee of the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network as well as that of Race Action Through Leadership. She spearheaded the creation of the iCAN-INspire cross-industry mentoring platform. At Zurich Insurance Maxine was the Chair of the BME ERG, where she spearheaded the network’s reorganization, raised its profile, pushed for tangible actions, and significantly widened its national reach to 12 branch offices and 5000+ employees. Her work raising awareness of the challenges faced by BME staff, holding listening sessions, educating middle management, and garnering C-Suite executive sponsorship, enabled her to get the C-Suite Executive Board to volunteer as mentors to a range of BME employees. Monthly ethnicity data reviews contributed to industry-wide ethnicity pay gap consultations. Additionally, in the summer of 2020, Zurich became the first P&C insurer to publish their ethnicity pay gap.

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Chanel Frazier

Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy for the Portfolio Management Group

BlackRock

As the most senior Black woman in the firm's investment organization, Chanel leads by example in proactively applying an intersectional approach to diversity. Her efforts include advising the CEO and Global Head of HR on BlackRock’s D&I strategy, serving on the Executive Committee of the Black Professionals Network, co-authoring the firmwide response to racial injustice and creating the diversity agenda for the Portfolio Management Group. Within the firm’s Women’s Network, Chanel advocates for and advises women throughout every stage of their careers, and within the Black Professionals Network, she serves as an advocate for Black professionals and a senior advisor on firmwide efforts regarding retention, development and promotion. She currently serves on the Board of Gibney Dance, a performing arts & social justice non-profit organization. As a result of her community involvement, she has spoken at the United Nations about the importance of educational opportunities for communities of color.

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Shabs Jobanputra

Managing Director of Relentless Records

Sony Music UK

As a Ugandan refugee amidst the Idi Amin influence, moving continents not only ensured Shabs’ safety but allowed him to get his big breakthrough DJ-ing at house parties and club nights. Shabs is now the founder and MD of Relentless Records. He serves as an empowering voice that champions diversity whether through talent and music or through his efforts to recruit and retain a workforce that is inclusive. In 2020, Shabs was involved in Sony’s company celebrations for South Asian Heritage Month. Shabs also co-owns the Notting Hill Arts Club: an academy that aims to showcase young local talent and create a space for future creative pioneers, entrepreneurs, innovators and leaders within the music industry. The academy offers vocational courses to get young people into the sector, supporting them to learn all the elements of the fast-changing music industry, to receive professional advice and mentoring, and to make contacts.

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director - Accenture Operations

Accenture

African Caribbean Network (AACN), Andrew works on Accenture’s D&I agenda to further the retention, progression and development of Black talent, as well as being accountable for all annual network events, including the AACN’s series of prominent Black History Month events. Other undertakings of Andrew’s include supervising the Accelerate Leadership Development Programme and sponsoring the Accenture UK Operations Black Advocacy program. He is currently the UK Chair of the Executive Leadership Council, the membership organization for the development of global Black leaders at C-suite level.

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Karol Ussher

Apple

Karol is the founder of the BLIX network: Business Leaders for Inclusion & Diversity through Knowledge eXchange. BLIX has over 50 senior leaders from the tech industry who offer their knowledge to mentor, coach and connect diverse aspiring leaders. BLIX provides advisory sessions and tools to help increase the representation of the underrepresented, helping candidates to get hired, grow in their current role, take on new career challenges or start a business. To date, the network has delivered over 250 advisory sessions and has run several TED-style talks on Inclusive Leadership from industry experts. BLIX alumni have gone on to secure new jobs in leading technology firms and launch their own businesses. In his 15 years in Big Tech, Karol has championed diversity in product development by building inclusive product features in the products used by millions everyday. Karol works at Apple where diversity is not an afterthought but core to the company’s values and where difference is not just celebrated but seen as essential.

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Sophie Chandauka

Global COO, Shared Services and Banking Operations

Morgan Stanley

At Morgan Stanley, since May 2020, Sophie has partnered with the head of the Global Operations Division to lead a taskforce as a strategic response to #BLM. The taskforce has led diagnostics, design and delivery of a portfolio of interventions with measurable goals including enhancing the sense of belonging, retention and advancement of Black employees. Sophie is also Chair and Executive Founder of the Black British Business Awards (BBBAwards); chair and chief architect of The Network of Networks (TNON); and head of the Race Equity Group of the 30% Club. In response to the pandemic and #BLM, Sophie led a joint venture (JV) of the BBBAwards and TNON, delivering high impact training for over 120 corporations focused on leadership and race confidence targeted at network leaders, senior allies and talent managers. In 2021, the JV launched the Global Investor Strategy and Corporate Governance Forum convening over 60 high-profile investor firms to agree strategies and solutions for driving racial equity.

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Victor Nieves

Director

BNY Mellon Pershing

Throughout the pandemic and the Black Lives Matters protests last year, Victor was leading the New York and New Jersey chapter of the firm’s multicultural E/BRG, IMPACT. In this role he represented the chapter by sharing employee challenges with the firm’s CEO, offering the honest sentiments of employees surrounding the importance of executive leadership accountability. As the global Co-Chair of the Latinx Leadership Forum, he introduced a professional development program for 11 Latinx leaders across the Americas in partnership with the DEI office. Victor also co-founded the BNYM Pershing DEI Advisory Council, leading the first-ever Executive Committee ‘Courageous Conversations’ discussion, and collaborating with Human Resources and the head of DEI on a program for talent recruitment and development focused on Black and Hispanic employees.

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Nazreen Visram

Head of Charities

Barclays Bank Plc

Nazreen has been co-chair of Barclays’ multicultural Embrace network for the past five years, during which time she has supported the establishment of Asian and Black professionals' forums as well as working with the firm’s faith forums. Membership of the network has grown considerably expanding across the UK, delivering events, training, mentoring and development sessions. As a ‘Race at Work Champion’, Nazreen is responsible for driving the race agenda across her business. She also supports the Network of Networks to promote inclusion and intersectionality, and serves as a mentor to many junior colleagues. Nazreen is committed to voluntary service, previously serving as National Council Member for the Women’s Portfolio for the Ismaili Muslim Council UK, enabling access, support and empowerment initiatives for women and their families. Nazreen is currently on the board of a school and has recently been appointed as a Lay Trustee for King’s College London Student Union.

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Dionne Aiken

Chief Marketing Officer

Kantar

Dionne is the Global Executive Sponsor for I&D at Kantar Profiles, and joined the UK&I I&D Ethnicity Steering Committee as a member in February 2020. Upon joining she played an integral role in formulating a strategy enabling them to win the hearts and minds of the business, and she now co-leads the committee, balancing this commitment with her primary role as Chief Marketing Officer. Feedback on the work of the I&D SteerCo, including its Ally Programme of over 100 individuals who champion Kantar’s Race and Ethnicity Initiatives, suggests it has had a significant impact on the business. Dionne also mentors individuals outside of her organization, and is a frequent participant in panels and events including a Psychological Safety Webinar and a ‘Not Racist to Anti-Racist’ Learning Session for Race Equality Week. She was winner in the category of Professional Services at the 2020 Baton Awards.

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Ivan Menezes

Chief Executive Officer

Diageo PLC

Since becoming the CEO of Diageo in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company. In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’. The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year. 2020 also saw the roll-out of a new learning intervention ‘Confronting Racial Bias Learning’, and the opening of Diageo’s fourth global ‘INC’ week; an employee-led, grassroots movement encouraging employees around the world to celebrate diversity. In addition to his work at Diageo, Ivan is on the Board of ‘Movement to Work’ which operates to break the vicious ‘no job – no experience’ cycle that is preventing young people from stepping onto the career ladder.

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Dwight Gibson

Chief Commercial Officer

SPX Flow

After cofounding SPX Flow’s first Black Employee Network, ABLE, Dwight now serves as its Executive Sponsor. Another of his initiatives for the company involved bringing in outside experts, including the CEO of the Urban League and a senior Charlotte City government official, to meet with SPX Flow’s Executive Leadership team to help them gain a better understanding of the issues facing the Black community. Dwight has featured on three occasions on Savoy magazine’s list of the Most Influential Black Executives in Corporate America, and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council, a position he uses to connect peers with job and board opportunities. As a member of the Howard School of Business Board of Visitors, Dwight has established recruiting relationships at the School with SPX Flow as well as with his former employer, Ingersoll Rand.

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Warren Thompson

President and Chairman

Thompson Hospitality

As Chairman of the largest minority-owned food and facilities management company in the US, D&I is at the center of Warren’s mission. In addition to driving progress as a member of the company’s Executive Committee, Warren also serves as the Executive Sponsor on all D&I groups in the business. Under Warren’s leadership Thompson Hospitality has donated $50 million to a company scholarship program since 1993 and gives millions annually to underserved communities. The projects and partnerships of the company are aligned with diversity opportunities, for example when Thompson Hospitality opened the Hilton Homewood Suites Hotel it committed to engaging local students as interns. A frequent panelist for events run by the Multicultural Foodservice and Hospitality Alliance, and a guest speaker at the Northern VA Black Chamber of Commerce, Warren consistently raises issues of race from his platform within the restaurant and foodservice industry.

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Earl Ellis

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

ABM Industries

Earl has been a champion of diversity throughout his career. As a member of ABM's Executive Leadership Team, he is active in the company's newly formed Culture & Inclusion Council and heavily involved in their programs and partnerships, including with the NAACP Legal Fund, Hispanic Scholarship Fund, and the Afterschool Alliance. Previous roles have included serving as the Executive Sponsor of the Black Employee Resource Group at Best Buy, and the Chair of the African American Network at Campbell Soup, where he led the development of a recruiting program in partnership with the Black MBA, the National Society of Hispanics MBA and the National Association of Black Accountants. Earl is also a former member of the Board of the Northside Minneapolis Achievement Zones, whose mission is to eliminate achievement gaps and poverty in Minneapolis, and since 2019 he has been a member of the Executive Leadership Council.

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Monique D. Jefferson

Chief Human Resources Officer

New York Public Radio

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Cassim Mangerah

Managing Director, Energy Marketing & Trading (EM&T)

Centrica plc

In his role as the Co-Executive Sponsor of VOICE, Centrica’s ethnicity network, Cassim has worked to contextualize diversity data, believing that a data-driven approach is critical to understanding how colleagues are represented across the business and putting in place interventions that will materially shift the dial. To this end Cassim advocated Centrica’s #CountMeIn campaign, an initiative to improve colleague preparedness to share diversity information across the business. In order to improve senior leadership diversity at the firm, Cassim has invested heavily in generating a strong talent pipeline, successfully improving representation in the Energy Marketing & Trading graduate program in recent years. Speaking openly about his experiences to external organizations Staffing Match and Eight Wealth Management as a means of supporting knowledge sharing and best practices, and taking part in the cross-company mentoring program Mission INCLUDE, are other ways Cassim demonstrates his commitment to promoting diversity and inclusion.

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Debbie Ellison

Global Chief Digital Officer

VMLYR Commerce (VYC)

After establishing the VYC Roots network in the UK three years ago, Debbie exported the initiative successfully into North America in 2020 alongside a VYC Incubator work experience program for 16–18-year-olds. Students on the UK Incubator program from a Black, Asian or Mixed Ethnicity background, or a lower socio-economic background, were eligible for a £10,000 grant to study Business Administration thanks to the partnership Debbie set up between VYC and the Hult Business School. The North American version ran its first 3-month Incubator program last year in partnership with the Bronx Community School. Under Debbie’s leadership VYC achieved the status of ‘Advanced Employer’ from Investing in Ethnicity, and at the 2020 Ethnicity Awards Debbie was listed in the Inspirational Leader Category. Through her connection with the registered charity, Inspiring the Future, Debbie regularly speaks at schools to give insight into the industry and her career pathway.

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Vanessa Peterson Williams

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Asst. Secretary

Kelly Services Inc.

Before joining Kelly Services as Senior Vice President and General Counsel, Vanessa worked at IHS Markit, where she held bi-weekly sessions with female and ethnic minority mentees, sharing exercises to improve confidence and communication of value to the organization. As part of the Women In Technology group at IHS MARKIT, an ethnically diverse group focused on preparing women for leadership roles in technology, Vanessa was both a Mentor and a Presenter, and her collaboration with the CEO urged the recruitment, retention and promotion of women and minorities at the firm. In her current position as General Counsel of Kelly, Vanessa is increasing the use of minority outside counsel, working to increase minority intern and full-time employee representation in the legal department, providing executive support and leadership of company DEI initiatives and offering mentoring to diverse employees in order to help empower the company’s pipeline of leaders.

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Bina Mehta

Chair

KPMG UK

Bina’s appointment as the first female chair of KPMG in its 150-year history, made headlines across the UK and international press earlier this year. As well as serving as a mentor to BAME colleagues herself, Bina was responsible for introducing a reverse mentoring scheme in which KPMG’s executive board received mentoring from junior BAME staff. Outside of KPMG, Bina’s promotion of diversity in business includes mentoring women working in large corporates on behalf of the 30% Club, serving as a member of the Advisory Group for the Fawcett Society with a focus on the Pay and Progression of Women of Colour, sponsor of KPMG's India club and an ambassador promoting female founders and investment in under-represented entrepreneurs.

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Moushmi Culver

Vice President, Head of Manufacturing Strategy and Business Development

Merck & Co. Inc.

At Merck & Co., Moushmi is an Executive Sponsor for the Manufacturing Leadership Development Program, which supports building a high-performance organization by recruiting and developing entry level early talent. Moushmi and her team strive for greater workforce diversity through targeted recruitment and fostering an open and inclusive environment. Moushmi’s commitment to empowering minorities in pharma to excel takes the form of coaching, mentoring, and sponsoring talent from diverse backgrounds; regularly participating in panel discussions and events including the ASCEND-Pan Asian Leaders Forum; and contributing to Merck’s minority diverse EBRGs including the Asia Pacific Association, League of Employees of African Descent, and Merck Women’s Network. To further support women to build a higher level of leadership effectiveness and to thrive in the corporate world, Moushmi identifies, nominates and sponsors emerging talent for company sponsored programs and development assignments as well as leadership events such as Women of Color in Pharma.

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Tom Shropshire

Partner, Linklaters LLC

Linklaters LLP

Tom was recently appointed the next General Counsel and Company Secretary of Diageo plc, making him a member of the Executive Committee and the only Black GC within a top FTSE company. While he was at Linklaters, Tom was a member of the Linklaters Executive Committee and the co-chair of LEARN, Linklaters’ affinity group related to race and ethnicity, Tom was a driving force behind the Linklaters Race Action Plan. He was also integral to the development and implementation of the firm’s ‘INspire Programme’, which builds understanding and sponsorship for talent from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds. When it came to the company’s U.S. strategy, Tom made sure that D&I was at its cornerstone, helping set up the firm’s U.S. BANA network and contributing to its activities. Externally, working on behalf of the Parker Review, Tom has placed himself at the forefront of the discussion on increasing the presence of diverse candidates on the Boards of UK companies.

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Jai Kotecha

CEO

Ogilvy Netherlands

Jai is an openly gay person of colour. As executive sponsor and co-founding Oglivy Roots, Jai has seen the network go from strength to strength, growing in number and influence so it now extends across WPP and has branched into many other agencies. Building this hub for informed cultural insights has helped Oglivy support brands such as the MOBOs and World Afro Day. During Covid and the BLM movement, Jai Ied internal initiatives to ensure that the Black community were supported within Ogilvy, including several workshops and arranging counselling for anyone who needed it. Roots also hosted a blood drive to match more bone marrow donors with minority patients. Since moving to Oglivy Netherlands in January 2021 Jai has introduced unconscious bias training for staff and signed Ogilvy up to the PlusOne network, which takes POC talent on board as apprentices, with a view of them getting a permanent role.

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Mauro Gregorio

President, Performance Materials & Coatings

Dow

Mauro’s commitment to inclusion is evident not just within his own diversified leadership team but also in his wider efforts to institutionalize inclusion via Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Among 12,500 employees in his business globally, there was an 87% increase in ERG participation from 2018 to 2020. Mauro is the Executive Sponsor of the Hispanic ERG, which expanded from the U.S. into four other continents, increasing its membership by 118%. Mauro advocates partnership among all ERGs to fight against racism. One of the most visible leaders in bringing hourly workforce to the center of inclusion discussions, he championed a ‘Facilities for All’ initiative, through which overall site facilities have been assessed and improvement strategies have been implemented. Mauro also leads an impactful program wherein each executive in his leadership team adopts a manufacturing site, engaging in courageous conversations with workforce about inclusion at Dow and in our communities.

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Jasvinder Deo

Group Audit Director

Tesco

Jasvinder reinvigorated Tesco’s BAME colleague network as its Director Sponsor within head office, initiating check-in sessions which inspired open conversations and support amongst all office colleagues following the tragic death of George Floyd. The initial success of these sessions led to their wider roll-out across the company and catalysed the creation of a unique online forum where colleagues could, for the first time, openly discuss topics surrounding diversity and inclusion in a supportive environment. Jasvinder founded ‘Coffee and Conversation’ sessions for network members, which saw internal and external guests reflect on their background and heritage and how it had shaped their personal and professional identity. Guided by the premise that ‘you can’t be what you can’t see’, guests such as EMpower alumni Albertha Charles and the #IndiameetsGhana bi-racial YouTube couple, were invited to speak as part of the series.

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Percival Barretto-Ko

Chief Business Officer

Astellas

Percival Barretto-Ko is Chief Business Officer of Astellas Pharma, where he leads the execution of the company’s Corporate Strategic Plan and spearheads efforts to enhance internal and external innovation. Recently, as Astellas US President, Percival launched an ambitious 3-year People Strategy that highlighted diversity, equity and inclusion as a top strategic priority, and prioritized a culture that valued authenticity, integrity and clarity of purpose. During his tenure, Astellas developed a comprehensive plan to attract, retain and develop diverse talent, instituting programs including retention and promotion data benchmarking, implicit bias training, and more. Previously, Percival co-chaired Astellas’ Diversity & Inclusion Governance Council, and, in 2020, sponsored several initiatives to create an open forum for employees to share stories and dialogue on racism, allyism, discrimination and social injustice. Outside of Astellas, Percival serves on the board of Americares, a relief and development organization improving healthcare for people affected by poverty or disaster.

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Dominic Carter

Group Chief Commercial Officer

News UK

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Terri Hines

Executive Vice President, Communications

FOX Sports

As Executive Vice President, Terri leads the development of all communications, brand and social responsibility strategies for FOX Sports and serves as an advisor on matters relating to community, social justice and the impact of D&I. As a champion of diversity, Terri proudly serves as Executive Sponsor of FOX NOIR, the company’s Black employee network. As well as supporting FOX NOIR’s internal programming to promote, amplify, and support black employees at all levels, Terri last year spearheaded and co-hosted the first NOIR townhall in the aftermath of the BLM movement to offer a safe space for Black employees and allies to share and be heard. Amongst her proudest achievements during this time was the creation of the FOX Sports Inclusion Council. The Council’s purpose is to foster inclusion and ensure that content is being created to reflect the diverse stories in sports and their communities on-air and behind the scenes.

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Cheick Soumare

Director of Talent

Netflix

Cheick is a member of the Netflix Legal Inclusion Resource Group, a body which gathers personal stories about how inclusion, equity, and diversity impact legal professionals, and shares these resources with the Legal Team to help the company develop its inclusion muscle. Cheick is also part of Netflix’s Multicultural Employee Resource Group (ERG): an open forum where employees share, explore and learn about new cultures in order to celebrate heritage, advocate company-wide inclusion & diversity and build communities. His role as Director of Talent means he is continually partnering closely with the I&D team in building surveys, coming up with action plans and coaching the company’s leaders. In 2020, Cheick was a guest panelist at "Real Talk: A Conversation with Black Leaders in HR", and this year he received the prize for Leadership and Excellence in Tech from the National Diversity and Inclusion Conference.

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Christina Liciaga

Head of Customers & Products, Europe, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

HSBC

An entrepreneur turned international finance executive, Christina has 18 years’ experience as Founder, Board Member, and Global Director across 4 continents. In 2020, she was named Top 10 Customer Experience Professionals in UK. Christina’s worked to drive diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) on HSBC’s Global Ethnicity Steering Committee and as champion to multiple employee resource groups. She launched STRETCH45, an internal venture to cultivate ethnic minority talent, co-founded the Black Action and Advisory Council to keep pace and conviction to HSBC’s Race Commitments, and hosted 20+ executive exchanges giving voice to lived experiences of black employees and customers. Externally, Christina is Executive Trustee at Justice, a law reform and human rights organisation who has challenged Racial Disparities of Children in the Youth Justice System (2021) and championed Increasing Judicial Diversity (2020). She advises minority-owned ventures, founded organisations supporting women of colour, and is a regular speaker on DEI issues globally.

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Andrew Bagley

Head of the EMEA Legal Department

Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, Andrew is a member of the EMEA Inclusion and Diversity Committee (EIDC), and a regional sponsor of the EMEA Firmwide Black Network (FBN). He uses his platform as a senior leader to enhance the company's culture of diversity and inclusion, and as a member of the EIDC he is involved in key strategic decisions regarding the D&I strategy of the firm in EMEA. Andrew provides mentorship, sponsorship and high-profile visibility as a sponsor of the FBN to ensure the company's diverse talent gets the right exposure and platforms to influence change. He participates in and promotes the network's Black History Month programming, hosting and speaking at various sessions. Over the past few years, Andrew and Goldman Sachs have partnered with a number of ground-breaking schemes, including the Stephen Lawrence Scholarship with Freshfields, Pathways to Law with Allen & Overy, Networked with Herbert Smith Freehills and Future Leaders with Hogan Lovells, to build a more diverse talent pipeline.

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Jackie Uhi

Head of Network

HSBC

Jackie is on the UK Culture & Engagement Committee (UKCES) and the Executive Women's Forum SteerCo, and she contributes to Women on Boards, supports the Atlas Mentoring Platform, Women Ahead, and is Executive Sponsor of the Embrace Network at HSBC. She acts as a trusted advisor for Embraces' committee, and helps in particular to engage with senior stakeholders at the bank. As an executive on UKCES, Jackie regularly challengers her seniors on D&I topics, such as the ethnicity pay gap. She encourages her team leaders to proactively promote D&I by hosting working group sessions with staff from ethnically diverse backgrounds, among other initiatives. Jackie has worked with the CEO of the Diana Award, leading to opportunities for HSBC colleagues to mentor and make a difference to the lives of young people, mostly from BAME backgrounds.

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Kevin Ellis

Chairman and Senior Partner

PwC UK

As UK Chairman of PwC, Kevin is the sponsor of all diversity and inclusion initiatives across the business. Over the past year, HR teams and volunteer 'Colourbrave' champions have held focus group discussions and surveys with hundreds of ethnic minority employees to better understand their experiences of working at PwC and how the culture can be evolved to create a stronger feeling of belonging and inclusion. PwC was one of the first companies to publish their ethnicity pay gap, and latest figures show a decrease in the ethnicity and gender pay gaps each year. Kevin ensures there are D&I action plans in place, with an explicit focus on senior level accountability and incentives for partners who take specific and positive steps to promote inclusion. PwC has partnered with UKBlackTech, and Kevin mentors ethnic minority leaders at PwC to support ethnic minority progression into leadership positions.

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Samantha Mobley

Partner

Baker & McKenzie

At Baker McKenzie, Samantha is a Partner Lead for BakerEthnicity and the leader of the Colour Brave campaign, which she launched and continues to champion. She encourages junior members of BakerEthnicity to develop and promote activities including the official launch of Mentoring Circles for BAME employees. As a member of the firm's London Management Committee, Samantha has supported the introduction of ethnicity workforce targets and publishing ethnicity pay gap data. In the last year, Samantha has worked to push individual departments to be accountable for the diversity profile of their teams. She is currently exploring engagement with a number of external member organizations to promote and share good practice. These organizations include the Employer's Network for Inclusion and Equality, and Race for Opportunity.

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Elizabeth Martin

Partner in the Securities Division

Goldman Sachs

Elizabeth co-chairs the Global Inclusion & Diversity Committee, and is a member of the EMEA Inclusion and Diversity Committee. These governance and accountability bodies help the firm and its senior leadership plan and execute their D&I strategy. Elizabeth is involved in various firm-wide mentoring programs for diverse professionals in the gender, BAME and LGBT+ spaces, and gives developmental feedback and advice to diverse professionals in the Global Markets division regarding how to navigate career progression in the sales and trading business. Elizabeth is actively involved in advocating for a more inclusive society with clients. She engages clients through roundtable discussions and best practice sharing exercises, sharing Goldman Sachs' approach to D&I and talent management to illustrate how client organizations can create more inclusive environments.

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David Farrow

Head of Internatonal Corporate Banking

Barclays

At Barclays, David is the Executive Committee Sponsor of the Corporate Bank Embrace Network, and drives engagement across the UK and globally to support the multicultural agenda for BAME colleagues and allies. He is the Executive Sponsor for colleague listening groups in association with INvolve, where colleagues are encouraged to give open and honest feedback and share experiences and issues in a safe environment. David leads the effort to syndicate results and follow-up actions to fellow Executive Committee members. He encourages his teams to celebrate diversity, sometimes using national celebrations or religious festivals to encourage traditional dress and cultural exchange. He has also encouraged the network to run diversity events with clients. He often speaks as a panelist on D&I issues, and runs Global Town Hall sessions to discuss D&I.

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Jessica Walsh

Managing Director

H+K Strategies

Jessica co-founded H+K Strategies' diversity and inclusion change project, EquALL, for which she is now Executive Sponsor. The group has conducted extensive research to underpin their work across three areas: how they build an equal culture, how equality is driven through creativity, and how it is experienced by the agency's people. The group looks at all streams of diversity to create an agency where people bring their whole selves to work, share beliefs and have a voice. Jessica is involved with The Wing London, promoting a culture of diversity and women's entrepreneurship in London. She has worked with various patient organizations as an advocate for people living with rare diseases.

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Robert Lawson

Global Head of M&A

BP

Robert co-founded and initially chaired BP's Positively Ethnic Network (PEN) and has been a committed supporter of ethnic minorities at BP since. He has acted as an ambassador and sponsor for PEN and a speaker at internal events. From 2018, he has been the lead executive overseeing ethnicity and related activities in BP's Canary Wharf offices, and he is a passionate advocate for the need to analyze and benchmark ethnicity data relating to the workforce in order to monitor progress, remove any biases and drive sustainable change. Robert is on the advisory boards of three world-leading business schools, using the opportunity to provide career coaching to emerging ethnic minority leaders.

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Jim Fitterling

CEO

Dow

Jim is Executive Sponsor of Dow’s Global African Affinity Network (GAAN), and a member of GLAD, Dow’s LGBTQ+ and ally employee resource group. He advocated for the addition of a Chief Inclusion Officer role at Dow, and, as sponsor of the GAAN, challenged the network to globalize. He advocated for four Historically Black Universities to be included as Tier One recruiting schools in Dow’s strategic talent management program, and supported the first ERG-created sponsorship program, Advocacy in Action, targeting experienced African American employees with exceptional performance histories to participate in a structured sponsorship program with the company's senior leaders. At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Jim and his fellow Dow delegates participated in discussions on the importance of inclusion and equality in advancing the world's economy. He also engaged with ethnic minority talent at the annual BEST and Diamond Symposium to welcome future generations of leaders.

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Dominic Christian

Global Chairman Reinsurance Solutions

Aon

At Aon, Dominic chairs the Diversity Council, which manages the company's approach to D&I and incorporates their seven BRGs. He supported the development of Aon's Step Up trainee program, which attracts young people not in education, employment or training to get valuable experience and skills to enable them to enter the job market, often resulting in a role with Aon. Dominic sponsors six BAME women across the industry, and has contributed to initiatives designed to attract BAME talent to Aon. He has contributed to the development of a BAME Future Leaders program, and sponsors the company's multicultural BRG. Dominic also chairs Inclusion@Lloyd's, affording him influence across the whole insurance industry to drive a culture of inclusion, and he was instrumental in devising the group's Dive In festival, now in its fifth year. He sponsors the Lord Mayor's Appeal, supporting social mobility and ethnic minority groups.

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Kathleen Russ

Senior Partner

Travers Smith

At Travers Smith, Kathleen chairs the Diversity & Inclusion Board, and is an ally member of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Group and of the LGBTQ+ Group. She is the public ambassador of the firm and one of the main keepers of the D&I strategy. She sponsors the firm's BAME recruitment and retention strategy, which aims to create fairness at critical inflection points of BAME lawyers' careers. Kathleen, with strong support from her fellow partners, has also instigated and led numerous initiatives, including sessions on challenging racial biases and micro-aggressions, a firm-wide 'Celebration of Black Music' event, and a 'Meet the Senior Partner' session for members of the firm's BAME network. Externally, Kathleen has sponsored and helped to develop an innovative booklet outlining how to be a better ally for the BAME community. Kathleen also supports organizations which develop BAME-led startups and BAME entrepreneurs.

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Sir John Parker

Chairman

Laing O'Rourke plc

Alongside a wealth of leadership and boardroom experience, from shipbuilding and mining, to utilities, aerospace, central banking and engineering, Sir John chairs the Parker Review Committee, which was commissioned in 2016 to consult on the ethnic diversity of UK boards. A series of recommendations were made in the review's first report, and a target was set for all FTSE 100 boards to have at least one director from an ethnic minority background by 2021. This target has provided an imperative for businesses to improve their approach to D&I at the highest level, and an update at the beginning of this year shows an increase in the number of ethnic minority directors. Although Sir John notes that progress has been made, he is still driving a push for greater ethnic minority representation on boards, hoping to bring this strand of diversity in line with the progress made in recent years in increasing the representation of women on FTSE 100 boards.

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John Herlihy

Vice President EMEA & LATAM

John is the Executive Sponsor of LinkedIn's Embrace program, which aims to empower LinkedIn to fully welcome and represent all cultures, ethnicities and nationalities. A key element is to overcome unconscious bias and foster inclusion by embracing cultural, nationality and ethnic diversity at every level of the organization. This is approached by promoting professional development and growth of ethnic minorities collaboratively across the EMEA and LATAM regions. This has led to the development of a retention program, regular networking roundtables with members and allies and close partnerships with external organizations to inspire the next generation of diverse tech talent, such as LinkedIn's support of the Black Girls Teach Summit in London.

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Shwetal Shah

International Technology Partnerships Planner

MediaCom

Shwetal currently works at MediaCom Global as an International Technology Partnerships Planner and is on the MediaCom Global Council where she organizes various events to engage employees across different levels. She is also on the Forbes Under 30 board London and a Trustee at Volunteer Centre Camden. Passionate about role model representation using the power of tech as a force for social change. Her collaboration with the Mayor of London, Cabinet Office, US Embassy, IBM, Microsoft, Mozilla has led to recognition from the Financial Times Top 100 ethnic minorities in tech, Forbes Under 30 and European Commission. As a UN Empower Women champion she created an award winning documentary on women in tech which led to the Feminist Library in London creating a year-long tech skills program.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Ileana Sodani

Managing Director Head of International Sales Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

Ileana is the Executive Sponsor in EMEA for IMPACT, BNY Mellon's ERG supporting D&I in the workplace. In order to foster a more inclusive workplace and to attract senior leaders from diverse backgrounds, Ileana and IMPACT are encouraging discussion through forums, workshops, and honest blogs. She has spearheaded a self-identification campaign, encouraging staff to celebrate their ethnicity and provide more complete data for metrics. Ileana is working to recruit from more diverse universities and colleges, and held sessions throughout 2019 on discussing race and role models, among other D&I-related topics. She is an advisor to the Steering Group of the Tiffany Circle, supporting the Red Cross, and she personally supports 'Women on the Front Line, an annual event highlighting the strength, diversity and accomplishments of women fighting corruption and war. Ileana is also a founding member of The Network of Networks, connecting Women, BAME, and LGBT+ leaders across companies.

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Celia Fraser

Business Intelligence and Strategy Lead (Europe and Asia)

Capital Group

Celia is Business Intelligence and Strategy Lead for Europe & Asia Distribution at Capital Group. Newly at Capital, most of Celia’s recent inclusion work occurred in her previous role at Lloyd’s Banking Group, where she was Signature Event Lead for the BAME Network R.E.A.C.H (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage). Here, she organized and delivered various inclusion-focused events, ensured BAME female representation among guest speakers to address intersectionality, and educated colleagues about the benefits of an inclusive multicultural workplace. Outside work, Celia mentors university graduates and, separately, volunteers to create marketing content and exhibits at The Foundation for Reach Society events. Having been an internationally-ranked junior tennis player, Celia obtained a 1st Class BSc Finance degree whilst on a 100% sports scholarship at the University of Houston, Texas. She has since established a career in Financial Services and is a visible role model to many young BAME people.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Simon Roberts

CEO

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd

Simon is a Board Sponsor and Steering Group Chair for Ethnicity, Religion & Belief at Sainsbury's, in addition to sponsoring the Black Colleague Working Group, and being a member of the Diversity Steering Group. He has been instrumental in driving the business to set aspirational targets on BAME inclusion at the highest levels of leadership, and he leads a BAME mentoring circle. He has hosted South Asian colleague listening sessions and black colleague listening sessions, which led to the creation of the Black Colleague Action Group. He actively champions the progression of BAME colleagues within the retail business, and is active in the development of strategy for the ethnicity, religion and belief workstream and BAME network.

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James Stewart

Chief Technology Officer (Integrated Account)

IBM UK

James is a core team member and Technical Stream Leader of IBM UK’s BAME Employee Network. Through this James pioneered the Safari Stories interview series with senior Black & Asian technical leaders, has created content for dissemination across the organization, delivered key events, developed a program focusing on relevant topics such as bias within AI and is actively growing the IBM UK BAME Tech UK team. Externally, James volunteers for LEAD Curriculum with a focus on addressing fears of AI and developing problem-solving skills among young people. James is passionate about diversity and inclusion and aims to continue work to remove barriers to success.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

David Shelley

Chief Executive, Hachette UK

Hachette UK

At Hachette UK, David started the 'Changing the Story' D&I initiative, running it for two years, then empowering others to lead, and he continues to champion the initiative and amplify its messages in all communications and actions. He created the 'Diverse Future Leaders' scheme to mentor talented people of color in the organization, and voluntarily published Hachette UK's first ethnicity pay gap last year, alongside committing to do the same each year from now on. He holds regular meetings with the HR Director, other senior leaders and THRIVE, the organization's ethnicity advocacy network, to discuss goals and priorities for the company. David supports Dialogue, Hachette's imprint for diverse voices run by Sharmaine Lovegrove, and The Future Bookshelf, and initiative which opens submissions of work by people of color. He mentors through EMpower, and works with the Stephen Lawrence Trust to talk to schoolchildren about publishing.

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Arit Amana

Deputy Company Secretary

Chubb Europe

Arit is the Chair of Chubb Europe’s Cultural Awareness Network, a member of the Gender Equality Network, a Chubb Ally and Diversity and Inclusion Connector (DICE). As Chair, Arit has been integral to promoting diversity and inclusion at Chubb Europe and has spearheaded the delivery of cultural events like Black History Month to Diwali and Eid celebrations as well as the Culture Kitchen for Inclusion Week. In addition, Arit is an active participant of the Afro-Caribbean Insurance Association (ACIA), the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCAN) and The Network of Networks (TNON), promoting events and encouraging participation from minority groups. As a Governance professional, Arit is passionate about gender and ethnic diversity at Board and senior management level which can improve decision making, create a more inclusive corporate culture and lead to improved company performance.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Nick Studer

Managing Partner

Oliver Wyman

Nick promotes diversity and inclusion from his position on Oliver Wyman's Executive Committee, where he sponsors on the RED strategy and is a member of the Inclusion Council. He is Executive Sponsor for the EMPOWERED network, a participant, ally and member of 'Men for Change' with Women of Oliver Wyman, and a participant and ally with GLOW, the LGBT+ network. Nick created the company's first RED strategy and sponsored its implementation. The strategy included a self-declaration program, setting baselines and targets, implementing dedicated recruiting initiatives and a targeted sponsorship program, improving staffing and talent management, and implementing multiple firm-wide communication and training programs. Externally, Nick supports the charity Prisoners Abroad. He also supports User Voice and Teach First.

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Elizabeth Perez

Legal Project Manager, D&I Staff Liaison

Reed Smith LLP

Elizabeth is the Staff Chair for the D&I New York Leadership and has designed and delivered programs for awareness months and cultural celebrations. The Legal Project Manager and D&I Liaison at Reed Smith LLP, she is a committed advocate for diversity and inclusion issues leading many initiatives to drive the charge for change. Elizabeth has been central to the formation of Educational programs for the NYO to promote diversity and inclusion.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Sherifa Benjamin

Head of Studio Production

Essence Global UK

Sherifa is the Co-Chair of Essence Village and an Ally of Pride @ Essence at Essence Global UK. Instrumental to Essence Village’s decision-making, Sherifa has amplified the conversation surrounding ethnic minority inclusion within the organization and provided resources to colleagues to learn the history of different cultures. She has conceptualized, produced and hosted a series of panel discussions bringing prominent ethnic minority individuals into Essence to engage with employees. She is a member of POCC and a founding member of Changemakers by Utopia, a group implementing positive changes within businesses. Sherifa is also a mentor for We Are Stripes and is a visible role model to many.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Anna Dilku

British Red Cross Partnership Manager

Aviva

After winning a national election to Chair Aviva Balance in the UK, Anna built the foundations of the community, designed its strategy, recruited members, socialized it to employees, encouraged intersectionality and shared best practice externally. She introduced Diwali celebrations into Aviva Bristol and her artwork, titled “We Sikh Peace”, was featured in a Remembrance exhibition and raised awareness of the 83,000 Sikh soldiers who lost their lives fighting with the British Army. Anna has worked closely with media personality and former monk, Jay Shetty, to help wisdom go viral within Aviva’s marketing team. She’s a member of the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers’ Diversity and Inclusion Network and was a panelist alongside Marketing Directors from The Guardian, Boots and Direct Line in the Inclusion Panel at their annual conference. She has trained with Google to run #IamRemarkable workshops with under-represented groups and was recently awarded an internal Diversity Champion Award.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Andre Charles-Foster

Product Manager

Xaxis

A champion of diversity and inclusion, Andre is the Co-Chair of CultureM, a member of GenderM and a member of the Xaxis diversity committee. He is committed to creating and fostering an inclusive and diverse workforce at Xaxis and GroupM, through his involvement on guiding and directing best practice management training. As a passionate ambassador of D&I, Andre is a key team player in organizing black History month activities and is also a regular speaker at Insight Days aimed at BAME students. As a member of We Are Stripes, Andre aims to address the ethnic diversity imbalance in creative industries, offering personal insights and experience to help shape this in the future.

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David Kenny

Chief Executive Officer

Nielsen

David is both Nielsen's CEO and Chief Diversity Officer. He has implemented numerous accountability measures, including tying executive incentives to D&I contributions, implementing executive leader representation for every ERG, setting the expectation that all people managers must be active in the ERG program, updating the company annual performance to include personal contributions to D&I, and implementing an inclusion index for the ongoing employee engagement survey. David filed an Amicus brief with the Supreme Court supporting the exclusion of a citizenship question to the 2020 census which would have potentially discouraged minority participation, and brought together industry bodies to oppose the undercounting of diverse populations. As a result, the Supreme Court questioned the administration's motives, and the citizenship question was removed. He has also supported preserving the DACA program and signing The Hispanic Promise.

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David Hynam

CEO

Bupa Global and UK

As CEO, David promotes a culture that celebrates diversity and inclusion at all levels. He’s launched ‘Be You at Bupa’ – the company’s public commitment to inclusion – and also sponsors colleagues from underrepresented groups. Under David's leadership this year, Bupa has made strides in mitigating unconscious bias in recruiting, and continues to outperforming diversity benchmarks. It has over 1,000 colleagues undertaking apprenticeships and contemplation spaces and faith rooms in all its major offices. Bupa also participates in EMpower's cross-company mentoring program, and support calls for mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting. Last year, David also became the first signatory to the 'Leaders as Change Agents' government-backed pledge, which sets out to champion D&I in business. He is also Chairman at HomeServeUK, where he has supported the creation of a D&I Council.

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Anne Erni

Chief People Officer

Audible

Anne activates caring at Audible by driving a culture that embraces all the glories of the human spectrum. She introduced the D&I function to three organizations – Lehman Brothers, Bloomberg, and now Audible. Anne founded and co-chaired Audible's Activate Caring Committee, which addressed racial issues pertaining to the company's content offerings, and the Audible Workplace Taskforce, which addressed psychological safety, intersectionality, race and hate debates, and gender equity. She is a mentor in W.O.M.E.N. In America (WIA), a development program for high potential women, with a focus on women of color. She has also supported Johns Hopkins University's efforts to drive diversity in its faculty. An effort that Anne is most proud of is pioneering “Encore”, the first “back to work” program for women who had left the workplace for extended periods to care for their children, which launched at Lehman Brothers in 2005 and thrives nationally in the US today.

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Sarah-Shay Okelola

Partnerships Manager

Group M

Sarah-Shay is a passionate self-starter, who’s has a made a real impact in championing diversity & inclusion throughout both her professional and personal life. Shay is Partnership Manager at GroupM and alongside her role she also voluntarily leads the CultureM committee at GroupM, which is responsible for promoting and raising awareness around ethnic, religious and socio-economic diversity within the business. She’s organized several events as part of this, including a Black History Month panel featuring senior black professionals in the media industry. Outside of work, Shay, is also the Talent manager of NNESAGA, which is one of UK’s leading black & minority Gaming & entertainment platforms. NNESAGA has partnered with EA, Sky sports, Nike, Facebook to name a few, to design safer and inclusive spaces for people of color. Shay has also launched the ‘B.Elite’ initiative, which aims to empower young black people and champion black businesses across the country.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Rashmi Ghai

Director, Leverage Portfolio Group, Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory

Citi

As Co-Chair of Citi Roots, Rashmi is committed to diversity and inclusion within the workplace. Rashmi’s efforts have led to a 35% increase in Citi Roots membership, she has developed a BAME-focused Mentorship Program, organized outreach events such as business skills workshops for students and promoted inclusion through BAME-focused events such as the Inspire and Lead speaker series, hosting the likes of David Lammy. Rashmi is a member of the House of Lords Multicultural Network Forum sharing best practice on diversity and inclusion and more recently has championed an initiative engaging the broader workforce to aid in the professional development of BAME communities.

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Chirag Savjani

Digital Intelligence & CMI Graduate Analyst

Sainsbury's Argos

Chirag was the Retail Stores Initiatives Lead for Sainsbury’s Argos’ BAME + Allies Multicultural Network Steering Committee. During his tenure, Chirag has successfully secured iconography and messaging inclusive of the organizations multi-ethnic employees such as the incorporation of additional languages; with the Retail Name Badge Initiative currently being trialed across Argos stores. Chirag has played a pivotal role in educating colleagues on the significance of cultural events while celebrating festivals such as Diwali, Eid, Chinese New Year and more by securing campaign messaging across the Argos homepage; curating product lists and content that resonate with our customers. Chirag has supported panel discussions encouraging D&I conversations with leaders such as Dr Lez Henry and Levi Roots and provided networking and mentoring opportunities for BAME colleagues. Chirag has organized multiple celebrations across Sainsbury’s Argos’ offices through Pot-Luck lunches, Henna Artists and more while hosting local BAME businesses on site for free.

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Rachel Ho

Senior Portfolio Marketing Manager

SAP

Rachel champions diversity and inclusion through her role at SAP and externally. She leads SAP’s Pride efforts in New York and co-led Pride at SAP in North America. Rachel has launched the first LGBTQ+ employee resource group in SAP Canada with a current membership spanning the country. She and her team pioneered the company’s first LGBTQ+ ally program to empower all employees to create a more equal and diverse workplace. In 2018, she partnered with Microsoft, Hootsuite, EA and Clio to represent LGBTQ+ diversity in tech. Through her career, Rachel has taken part in leadership panels at Out & Equal Workplace Summit, 3 years at the Lesbians who Tech Summit, attended the UN General Assembly LGBTQ+ global policy panel, and is a member of the #TechLovesPride Collective to highlight the importance of diversity within the tech industry.

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Trishanna Taylor

IoT Solution Specialist

Vodafone Ltd

Trishanna is the Engagement and Operations Lead for Vodafone’s Black Professionals Network (BPNet. & Friends) and the Multicultural Inclusion Network (MIN). She spearheads the creation and delivery of methods to engage employees across all levels of business in D&I activities. Additionally, Trishanna has provided mentoring and support as well as leadership support to both networks and chairs and through her efforts, these networks have a membership of 300 and 400 respectively. Outside of Vodafone, she is a member of the Tab Church London and volunteers within the Digital and Social Ministry providing this multi-cultural community with valuable tools to spread the importance of inclusion.

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Alan F. Ashalley-Anthony

Legal Knowledge Engineer Assistant

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

Through his role at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP, Alan is committed to advancing diversity and inclusion within the law sector and gaming industry. As the principal researcher and panel member at Melanin Gamers, Alan has spoken on several panels on subjects regarding race and identity at some of Europe’s largest gaming conventions and has been invited to the Mayor of London’s Skills event where he has spoken on diversifying the video games industry. He has aided in organizing gaming tournaments across London to promote the case for inclusion within communities and the tech industry at large. Inspiring local youths to pursue careers into the Tech industry while providing a vast platform for ethnic minority content creators to showcase their work.

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Victoria Akotha

Finance Business Partner

EDF Energy

Victoria is the Communications and Regional Office Lead for EDF Energy’s BAME Committee. She champions diversity and inclusion across the spectrum, as seen through her work relaunching the BAME network in 2019. In revitalizing its mission, her work has led to new opportunities like working with careers fairs, an increased engagement with schools and co-hosting an impressive panel with Linbert Spencer OBE regarding inclusive leadership. Now available as a video interview, this panel has enhanced EDF Energy’s internal diversity and inclusion goals. Victoria’s efforts have led to the formation of new networks between EDF Energy and the local community creating many avenues of collaboration.

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Rachel Welch-Phillips

Associate

Bird & Bird LLP

Rachel is the Founder and Co-Chair of Bird & Bird LLP’s BAME Network, Embrace, through which she has carried out vital work to drive the charge for diversity and inclusion. Embrace was recognized by the UK Diversity Legal Awards as the Outstanding Multicultural Employee Network of the year in 2019 for its work in tackling barriers faced by minority communities within the workplace. Rachel is also a public speaker and has participated as a panelist at local councils, universities and private company events where she has shared her journey to law and advocates for greater awareness of black history in Britain. Rachel is an active mentor and a frequent pro bono clinic volunteer. Rachel has been recognized as the Under 35 Woman of the Year at the Inspirational Women in Law Awards 2018, and as the Future Leader Minority Lawyer at the Chambers Diversity & Inclusion Europe Awards 2019.

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Paul Asare-Archer

Director of Compliance

Telefonica UK Limited (O2)

Paul is a Law Graduate, a MBA and a Fellow (and tutor) at the International Compliance Association. Paul has been at Telefonica UK Limited (O2) since 2012, and in 2018 became the organization’s first ever Director of Compliance. Paul was a Finalist at the Black British Awards in 2017, and was in 2019 recognized in the FT as within the UK’s Top 100 BAME Leaders. In 2020 he was named as Employee of the Year by the Black Tech Achievement Awards. Away from work, Paul is a supporter of the mental health charity YoungMinds UK, and has completed a number of charitable events on their behalf.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Coleen Mensa

Lawyer

EY

Coleen is the Internal Programmes Coordinator and Founder of an internal EY network - Black Connection. Recognized within EY for her diversity efforts, Coleen creates video content, prepares career workshops, has delivered a webinar and managed a career series during her tenure. Named as a Rising Star in Law by the UK Diversity Legal Awards in 2018, Coleen is also the Social Events Coordinator for the UK Black Corporate Lawyers group and in 2018 started a mentoring program for aspiring BAME lawyers with over 200 participants since its inception. Coleen has held extensive speaking engagements across multiple sectors and is vocal about ethnic minority inclusion.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Luzerne McAllister

Global Diversity & Engagement Strategy

PepsiCo

Luzerne champions diversity and inclusion through his role as lead of US Black, US Hispanic, and Global LGBTQ+ agendas at PepsiCo and beyond. He is the former Chair of the PepsiCo HQ chapter of Mosaic, an African-American focused employee network, and on the national leadership team of Equal, an LGBTQ+ employee network. Through these networks, Luzerne has led events for Black History Month, planned programming for PepsiCo employees attending Out & Equal 2018 and led intersectional events discussing race and LGBTQ+ issues – including over five keynote addresses. Luzerne is also the Founder & Executive Director of Rolodex Global, a network and learning platform focused on LGBTQ+ professionals of African descent, Chair of New York University’s Stern School of Business LGBTQ Alumni Committee, through which he has spearheaded collaborative efforts, organized events and undertaken mentoring, and former National Learning & Development Strategy Lead for Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Judy Zhu

Head of Analytics - Valuation & Advisory

CBRE

Judy is the Co-lead of CBRE UK’s REACH Network (Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) and a board member of CBRE UK’s Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group. She is committed to driving workplace inclusion as seen through REACH’s impressive membership increase during her tenure. Judy has collaborated with several cross-sector external networks and has established herself as a leading figure of diversity and inclusion within CBRE. Having been nominated for multiple sector awards, Judy also works with young people to help them achieve their goals and works broadly with businesses in promoting and entrenching diversity and inclusion within their structures.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Rashaunna Nelson

Social Media Manager

Samsung Electronics America

Rashaunna is a member of the Samsung Equality Alliance, Samsung Veterans and Women in Samsung Electronics (WISE) at Samsung Electronics America. A committed advocate for inclusivity across the diversity spectrum, she has supported employee-led resource groups, built a cohesive strategy for ongoing D&I advancement globally and aided in Samsung receiving a qualification as a Human Rights Campaign certified inclusive workplace. She is an alumni and active member of Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Spectrum an LGBT+ Resource Group and in 2017 founded a marketing consulting business which supports various leaders to enact positive change within their communities.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Justina Omotayo

Business Development Manager, International Relations

Slaughter and May

Justina is a Steering Committee member of Slaughter and May’s DIVERSE Network promoting and advocating for ethnic minority inclusion in the workplace. Justina has designed Slaughter and May’s Inclusion Allies series encouraging discussions regarding workplace micro-aggressions, she has undertaken reverse mentoring, been a speaker for the firm’s graduate recruitment event and organized the 2019 Black History Month event. Justina is supporting a relationship law firm with their diversity and inclusion initiatives, exchanging best practice and increasing collaborative work. In addition, Justina is Mentoring BAME employees in other companies on how to launch their own networks.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Luis Sotolongo

Sr. Technical Account Manager

Visa

A champion of diversity and inclusion through his work at Visa, Inc. and beyond, Luis is the Founder and Lead for Washington D.C’s. Pride ERG. He has created a consistent channel of communication to educate on current LGBTQ+ related topics by way of a monthly newsletter, hosts an annual LGBTQ+ movie screening event as an opportunity for the wider community to reflect and raise awareness, and has also supported company-wide efforts in Salt Lake City, Austin, Miami, Virginia and New York City to help ERGs achieve equality for LGBTQ Americans. Luis supports LGBTQ+ youth to attend prom through Pride and has created multiple volunteering opportunities for these events that have been attended by over 500+ young people across 45 high schools. In FY19, Luis received the Visa North America Leadership Award for his accomplishments on the D&I space.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Fernando Sanchez Molina

Consultant- Strategic Shareholdings

Standard Life Aberdeen

Fernando is the global Co-Chair of Standard Life Aberdeen’s (SLA) Unity Network with the aim to provide a platform for SLA’s ethnically diverse employees to influence policies and its workplace culture. He has led the #TalkAboutRace initiative to discuss the challenges faced by ethnic minority individuals in the workforce and has influenced key changes to existing policies by making the process transparent. In addition, Fernando is a Board Trustee for Project Scotland a charity that works to help young people, including ethnic minorities, to get on in life through volunteering in Scotland and he is a Mentor for Career Ready which helps young people enhance their capabilities and guides them through career decision making.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Jonathan Charlery

Senior Software Engineer

Bloomberg LP

Jonathan is a leader of the Diversity Drivers at Bloomberg, an active speaker for the Bloomberg Black Engineers Community, and a member of the Black Professional Community. He has spoken extensively at events promoting and highlighting key D&I issues and is involved in promoting STEM professions to underprivileged youth at events and through mentoring. Jonathan is also the Co-Founder of Writing Legends and Talent Partner at Unleash, for which he has nominated prospective talent for the 2019 SDG Innovation Lab. A council member of World Merit and the Caribbean Implementing Partner for Giving Tuesday, Jonathan affirms the need for increased visibility of ethnic minority role models within the engineering industry.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Abidemi Ogunbowale-Thomas

Tech Imagineer, Senior Manager

Accenture

Abidemi is a passionate people advocate focused on cultivating a society that cares and nurtures individuals as humans first; by representing the inclusivity and vibrancy of diverse perspectives. Abidemi is on Accenture UKI’s Technology People Committee, Afro-Caribbean Network Committee (AACN) and Technology Apprenticeship Committee. Additionally, he works closely with Accenture UKI’s Technology Analyst Group AACN, Human Capital & Diversity, and Recruitment teams. Through these networks, he mentors, interviews, has spoken on numerous panels, designed workshops and initiatives, and also presented at Accenture’s 2019 Black History month Flagship event. Externally, Abidemi is a member of techUK Skills and Diversity Council and has spoken on numerous panels at Bright Network, Powerlist Foundation, BYP Network, Makers Academy and presented at SkillsMatter. Furthermore, Abidemi, as part of the Tech Partnership Degrees program, is contributing to the BSc Digital and Technology Solutions Degree Apprenticeship rewrite to ensure definition and applicability to a wide talent pool.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Noon Ali

Innovation Centre Lead- Digital

BNY Mellon

Noon is the Co-Chair for IMPACT, BNY Mellon’s internal EMEA multicultural business resource group and is a passionate and vocal advocate for diversity and inclusion. Noon has been instrumental in organizing and driving various internal initiatives, most recently joining a panel session during Black history month alongside Afua Hirsh to discuss the importance of speaking about race at work. Having been elected to participate in two Emerging Leaders Programmes, Noon uses her experience and learnings to foster constructive conversations around race and inclusivity through external events, she has organized and was a key driver in a number of events as part of her role for promoting diversity and inclusion; two panel events - each with over 100 attendees focusing on the intersectionality of race and the importance of courageous conversations.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Nzinga Orgill

Innovation, Product and Solutions Manager

Heathrow

As lead for Heathrow’s Network for Culture and Ethnicity en-haNCE, Nzinga has spearheaded the network’s relaunch to positively shift the dial for increased BAME representation across all levels of the business. Nzinga has worked closely with Heathrow’s other D&I networks and departments celebrating events like Holi, International Women’s Day and Red Card Day raising awareness and driving an inclusive culture for Heathrow customers. Using the network, she has been an integral part of career workshops/ethnicity focus group identifying challenges and barriers to career progression. As an Associate Member of the APM BAME Network, Nzinga has worked with the BITC, BPIC and multiple suppliers increasing engagement and encouraging collaboration with other organizations. Nzinga mentors colleagues, peers and reverse mentors senior leaders sharing some of the challenges and experiences of the networks members. Through the work Nzinga has done across the business utilizing her extensive personal and professional network she has been able to support, sponsor and promote others.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Luke Adebiyi

Client Engagement Lead, Business Development

Capital International Group

In his role as the Health and Wellbeing Lead for Capital International Group, Luke has successfully presented key diversity and inclusion initiatives to the Executive Committee, such as the InsideOut Charter, portraying his commitment to achieving inclusion in the workplace. In his previous role at Lloyds Banking Group he was events lead for the Ethnic Minority network and aided in organizing an annual event and has been central to the formation of partnerships for LGBT+ and Black History Month. Independent to his role, Luke is an Executive Committee Member for the Princess Diana Hospice at Home Trust, an Advisory Board Member for the InsideOut Mental Health Charter and Founder of #UCanTalktome a mental health social media movement.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Kavaljeet Singh Bhamra

Service continuity lead

BP

Kavaljeet leads the Positively Ethnic Network (PEN) at Sunbury, BP’s largest site. For the past decade, he has been at the center of BP’s advancement of the diversity and inclusion agenda through engaging with executives on thought leadership, unconscious bias and senior leader “safe space. This has resulted in huge progress for senior leaders to have more open dialogue on breaking down barriers to openly talking about ethnicity. Kavaljeet runs a series of cultural awareness/bring whole self to work workshops that has increased the membership of PEN and influenced company policy. A strong supporter of mentoring, Kavaljeet works with several mentees to counter self-limiting beliefs, leading to one mentee winning the 2018 Asian Women Award. An active volunteer for SWAT (Sikh Welfare Awareness Team), Kavaljeet supports the homeless by providing food and clothes, and looking for jobs to enable people to get off the streets.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Ambily Banerjee

Director

GSK

Ambily is the Co-Lead of EMBRACE at GSK, an employee resource group with a focus on ethnicity and she is a Mentor for the Women’s Leadership Initiative. She successfully bought together FUSION (an Asian ERG for which she was the UK Lead) with EMBRACE, thereby cultivating a cohesive voice on inclusion and increasing membership rates. She has organized events, provided a streamlined and actionable vision of EMBRACE’s business case to senior executives and has worked collaboratively with ERGs across the company. Ambily is also a Mentor for Brunel University’s Widening Participation Scheme and a STEM Ambassador for several schools in West London and Slough, with a focus on removing barriers for BAME students. Ambily also works with a local charity as a Trustee and supports wellbeing activities within an area with a largely BAME population.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Akima Paul Lambert

International Counsel

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

Akima is the Co-Founder of Creating Pathways, a first of its kind cross-firm mentoring programme for mid-level BAME associates at City firms. The programme matches mentees with mentors in their practice areas, so that they obtain personalised coaching and career advice. She is also a Committee Member of the BSN City Group. At Debevoise & Plimpton, Akima is London Co-Editor of the Women’s Review journal, using her platform to champion the stories of diverse women. Through her various roles on the Women’s Committee, Recruitment Committee and the Associates Committee, she has been vocal on inclusive recruitment and retention and agile working. In the last year alone, she was selected as the Keynote Speaker at the Cambridge University Motherland Conference, the Commencement Speaker for the St. George’s University School of Medicine and has hosted several workshops and panels on heritage and authenticity, including an inaugural celebration for Black History Month.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Natalie Narh

Content Creative + Vice Chair of Ogilvy Roots

Ogilvy UK

Natalie is a Content Creative and the Vice Chair of Ogilvy Roots at Ogilvy UK. Natalie was instrumental in the design and launch of the Sticky Labels podcast, created to spark discussions and inspire change and she most recently highlighted work from Ogilvy Africa for Black History Month 2019. Independent to her role at Ogilvy, she is also the Founder of Latch Productions, a company dedicated to shaping how creative visions are accessed and assessed through various skillsets in media. Natalie is also the Creative Director at The Cellar which was created to address the lack of upscale venues to meet the upsurge of Hip Hop, R&B and Afrobeats Acts in the UK. She is committed to providing artists with a platform to showcase their talents to young music enthusiasts and talent.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Shirin Shah

Trainee Solicitor

CMS

Shirin is the Chair of the Trainee Sub-Committee for Diversity and Inclusion. As Chair, Shirin leads a team of twelve trainees on two projects, most recently analyzing the role of existing employee networks. Additionally, as a member of the #LeadHers Committee, Shirin encourages female founders to engage with CMS’ equIP – the firm’s incubator for start-ups. Externally, Shirin is the Co-Founder of South Asian Sisters Speak (SASS) a safe space for South Asian women to discuss their experiences as a diaspora. SASS have designed and delivered multiple initiatives such as the Brown Girls Book Club, a panel event titled Smashing the Stigma focusing on mental health within the South Asian community and Lost Histories, showcasing the untold histories of South Asian women and migration to the UK.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

David Fisayo

Manager

KPMG

David is a founding member of the African Caribbean network, and has used his experience coming through the ranks of the graduate scheme to co-design a programme to support black talent within the firm and increase BME representation in senior positions within Consulting. In his role, he represented KPMG to launch the Race at Work charter at 10 Downing Street, and attended then Prime Minister Theresa May’s ethnicity pay gap roundtable. He has been recognised as a rising star in Professional Services at The Black British Business Awards (2018). David is a Director at Foundervine, a social enterprise on a mission to change the global face of entrepreneurship. Foundervine has helped over 2,000 women and ethnic minority futures leaders create, test and sustain entrepreneurial ventures. He has played a lead role in defining the strategy and execution of high impact initiatives, including their flagship programme, Start-up 54, which has launched 40+ ventures with founding graduates having gone on to raise £180k+ in funding.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Steve Ohene

Director Asset Management Services EMEA

Bank of America

Steve was involved with helping set up the Africa Programme in 2013 at Bank of America, a recruitment initiative which provides internships and fulltime roles for students from nine African countries across multiple divisions across the bank. He now serves on the Africa Programme Steering Committee to continue to grow the initiative. He also mentors junior talent at Bank of America to enhance their career development of those from minority ethnic backgrounds, which has led to some of his mentees gaining full-time roles. Steve serves as the EMEA Asset Management Services line of business diversity and inclusion forum lead and is an active member of the bank’s Multicultural Leadership Employee Network. He has also set up a ‘coding village’ for children in a rural part of Ghana to help bridge the educational technology gap, and he was successful in mobilizing 30 volunteers from two leading universities in Ghana, and colleagues at Bank of America to help deliver the initiative.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Sadaqat Hussain

Apprentice Surveyor

Cushman and Wakefield

As Cultural Events Lead at Cushman and Wakefield’s Diversity & Inclusion program, Sadaqat has led a small team to drive awareness of different cultures by hosting a variety of events across their offices, including Diwali, Ramadan, Easter, and Chinese New Year. These events are a space to educate and inform the workforce on the background of many of their colleagues, and are supported with a range of internal communications about their significance. Sadaqat is also the chair of the Birmingham branch of the CREation Property Network, which was set up to improve diversity and inclusion in the real estate industry. He has also organized property workshops for local colleges, aimed at BAME students to receive an insight and promote the opportunities available in the industry. In 2019, Sadaqat was a Finalist at the National Asian Apprenticeship Awards and was awarded Employee of the Year across the UK & Ireland Business.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Edleen John

Inclusion Advisory Board

The Football Association (FA)

Since age 18, Edleen has focused on driving Diversity and Inclusion in universities and in the corporate sector by initiating and leading initiatives focused on increasing BAME representation. Whilst at Morgan Stanley, she started the first EMEA Career Development Programme for Black Heritage employees. In her previous role at KPMG, Edleen set up their Black Heritage Working Group focused on driving and monitoring the recruitment, retention and progression of Black Heritage colleagues. She also supported and facilitated KPMG’s signing of the Race at Work Charter, the Black Heritage Reverse Mentoring Programme alongside co-running the firm's Black Leaders’ Network, designed to increase senior representation across the UK business sector. Outside of work, she mentors BAME city professionals, and started a support group for Black sixth formers applying to Oxbridge. Edleen sits on the Board of Directors at Tech Talent Charter, and in 2020 joined the Inclusion Advisory Board of The Football Association (FA).

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Erica Fray Sealey

Vice President - Global Head of Operations Product Governance

Barclays

A champion for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and beyond, Erica is the COO of Barclays Black Professional Forum and has transformed the network. She has driven group-wide objectives by launching a Speaker Series developed to foster insightful conversations, successfully collaborated with external organizations positioning Barclays as a leader in D&I, has designed and delivered key programs aimed at developing, attracting and retaining talent. Erica has led co-led programming exploring the intersectionality of multicultural, LGBT+, gender, mental health and disability. She implemented the Barclays Black Professionals Forum Mentorship Program in 2019 to aid members in advancing their careers. In addition, she is the Governance lead for the Cross Firms Black Employee Resource Group leading events, networking opportunities and organizing cultural celebrations. Erica is also actively engaged in philanthropic and youth mentor programs for nearly 20 years serving local NYC area nonprofits such as iMentor, Girls Prep Charter School and Robin Hood.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Louise Twycross-Lewis

Head of Quant Research

Wavemaker

Louise is the head of Wavemaker Roots and a Board Member for Making Your Future. She is committed to driving the charge for inclusion across all levels of business and has presented the Wavemaker Industry Taskforce census, organized events and exhibitions celebrating inclusion and has shared best practice across the sector to aid in the establishment of Roots chapters beyond Wavemaker. Independent to her role, Louise is a Mentor for INvolve and Bloom and with great success is currently aiding mentees in navigating their careers. Louise has recently taken on a new role as Head of Insight at PHD.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Teik Tan

Supply Chain Lead

Balfour Beatty plc

Teik has been the Co-chair of Balfour Beatty’s Multi-Cultural Affinity Network for two years and has actively championed the FIR agenda. Through this, he has directly influenced the rise in the number of ambassadors and aided to equip people with the tools to address important D&I issues. Teik has hosted several Diversity & Inclusion related webinars, workshops and toolbox talks which have been delivered internally and across the Supply Chain - this has included FIR: “setting up an impactful staff network” which has provided support to small and medium-sized enterprises. In addition, Teik is a reverse mentor to a managing director, a volunteer and business mentor for several Social Mobility charities, has participated in careers events supporting BAME students and has helped to increase social mobility through enhancing collaborative dynamics, boosting employability skills and confidence. Teik was recognized with the FIR Inspiration – Highly Commended 2019

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Vannessa Whitehead

R & C Investments Technical Manager

Standard Life Aberdeen

As the Co-Chair of Standard Life Aberdeen’s relaunched Unity Network, Vannessa has been at the forefront of a significant network membership increase. Core to this success was the launch of the #TalkAboutRace initiative to discuss the challenges and opportunities faced by ethnic minorities in the workplace and normalize the topic of race for all. Vannessa also led focus groups which have gone on to influence important changes to SLA’s discrimination policy. Through the Unity Network, Vannessa has worked alongside Career Ready, SEO London and the Social Mobility Foundation to provide work experience opportunities to young people and exposure to role models. Vannessa has recently joined The Network of Network’s (TNON) Steering Committee where she will be exchanging best practice and advocating for inclusion and has represented SLA at #TalkAboutBlack’s Opportunities in Investment Management event, providing valuable insights to a young cohort looking to enter the industry.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Nadine Dyer

Respect and Inclusion Manager

Deloitte

Nadine is the Co-Chair of Deloitte’s Multicultural Network, an Advisor to the Deloitte Ethnicity Council and the Lead for the BAME in Financial Advisory Working Group. Through these networks Nadine has successfully launched the Next Level Module, supporting ambitious BAME professionals, delivered a Race Inclusion Session for Senior Leaders to address inclusion-related challenges in a supportive environment and has designed the Partner Conversations series. Externally, Nadine is a Trustee for the Youth Charter and has been a TNON Steering Committee member developing leadership skills of BAME network leaders from both private and public organisations. She is committed to driving positive change within Financial Advisory and beyond.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Krisshona Brown

Human Resources Director

Huntsville Utilities

Krisshonna is an Advisor for Huntsville Utilities Ambassador Program and has been responsible for promoting equality by engaging employees in diversity and inclusion initiatives through her career. She is a committed advocate for inclusion in the workplace and has previously held a speaking engagement at a local university regarding cooperative education, the diversity of industries and equal opportunities. An active member of the Society of Human Resources Management and a graduate of the Diversity Leadership Colloquium and Huntsville Leadership Management Academy, Krisshonna has provided a diverse perspective and outlook on recruitment efforts and has doubled membership of the youth group.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Terrance Bowman

Head of Global Technology Diversity Attraction, Communities, and Inclusion Strategies

J.P. Morgan Chase

Terrance is a Summer Apprentice Mentor and firm wide Ambassador for JPMorgan Chase’s Advancing Black Pathways initiative and a Mid-Atlantic Executive Steering Committee Member for the Black Organization and Leadership Development (BOLD) Business Resource Group. He is a champion of diversity and inclusion as seen through his work transforming the global technology strategy to attract, develop and retain top talent. He has bolstered inclusion across all levels during his tenure by implementing initiatives like Sit With Me and More Than a Label. Terrance is on the Board of Directors for the Chester Alumni Foundation and on the Computer Science and Engineering Advisory Board for Delaware State University. He successfully partnered with external organizations, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Hispanic Serving Institutions as well as facilitated technical and other skill-building workshops for minority groups. He also helped launch international chapters of the Black Women Talk Tech network.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Aisha Suleiman

Program Manager (AWS Educate)/Executive Board Lead (BEN UK)

Amazon

As the Executive Board Lead of Amazon’s Black Employee Network in the UK, Aisha champions the diverse perspectives of people of African and Caribbean descent. Through this network, Aisha has promoted the importance of Black History Month at Amazon in the UK, developed a professional development program for members and worked with the Alexa team to develop utterances of ancient African and Caribbean figures. In Aisha’s role as Education Program Manager, she works with institutions in EMEA to promote learning cloud computing skills at no-cost through AWS Educate. Aisha is an advocate for gender equality. She launched a website last year - The World in Her Words. The World in Her Words inspires women to curate their careers, cultivate confidence and build balanced relationships through stories.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Kuldeep Mehmi

Associate Director

Savills

Kuldeep has been championing diversity in the workplace for over eight years. He is passionate about raising awareness of the barriers to entry for ethnic minority groups and driving change. He has contributed to diversity research reports from industry bodies CIPR and PRCA and is a regular speaker at events including Cision’s inaugural CommsCon18 and at Universities including the University of Cambridge. Through his work with the Taylor Bennett Foundation he is a mentor to trainees and has organized events to encourage tackling issues around the lack of diversity in the communications industry and beyond. He has featured on podcasts, webinars and quoted in articles regarding business diversity, showcasing his position as a thought leader. At Savills, he is a Committee Member and lead PR representative for Savills Ethnicity Group. Recently he was appointed as a Trustee Board Member of the Taylor Bennett Foundation.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Jerome Grant

Senior Consultant

Capgemini Invent

As the Founder and Network Chair of Capgemini’s BAME Network, Jerome is a driving force for inclusion both within his role and beyond. Jerome has launched several initiatives within the network, including a UK-wide Black History Month Campaign, a flagship annual event each year since 2018, and a career development webinar series aimed to empower members with skills to succeed. He has built a committee of 15 members that lead and deliver inclusion-specific events and discussions. Externally, Jerome volunteers with the Urban Synergy charity which encourages young people to unlock their potential, as well as regularly attending BAME roundtables sharing best practice, advice and material, mentoring others to achieve their diversity and inclusion goals.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Natasha Persad

Vice President - Client Relationship Management

State Street Bank and Trust

Natasha is Involved with promoting diversity and inclusion at State Street Ireland through her role within the Pride network and the Diversity committee focusing on Race and Ethnicity and Varying Abilities. A committed champion for inclusivity in the workplace and beyond Natasha is Co-Chair of the Diversity Committee and has assisted in organizing and participating in events with several groups such as the Irish Wheelchair Association, the Ronald McDonald Trust, NEIC programs, Special Olympics, SVP, raised money for various hospices and for AIDS Ireland and as a network marched for Pride. In addition, Natasha has engaged with young people to discuss the integration of different cultures within an ever-changing Ireland and has become a visible role model for many.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Taslima Parvin

Director of Talent Development

Day One Agency

Taslima is committed to driving the charge for diversity, equity, and inclusion. As one of the first members of Publicis Media’s Inclusion Council, Taslima coaches management and has partnered with C-Suite executives and business leaders to create and define Publicis Media’s Diversity & Inclusion strategy. During her tenure, Taslima has implemented a high school internship program which was met with great success and promoted partnerships with organizations such as Opportunity Network, Future and Options and the T Howard Foundation. Taslima is also a member of the Viva Women of Colour, a Board Member of VivaMama, and a founding member of the Power of Women BRG at Publicis Media.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Arzu Ozdemir

Human Resources Analyst, HR Transformation

AIG

Arzu Ozdemir joined AIG in 2018 and is a Human Resources Analyst in AIG’s HR Transformation Office in New York. At AIG, Arzu also works to raise awareness about diversity and inclusion as part of the leadership team for the New York Latino Network Employee Resource Group (ERG), one of more than 140 AIG ERGs worldwide providing forums for employees to advocate for one another and advance many dimensions of diversity and inclusion within AIG’s communities. Arzu helps to promote dialogue, authenticity and holistic approaches to inclusion as a member of several of these ERGs. In addition, Arzu serves on the board of Diverse Influencers, a non-profit professional development organization for diverse students in the City University of New York system. She teaches participants early on about the career opportunities and resources available to them and the soft skills that support a successful career in the corporate world.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Bernard Adjei

Programme Delivery Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

Bernard is the Founder of RISE (Reach Inspire Support Empower) at Lloyds’ Banking Group, providing work experience and apprenticeships to young people at ten colleges across the country. Recognized as a Lloyds’ Banking Group Role Model, he is also an ally of the Rainbow Network and has supported more than 350 students in the UK through coaching and workshops. He is committed to driving inclusion in the workplace and beyond, most notably as a Board member of the UK Chartered Banking Institute’s Forum where he raised over £1m in funds for the 2025 Foundation scheme aimed at increasing opportunities for disadvantaged youth.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Marina Ebrubah

Senior Manager, Financial Crime Compliance

Man Group

Marina has been instrumental in leading Man Group’s diversity and inclusion activity, which is coordinated underneath the firm’s “Drive” program. She is the Chair of the London Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, and a founding member of the firm’s Black employees’ network, BEAM. In these roles, Marina works closely with Drive‘s Steering Committee, which is comprised of senior leaders from across the business, and assists with building the D&I strategy, and working with executives and employees in its implementation. As part of Drive, Marina has played a key role in delivering events and initiatives focused on Black History Month; the launch of Man Group’s “NextGen” network, a group for younger professionals; inclusion-focused lunches; and she is also a member of Man Group’s mentoring program. Marina also contributes her passion to the broader asset management industry, through supporting initiatives such as ‘Talk About Black’, which was established by the Diversity Project.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Rondette Amoy Smith

Executive Director, Human Capital Management

Goldman Sachs

Rondette is a member of Goldman Sachs’ Global D&I Team, the EMEA Advisor to the firm-wide Black Network and is focused on driving the BAME Talent Strategy and affinity networks. She has led the re-launch of the Black Analyst & Associate Initiative focused on retaining black talent, is responsible for building external relationships with organizations such as the Stephen Lawrence Foundation and pioneered the ‘Real Talk’ sessions driving connectivity between senior leadership and black talent across all levels. In addition, Rondette is an Alumni Ambassador for the Cornell Alumni Admissions Ambassadors Network, a youth mentor for Mentivity and Co-founder of the Podcast Race2Rise.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Aki Schilz

Director

The Literary Consultancy

Aki is the Director at The Literary Consultancy and leads the TLC Quality Writing For All campaign which provides a platform for and supports under-represented writers. She has brokered a sponsorship deal with AM Health Literary Agency enabling the publication of the Free Reads Anthology featuring 20 marginalized writers and spearheaded a sponsorship from the National Arts Council Singapore to support 42 Singaporean writers. Named as one of the FutureBook 40 in 2018, Aki is a Trustee and member of the Diversity Subcommittee for Poetry London and is a member of #BAMEinpublishing. In addition, she launched an Editing Training Scheme with the Publishing Training Centre in a partnership that offers free training, support and travel bursaries to aspiring editors from diverse backgrounds.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Lemona Chanda

Associate

Financial Conduct Authority

As a key member of the Balance Network Steering Group at the Financial Conduct Authority, Lemona proactively advises on addressing BAME and gender inclusion across all levels of business. By challenging behaviors that can prohibit progress, Lemona is a champion of inclusion and committed to driving positive change. She is leading mentoring scheme for prospective Technical Specialists and leads work to identify development pathways for Professional Business Support (PBS) colleagues. In addition, Lemona is the Founder of OurCause, Advisor to the Commonwealth Business Women’s Network, a Women’s Officer for UNA and has led over 1000 activists and NGOs globally on Sustainable Development Goals to collectively address issues such as gender discrimination.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Madison Butler

VP of People & Culture

Sourced Craft Cocktails

Madison oversees Sourced Craft Cocktails people and culture initiatives. She is working to shift the focus from metrics to belonging and retention with the aim to increase diverse talent. She has also implemented training that covers the entire hiring cycle and provides coaching across all levels of the organization. Externally, Madison is a regular volunteer for ATXHR, tasked with promoting awareness of diversity and inclusion to the HR Community and their role as advocates for the wider BAME population. Additionally, she works with early-phase start-ups to develop their inclusive cultures and works with managers on tackling unconscious bias. She is passionate about humanizing the work place and honoring people for exactly who you are without the stigma that follows corporate America.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Omar Ahmed

Product Transfer and New Product Introduction Manager

GSK

“As Founder and Co-lead of the EMBRACE employee resource group, and a member of GSK’s Global Ethnicity Council, Omar has driven engagement, commitment and accountability with senior leaders to create an environment where Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) employees may succeed at the most senior levels. He was instrumental in pioneering a “Let’s talk about Race” session at GSK that included senior leaders and has facilitated workshop on the topic with other organizations. His position in the network has enabled him to provide broad input into GSK’s diversity and inclusion strategy, self-identification campaign, and support the creation of mixed interview panels to include ethnic minorities. Externally, Omar is focused on inspiring the next generation of BAME talent through Your Future Your Ambition and the Migrant Leaders mentoring program. He sits on the steering committee of TNON BAME/Multicultural group, building leadership capability of BAME network leaders from over 70 public/private organizations.”

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Joanie Kwok

Director

Anheuser- Busch

Joanie is the Co-Chair of the Anheuser-Busch (AB) Pac Asia Employee Community and a Member of AB’s Marketing Culture Collective. She has delivered and designed AB’s first national Asian American program created to raise the profile and awareness of Asian American consumers, has led a panel to discuss Asian-American culture through food alongside the Museum of Food & Drink and Buzzfeed and has assisted on talent pipeline recruitment of staffing. She is also part of the Network of Allies at AB that works on designing inclusive policies. In addition, Joanie is a Member of Cosmos and supporter of Slant’d through which she has actively advocated for new Asian American groups through donations and participation.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Dennis Owusu-Sem

Oversight Relationship Manager

BMO Global Asset Management

Dennis is Oversight Relationship Manager at BMO Global Asset Management and Founder of Success Talks. As an Economics graduate, Dennis was drawn to a career in asset management after completing his placement year at Goldman Sachs which paved a path for him to join the industry after finishing university. During conversations with a colleague at work, the lack of BAME role models struck a chord and he decided to do something about it. He started Success Talks as a platform to showcase role models and provide insights for BAME professionals to progress within their career. Success Talks has over 130,000 followers across all social media profiles, 3000+ sign ups to events and spearheaded over 30 live experiences for BAME professionals. The organization has gone from strength to strength since Dennis launched it, and the last conference was hosted by Morgan Stanley with over 140 BAME professionals and 18 speakers from the UK and US.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Nigell Todd

Director - Global Foreign Exchange

Fidelity International

Nigell is a member of the LGBT+ Global Action Group, Global Lead for Enable and a member of Fidelity for Everyone at Fidelity International (FIL). He has introduced an LGBT+ Ally program within the Dublin office and upon becoming FIL’s Diversity and Inclusion Lead has been involved with organizing several global campaign events for awareness days such as International Women’s Day and Cultural Diversity. As the Global Lead for Enable, Nigell is tasked with improving accessibility and was successful in coordinating a global campaign for International Day of Person’s with Disabilities. As an OUTstanding Mentor and providing industry thought leadership, Nigell is a champion of diversity in the workplace and beyond.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Ratidzo Starkey

Head of Outreach & Education

Bank of England

Ratidzo Starkey is an experienced senior economist, with a proven track record in economic and financial policy, strategy and communications. Her career has spanned central banking and Tier 1 financial institutions. She co-chairs the Bank of England’s Ethnic Minority Network and sits on the Bank’s BAME Taskforce, responsible for shaping the Bank’s strategy to improve the progression and representation of BAME colleagues. She has championed a number of Taskforce initiatives, including the redesign of the Bank’s African Caribbean Scholarship Scheme, to increase the number of African and Afro Caribbean students in the bank. Externally, Ratidzo is a judge for the Black British Business Awards, a School Governor and participates in a number of career-focused panels where she talks about the importance of diversity in the workplace.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Francis Theuri

Data & Analytics and End To End Commercial Transition Lead

Diageo

Francis is the Co-Lead of Diageo’s Ethnic Diversity Business Resource Group REACH, a senior member of Diageo’s Rainbow Network and a Committee Member for Diageo’s annual Inclusion Week. Through these networks he has designed and delivered Carnival and Diwali events, presented at the RADIUS program initiative and championed a culture of inclusion and diversity at Diageo. Additionally, Francis is a Member of the BlackOUT Collective, leading the push for enhanced inclusion of black queer men in London and leading the Wealth Creation and Investment Committee. He has also organized a fundraiser for GiveOUT, helping to raise funds for LGBTIQ activists in the most hostile environments around the globe.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Stephanie Ofili

Associate

Clifford Chance LLP

Stephanie has a track record of supporting diversity and inclusion both in and out of her Clifford Chance LLP network. She is a member of the Clifford Chance REACH Network Steering Committee and participates in Clifford Chance’s Reverse Mentoring programme, where she shares insights from her perspective as a Black female associate and advises on policy changes in the firm aimed at promoting inclusion and diversity and improving the numbers and experiences of BAME associates. Stephanie also co-founded the Black British City Group (BBCG) the only cross-sector network of black professionals in the City with an aim to positively impact and empower Black British communities through programmes leveraging BBCG members' collective skills and resources.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Ajay Mistry

Partnerships Director

BHIB Insurance Brokers & Brokerbility

Ajay is the Partnerships Director at BHIB Insurance Brokers and Create Insurance and is the Co-Founder and Co-Chair of iCAN (the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network), an industry-wide network with over 900 members and sponsored by 8 companies across the insurance industry. Through this, he has led a team to launch iCANapply, a new online platform promoting career paths and the retention of BAME talent, as well as iCANinspire, an innovative self-service mentoring tool for BAME colleagues in the industry. As a long-standing member of The Network of Networks (TNON) Steering Committee, Ajay is tasked with training new members and network leaders to help them deliver on their diversity and inclusion goals.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Mary Alade

Chief Strategy Officer

Aon

Mary, born and raised in Nigeria up until the age of 7, came to live in the UK in 1996; following her degree in Law, Mary entered the City of London in 2010. She has held a variety of positions at various international Insurance and Reinsurance Brokers, culminating in her role as a Chief Strategy Officer. At Aon, Mary has been an instrumental in developing workshops to upskill ethnic minority students. She organized Aon Insight Week; a week-long workshop for Afro-Caribbean students to learn about the insurance industry. The success of Insight Week resulted in the creation of BAME Future Leaders, a fast-track program for BAME individuals onto Aon’s graduate program which has led to a 40% increase of BAME students onto Aon’s Internship and Graduate scheme. Outside her city life, Mary is a full-time keyboardist in her church and has a deep interest in song writing and music composition.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Sonia Janday

Senior Legal Counsel & Aviva Origins Co-Chair

Aviva

Sonia co-chairs Aviva Origins, and has driven fundamental change at Aviva through providing leadership on race and ethnicity, partnering with the Central Diversity Team on diversity mentoring, rolling out unconscious bias training for managers, and developing the Origins Internship Programme with the Social Mobility Foundation for underprivileged students. The group has held events and celebrations to educate and raise awareness, they delivered outreach for Ramadan, opened a purpose-built prayer/multi-faith room, changed the hospitality form and launched an Ethnic Minority Leadership Programme. Externally, Sonia is a Mentor and also sits on the committee of the Society of Asian Lawyers, leads the Asian Legal Awards and represents Aviva on the House of Lords Multi Cultural Professional Forum.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

McKinley Stephens

Sr. Digital Brand Manager

Busch Beer

At Anheuser-Busch, McKinley is the internal engagement chair for the Porter-Brown Society, an African American ERG. He has spearheaded efforts to promote diversity and inclusion, and in the last 12 months hosted dinners to recruit top talent from various minority groups. The group has expanded recruiting efforts to include historically black colleges and universities, and hosted panels featuring internal and external industry experts to celebrate African American culture and its impact on American history. McKinley is an alumni and member of the Jackie Robinson Foundation, who support the education of minority scholars around the country through mentoring and scholarship.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Oyin Talabi

Energy Engineer

BuroHappold Engineering

After organizing BuroHappold’s first Cultural Diversity Week in 2018, Oyin co-founded an employee network called FAIR – fairness, awareness, inclusion and respect. The aim of FAIR is to promote a culture of inclusion within the company and champion the needs of all identity groups, raising awareness of the challenges they face. As Chair, Oyin has run successful campaigns, including #shareyourculture, showcasing unique parts of cultures represented in the business. FAIR now serves as a sounding board for the HR department, and feeds directly into the company’s recruitment policies and inclusion initiatives and is now being rolled out to all BuroHappold UK offices. Oyin has spoken on the topic of inclusion in technology and engineering at multiple events, and as a member of District Heating Diva’s group, a network for women in district heating, she has presented at their first conference about challenges faced by ethnic minorities in the industry.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Priyanshi Srivastava

Software Engineer

JP Morgan Chase & Co

In addition to her role as a software engineer, Priyanshi is the EMEA lead for Diversity and Inclusion in her line of business. Priyanshi has led conversations and organized forums with senior leadership on topics such as mental well-being, promotion process and cultural diversity. She has run workshop promoting #IamRemarkable, an initiative empowering women and underrepresented groups to celebrate their achievements in the workplace. She mentors emerging talent and offers them career and technical advancement guidance by leading educational sessions. Priyanshi was a speaker for the Sit With Me campaign in 2019, promoting the importance of gender balance in the workplace, and is a member of the Aspiring Women group in Dorset, which aims to support local women by providing an opportunity to meet and share experiences. She was a winner at the TechWomen100 Awards in 2019, and a finalist for Banking Technology Awards 2019 as a Rising Star.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Amit Chouhan

Solution Director

Fujitsu

As Co-chair of Fujitsu’s Cultural Diversity Network, Amit’s leadership has helped to radically change perceptions of race at Fujitsu, resulting in BITC recognizing Fujitsu as a Top 50 Employer for Race and early commitment to BITC’s Race at Work Charter. Through the network he has championed close collaboration across ERGS to promote new levels of cohesiveness. Amit works tirelessly to raise awareness of the power of networks- leading town halls with the CEO, reverse mentoring senior leaders internally and externally, and promoting key actions such as Black History Month awareness. He is passionate about inspiring the next generation, promoting interfaith dialogue across the business, and ensuring a sustainable path forward for the BAME community. He takes his passion for inclusion into his role with customers and partners with vigor and pride- which has proven that it is not only the right thing to do for business, but for society.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Deon Pillay

Head of Global Marketing Operations

Legal and General Investments

Deon is Chair of Legal and General’s LGBT+ network and sits on the steering committee of the Culture and Ethnicity, and Gender networks. He works closely with HR to ensure that policies across the business are inclusive of all minorities and championed the Trans Inclusion policy in 2019. As a role model, he has helped the network relaunch, and discussed the challenges faced both as a gay man and an ethnic minority. He has also helped to develop a benchmarking tool to help businesses measure ethnicity inclusion and provided best practice guidance. Being one of the few out ethnic minorities in the financial services and insurance industry, Deon is a vocal advocate for inclusion and has appeared on several panels and keynotes discussing the topic.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Vincent Egunlae

Audit Associate

Grant Thornton UK LLP

Vincent is the co-founder of the Ethnicity Network at Grant Thornton, and was the key driver in their response to the Government’s consultation on Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting. He regularly speaks on the benefits of diversity and inclusion on behalf of the firm and drives collaboration between Grant Thornton and external stakeholders on internal inclusion strategies. He often hosts events introducing BAME students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to accountancy. He is also a Director for the Chartered Accountants Student Society, which aims to improve the wellbeing of student accountants in London, which has led to him pioneering a tri-annual series of events call DiverCity, which showcases role models from underrepresented groups. Vincent also sits on the steering committee for TNON, a group disseminating best practice amongst network leaders and is on the FinBiz2030 Taskforce which aims to lobby the finance and business community to achieve the SDG’s by 2030.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Javad Mushtaq

CEO

JM Ventures and MAK

As CEO of JM Ventures, Javad built Norway’s first impact investment company based on the thesis that diversity is profitable, and started by implementing a top-down approach to diversity and inclusion. He has established a ‘Circle of Friends’ approach, where a diverse set of executives serve as champions to support the company through enabling access and providing capital. When it comes to recruitment, Javad introduced a policy where possible to have a 50/50 gender split on the interview panel, and a minimum of one person with a non-Norwegian background. They also conducts unconscious bias training with all employees and stakeholders, and partners with community organizations focusing on diversity, inclusion and talent. He has been recognized amongst Norway’s Top Leadership Talents under 35 three years in a row. Javad also serves as CEO of MAK – Norway’s largest community of talents with diverse background, MinMentor and is Founder of DiversityHub in Norway.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Darice Brown

Global Supply Chain Communications and Messaging Manager

Rockwell Automation

Darice believes that identification leads to inspiration and motivation; she daily models her life accordingly. As the immediate past president of Rockwell Automation’s African American Professionals Network, she is a lead partner in the company’s global strategy to positively impact diversity and inclusion efforts to attract, retain and nurture diverse talent. Darice is a strategic communications advisor, currently serving in the newly created Global Supply Chain Communications and Marketing Manager role. She has a passion for improving and helping to eliminate issues impacting diverse women and children through Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) exposure, education, and professional development opportunities. Darice is regularly invited to serve as a panelist or moderator on diversity and inclusion topics and shares her time and talent through her board membership with Mentor Milwaukee and the Greater Milwaukee Foundation’s Communications and Marketing Advisory Committee.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Unsa Chaudri

Senior Consultant

Agilisys

Unsa is the BAME Network lead and PM for the Diversity and Inclusion Committee at Agilisys, the technology and transformation partner for the public sector. She is also a Founding Member and Policy Lead of Agilisys Women Empowerment, which promotes inclusion of women within a typically male dominated sector. Unsa’s input in the BAME network has led to the creation of a range of activities to promote a more inclusive workforce, such as lunchtime walks and socials that are away from the typical pub and alcohol-focused environment. She is also an elected local government councilor in Hounslow – the first BAME woman to hold the seat. In this position she works with young people, with the aim of supporting those who want to seek public office. She has also supported the Pakistan Welfare Association to encourage older people from an Asian background to integrate better with the community.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Jennie Koo

Head of Operations Risk Management

Capital One

Within six months of joining Capital One, Jennie had ran a D&I session for leadership and wider teams, to help break down barriers and create visibility of unconscious exclusion. She has challenged the approach to inclusion, particularly on increasing awareness on intersectionality focusing on ethnicity and mental health. Through the creation of newly established Mind Your Mind and BAME networks this has also now led to the creation of an Executive Sponsor led D&I monthly forum. Jennie was also appointed as UK lead for EmpowHER, (women’s resource group), which is aimed at driving policy change, development and support for women of all backgrounds. Through an innovative first of its kind Growth Mindset Conference in Birmingham, she successfully created a platform for a different approach to progressing inclusive thinking. Jennie is also passionate about social mobility, and mentors a diverse group of people as part of Prince’s Trust programs.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Manpreet Dhillon

CEO/Founder

Veza

As Founder & CEO of Veza, Manpreet is currently working on the HR Tech Group Diversity and Inclusion Project, which is analyzing and providing support to the tech industry within British Columbia. She is also a part of the international consultancy team for UN Women Georgia, and helped in creating a mentoring program to support women in leadership, which is now being rolled out across the tech sector. Manpreet has been involved in multiple initiatives exploring topics around diversity, including hosting an SXSW meetup for women of color in leadership, the Bamboo HR Virtual Summit and Diversity by Design – Women in Tech Regatta. She is also the Board Secretary for LiveBIG, an organization that works to make addiction and recovery support accessible, and minimize the stigma of people of color living with addiction.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Rohit Sagar

Digital Collaboration & Technology Leader

Deloitte

Rohit is one of the founders and Co-chair of the Deloitte Ethnicity Council UK, and the Chair of one of Deloitte’s largest award winning Faith Networks. The Ethnicity Council has been instrumental in formulating the strategy for ethnicity in leadership for Deloitte, and is one of the business’ top priorities. It has also put the spotlight on role models, and promoted a strong sense of self-belief in junior staff, whilst also focusing on the promotion of people from an ethnic background to more senior roles. Rohit is the Deloitte representative to the Multicultural Professional Forum, which meets at the Houses of Parliament, where he is able to share advice and best practice with key Government officials and other corporate leaders. He is also a mentor and has appeared as an advisor and speaker at several events across the UK.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Rini Laskar

Director

UBS

Rini is a director at UBS in Investment Banking Technology. She is currently leading a Cloud Transformation programme and has managed AI, and Unified Communication programmes for the bank. Recently named as one of the most inspirational women in the City of London in 2019 by Brummell magazine, Rini is the Co-Chair and founding member of the Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic (BAME) diversity employee network at UBS representing over 1000 members in the UK. She is a board member of BritBangla that supports the Bengali population who are one of the most disaffected communities in the UK. Rini is recognised as one of the top 100 Muslim women under Baroness Uddin’s ‘Change the script’ initiative and also represents UBS on diversity for the Lord Mayors Appeal in the City of London that helps to drive positive change on inclusion for City corporations.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Kalyani Martinelango

Business Analytical Leader

Dow

Kalyani is Global Chair of Dow’s Asian Diversity Network (ADN), and member of Dow’s Joint Inclusion Council. As Global Chair, she has led ADN through its global expansion, creating a greater impact for European and Asia-Pacific colleagues. In the past two years, ten new chapters have started in multiple regions, with participation increasing by 250%, and membership up to 3,500. She has pioneered a Leadership Development Program pilot, due in 2020, to help with the advancement of Asian employees to beyond mid-level management. She is an active member of the Society of Asian Scientists and Engineers, and is the Dow point of contact, leading to a strong partnership between the two organizations, and providing guidance for their new professional network. Kalyani has served as a speaker and panelist for several events, both internal and external.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Sengova Kailondo

Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

At Hogan Lovells, Sengova is an active member of the Steering Committees of the Multicultural Network and a new employee network, Race and Ethnicity at Hogan Lovells (REAHL), including playing an integral role in establishing REAHL, which focusses on the progression, retention and inclusion of BAME employees. His work has helped see an increase in the recruitment of employees from BAME and lower socioeconomic backgrounds. Moreover, he mentors BAME students through firm programs in collaboration with Rare Recruitment, a specialist diversity recruitment company, and has spoken on numerous panels to hundreds of students. He also works with Urban Synergy, an organization that helps young people reach their full potential, where he inspires students to pursue careers in the City. In addition, he is Co-treasurer of NOTICED, the UK’s first inter-firm D&I network aimed at promoting networking opportunities to celebrate diversity across the legal sector.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Farah Siddiqui

Manager, Trailhead Programs & Processes

Salesforce

Farah is the Co-founder and Global President of Faithforce, Salesforce’s interfaith employee resource group, and is the driving force behind Salesforce’s inclusion of faith in their equality programming. Since placing top of the EMpower Future Leader list in 2019, she has continued her work, making Dreamforce, one of the largest tech conferences in the world, inclusive to all faiths; hosted an Inclusive Language Workshop focused on religious and cultural literacy, and driven holiday celebrations and bridge building events throughout the year to promote a sense of belonging and allyship throughout the business. She has also spoken at multiple events around diversity topics including allyship, faith inclusion and leadership, is a member of the Muslim Womens Alliance and on the board of the Illinois Muslim Civic Coalition.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Andrew Monu

Director, Field & Product Marketing (EMEA & LATAM)

Andrew is a founding member of, and UK lead for LinkedIn’s Embrace employee resource group, which focuses on ethnic minority diversity and inclusion. He has worked closely with leadership on the UK strategy for racial diversity and inclusion, including listening sessions with BAME employees and non-BAME leadership to identify key areas for the business to empower allies to better nurture BAME talent. Andrew mentors globally within LinkedIn, with mentees in the UK as well as Black and Latino mentees in the US as part of the Mentor’s Circle program. He is also a regular speaker on inclusion, including appearing on an INvolve panel exploring media portrayals of ethnic minorities, The Telegraph’s Diversity and Inclusion conference and a Bloom UK event and podcast about fighting fear of failure.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Nilesh Solanki

Secure Data UK Lead and PwC Hindu Network Leader

PwC

As Founder and Leader of the PwC Hindu Network for 17 years, Nilesh has helped impact the firm's Diversity and Inclusion agenda by leading, mentoring and coaching a dynamic team of 15 to drive initiatives to over 1000 internal & external members and clients. He has played a part in multiple successful initiatives including Diwali celebrations, International Women’s Day, Everyday Inclusion Day, Interfaith and spiritual events. Nilesh has been the keynote speaker at the Centre of India Studies, exploring the impact and contribution of Indian diaspora globally, and was part of the judging panel for the PwC Awards which promotes D&I, innovation, entrepreneurship and business & global acumen. He sits as an advisory board member for NHSF (UK) & City Hindu Network, and is the National Assistant General Secretary of Hindu Swayamsevak Sangh (UK), running 110 weekly leadership activity centers across the UK with over 2000 attendees.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Minal Mehta

Managing Consultant

IBM iX (Interactive Experience)

Minal Mehta drives diversity and inclusion, internally at IBM and externally in the music industry. At IBM, she promotes diversity in tech, reaching upwards of 40,000 employees. She is a core team member of both the IBM iX Diversity Council and the IBM BAME employee resource group, sharing her career journey to inspire, support and guide BAME youth on their career paths. Recently, she organized her IBM team to represent the school career event Your Future, Your Ambition, where IBM held a director’s box incorporating Design Thinking Workshops for over 1000 students, showcasing IBM’s work with NASA. She was also part of a global initiative, led by 48in48, aiming to build 48 non-profit websites in 48 hours. Her current focus is working on launching her app that uses AI to enhance neurologic music therapy, after seeing first-hand the power music can play in supporting a patient’s needs.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Ademola Bamgbose

International Arbitration Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Ademola is an international arbitration lawyer admitted to practice in Nigeria, England and Wales. He has previously undertaken a litigation secondment at a FTSE 100 company in London and spent some time at the ICC Court of Arbitration in Paris and a leading commercial law firm in Lagos. Dr Bamgbose sits on the steering committee of both the BAME and Multicultural Networks at Hogan Lovells ("HL"). He mentors BAME lawyers and students and takes a front seat in driving HL's diversity and inclusion agenda. Ademola co-founded Africa Arbitration, a platform designed to promote black practitioners across the globe. He is a Regional Representative (Africa) at the London Court of International Arbitration – Young International Arbitration Group, Director of the Africa Arbitration Academy and Honorary Lecturer (international arbitration) at Nigeria's premier university, University of Ibadan. He regularly features on leading media platforms and contributes to the discourse on diversity especially in international arbitration.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Donna Fraser

Equality, Diversity & Engagement Lead and Domestic Athletics Ops Manager

UK Athletics

Donna, a four-time Olympian, formed the ED&I Advocate Group at UK Athletics, to empower employees who are passionate about inclusion. Driving this is the main objective, and the group develops annual activities for colleagues to get involved in to raise awareness of ED&I throughout the organization. Most recently, they have launched the first collaborative mentoring project with the England and Wales Cricket Board, and held their first Let’s Talk LGBT+ network event, engaging staff, athletes, coaches and officials, to help address issues within the LGBT+ athletics community. Donna has led several training programs and sessions, including at the Officials Conference – the first ED&I session of its kind – and the UK Coaching Conference, addressing the need for diversity and inclusion in coaching. She is also the Vice Chair and ED&I Champion for the British Athletes Commission, supporting them in achieving the Equality Standard for Sport Immediate Level.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Rhonda Pelton

Operation Excellence Leader

Dow

Rhonda serves on the Leadership Council of the Global African Affinity Network at Dow, and is a consistent advocate, volunteering with the Dow Promise program, and serving on the Dow Promise Advisory Council. The Dow Promise Program is an employee-led initiative at Dow, which strives to positively impact educational and economic challenges faced by African American youth and adults in communities near Dow sites. The annual competitive grant for this has been successful in providing financial and volunteer support for social, economic and environmental projects in communities where Dow operates. She has served with Dow University relations as a team lead to recruit diverse talent to Dow, contributing to a record number of minority interns and co-op students in 2018-19. Rhonda is also a Dow STEM ambassador, a Girls STEM Academy Speaker at NASA Space Centre Houston, and facilitator at Girls Construction Camp.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Cecil Adjalo

UK Managing Partner

Hiberus Ltd

Cecil is the UK Managing Partner at Hiberus and Director at Foundervine. He is a passionate advocate for publicizing the D&I agenda though online media and events to a varied demographic. At Hiberus in 2019, Cecil sponsored a 'Build an App in a Day' event in collaboration with Microsoft, targeted at getting more BAME people interested in technology. He has been instrumental in the growth of Foundervine, a social enterprise which helps diverse founders build startups from scratch. He has spoken publicly about the need for diversity in entrepreneurship and about black innovation, and he helped organize and run four weekend entrepreneurial programs to upskill BAME entrepreneurs among other initiatives in schools and universities.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Executives

Deborah King

VP, Head of Paid Social

Essence

In 2019, Deborah launched Essence Village, Essence’s cultural hub from driving diversity and inclusion within the agency. Since launch, Essence Village has hosted two fireside chats, openly discussing experiences of an ethnic minority in the media industry and the progress they hope to see, which has gone on to inspire other D&I groups to be reinvigorated across the agency. Inspired after finding a lack of Black history being taught in Britain, Deborah co-founded I AM History, a Black lifestyle and culture publication designed to raise awareness and be a voice for Black stories, both historic and present day. I AM facilitates learning about Black heroes, events and era and advocates Black culture by celebrating role models through interviews and thought-pieces.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Debbie Ellison

Chief Digital Officer

Geometry UK

Debbie sits on Geometry UK ExCo, WPP’s end-to-end Creative Commerce agency. As one of a handful of female Chief Digital Officers in industry, Debbie is pioneering transformational changes through people-first, technology solutions enabling clients to grow in the fast-paced space of commerce. She actively encourages diversity in business and sits on WPP’s Inclusion Board and on the steering committee of WPP Roots, championing greater ethnic and cultural diversity across WPP operating companies. She launched Geometry Roots and The Incubator, an “agency within an agency” experience encouraging students from BAME or low socio-economic backgrounds to pursue careers in creativity, technology and advertising. She is a member of Inspiring The Future, a government initiative connecting professionals with students. Debbie has lectured at Condé Nast Design College, Cambridge University and speaks regularly at schools. Named Industry Shaper 2019 by the global Women in Marketing Awards, Debbie was voted an IPA Woman of the Future in 2016.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Executives

Brian Quinn

Director, U.S. Public Policy

Audible|Inc.

Brian is a government affairs professional with strong sense of social justice, economic empowerment, and respecting the dignity of all. Brian helped launch the Black Employee Network at Audible and sits on the Executive Board of the Impact Group. He continually mentors colleagues, spearheads various initiatives, and engages all employees to cultivate an inclusive environment. Brian collaborates with Audible’s “Spectrum and Belonging” team on initiatives to encourage a sense of community that celebrates all individuals for their authentic selves and fosters cultural awareness. Brian “connects the dots” between people and organizations, forging relationships that promote equity as a shared mission that informs and inspires our daily lives. He mentors tech startups at Newark Venture Partners Lab, tech business accelerator, facilitating opportunities to apply innovation and technology solutions that empower individuals and strengthen communities. Brian serves on the Board of New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Foundation, and Essex Newark Legal Services.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Kashif Zafar

Head of Global Markets Division, Americas

Credit Agricole Corp & Investment Bank

Kashif is one of the Global Markets Executive Committee sponsors of the ELLEvate programme which is focused on female employees in the Global Markets business of Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank. This programme aims to further develop the skills and network of female colleagues within the Markets business, giving them exposure to the management team and contributing to enhancing gender diversity and internal mobility within the firm. Kashif is a founding Board Member of the American Pakistan Foundation, serves on the Board of Trustees of Middlebury College and is an International Trustee of the International House in New York. Kashif also serves on the Advisory Board of South Asian Youth Action (SAYA), an organisation focused on building a strong sense of belonging among the South Asian American youth and providing them the tools to thrive academically and professionally.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Executives

Martin Pong

Product Manager

10X Banking

Having noticed the lack of visible gay East Asian role models in his own life, Martin works closely with organizations to apply an intersectional lens to their D&I initiatives. His work focuses on amplifying the voices of those from minority communities. One of Martin’s key initiatives includes an intersectional reverse mentoring program that he has introduced at his former place of work, Oliver Wyman, and inspired similar programs at other FTSE 100 companies. Martin regularly speaks publicly about his East Asian experiences of the model minority myth and explores the intricacies of navigating collectivist culture with an open LGBT+ identity. He hopes to inspire others to use the power of storytelling to make their experiences more visible to the next generation, and more tangible to senior figures who may not have considered the intersection of BAME and LGBT+ identities.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Sumati Sharma

VP Product & Commercial

Virgin Holidays (part of Virgin Atlantic)

As VP Product & Commercial, Sumati is responsible for Product, Pricing and Data along with accountability for strategy, project delivery at Virgin Holidays. She has previously held roles as VP – Strategy, and VP Financial Planning at Virgin Atlantic, and is a Chartered Accountant, trained at EY. Sumati plays a central role on the Be Yourself Steering Committee at Virgin Atlantic, driving the diversity & inclusion strategy. Sumati has championed a data-led focus on measurement and target development, influencing the setting of published targets on women in leadership and BAME representation. Sumati is Co-Chair of the Women in Aviation & Aerospace Charter Board, supported by UK Government, working towards gender equality. Since its inception, Sumati has encouraged more than 200 organizations to sign up and pledge commitment to ensuring gender balance. Sumati regularly represents the airline at networking events, including at the House of Commons, and Women of the Year Awards.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Executives

Bijal Majithia

Assistant Director

EY

Bijal is the Founder and Chair of EY’s Hindu Network, which hosts events for over a thousand members, and creates a space where BAME colleagues can share their experiences of different cultures, while tackling gender and racial stereotyping. She has spoken on several panels focused on inclusion, and features on BBC Radio 2’s Pause for Thought, to represent the Hindu voice on topical issues. She is a D&I ambassador for EY and has been recognized with a Person with Purpose Award, and an Inspiring Role Model Award. Externally, she has been recognized by WeAreTheCity as a Rising Star, and featured in the Consultancy UK Top 10 Inspiring Women in Consulting list. Bijal is director and founder of Veda London, which shares mindfulness and meditation in the workplace, and a mentor for The Girls Network, which empowers girls from disadvantaged communities. She is an educator and ambassador for Binti Period working for mensural education globally.

Can be viewed on: 2020 Top 100 Future Leaders

Fenil Khiroya

UK Head of HR

Standard Chartered Bank

Fenil drives the diversity and inclusion agenda with the Europe Leadership Team, and acts in an advisory role to employee networks on how to progress D&I across the region. In her previous position at UBS, she spearheaded the case for a BAME network, resulting in the bank's first ethnicity network, which Fenil chaired and formed a committee for. At Standard Chartered Bank, she works with the senior management team, D&I champions and network chairs to support all forms of diversity to build a culture of inclusivity. She has promoted and driven the inclusive leadership training for managers and piloted the Men Advocating Real Change Programme in the UK. Fenil works with the senior management team to embed D&I as part of the business imperative. She is a member of the House of Lords' Multicultural Professional Network, is on the Board of Trustees for one of the top grammar schools in the country, a girl’s school with a high BAME population, and is a member of City HR Association.

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Leilani Brown

Senior Vice President of Strategic Partnerships and External Engagement

K12 Inc.

Leilani M. Brown is Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and External Engagement for K12, Inc., (NYSE:K12) a leading education technology company. Leilani leads the company’s enterprise partnerships as well as several strategic initiatives on behalf of the chairman. Leilani is also the author of From Campus to Cubicle: 25 Tips for Your First Professional Year, a career guide for young professionals and recent graduates. Leilani is also a sought-after speaker on topics including the Future of Work, diversity & inclusion, women at work and young professionals. She is an active mentor with K12’s employee resource groups, B.U.I.L.D and Women of Power and for the Executive Leadership Council. Leilani serves on the board of Middlebury College, her alma mater and serves as the Secretary of the Board for the Executive Leadership Council, the premier membership organization for global black executives. She is also a graduate of New York University.

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Tapaswee Chandele

Global Head of Talent & Development

The Coca-Cola Company

Tapaswee currently leads Talent & Development for The Coca-Cola Company. In this role, she is responsible for Recruiting, Talent Management, Leadership development, Learning and Organization effectiveness strategy. In her career of over eighteen years with the Company, Tapaswee has been a passionate advocate of the Women in Leadership agenda. She set up the first diversity council in India, creating policies and programs for an inclusive and enabling environment, and building the first ever diversity awareness workshop for all employees in the business. She co-created the Eurasia Africa Women's Council, and drove the Women in Leadership agenda across the group. As Global Head of Talent & Development, Tapaswee provides leadership to the team which helps to hire diverse talent across senior roles, and she helps to develop key leadership development programs for women in leadership and multicultural talent. She is currently an Advisor to The Coca-Cola Company's Global Women's Leadership Council.

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Christopher Kenna

CEO & Founder

Brand Advance

Christopher Kenna is CEO and Founder of Brand Advance (BA), a company which connects brands with diverse audiences globally, through Insights, Media and Creative that more authentically engages these communities. Chris is also the Director of Diversity and Inclusion at OUTvertising, the Advertising industry Lobbying Group and as a mixed race, out gay father - is a strong advocate for diversity and representation within the Media and Advertising industry. Chris is also on the advisory board for the V&A Museum. Chris is an award winning entrepreneur having recently received the Innovator of the Year Award at the second annual Ex-Forces in Business Awards and was shortlisted for Chief Executive of the Year at the Inclusive Companies Awards.

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Mary Agbesanwa

Management consultant

PwC UK

As Co-Chair of PwC’s Multicultural Business Network, Mary leads the London Steering Committee and in 2019, celebrated the success of a Black History Month initiative in London, where virtual and augmented reality created an immersive exhibition of Black British role models. This exhibition later toured regional offices across the UK. She contributed to PwC’s Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting report, led the delivery of a Colour Brave training session to over 500 colleagues and pioneered PwC’s staff-run peer mentoring circles where staff support each other with career guidance. Outside of work, Mary is the co-founder of Now You’re Talking, a female millennial personal development community, which last October hosted a showcase to promote side hustles owned by predominantly BAME women. Mary has also appeared on the HERoes Women Role Model Lists and won a WeAreTheCity Rising Star Award.

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Rodney Williams

Lead Project Manager

National Grid

Since joining National Grid, Rodney has been a proactive champion of diversity within his role as a Lead Project Manager and further afield. Rodney sits on the steering committee of ‘The Network of Networks’ (TNON), a community of over 80 organizations including FTSE companies. From 2016 – 2019, Rodney lead ‘ONE’, National Grid’s multicultural employee resource group. As Chair, Rodney relaunched the network, boosting membership by 95% and nurturing new programs such as the successful reverse mentoring scheme. Rodney also co-founded the ‘Development Programme for Diverse Leaders,’ a company-first course designed to accelerate and support BAME employees to management positions. Rodney is an experienced speaker on inclusion in the workplace, having spoken at several INvolve events, Gastech conferences in Texas and Barcelona, and Business in the Community events. Outside of work, Rodney is a Trustee for City Year UK, a youth social action charity, and an active member of UNISON.

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Lindsey Morfin

Vice President, Chief Liquidity Risk Officer of GS Bank USA

Goldman Sachs

Lindsey is COO of Goldman Sachs firm-wide Hispanic Latino Network, which has seen a huge increase in membership since her joining in 2017, with numbers increasing from 3.9k to over 5k. Her role has included coaching and mentoring Hispanic candidates, taking a leadership role in Goldman Sachs’ responses to natural disasters, including the Puerto Rico earthquakes, and working to create a strategy to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month. Lindsey is a first generation Mexican American, and experienced early success due to her participation in Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO). She is now an active SEO alumna and gives back by being the liaison for SEO at Goldman Sachs. Outside of Goldman Sachs, Lindsey is a Board Member for Music for Autism, an organization that gives free converts for individuals with autism.

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Malay Bose

Risk Assurance Officer

Bank of Ireland

Malay is the Founding Group Chair of Bank of Ireland’s Multicultural Employee Network and oversees the organization of various initiatives in multiple BOI offices across Ireland, Northern Ireland the Great Britain. He has helped drive the diversity and inclusion agenda across the business, helping Bank of Ireland win the inaugural D&I Award at the 2019 Business and Finance Awards. Malay has also worked to organize a number of initiatives to better the relationship between India and Ireland including; India Day, Irelands largest Indian-Irish celebration, a now-annual event with around 10,000 attendees; Diwali at City Hall in Dublin; and the Eire Vedanta Society, an organization affiliated to Ramakrishna Math and Mission of India, which promotes peace, harmony and wellbeing amongst countries, cultures and religions.

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Tiffany Woo

Director, Translational Pharmacology Clinical Operations and Global Lead, Asia Pacific Association EBRG

Merck

Tiffany is the Global Lead for the Merck Asia Pacific Association employee resource group, which saw her win the Merck Global Diversity and Inclusion Award of Excellence in 2019. She has worked to develop a global strategy, focusing on engagement of middle management to support and recognize the work being done by their employees to foster D&I in their departments and wider company. Tiffany has given lectures on diversity in clinical trials and presentations on adopting Asian values in the Western workplace, while also supporting mentoring of Asian alums. As a Merck representative, she has participated in discussions on how to move the needle on break the ‘bamboo ceiling’ and is the Vice President and Health and Wellness Chair of the Columbia University Alumni Club of NY, Board Member and Advisor for the Asian Columbia Alumni Association and Speaker for the NJ Chapter of Ascend Pan Asian Leaders.

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Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy

Digital Product Manager

Barclays

Zainab is currently the Deputy chair of the Barclays Black Professionals Forum, and oversees career progression and colleague development initiatives such as the internal mentoring programs and personal development workshops. She is also the Co-lead of their sixth form mentoring program, delivering workshops to students from South East London, pairing them with Barclays employee and offering work experience. The success of this program led to the Black Professionals Forum winning the Inclusion Champion Award, at Barclays Global Citizenship and Diversity Awards 2019. Zainab is also one of the founding members of gal-dem.com, an award-winning online magazine written by women and non-binary people of color. gal-dem addresses inequality and misrepresentation in the media industry, providing a platform for creative and editorial work from people of color. She is currently writing a book on Black British history, focused on afro hair, to be published in 2020/2021.

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Victor Nieves, Jr.

Director, Enterprise Solution Consultant

BNY Mellon Pershing

Victor is a founding member of BNY Mellon Pershing’s Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Group, and the co-chair of IMPACT - BNY Mellon’s multicultural business resource group – for the New York and New Jersey chapter. Employee programming includes mentoring, heritage celebrations and community sponsorship activities. He helped launch the firm’s first unconscious bias training program. As a financial services industry expert, Victor has incorporated D&I into his responsibilities at firm and client conferences sharing his expertise surrounding the growing wealth demographics of future generations, women and minority populations. He pioneered the development of the firms first financial advisor D&I news media partnership, with InvestmentNews. Victor is a frequent public speaker and sponsor of non-profit organizations and academic institutions, sharing his personal story to help inspire others, including speaking with the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Hudson County Latino Foundation, New Jersey City University and the United States Military Academy.

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Tanvi Gokhale

Director, Segmentation & Propositions

Lloyds Banking Group

Since joining Lloyds Banking Group in 2008, Tanvi has passionately driven the inclusion agenda. She is a key Diversity Sponsor for the Retail Bank, a member of LBG’s Inclusion and Diversity Forum and Inclusion Strategy working group, and a member and speaker for the BAME network, REACH. Tanvi is founder of the Chief Customer Office’s BAME committee, which has driven increases in colleague disclosure rates and advocate involvement. She pioneered “Ask Me Anything” sessions to encourage BAME colleagues to share experiences and be more confident. Other initiatives she has led include a hiring and retention program for BAME talent and a reverse mentoring program. Tanvi was invited to join the Deloitte Academy BAME on Boards Programme. She is a regular keynote and panel speaker at industry diversity events. Tanvi heads up the development and roll-out of LBG’s consumer propositions. Her career at LBG has spanned both strategy and commercial executive roles across multiple divisions.

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Hina Nagarajan

Managing Director, Africa Emerging Markets

Diageo

As MD for Africa Emerging Markets, Hina leads one of Diageo's most dynamic and culturally diverse regions, allowing her to role model D&I practice through prioritizing diverse local teams. She runs a cross-country task force for business-critical issues, leveraging the best skills from several countries to resolve problems and build inclusion, and to accelerate African talent development. Hina mentors colleagues, and contributes to REACH, a support group for ethnic minorities. This includes discussions, ideas and experience sharing, events planning and festival celebrations. She also contributes to WeQual Women's Group UK, Women for Women Beijing, and mentors through the Menttium Cross Corporate Mentoring Platform.

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Carey Mendes

Group CFO Chief of Staff

BP plc

Carey is involved in a number of D&I initiatives and organizations across BP, providing leadership and advocacy for the diversity agenda. These include the Positively Ethnic Network (PEN) and the BP African American network among others. He has helped to organize events that highlighted the importance of Sponsorship for minorities and women, as well as a BP wide event on the Economics of Diversity. Carey is also involved in the community with organizations like Chicago United and Working in the Schools (WITS).

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Sonia Sng

Director, Business Operations

Intuit

At Intuit, Sonia is building on her lifelong advocacy of D&I initiatives, following co-chairing the Women's Network in her previous role at Visa. She has served on the Steering Committee of Intuit's Women's Network, and has co-hosted intersectional International Women's Day activities. She was recently named to Enterprise Management 360’s “Top 10 Influential BAME Tech Leaders” list. Currently, Sonia is on the board of directors of the Close the Gap Foundation (previously known as SPARC Initiative), a non-profit in San Francisco Bay Area, focused on empowering the next generation of young leaders, especially those from underprivileged and underrepresented backgrounds, to achieve their dreams through project-based learning and mentorship. She mentors individuals from diverse backgrounds globally, and shares her story via a blog.

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Quentin Roach

Senior Vice President - Global Supplier Management, Supply Business Development and Workplace & Enterprise Services/Chief Procurement Officer

MSD - Merck

Quentin is Executive Sponsor of MSD's Next Gen Network while also advocating for several company Employee Business Resource Groups - LEAD (African American), Hispanos Employee Network, Women's Network and Rainbow Alliance. He is Executive Sponsor for company engagement with the Executive Leadership Council, where he sponsors talent development and advancement initiatives. He has been an Executive Champion and Board Member to several external organizations for Supplier Diversity and Economic Inclusion; including the NMSDC, USHCC and NBMBAA. He is Sponsor and Executive Liaison to the National Cares Mentor Movement – Working for economic equity for the most underserved and deserving children, The Franklin Institute – supporting STEM education for diverse communities, and the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame – supporting minority student scholarships, among other organizations.

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Ritu Mohanka-Vedhara

Head of Strategy and Business Development, EMEA

Glint (LinkedIn)

Ritu is a prominent ethnic minority female leader on the Senior Leadership Team at Glint, now part of LinkedIn, where she actively champions the business benefits of employing an effective Diversity strategy and has significantly influenced the corporate agenda on behalf of and to the benefit of all relevant employees. Glint actively pursues a hiring strategy that is deliberately color- and gender-blind and mirrors it in their approach to performance management. Ritu takes great pride in mentoring upcoming and talented ethnic minority professionals both within and beyond Glint, advising on career development. In her previous role at IBM, Ritu was a highly regarded Diversity Champion, and served as Executive Sponsor to numerous Diversity groups. She is a regular panelist and keynote speaker at Global and EMEA CXO Leadership and HR events, such as Digital HR in Dubai, championing diversity and inclusion to CXO’s across EMEA every working day.

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Raj Roy

General Counsel, UK & Ireland

Centrica

Raj sponsors Centrica's Ethnicity Network, is a member of Spectrum, the LGBT+ network, DAWN, the disability and wellbeing network, and CWN, the women's network. He led discussions with employees from ethnic and non-ethnic backgrounds, consulting on how to improve D&I at Centrica. He created a working group to help drive the initial discovery work and identified issues attached to disclosing ethnicity information. The learnings from these initiatives informed key priorities and the launch of Centrica's Ethnicity Network. He has been invited to speak at a London law firm as part of their ethnicity network launch, and joined a roundtable as part of the Pinsent Masons D&I Report launch. Raj is an active mentor with the 30% Club, and has created a high level of senior leadership accountability for the D&I agenda in both the legal and consumer parts of Centrica.

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Sarah Nelson

Head of Finance

Sainsbury's

At Sainsbury's, Sarah has accelerated the momentum of the ethnicity network over the last two years by engaging and educating senior leadership, increasing visible allies at operating board-level, and her work has led to a 300% increase in network membership. She mentors BAME individuals and advises the business on BAME issues to proactively influence the BAME strategy. Following the acquisition of Argos, Sarah has supported the integration of two BAME networks and has launched and participated in numerous initiatives to increase BAME visibility. As one of the most senior black colleagues within the business and a visible female role model, Sarah speaks at external events on D&I issues, and is also an advisor to other BAME networks within the retail industry.

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Chiaki Nishino

President, North America

Prophet

Chiaki heads up the Women in Leadership Diversity Initiative as an Executive Committee member and global sponsor. She is currently looking to expand this effort beyond gender diversity to more general diversity, including ethnic minority. The group is initiating an external engagement effort this year to contribute to the wider dialogue. Chiaki is a Board Member at MAKERS, committing to pledges on how to drive diversity within Prophet. She also engages in conversations with women through her Harvard and Wharton alumni network.

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Maz Ahmed

Operations Director

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC

Maz has been instrumental in championing the BAME agenda at Morrisons. Maz sponsors the BAME steering group which now has clear priorities and actions to improve BAME representation in the business. Maz is a visible role model for business success, having been promoted to the Leadership team at Morrisons at the age of 37. He is using his role in the Leadership team to understand and address barriers to progression for BAME colleagues, including unconscious bias in all areas of the business. He is involved in mentoring BAME talent across the company. Maz has recently moved from his previous finance roles into an operational role, leading diverse teams across Morrisons' manufacturing sites. Maz is also involved in networking with local organisations to share best practice on BAME diversity.

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Nisreen Hasib

Chief Operating Officer

Unbound

For Nisreen, and for Unbound, diversity and inclusion are core elements of business culture. When hiring, the company seeks a diverse array of candidates, knowing that much of the company's strength comes from having a team from different socioeconomic and racial backgrounds, gender identities, and educational experiences. Nisreen is on the Advisory Council of Women in Innovation (WIN), where she mentors WIN members, connects the organization with necessary resources, and participates as a speaker at WIN events. She is also a mentor and speaker for Communitas America (CA), which supports diverse entrepreneurs in the Bronx.

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April Crichlow

Head, Global Customer and Ecosystem Marketing

SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass

April leads Diversity and Inclusion for SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass and is instrumental in aligning business goals with HR goals. Through a variety of diversity programs, she has set targets for diversity representation with the organization, to be reached by 2022. She is an active member of SAP Global Diversity & Inclusion Council, the SAP North America Diversity & Inclusion Council, the SAP Business Women's Network, and is a mentor with SAP.io Women's Foundry. She has worked to promote Supplier Risk and Supplier Diversity solutions that help SAP Ariba buyer and supplier customers support ethnic owned and women owned businesses. Externally, she serves on the Board of Give Clear, supporting D&I initiatives, has mentored for Girls Who Code and Kode with Klossy, and is a member of and advisor to HeyMama which supports women in the workplace. April is regularly asked to speak on gender and ethnic pay parity, and often appears in the media discussing the importance of diversity and inclusion.

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Jaya Handa

Privacy Director

Liberty Specialty Markets

Jaya chairs the Cultural Awareness Matters network at Liberty Specialty Markets. This network promotes cultural, linguistic, ethnicity and social mobility diversity and inclusion initiatives to support the existing staff population and broaden the talent pipeline. The network engages with other market peers and sponsors the Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCan) to assist in the promotion of multicultural inclusion and progression in the insurance sector, through mentoring and networking opportunities. Jaya also set up and sits on the committee of the Junior Lawyers Group of the Black Solicitors Network, a not-for profit company promoting race equality and influencing D&I best practice in relation to matters which affect ethnic minority solicitors. She also acted as the Outreach Officer for the Next Generation Insurance Network, and continues to mentor minority students, graduates and professionals extensively.

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Keia Clarke

Chief Operating Officer

New York Liberty

Keia Clarke is entering her third season as COO of the New York Liberty, where she oversees the business and P&L, including strategic planning, budgeting and day-to-day team business operations. Additionally, Clarke works with stakeholders on key elements of team business, including growing the fan base, maximizing sales and fan engagement, and improving business performance. Under Keia's leadership, the Liberty put a spotlight on the mass incarceration of women, specifically women of color, and has made an appearance on CNN to raise awareness for the issue. Clarke has also created an initiative to connect New York Liberty players with alumnae of YWCA Brooklyn's Young Women's Lead College Access Program. Following a practice during the 2019 season, the two organizations teamed up to provide the young leaders with the unique opportunity to be interviewed by New York Liberty players about their journey to college and overall goals to create change.

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury

Dorothy champions diversity day-to-day as a member of the Finsbury Roots committee and by serving on the steering committee for WPP Roots, a group-wide team that supports initiatives implemented across WPP agencies in the UK. She has worked with Finsbury Roots since inception to develop D&I policies, particularly concerning maternity and paternity leave, flexible working, recruitment, and inclusion events and activities. Finsbury has also partnered with the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which encourages BAME graduates to pursue a career in communications, as part of its annual graduate recruitment process. The combination of initiatives has led to gradual improvements in diversity across various levels of the business. Dorothy is President and Chair of Trustees for the London Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, where she sets the strategy as the organization executes ground-level outreach programs to support underrepresented groups in obtaining exposure and access to various career paths.

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Rachael Palmer

Head of VC and Startup Partnerships, EMEA

Google

As the Head of VC and Startup Partnerships, Rachael drives Google's strategic partnerships with top VCs and Startups across the EMEA region. Her day-to-day involves collaborating with EMEA’s major VC funds, working to define Google’s VC strategy, and helping startups partner across Google’s product areas. Rachael is dedicated to creating an inclusive and representative workplace. She helps drive Google’s approach to diversity, equity, and inclusion through participation in action committees that outline recruitment practices, and works on retention and internal community building efforts. Rachael advises the Black Googler Network and is an active lead in advocating for increased fertility benefits through Google's Women's Network. She also leads Google’s diversity recruiting efforts at Wharton. Rachael has been a featured speaker at Google’s first EMEA “State of Black Women” Conference in the UK and the Wharton Women in Business Conference. In addition, she enjoys mentoring minority candidates in their business school applications.

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Shimna Sameer

Head of National Operations & Northeast division

Bank of America

Shim Sameer is a dynamic leader and passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion. A native of India, she began her career in financial services in 2005 as a teller and now is Head of National Operations and the Northeast Division for Bank of America’s Consumer Banking & Investments. She is passionate about advancing women’s careers and actively works to develop and mentor women leaders. She often speaks at forums, panels and events addressing global audiences about inclusion and empowerment of women. She is the founder and the executive sponsor of the bank’s Women’s Forum and the executive sponsor for the company’s CB&I Employee Engagement & Inclusion Council. She is a recipient of the company’s distinguished Global Diversity & Inclusion Award and has been profiled on FairyGodBoss.com for her advocacy for women. She serves on the board of the Walker School in Needham, Massachusetts, and the Big Sisters Association of Boston.

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Kathy Quashie

Head of Partnerships and Alliances

Vodafone

Joining Vodafone recently, Kathy has already driven positive change by stepping in to be the UK Chair for the Multicultural channel and has become one of the leaders for the Women in Business UK Network. In her previous roles across Telecoms, Kathy always took a lead role across D&I by creating awareness to improve processes to support a wider inclusive database, resulting in a larger pool of diverse candidates to put through the selection process. Having been in most of her leadership roles as the only BAME female leader running large P&L businesses across Tech and Software, she undertook the role to sponsor and mentor BAME and female professionals. In addition, she has also been involved in many external programs promoting, encouraging and recognizing both BAME and Women networks across the UK

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Cindy Rampersaud

Senior Vice President, BTEC & Apprenticeships

Pearson

Cindy is Executive Co-Sponsor at PRIME, Pearson's BAME ERG, and the Executive Lead for WILL in the company’s Manchester office, an ERG group supporting diversity and inclusion for women. Since inception of PRIME in 2018, Pearson has signed the BITC Race at Work Charter, and the ERG has partnered with HR in a campaign to encourage employees to voluntarily disclose race and ethnicity information. Cindy has been proactive in raising BAME visibility through her mentoring and sponsorship of talent both within and outside Pearson. The BTEC & Apprenticeships business has recently partnered with Thinkfest to sponsor the Annual BAME Apprenticeship Awards. Cindy is an Honorary Lifetime member of The Children's Society, working with children and young people, largely from ethnic minority communities, and a Board Member for The Speakers Trust, which works to build confidence and communication skills in children from across London, Essex and in other UK metropolitan areas.

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Loreal Torres

Chief People Officer

Vested

Loreal has been devoted to elevating diversity and inclusion in the workplace throughout her career. She initiated a D&I program at her previous company, focusing on embracing and highlighting diversity in the organisation and creating a sense of belonging. Her role was to increase diversity and retention of diverse colleagues through programming and recruitment efforts, partnering with diversity-focused programs. At her current role with Vested, Loreal is looking to work with diversity-focused search firms to fill senior roles, and is working with colleagues to partner with diverse organisations at colleges. She is part of the Syracuse University Mentor Mentee Association, and participates in the Young Women's Leadership Network, among other diversity networks and initiatives.

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Kelly McDonald

Executive, Strategic HR Business Partner

Irish Life

Kelly is a member of the Irish Life Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group, and provides consultation support to D&I groups from two lines of business. She launched 'Live your Life' policies for all staff, with a focus on new parents, maternity and paternity leave, and adoption and surrogacy policies. She helped to develop various D&I training programs for leadership teams, and set up a partnership with DCU to study the impact of D&I interventions at Irish Life. Kelly is also a mentor on IBM's P-TECH program, a public education reform initiative that combines secondary school with elements of third-level education and work experience for underprivileged children.

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Aleida Rios

Group Head of Engineering

BP

Aleida co-chairs BP Women's International Global Executive Committee, where she takes an intersectional approach, having also appeared on panels for the BP Ethnicity BRG and with BP’s CEO discussing the benefits of inclusion. She is also a member of the Royal Academy of Engineers Diversity and Inclusion Leadership Group, where she participated in and supported the launch of the group's 2020 report on the engineering pay gap. Aleida was awarded the 2019 Texas A&M College of Engineering Outstanding Alumni she serves on the schools Chemical Engineering College Advisory Board, promoting engineering to women and ethnic minorities since 2015. She helped to promote the Year of Engineering 2018 in the UK, a campaign designed to encourage women and ethnic minorities into engineering careers. She was born in Mexico and is a proud wife and mother of 3 boys.

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Maxine Goddard

Head of Sales Operations & Planning

Zurich Insurance Company

Maxine sits on the Executive Committee of the industry-wide Insurance Cultural Awareness Network, with responsibility for partnerships and external relationships. Maxine is also the Principal Advisor and previously chaired the Zurich Cultural Awareness Network, and has been involved in leading Zurich's multicultural D&I strategy and initiatives for over four years. She spearheaded the reorganization of Zurich's BAME ERG and significantly widened its national reach, she re-energized the ERG with meaningful initiatives, and garnered c-suite executive sponsorship and positive engagement. The group have established BAME recruitment targets, and monthly data reviews, which have contributed to ethnicity pay gap industry consultations. Maxine was awarded at the 2019 Insurance Age D&I Awards as the Race Equality Champion in insurance. She was also recognized by Insurance Business, Global Top 100 as a person of influence within the insurance industry.

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Chanel Frazier

Chief of Staff to Global Head of Multi-Asset Strategies and Global Fixed Income

BlackRock

As the Chief of Staff to BlackRock’s Head of Multi-Asset Strategies and Global Fixed Income, Chanel takes an intersectional approach to D&I efforts. Throughout her tenure at the firm, she has focused on the retention of ethnic minority colleagues through mentorship, managerial- and leadership-level advocacy, and contributions to a firmwide working group focused on how Black professionals experience BlackRock. She is a member of BlackRock’s Black Professionals Network (BPN) and Women’s Initiative Network, and previously served on BPN’s Professional Development Committee. In addition to her commitments, Chanel works to recruit ethnic minority professionals to BlackRock, serving as a senior representative at national recruiting events for MBA students of color and as a Senior Leader interviewer for the BlackRock Founders Scholarship Program. Chanel proudly serves on the Board of Directors for both the ‘I Have a Dream’ Foundation and ‘Gibney Dance’, an arts and social justice organization in New York.

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Justin Onuekwusi

Fund Manager, Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)

Justin is a fund manager in a team managing over £65bn at LGIM, one of the world’s largest asset managers. As part of a team, Justin leads on £6bn and maintains a high profile in the investment industry due to strong fund performance. Justin co-chairs the Legal & General Inclusion Team which oversees eight LGIM employee networks, is a member of L&G Group’s D&I Committee, and chairs the company’s Investment Diversity Working Group. He is a founding member of #talkaboutblack, a movement facilitating breaking down the taboo of talking about ethnicity in society. Through these groups, Justin works both internally and externally to develop cross-industry strategies and policies supporting BAME recruitment, retention and progression. He is on the Advisory Board for City Hive, which focuses on driving diversity initiatives within asset management and is an Ambassador of the Diversity Project, which strives to achieve greater inclusion across the asset management industry.

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Sujata Bhatia

American Express senior vice president for Merchant Services, Europe

American Express

Sujata is the European Chair of the Executive Women's Interest Network Committee and Co-Founder of the Black and Asian Employee Network for American Express in Europe. A committed champion for women and underrepresented groups at American Express, Sujata has spearheaded numerous intersectional initiatives related to ambition, leadership and community. She is on the Advisory Board for Women in Payments, where she has served as a speaker and awards judge. She is also committed to supporting the South Asian community, and is an active member of the Indian American Forum for Political Education, which encourages Indians to get involved in politics. She is also involved with a charity which raises funds to help build medical clinics that support visually impaired rural Indians.

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Satvir Bungar MBE FCA MCSI

Managing Director & Head of Facilities Sector, Mergers & Acquisitions

BDO LLP

At accountancy and business advisory firm BDO LLP Satvir works with entrepreneurially-spirited and high-growth businesses advising them on achieving strategic goals through merger and acquisition activity. Satvir is a strong advocate of diversity & inclusion, taking part in BDO's graduate recruitment campaign to attract a diverse range of talent. As part of the campaign, he mentors numerous colleagues and is a member of BDO’s BAME society. Satvir is also Vice Chairman at Miss Macaroon, a social enterprise focused on diversity of thinking by improving the lives of marginalized young people, and supports the board in delivering its ambitious growth plans. He was featured in Visa's 2019 Christmas 'Where you Shop Matters' media campaign, which championed Miss Macaroon’s social cause. Satvir is a valued member of the judging panel at PFM Awards, where he works to improve BAME representation in facilities management, a sector in which he has significant experience.

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Dr Rashada Harry

Enterprise Account Executive, Founder- Your Future, Your Ambition

Amazon Web Services|Your Ambition (YFYA)|Your Future

Rashada co-leads Women@AWS in the UK and sits on the Advisory Board of the BEN Network at Amazon. She takes an intersectional approach to her diversity and inclusion work, including through mentoring and working with schools. In her previous position at Vodafone, Rashada was a leadership advisor to the multicultural network and Employee Champion to the senior management. She sits on the board of Talawa, the UK's only black touring theatre company, and she founded Your Future, Your Ambition, leading 30 organizations and 270 individual volunteers to mentor, educate, inspire and encourage 900 students from across the UK to pursue careers in STEM in 2019. To date, YFYA has opened its doors to over 7,000 students, helping to build a more diverse STEM talent pipeline.

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Javier Morgado

Executive Producer

CNN

Javier is a lifetime member and former board member of the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, a lifetime member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, and a member of the National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications and the Radio Television Digital News Association. He led the recruitment and retention committee on CNN's Diversity Council for several years, and he recruits for CNN and WarnerMedia at diversity journalism conferences every year. He leads professional development sessions at CNN for prospective diverse employees, which have led to numerous hires. He serves on the board of three national non-profit organizations in New York with an aim to improve diversity in the arts, and has raised money and awareness for the LGBT+ community and for those living with HIV/AIDS for many years.

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Jed Khan

Global Director D&AI Partner Ecosystem Lead

Avanade

At Avanade, Jed is an Executive Partner for the Beyond BAME group, and is involved in numerous I&D initiatives, including raising awareness for mental health and learning disabilities, creating new ideas to drive BAME messaging and finding new avenues through which to amplify it, driving the company's I&D agenda and bringing BAME issues to Global Leadership Teams. Jed was invited, through the AI for Good Hackathon with Microsoft, to lead a team to help the RAF Museum bring the Battle of Britain to life through the eyes of the BAME and LGBT+ communities. Alongside partners Microsoft, Blue Prism, UiPath and Databricks, Jed formed a European Leaders Group to tackle tough global issues, with diversity and citizen impact high on the list of priorities.

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Sanjeev Sharma

Chief Property Portfolio Officer

M&G Real Estate Limited

Sanjeev is a longtime supporter and member of the Cultural Awareness Network at M&G, and was Co-Executive Sponsor at its inception. He is also an ally for M&G's LGBT+ Network, and Co-Executive Sponsor of M&G's Mind Matters Network. Participated in Deloitte's BAMEs on Boards program which looks to prepare BAME individuals for NED roles and presented to the 2019/2020 cohort on his experiences/lessons to be learned from securing his first NED role with a Small Cap Plc. Sanjeev is a member of the National Mentoring Consortium, which aims to promote equality and diversity in graduate recruitment and to enhance the employability of BAME students and students with a disability. Sanjeev is on the Management Committee of Real Estate Balance, which seeks to address gender and broader diversity imbalance within the sector. Nominated (one of 3 finalists) and chosen as M&G Plc’s first ever Inclusion Champion – January 2020.

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Elizabeth Scarpelli

Head of Global Operations & Privacy Compliance

BNY Mellon

Elizabeth is a role model and advocate for Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) at BNY Mellon and has been involved in a number of key initiatives to dive the company’s D&I strategy, including leading programs designed to increase consideration of diverse individuals throughout the organization’s talent lifecycle – from recruitment and development to retention and advancement. Elizabeth serves as an active appointed member of the firm’s D&I Advisory Council to the CEO, in numerous leadership positions within the company’s multicultural business resource group, IMPACT, and as a steering committee member for key external partnership initiatives, she has helped to broaden perspectives and foster change within the company and deliver against D&I goals as set by the firm. Elizabeth serves on the Senior Leadership Council for the Association of Latino Professionals for America for the New York Chapter, regularly speaks at internal and external events, and sponsors and mentors colleagues throughout the company.

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David Ziyambi

Partner

Latham & Watkins

David helped to found and was an inaugural global leader of Latham's Black Lawyers Group, which aims to enable black lawyers to establish and maintain broader networks, to attract, retain and promote black talent, and to foster an inclusive culture supporting the long-term success of black lawyers. He assisted in establishing Latham's unique 'mentoring families' program, and the now biennial BLG global retreat. David is a Trustee and Treasurer of the BIGKID Foundation, mentoring and supporting young people in the UK who are at risk of social exclusion and violence. In partnership with the International Lawyers for Africa, he acts as Latham's mentor and buddy for the ILFA's secondment program. He also mentors students, particularly those from minority backgrounds, looking to pursue a career in law.

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Fiona Bolton

Partner

Simmons & Simmons

At Simmons & Simmons, Fiona launched and co-chairs Emerge, the firm's inaugural BAME network, and has recently introduced a mentoring program across all levels of the firm. The network was established as a result of discussions with an advisory board on the development of a BAME action plan, based on the principles of the Race at Work Charter, with Fiona acting as a partner sponsor and spokesperson for BAME inclusion. Fiona works closely with social mobility charity, The Brokerage, where she has previously served as a Trustee. She has worked with several client organizations advising on issues of culture and D&I. She also mentors BAME women in the legal profession.

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Edward Estrada

Partner - Global Head - Financial Industry Group

Reed Smith LLP

At Reed Smith, Edward has served as the senior management team sponsor of the Hispanic lawyers' affinity group, and as an ally for the firm's other affinity groups. He has been reverse mentored by leaders of the firm’s LGBT+ and mental health affinity groups, and sponsors the firm's women's initiatives and events. He is a member of the Hispanic Lawyers' Society of New York, a mentor and financial sponsor for the Cornell University Office of Academic Diversity Initiatives, and an Advisory Board member of the Global Business Coalition for Education and YearUp, both organization focused on access to education and the development of market-relevant skills. Edward is committed to working with first generation college students, predominantly from low-income and ethnic minority communities, and sponsors and directly mentors students and young adults.

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Ugo Ojike

Managing Director

Accenture

Ugo is the Co-Executive Sponsor of Accenture's African Caribbean Network, where she sponsors annual events and spearheads conversations around BAME development activities. She is working with leadership to further the retention, progression and development of black talent. She also sits on Accenture's Ethnicity Council for the UK and Ireland. She has co-sponsored the ethnicity I&D workstream in the legal function, where she led discussions in workshops on the challenges and opportunities for BAME legal professionals, which have been extended to Accenture's LatinX legal community in North America. Ugo is a mentor for the Minority Supplier Development UK Diverse Supplier Development Mentoring Programme, and is particularly proud of the Innovation Hub, which supports innovative ethnic minority-owned businesses and an impressive talent pool of entrepreneurs. Her YouTube ‘Colour Brave’ speech continue to be a catalyst for driving conversations about race in the work place.

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Jig Ramji

Group Head of Talent

London Stock Exchange Group

Jig recently joined the London Stock Exchange Group, where he leads the Group’s talent acquisition, performance, learning and leadership strategy and supports LSEG's diversity and inclusion agenda. In his previous roles, Jig led the design and implementation of new leadership behaviours, including 'supporting a diverse and inclusive environment' as a critical component of leadership. He and his team also led the development of specific programmes in Asia to strengthen 'local senior talent' and senior leaders across companies were trained in inclusive leadership. He is passionate about accelerating the growth of under-represented talent and as an executive coach, he has worked with diverse female leaders to support them in their senior C-suite roles. Jig is a trustee for the Roffey Park Institute, Board Member for the UK Chapter of the International Coaching Federation and Policy Forum Member of the CIPD, where he has advised on gender pay gap reporting and potential methodology for ethnicity pay gap reporting.

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Kene Ejikeme

Managing Director in the Securities Division

Goldman Sachs

At Goldman Sachs, Kene is Co-Head of the EMEA Firmwide Black Network (FBN), and is actively involved in informing and advancing the Black talent strategy, leading recruitment initiatives and mentoring Black talent. He has led efforts to provide a forum for exchanging ideas within the FBN, and to discuss challenges faced by diverse professionals. The FBN hosts several Black History Month events, featuring internal and external Black leaders and role models. Beyond Goldman Sachs, Kene and a group of other senior finance professionals co-founded Impact X, a double bottom line venture capital company launched to support underrepresented entrepreneurs across Europe. He also dedicates a significant amount of time to mentoring Black youth in London.

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Chris Brown

Executive Partner

IBM

Chris is IBM's UKI Global Business Services People Partner, and IBM’s Industrial Sector Strategic Transformation Leader. As People Partner, he is focused on creating an inclusive working environment that empowers and supports all practitioners to do their best work. He is a senior sponsor for the BAME BRG and chairs an Inclusion Council representing BAME, gender, LGBT+, PwDA and faith groups, and actively supports all BRGs and their D&I initiatives. He also mentors colleagues from underrepresented backgrounds and provides reverse mentoring to other senior executives in IBM. Beyond IBM, Chris works with the College of Policing to assess individuals who are on track for Chief Constable roles with a view of supporting the police to create more diverse senior leadership team that represent the communities they work in.

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Segun Osuntokun

London Office Managing Partner

BCLP

Segun is a Founding Member of the BCLP Global D&I Board, Founder and Former Chair of the BCLP Social Inclusion & Ethnicity Network, and Partner Sponsor of the BCLP Race for Change Alumni Community. The Global D&I Board have reset the firm's approach to diversity, with a focus on representation, hiring, attrition and progression of lawyers of color. The Social Inclusion & Ethnicity Network has influenced policy and led to BCLP ranking in the top ten of the SMF's Social Mobility Employer Index for three consecutive years. Segun is a Partner in BCLP’s Commercial Disputes Group and specializes in civil fraud litigation. He also heads BCLP's Africa Group, and is responsible for the firm's development strategy in sub-Saharan Africa. He is involved in mentoring with the Eastside Young Leaders' Academy, and also mentors prospective and trainee BAME solicitors.

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Karen S. Carter

Chief Inclusion Officer and Chief Human Resources Officer

Dow

As Dow’s first Chief Inclusion Officer, Karen developed and implemented a global inclusion and diversity (I&D) strategy that is woven into the corporate business strategy, coupling I&D metrics with financial and safety results. Under her leadership, Dow published its first inclusion report, and accelerated spend with small and diverse suppliers to more than $1B since 2017. Additionally, global participation in Dow’s 10 Employee Resource Groups increased more than 25%, nearing best in class levels and over 80% of people leaders lead by example through their engagement. She renewed focus on sponsorship with through the creation of Advocacy in Action, a new talent development program that pairs African American protégés with senior leader sponsors to drive career achievement. Karen serves on the advisory board of Catalyst and is a member of the Executive Leadership Council. Her contributions have resulted in being named to Black Enterprise’s 2018 Top Executives in Diversity list.

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

Nilufer is Slaughter and May's D&I Partner, with strategic oversight of the firm's inclusion initiatives and employee networks. She provided leadership to the 'Inclusion Allies' initiative to recognize how everyday exchanges might lead to feelings of inclusion or exclusion, and is Partner Sponsor for the Muslim Network, supporting social and awareness-raising events. She has hosted the firm's annual graduate recruitment event, 'A World of Difference', collaborating with university BME societies, and hosted the firm's 2019 Black History Month event. Nilufer is on the Board of Trustees for IntoUniversity, which tackles educational disadvantage, and has spearheaded their partnership with Slaughter and May. She leads workshops and advises on how clients can develop their own D&I initiatives, and mentors numerous ethnic minority professionals.

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Annette Byron

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Annette co-leads Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer's Global Black Affinity Network and drove their 2019 Talent Meeting, bringing colleagues together for a programme of fireside chats, a diversity hackathon, panel discussions and networking, taking the resulting initiatives forward into action between the network and the firm’s wider management. She is the Partner Sponsor for Social Mobility, and she is on the firm's graduate recruitment panel and the cross-function social mobility committee, helping those from underrepresented backgrounds thrive at the firm. Annette is the driving force behind the Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship Scheme, a recruitment, development and mentoring scheme run by volunteers from Freshfields and its clients. Until very recently, having served the maximum terms, Annette was Board Director of PRIME, the legal sector charity alliance between law firms committed to improving access to those from less socially mobile backgrounds.

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George Madrigal

Chief Executive Officer

Penserra

As CEO of Penserra, George pushes managers to recruit a more ethnically diverse workforce, continuing with this commitment although Penserra already has 50% more diversity than the industry average. He works closely with the community and with non-profits to ensure qualified diverse candidates are found for the internship program. Recently, George signed the Hispanic Promise, a pledge to hire, promote, retain and celebrate Hispanic colleagues. He is on the Board of Directors of Pangea Legal Services, who work to provide legal resources to wrongfully detained immigrants, where he has helped to develop better non-profit oversight of budgeting and strategic decisions. George created the Founders Scholarship Program, providing scholarships to primarily Latinx high school students entering college. He is also a founding member of the NICSA Diversity Council CEO Advisory Council and a member of the finance committee for Make-A-Wish Greater Bay Area and the Community Foundation of Mendocino County.

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Sharon Blackman

EMEA Legal Head Currencies, Frontier Markets and non-G10 Rates, Managing Director & General Counsel

Citi

At Citi, Sharon is a member of the EMEA Legal Diversity Committee and the Global Legal Diversity Committee. She is a member of Citi Roots, and co-chairs the EMEA Pro Bono Committee. She has organised regional and global training on various D&I topics, including unconscious bias, mental health and cross-cultural working, all to promote a more inclusive environment. She has arranged Citi's participation in a mentoring programme for law undergraduates with a social mobility and ethnic minority focus, and has structured Citi's participation in social mobility and ethnic minority-focused programmes offered by law firms. Sharon is a mentor with the Black Solicitors Network, and has participated as a panel speaker and role model in Urban Synergy events at Lewisham Schools and Canary Wharf venues, among other high-profile speaking engagements.

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Roni Savage

Founder & CEO

Jomas Associates (Engineering & Environmental)

As Founder & CEO of Jomas Associates, an engineering and environmental consultancy, Roni is a pioneer in the engineering and construction industry. She is dedicated to changing the landscape for minorities in business. Roni sits on numerous boards, including advising the London Mayor's Fund on social mobility and D&I. She has received a host of accolades for her work with Jomas Associates and for her commitment to inclusion for women and ethnic minorities. She is also a board member for the YMCA, and the National Leader for Women in STEM and Policy Chair for Construction at Federation of Small Businesses (FSB). She is regularly invited to speak publicly on D&I topics and mentors numerous women and BAME professionals.

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Sarah Lee

Partner

Slaughter and May

Sarah is the Partner Sponsor for DIVERSE at Slaughter and May, and was the firm's first D&I partner, responsible for establishing Slaughter and May's eight employee networks. Last year she launched a buddy scheme for ethnic minority trainees, and has sponsored the firm's female leadership development program for the past seven years, ensuring ethnic minority representation. She has helped redesign the graduate recruitment approach with a focus on diversity, worked on enhancing the firm's Black History Month celebrations and has mentored various ethnic minorities professionally, including a student through the firm's 'Law Springboard' program with upReach. Sarah launched and hosted the 'Diversity in the City' series initiative to connect ethnic minority professionals across the City, and as a Commissioner for the Judicial Appointments Commission works to promote greater diversity within the judiciary.

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William "BJ" Trach

Partner and Executive Committee Member

Latham & Watkins LLP

BJ is a member of Latham’s Executive Committee, for which increasing Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) throughout the global firm is a key strategic priority. BJ serves as Executive Committee liaison to Latham’s Diversity Leadership Committee, which he previously led as Global Chair. During his tenure, the group launched a Diversity Leadership Academy, established eight affinity groups, including three for ethnic minority lawyers, spearheaded a firm-wide Inclusion Initiative to achieve broader engagement, expanded programs to enhance the pipeline of diverse law students, and revamped D&I training for all employees. BJ has served on the board, and is a lifetime member, of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association, where he has attended countless D&I events and has mentored young law students and lawyers over the last decade. He is also involved with the Black Law Students Association at Harvard Law School, where he attends the annual job fair, among other events.

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility

Moodys Corporation

Arlene is a member of Moody’s CSR Council comprised of the firms most senior executives. She champions non-profit partnerships which support the growth and success of women and BAME entrepreneurs; and those that provide diverse students with tools and opportunities to thrive in financial services careers. She puts forward Moody’s executives for the boards of these organizations for the dual purpose of strengthening advocacy for marginalized communities and effective reverse mentoring of senior leaders. Arlene is an Executive Member of Moody's Employee Resource Groups and serves as a role model and sponsor for high potential women and Black employees providing access with an open-door policy. With the Executive Leadership Council, Arlene is Co-Chair of the International Presence Committee, charged with expanding the membership of global Black executives and growing the pipeline of Black talent. She is also a steering committee member of the Black Scholars Initiative, focused on ensuring the successful completion of university degrees.

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Gian Power

Founder & CEO

TLC Lions

As Founder and CEO of TLC Lions, Gian's mission is to ignite emotion in workplaces through storytelling. His work has supported over 120 organizations covering 19 industries reaching over 40,000 people in audiences in 57+ countries. Through TLC Lions, Gian's brought together 25 ordinary people with extraordinary stories sharing their stories around diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As a result, Gian has been sponsored by Baroness Verma, UN Chair for Women in the UK to host a quarterly roundtable alongside the Baroness discussing D&I in the workplace with a focus on solutions. This led to an invitation to share his learnings at Number 10 and with members of the Royal Family as well as sitting on the board of Mental Health Conference - This Can Happen.

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Michael Sherman

BT Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

BT plc.

At BT, Michael has brought together a community of ethnic minority colleagues to improve networking. He has championed improvement of the company's data collection, allowing BT to better support the development of minority employees through mentorship and guidance. He has led conversations centered on making BT a diverse and inclusive workforce, and has inspired the next generation of leaders at BT's Ethnic Diversity Network event. Michael is involved with the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, which aims to help students from historically black colleges and universities in order to develop the next generation of African American leaders. He also engages with disenfranchised communities through his position on the Business Advisory Council, and works with the Dallas Way Metro Dallas to help disenfranchised communities experiencing poverty.

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Zishan Nurmohamed

Partner

Ernst & Young LLP (EY)

Zishan leads Diversity & Inclusiveness for EY’s Assurance service line, he is part of EY’s Race Working Group and was previously Partner Sponsor for the EY Muslim Community. He created a video series, 'EY Through My Eyes', aiming to educate insiders on what it feels like to be an outsider, with a broad focus on race, sexuality, gender, working parents, neuro-diversity and social mobility. He has also started a series of talks nationwide called 'let's talk about race', encouraging safe, interactive discussions focused on ethnic minority development and progression. He is a London Regional Leadership member of Mosaic, focusing on children from underrepresented backgrounds and promoting growth through entrepreneurialism. Zishan was responsible for integrating the annual Mosaic Enterprise Challenge winners with a special award at EY's flagship Entrepreneur of the Year event.

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Tunji Akintokun MBE

Director, Head of Sales United Kingdom

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Tunji is involved with the PwC Multicultural Business Network and the PwC Diversity Mentoring Program, educating on the power of mentors, coaches and sponsors in navigating a career, and providing work experience and mentoring to graduates from diverse backgrounds. He has used his experience leading ERGs and his involvement with the National Equality Standard to advise clients on D&I programs. Tunji is the Founder of the Ilesha Charitable Trust, which makes ongoing and effective donations to D&I, STEM, Arts, Sports and social mobility causes. The Trust has provided numerous bursaries for BAME students to study at top universities across the UK and scholarships for female science students in Ghana and Nigeria. The trust is also a sponsor of the PRECIOUS awards, Warwick University Africa Summit and successful 'Get Up, Stand Up Now' exhibition at Somerset House celebrating 50 years of Black creativity in the UK.

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Mitul Shah

Partner

Deloitte

Mitul sits on Deloitte UK's Ethnicity Council, representing the Tax & Legal business, and has led an initiative to increase personal data collection of ethnicity profiles following a presentation to the executive board around the challenges and opportunities the business faced from a BAME perspective. He led the development and design of BAME stakeholder workshops, and the development of the resulting ethnicity leadership program for Deloitte's director population, in addition to an education program for Deloitte's senior partners to encourage advocacy. Mitul is a lead mentor in the Business in the Community mentoring circles, and contributes to Deloitte's 'BAME in the Boardroom' program.

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Paul Trussell

Managing Director/Retail Equity Research

Deutsche Bank

Paul is the Founder & Co-Chair of the Black Leadership Forum (BLF) at Deutsche Bank and sits on the Steering Committee for the Multi-Cultural Partnership. The BLF provides empowering programming, including professional development workshops and opportunities to connect with senior leadership at the bank. Paul is a diversity champion within the Investment Bank for the graduate analyst and summer intern programs, participating directly in recruitment, interviewing and mentorship. He has elevated the executive leadership dialogue on ethnic minority inclusion, providing a 12-point action plan to improve D&I efforts. Paul is International Grand Treasurer of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc., America's fifth largest predominantly African American social service fraternity, and is a member of the Leadership Council, a financial presenter and a Youth Business Competition Judge with World of Money, an NYC-based non-profit organization.

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Raza Hasan

Chief Risk Officer, Retail Banking and Wealth Management

HSBC Bank Canada

At HSBC Wealth and Personal Banking, Canada, Raza is the Lead Advisor for Diversity and New Immigrant strategy to the CEO of the division. In this role, he provides advice on recruiting talent which is reflective of diversity and the organization's communities, and on providing banking solutions that meet the needs of new immigrant clients, allowing them to build credit history in Canada and settle more quickly. He has also worked with community partners to provide newcomers mentorship and guidance on job searching and the Canadian job landscape. Raza is a member of the leading think tank, C.D. Howe Institute and its Financial Services Research Initiative Council, where he provides input into various initiatives including leveraging new immigrants and diversity in the financial services eco system. As a Board Member of the Oakville Hospital Foundation, Raza is assisting the board in hiring more diverse members and is helping the hospital to engage with a wider donor community reflecting a broader ethnic background. Raza is the proud recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal and of the Canada Sesquicentennial Award for his contributions to Canada including on diversity and inclusion.

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Tevin Tobun

CEO

GV Group(Gate Ventures)

As the CEO of GV Group, Tevin is a strong advocate for BAME issues within business. Within GV Group, he has driven major initiatives which have helped to support ethnic minorities in the workplace. These include the sponsorship of courses, as well as reframing recruitment policies to ensure that BAME candidates are offered the same opportunities as others. Tevin is a regular contributor in the industry press and speaker at business focused events, including the recent Racial Equality in Leadership Forum and Arena Network, a networking association for the hospitality sector. He also chairs Inspirational You, a BAME-focused organization empowering young entrepreneurs. Alongside this, he is a patron of Springboard, a charity focused on employment for disadvantaged groups. Tevin also founded the GV Scholarship, which helps disadvantaged students with university fees and offers professional work experience and mentoring.

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Roland Ilube

Head of MA and Commercial Finance Downstream

Shell International Limited

Roland is an Executive Sponsor for the Shell African and Caribbean Network, and is a member of the Shell Global Finance Diversity and Inclusion Group. He often features as a panelist for UK employees on D&I topics, including ethnicity at work, gender pay gap reporting, and the importance of ethnicity declaration. He advocates for consideration of ethnicity-related issues in Shell's senior leadership fora, with tangible results including Shell UK becoming one of the founder signatories of the Race at Work Charter, explicit D&I and ethnicity consideration during a recent reorganization, and a commitment to voluntarily publish an ethnicity pay gap report. Roland is a member of the Business in the Community Race Equality Leadership Team, where he provided input into the development of the Race at Work Charter and the development of a series of executive sponsor toolkits for race.

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Kamel Hothi OBE

Non Exec Director & Trustee

TLC Lions

Kamel is a NED on TLC Lions who have supported 100’s companies in improving culture and inclusion. She then chairs a round table in Westminster for these companies to collaborate and champion change faster. As an ex Banker, Kamel worked her way up from casher to Director, Strategist and Architect of numerous programs and initiatives including the Asian Strategy that helped access to finance for entrepreneurs from minority communities. All which have changed the shape of the banking industry over 4 decades. She went on to campaigning for equality and fairness that was recognized by the Queen in 2017 with an OBE and an honorary doctorate for her cultural cohesion work. She is an emotional speak invited around the world to speak on gender and cultural challenges. Kamel is also an advisor and Trustee on several charities including the Queens Commonwealth Trust and Alzheimer’s Soc to name a few.

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Allyn L. Shaw

President & Chief Technology Officer

Recycle Track Systems

Allyn is instrumental in breaking down barriers for minority groups. A board member of Out and Equal, Allyn spearheaded the first-ever transgender recruiting effort. He was also among the first set of black executives to launch the Black Executive Leadership Council and has been actively involved in the intersection of tech and diversity with Out in Tech, Lesbians who Tech and Out 4 U. Allyn's commitment to fostering an inclusive environment has received national recognition. Most recently, Allyn received the Brooklyn Nets Jason Collins Award sponsored by the NBA for courage and leadership in the LGBTQ community. He is an OUTstanding LGBT+ Role Model, a Diversity Best Practices' Above and Beyond Award winner and named to Diversity MBA world's top 100 business leaders under 50. Allyn is currently the President and CTO of RTS, a waste and recycling management company that combines technology with high-touch service to make disposal easier, smarter and more responsible.

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Dr Nneka Abulokwe, OBE

Founder; Chair Board Nominations Committee; Non-Executive Director

MicroMax Consulting; ISACA; University of Cambridge

In addition to being CEO and Founder of MicroMax Consulting, Dr Abulokwe serves as a Non-Executive Director at the University of Cambridge and Chairs the Board Nominations Committee at ISACA, amongst others. In 2019, Nneka received an OBE for services to business, and has introduced a system of governance which promotes greater empowerment of people and inclusion to improve business performance, in the digital economy. She mentors with EMpower and the Cherie Blair Foundation for Women, and is often found on BBC national and international press speaking on boardroom diversity and tech. Nneka is a passionate proponent of women and girls in tech and has supported programmes for ethnic minority women's inclusion at the UN General Assembly, the UK and across Africa. She is the first black female professionals to sit at board-level of a multi-national tech company in the UK and the first black woman admitted to the Information Technologists Livery Company. Nneka is an international keynote speaker on digital, governance and celebrating diversity in tech.

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director - Operations

Accenture

Andrew is one of Accenture's global cross-cultural leads, with responsibility for educating colleagues about working across cultures and ethnicities. He is an Executive Sponsor of the Accenture African Caribbean Network and works with Accenture's global leadership on the broader D&I agenda to further the retention, progression and development of black talent. He is UK Chair of the Executive Leadership Council, and Vice Chair of their International Presence Committee an organization that is committed to advancing the role and contributions of Black executives and preparing the next generation of corporate leaders through a series of initiatives, events and philanthropic endeavors. Andrew also mentors BAME professionals across sectors, encouraging his mentees to support discussions on race, and regularly speaks to BAME students at inner-city schools on aspiration and inclusion.

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Ernest Nicolas

SVP - Operations & Engineering Services

Rockwell Automation

Ernest is an Executive Advisor for the African American Professional Network at Rockwell Automation and founded the Black Executive Leadership Team focused on elevating inclusiveness for black executives within the organization. He continues to sponsor recruitment at national diversity engineering conferences including the National Society of Black Engineers and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. He has championed establishing Rockwell Automation’s 'Navigating Your Career as a Black Professional' development series which has become a staple at the National Society of Black Engineers – regional, national and professional development conferences. As a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), he has introduced Rockwell Automation to the ELC’s training programs which serve to complement existing programs to enrich development for black professionals. He serves the board of directors for the Milwaukee Urban League and the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s supply chain program advisory board.

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Nazreen Visram

Head of Charities

Barclays

At Barclays, Nazreen is co-chair of Embrace, where she has supported the establishment of both the Asian and Black Professionals’ Forums, and works with Barclays’ Faith Forums. She is passionate about inclusion, creating the Network of Networks to promote intersectionality across all diversity networks, many of which Nazreen is a member of. As well as being a HeforShe champion, Nazreen mentors junior ethnic minority colleagues, regularly runs employability skills workshops at local schools and colleges and provides work experience programs to students from diverse backgrounds. Nazreen is committed to voluntary service, serving as National Council Member for the Women’s Portfolio for the Ismaili Muslim Council UK, delivering conferences and events and enabling access, support and empowerment initiatives for women and their families. Nazreen is currently on the board of a school and was a finalist for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards and for the British Muslim Awards.

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Ricardo Mora

Partner, co-head of FICC Americas Sales in the Global Markets Division

Goldman Sachs

A visible advocate for diversity, Ricardo is Senior Sponsor of the Global Markets Division Black and Hispanic/Latino Council at Goldman Sachs, where he leads a diverse team in his role as Co-Head of FICC Americas Sales. He works to recruit diverse talent and fill key strategic roles, and advocated for diverse talent for the Global Markets Division summer internship program. Ricardo is on the Board of Visitors for the University of California, Berkeley, working to promote diversity to the university's leadership, shaping and advancing key initiatives, and increasing diverse representation on the board. He has also served on the board of the Orphaned Starfish Foundation, a non-profit which supports the construction of vocational training centers in orphanages throughout Latin America.

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Sophie Chandauka

Executive Director - Global CAO Shared Services and Banking Operations

Morgan Stanley

Sophie provides connectivity between strategic initiatives affecting the multicultural talent agenda across geographies internally and externally. In 2019, as an Ambassador for Everywoman, she negotiated sponsorship of the inaugural Everywoman in India career development forum involving 50 companies, including Morgan Stanley. She is Co-founder of The Black British Business Awards (BBBAwards), endorsed by the three Prime Ministers. The BBBAwards runs a mid-career ethnic minority Talent Accelerator hosted by Morgan Stanley. Over 50 high-potential professionals from 20 top tier corporations have taken part, with exceptional results in terms of career progression. The BBBAwards spearheaded the award winning Boardroom programme with Deloitte which has trained more than 50 aspiring ethnic minority non-executive directors since 2017. Sophie Chairs The Network of Networks – Multicultural (TNON), which trains employee network leaders from over 85 corporations to be strategically relevant and impactful. Sophie serves as Strategic Advisor to Morgan Stanley’s African and Caribbean Business Alliance.

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Raj Verma

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Sodexo

At Sodexo, Raj is the Executive Sponsor for Ethnicity and sits on the Culture & Origins Advisory Board, pushing for a clearer, pragmatic and more results-driven approach to initiatives. He encouraged Sodexo to sign up to the Empower Ethnic Pay Audit charter, and has driven the need to share best practice throughout the industry. He has often been invited to speak publicly on D&I topics, and mentors numerous colleagues. Raj was appointed to the Board of Trustees at Banardo's, increasing board diversity. With 20% of the charity's service users coming from a BAME background, Raj visibly supports their program of events to engage with wider BAME and Faith audiences.

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Timothy Wilkins

Global Partner for Client Sustainability

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Tim leads Freshfields’ global practice on client sustainability. He is the first black partner in the US offices and has pioneered numerous initiatives to support black colleagues and people of color at his firm, including co-founding the Global Black Affinity Network; establishing a 12-year running mentoring program for NYC public high school students to provide college prep and professional experiences with international lawyers; and launching a Diversity Film Series that included a firmwide Black History Month film premier. Tim works to support black and minority ethnic communities more broadly through his board positions with the NYC Economic Development Association (appointed by the Mayor), New York Public Radio (Vice-Chair), and New York Public Theatre (Co-chair of Governance). He also co-founded the New York Circular City Initiative, a program to develop a circular economic system that promotes greater employment and a greener environment for the city, including its less advantaged neighborhoods.

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Albertha Charles

partner

PwC

Albertha is a member of PwC's Talent & Diversity Council, Culture and Diversity Leader on the Transaction Services Leadership Team, and Sponsor Partner of the PwC Multicultural Business Network. She played a key role in sponsoring and hosting PwC & Aon's Black to the Future Black History Month forum, and in the PwC Colour Brave campaign. She established a network of culture champions in her business unit, launched a Culture Café series, and hosts a 'This is me' campaign, encouraging people to be more comfortable in their own skin at work. She is a member of the Race Equality Board at Business in the Community, where she led the development of an 'inclusion toolkit'. She has showcased aspects of PwC's inclusion journey at the Houses of Parliament and at the House of Lords, and has participated in Number 10's Black History Month celebrations.

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Irvinder Goodhew

Transformation Director

Lloyds Banking Group

Irvinder plays a critical role as a core member of Lloyds Banking Group I&D OpCO, and leads Inclusion & Diversity within the Group Transformation Division. She is a passionate advocate and role model for ethnic minority colleagues. She has a track record for driving change and making a tangible difference to increase ethnic minority representation at senior levels and she leads interventions which support the Group's public goals. Among other initiatives, Irvinder spearheaded a tech returner programme, boosting diversity in the talent pipeline through encouraging those on career breaks to return to employment. Recognising BAME is a broad categorisation, she led interventions to support the progression and confidence of colleagues from black heritage communities. Irvinder launched the group's B.O.L.D. community (Black Organisation for Leadership Development), and empowered colleagues to take ownership of Black History Month celebrations.

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Alan Bowser

Co-Head, Americas Region

Bridgewater Associates

Alan Bowser is Co-Head of the Americas region at Bridgewater Associates, overseeing client relationships in the U.S. and Canada for the world’s largest hedge fund. A member of the firm’s Diversity Council and senior sponsor of the Bridgewater Black Network, he is a leader in shaping Bridgewater's D&I strategy, with an emphasis on attracting and retaining African American talent. He joined Bridgewater in 2011. Beyond Bridgewater, Alan is a board member for the Robert Toigo Foundation, which prepares underrepresented talent for leadership and helps businesses create environments where those individuals can thrive. He has also been a member of the Executive Leadership Council and a board member of the NY Urban League. His D&I leadership—including his involvement with 100 Black Men of Stamford—has been recognized by officials such as U.S. Congressman Jim Himes. Alan holds a bachelor’s degree from UPenn and a master’s degree from Oxford.

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Suresh Raj

Chief Business Development Officer

Vision7 International

Suresh sits on the Global Board for Vision7 International, and is Executive Sponsor for the Diversity & Inclusion Steering Committee. Through this, he provides counsel, direction and operational change to the way the organization recruits, manages and involves talent. He actively pushes for recruitment of senior talent from minority backgrounds to spearhead cultural change. Suresh is also Executive Sponsor outside work, for numerous networks focused on personal and professional development of Black, Asian and Latin communities. Last year, Suresh was invited to chair a conversation on humanity and race at the TED 2019 conference, and regularly appears as a panelist and speaker on D&I topics. He is also an inaugural member of The Alliance, a group of global senior LGBT+ leaders using their collective influence to drive corporate and social change for minorities.

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Jonathan Mildenhall

CEO & Co-founder

TwentyFirstCenturyBrand

Jonathan's commitment to diversity and inclusion is reflected in the values of his company. D&I is always considered when looking at new talent, and TwentyFirstCenturyBrand (21CB) has built a summer internship program that recruits interns from College Track, a non-profit which empowers students from underserved communities to graduate from college. Jonathan is also an Executive Committee Member and National Board Member for College Track. 21CB offers interns with valuable exposure to marketing and brand strategy while committing to full-time permanent work placements for the most deserving of talent who pass through the program: We lift people up and help them sustain their rightful place in the workforce. Additionally over the last few years, Jonathan has advised many high-profile tech and startup companies in San Francisco to become more diverse through tangible actions. He is also a partner with Alma, which supports non-profits and empowers organizations which further diversity and inclusion in marketing and advertising.

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Justin Carty

Senior Director

CBRE

Justin is a real estate and funding specialist who has advised on more than £10bn of transactions. He Founded CBRE’s Multi-Cultural Network, is Head of the CBRE Race Taskforce and a member of the CBRE UK Diversity Steering Group. He ensures that D&I is central to CBRE, resulting in initiatives such as unconscious bias training for senior staff, the inclusion of D&I objectives in the appraisal process and a wide variety of D&I events being held. Justin and the MCN's work has resulted in the collation and analysis of data in relation to BAME staff, CBRE signing the Race in Work Charter and the creation of a Race Taskforce. Justin is also Vice Chairman of DiverseCity Surveyors, which focuses on promoting BAME issues across the property industry. His DCS activity has contributed to mentorship programs and work experience opportunities for minority professionals and teenagers.

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Enterprise & Operational Risk Director

Aviva plc

As co-sponsor for the Aviva BAME Network, lead on inclusion in the Aviva Global Risk Function and a member of the UK Aviva Inclusion Council, Chika is a visible and accessible minority leader at Aviva. Chika has spearheaded various Diversity & Inclusion initiatives outside Aviva, connecting them whenever possible, such as a 2019 venture exploring the impact of race and education on recruitment for the black community with the Forward Institute (which promotes responsible leadership), support of the Amos Bursary (for which she is also a professional mentor) and Beyond the Classroom (a London-based social enterprise working to support the wider needs of less advantaged young girls and women) - among others. Helping young people from less advantaged and minority backgrounds has been a key focus for Chika through engagement with schools, work experience initiatives and informal individual mentoring. Chika chairs the Diversity Advisory Group for the UK Actuarial Profession and is a member of the Advisory Board for TWIN (The Women's Insurance Network).

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Tonia Bottoms

Managing Director & Senior Managing Counsel

BNYMellon Pershing

At BNY Mellon, Tonia is on the Global Leadership Council of IMPACT, the organization's multicultural BRG, where she spearheads initiatives for the recruitment and retention of minority employees. She developed a mentoring program, identified diverse colleagues in middle management and below, and provided additional mentoring and sponsorship to support the promotion of diverse candidates. Tonia also chairs IMPACT's Black Leadership Forum, which is dedicated to building the talent pipeline and positioning BNY Mellon as a preeminent employer for Black professionals. Additionally, Tonia serves as is a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council to the CEO. Offering her experiences and perspectives, she works to inform the strategy on diversity and inclusion across the enterprise and serve as a sounding board for senior leadership. Tonia has a commitment to her community, and currently serves on the Board of Directors for Girl Scouts of Nassau County, which provides girls with opportunities for community service and leadership development.

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Shelina Janmohamed

Vice President, Islamic Marketing

Ogilvy

Shelina is a member of Ogilvy's Inclusion Board and WPP's Inclusion board, and of WPP Roots Steering Committee, a global network bringing together individuals from diverse, underrepresented cultural backgrounds. She is also Vice President of Islamic Marketing, where she champions Muslim expression and engagement within Ogilvy. Shelina is purposefully visible and vocal as an ethnic minority board member and drives tangible change for her colleagues. She is an adviser to the AMAL Foundation, promoting Muslim cultural and creative activity, a board member at IMPRESS, and a judge for the D&AD New Blood Awards and the Gerety Awards. She has been working with Campaign Magazine to highlight D&I issues, and regularly contributes to other newspapers and publications.

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Marva Smalls

Global Head of Inclusion, ViacomCBS and Executive Vice President, Public Affairs, Kids & Family Entertainment Brands, ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks

ViacomCBS

Last year, Marva launched Viacom's first Inclusion Week, celebrating and strengthening diversity and inclusion across the company. All levels of the company came together for a week of compelling programming and immersive experiences which highlighted D&I topics. She also published Viacom's first Diversity and Inclusion Report, outlining the company's work to elevate diverse voices, which included demographic data about the employee base for use in benchmarking and goal-setting. Marva launched Viacom's Content Creation Council, applying a D&I lens to all aspects of content creation, and the Viewfinders Emerging TV Directors Program. She is a founding member of the Black Economic Alliance, she serves on the boards of the American Theatre Wing, the International African American Museum, the James Beard Foundation and Synovus Bank/South Carolina, among others, and she founded the Marva Smalls Endowment, awarding funds to young people and families from underrepresented groups.

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Rupal Kantaria

Director, Oliver Wyman Forum

Oliver Wyman

When convening business leaders for the Oliver Wyman Forum, Rupal ensures diversity and intersectionality play a leading role. Both within and outside of Oliver Wyman, Rupal has championed mentoring and reverse-mentoring programs, best practice sharing, and cross-company networking. She co-founded MissionINCLUDE, convening C-suite leaders to foster inclusion across all diversity strands. Led by Lord Popat, she co-hosts the only Black and Minority Ethnic International Women’s Day Speaker Showcase at the House of Commons, giving a platform to diverse stories from all genders and providing tangible actions for change. Rupal has led numerous other initiatives, including: exploring the racial diversity at client companies and reviewing how the client interacts with their BAME employees; engaging BAME leaders to champion the BAME agenda; and reshaping flagship events to prioritize diverse panels and attendance.

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Richard Iferenta

Partner

KPMG LLP

Richard is a Partner Sponsor of KPMG UK's African Caribbean Network, and worked with the firm's managing partner to set up the Black Heritage Working Group, bringing together senior stakeholders to deliver a strategy to build on inclusion for Black Heritage colleagues, including reviewing project allocation processes and tailored exit interviews. Richard chairs the Race Diversity Board of Business in the Community, and has championed initiatives including the Race at Work Charter, which has been adopted by the UK Government, and collaborating with the government on Ethnicity Pay Gap reporting. He established the KPMG Black Leaders Network and mentors a vast range of professionals to build confidence and navigate progression. He is regularly invited to speak publicly on D&I topics.

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Michael Fraccaro

Chief HR Officer

MasterCard

As Chief HR Officer, Michael is committed to a number of key D&I initiatives. He aims to acquire diverse talent through requiring diverse candidate slates for all VP+ searches, auditing existing external partnerships to ensure access to people of colour for current and future roles, and building relationships with Historical Black Colleges & Universities. He has hosted focus groups with POC to understand how to create a more inclusive environment, leading to a series of actions. He also initiated annual salary surveys to ensure no inequity in pay due to ethnicity, gender etc. As Global Executive Sponsor for the Leading Employees of African Descent (LEAD) BRG, Michael and the group are embarking on an exciting pilot program for mid-career leaders (in partnership with an external consultancy) for people of African descent. The program will help LEAD members navigate nuanced situations they may encounter and coach them through areas of opportunity from their assessments. Michael also mentors BRG steering committee members to help maximise impact. Michael champions and raises awareness for the need for greater diversity through numerous external organisations, helping them to fulfil their mission of unlocking potential for diverse job seekers.

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Manoj Raghunandanan

Global President, Self Care

Johnson and Johnson

Manoj is the executive sponsor and founding member of Johnson & Johnson’s Diversity Marketing Team, focused on recruitment, retention, development and advancement of diverse talent. Additionally, he works to make Johnson & Johnson a top employer choice for all African-Ancestry talent as executive sponsor of the African Ancestry Leadership Council. Manoj sits on the advisory board for the Academy of National Advertisers' Alliance for Inclusion & Multicultural Marketing, and on Google's Advisory Board for Multicultural Marketing. Manoj is a member of the Jack and Jill Father's Auxiliary, which is dedicated to nurturing future African American leaders.

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Diane Chadwick-Jones

Human Performance Director

BP

Diane is a co-chair of BP’s Positively Ethnic Network (PEN), an influential, employee-led group that is at the forefront of a step change in diversity and inclusion. Building upon her work in safety culture, Diane has led an impactful strategy review that consolidated the direction on mentoring, sponsorship and recruitment, and also leads the “Engaging Senior Leaders” workstream, producing workshops to counteract unconscious bias through empowering teams to make structural changes to systems and processes. Diane believes that ethnic diversity gives a competitive advantage that makes a big difference in creating value, and feels that mentoring and sponsorship are vital in skills-building for success. To this end, Diane designed and implemented a mentoring scheme involving senior leaders mentoring people of colour, which was then successfully applied widely in the diversity groups in BP. She is an advocate and mentor, supporting numerous ethnically diverse candidates internally and external to BP to manage dilemmas and focus on fulfilling their potential. Diane is also a member of “The Circle NGO”, which fights for equal rights for women all over the world.

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John Graff

CEO

Ashby & Graff Real Estate

When Ashby & Graff first launched in 2017, John mandated that any content produced by the company would always endeavour to reflect the diversity of America, so everyone who encounters the Ashby & Graff brand will instantly know they are welcome and can count on being provided the same effective, honest, and ethical service afforded all clients. John, who is openly gay, says his own personal experiences with discrimination and feeling unrepresented motivated his decree that affects all content, social media and other marketing produced by the company. Externally, John serves on the Board of Directors of the National Association of REALTORS and the California Association of REALTORS where he is heavily involved in promoting minority homeownership, especially among the African-American community which suffers from the lowest rate of homeownership of any group in the US. At the national level, he serves on the Multi-Cultural Leadership Advisory Council, which convenes the leaders of the various multicultural real estate organizations in the United States including the National Assoc. of Real Estate Brokers (NAREB), the National Assoc. of Hispanic Real Estate Professionals (NAHREP), the National Assoc. of Gay & Lesbian Real Estate Professionals (NAGLREP), the Asian Real Estate Association (AREA), and the Women's Council of REALTORS (WCR). He currently represents NAGLREP on the council, but works collaboratively with his friends from NAREB and other organizations to find solutions to discrimination against Black Americans in housing.

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Brian Corr

Head of Retail Competition

Financial Conduct Authority

Brian is part of the Spectrum (BAME network) leadership team and is co-sponsor of a Directorate’s Diversity and Inclusion working group. In Spectrum, Brian is a role model for non-BAME support for the network. He has delivered several career progression events for Spectrum members and established a strong working relationship with Black British Business Awards (BBBA), where he sits on a steering committee, attends events, secured slots on the first BBBA BAME talent accelerator programme and will support the second programme this year. Brian mentors BAME colleagues and is part of the FCA BAME sponsorship programme. He co-sponsors a diverse and committed group to progress the diversity and inclusion agenda, seeking stretch opportunities and exposure to senior management for both BAME and non BAME staff in the group. Brian and his working group have introduced a BAME mentoring programme in his Directorate, bringing together senior leaders and BAME colleagues and have introduced regular support and challenge sessions where Directors are held to account for their progress on Diversity and Inclusion. Furthermore, he co-led the design and delivery of an inclusive leadership event for 140 leaders in his Directorate and a dedicated programme of action that led to a positive shift in BAME colleagues’ staff survey scores on their experience of working in the Directorate. Externally, he delivered a coaching session for Business in the Community’s BAME mentoring circle, and has been involved with a team running career aspiration and leadership sessions with 14-16 year olds from local schools that are mainly from BAME backgrounds.

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Jackie Uhi

Head of Mortgages & Wealth

HSBC UK

Jackie has a number of active roles in driving the inclusivity agenda at HSBC UK, including as EMpower Steerco; EMpower sponsor, nurturing internal BAME talent; on the UK Culture & Engagement committee; Executive Women’s forum steerco; by proactively contributing to and promoting Women on Boards; and supporting the Atlas Mentoring Platform, Women Ahead. She has been the executive sponsor for Embrace for the last 18 months, and has been instrumental in acting as a trusted advisor for the network committee. Jackie ensures all things inclusion are discussed at board level to help shape strategy; she has mentored chairs, sponsors and committee members, alongside BAME colleagues aiming to achieve director-level roles. She presents at events, promoting all aspects of D&I and has pushed a recruitment drive for increasing BAME leadership. Externally, Jackie has worked with the CEO of the Diana Award which has led to opportunities for HSBC employees to mentor and make a difference to the lives of young people mostly from a BAME background. The team have run mentoring programmes, offering career insight which is fun, diverse and truly benefits young people’s personal and professional development.

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Mauro Gregorio

President, Performance Materials & Coatings

Dow

Mauro leads one of the most diversified business units at Dow, which is a cultural amalgamation of two large mergers in the company’s history. He credits the company advancement in inclusion to his largely ethnically diverse and gender balanced leadership team. Mauro initiated a successful accountability program in which each leadership member adopts a global site solely to foster inclusion, working conditions and employee engagement at all levels. A strong believer that “Education is THE accelerator of Inclusion”, Mauro is active in education programs for students of color and diverse ethnic backgrounds, ranging from engaging with African American universities to providing scholarship and fundraising for community colleges. Mauro is a member of the USA-Brazil CEO Council and meets regularly with high-level officials from both governments to discuss actions to improve trade and collaboration in educational programs which create bridges for social advancement.

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Kanya King

CEO

MOBO Organisation Limited

Since founding the MOBO Awards in 1996, Kanya has been a key voice for diversity in music and the arts - working with the London Theatre Consortium to address the lack of executive-level diversity in theatre is just one example. For 2020 she announced a year of cultural events to coincide with the MOBO Awards Homecoming and together with the MOBO Trust and their partners will launch a million hours of opportunity campaign for young people of color to engage and interact with culture through music creation, writing, producing, design, coding, talks and business. She helps ensure a diverse selection of candidates as a member of the Arts and Media Honours Committee and is also a member of the Creative Industries Council, prioritizing D&I. In 2018, Kanya was awarded a CBE for services to music, diversity and culture.

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Punit Renjen

CEO, Deloitte Global

Deloitte

Punit has worked diligently at Deloitte to create an inclusive culture that reflects his personal journey as the first Indian-born CEO to lead a Big 4 firm. His deeply held belief — that there’s strength in diversity – is reflected in his signature initiatives – Deloitte’s WorldClass, refreshed Shared Values and ALL IN, which aims to increase the number of women and minority leaders throughout the organization. Outside Deloitte, Punit has been a supporter of the activities of the Office of Multicultural Affairs at Willamette University (his alma matter), which is housed in the Renjen Center. Punit is a member of the Business Roundtable, a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, Vice Chairman of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum and recently concluded his term as the Chairman of the United Way Worldwide. In February 2020, he was recognized by the Oregon Historical Society as a “history maker” for his visionary business leadership.

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Ajay Banga

President and CEO

MasterCard

Ajay is co-chair of Mastercard’s global inclusion and diversity council, where he pushes to provide a level playing field, encouraging colleagues to use their unique perspectives as a competitive differentiator. He is a founding trustee of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum and a member of the U.S.-India CEO Forum. Among other prominent positions, Ajay is Chairman Emeritus of the America India Foundation, and regularly speaks to executive and student groups on issues which support the principles of D&I.

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Bina Mehta

Partner

KPMG

Bina has over 20 years’ international experience in Corporate Finance and Restructuring and Chairs KPMG UK’s Emerging Giants practice. She is a role model with a strong voice who actively promotes inclusivity. She champions KPMG’s Global Diversity and Inclusion agenda taking a leading role with Women of the Future as well as with KPMG’s India Club, bringing together diversity networks to promote inclusion and recognize intersectionality. Outside of KPMG, Bina is a member of the Fawcett Society Advisory Group on Pay and Progression of Women of Colour, sits on HM Treasury and BEIS co-sponsored Council for Investing in Female Entrepreneurs and is a member of the India Business Forum, which promotes bilateral trade and investment. Bina is an Ambassador for Code First:Girls and passionate about inspiring diverse talent to consider careers in technology. She mentors junior female and BAME colleagues at the firm as well as entrepreneurs.

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Christina Liciaga

Head of Insurance Customer Journeys

HSBC

Christina is a speaker, panellist and vlog contributor on issues of race, diversity and inclusion, as well as a mentor to global BAME talent. She has increased BAME visibility in senior roles as representative to HSBC’s Global Diversity & Inclusion Taskforce, Co-facilitator of Global Graduate induction, Advisor for Hispanic & Latinx Diversity Committee (USA), and Embrace champion (UK). Externally, she advises BAME-owned ventures and has founded organisations supporting women of colour, including Women’s Wealth that helps minority women bridge the wealth gap. Christina is an Executive Trustee at JUSTICE, an all-party law reform and human rights organisation working to strengthen the UK justice system, and served on the Increasing Judicial Diversity Working Group, which delivered nation-wide proposals to counter structural barriers limiting diverse talent from reaching the judiciary’s highest levels. In 2020, she was recognised in the Top 10 Customer Experience Professionals in UK and in 2018 named Top 100 BAME Leaders in Business.

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Anre Williams

Group President, Global Merchant & Network Services

American Express

Anré is a passionate leader committed to enhancing Diversity and Inclusion inside and outside of the workplace. He leads American Express’ Executive Black Engagement Network, a group of 61 members that comprise the company’s most senior Black executives globally, and is an active member of the wider network. He readily participates in a broad range of D&I efforts globally, from enterprise-wide events like the American Express Global Women’s Conference, to local celebrations of International Women’s Day, to business-unit specific forums like Finance's D&I Symposium for Black and Latina leaders. He is a member of the Wharton Graduate Executive Board at University of Pennsylvania, where he is helping to increase financial support for African American students, including through establishing an African American MBA Student Support Fund. Anré is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council, which works to advance black executives and prepare the next generation of corporate leaders.

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Ara Tucker

VP, Talent and Culture

Audible|Inc.

At Audible, Ara leads an integrated group focused on attracting, hiring, onboarding, developing and engaging a broad spectrum of employees at all stages of their careers – from high school interns to senior leaders. The Talent and Culture teams provide distinctive candidate and employee experiences as well as talent management solutions across the globe to ensure that Audible is an inclusive and progressive workplace operating on the cutting edge of culture. Prior to joining Audible, Ara served in diversity and inclusion leadership roles in the financial and legal sectors. Ara also worked in higher education where she focused on matters related to academic, administrative and budgetary planning. Ara began her career as a corporate attorney. A visible and vocal minority leader, Ara regularly shares her story as an openly gay leader of color in a variety of settings including: prominent speaking engagements, LinkedIn and via her personal website, 'I'm Here Too'.

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Kevin Ellis

Chairman and Senior Partner

PwC

Kevin aims to create a culture where everyone feels empowered to be the best they can be, whatever their background and however they identify. This is why PwC has voluntarily published their ethnicity pay gap for the past two years in their digital annual report, alongside a clear action plan to drive diversity and inclusion. PwC have invested in creating progression coaches to provide career advice and advocacy specifically aimed at high-potential ethnic minority and female directors. The programme is designed to directly improve gender and ethnicity pay gaps by ensuring PwC has a strong pipeline of senior people to fill these roles in the coming years. Kevin has also changed PwC’s partner income allocation process to ensure those leaders within PwC who are making a positive contribution to gender and ethnicity targets are recognised and rewarded. This is helping to drive accountability for diversity and inclusion among each of the firm’s leaders who all have a role to play in setting the right tone from the top. With Kevin’s guidance, PwC has recently joined forces with UKBlackTech to encourage greater diversity in the technology sector and to inspire more young people from a range of backgrounds to pursue careers in technology. Passionate about social mobility and ethnic diversity, Kevin championed PwC’s investment in Bradford as a way of enacting change in an area identified by the government as an opportunity area. Kevin also mentors ethnic minority future leaders from other PwC network firms and is the long-term sponsor of PwC’s GLEE (gays, lesbians and everyone else) network, which has grown to over 900 members.

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Dinesh Paliwal

Senior Advisor to the Board and CEO

HARMAN

Talent development is at the top of Dinesh's agenda as Senior Advisor to the Board and CEO of HARMAN, particularly for women and ethnic minority communities. This has led to the implementation of the Hungry Cubs and Hungry Tigers, and the Leadership Experience Acceleration Program, which have gained recognition for HARMAN as an employer of choice, including in the Profiles in Diversity Journal. Dinesh's family foundation, the Ila & Dinesh Paliwal Foundation, provides financial and advisory support to promote discovery and innovation among underrepresented populations in STEAM. Dinesh serves on the boards of Bristol-Myers Squibb, Nestlé and Raytheon Tech, and is also a member of the U.S.-India CEO Forum and the U.S.-India business Council, among many others.

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Samantha Mobley

Partner

Baker & McKenzie

In October 2017, to coincide with Black History Month, Samantha and her team launched the Colour Brave campaign. She distributed their message through variety of forums including sharing personal stories, a Colour Brave video, a pledge board and a panel discussion. Ahead of the campaign, Samantha presented the Colour Brave concept to all London office partners and Baker & McKenzie’s Global Chair. As a result, almost half of Baker & McKenzie employees signed the Colour Brave pledge, pledging to become comfortable with the uncomfortable conversations about race. Following the launch of Colour Brave, Samantha has continued to champion the ethnicity agenda through regular participation in Baker & McKenzie’s employee network group, BakerEthnicity. On being appointed to the London Management Committee, Samantha has sought to maximise her increased platform to pursue the agenda with her peers and she has supported the introduction of ethnicity workforce targets and publishing the ethnicity pay gap, alongside statutory gender pay reporting. Through the network, Samantha is not only introducing the concept of intersectionality to diversity discussions, but is also proactively building these conversations into relationship meetings with clients. She is an active participant and supporter of the POWER gender network, and is encouraging debates on race and gender through an intersectional lens. Samantha is also determined to launch a cross sector ethnic minority initiative, which encourages firms across the City to get together in a joint effort to embrace the Colour Brave concept.

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Dr Paula C H Franklin

Chief Medical Officer, Bupa Group & Chief Medical and Risk Officer, Bupa Global & UK

Bupa

Paula is the Executive Sponsor for Bupa's Global Diversity & Inclusion agenda, specifically for promoting women and BAME colleagues in leadership. Recently, Bupa committed to working towards mandatory ethnicity pay gap reporting, and hosted the East London Business Alliance's 'Board Match' event, inviting charities that support underrepresented groups into employment. Previous to her current role, Paula was Chair of the Bupa UK Foundation. During this time, the Foundation worked with the Taylor Bennet Foundation, aiming to encourage more BAME graduates to pursue a career in communications.

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Robert Lawson

Global Head of M&A and Gas & Power Trading

BP

In 2006, Robert co-founded and initially chaired BP’s ethnicity business resource group, the Positively Ethnic Network. Since that time, he has been an active and committed supporter of ethnic minorities in BP and has continued his involvement with the Positively Ethnic Network by serving as an ambassador, sponsor and speaker at related events. Over the past few months, Robert has become the lead executive overseeing ethnicity and related activities in BP’s Canary Wharf offices, running regular events that have helped increase awareness of ethnicity issues for non-ethnic staff whilst enhancing workplace inclusivity for all staff. In particular, progress has been made around mentoring and recruitment initiatives. Robert is also a passionate advocate for the need to analyse and benchmark ethnicity data relating to the workforce in order to monitor progress, remove any biases and drive sustainable change. Robert is personally involved with three world leading business schools: Stanford Graduate School of Business (MSx Advisory Board); Cambridge Judge Business School (Honorary Fellow); Cass Business School (M&A Research Centre Advisory Board); and he regularly provides career coaching to emerging ethnic minority leaders.

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Adrian Joseph

Managing Director, Group AI and Data Solutions

BT Group

Adrian joined BT in February 2020 and was previously a Partner and Head of AI, EMEIA and UK, EY (Ernst & Young) Financial Services until January 2020. At EY he was an advisor to the Race Diversity Committee and worked to improve focus, processes and metrics across the organization. In 2018, he achieved 50% BAME and 50% women recruitment in leading a team of 200. Adrian was a NED with the Home Office for over four years until January 2020, where he was a member of the Race Board and contributed to the Home Office D&I strategy. He is also a NED on the People Board of the Cabinet Office, where he challenges government-wide plans and injects an external perspective on race diversity strategies and policies. Adrian was awarded an OBE for services to equality and diversity in business in the 2019 New Year's Honours List and is on the Advisory Board of Business in the Community.

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Ratidzo Starkey

Head of Outreach and Education

Bank of England

Ratidzo co-chairs the Bank of England’s Ethnic Minority Network, steering the network to focus on ethnic minority representation at the Bank. She has provided the Network with clear direction, utilising her visibility with senior management to ensure that BAME issues are prominent on the executive agenda. She has collaborated with HR to understand the issues faced by ethnic minorities at the Bank, in order to effect positive change. Ratidzo has represented BAME colleagues at executive committees, driving the Bank’s strategy to improve the progression of BAME colleagues, and successfully encouraging the Bank to sign up to the Race at Work Charter, sponsored by Business in the Community. Ratidzo curated the Bank’s Black History Month celebrations, fostering a culture of inclusivity for her colleagues in the Bank. Ratidzo fed into a number of policies to ensure the Bank considers diversity in the external activities it undertakes and, in her capacity as Head of Outreach and Education, Ratidzo ensures that the Bank is honouring its commitment to be a role model for other institutions in the City. She is also on the steering group for the Bank’s African Caribbean Scholarship scheme. Externally, Ratidzo is a judge for the Black British Business Awards and participates in a number of career-focused panels where she talks about the importance of diversity in the workplace. She has mentored young people of colour from disadvantaged backgrounds through a number of schemes, and has co-organised a number of diversity-related events as part of her local school’s Parent-Teachers’ Association.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Jorge Santos

Vice President

Goldman Sachs

Jorge is a member of the Firmwide Hispanic/Latino network (FHLN), through which he aims to help develop Goldman Sachs’ Hispanic/Latino professionals so that one day the firm could have a strong number of Hispanic/Latino professionals in top leadership positions. He has been nominated as the co-head of the professional development pillar, fostering the mission of the network to attract, retain and develop the firm’s Hispanic/Latino professionals by providing professional development opportunities in key areas such as leadership, communication and commercial impact. He implemented two key impactful programs that helped advance the careers of many Hispanic/Latino professionals at the firm, the “Continued Education Series,” a panel discussion that provided a forum to hear from Goldman Sachs colleagues who had earned their CFA or CPA licenses and to learn about the impact these certifications had on their careers, and the “Internal Mobility: Learn and Connect” event, which included a panel on career mobility followed by a networking event with hiring teams to learn about open roles. Jorge is also a member of the Securities Summer Diversity Council, which monitored the performance and experience of 51 Black, Hispanic or Latino interns joining the Securities Division this summer across all functions and ultimately helped to inform hiring decisions for the firm. Many recent graduates reach out to Jorge for career advice on how to get a role at the firm or excel in a career as a trader. He has participated in the Schusterman Initiative’s Reality Adelante Experience, and has recently been appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Friends of Puerto Rico.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Jehu Chesson

Manager, Business Operations

MasterCard

Jehu currently serves as a global lead for the LEAD (Leading Employees of African Descent) BRG at MasterCard, overseeing numerous global chapters and being instrumental in launching further chapters in Lagos, London and Waterloo. As global lead, Jehu champions inclusion, develops the annual BRG strategy, seeks to maximise impact and works to build strong relationships with other BRGs and to solicit executive support. Jehu drives efforts geared towards development of minority employees, and participates in innovation challenges, community support, diverse recruitment and mentoring. He ensures that LEAD partner with Human Resources annually to recruit minority interns and draw from Historical Black Colleges & Universities. Currently, Jehu is working with MasterCard’s Black Executive Network to establish a global mentoring programme. Externally, Jehu serves as a role model and mentor for minorities within the community. He volunteers on several committees in the local school district, and has helped to coach a diverse sports team. During the protests following the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in St. Louis, MO, Jehu volunteered with a minority group to collect relief supplies, food & distributed to needy families within the impacted communities.

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Imran Sheikh

Global Controller, Integrated Supply & Trading

BP plc

Imran is the co-chair of a UK wide network that promotes Ethnic Diversity within BP and led a successful drive for transparency of ethnic minority data across the UK entities within BP. Imran is a mentor to numerous individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds. He has ensured his team is diverse from a colour, gender and sexuality perspective, and has championed fun events that promote open dialogue around race and ethnicity but attract and engage all employees. He has made the case for diversity being good for business rather than simply a corporate responsibility at several senior executive meetings, and has helped secure his network a seat at the table of the group’s HR strategy team. He has participated in EMpower’s mentoring programme and has spoken about successful employee affinity groups at an EMpower event. Along with the co-chair of his network, Imran was invited to be on the panel at an ethnicity network event at UBS alongside Dame Fiona Wolf. He is also the executive sponsor for BP’s involvement with the Career Ready charity, which focuses on getting young people from the local communities that businesses are based in ready for the world of work. Being based in Canary Wharf, talent from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets is not well represented in local businesses. By championing this effort, Imran has supported internships for 10-15 people per year, with 95% of interns from BAME backgrounds.

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Joanie Kwok

Director

Anheuser- Busch

Joanie is no stranger to pushing past her comfort zone to further dialogue around diversity; she uses her own (still growing) experience of cultural duality to bridge gaps in understanding. She was born in Queens, NY and raised in a Chinese & pan-Asian dominant neighbourhood. Because of this, she didn’t fully cherish her heritage until attending Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA. She very quickly pivoted to become a lead within the Pac Asia club and a participant in conversations around embracing race & ethnicity on campus. Joanie is now co-chair of Anheuser-Busch’s US Pac-Asia employee resource group, a part of the company’s wide reaching D&I initiatives. The group’s mission is two-fold: to generate awareness of Asian American consumers to the larger organization by sharing their diverse experiences and to create an inclusive community for Asian & POC employees. The hope is that with more awareness comes more compassionate curiosity in engaging with different consumer bases. Externally, she has served as a lead within Asian American for Equality and the Museum of Chinese in America young professional groups, and volunteers with AALDEF to conduct the post-election poll survey in ethnic communities. Feel free to give her a ping if you’re looking for non-light beer pairings for Asian cuisines!

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Patrice Gordon-Mantey

Joint Venture Senior Manager

Virgin Atlantic limited

Patrice is responsible for managing the relationship between Virgin Atlantic and its partners at Delta and Air France KLM. Soon after joining Virgin Atlantic, Patrice was quickly recognised as a change catalyst and nominated to head up the Talent Development Group for the Finance Department. She was asked to be the first Reverse Mentor within the Company to the CEO and then lead a cohort of Reverse Mentors across the business, which will expand across the year. Chosen due to her ability to translate between all levels, her background, and ability to be objective and honest. Patrice has been able to shed some light on some of the challenges she has faced in her career and within the organisation, which she believes could have hindered her development, personal learnings on what she could have done differently, but most importantly what she believes are the key attributes to success. Most recently, Patrice received certification to facilitate the Springboard training programme, a development course for junior women in business. Patrice also studied independently to become certified as a Personal and Business Coach, keen to help others realise their potential and become their best selves.

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Nick Owen

Chairman

Deloitte

Deloitte is focused on having an inclusive culture, which is representative of society. Nick’s role as Chair has been to encourage Deloitte’s Executive leadership to further embed the principles of Respect & Inclusion throughout the company’s culture. In the last 4 years, Deloitte has rolled out mandatory training, to encourage Respect and Inclusion among all employees, including inclusive leadership workshops with over 6,000 senior leaders, providing absolute clarity on the respectful behaviours expected from everyone, regardless of seniority. Following Deloitte’s initial progress in gender diversity, Nick has challenged the organisation to include more emphasis on ethnicity, and to start to explore further inclusion opportunities, with reference to neurodiversity, disability and social mobility, through blind and contextualised recruitment. As Chair of a client-centric organisation, Nick is able to drive Deloitte’s inclusion message externally. As such, he sponsors the BAME on Boards programme, which supports senior BAME individuals on their journey to Boardroom positions, through a tailored programme of training, mentoring and networking events, in parallel with a similar programme he sponsors to develop Women on Boards. Nick encourages FTSE Chairs to nominate participants, in collaboration with the BBBA. The programme has raised awareness of BAME progression at the most senior levels and given FTSE Boards a practical opportunity to take action to improve ethnic representation in their organisations.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 15 Advocates

David Hynam

CEO

Bupa UK

As CEO of Bupa UK, David is proud that 20% of the organisation and around 10% of senior leaders are BAME – as are 15% of his own direct reports. He is an active sponsor of Bupa’s employee network, DiverCity, which has a dedicated group focused for BAME employees. Bupa UK joined EMpower in 2018, strengthening their commitment to creating an even more inclusive business, and David led the launch of Be you at Bupa; a public commitment to inclusion which has now been adopted at all offices across the Bupa footprint. David sponsored the update of their D&I policies to align with the ethos of Be you at Bupa. He also led the launch of Bupa UK’s Code of Conduct, which helps Bupa to be an inclusive organisation where nobody is treated differently. As part of the opening of Bupa’s new office in Salford, David led the launch of the Everyone’s Welcome pledge, engaging the support of other organisations. David has been a Trustee of the UK Foundation, an independent grant-giving body, which has actively supported a number of important, charitable projects to support people’s emotional and physical wellbeing. This includes the charity, Key Changes, who have a programme of health and social activities for BAME men experiencing severe and enduring mental health problems. The UK Foundation has also funded the Asian Lone Women Parents Association’s mental health project, and the Southall Community Alliance to provide more than 60 weekly sessions to help physically inactive older Asian and African carers to manage their health and get fitter. Beyond his corporate role, David is the chairman of HomeServeUK, where he also champions D&I.

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Jennifer Rademaker

Executive Vice President - Global Customer Delivery

MasterCard

Jennifer drives change beyond a balanced slate, focusing on developing people of colour and increasing role models. Her focus on role models transformed her leadership team from 29% executives of colour to 50% in one year. She is preparing the next generation of executives by personally coaching 11 high potential ethnic minority leaders at Mastercard. She also serves as the Executive Sponsor for Mastercard’s African descent employee group (LEAD) in Europe, hosting activities in Mastercard’s European offices with topics geared to supporting career advancement, personal development, and sponsorship for ethnic minority employees, as well as showcasing role models. In addition, Jennifer spends career coaching time with members of the LEAD steering committee to support their advancement. Outside of work, she serves on the New York board of the American Red Cross and is a member of the House of St Barnabas, an organization that provides job training to combat homelessness.

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Anthony Francis

Lead Project Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

Over the past year, Anthony undertook a number of initiatives to make Lloyds more inclusive, including writing several blogs on the experiences of ethnic minority individuals, pushing for greater intersectionality with the firm’s LGBT+ network and being appointed role model and intersectionality lead. He has undertaken numerous speaking engagements and mentors younger ethnic minority colleagues. Beyond Lloyds, Anthony mentors individuals at other organisations and has mentored younger people of colour via Stonewall, building awareness in schools and communities about intersectionality within ethnic minority, faith inclusion and LGBT+ inclusion. He speaks at schools, pushes inclusive messages via his social media platform and sits on numerous external panels to further deliver this message of intersectionality. He has been identified for the past two years by Lloyds as an Ethnicity Role Model and an LGBT+ Role Model.

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Dominic Christian

Global Chairman, Reinsurance Solutions

Aon

At Aon, Dominic has ensured that his leadership team have to sponsor 3-5 diverse colleagues and have D&I goals in their objectives, ensuring a strong pipeline of diverse talent. He is committed to driving social mobility to enable those from ethnic minority and disadvantaged backgrounds to have the opportunities that privileged, majority communities take for granted. Dominic has supported the development of Aon’s traineeship programme, Step Up, which attracts young NEETs (those not in education, employment or training) who are aged 18-25 to gain valuable experience and skills to enable them to enter the job market. Alongside one of the BAME women he sponsors, Dominic worked on two initiatives recently to attract BAME talent to Aon, an ‘Insight Week’ to give a week’s work experience to 15 young BAME individuals, involving presentations, skills workshops, and job shadowing to help introduce the candidates to the type of work that Aon undertakes, run by role model volunteers; and a brand new two-day workshop designed to attract BAME individuals and fast-track them to the assessment centre for Aon’s graduate programme. Beyond Aon, Dominic sponsors the Lord Mayor’s Appeal, which supports social mobility and encourages minority groups. As Chairman of Inclusion@Lloyd’s, Dominic also has influence across the whole of the insurance industry and works with leaders at other firms to drive a culture of inclusion. Additionally, Dominic is actively involved in mentoring BAME women to assist with their career progression in the city.

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Louise Twycross-Lewis

Head of Quantitative Research

Wavemaker

Louise set up WM Roots, a group of like-minded colleagues who champion ethnic and cultural diversity at Wavemaker, as well as driving greater inclusivity and representation within the wider media industry. Louise has presented Wavemaker-specific results from the Industry Diversity Taskforce census to the agency, to be used to track diversity progress; arranged for WE ARE STRIPES to speak about their work championing ethnic diversity and highlight how Wavemaker staff can get involved; organised a photography exhibition featuring and celebrating women of colour; and connected with WPP contacts to help set-up their own branches of Roots. Roots has facilitated numerous events to promote D&I and intersectionality, including participation in mentoring schemes and collaborating with HR on incorporating D&I into recruitment practices. To achieve positive change outside of her WM Roots efforts, Louise mentors women of colour within the communications industry. She has also worked hard to raise her own profile and visibility to act as a role model.

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Mairéad Nayager

Chief HR Officer

Diageo

Recognising the importance of diversity to Diageo’s business ambitions, Mairéad led efforts across the business to put a real focus on ensuring they are recruiting, developing and retaining people of all backgrounds, which includes people from all ethnic backgrounds. In South Africa, Mairéad worked to transform Diageo JV’s approach on the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment agenda, significantly improving its BBBEE contribution from a ‘Level 8’ contributor to ‘Level 6’ over 3 years, with Diageo SA now 100% compliant at ‘Level 4’. Following Diageo’s recent pledge to improve the career outcomes for BAME employees in the UK, they have signed the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter, and Mairéad has become Diageo’s ‘Executive Sponsor for Race’. She is also executive sponsor for the newly formed ‘REACH’ Employee Resource Group, which aims to foster an inclusive working environment where everyone can be at their best, by providing a community structure and support system that promotes the recruitment, retention and development of ethnically diverse employees.

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Jennie Koo

Head of Operations Risk Management

Capital One

Previously of RBS, Jennie chaired the Multicultural Network and co-chaired the Women’s Network and organised a BAME career conference for school children and their parents. Since moving to Capital One, Jennie continues to take an active role bringing her experiences and knowledge to raise awareness of BAME and unconscious bias both internally and externally. She drives forward awareness of the impact of group think and diversity of thought, not just in the BAME space but with future leaders through graduate programmes, universities and various programmes such as Enactus and the Prince's Trust. Externally, she established the Birmingham branch of Women in Banking & Finance, using this platform to engage on the ethnicity agenda. She has spoken on BAME inclusion at the Chartered Institute of Insurers, LGBT Alliance Network and Women in Finance. By utilising her position, Jennie is driving forward the discussion and awareness of the need for BAME representation along with other diversity of thought in the boardroom. She is currently working on bringing to Birmingham the first BAME Professional Career Development Conference, where she aims to tackle not only BAME issues, but also location bias, which is particularly prevalent in the financial service sector.

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Ileana Sodani

EMEA Head of Sales

BNY Mellon

In her role as EMEA executive sponsor for IMPACT, a resource group supporting BNY Mellon’s commitment to ethnic diversity and inclusion, Ileana is steadfastly committed to leading efforts to embed the mission of “driving ethnic diversity and making it an asset” within BNY Mellon’s company culture, focusing on ethnically diverse talent both internally and externally and ensuring everything is measurable, for the purpose of benchmarking, data gathering and monitoring. This year, Ileana launched the network’s ‘self-disclosure’ campaign, which aims to understand the reasons behind why people don’t disclose their ethnicity. Ileana continues to challenge BNY Mellon’s senior team to embed diversity in promoting and hiring practices, and establish a diverse stream of internal talent for middle and senior management roles. She is also partnering with BNY Mellon’s HR to review their university recruiting programme and the ways in which they could improve diversity in the talent pipeline. Ileana regularly shares her personal commitment by participating on industry panels, most recently on a ‘Women in Islamic and Ethical Finance’ panel. She is also one of the original founding members of The Network of Networks, which aims to connect women’s network leaders, BAME network leaders and LGBT+ network leaders from 50 companies to share experiences and ideas surrounding D&I.

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Anjeli Patel

Senior Consultant

Deloitte

Having recently joined Deloitte, Anjeli has become an member of the firm’s multicultural network. She represented her previous firm, at Stonewall Workplace conference 3 times, speaking specifically about the challenges faced by Asian LGBT+ individuals. She was on the leadership team of the firm’s LGBT+ network and was consulted on the creation of gender neutral toilets. As a trans woman, Anjeli is passionate about creating inclusion for LGBT people of colour. She has spoken extensively about the issues faced by LGBT people of colour from her perspective, including in an interview with the BBC Asian Network and the FT on transgender rights being the frontier for business and change. She recently featured in the Asian Voice Newspaper, speaking openly about the impact that being LGBT+ can have on mental health, particularly focusing on cultural nuances. She has previously spoken at the GG2 diversity conference and at various universities across the country. She has been recognised as an LGBT+ role model by Leicester City Council and has been listed in the India London Gazette Powerlist.

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Philip Davidson

Managing Partner

KPMG

Philip is a visible and active champion for inclusion at the most senior levels of the firm to ensure that KPMG is a magnet for talent and the clear choice for their clients. He is the Sponsoring Partner of KPMG’s Black Heritage Reverse Mentoring programme, which helps Partners understand the experiences of Black Heritage (BH) colleagues at KPMG, by matching them with a more junior BH Mentor for confidential and supportive discussions. In addition to the programme providing increased exposure to the Partnership, Philip has personally ensured that BH mentors are allocated a Partner Sponsor to help build their internal networks and drive career development. Philip also founded KPMG’s Black Heritage Working Group, which brings together Black Heritage Partners, Head of People, Co-Head of IDSE and the Chair of KPMG's African Caribbean Network to track progress on FY19 BH targets, deliver specific actions to help advance BH inclusion and provide challenge and critique to internal strategies and campaigns. He sponsored KPMG’s Black Entrepreneurs' Award (BEA), designed to support Black entrepreneurs and their start-ups to become investment ready beyond the firm, providing winning entrants with investment in their business, a senior KPMG mentor and membership of the Enterprise Nation small business network.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 15 Advocates

Sid Maheshwari

System and Architecture lead

Aviva plc

Sid has been pivotal in promoting the ‘Aviva Origins’ community, one of six employee networks developed in 2018 to ensure Aviva promotes a fully inclusive environment where colleagues from diverse ethnicities and backgrounds can flourish. He sits on the Aviva Origins steering committee and has been instrumental in supporting the delivery of many fundamental changes in the organisation including implementing the RACE charter, which includes providing leadership on race and ethnicity in Aviva. Last year, Sid led the Diwali celebrations across multiple UK sites in Aviva which generated a huge interest amongst UK employees to partner with the Origin community. Sid has been supporting diversity mentoring scheme for students, and is partnering with the central diversity team to roll out unconscious bias training across Aviva. Sid leads the communication function for the Origins community and led the design of the technology platform where Origins material could be easily hosted and accessed, allowing members to discuss any barriers and issues they face. In addition, Sid has been an active mentor to junior BAME colleagues. He championed the roll out of a ‘cultural exchange’ training programme with the Aviva’s offshore partners with the aim to bring cultures closer together, and contributed to other strategic deliveries including critical work using 'data' to understand barriers and opportunities at work. Externally, Sid is the principal secretary and one of the founding members of Amerindis, a network based in South Bucks to promote Indian culture and heritage. Sid has played a pivotal role in increasing the membership base of Amerindis from a few families in 2014 to 450+ individuals and growing. Sid is also supporting an awareness campaign with local residents impacted by increased burglary cases amongst the Asian families, raising issues with local police and council. Sid is a huge supporter of Asian Women across industries, often nominating those with exemplary achievements for awards.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Leon Walker

Development Manager, Managing Agents & Groups

Lloyd's of London

Leon is chair of the Global Cultural Awareness Network (CAN@Lloyd’s), which promotes religious and cultural diversity, career progression and diversity of thought. In 2018 this included a celebration of Indian Maritime Business and the launch of an associated mentoring scheme, an initiative targeting 65 BAME emerging talents, creating a platform to share their experiences of working in the Lloyd’s Market resulting in a “Black Paper" for Leaders due for release in October 2019. Leon also played a leading role in Lloyd’s signing up to the EMpower Ethnicity Pay Gap Mandate, which kicked off the Lloyd's I Did It (Self ID) campaign for the collection of the data to report its Ethnicity Pay Gap. Outside of work Leon is chair of the EMpower Working Party which has representation across financial services and drove the creation of the EMpower Ethnicity Pay Gap Mandate. He is also deputy chair of the Lloyd’s Assembly, which promotes diversity of thought and experience across the Lloyd’s Market. Leon is a governor at Manorfield Primary School in Tower Hamlets, and speaks regularly on race & equality, on podcasts and at panel events, including DiveIn. Leon is an established reverse mentor to leaders in Insurance and Politics and runs a successful mentoring circle for emerging talents from diverse backgrounds, supporting the development of their early careers in Financial Services.

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Cecil Adjalo

UK Director

Hiberus Tecnologia

Cecil is a visible Black role model to aspiring talent, sitting on the board of Hiberus Tecnologia. In his previous position, Cecil led the partnering of charity Place2Be, setting up a business challenge day with 15 students from the London Bridge area, 95% of participants were ethnic. On the board of Hiberus Tecnologia, Cecil is a voice for the under-represented when it comes to recruitment strategies. He also acts as a mentor to BAME colleagues, and plans to set up an official BAME initiative within the next year. Cecil dedicates time to building startups with founders from BAME backgrounds through Foundervine CIC, where he is significantly involved all planning, decision making, and execution of high impact initiatives. Their flagship programme, Startup 54, has seen the creation of 24 startups, with 116 graduates exploring new business ideas, teaming up and forming business ventures that are then pitched to VC and investor judges. He has also made significant contributions to The Summer Gathering and Founderfest, gatherings of innovators, entrepreneurs, future founders and investors, bringing people together who are highly ambitious, like-minded and thirsty for knowledge. Recently, they partnered with BAME focused colourintech and sponsored a young BAME founder to go to Silicon Valley for a week visiting companies like Weebly, WeWork, Google.Org, Mindspace and more. They have been recognised in the Sunday Times and invited to Downing Street.

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Dara Kirton

Senior Manager

PwC

Since joining PwC, Dara has had had a proactive role in diversity outside of her day job in consulting. In 2013, she set up the PwC Diversity Mentoring scheme to encourage students from under represented backgrounds to seek and gain careers in professional services. The scheme supports 200 students across the UK with employability skills and applications. 60% of these students are from BAME backgrounds. She has chaired the PwC Multicultural Business Network since 2015, steering the network through a relaunch, and it now has over 1,100 members. Dara led ColourBrave, a national campaign encouraging conversations on race at PwC. She now sponsors the network, mentoring the co-chairs and supporting and facilitating discussions with leadership and clients. On a day to day level, Dara has acted as a role model, coach, mentor and sounding board to many BAME colleagues and proactively championed diversity and inclusion across the firm. She joined the founding team of UK Black Tech, an organisation put in place to increase the cultural diversity of the tech industry, and is an active member of the EMpower working committee.

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Maya Mansour

Management Consultant (Associate, Organizational Effectiveness)

Oliver Wyman

As an organizational psychologist and management consultant, Maya deeply values the importance of inclusion and diversity in driving business outcomes. Apart from her work in advising clients on I&D, Maya is the EMEA Regional Lead for Oliver Wyman’s Racial and Ethnic Diversity employee network, working with over 10 chapters in the region on the implementation of the global I&D strategy. Through this role, Maya has implemented initiatives including reverse mentoring, targeted recruitment campaigns, external industry engagements and internal debates and discussions. Besides the network's grassroots initiatives, she also works with senior leadership to implement tangible change. More recently, Maya has developed a Racial and Ethnic Diversity Strategy for Oliver Wyman in collaboration with one of the company's Managing Partners. Outside of Oliver Wyman, Maya regularly engages with organisations in the industry to discuss racial and ethnic diversity topics and share her journey. She recently led an event with State Street on the lack of racial and ethnic diversity in senior leadership positions, together with her colleagues, and a masterclass on the topic of Talking about Race at Barclays Bank. Maya is also part of a cross-company mentorship program, Mission Include, that is aimed at tackling all aspects of diversity and spans multiple industries. Through all of these activities, Maya continuously strives to create a more inclusive and diverse environment both within and outside the organisations she works in.

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Alieda Moore

Deputy Agent for Greater London

Bank of England

Alieda co-chairs the Bank of England’s Ethnic Minority Network. She led on the launch of a strategy that has ensured that BAME issues are prominent on the Bank’s executive agenda, successfully encouraging BoE to sign up to the Race at Work Charter and set up a taskforce to address retention and progression issues for ethnic minority staff. The Governor recently wrote a letter to the Chair of the Treasury Committee outlining the Network’s achievements, including a reverse mentoring scheme and the BoE African-Caribbean scholarship programme, for which Alieda acts as a mentor. Alieda led a project on intersectionality and barriers faced by female BAME colleagues in terms of career progression, for which she was nominated for the 2018 BoE Governor’s Recognition Scheme Award. She arranged and chaired a ‘Colour Brave’ series that allowed BAME staff to voice their experiences to non-BAME staff and encouraged everyone to ‘get comfortable talking about race’. Externally, Alieda acts as an Ambassador in predominantly BAME schools where raises awareness around the possibilities of a career in the City. Alieda participates in numerous mentoring schemes, including the ACDiversity Charity, providing practical help with job applications, CVs and interview practice. As a Project Leader for the non-profit, Thrive Africa, Alieda recruited volunteers to build libraries in orphanages and schools in Ghana. Alieda has also been shortlisted for the 2019 WeAreTheCity Rising Star Awards.

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Rachel Welch-Phillips

Associate

Bird & Bird LLP

In September 2017, Rachel developed an awareness campaign surrounding the 30th anniversary of Black History Month, creating profiles of minority ethnic legal minds that have shaped the UK and generating conversation internally around the significant impact to the profession made by underrepresented groups. Following that, Rachel founded Embrace, the first BAME network at the firm, which she now chairs. Since launching, the network has hosted internal workshops discussing culture and race in the workplace, held a book signing client event featuring keynote speaker June Sarpong MBE, and hosted an internal screening of "Hidden Figures". Embrace enjoyed a full house at their Black History Month panel event in October 2018 where they discussed the past, present and future of ethnic minorities in the workplace. The network has run two social media campaigns, with the aim of improving the association of the firm's brand with open acceptance of diverse backgrounds and experiences. Externally, Rachel dedicates time each week to engaging with those who aspire to law, as well as those who don't yet know they can, and mentors a law student through the firm's Bursary Scheme. She is also participates in Legal Experts in Schools, where she focuses on predominantly BAME schools, and is a Professional Ambassador in the Aspiring Solicitors programme. She has served as a panellist at the Brent Council Black History Month, and mentors numerous individuals in their academic and career development.

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Rashmi Ghai

Director, Banking Capital Markets & Advisory

Citi

Rashmi has helped to make Citi more welcoming and inclusive for BAME people in a number of ways, including developing a BAME-focused Mentorship program; promoting inclusion through events and programs, bringing a specific BAME focus to Citi’s internally recognized and popular ‘Inspire and Lead’ speaker series; acting as a role model to prove that women from a non-traditional background like Rashmi can succeed in a client facing corporate and investment banking environment; and celebrating diversity as Co Chair of Citi Roots, where she organises the firm’s celebration of major cultural events. Externally, Rashmi is a member of the House of Lords Multicultural Professional Network Forum, sharing best practice on BAME diversity and inclusion. She also structures and delivers business skills workshops for students from various academies and local schools in London who represent the BAME community, aiming to inspire, educate and support students who would be less likely to consider a career in banking and who would not normally have an opportunity to get direct access to a global employer like Citi. Rashmi championed an initiative that engaged the broader workforce in helping the BAME community in local communities by organising a community volunteering day at the Hope Family Trust.

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Gurjeet Moore

Manager, Financial Crime Advisory & Oversight

Santander UK

Gurjeet chairs Santander’s BAME network (Ethnicity@Work) and since the launch in February 2017 has been instrumental to its successful internal and external growth. She has recruited senior managers, BAME and non-BAME, to participate in panel discussions, coffee and conversations and speed mentoring. She created leadership and site champion roles to increase awareness and membership of the network and encourage active involvement from members. She also lead focus groups around the UK to obtain feedback from members around the barriers they face, the support they require and what events they would like to see. Subsequently, she has just launched a bespoke BAME training programme and has developed an internal BAME mentoring scheme. Gurjeet has spoken at EMpower’s ‘What makes an inclusive workplace’ event and participated in the Business in the Community external mentoring scheme. She has also worked with other firms in enhancing BAME research, events and inclusion. As a result of her work in D&I, Gurjeet has been recognised in a number of prestigious industry lists including The Precious Awards 2018.

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David Elikwu

Articled Route to Qualification

Mayer Brown International LLP

As a founding member of Fusion, Mayer Brown’s Black and Ethnic Minority diversity network, David has been an integral part of its steering committee for a number of years. Fusion’s goals include raising issues around diversity and supporting the firm’s wider diversity and inclusion initiatives, one of which is increasing diversity in the workplace. David has networked extensively with schools and universities and helped develop a “See Me Be Me” initiative at the firm which involves Fusion hosting career days for ethnically diverse students from disadvantaged backgrounds to learn more about work opportunities at the firm and how to develop soft skills. He also represents the firm in speaking at schools, universities and other platforms throughout the year. David spearheaded efforts to get the firm to be involved with the Government’s Ethnic Pay Reporting consultation and drafted much of the firm’s response to the consultation. Fusion has been responsible for a raft of events and initiatives all aimed at creating awareness of the various cultures celebrated by Mayer Brown’s employees, and engaging the firm to participate in important cultural celebrations. David has also taken the responsibility in starting a dialogue with the firm’s human resource team regarding how best they can recruit and retain diverse candidates. Externally, David organises a yearly careers conference with Urban Lawyers for almost 300 students from underprivileged backgrounds. He mentors with the Success Looks Like You scheme and on a private basis with BAME students. David is a regular speaker at events focusing on diversity, perspective, and the role of Africa in a global economy. David is also a school governor in Barnet, at one of the borough’s most ethnically diverse schools. He works with the charity Breaking Barriers to help refugees start new lives in the UK, is on the steering committee for the Junior Lawyers Division of the British Nigerian Lawyers Forum, and is working with the Black British City Group to start a crowdfunded community fund which will give hardship and small business grants to young disadvantaged people within the Black community.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Serita Murray

Senior Consultant, Advisory

EY

As Chair of EY’s Black Network, Serita has planned and implemented several programmes and initiatives, aimed at developing members of the network across all levels at EY to prepare them for progression. She created the “Senior Leadership Series in 2018”, building a team of Black leaders to provide mentorships for the junior members in the network. She co-created the “Let’s Talk Race” 2018 campaign and the BAME Mental Health Series. Serita also organised the EY Black Network Black Tie Ball, increasing the awareness of influential Black leaders. She has driven the network to engage with schools, colleges and universities to increase reach in terms of targeting an increased amount of BAME individuals. Through this, the network has increased the number of recruits interested in technology, especially women and BAME individuals. Serita also organised workshops for the AMOS Bursary, including an assessment centre scenario preparing the students for the recruitment process and a panel of speakers. Serita is one of the Founding Members and ambassador of the Inaugural Baton Awards 2018, which recognises the achievements of BAME women across different industries. She speaks on panels for various events, including those targeted at students to raise awareness of career opportunities. She is also a member of TNON and YFYA, playing an active role in an event targeted at young people interested in STEM opportunities.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Shuhena Bhanu

Senior Associate

Financial Conduct Authority

Shuhena is on the Committee of the FCA Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, which advises the business and proactively seeks to address a number of BAME challenges, including the lack of diversity at management level. Last year, she successfully helped organise a pilot mentoring programme for BAME individuals to have a senior leader provide career progression sessions. She is currently co-lead for the BAME mentoring scheme, expanding the reach of BAME individuals seeking to progress at the FCA. Shuhena acts as Reverse Mentor to a non-BAME Executive Board Director, advising her on diversity issues within the FCA. She is working on initiatives that are based on the findings of The Middle Report, to inform Board Directors on how BAME individuals can accelerate to management positions, such as creating a fast-track managers’ programme. As an active Muslim Leadership Committee Member, she organises events to foster interfaith dialogue. Shuhena is invited to speak on panels regarding the BAME experience, including a women’s panel, led by the Business Editor of The Independent. She also actively mentors aspiring lawyers and leads extra-curricular activities such as cycling in the BAME community. Shuhena was ranked in the “BB Power and Inspiration 100 List – 2018”. She received the RISING STAR accolade on this Power List which recognises outstanding talent and leadership in the British Bangladeshi community.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Samantha Warren

Manager Inclusion & Diversity - US Inclusion and Diversity CoE

GSK

Samantha’s role at GSK is to support and drive the employee resource groups to develop, grow and align with the business’ strategies. Prior to this role, Samantha has been an active member of GSK’s African American Alliance ERG for 20+ years, including as a chapter lead for 3 years, where she sought to grow and develop herself and ERG colleagues, raising awareness and knowledge of tools and resources available. Samantha developed a training program entitled ‘Development Matters’ for AAA members and embedded a quarterly learning series allowing ethnic minority staff to take control of their development. She has also set up a partnership with an outreach group, the African American Cultural Festival, aiming to share non-promotional material for the education of the African American and Latino communities regarding nutrition, diabetes, lupus and the importance of diversity in clinical trials. Externally, Samantha is president of the Black Alumni Association at North Carolina State University which recently provided partial scholarships to six African American graduate and undergraduate students and, she serves as a professional mentor to students of colour. Recently, Samantha was appointed to NCSU’s Chancellor’s African American Community Advisory Council, Responsible for advising on matters to promote mutually beneficial university and African American community relationships. She is a former co-chair of the Alumni Mentoring Program. She is also on the board of directors for the Junior League of Raleigh; building a greater emphasis on D&I into the organisation.

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Morgan Vazquez

Global Head of Campus Recruitment & Emerging Talent Programs

BNY Mellon

Morgan is an active member and event organizer for IMPACT, BNY Mellon’s multicultural BRG, which believes in leveraging differences to encourage collaboration and promote a diverse, inclusive and successful workforce. Morgan incorporated an IMPACT info session into all campus hire orientations. She is also a member of BNY Mellon’s Hispanic Latino Leadership Forum and Latino Advisory Group, two groups committed to empowering Latinx talent to realize their full potential. Morgan is a planning committee member for Hispanic Heritage Month, and singlehandedly proposed, developed, organized and led an initiative known as the “Sophomore Summit” that aims at providing diverse students with an inside look into the financial services industry as well as career coaching and skill-building workshops. Prior to becoming the Global Head of Campus, Morgan took the initiative to incorporate an element of diversity recruitment into her role, leading diversity-specific recruitment initiatives to encourage persons of colour to apply for internships. She has represented BNY Mellon at over 20 diversity conferences and career fairs, and has led the firm’s recruiting workstream for the annual ALPFA convention since 2016. Externally, Morgan is a career coach at The Opportunity Network, which works with students from systematically underrepresented communities in developing their skills, knowledge and passions to achieve their college and career goals. She speaks at various D&I conferences, and for the Selective Corporate Internship Program. She is President of the Fellows Board of the National Society of High School Scholars and a dedicated advocate and volunteer for the local Bronx, NYC community where she attended college.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Heeral Shah

Director

Barclays

Heeral founded and Co-Chairs the Asian Professional Forum to sit alongside the Black Professional Forum, and mobilised the Hindu and Sikh forums to sit alongside other faith forums, creating greater cohesion and BAME representation at Barclays under the umbrella of Embrace (the Multicultural network). She leveraged her network to recruit a diverse APF leadership team from across all UK Barclays divisions and engaged with the Executive Committee sponsor for Embrace to gain support. Heeral led APF’s launch event, with a panel on BAME diversity and has built membership to over 650+. She has initiated BAME mentoring programmes and encouraged the company to recognise and celebrate numerous cultural events, including World Cultural Day. She also masterminded the inaugural Embrace Charity Gala in 2018, celebrating BAME diversity. Externally, Heeral has sponsored and spoken at a “Women Empowered” event, providing a network for BAME women juggling motherhood, work and social responsibilities. She is a member of the Multicultural Professional Networks Forum and an advocate to the Government on various topics including the ethnicity pay gap. She is on the leadership team of the charity SEWA UK, promoting Blood and Organ donation in the Asian Community. Heeral is also a member of EMpower’s Working Party and the leadership team of Hindu Sevika Samiti. She teaches Gujarati at the Oshwal Gujarati School and mentors internally at Barclays and externally with EMpower.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Ajay Mistry

Partnerships Director

Brokerbility

Since joining Brokerbility, Ajay has been looking at ways to positively impact people of colour. Having previously worked on diversity in the insurance industry, Ajay is keen to address the ethnicity pay gap for the industry. He has nominated and profiled several BAME colleagues for external awards, raising their profile both externally and internally, garnering positive press and leading to senior staff doing more in the BAME space. He’s also introduced cultural days to celebrate diverse heritage. Ajay co-founded the industry-wide Insurance Cultural Awareness Network (iCAN), which was developed to support and recognise careers of multicultural and International colleagues in the insurance industry. He co-chairs a cross-industry committee, focusing them on mentoring and pushing intersectionality. The network is launching a new partnership with a large recruitment firm in May 2019 to enable better employability skills training for BAME colleagues in Insurance. Ajay has also been promoted to co-lead on the steering committee for TNON, developing the leadership skills of BAME network leaders from both public/private organisations. He is also working on multicultural events for the 5th year of “Dive In”, focusing on a public discussion of the ethnicity pay gap, having previously focused on leadership and unconscious bias.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Faith Locken

Surveyor

Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL)

Faith is chair of Jones Lang LaSalle’s BAME network known as Race for Change (R4C), where her mission is to increase recruitment from diverse backgrounds, improve retention of BAME employees, and improve promotion of BAME employees. She works closely with the Emerging Talent team and mentors BAME undergraduates through graduate scheme applications. To improve retention of BAME talent, Faith launched Career Insight sessions, inviting senior directors of BAME backgrounds to speak about their career experiences to date and improve visibility. She has also assisted in the creation of an unconscious bias training programme for senior management, and has set up a reverse mentoring scheme with the R4C network. Externally, Faith runs weekly tutoring classes for BAME students aged 8 – 10 years old preparing to take the 11+ entrance exam. She is very active in fundraising activities at her church, which is predominantly populated by people of African and Caribbean descent. As a member of the fundraising committee, Faith helps provide funds for the children of her church to receive free weekly singing lessons, perform at various concerts throughout the year, and go on their summer residential course to St. John’s College Cambridge.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Lin Yue

Executive Director

Goldman Sachs

Lin is recognised as one of the most visible, influential and connected Chinese professionals in the UK. At Goldman Sachs, Lin has authored a ground-breaking presentation based on her personal journey as a Chinese millennial after the one child policy. Following this success, Lin pioneered a Diversity Conference decoding how unconscious bias, in particular cultural influences, can impact behaviour and how to transform existing stereotypes in the workplace. At the Goldman Sachs Young Professional and Future Leaders Conference, Lin shared insights on the uncovered similarities between Western and Chinese millennials. Outside of the firm, Lin is a key figure on breaking the bamboo ceiling, driving industry changes by helping professionals navigate routes to leadership positions in Western corporates. Lin chaired the prestigious 48 Group Young Icebreakers, leading many high profile events, including the inaugural Young Icebreakers China event in Beijing. She has inspired many by sharing her work with firms such as EY and Linklaters, universities such as LBS, Oxford and Cambridge University, as well as groups ranging from senior politicians, women networks to school children. Lin was the winner of the “Excellence in Banking” award at the Chinese Business Leaders Awards 2016 and was recognised in Brummell’s 2017 list as one of the most inspirational women in the City of London.

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Michelle Danso

Co-Head Prime Brokerage and Trading Legal

Man Group Plc

Michelle is a founding member and current chair of the Black Employee Network, assisting with various initiatives to make the company more inclusive for people of colour. At various firm wide diversity events Michelle has addressed the importance of diversity and inclusion efforts, setting the tone for the importance of the network with open dialogue on challenges faced by people of colour. She has organised meetings between the firm’s president, who sponsors the network, and various heads of diversity at peer organisations to learn from their experiences. Michelle has organised various presentations and panel discussions in the UK and the US, sharing the message of D&I. She has built connections between her firm and Partnership Inc., which focuses on executive programmes for people of colour, and works with recruitment teams to promote candidates from Historical Black Colleges. Externally, Michelle is a board member for the Business Center for New Americans, a non-profit organization which develops and implements economic development programmes in New York City, with programmes aiming to help refugees and immigrants with affordable credit. She volunteers with the Young Women’s Leadership Network, speaking to New York high school students from predominantly low income areas with a higher percentage of people of colour, about her profession. Michelle has for a long time been involved with the charity Sandema Educational, focusing on establishing local radio and a library for the Upper East Region of Ghana.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Teik Tan

Assistant Supply Chain Manager

Balfour Beatty plc

Teik co-chairs the Balfour Beatty Multicultural Affinity Network (MCAN) for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) employees and allies. In 2018, he helped coordinate a Black History Month event at Balfour Beatty offices, as well as training workshops which equipped BAME colleagues with the tools to challenge exclusionary behaviours. He organises and runs Fairness, Inclusion and Respect workshops for employees at Balfour Beatty and also leads on ‘Inclusion beyond the Business’ workshops for those in the supply chain at Balfour Beatty. Teik works on Balfour Beatty Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) webinars for hundreds of colleagues; he worked with colleagues to set up the network’s first dedicated intranet page and internal role model campaign. From this, he went on to help coordinate Balfour Beatty’s first D&I onsite induction, signposting diversity networks available to all employees within Balfour Beatty. Externally, Teik engages the wider communities; he shows that Balfour Beatty and the industry are inclusive of diverse talents. Teik manages a partnership with the Amos bursary; since working with them he has secured an Amos bursary placement for a student within Balfour Beatty and an on-site tour for others. Teik partnered informally with two charities that encourage social mobility. He set up a collaborative workshop between Amos and the informal charity, Uprising, encouraging focus on shared values. Lastly Teik has given toolbox talks demonstrating business cases for inclusion; he delivered talks to major Balfour Beatty customers on his personal journey as an LGBT+ person of colour who suffers with clinical Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), as well as discussing the ongoing support and guidance he receives from Balfour Beatty.

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Krishna Haveliwala

Associate Director

MediaCom

Krishna has been a key driver of the implementation of the industry-leading company-wide diversity and inclusion agenda at MediaCom, including the organisation of internal events and initiatives, as well as client account specific programmes. Krishna has organised internal events, including the celebration of International Women’s Day, where she championed women from diverse backgrounds. She has joined the Diversity and Inclusion Committee as an ethnicity representative, where she organises further events and initiatives. Krishna set up a partnership with the charity SmartWorks, a women’s charity who provide interview outfits and coaching for unemployed women. She has also developed a bespoke client-specific diversity and inclusion programme for a successful client pitch, recommending an ethnicity pay gap report, diversity targets for their leadership team and an inclusive hiring policy. Outside of MediaCom, Krishna aspires to be a role model and mentor to women from ethnic minority backgrounds. She contributes to driving awareness for ‘Bloody Good Period’, a charity that provides sanitary products to refugees, asylum seekers and women living in poverty. She also worked with a charity partner ‘Co2 Balance’ to set up a CSR project to provide reusable sanitary products to help keep Ugandan girls in education.

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Rodney Williams

Lead Project Manager

National Grid

Since 2016, Rodney has been the co-chair for ‘ONE’, National Grid’s multicultural ERG. ONE’s purpose is to support the professional development of BAME employees, promote inclusion and educate the wider company about the culture and experiences of people of colour. Under his leadership, ONE launched a successful reverse mentoring scheme and membership has increased by 95%. Rodney also co-founded the ‘Development Programme for Diverse Leaders’, designed to accelerate and support BAME employees to positions of management. Rodney has presented to the UK Executive Board and Global Leadership team regarding BAME representation at National Grid, generating change at the highest level of the organisation. Outside of work, Rodney sits on the steering committee of The Network of Networks (TNON) BAME chapter supporting network leaders from over 65 organisations including FTSE companies. TNON aims to provide a platform for cross-company network collaboration. Rodney has undertaken numerous speaking engagements on D&I, including EMpower Emerging Leaders programme’s panel on Inspirational Leadership. He is also a trustee for City Year UK, a youth social action charity which challenges 18 to 25-year-olds to tackle educational inequality through a year of full-time voluntary service in some of the most disadvantaged communities in the UK.

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Sandra Milan Ph.D.

Senior Group Director

Genentech (a Roche company)

Sandra is the founder of Genentech Women in Science and Engineering (gWISE), whose mission is to help Genentech become the leader in advancing the role of women in biotech. Sandra recruits women of colour to attend and participate in gWISE-sponsored events and developed strategies to find, retain and address the needs of women, and in particular women of colour, in scientific roles at Genentech. gWISE sponsored unconscious bias training for executives, and she has developed policies designed to encourage those leaders to think more about creating a level playing field for recruiting and hiring women, and in particular women of colour. Sandra is a Genentech Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador, regularly serving as a panellist, and mentors for the Genentech Leader-Intern Exchange (gLINX) Programme. She also serves as a Keynote Speaker for internal organizations such as the South East Asian Club. She has also spoken at organisations such as the Society for Chicanos and Native Americans in Science and at National Latino Cancer Summit. She frequently serves as a panellist for many different minority-focused organisations at leading universities, such as UC Berkeley and SFSU helping place many students in laboratories and industry internships.

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Mary Agbesanwa

Senior associate management consultant

PwC

Since August, Mary has co-chaired PwC’s Multicultural Business Network (MBN) as it has grown to 1000+ internal members, 300+ external members and 5 new regional MBN teams. She leads the network’s steering committee and chairs quarterly network leadership meetings. The MBN’s main focus is driving the ‘ColourBrave’ strategy within the firm normalising conversations about race in the workplace. Mary ensures that all events showcase diversity in leadership and sits on PwC’s People Council. Knowing that many BAME employees struggle to organically make strategic mentoring relationships, this year she organised for over 100 MBN members to be on the pilot for an internal mentoring app which enables employees to find mentors around the firm and have access to mentoring-related resources. Outside of work, she continues to run a young professional women’s network called Now You’re Talking, which has predominantly BAME Members and delivers action-focused networking events, side hustle showcases and retreats for members. For Black History Month, Mary leveraged her social media platform to launch the #31DaysofBlackExcellence Campaign on her blog showcasing 31 young Black people excelling in the corporate world, academia or entrepreneurship.

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Sanjeev Sharma

Chief Property Portfolio Officer & Non-Executive Director for Urban & Civic plc

M&G Real Estate Limited

Sanjeev is an executive sponsor for the real estate business on D&I including on M&G Group's Cultural Awareness Network and is an ally in M&G's LGBT Network. Recently, he wrote an article for M&G Group on International Women's Day on the importance of gender equality. He extensively promotes the BAME agenda within the organisation, including chairing debates on topics with external speakers such as lack of diversity on UK Boards (Parker Review). He has been involved in D&I initiatives for over 25 years including Race for Opportunity, the National Mentoring Consortium as a mentor, where he has received three awards for his dedicated service, and various other D&I initiatives. He is also on the management committee of Real Estate Balance, which seeks to address gender and broader diversity imbalance in senior positions in the sector. Sanjeev participated in the Deloitte Academy BAMEs on Board Programme for 2018, chairs meetings promoting D&I for the People in Property Network, and participated 2018's Dive In Festival video "Awareness into Action" as a D&I champion within M&G. Additionally, Sanjeev is a regular speaker at external events on D&I and specifically the need for businesses to focus on ethnic minority considerations. On 9 May 2019 Sanjeev was appointed Non-Executive Director for Urban & Civic plc.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 100 Executives

Jonathan Charlery

Senior Software Engineer

Bloomberg LP

Originally from St. Lucia, Jonathan co-founded Writing Legends, an organisation which helps advance youth from the West Indies by providing training, such as coding workshops, and access to global development and networking opportunities. Via WL, he is working with other organisations to tackle the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Jonathan joined Bloomberg in 2010 and is now a Senior Software Engineer and Tech Champ Lead who promotes developer best practices across the Engineering Department. In addition, he is an instrumental member of Bloomberg’s Diversity Drivers, a select group of engineers who collaborate on initiatives that foster a diverse and inclusive workplace. He also helps attract and retain diverse talent by mentoring new hires and frequently speaking on panels to inspire students of all ages and backgrounds to pursue careers in technology. Jonathan is a member of Bloomberg’s Black Professional Community, in which he introduces its members to available resources to help them advance and be open about their culture and heritage. He also helped organise a contingent of Black engineers who wanted to promote a "safe space" for technical, professional and social discussions. They represent the company at conferences and events, such as the annual National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Convention and tech meetups.

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Hina Nagarajan

Managing Director, Africa Emerging Markets

Diageo PLC

As Managing Director for Africa Emerging Markets at Diageo, Hina has the opportunity to lead one of Diageo’s most dynamic and culturally diverse regions including Ethiopia, Cameroon, Mozambique, Angola, Ghana and more. The role is a natural platform for her to role model diversity & inclusion by giving respect to all and treating everyone as a member of the large Diageo Africa Emerging Markets team. It is Hina’s mission to inspire and mobilise those she works with to deliver high performance standards, realise their full potential and be recognised within the larger Diageo ecosystem. She works with her leadership teams to create powerful opportunities for people to demonstrate their capabilities, potential and then highlight their achievements and talent to the Diageo executive to give them career progression. She supports many BAME colleagues through mentoring, which she extends beyond Diageo through Menttium, a cross company corporate mentoring platform for high potential future female Asian leaders. In India, Hina was on the national and regional boards of AMCHAM driving advocacy for companies providing part time opportunities to Indian women. In Malaysia, she was involved with TalentCorp, an agency that works with the government to attract, nurture and retain the right talent to enable Malaysia to reach its potential, helping raise career aspirations of local talent. In China, Hina was an active member of Women for Women, which meets to discuss barriers at work for Asian senior women and how to overcome them.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 100 Executives

Vanessa Sanyauke

CEO and Founder

Girls Talk London

Vanessa’s organisation works as a consultancy to engage millennial women with FTSE 100 businesses in technology, financial services and law. Her senior management team is led by women of colour and they have structured internship schemes targeted at young women of colour. Vanessa set up the first pan-industry technology mentoring scheme, the award-winning Step into STEM, funded by O2, BT, Vodafone and Ericsson, which gives female students who study STEM subjects a mentor to support their career aspirations and to address the under-representation of women working in the STEM sector. They target women who are from Black, Asian or ethnic-minorities and in particular Black female students. She is currently working with Facebook on initiatives to attract black female students. Externally, Vanessa has been working with the UK Parliament to lead the delivery and strategy for the Speakers Parliamentary Placement Scheme, which gives 13 people of colour and those from under-represented backgrounds a 9 month paid internship with a Member of Parliament to increase the number of ethnic minority MPs and staff. She has also connected the scheme with corporate clients to host workplace visits to showcase other private sector opportunities. She is developing a residential programme and on Parliament initiatives to ensure that it is accessible for people with disabilities.

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Gail Peterson

VP Global Marketing

Ecolab

Gail founded the Black Leaders Forum at Ecolab, a group of Black directors and above whose purpose is to raise courageous truths about the experience of Black employees throughout the organisation. The insights this group has provided have been invaluable in enhancing Ecolab’s D&I practices, improving the connection between Black employees and top executives, and has even become a sounding board for non-D&I specific initiatives well before implementation. She is also a member on Ecolab’s executive D&I council, with the influence and power to help move the organisation in an accelerated way towards their desired end goal. Through this work the council has reshaped ERG leaders as a truly differential development opportunity, helped retool recruiting and interview practices, and provided oversight to ensure the company is making progress against key leading and lagging metrics in the day to day practices of business groups. Externally, Gail participated in the 2019 rites of passage cohort, sharing stories and tips on how to best manage a personal brand to 15 promising Black high school seniors. Additionally, she serves on the board of the Minnesota Children’s Museum (MCM), where she is helping to promote a D&I agenda, removing barriers to museum access. She has also been part of many outreach efforts to ensure diverse communities in Minneapolis and Saint Paul are aware of what the museum has to offer for their families.

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Ademola Bamgbose

International Arbitration Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

Dr. Bamgbose is an international arbitration lawyer, and is admitted to practice in Nigeria, England and Wales. He joined Hogan Lovells after successfully completing the firm's inaugural Africa LLM Scheme, and has since played an active role in on-going efforts to promote the scheme and more importantly, promote diversity and inclusion at the firm. Ademola mentors Black secondees, trainees and interns at Hogan Lovells, providing them with the guidance and support required to excel as a lawyer in the city. He regularly participates in panel sessions for visiting BAME students and actively supports Hogan Lovells participation in Pathways to Law and RARE initiatives. Ademola is on the Steering Committee of Hogan Lovells Multicultural Network and regularly mentors prospective BAME candidates through the rigorous recruitment process for internships and training contracts at city law firms. Ademola co-founded Africa Arbitration, a platform designed to promote Black arbitration practitioners in the UK, US, Canada and globally. Africa Arbitration features a Rising Star and Personality of the Month series, promoting the profiles of arbitration practitioners, and an "Opportunities for Africans" column where commercial law opportunities from around the world are shared with BAME lawyers and students. As Vice President of the Association of Young Arbitrators in Africa and Chair of the organisation's Mentorship Committee, Ademola successfully initiated a mentorship programme, by linking young Black practitioners with leading practitioners from around the globe. He is a founding member of the Africa Arbitration Academy, an institution designed to equip arbitration practitioners in Africa, by providing them with free advanced arbitration training at leading commercial law firms in London.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Farah Siddiqui

Manager, Trailhead Programs and Processes

Salesforce

Farah Siddiqui is the Founder and Global President of Faithforce, the interfaith employee resource group at Salesforce, and a Manager of Trailhead Programs and Processes. Farah is a proud Muslim, Pakistani-American woman, an ally, and a role model for many. About two years ago, Farah recognized a gap in Salesforce's equality story — there were employee resource groups around race, gender, ability and sexual identity, but none around faith. In partnership with the Office of Equality and another Salesforce employee, Farah founded Faithforce, now the fastest-growing employee resource group, with more than 1,700 members in 12 regional chapters around the globe. With Farah's leadership, Faithforce has worked to build a culture of empathy and belonging for people of all beliefs through inclusive educational, intersectional and philanthropic events that celebrate and honor our faith diversity. Faithforce rallied the company in support around their Muslim, Christian and Jewish employees after hate-motivated attacks in Christchurch, Sri Lanka and Pittsburgh. Farah has also worked to create faith inclusion initiatives like multi-faith prayer spaces at customer events and conferences as well as in their offices. Inspired by her parents' commitment to uplifting their community in South Florida, Farah's commitment to equality extends beyond Salesforce. Farah is part of the Muslim Women's Association in Chicago, who work to empower Muslim women, fight for social justice, give back to communities as well as provide mentorship to young Muslim women from various cultural backgrounds. Farah took part in and helped organize service projects, was chosen to MC their annual Celebrate Muslim Women event, and has been part of their mentorship program. She also volunteers with IMAN, the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, an organization that offers health, wellness and healing to Chicago's inner-city neighborhoods.

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Carrie Ng

HSBC Guernsey - Head of Commercial Banking

HSBC

Carrie is a strong advocate in HSBC networks which play a vital role in making the workplace more welcoming for BAME colleagues. She is a Diversity and Inclusion Ally for HSBC Channel Islands and Isle of Man, a champion of Embrace (the HSBC BAME network), and previously the Deputy Chairperson for the HSBC Chinese Community in the UK. She has organised a series of diversity events for colleagues of different ethnicities to network with supportive senior leaders. Through the HSBC Chinese Community, Carrie led the group to deliver events that promotes cultural awareness and workplace inclusion for Chinese colleagues, and spearheaded collaboration with other BAME networks in the industry. Carrie has also been mentoring three BAME colleagues for over four years where she proactively arranges job shadowing and senior management introduction. Having built a reputation for being passionate about BAME inclusion, upon relocation to Guernsey in March this year, Carrie quickly become a member of the diversity and inclusion committee for HSBC Channel Islands and Isle of Man to help shape and deliver initiatives to provide better support and inclusion for people of colour. Carrie has previously volunteered with UNICEF and Rotaract to improve social inclusion for South Asian minorities in Hong Kong. In the UK, she has been an ‘anchor’ for her Hong Kong alma mater to develop a social support network among its UK-based alumni. Carrie also teamed up with colleagues from HSBC to deliver a probono consulting project for ChangesUK and has spoken at a number of school and charity events.

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Andrew Monu

Director, Field & Product Marketing (EMEA)

As ERG lead for ethnic minorities at LinkedIn, Andrew has focused on encouraging and empowering other BAME employees to have the confidence to act as role models themselves. He has spearheaded numerous initiatives, including listening sessions with BAME employees to make LinkedIn more inclusive; a Black History Month programme, educating employees and the wider industry about the value of building a more racially inclusive workplace; and mentoring BAME employees. Externally, Andrew regularly undertakes speaking engagements, including being a panellist at INvolve’s ‘How do media portrayals of ethnic minorities impact on workplace dynamics?’, and at the Telegraph’s D&I Conference (Bridging the Diversity Gap). He has written articles on the importance of D&I, acknowledging bias and media representation. In addition, Andrew works with schools and young people to inspire the next generation of BAME leaders, participating in EMpower’s Emerging Leaders Programme, to teach high potential BAME students/young professionals the soft skills required for making the transition into senior roles. Andrew has received numerous awards and recognition from LinkedIn’s EMEA VP of Sales as well as LinkedIn’s CMO for delivering stellar results for LinkedIn’s EMEA business, and has been voted Top 5 Global People Manager twice.

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Deon Pillay

Head of Fund Reporting and Regulatory Change

Legal and General Investment Management

As a committee member of the ethnicity network, Deon came up with and championed the Follow the Money initiative which reached out to ethnic minority individuals from London’s most deprived areas. This provides opportunities to experience the investment management industry, with Deon inspiring individuals through sharing his personal story as an immigrant, gay male and the struggles in building a career in finance. He is also a regular speaking at events and being a visible role model and vocal ally. As Chair of Legal & General’s LGBT network, Deon actively champions LGBT inclusion for ethnic minorities and trans visibility through educational events, social networking, and training. Deon reviewed policies with the HR team to ensure they are explicitly and positively inclusive of the both the LGBT/BAME community and employees with protected characteristics, and is a mentor, supporting BAME and LGBT colleagues to reach their full potential. Outside of Legal & General, Deon champions inclusion through attending industry events, social networking and round tables to discuss LGBT issues from a BAME perspective. He supports The Talk about Black initiative, mentors external individuals from ethnically diverse backgrounds and developed a benchmarking tool to help businesses measure their ethnicity inclusion, providing them best practice. Deon is an LGBT GREAT Role model, co-chair and founding member of InterInvest (The LGBT Network for the Investments industry) and network sponsor for LGBT GREAT industry benchmarking, EMpower, OUTstanding and Stonewall. Deon is one of the few BAME individuals driving ethnicity inclusion in the asset management industry.

Can be viewed on: 2019 Top 50 Future Leaders

Kim Vu

SVP, Seattle Market Executive

Bank of America

When Kim joined Bank of America in 2014, she led the local team in expanding their employee resource groups (ERG) from five networks to nine networks to create more inclusivity in the workplace. These teams continue to receive recognition within the organization, including global awards for volunteerism and diversity and inclusion, and for their commitment to supporting colleagues to be their whole selves at work. She works closely with local ERG leaders to host conversations with employees, business leaders and the local community on the challenging issues of closing the gender pay gap, the disparity of women on corporate boards, racial equity, intersectionality, LGBT+ allyship, and transgender inclusion. Kim serves on the Bank’s Diversity and Inclusion Council for the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) division and recently joined the CAO Power of 10 Operating Committee, focusing on connecting women leaders across different functions. Outside of the workplace, Kim is the national board chair and co-founding team member of The Respect Institute. The Respect Institute’s impact has been acknowledged by the Clinton Global Initiative, Ashoka Changemakers, and the Packard Foundation for reaching over 80,000 youth and youth influencers in schools and the juvenile justice system for their Respect 360 program. The program focuses on ending the school-to-prison pipeline, which disproportionately impacts BAME youth in the United States. Kim also serves on the national Juma Ventures board as well as the local Seattle advisory board. She recently joined a group dedicated to creating a Women of Color Storytelling Series to address the need for safe and powerful spaces for women of color to share their collective stories and experiences, and began co-leading a workshop on salary negotiation for Asian American professional women.

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Minal Mehta

Senior Digital Strategy Consultant

IBM iX

Minal Mehta is a Senior Digital Strategy Consultant at IBM iX, driving technical change globally for clients in the finance, media and industrial sectors. As a Certified Scrum Master, she is currently leading delivery of Salesforce for a client in Financial Services. Minal is a recognised ambassador for Diversity & Inclusion at IBM. She is a core team member of IBM UK's BAME employee network and iX Diversity Council. To make the workplace more welcoming and inclusive, Minal launched eMentoring in 2017 (37 KCL mentees and IBM mentors) and Uni Insight initiative in 2018 (50 BAME students) with Kings College University, highlighting STEM careers. She recruited BAME IBM employees to showcase emerging technologies, such as Robotics, Cognitive/AI and Blockchain and organised a panel of BAME graduates to host a Q&A session. Minal has won several internal awards including Inclusion Champion of the Quarter and for her work on University Insight. Following being awarded a place in 2018 EMpower 50 Ethnic Minority Future Leaders list, she is now recognised as a Role Model internally and externally: shortlisted in the 2019 Asian Women of Achievement Awards - Technology and Digital; and invited to share knowledge on BAME D&I with IBM's clients at panel events, resulting in reverse mentoring requests from senior leadership. Minal has been invited to speak at universities and mentors several students, promoting STEM careers to young BAME individuals. She also works with “Shiva Soundsystem”, aiming to challenge the perception of Asian culture in the UK across music, film, radio and events.

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Bijal Majithia

Assistant Director

EY

Bijal launched the EY Hindu Network when she joined the firm, and it is now one of EY’s most active networks, consisting of a thousand internal members. The network hosts 6 large events a year tackling controversial topics such as the role of women, faith and gender stereotypes, to create a space where ethnic minorities can share their experiences. Bijal is also a Diversity and Inclusion ambassador for the firm and is involved in cross-network initiatives with a specific focus on supporting ethnic minority employees. As a result of her work on establishing Diwali celebrations across EY , Bijal was invited to the annual Diwali celebration at Downing Street. Bijal’s work has been recognised by EY with a ‘Better Begins with You’ award and an ‘Inspiring Role Model’ award, and she has represented EY on several panels and awards. Externally, Bijal was selected as a founding member of the Professionals Network established at the Houses of Parliament under Lord Gadhia. She was recognised by ‘We Are The City’ as a Rising Star in Consulting in 2017 and she featured in the Consultancy UK Top 10 ‘Inspiring Women in Consulting’ list. Bijal is the Director and founder of Veda London, set up to share practical mindfulness and meditation in the workplace. She leads a team of 100 plus volunteers to serve 12 charitable and community projects across the UK and India. Additionally, Bijal is an ambassador and educator for Binti International, a charity working around the world to normalise healthy menstruation in challenging communities. Bijal features on BBC Radio 2 Pause for Thought and is a mentor for the The Girls Network, which seeks to empower girls from some of the least advantaged communities.

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Khalia D. Newell

Vice President

Barclays

Khalia currently works in the Chief Controls Office at Barclays where she is the Tech SME within the Policies and Standards Team. Outside of her role, Khalia sits on the Black Professionals Forum at Barclays. In this role she has run a Leadership Programme to help develop, promote and retain aspiring Directors and Managing Directors at Barclays. She has also run an event on the Windrush to discuss BAME contributions in a post-Brexit era. Outside of work, she has taken part in a significant number of external initiatives with The Association for Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), JLL, Twilio, The Social Inclusion Unit (My Life My Say) and with the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for STEM to promote diversity and inclusion within the community and various public/private sectors. Her TEDx talk ‘Why diversity initiatives fail’ and her extensive mentoring within the community has led her to receive numerous awards and accolades such as The Black British Business Awards - Financial Services Rising Star (2016); We Are The City Rising Star (2017); Barclays Diversity Awards/WIBF - Finalist (2018); and Brummell Magazines Top 30 Inspirational Women City Pioneers (2018).

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Martin Pong

Management Consultant

Oliver Wyman

Having noticed the lack of visible gay East Asian role models in his own life, Martin created an industry leading intersectional reverse mentoring programme at Oliver Wyman to raise awareness of multiple minority identities and experiences in the workplace. To date, the scheme has mentored over 100 senior individuals globally and become a mandatory part of the senior management training curriculum, as well as inspiring similar programmes in FTSE 100 companies under Martin’s guidance. Martin regularly speaks about his lived experiences as an LGBT+ East Asian and explores the intricacies of navigating collectivist culture with an open LGBT+ identity. He uses the power of storytelling to make his unique struggles and lived experiences more visible to the next generation, and to senior figures who may not have considered the intersection of BAME and LGBT+ identities. To tackle the representation problem in the UK, Martin founded the East and Southeast Asian (ESA) Project, the first UK non-profit organisation that focuses on achieving equal representation for East and South East Asian identities in media, business and politics. Having already worked with numerous charities, local youth groups, schools and universities, Martin hopes to continue the work of the ESA Project to expand the representation of LGBT+ people of colour for future generations.

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Bernard Adjei

Programme Delivery Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

In 2016, Bernard created the RISE Scheme (Reach Inspire Support & Empower) with the vision to educate young ethnic minorities and provide a pathway into the banking industry. Through the scheme Bernard has supported and provided over 400 students from ethnic minority backgrounds with employability skills relating to confidence building, CV workshops etc. In 2018, the RISE Scheme was voted the Employer of the Year 2018 by the London South East Colleges for the impact the scheme has had on young people in East London. Bernard was also selected to represent Lloyds Banking Group at the Race at Work Charter launched by the Prime Minister to ensure an inclusive workplace for all ethnic minorities in the UK. Bernard has been selected as one of 20 to represent Young Bankers on the Chartered Banking Institute Board Committee. He plays an active role in encouraging, supporting and empowering young ethnic minorities to consider a career in banking. He was instrumental in raising over £1.5m as part of the 2025 Foundation Programme to support the education of young disadvantaged people in the UK. Through the foundation he has mentored and supported numerous applications from ethnic minorities and provided a pathway to these young people.

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Tetlanyo Lekalake

Country Marketing Lead (Middle East, Africa, Turkey)

Facebook

In 2016, Tetlanyo co-founded the African Professional Network of Ireland, (APNI) a community that aims to connect, empower and foster collaboration between young, African professionals living in Ireland, particularly Dublin. Since its establishment, APNI has organized numerous events to promote diversity and inclusion in Ireland, in collaboration with organizations such as Facebook, Google, Citi and Dublin City Council. In 2017, Tetlanyo co-founded the Dublin Chapter of Facebook’s Black@. The chapter’s first big event was Africa Week, a celebration of Africa Day with the theme "Changing the Narrative of Africa" through experiencing different aspects of African culture. Tetlanyo aims to offer different images of Black people and of Africa to the ones often portrayed in mainstream media. For instance, the chapter wanted to get away from the Africa presented solely as a place that is poor, at war and dying, because these “single stories” or stereotypes not only present a distorted image, but they work against the progress of the African continent and Black people across the globe. Instead, Tetlanyo aims to show the vibrancy, huge potential and beauty of the continent and its people. Since then, the chapter has hosted various other initiatives that are focused on raising cultural competency internally and fostering a greater sense of inclusion for employees of colour.

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Shilpa Shah

Consulting Director & Leader of Deloitte NSE Alternative Delivery Capability

Deloitte MCS Ltd

In addition to her role leading on Deloitte’s Alternative Delivery Models agenda, Shilpa is a Respect and Inclusion Lead for Technology Consulting. She also leads Deloitte’s Women in Technology network and is an active member of the Multi-Cultural Network and she focuses on intersectionality. To drive cultural change and create focus, she has defined gender and BAME targets for the technology consulting practice. Shilpa mentors a large number of BAME and other individuals internally and externally and promotes different voices and stories from those of all backgrounds as she believes role models are vital to helping inspire others. She hosted Deloitte’s Black History Month celebrations as a member of the Multicultural Network, inspired over 150 BAME attendees to aim high and achieve the best of themselves. She has delivered webinars and events to over 100 people from BAME backgrounds sharing her experiences and offering career advice and guidance. For six years Shilpa has sponsored, led and championed Deloitte’s involvement in the annual ‘Your Future, Your Ambition’ event at the Emirates Stadium, inspiring and speaking directly with thousands of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds into STEM careers. Shilpa shares and listens and is passionate about helping others. She has participated in numerous panels and interviews on diversity in business to change the status quo. She was listed as one of the top 100 Asian stars in Tech and has been a finalist in the Everywoman in Tech Team Leader awards twice.

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Donna Fraser

Interim Domestic Athletics Operations Manager

UK Athletics

Donna chaired the EDF Energy BAME Network for 2 years, increasing membership by 126%, leading the EDF Energy Indoor Athletics Challenge, part of the London 2012 legacy and delivering an event where Lord Ouesley was invited to share his career pathway to success with the aim of inspiring network members. Donna joined UKA in 2017 and was made aware of the disconnect between the organisation and Black coaches, so she delivered a project for Black History Month in that same year focusing on BAME athletics coaches; and created the ‘COACH’ Photographic Exhibition, which recognised the contribution Black coaches give to the sport and aimed to inspire the next generation of Black coaches, while supporting Black coaches into leadership roles. Last year, the exhibition was hosted by ParliReach at the Houses of Parliament, supported by ministers. The project has raised the awareness of the vast skills that athletics coaches have and the relationship between Black coaches and UKA has improved. Donna also set up the ED&I Advocate Group, developing ED&I activities and an upcoming mentoring programme. As a breast cancer survivor and a Breast Cancer Now (BCN) Ambassador, Donna feels it is her duty to spread awareness and be a visible woman of colour to help make a difference. She is a Sport Honours Committee member, aiming to encourage more nominations from BAME backgrounds. Donna is a member of numerous other organisations, including the Cabinet Office Diversity & Inclusion Group, where she promotes ethnic minority inclusion.

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Shanika Amarasekara

General Counsel & Company Secretary

British Business Bank

As general counsel and company secretary at the British Business Bank, Shanika was a founding member of the bank. She was the first ethnic minority member of the senior leadership team, was instrumental in establishing the organisation’s diversity & inclusion group. She has also ensured that as the bank has grown, the senior leadership team and board membership have good representation of individuals who are from an ethnic minority background. Shanika is spearheading a drive for suppliers to have to provide diversity data as part of their tender process, in particular in the area of suppliers of legal services who are currently under represented by ethnic minorities in senior positions. As a board member of the London Legacy Development Corporation and London Stadium, Shanika is responsible for ensuring that the legacy of the Olympic Park in East London and development which takes place within the park is inclusive of local communities, which is significantly represented by ethnic minorities. She frequently speaks at legal community events as a senior leader and an ethnic minority role model. Shanika also works with the law society’s D&I agenda, with the civil service recruitment team to encourage more EM applicants, with the Mayor of London’s D&I programme and with a number of Universities to promote graduates from ethnic minority and underprivileged backgrounds to progress into careers in financial services.

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Jennifer Williams

Executive Producer

Fox News Channel

Jennifer’s program, The Daily Briefing with Dana Perino, pushes back on simplistic explanations of partisan division and instead supports narratives that tell real stories about real people. As a Seneca Indian, Jennifer prioritises nurturing relationships with people of colour in earlier stages of their careers. She also does a lot of charitable work in the area of disability, and is currently raising and training a service dog. She is passionate about educating the public on how to interact with someone with a disability, and produces a weekly blog about her work with Canine Companions. Externally, Jennifer provides mentorship and guidance to young individuals of colour, including those from the Cattaraugus reservation outside of Buffalo, New York. She is also a member of an Al-Anon and regularly attends to discuss her family’s struggles with alcoholism, which is pervasive in Native American communities. Through this, she connects with and mentors others who struggle with alcoholism in their families, many of whom are from BAME backgrounds.

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Jose Ramon Gonzalez

Chief Legal Officer

QBE North America

As a member of QBE NA’s Executive Committee and the most senior Latino employee in the organization, Jose applies his unique role and perspective to promote the interests of QBENA’s diverse employees in multiple ways. Jose advocates for increased representation of minority communities within QBENA’s senior ranks as well as appropriate development opportunities for diverse employees. He also serves as a role model, sounding board, and senior management point of contact for all of QBENA’s diverse employees, served as the executive sponsor for QBENA’s Multicultural & Inclusive Xtension (MIX) for approximately two years, and remains active in MIX as an advisor. Jose additionally oversees QBENA’s partnership with the City Bar of New York, offering internships to law students of colour, a programme Jose benefited from as a law student. Externally, Jose serves as vice chair of the LatinoJustice PRLDEF, which focuses on using the law to promote Latino causes throughout the United States. He also serves on the Senior Leadership Council, New York (SLC-NY) of the Association of Latino Professionals For America, and on the Advisory Network of the Latino Donor Collaborative. Jose is part of the AdvanceLaw GC network’s mentorship program to associates and is included in New York Law Journal’s 2019 New York Trailblazers list for his role as a changemaker and in this year’s Legal 500 GC Powerlist United States, identifying the most influential and innovative in-house counsel.

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Carey Mendes

Head of Executive Office, Group CFO

BP plc

Carey served as a board member of BP America’s D&I Council and as executive sponsor for two of BP’s employee business resource groups, Energía (Hispanic) and the BP African American Network and is also actively involved in the Positively Ethnic Network (PEN). These organisations empower employees, encourage cultural fluency and drive a focus on D&I. He is also a mentor and sponsor to numerous minority employees to help drive their development. He participates in regular roundtable discussions with employees at all levels to seek feedback on how to be more inclusive. Externally, Carey is active in the community, including representing BP’s and his own passion for diversity and inclusion as a 2017 Chicago United Business Leader of Color. He encourages active BP engagement in diverse local schools, exemplified through their recognition as 2017 Corporation of the Year by Working in the Schools (WITS). He also pioneered a BP partnership with Howard University to encourage recruitment of African American employees.

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Cindy Rampersaud

Senior Vice President - BTEC & Apprenticeships

Pearson

Cindy is one of two executive sponsors that initiated the establishment of a new employee group at Pearson called PRIME for BAME colleagues, and mentors a number of people across all levels including BAME staff both within Pearson and externally. Cindy is passionate about the role of education in helping individuals make progress and she made a conscious decision to move into education in 2011 after mentoring a BAME teacher as part of a Teach First programme when she took up the role of Deputy Principal at City & Islington College. In 2016 she was appointed a Deputy Further Education Commissioner by the Department for Education. Currently she is responsible for the development of Pearson’s UK technical and vocational qualifications, supporting over one million learners annually from a diverse cross section of society including both young people and adults from a BAME background. She has focused on repositioning the BTEC brand to align it clearly to the future of skills and careers. The current marketing campaign, ‘BTEC Works’, focuses on careers in industries covering robotics, creatives and health with individuals from diverse backgrounds including BAME in marketing videos, social media campaign and telling aspirational, positive stories of personal journeys. Cindy is active in ensuring Pearson engage with high profile BAME BTEC alumni as role models and she also works with HR to identify talent and partners with expertise in reaching BAME talent. Cindy was a member of the Commission on Sustainable Learning and she sits on the board of the Speakers Trust, a charity that helps unlock potential through communication, The Royal College for Psychiatrists and is an honorary lifetime member of The Children's Society.

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Julia Brown

Chief Procurement Officer

Carnival Corporation

Julia has created a highly diverse leadership team at Carnival Corporation by hiring and promoting people of colour. Her direct staff is over 40% people of colour and that percentage is continued at deeper levels. As the most senior woman of African descent at Carnival Corporation & plc, she has purposefully and intentionally built a diverse leadership team through hiring and promoting from within. Julia’s team is known for having driven transformational results to the company and is recognized internally and externally within the cruising industry. She has been recognised in Black Enterprise’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Corporate America, and in their Top 100 leaders in Corporate America, in addition to being recognised in Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Leaders in Corporate America.

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Gian Power

Founder & CEO

TLC Lions

As founder and CEO, Gian has placed inclusion at the core of TLC Lions. On induction and joining the company, joiners share their stories to provide others with an understanding of what it's like to 'be in my shoes'. The company has had internal get-togethers to discuss BAME and held events with companies such as AXA, Lloyd's, PwC, Deloitte, Just Eat and Hyatt on this topic globally. The outcome of these efforts has been a more welcoming and open culture, staff speaking up about challenges at home as well as feeling confident to bring their own cultures to the workplace. Gian has created a safe space for his team to speak to each other regardless of background and encouraged empathy and emotions to be displayed and shown as a strength. Externally, Gian has supported Alzheimers Society during a dinner discussing mental health in the South Asian community, and joined the advisory board of This Can Happen, a mental health conference opened by Prince William in 2018, to ensure these discussions are continued. He also provided the content for the Lloyds Bank National Business Awards in the Grosvenor House focusing on the story of a man of colour. Gian has spoken globally on the topic of culture to ensure it is widespread, and not confined to the UK. He has also spoken in schools across the country around ethnicity to ensure that BAME young people entering the workplace are encouraged and inspired.

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Sujata Bhatia

Senior Vice President, Merchant Services - Europe

American Express

Sujata is committed to ensuring American Express is a place where colleagues of all nationalities, backgrounds and beliefs can grow and thrive. Early in her career, Sujata was a co-founder of the Black and Asian Employee Network in Europe whose mission is to support and raise American Express’ culturally diverse profile for and with colleagues with an interest in BAME communities. More recently, she co-led inclusive leadership training sessions for all European VPs. Sujata is also a leading supporter of women of all colours at American Express. She serves as chair of the Executive Women’s Interest Network (Exec WIN) Committee in London, which runs an ambitious program of events related to ambition, leadership and community. Sujata led the planning of American Express’ International Women’s Day 2019 celebration in the UK and participated on a panel of senior female leaders to discuss the importance of achieving gender balance. She also serves as a sponsor and mentor to many colleagues of diverse ethnic backgrounds. Sujata is active in the South Asian community, and works with organizations that encourage Indians to get involved in politics, make their voices heard and make their marks on their communities. She is also involved in several charities in India focused on providing medical and educational services to rural Indians.

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Manroop Singh Khela

Chief Transformation Officer

Santander

Manroop is an executive sponsor of the ethnic minority colleague network, Ethnicity@Work, and regularly mentors young internal ethnic minority talent. He is an internal speaker on diversity & inclusion, sharing advice on creating more inclusive work spaces and driving the ethnic minority inclusion agenda in Santander. Outside of Santander, Manroop is a member of the BiTC Race Leadership team and promotes visible ethnic minority role models in business through mentoring. He has a focus on diversity intersections, especially ethnicity and LGBT+.

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Bansi Nagji

EVP and Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer

McKesson Corporation

As a visible senior executive with a diverse cultural background, Bansi uses his own story to illustrate the potential career progression available to all people in the workplace. He also makes himself available as a mentor to all employees, particularly ethnic minority people and women, to help them understand and navigate their particular challenges. As the most senior ethnic minority executive at McKesson and a member of its Executive Committee, he is a core member of McKesson’s Chairman’s Diversity Council, which is responsible for the enterprise’s diversity strategy. Externally, Bansi makes himself available for career advice, and regularly speaks about his own experience as a successful member of an ethnic minority. He is member of the campaign board of INSEAD, and is particularly interested in personally sponsoring scholarships there for ethnic minority people. He was named as one of the Top 50 Multicultural Leaders in Technology by the California Diversity Council in 2017 and has been recognized by many other organizations, including by EMpower in 2018.

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Sonia Sng

Director, Business Operations

Intuit

Driven by her upbringing in Singapore, Sonia has a lifelong appreciation for multicultural environments and has led globally diverse teams around the world. During the 17+ years she was in Visa, she championed a host of diversity & inclusion initiatives to counter potential biases. In 2017, she co-hosted a Visa volunteer event with Peninsula College Fund to help low-income ethnic minority students navigate the journey from college to career. She was also the Co-chair for Visa Women’s Network in 2017, and up until April 2018 when she joined Intuit. Sonia now sits on the steering committee of Intuit’s Women Network and she is determined to continue her diversity work at Intuit and committed to building a pipeline of diverse talent. Externally, she mentors individuals with diverse backgrounds, including payment professionals around the world, women from the charities and social enterprises sector around the world, and ethnic minority talent in Tech, to help them fulfill their potential and reminding them they are worthy. In June 2018, Sonia joined the board of SPARC Initiative, a non-profit in San Francisco, focused on empowering the next generation of young leaders, especially those from underprivileged and underrepresented backgrounds, to catalyze and achieve their dreams through project-based learning and mentorship.

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Kam Pooni

CEO

Glyconics Ltd

At Glyconics, Kam’s team have always embraced a diverse hiring and inclusivity policy, to ensure that the business was culturally diverse from the outset. The company culture is focussed on working together to successfully create a product that benefits the patient. Team member equality is the mantra at Glyconics and they have embedded diversity and fairness into their everyday company life from hiring, meeting etiquette and even reward and recognition schemes. As a result, Glyconics have reaped the rewards in terms of speed of product development, fundraising, achieving external recognition and becoming a top company described within the industry as ‘one to watch’ within a short timeframe. Externally, Kam mentors young BAME entrepreneurs at Qincubator, an inclusive community for future founders at Queen Mary’s University. He also mentors at Accelerate Cambridge, a University of Cambridge start-up ‘accelerator’ established by Cambridge Judge Business School for entrepreneurial talent development and commercialisation of new ideas. In addition, Kam provides advice and coaching through his personal consultancy, Yellow Planet Consulting to fellow CEOs and those requiring support with starting up their business. Kam is a firm believer in sharing the knowledge and experience he has gained over the years to ‘give back’ to others.

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Dr. Bijna K. Dasani

Head of Architecture and Innovation

Lloyds Banking Group

Bijna has been serving as a member of Lloyds’ REACH (Inclusion and Diversity SteerCo) for three years, since she has been with Lloyds. Bijna has brought in external relationships to establish new ways of working and to 'break barriers' internally, promoting a culture whereby colleagues can bring their 'authentic selves to work'. This includes serving on various LBG panels internally and as a mentor and speaker for various events. She is also recognised by Lloyds as one of their Top 100 BAME Role Models (for the second consecutive year). Externally, she is an advisory board member for the Inclusive Companies Network (for the second consecutive year) and judge for the Inclusive Companies Awards (for the third consecutive year), promoting benchmarks for inclusivity across sectors and regions for people of BAME backgrounds. Bijna also judges and speaks for various D&I initiatives globally to promote the agenda.

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April Crichlow

VP, Global Customer & Ecosystem Marketing

SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass

To truly drive an inclusive culture within SAP Ariba and SAP Fieldglass, April is instrumental in aligning business goals with HR goals, and has helped push an innovative diversity initiative. Through a variety of diversity and progression programmes, she has set targets for diversity representation with the organisation, to be reached by 2022. She has also worked to promote supplier risk and supplier diversity solutions that help SAP Ariba buyer and supplier customers support ethnic-owned and women-owned businesses. Externally, April mentors and coaches young future business leaders through a variety of community projects aimed at students from ethnic minority backgrounds. April serves on the board of GiveClear, and has served on the board of Liberty Foundation, and served for 2 years as the lead of Visionaries, the business community of Liberty Church in NYC. In these roles she mentored, coached and supported business people in both the entrepreneurial fields and corporate functions. April is regularly asked to speak on gender and ethnic pay parity, and often appears in the media discussing the importance of diversity & inclusion.

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Cecilia Harvey

Chief Operating Officer

Quant Network

As an outspoken advocate for gender and ethnic diversity, Cecilia works tirelessly to close the gender and racial gap while opening doors in the corporate technology sector. During her time as COO of Citigroup Markets and Securities Services Technology, Cecilia launched Prometheus, an initiative to develop the female talent pipeline to achieve leadership positions, serving as an African American role model in her own right. She is founder and chair of Tech Women Today, a platform that showcases women in technology and a resource for women who want to be leaders and increase their influence in the workplace. Cecilia also consults with companies to help them identify and attract talent from BAME backgrounds, and has been featured in Precious, women of colour magazine and Kontrol magazine. She is an active spokeswoman on the subject of ethnic diversity across the tech industry and multiple organisations. She has participated in a WonderWomenTech talk about BAME inclusion in technology and the importance of diversity, and was chairperson of the Women of the Square Mile Conference for women who work in finance.

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Rajesh Gupta

Head of Trading for Argos Financial Services

Sainsbury's bank

Rajesh has chaired the BAME + Allies network for the last four years, celebrating diversity, increasing development opportunities to achieve equal representation in management positions while reflecting our diverse customer base and driving retail success. He was instrumental in setting up the network and in getting Board sponsorship around the network’s objectives, and he has developed BAME-specific mentoring schemes with director-level sponsorship. With the help of the BAME network, Sainsbury’s continues to create a more welcoming environment by celebrating diversity very visibly. From developing engaging and educational content, to using Yammer internally to create discussion and highlighting ethnic minority role models, through to celebrating important cultural occasions, such as Diwali and Chinese New Year and attending this year’s Black Pride, the network actively engages with the business around a variety of topics such as the need for diverse recruitment pools and the need to measure BAME recruitment and retention statistics. They also hold an annual BAME conference, attended by members of the board, to discuss the importance of BAME inclusion and methods for increasing diversity. Externally, Rajesh operates within an informal network for accomplished BAME professionals and regularly attends BAME networking events in London organised by various thought leadership groups to share his experience and learn from what others are doing.

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Sabrina Lynch

Head of Culture

Exposure

Sabrina passionately spearheads opportunities and initiatives that open doors to a new generation of BAME professionals. At Zeno Group, she was the first Black female executive in the agency’s New York office co-leading the Consumer Marketing practice under the New York MD and became a mentor to junior BAME employees. She lobbied for and founded the first ever D&I council, presenting the case for its establishment, writing the mission statement, the council’s responsibilities, convening members across the US network and was the chairperson – overseeing ideation and execution of the council's activities. Sabrina organized workshops for staff with D&I experts to build awareness of governmental policies and societal movements that are impacting staff and the public the group are in service to. Externally, Sabrina is an Adjunct Professor at Manhattan College teaching Advanced Communications and Strategic Planning to students. Sabrina was handpicked by Fordham University to facilitate its Leadership Communications Lab, creating rigorous exam settings to prepare business graduate students for the workforce; in addition to giving talks with BAME students at the University of East London. She is also a member of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, mentoring young BAME professionals on their career trajectories, and is a contributor to HuffPo, Forbes, CultureBanx and PR Week, providing insights on important issues affecting people of colour today.

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Kalpana Shah

Chairman and Non Exec Director

RiverStone Managing Agency

Kalpana is a financial services non-executive director sitting on the boards of RiverStone and Asta, and a highly visible member of the 30% Club. She is a fellow of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and is currently a committee member of both their non-executive directors MIG and non-executive directors guidance working party. She is also a senior liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Insurers and a freeman of the City of London. Kalpana is a regular speaker at a number of events for the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and London Market Association. She also speaks at schools and colleges supporting the Inspiring The Future campaign, focusing on the importance of advancing ethnic minority talent. Additionally, she has been a mentor and role model to ethnic minority colleagues throughout her career, becoming part of the Slaughter and May mentoring programme. Kalpana was a member of the working group for the inaugural Dive In Festival at Lloyds, and a founder member of the diversity & inclusion steering committee at Hiscox.

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Sarah Nelson

Head of Finance

Sainsbury's

This year, Sarah has built on her success as founder of Sainsbury’s BAME network by growing members from 400 to over 1,200 and has refreshed the strategic agenda of the network, engaging operating board members and senior management, while ensuring the diversity and inclusion agenda continues to progress across the business. She organised and hosted the first intersectional event at Sainsbury’s (Diversity within Diversity) celebrating LGBT colleagues of colour, increasing awareness and creating a lasting and visible partnership between the LGBT and BAME networks. She has created a popular and impactful corporate BAME quiz, leading to more open discussion of BAME topics and organised and led two senior management and line manager engagement sessions for over 80 directors, senior managers and line managers, aiming to engage them on the strategic objectives and role of the BAME network. Outside of Sainsbury’s, Sarah continues to mentor and coach individuals from her BAME mentoring circles and speaks at external events to provide guidance and share her experiences and insights, including engagements at local schools during Black History Month.

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Rory Campbell

Partnership Registrar

The John Lewis Partnership

Rory has played an active role in championing and creating more inclusive workplaces for a number of years, most recently through mentoring ethnic minorities in the John Lewis Partnership, sponsoring one of their inclusion networks, informally advising senior leaders on their approach to inclusion, establishing a reverse mentoring initiative, and talking both internally and externally on matters of relevance to inclusive workplaces – engagement, inclusion and mental health. Outside his immediate workplace, Rory is a formal member of a number of external groups that seek to better enable people to ‘bring their whole selves’ to work. Through these communities, Rory undertakes speaking engagements, mentoring and networking with a focus on social change. Noting that BAME groups living in the UK are more likely to be diagnosed with mental health problems and yet are also less likely to engage with mainstream mental health services, he has enjoyed the opportunity to speak at industry and business conferences on the topic of diversity and inclusion, and mental health. Over the coming year, he is looking to work with charities and community interest groups that address themes that are of particular importance to BAME communities.

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Tevin Tobun

CEO

GV Group (Gate Ventures)

At GV Group, Tevin leads a diverse senior management team in terms of ethnicity and gender, and the company constantly review their recruitment policy to reflect the general society. GV has quotas of advertising in ethnically led publications and continue to monitor the ethnic make-up of its staff. Under Tevin’s leadership, GV monitor languages spoken by staff and issue memos accordingly. GV is proud of its success in attracting and retaining highly qualified BAME talent. Externally, Tevin chairs a charity called Inspirational You, which provides guidance to people of BAME background starting out in business through a range of initiatives, such as work experience, mentoring and business workshops. He recently chaired an Inspirational You event at the Houses of Parliament, designed to help young people understand the challenges of the world. Tevin is the only Black board member of Middlesex University, a university with over 60% ethnic minority. Along with other members encouraged the university to set up a buddy system to support new students throughout their first year, helping in particular the inclusion and retention of foreign students. He regularly contributes to university workshops and events, focusing on employment opportunity for students. Tevin also chairs and sponsors a university scholarship programme for people from underprivileged backgrounds, and is a patron of Springboard.

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Raph Mokades

Founder and Managing Director

Rare Recruitment

At Rare, Raph is at the forefront of diversity recruitment, deliberately recruiting his own team from a diverse pool. He goes beyond basic attraction and development, working closely with firms to review and improve their onboarding practices and their approach to assessment and retention. He hires the same calibre of graduate that he places with clients, aggressively seeking people out at the start of their careers and developing them on an ongoing basis. The culture at Rare is built around creating as inclusive an environment as possible, through team building activities, which are respectful of a wide variety of cultural and personal preferences such as non-drinking, daytime activities. Raph is also actively involved in increasing access to the best education to ethnic minority students. Target Oxbridge is Rare’s project to develop more competitive and successful applicants of Black heritage to Oxbridge than ever before, with the end goal of increasing their presence in the business world. Every year for the past decade, Rare has identified the UK’s best Black students, Rare Rising Stars, and honoured them at a high-profile awards reception at the Houses of Parliament. Among many awards for Rare as a whole, Raph also received the Legal Week Outstanding Innovator Award in 2017.

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Rashada Harry

Enterprise Account Manager

Amazon Web Services

Having recently joined the business, Rashada has already successfully organised an International Women’s Day mentoring and insight day at Amazon Web Services for students of predominantly BAME backgrounds. Here, they were introduced to the world of artificial intelligence and machine learning technology and how it impacts everyday life. The students were introduced to the global head of professional services at Amazon Web Services and were able to hear his story on why diversity and STEM is important. The event was well-received by the business, the students and their teachers. Externally, Rashada is co-founder of London’s largest STEM initiative Your Future, Your Ambition which has a focus of ensuring that STEM based careers and opportunities are accessible for all. To date over 5,000 young people have attended YFYA and over 900 have received mentoring. She has also been actively involved in a large number of activities and initiatives in a voluntary capacity that support the BAME narrative both in the UK and in Europe. Rashada has been recognised in numerous publications for her work in D&I, most recently placing in the Black Girl Magic 100.

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury

Dorothy serves on Finsbury’s Global Diversity committee, which focuses on supporting initiatives around the business to foster a more balanced workplace across gender, racial and sexual orientation bounds. This includes initiatives such as delivering unconscious bias training to leadership, ensuring that recruitment practices encourage the interviewing and selection of individuals from varied backgrounds, as well as developing affinity networks within the company. Additionally, as part of this role, is involved with Finsbury’s ongoing support of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which seeks to address the need for greater diversity in the public relations industry. Dorothy also serves the wider WPP organisation as Finsbury’s executive sponsor on the WPP Roots Steering Committee, a committee which seeks to promote diversity and inclusion through the culture and work across agencies. Away from the office, Dorothy has helped to establish of the London (UK) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated, an 73 year-old international charity and NGO which is committed to enriching, sustaining and ensuring the culture and economic survival of those of African descent. Dorothy has served as Vice President of the chapter and was recently elected President and Trustee. Dorothy has been listed in the Top 100 Women to Watch by Cranfield University, and co-leads the Investor Relations practice for the EMEA region as Finsbury seeks to expand its footprint.

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Elizabeth Scarpelli

Head of Global Operations & Privacy Compliance

BNY Mellon

As a member of BNY Mellon’s extended diversity & inclusion governance body, Elizabeth has been actively involved in a number of key initiatives that drive the company’s D&I strategy, including leading programs designed to increase consideration of diverse individuals throughout the organisation’s talent lifecycle – from recruitment/development to retention/advancement. By serving on the firm’s Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council to the CEO, in numerous leadership team positions within the company’s multicultural business resource group, and as a steering committee member of key external partnership initiatives, Elizabeth has helped to broaden perspectives and foster change within the company and deliver against D&I goals as set by the firm. She has helped drive further pipeline diversification at senior levels through BNY Mellon’s Signature Leadership Forum, and acts as a sponsor and mentor as part of BNY Mellon’s multicultural and women’s business resource groups. Elizabeth also provides external mentorship through the Women in Finance Mentorship Program with Columbia University & NYU, has provided career coaching to students from Ma’ayanot High School and served as volunteer instructor for Junior Achievement. Elizabeth is a lifetime member of the Association for Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA), and as the appointed liaison for BNY Mellon’s corporate relationship with ALPFA, leverages the organisation to engage top Latino talent. Beyond her track record for mentoring, sponsoring, developing and recruiting talent, Elizabeth is a vocal champion and speaker on D&I issues and professional development strategies and best practices.

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Gautam Bhattacharyya

Equity Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Gautam always finds the time to represent ethnic minority lawyers and welcome the future generation of lawyers to Reed Smith, where he sits on the firm’s global board. He actively mentors and encourages the firm’s young and aspiring lawyers, and regularly takes part in panel discussions at Reed Smith, sharing his experiences as a diverse senior lawyer. He also regularly meets students at open day events where he provides advice and insight to those wanting to enter the profession, offering work placements wherever possible. Additionally, he actively champions the firm’s London Multicultural Network whose objective is to provide all Reed Smith employees with the opportunity to experience and celebrate their differences and raise awareness of issues that are pertinent to ethnic minority legal professionals. Externally, Gautam regularly takes part in panel discussions at diversity events to discuss the importance of ethnic minority inclusion. In March 2018, he was awarded the leading international lawyer award for work for Indian clients at the Legal Era Awards in Mumbai. He is also highly ranked in the Chambers & Partners Global Rankings, Legal 500 and Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration.

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

As a high profile ethnic minority role model, Nilufer acts as a role model and mentor both formally and informally to ethnic minority employees throughout the firm. She is the first woman and Muslim to lead a corporate group at the firm and hopes to serve as an inspiration to others. She supports the firm’s Muslim Network, aiming to provide practical support for Muslims, particularly during Ramadan. Nilufer also works with the firm’s DIVERSE (ethnicity and social mobility) network to discuss a range of workplace challenges and opportunities, including the ethnicity pay gap, which Slaughter and May voluntarily reported on this year. Externally, Nilufer is on the board of trustees of IntoUniversity, leading on hosting workshops for students to introduce them to the legal profession as a career option and supporting events to raise the charity’s profile. She has been awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list for services to financial services. Career highlights have included advising on the UK Government’s post-crisis bailout and re-privatisation of Lloyds Banking Group. She is listed for M&A in The Legal 500, and as a leading lawyer in the Capital Markets – Equity section of IFLR1000. She has also been profiled in Black Letter Law, a directory that showcases achievement of ethnic minority lawyers, since it began in 2006.

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Ajay Khindria

Global Client Director

IBM

As executive sponsor of the BAME Employee Network and a member of the IBM UK Inclusion Council for 8 years, Ajay’s mission has been to raise awareness of the challenges facing ethnic minority employees, and to drive initiatives to attract, develop and progress ethnic minority IBMers. The strategy has been ‘top down’ ensuring the IBM UKI board understands the importance of ethnic minority employees as part of the workforce and ‘bottom up’, encouraging all employees, members and allies, to be actively involved. A recent initiative around ethnicity pay gap reporting has provided the opportunity to further the dialogue in relation to data capture. At the same time, he is a mentor to managers and professionals, helping manage their careers within the IBM Corporation. Ajay is passionate about intersectionality, and the BAME Employee Network successfully collaborates with other minority network groups to collaborate and deliver a consistent message with greater impact. IBM has been recognised for openly embracing the diversity agenda, which has provided Ajay several external opportunities including being a reverse mentor to the prior Director General of the House of Commons, delivering lectures, as well as sitting on panels on the importance of ethnic minority inclusion. Additionally, he is a trustee of OneKindAct, a charity granting c.20% of funds to support education needs, and 80% of funds in Asian/African continents. He is currently working on harmonising momentum with major corporates to deliver a more significant and sustainable impact in the UK, by sharing experiences and increased collaboration around BAME, people with disabilities, gender and LGBT.

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Oliemata O

Regional Director - Premier Network

HSBC UK

Oliemata sponsors the BAME “Embrace Network” and has worked alongside colleagues to drive a strong agenda around “Attract, Grow and Engage” of BAME and non-BAME colleagues. In this role, she has promoted discussions about race in the workplace, led panel and listening events and career enhancing workshops. She also undertakes reverse mentoring and coaches colleagues to achieve their career aspirations. In her current role as Regional Director and Sponsor for all things inclusivity, Oliemata has supported many BAME colleagues to ensure that there is a strong talent pool of BAME candidates internally and externally for senior leadership appointments. Externally, Oliemata has volunteered as part of a mentoring programme that coaches and supports undergraduates from ethnic minority backgrounds. She also mentors young adults as part of The Prince’s Trust mosaic programme, and hosted over 100 students in the young enterprise challenge finals. She leverages her position and influences by supporting and influencing colleagues to take part in the Business in the Community unemployment circle mentoring programme and was recently invited to the Houses of Parliament alongside her colleagues as a recognition for the success of this programme. She also coaches and supports women of BAME backgrounds who are in middle management and have high potential to reach directorship levels and also Women Entrepreneurs, using her skills and experience she has gathered over the years as a Business Area Manager and experience in supporting women in business. Oliemata has recently completed the Board readiness programme and is looking to use her experience in the capacity of non-executive director in the education and charity sector. She is also very proud that the Embrace network won an award last year in the investing in ethnicity awards 2018, as well as being nominated in the Green Park top 100 BAME Leaders in Business list 2018.

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Madhavi Reddy

Head of Digital Business Services, UKI

Fujitsu Services UK

As chair of the Cultural Diversity Network last year, Madhavi set out the vision, strategy and objectives for the CDN network, organised panels and discussion groups to raise awareness about race, ethnicity and intersectionality, engaged with external bodies such as Investing in Race and Ethnicity, and spoke at many public engagements and panels. She is an active mentor and is part of Fujitsu’s Diversity Diagnostics programme. She organises and hosts D&I events for Fujitsu every quarter, creating an inclusive environment, raising awareness, inspiring BAME members with role models and providing practical tips for progression. Within her own team, Madhavi is working with HR to trail new models of recruitment to increase diversity, resulting in a very diverse team and a zero gender and race based pay gap. She speaks at numerous public engagements and panels to progress the conversation on race. Madhavi is using her growing voice on social media and uses her Linkedin profile to raise awareness on diversity, having authored articles on diversity and reverse mentoring which have been widely shared.

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Anit Chandarana

Group Director of Business Planning and Strategy

Network Rail

Anit is executive sponsor for the Cultural Fusion staff network, which aims to spread awareness of race issues in the company and to provide all employees a place to promote the opportunity bought by a diverse culture. His specific role is to give mentorship and support to the team that run the network and to use his role as a one of the few senior ethnic leaders in the business to act as a role model. He has been nominated for internal awards, recognising his inclusive leadership style and diversity activities. Externally, he has used his place on last year’s EMpower list as a platform to speak on ethnic minority diversity and inclusion in the workplace. He has been invited to speak at various events on how to overcome discrimination in the workplace, and what organisations can do to make their workplace more inclusive to ethnic minorities. Recently, he has been appointed as a NED of the East London NHS Foundation Trust. Anit took a deliberate decision to target this sector after identifying that this essential national entity does not adequately represent the populations that it serves.

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Nadun Muthukumarana

Partner

Deloitte

At Deloitte, Nadun has been in lead roles as talent partner, diversity & inclusion lead partner and respect and inclusion advisor. He has initiated, driven and supported key activities with significant positive outcomes, including changes to recruitment policy to support further BAME and female talent, plus training on unconscious bias and the value of diversity; the creation of an Inclusivity Charter, promoting diversity within project teams; the creation of respect and inclusion walk-in sessions to provide advice and positive avenues of communication for BAME colleagues; and the support and leadership of over 10 diversity groups at Deloitte, including the Hindu Network, Multicultural Network, Sikh Network and the Muslim Network. A lot of Nadun’s external work involves helping young people, the majority of whom are BAME, to develop their skills and careers. He is the lead board member for diversity at the Management Consultancies Association (MCA), promoting all aspects of diversity & inclusion across firms covering over 60,000 practitioners in the UK. He is also a young MCA advisor, mentoring on various topics, and he also mentors young people in his local community. In addition, he works with schools, universities and charities to promote D&I.

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Donna Herdsman

Client Partner

Emergn

As a Client Partner, Donna is at the heart of creating long-term relationships based on trust, thereby enabling an environment where the {Emergn} team can do their best work. As the most senior person of colour, Donna’s initial priority has been on leveraging her experience of working at a senior level in large corporations, to the benefit of one that is on a journey of growth. Donna is a leader in business growth, working with both sales and delivery on a global scale (USA,UK, Russia and Latvia). She has also been asked to play a central role, working with the rest of the team, in driving the recruitment initiative and thereby acting as a role model by focusing on the value that people can bring, and in alignment with providing leadership, guidance and purpose to the client teams. Donna is also a judge for the Black British Business Awards (and Women in Trade Awards). Donna has given numerous presentations on the importance of D&I and mentors BAME talent through various schemes. One of her mentees cited Donna’s inspiration in her creation of the BBB Awards. (Donna has recently left Emergn)

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Vidisha Joshi

Managing Partner

Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors

Vidisha was recently involved with the review of her firm’s equality, diversity and inclusion training, in which she identified a need to include social mobility, hidden disabilities and unconscious bias. In her experience, awareness and education are the only ways to bring about positive change. As well as this the firm have launched their LGBTQ employee network this year to not only support their own employees, but also those outside the organisation. Having noticed a need to overhaul trainee recruitment for the purposes of diversity, Vidisha introduced a totally blind recruitment process, removing name, education and background, and leading to a wider range of candidates being judged on the criteria that matter. Vidisha regularly speaks at large external events on the topic of diversity and inclusion in the workplace and particularly the legal industry, including the Legal Futures 2018 Conference, the Women in Law committee, the Legal Practice Management Association and the Society of Asian Lawyers’ International Women’s Day panel. She has judged on legal awards panels in a bid to champion women and people of colour and is an active member of networks such as Asian Women of Achievement. Vidisha is a Women of the Future ambassador and mentors young women.

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Ernest Nicolas

Vice President, Global Supply Chain

Rockwell Automation

As Rockwell Automation began its Culture of Inclusion (COI) Journey in 2007, Ernest was already busy diversifying his global teams and providing opportunities for people of colour. Following the company receiving the prestigious 2017 Catalyst Award, Ernest was asked to provide his unique perspective in a Bloomberg article entitled, ‘White Men Can Change at Rockwell Automation: A common sense approach has diversified the workforce.’ Ernest also leveraged his influence and established the Black Executive Leadership Council for director and vice president level leaders at Rockwell and serves as the first executive advisor for the African American Professionals Network. As the first Rockwell Automation executive invited to join the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), the preeminent membership global organization for the development of Black leaders, Ernest, in turn, introduced the ELC to the company to help continue to develop leaders whose impact would permeate throughout the company. Additionally, he leads Rockwell Automation’s recruiting efforts at key national diversity engineering and tech conferences, such as the National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). Ernest is regularly called upon by external organizations to help address diversity issues and consult on initiatives to help increase opportunities for people of colour. He is an advocate of building sustainable change on a local level, he served on the board of directors for the Milwaukee Chapter of Habitat for Humanity and is currently serving on board of directors for the Milwaukee Urban League as they usher in their centennial year of existence. A continual advocate for students of colour graduating from college, he regularly contributes to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) through his financial and volunteer efforts.

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Chinwe Odimba-Chapman

Partner

Clifford Chance LLP

Chinwe co-founded the Clifford Chance Black & Minority Ethnic network in 2015 with the primary aim of making BAME issues a business priority at Clifford Chance. Initially as co-chair and now as partner champion of the Clifford Chance BAME network, she has been instrumental in raising awareness of what is now an active and visible network, both within the firm and externally. She introduced a bespoke three-part coaching programme, aiming to assist Black and minority ethnic employees living in London in their personal and professional development, successfully launched the BAME network reverse mentoring programme and organises regular events, including for Black History Month. Chinwe is a professional ambassador for Aspiring Solicitors, aiming to increase diversity in the legal profession by assisting aspiring solicitors from underrepresented backgrounds. She has been identified as a role model by the Clifford Chance Women's Network and Legal 500. Chinwe is partner sponsor for the London Black Women's Project, an organisation focused on addressing violence against women and girls by providing advice, guidance, support, advocacy and accommodation. She mentors on the Black Solicitors Network Creating Pathways Mentoring Scheme and is a regular speaker and panellist at conferences aimed at developing BAME employees.

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Justin Onuekwusi

Fund Manager, Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM)

Justin is a fund manager at LGIM and a member of the Asset Allocation team which manages over £50 billion for pension schemes and savers throughout the world. He is the lead fund manager on the award-winning Multi-Index Funds. Justin co-chairs the Legal & General Inclusion Team (LEGIT), which aims to create a culture that supports all of LGIM through networks and events across five key areas: leadership engagement, talent attraction and development, leadership development, marketing and communications and community engagement. He also chairs the Investment Diversity Working Group (IDWG), which focuses on driving inclusivity across the investment floor. One initiative from the IDWG was working with HR and colleagues to create an entry-level recruitment scheme dedicated for the investment floor. As well as personally mentoring LGIM BAME members of staff, he runs a number of informal mentor sessions with BAME employees across the UK. Externally, Justin is an adviser to the board of City Hive Ltd, which focuses on driving diversity initiatives throughout the asset management industry. In addition, he sits on the ethnicity workstream of the industry-wide Diversity Project forming part of the steering committee of the movement #talkaboutblack, which focuses on creating more black senior leaders in the asset management industry and beyond as well as addressing the taboo that surrounds conversations about ethnicity. In particular, Justin has been instrumental in creating the #tallaboutblack cross-industry mentoring groups, where senior investment professionals give new starters in the asset management industry career guidance and advice. He also acts as a regular speaker at events and in the media to promote diversity and inclusion.

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Rocki Howard

Client Services Director

Resource Solutions

Rocki’s passion is to create a work place where people can focus on having impact while leveraging their unique strengths and experiences. She has created a culture of acceptance and inclusion that facilitates the hiring of diverse team members, including the creation of hiring process that is focused on talent and potential. This process has resulted in unprecedented workplace diversity. Rocki mentors three female ethnic minority team members and, after joining the global diversity team, has conducted and presented research into suggestions on improving the impact of the organization’s diversity program. Rocki is a sponsor for Girls Rock and JASMYN, both of which support teens in the LGBT+ community through counselling and activities to build self-esteem. Rocki is growing a digital community to empower and support ethnic minority women over 40 and has received several accolades for her work in diversity.

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Jatin Patel

Products and Digital Director

TSB

Jatin places a large emphasis on people development and talent management and actively promotes inclusive cultures. He is passionate about innovation and believes a more diverse workforce is an obvious starting point for greater innovation at TSB. He is an active mentor to TSB Partners and supports Business in the Community’s mentoring circles. He has hosted internal and external events including the Investing in Ethnicity Race conference, where he championed race issues. Jatin has used his influence and leadership to shape the bank’s diversity agenda, specifically implementing an internal cultural awareness session to better understand the cultural differences that all partners bring to the workplace. He will sponsor an internal data collection campaign this year, and has sponsored TSB’s support of the Race At Work Charter, a voluntary charter developed to help organisations take action to tackle barriers that BAME staff place in recruitment and progression. Outside of TSB, Jatin has taken part in a cross-organisational mentoring circle as a lead mentor, and often speaks at conferences and organisations advocating the importance of diversity and inclusion. He has also done work to help improve education and access for young people from under-privileged backgrounds, particularly in areas with high concentrations of ethnic minorities.

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Quita Highsmith

Head, Alliance and Advocacy Relations

Genentech

Quita Highsmith is Head, Alliance & Advocacy Relations in Government Affairs, and is also the Co-Founder of Advancing Inclusive Research™ at Genentech. Quita is passionate about incorporating the patient voice in healthcare, developing others and creating vision in the biotech industry for women and people of color. Her work in Advancing Inclusive Research highlights her commitment to addressing barriers in clinical research participation for diverse and ethnic communities. Quita is one of the named authors of “US Cancer Centers of Excellence strategies for increased inclusion of racial and ethnic minorities in clinical trials,” published in the Journal of Oncology Practice. Quita’s leadership is evident within nonprofit and professional organizations as well, serving as the Vice Chair of the Alliance Development Committee for the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), as a member of the Global Nominating Board and Past President of the San Francisco Chapter of the Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association (HBA), as a member of the Delta San Fran-Peninsula Foundation Scholarship Board for black college students and on the board of Genentech’s Political Action Committee (GenenPAC). She has been recognized by numerous institutions and is a leading voice for promoting people of color and women in the workplace.

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Naren Patel

CEO

Primesight Ltd

At Primesight, Naren ensures that diversity and inclusion is at the forefront of his team’s minds. He regularly monitors the ethnic make-up and recruitment of his workforce to ensure that they truly reflect the society they work in. He also serves as Chair of the Primesight Diversity Group, to ensure that diversity initiatives have the support from the top of the organisation and has implemented a mentoring system to provide career advice to their ethnic minority employees. Naren has recently put the company through a benchmarking process, to understand where they sit among competitors and how they can improve their inclusion efforts. Primesight has been nominated for a variety of industry awards, and Naren is featured on the Campaign A list. Externally, Naren is a Trustee for NABS (National Advertising Benevolent Society) and sits on their Finance Committee. Last year, he set up Media for All, was on the Media Diversity Task Force, and also an advisor to Creative Access. He regularly speaks at industry events on the topic of diversity in the media, and has been involved in Speakers for Schools. Through all of these activities, Naren forms mentoring relationships to pass on his advice and passion for diversity to the next generation. Following the successful sale of Primesight to Global Radio, Naren will be stepping down as CEO and continuing as a Consultant for the next 12 months.

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Roni Savage

Managing Director

Jomas Associates Ltd

Roni is an engineering and environmental geologist, working for clients in the construction industry. As a British female of African heritage, Roni is passionate about empowering other women as well as those from an ethnic minority background, by putting herself forward as a role model. She speaks regularly at events aimed at this cause, and regularly offers free mentoring, coaching and sponsoring opportunities. Roni is committed to social mobility and supports the YMCA, Mayor’s Fund, Churches and Colleges, demonstrating that people who look like her can attain leadership positions if they are willing to work for it. Roni set up a BAME Women Leaders in Engineering Movement to identify women who have been able to step up and step out, so that together, they can support future ethnic minority women. She regularly speaks at BAME empowerment events and was elected as FSB national lead for Women in STEM. Roni was named Black British Business Person of the Year in 2018 and uses her platform to speak openly about the need for diversity. She has received many industry awards and has been recognised in numerous publications.

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Global Head of CSR and President of The Moody

Moodys Corporation

Appointed to the newly created role of global head of CSR, Arlene developed a global strategy that aligns with Moody’s businesses and promotes diversity and inclusion externally. Moody’s CSR strategy seeks to empower people, particularly women and BAME entrepreneurs and students, with the knowledge, resources and confidence they need to create a better future — for themselves, their communities and the environment. Arlene works in partnership with D&I to advance a diverse talent pipeline by advocating for leadership development opportunities for Moody’s BAME employees. She regularly mentors BAME professionals at varying levels and stages of their careers. She is a frequent speaker for multicultural and women’s ERGs around the world, sharing her career journey and advice. Arlene chairs the Executive Leadership Council’s International Presence Committee, whose mandate is to promote the brand in the UK by identifying potential members who demonstrate the organization’s commitment to building and supporting a pipeline of Black talent poised for business leadership. She serves as the vice chair for the Board of Visitors for Howard University’s Business School, one of the top Historically Black College and Universities. She has been featured in numerous lists including Savoy’s 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America, and Black Enterprise’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Business.

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Quentin Roach

Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President, GSMG, GSBD & GWES

MSD

Quentin has been essential in ensuring inclusive environments and cultures, based on values established in collaboration with his executive leadership team. He is the executive co-sponsor for the development and delivery of a diversity leadership programme and leads the economic inclusion programme and processes that have led the company to prestigious Billion Dollar Roundtable Membership. He sponsors the Supplier Diversity Summit to share best practices in growing diverse businesses and speaks at various internal diversity and employee resource group sessions. He sponsors various other diversity networks and commissioned a reverse mentor programme. Externally, Quentin currently maintains board positions with various organisations, with specific focuses on diversity & inclusion, and regularly speaks on D&I at conferences and universities. He is a passionate youth advocate and works with numerous mentorship schemes.

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Habib Motani

Partner

Clifford Chance

Habib was one of the first ethnic minority partners at a magic circle law firm, and has always seen it as important for young lawyers in the firm to be able to look to him as a role model. He is on the steering committee of the Clifford Chance BAME Network, of which he is a champion. Through this role, he has mentored young lawyers and is currently working with Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs and HSBC to mutually support the BAME agenda internally. He championed Clifford Chance’s support for London Black Women’s Project, and liaises between Clifford Chance’s Muslim Network and the Canary Wharf Chaplaincy Multifaith Steering Committee. He supports the Society of Asian Lawyers and has held a number of senior positions within the Ismaili Muslim community, such as chair of the International Conciliation and Arbitration Board. Habib is a member of the Canary Wharf Chaplaincy Multifaith Steering Group, a trustee of Bow Arts Trust, and actively supports the work of Patchwork Foundation. He has been recognised by Legal 500 and Chambers UK.

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Lord Dr Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE

Global Head of Citizenship

KPMG

Lord Michael is a passionate sponsor and advocate of KPMG UK’s reverse mentoring for partners and the linked KPMG Black Enterprise Awards. He is the most senior public Black leader at KPMG and actively mentors younger Black staff, promoting career development to leadership positions. He has led the Vodafone Scholarship for Urban Black Ambassadors to One Young World for the last 6 years and is committed to minority internships within his team. Lord Michael has previously served as KPMG’s global head of inclusion & diversity. Externally, Lord Michael hosts a major international mentor network called Men of Purpose, providing expertise training and development skills, network relationships and international growth assignments to millennial Black men of great potential. He uses his office at the House of Lords to host regular parliamentary events for Black talent within the Palace of Westminster, such as the annual Baton Awards recognising Black women who are the change they want to see, and is co-leading the development of the first Black think tank in the UK and the first Black led development agency. He served as a Commissioner for Racial Equality for 9 years.

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Melvin Williams

President

Nicor Gas

Melvin leads the way in the continuing dialogue of diversity and inclusion as president of Nicor Gas and founding chairman of the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council. Through both organizations, Melvin has increased spending with diverse businesses to record numbers. Melvin has committed Nicor Gas to an inclusive workforce that reflects the customers it serves. There are eight employee resource groups that support both the company’s priorities and the interests of members, such as En Rapport, which Melvin is the executive sponsor of, and focuses on African American issues in the workplace through networking opportunities, community activism and professional and personal development. For more than 25 years Melvin has been a member of the national organization American Association of Blacks in Energy (AABE), including having served as a board member, and remains active member of the Chicago Chapter. He is also a member of The Executive Leadership Council, committed to advancing the role and contributions of Black executives and preparing the next generation of corporate leaders. Having experienced the benefits of strong African American community role models, Melvin supports the United Way and is a lifetime member and Hall of Fame inductee of the Frank Callen Boys & Girls Club of Savannah, Georgia, continuing the legacy of his predecessors.

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Michael Sherman

Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

British Telecom

Michael is the first and currently the only Black Executive Committee member at BT Group and uses his position to pull together those of Black, Asian and minority ethnicities in order to improve networking across the business. This has meant working to identify people of colour throughout the organisation and championing the improvement of the organisations data collection to help in tracking people of colour through their careers to support in their development and performance as well as to look at how BT can underpin this with appropriate measures. This has also included individual mentorship of employees of colour to support and guide them through their career. Having piloted a reporting and score carding initiative within his own team, Michael is working with his leadership team and HR to spearhead more Black, Asian and ethnic diversity across BT. He has been an active board member, investor and mentor to students through the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, who focus on helping students and historically Black colleges and universities to develop next generation African-American leaders. He is also an active member of the Executive Leadership Council, supporting growth and development of Black C-suite executives and board members. In addition, Michael is an active member of Sigma Pie Phi (Boule), raising money for the Boule foundation and its associated scholarship funds, with a focus on children of African American descent.

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Netsai Mangwende

Head of Finance for Great Britain

WillisTowersWatson

Netsai is the Business Partner to the CEO and is responsible for the commercially focussed financial management of the GB Operations. Prior to joining WTW GB, Netsai worked at AIG where she was Head of Finance Business Partnering for UK & Europe and before that she worked for RSA, Deloitte and PwC. She is a member of the WTW UK Inclusion and Diversity Council and is the executive sponsor for the UK Multicultural Network. The network is partnering with Human Resources to review recruitment policies and practices with an aim to increase diverse talent representation across the organisation. To drive an inclusive culture, the network is raising awareness of the BAME community by contributing to company strategy and educating allies by holding business focussed events centred on topics such as innovation and AI. As executive sponsor, Netsai has introduced BAME colleagues to external organisations and associations to collaborate and contribute to the wider market, share best practice and develop new business partnerships. Being the most senior woman of African origin in the UK insurance industry, Netsai finds it paramount to be a trailblazer for diversity initiatives focussed on the BAME demographic and has actively participated in external forums as a guest, speaker or panellist. She is an active sponsor and mentor to BAME colleagues and her contributions to inclusive talent strategies has been recognised on the top 100 Powerlist black Britons and BAME 100 Board Talent Index. She is a strong advocate for Education and has recently joined the Insurance Institute of London as a Council Member, recently joined the Lloyds Tercentenary Research Foundation as a Trustee and in January spearheaded a campaign to rebuild a dilapidated school in rural Zimbabwe which will help keep 214 children in school.

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Mandhir Singh

Chief Operating Officer BP Lubricants

BP

Mandhir is the COO for BP’s global lubricants business with more than 6000 employees across the world. BP Lubricants has employees from various different ethnic backgrounds and Mandhir made it one of his top priorities when taking the position as most senior leader in the lubricants business in October 2016 to foster not only gender but also ethnic diversity. In Mandhir’s business area of responsibility over 75% of his leadership team are non-English or from a different ethnic background since he have taken the lead. He strongly believes that role modelling diversity at the top level of the organisation has a reflection into the organisation. He stands for humble leadership combined with credible actions to demonstrate that he truly stands for what he says. Mandhir actively supports recruitment to attract diverse talent early on and his guidance and leadership as chair of the BP Positively Ethnic Network governors’ board in the UK since 2017 has promoted the business case for increasing the representation, inclusion and advancement of UK-based ethnic minorities, as well as supporting ethnic minority employees in the workplace. Mandhir has hosted various PEN panel events including external speakers with representation from the sports, legal and music world. BP are now in the 6th year of their Widening Participation Program (WPP) which aims to develop the potential of under-represented minorities in the graduate recruitment cycle. Mandhir participated on the panel of their D&I webcast representing senior leaders with a different ethnic background to promote diverse ethnicity in the business. Externally, he mentors a wide range of individuals across all age groups and cultures, and is BP executive sponsor for Durham University, where he has taken an active lead to encourage people from different backgrounds and cultures to apply to BP. Mandhir and his team have received numerous accolades for their work on promoting D&I.

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Paris Petgrave

CEO

We Love Work

Across her entire career in recruitment and HR, Paris has designed and delivered a series of initiatives to support diversity in the workplace. She founded We Love Work, an HR Technology start-up which works with companies to improve workplace culture using an AI platform which collects real time data from employees on workplace culture to ensure the working environment is more inclusive. Paris has been commissioned by London councils, The Princes Trust and The European social fund to run diversity initiatives to help ethnic minority candidates access employment. She is now taking her experience and expertise into the tech sector and venture capital world, to continue to help companies globally build diverse teams and inclusive working cultures. Externally she has been involved in a number of different projects to inspire entrepreneurs from the ethnic minority community. Paris is a regular mentor to and investor in ethnic minority start-ups through her organisation, Rare Seed Capital, and has spoken at a number of high profile events including The London Business Show and Campus Party EU. She is regularly recognised for her diversity and inclusion efforts as a Lotus Award Winner, Powerlist Rising Star, Black Women in Business honouree and by Forbes.

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Femi Bamisaiye

Chief Information Officer

HomeServe UK

Femi chairs the inaugural HomeServe Diversity and Inclusion Council and is the executive sponsor for D&I across the organisation. Through his sponsorship, four diversity networks have been established for BAME, LGBT+, disability and gender, appointing volunteer senior leads and deputies to lead these steering groups and devising an Inclusion strategy and set of goals for HomeServe. In his previous role at Royal Mail, Femi sat on the Diversity Council for over three years and was the BAME Network sponsor for the company. There, he launched mentoring circles to help BAME colleagues, improved recruitment methods to attract more diversity, and contributed to the development of initiatives to target improving BAME representation in more senior roles. Externally, Femi has participated as lead mentor in the BiTC mentoring circles initiative, where he mentored a circle of eight BAME middle managers from five FTSE and public sector organisations. He has also spoken at a number of BiTC BAME events particularly around their mentoring circles initiative and wider ethnicity activity.

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Annette Byron

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Annette is the driving force behind Freshfields’ Stephen Lawrence Scholarship Scheme, aiming to address the disproportionate underrepresentation of Black and Black mixed-race men from less privileged backgrounds in large commercial law firms and other City institutions. The scheme brings together Freshfields, big business and universities in a unique initiative, which is run by volunteers from Freshfields and its clients, with more than 130 members contributing to the scheme’s recruitment, development programme and mentoring. Learnings from the scheme have influenced other areas of the firm, including enhanced awareness around unconscious biases, and diversity and inclusion best practices. Beyond the scheme, Annette co-leads Freshfields’ Black Affinity Network, mentors BAME colleagues at the firm and beyond, facilitates discussions with senior leadership, hosts events and is a driver for frank discussions on issues such as reporting on and closing the ethnicity pay gap. Externally, Annette sits on the board of PRIME, the legal sector charity which forms an alliance among law firms committed to improving access to those from less socially mobile backgrounds to the legal profession through work experience. She and the Scheme have been widely cited in the press as innovative and inspiring. Annette supports by charitable donation arts projects that bring on new theatre writing and productions by BAME artists.

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Kai Exos

Co-CEO Isobar Canada

Dentsu Aegis Network

As an artist, Kai has headlined at Sundance, Cannes Lions, SXSW alongside an all-Black performers programme; as a record label founder, his corporate art fund has invested over $4M in Black Art this year alone. He hosts Black Excellence events in LA and Toronto and enacted a Global Diversity & Inclusion Charter at Isobar. Frequent initiatives for his internal project, The Intersectionality Forum, continue to take place at their Toronto headquarters to highlight shared values and encourage representation. Kai also established a Culture Potluck within the organization to celebrate the diaspora; promotes a Nike Run Club alongside “The Real Toronto”, an advocacy group in the Toronto community; and is the executive sponsor of a weekly book club and library initiative that promotes underrepresented voices in literature. Kai’s approach to allyship and focus on equality has been featured in international magazines as all VPs in his organisations are trained for unconscious bias. His team of award-winning Creative Directors + 100 creative staff write inclusive briefs/castings for the likes of Cadillac and Stoli Vodka. Kai is a member of the NAACP, PETA, NARAS and the ACLU, and an very proud ally of @Unity_In_Color. In addition to his philanthropy and executive mentorship, Kai’s global activism extends further as a a Billboard Top 40-charting musician.

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Segun Osuntokun

Managing Partner, London Office

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

As managing partner of the London office of Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP), Segun is a visible advocate for social inclusion and ethnic diversity. He has spoken at and actively participated in firmwide and office specific events and initiatives, reiterating the firm’s and Segun’s own commitment to ethnic diversity in their workforce. He is a founding member of BCLP’s Global Diversity & Inclusivity Board and co-chaired the firm’s social inclusion and ethnicity network. He spearheads ‘Race for Change’, an award-winning initiative addressing the lack of Black representation in the legal profession and supporting Black students and graduates by providing access to role models, networking, and guidance on applications to law firms. Segun led a delegation of London BAME lawyers to the firm’s Lawyers of Colour retreat in Denver providing the opportunity to forge relationships between BAME lawyers and to share best practice in relation to the intersection between socio economic background and ethnicity. He is actively involved with a number of mentoring schemes encouraging diversity in the legal profession. Segun has been recognised for his work in diversity by JP Morgan and for his legal expertise by the British Nigeria Law Forum, Legal 500 and Chambers.

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Raj Verma

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Sodexo

As a British born Sikh, Raj was Sodexo’s first ethnic minority global senior vice president in human resources, and continues to be very visible across the organisation. Over the past 12 months, he has voluntarily coached chairs of the Cultures & Origins ERG. He regularly presents at conferences and panels and is a member of Sodexo’s Culture & Origins Advisory Board, leading the workstream on local minorities. Raj encouraged Sodexo to sign up to the EMpower Ethnic Pay Audit charter and is sponsoring the firm’s first national local minorities event. He participates in numerous mentoring schemes and has been appointed to the steering committee of the Warwick University Business School Mentoring programme. He continues to make presentations at schools and universities on different subjects to a cross-section of backgrounds. He was appointed as the first BAME board director of a property management company in the local area and hopes to provide visibility at grassroots level, so ethnic minority leaders are not seen as unusual.

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Richard Iferenta

Partner

KPMG LLP

Richard championed the creation of a KPMG Black Heritage (BH) Working Group, which brings together Black Heritage Partners, Head of People, Co-Head of Inclusion, Diversity and Social Equality and the Chair of the African Caribbean Network to track progress on targets, deliver specific actions to advance BH inclusion and provide challenge and critique to internal strategies and campaigns. The group has developed strategies to address BH recruitment shortfalls, including supporting and refreshing the firm’s Black Heritage Talent Insight Programme. They have also given input into the broader project happening across the firm, where the way in which project work is allocated is being reviewed. For the BH Working Group, the focus has been on ensuring that Black Heritage colleagues gain the broad experience required for progression. In 2018, KPMG tailored exit interviews to include a dedicated face-to-face meeting for Black Heritage colleagues to fully understand their reasons for resigning and minimise future attrition and Richard often personally meets with colleagues to overlay additional insights. As Partner Sponsor for the African Caribbean Network, Richard has hosted events to understand challenges faced and showcase a road map of how to succeed, and secured external speakers to inspire colleagues. Richard is Chair of the Race Diversity Board of Business in the Community, championing the creation of the Race at Work Charter; leading the consultation and socialisation of the five Charter focus areas via a series of events with CEOs of various businesses; and collaborating with the Government, BiTC and other businesses to encourage target-setting and ethnicity pay gap reporting. Richard set up the KPMG Black Leaders Network and mentors a wide range of individuals. He is regularly asked to speak at events on D&I.

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Rupal Kantaria

Director

Oliver Wyman

Rupal is a strategic advisor at Oliver Wyman on Inclusion – with a specialism in race and ethnicity and gender. In particular she has worked to expand the focus on gender to race and ethnicity, moving away from a “them and us” mentality, key for real behaviour change. She co-designed, organised and led the first ever BAME International Women’s Day Speakers’ showcase at the House of Commons for IWD 2019 giving a voice to transgender, BAME and other often ‘unheard’ women. As part of Lord Gadhia’s multi-cultural race awareness House of Lords Forum, Rupal has expanded and helped structure the 60+ BAME network leads community, chairing the advocacy group and uniting efforts to speak with one, more powerful voice to Government, for example representing grassroots feedback to the Government’s Race charter consultation. She is also spearheading a board-level roundtable for executive sponsors of ethnicity to share learning and co-create, to support change from the top. Rupal co-founded and designed an innovative cross-company movement, Mission INCLUDE, with specialists Moving Ahead, launching with three FTSE 250 CEOs and 13 companies (including the British Army, AIG, RBS) coming together at C-suite level to foster inclusion across all diversity strands. Internally at Oliver Wyman, Rupal has engaged fellow senior leaders by recognising diversity as a competitive imperative and advantage, calling for more diverse racial pitch teams and visuals amongst other things. Rupal provides strategic sparring to the Race and Ethnicity network, and raises awareness through race discussions and BAME reverse mentoring to provide a safe space for ‘uncomfortable conversations’. She also acts as a mentor and a sponsor for various mentorship schemes. Rupal works with various charities to support BAME women and has spoken at numerous ethnicity inclusion events and in the media to promote D&I.

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Rob Mukherjee

Director Of Transformation

EveryCloud Security

In his previous role at Vodafone, Rob launched and led Vodafone’s regional ethnic minority network in Manchester, building the greatest volume of attending members of all UK regions. He uncovered issues around conscious and unconscious bias towards the BAME community and was able to initiate remediation plans to improve the situation. Now on the board of EveryCloud, a cloud security and digital workplace consultancy, Rob ensures that their messaging and flexible working policies are welcoming to all. He has established links between EveryCloud and the Indian High Commission, to explore how cloud technologies could enhance engagement with the Indian diaspora in the UK – and supports the Manchester India partnership, a group of business leaders promoting Manchester as a gateway to the North for Indian influencers. Rob appears on various panels, podcasts, and other speaking events discussing matters relevant to diversity & inclusion, including Great Exhibition Of The North and Northern Power Futures. He is a trustee of GreaterSport, a charity which aims to improve lives through physical activity, including a focus on the disproportionate challenge affecting young BAME individuals. He judges the Northern Power Women Awards and the UK Business Tech Awards and has been recognised in numerous publications for his work in diversity.

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Margaret Anadu

Head of the Urban Investment Group (UIG)

Goldman Sachs

As a partner, Margaret engages the firm’s leadership in bold new initiatives for progressing the inclusion and advancement of Black professionals. Together with her fellow Black partners, Margaret work directly with the firm’s co-presidents to take deliberate action to improve the progression of Black talent and build on the firm’s aspiration of being an “employer of choice” for diverse professionals. She is a lead investor for Launch with GS, an initiative aiming to close the gender investing gap. The initiative has recently extended beyond women to include investments in businesses founded, owned or led by people of colour. Leveraging her role as head of the Urban Investment Group (UIG), Margaret is working to help further close the investment opportunity gap, with strategy rooted in deep community engagement to ensure investment capital can be a catalyst in the revitalization of distressed neighbourhoods. Margaret currently serves on the boards of several community and economic development non-profit organizations including: the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, Center for an Urban Future (CUF), Core Innovation Capital, and Ascend Learning. Through serving on the Ascend Learning board, Margaret was able to help in structuring the financing to allow for the redevelopment of an underutilised building be turned into the Brownsville Ascend Lower and Middle Schools, and Brooklyn Ascend High School. Additionally, through serving on the board of CUF, a New York City think tank, Margaret has helped with their mission of developing a sustainable middle-class economy.

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Kelly McDonald

Executive Manager, HR Business Partner

Irish Life

At National Australia Bank (NAB), Kelly supported the African Inclusion Program, by providing work placement opportunities for people with African heritage (often refugees) offering meaningful work and enabling a number of participants to attain permanent roles. Kelly has always been passionate about diverse recruitment and has supported graduates from ethnic minority backgrounds through career guidance and sponsorship into new roles. Also at NAB, Kelly developed a program leveraging her internal network to support girls from minority backgrounds into higher education. She has acted as a mentor to women from ethnic minority backgrounds, providing them with support as they set up a not for profit business to drive social inclusion. Last year, Kelly took a central leadership role in the D&I programme at Irish Life Group, supporting key initiatives to build greater inclusivity at Irish Life. This included the roll out of unconscious bias training for all employees, LGBTQ inclusion and improving the visibility of mental health and wellbeing. Kelly will be supporting the partnership between Irish Life and P-Tech, acting as a mentor and assisting in finding workplace experience for underprivileged children. She is currently connecting with the 30% Club Ireland, which focuses on gender balance (in Financial Services) to introduce an ethnic minority focus.

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Tunji Akintokun

Director & Head of Sales UK

PwC

Tunji has been involved in a number of key initiatives to progress ethnic minority employees in the workplace, from being co-founder of the Black employee resource group at his previous organisation Cisco, to chairing the organisation for 5 years. He was active in helping Cisco achieve the National Equality Standard, and was a member of the influential organisation The Network of Networks (TNON), sitting on the Executive committee. He continues to mentor and provide counsel for many ethnic minority professionals both externally and within PwC, where he is a member of PwC's Multicultural Business Network. Tunji is active and involved in a number of initiatives outside of the workplace. As a regular speaker internationally on diversity, he has spoken on several panels for companies such as Channel 4 and Lloyds Banking Group. He has founded two social enterprises which aim to inspire, excite and engage diverse talent in pursuing careers in STEM across Africa, USA and UK. Through his own charitable trust, The Ilesha Charitable Trust, he provides bursaries, funding and support for many ethnic minority organisations and individuals. Tunji has been featured on numerous lists for his diversity work and was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours List for services to young people from ethnic minorities in Science & Technology.

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Piers Linney

Non Executive Director

British Business Bank

Piers is personally involved in a number of businesses as an investor, shareholder, director or adviser, and diversity and inclusion from the board down is fundamental. Until 2017 he was a director of a listed company with Sir Ken Olisa also on the board, which is rare representation on the board of a UK PLC. He regularly leverages his public profile to bring about change by raising awareness and inspiring ethnic minority people to aspire. This has included being visible as an investor on prime-time TV shows such as Dragons’ Den or as a non-executive director of the government-owned British Business Bank. He has also been recognised on the Power List 100 and was the winner of the inaugural Black British Business Awards as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014. Additionally, Piers is a founding trustee of The Aleto Foundation, which hosts multi-day leadership programmes structured to provide delegates with a life-changing confidence boost which will enable them to deal as equals with their student peers. He is also a regular public speaker for corporates and in schools, colleges, and even prisons, instilling confidence and opening minds to empower ethnic minorities. Piers now creates content across social media and speaks publicly to promote diversity and inclusion.

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Nneka Abulokwe

Founder; Chair Board Nominations Committee; Board Member

MicroMax Consulting; ISACA; BCS

As the first black senior executive in Sopra Steria, a leading European digital transformation firm, Nneka used her platform to inspire and motivate ethnic minority people across the organisation and farther afield. Following a very successful 25yrs + corporate career, she set up MicroMax Consulting, a board advisory service, to make a greater impact and inspire beyond the bounds of tech industry and to contribute positively to society and foster diversity and inclusion in the workplace. This is being achieved by bringing diversity to the top table by serving on several Boards and shaping the strategic & diversity agendas of large organisation and professional institutions. Through MicroMax, Nneka acts as an ambassador and role model for BAME women in business. Nneka is the first Black woman to be admitted to The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists where she is actively engaged in promoting diversity and continuous giving activities. Externally, Nneka serves on several boards including being the first Black female chair of the Board Nominations Committee for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). She recruited a diverse 2018/19 & 2019/20 board in addition to speaking at board nominations and membership events on board governance and the need for women and people of BAME backgrounds in good governance. She also takes on external mentoring relationships with young people entering the workforce and has been recognised in numerous lists and articles for her work in diversity.

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Ather Williams III

Managing Director, Head of Business Banking

Bank of America Corporation

As head of one of the company’s eight lines of business and member of the Management Committee, Ather leads the banking group that helps mid-sized companies grow and thrive. Within his organization, he insists on a broad candidate slate for all open roles, plus a pipeline of diverse talent for the future. When traveling, he makes time to meet with the 29 chapters of the bank’s Black Professionals Group and Black Executive Leadership Council. Ather also helps lead a “Courageous Conversations” series and informal fireside chats to share his unique experiences as a Black executive, engaging in open Q&A with employees. As a member of the Black Executive Advisory Council, he helps lead the Black Executive Leadership Summit, bringing together 200 managers to engage directly with the bank’s CEO, global HR and top executives. Among the Council’s most impactful outcomes has been the CEO’s and management team’s commitment to advancing ethnically-underrepresented groups, particularly at the senior leadership level; expanding recruitment to more diverse schools and professional organizations. Ather serves as an alumni admissions interviewer for Harvard College, promoting diversity and serving as an alumni career mentor. He is an active member of the Senior Sponsorship Board of the Women’s Leadership Council and an executive sponsor of “Network to Net Worth”, a joint program offered by National Association of Black Accountants (NABA), Accenture and Bank of America.

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Nazreen Visram

Head of Charities

Barclays

As co-chair of the multicultural Embrace Network, Nazreen has supported the establishment of both the Asian and Black Professionals’ Forums, and has led on key events such as World Cultural Day. The network supports employees by running events, training programmes, showcasing role models, collaborating with other networks to demonstrate the importance of intersectionality and celebrating cultural diversity, therefore contributing to a more inclusive workplace. She participated in the Embracing Us campaign and launched the South Asian Proposition, providing cultural awareness training to colleagues and launching a widely attended Diwali Dinner. As well as being a HeforShe champion, Nazreen mentors junior ethnic minority colleagues and regularly runs employability skills workshops at local schools. Externally, Nazreen is a National Council Member for the Women’s Portfolio for the Ismaili Muslim Council UK and has started a work experience programme for ethnic minority students. She has delivered numerous conferences, including International Women’s Day and was a finalist for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards and for Barclays Global Woman of the Year.

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Risk Strategy & Analysis Director

Aviva plc

Chika seeks to be a visible and accessible presence in the organisation, expanding on her role as co-chair of the Aviva London Women’s Network. She blogs to raise awareness and interest among Aviva’s ethnic minority community and allies, and has supported the process of establishing an ethnic minority network at Aviva. She has represented Aviva at parliamentary roundtables on the topic of race and is a Group Executive nominee on the Aviva Global Inclusion Council. Chika has sought to connect Aviva with her activities outside the workplace, such as working with the Amos Bursary, and smaller social enterprises including Beyond the Classroom and Brilliant Aspirations. This has provided young people with exposure to a range of careers and senior leaders, and also internships within Aviva. External to her role, Chika is a mentor for the Amos Bursary and chair of the Diversity Advisory Group for the UK actuarial professional body. She has written a number of articles and participated in panels on diversity for the profession and has been exploring the establishment of a UK African Actuarial network.

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Suresh Raj

Chief Business Development Officer

Vision7 International

As an openly gay and ethnic minority senior executive, Suresh continues to champion the diversity agenda, picking up from his previous efforts whilst he was worldwide chief business development officer at Ogilvy Group. Within Vision7, Suresh is part of a central steering committee on Diversity & Inclusion, where he provides senior counsel and active operational guidance to the way the organization recruits and involves talent and the championing of individuals, with a single focus to make the organization a welcoming place for all - particularly more inclusive for minority candidates. He is an executive sponsor of a number of professional networks which focus on personal and professional development of LGBT+, Black, Asian and Latin communities. He is a professional and personal mentor to a number of ethnic minority individuals across the USA, UK, UAE, and Asia. Externally, Suresh sits on a number of advisory boards and continues to speak on a professional and personal level on the impact of ethnic minority inclusivity on business to drive positive business change and growth. He has been invited by the TED 2019 conference to chair a conversation on ‘Remembering Humanity’, bridging the discourse between humanity and race. He was a contributor on the global anthropological study on Leading Humans, an inaugural member of The Alliance, and has been featured in the Huffington Post, discussing the need for belonging and inclusivity. He is a global influencer for the City of London, an active member of the hosting committee for OutRight International and was involved in a number of diversity panels at Cannes Lions 2018.

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Dawood Gustave

CEO & Imagination Officer

Reluctantly Brave

Dawood built Reluctantly Brave to improve access for ethnic minorities and other underrepresented groups to the creative industries. This is at the core of Reluctantly Brave’s competitive advantage – being creative requires diverse thinkers. This year, he directed the set-up of the London chapter of the (Young) Braves program that trains 16-24 year olds in key skills for the industry and gives them real experience, grew the US network of College Braves to involve US college students in training and creative work, and ensured that Reluctantly Brave’s client work focused on getting their team and clients to work closely with young people from a wide variety of backgrounds. He continues to speak at schools across London, championing diversity in creative industries. Dawood has also formed a movement of entrepreneurs from non-conventional backgrounds, with a significant BAME focus, which aims to be a coalition of companies dedicated to bringing difference to the heart of business. Externally, Dawood was a commissioner on the London Borough of Islington’s Fair Futures Commission, through which he focused on improving the lives and opportunities of young ethnic minority people. He regularly takes on numerous speaking engagements to inspire young ethnic minority people and share learning on inclusion best practice. Dawood has deepened and broadened his advisory role for the NGO Bite the Ballot on how to get more young BAME people involved in the democratic process. He was a finalist for the BBBAwards, Black entrepreneur of the Year 2018 and won the DIMA 50 Male Advocates for Equality in Marketing & Media 2018.

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

As part of the Talent and Diversity Council at PwC, Albertha helps to define PwC’s overall UK D&I strategy. She launched a culture change programme to drive greater inclusion and promote BAME progression as a lever to deliver better business performance; took an active role in the launch and promotion of PwC’s Colour Brave campaign; sponsored PwC’s most extensive national BAME focus group campaign; and hosted workshops for senior figures across the industry to explore D&I strategies and BAME inclusion. Through this work, Albertha has increased D&I engagement levels. New resourcing processes have been implemented to achieve a fairer allocation of work, which is closely monitored. Albertha has challenged exclusion and marginalisation by introducing a range of networking opportunities, including partners and directors promoting lower profile talented employees, many of whom are BAME. Albertha also works to accelerate BAME progression externally. She recently spoke to an audience at Oxford University, giving an overview of her career as a BAME individual in the FS sector, focusing on empowerment, sponsorship and authenticity. Albertha is a judge for the Black British Business Awards, and presented at the 5th year anniversary ceremony. She participated in the Bloomberg Ethnicity panel and is a member of the Business in the Community Race Equality Board. She has explored the response to the Parker Review, and took part in a number of inclusion panels with professional services firms including Norton Rose and Clifford Chance panel, where she focussed on navigating a professional services firm as a BAME individual. Albertha has delivered many other high profile presentations on the D&I agenda, and is part of a newly-formed senior women executives network exploring ways to accelerate the progression of BAME women.

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Mitul Shah

Partner and EMEA Reward Leader

Deloitte LLP

Mitul provides one on one mentoring to high potential ethnic minority colleagues, helping them progress their careers at Deloitte through advice and coaching. He presented to the Tax Executive around the challenges and opportunities the business face from a BAME perspective and the impact this could have on delivering on business objectives. He now leads a programme across Tax focusing on improving personal data disclosure and diversity composition, and launching a BAME steering group. He feeds into key talent decisions around promotions within his business area, looking at how to progress and retain ethnic minority colleagues in the group. Mitul is the lead adviser to the board of c.15 FTSE 350 companies on executive and board director remuneration matters, showcasing the benefits of diversity in the board room. Outside of Deloitte, Mitul is a lead mentor in the Business in the Community mentoring circles, working with a group of ethnic minority employees from different organisations looking to progress in their respective careers. Additionally, he contributes to Deloitte’s ‘BAME in the Boardroom’ programme for ethnic minority leaders in industry who are looking to progress to board level roles.

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Dr Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management/ Legal COO Daiwa & Founder/CEO of The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation

Daiwa and The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation

Miranda works hard to increase the number of diverse employees, especially from ethnic minority backgrounds. These relationships saw the launch of a diversity week and mentoring programmes. She also launched The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation in 2016 to provide the next generation of leaders with opportunities via innovative scholarships, funding, lectures, work experience and mentoring to help increase diversity and equality while supporting other charities. Miranda is an ambassador, patron and board adviser to a wide variety of groups including the University of Law’s Business School aiming to increase ethnic minority and other diverse representation, and she has often spoken at conferences including a TEDx Women Talk in Italy and in the media around race equality and representation, including platforms such as BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain, Sky News and more recently London Live Capital Conversations. She judges numerous diversity awards and launched the UK's first diversity lecture aimed at young BAME children. Miranda has been awarded a Global Goodwill Ambassador title, Freeman of the City of London by invitation and honorary doctorate of letters at the University of Brighton, honorary doctorate of laws at the University of Law for her international diversity work and contribution to business, finance and law, among many other accolades.

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Mandeep Heer

Director of People Strategy & Transformation

Telefonica O2 UK

As a member of a UK inclusion steering committee, Mandeep was instrumental in creating Telefonica O2 UK’s D&I ambition and strategy. She organised a number of events to raise awareness for employee networks and inclusivity, on one occasion working with June Sarpong as a keynote speaker. Mandeep has also written blog posts on her own story, presenting greater BAME visibility in senior positions. 18 months ago, Mandeep established Telefonica O2 UK’s BAME network to foster debate, raise awareness and educate on race-related subjects, such as ‘O2 Culture Club’ which is a fun monthly BAME film review for all their members to see the world through another’s perspective. She has held open forums for BAME employees to encourage bold and open discussions and tangible insights and actions. She also engaged with Telefonica Global on D&I and people strategy to encourage them to take a broader view of the future workforce, within the UK agreeing upon targets for BAME representation in hiring. Changes inspired by the network can be seen from senior levels to customer-facing roles in store. Mandeep works across the business with Telefonica’s sister companies to support their D&I agenda. She also works with external organisations in this capacity, helping to create bespoke strategies to drive greater change. She manages a network of organisations in her spare time to ensure a continuing dialogue and to accelerate BAME D&I across businesses. Mandeep mentors BAME talent internally and externally, and supports start ups in their cultural growth with a diversity lens. She regularly speaks to students from underrepresented backgrounds at schools, and has received numerous accolades for her work on D&I.

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director

Accenture

Globally Andrew is one of Accenture’s cross-cultural leads, tasked with educating and setting best practice examples for working across cultures and ethnicities. With most Accenture operations colleagues based in India, Andrew’s role is integral to ensuring the success of cross-cultural business relationships that are built on mutual respect and understanding. He has been the executive sponsor for Accenture’s African-Caribbean Network for the last five years, representing the interests of its 360+ employee members at UK Board Level and working with global leadership on the broader D&I agenda. He is accountable for all annual network events, including a series of prominent Black History Month events, and oversees several ethnic minority recruitment, development, progression and retention activities. Under his leadership, they also won Network of the Year for their internal inclusion efforts. Externally, Andrew mentors three ethnic minority individuals from various industries, providing them with career guidance and helping to maximise their potential. He regularly speaks at inner-city schools on race, authenticity and aspiration and collaborates on a number of school role model schemes. He co-founded and chairs the UK Executive Leadership Council, and co-leads the global expansion committee. He also co-founded the inside track series of events, which offer the opportunity for senior Black leaders to spend time and discuss current events and challenges with political figures and the media, and is an advisory board member of CareerEar, a social mobility platform. Andrew has been recognised as a diversity champion at the Global Accenture Inclusion & Diversity Excellence Awards.

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Michael Greene

Vice President and General Manager of the System Technologies & Optimization, Intel Architecture, Graphics and Software group

Intel Corp.

Michael is a strong advocate for diversity within his division at Intel, and across the tech industry. He has been active in championing diversity and inclusion at Intel for last 15 years, where he founded the Network of Intel African American employees (NIA) and continues to serve as a member of the Intel Black Leadership Council, helping grow the organization’s participation by VP- and executive-level members. In addition, he has also has mentored and supported the promotion of diverse candidates to leadership and management positions. Michael has been particularly active in working to help Intel attract, retain, and advance the role of women in technology and STEM. Externally, Michael has been engaged in a wide array of STEM-centred contributions, all designed to inspire the next generation of innovators and scientists, including sponsoring the creation of “Engineers 4 Tomorrow”—a non-profit organization which leverages Silicon Valley’s technical workforce to encourage youths to STEM careers; sponsoring the creation of “Women in Big Data” – a global organization to strengthen the diversity in the big data field and to attract more female talent to the big data and analytic space and help them connect, engage and grow; and serving as chairman of the board for the National GEM Consortium, a non-profit providing programming and full fellowships to support the number of under-represented individuals who pursue a master’s or doctorate degree in science or engineering. Michael regularly undertakes speaking engagements on D&I issues, including at The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Conference, the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) Grant Program and the Blacks in Technology Inaugural Conference.

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Sarah Lee

Partner

Slaughter and May

Sarah currently leads on enhancing ethnic minority recruitment and retention practices, and is the partner champion and sponsor for the ethnic minority network (DIVERSE) within the firm. Her work through DIVERSE, includes considering the firm’s recruitment approach and launching “Diversity in the City”, giving BAME employees the opportunity to feed back their views and suggestions on the firm’s inclusion approach as part of their retention of BAME talent initiative. These efforts won the Law Society Award for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion. Sarah also sponsors the firm’s female leadership development programme and ensures that BAME women are represented on this scheme. Sarah is a Judicial Appointments Commissioner, through which she promotes the opportunity of judicial careers to those from underrepresented groups. She has undertaken many speaking engagements to profile ethnic minority leadership as a lawyer, including speaking at secondary schools and university careers events with significant populations of ethnic minority students. She has sponsored and presented at a collaborative project between Oxford University’s ACS and Slaughter and May’s DIVERSE network, which provides practical skills based workshops to BME GCSE students at schools across London, and works with the charity Pilotlight, which brings together senior business leaders and charities/social enterprises to develop strategic and business plans. She has been recognised as a leading lawyer in her field by Chambers UK, The Legal 500, The International Tax Review: Tax Controversy Leaders Guide and the Women in Business Law Guide.

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Dominic Mignon

Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO

Aon plc

Having supported the Aon multicultural network in the UK, Dominic took an active role in working with the US Black professional network following his relocation to Chicago, now serving as co-executive sponsor for the Aon Black Professional Network (BPN). He helped develop the network from a series of chapters to the first coordinated national business resource group with clear goals. Dominic mentors several BAME colleagues at Aon in the UK and the US. As a member of the Aon Executive Leadership Team, Dominic has specific diversity & inclusion goals in his annual performance measures. Beyond Aon, Dominic is on the board of Embarc, a Chicago based non-profit, focusing on high schools in low income Chicagoland neighbourhoods, driving student success with long-term social and cultural exposure. He has developed the Aon/Embarc relationship and held community socials which serve to connect students with Aon colleagues, delivering the sharing of experiences and inspiring the art of the possible. Dominic has also organised discovery sessions with corporate community affairs leaders from around Chicago to test Embarc’s value proposition/partnership model and learn what was most important from their perspective, with the goal of developing Embarc’s corporate engagement strategy.

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Chris Kojima

Global Head of the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group in the Consumer & Investment Management Division (CIMD)

Goldman Sachs

Chris is one of the early leaders of Goldman Sachs’ Asian Professionals Network (APN), an award-winning organization of their Asian professionals, focused on enhancing the professional development for this highly-diverse population, which originates from many different countries and cultures. As the most senior Goldman Sachs sponsor of the APN in the Americas, he has had the opportunity over these decades to mentor hundreds of their professionals from the Asian community. Building on his experiences as a member of the Goldman Sachs Americas Diversity Committee, Chris co-founded the Asian Talent Initiative, a data-driven initiative focused on accelerating the leadership potential of Goldman Sachs’ mid-level Asian population, which has been consistently recognised by leading industry organisations, such as The Asia Society. Chris is also on the board of overseers of launch with GS, an important firm-wide initiative focusing on advancing entrepreneurs and investors who are women and people of colour. He co-chairs the investment committee and directly oversees the AIMS Imprint team, a team of industry-leading ESG experts, which focus on analysing the diversity dimensions of investments. Externally, Chris serves as vice chair of the board of The Juilliard School, where he is passionate about extending the opportunities for an education in the arts to all communities, and has long focused on initiatives which enhance diversity and inclusion, such as the Juilliard Music Advancement Program, seeking students from diverse backgrounds under-represented in the classical music field, and committing to enrolling the most talented students regardless of financial need.

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Ugo Ojike

Managing Director

Accenture

Ugo is the co-executive sponsor of Accenture’s African Caribbean Network where she actively represents the interests of the 360+ employee members at UK Board level. She has been an active member of the network, sponsoring annual events and spearheading conversation around BAME development activities. She has worked with leadership on the broader diversity & inclusion agenda to further the retention, progression and development of Black talent, co-sponsoring the ethnicity D&I workstream in the legal function. Ugo spearheaded a series of workshops for colleagues, where she led discussions around the challenges and opportunities for BAME legal professionals in the work place. She also lends her time to the D&I agenda by passionately sharing her ‘Colour Brave’ story (available on YouTube), and speaking regularly at Accenture events. Ugo works with a number of schemes to mentor ethnically diverse small business owners, including the joint Accenture MSDUK Innovation Hub. She has spoken about D&I issues for HuffPost and the House of Commons, and has co-hosted roundtable discussions with law firms and clients about why it is necessary to make an impactful change in the ethnicity and gender space, how we can achieve this and why it makes good moral, social and business sense.

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Li (Shelley) Yu

Senior Global Product Manager, China Specialist (SVP)

HSBC

Li chairs HSBC China Connect (HCC), promoting a greater understanding of Chinese business, culture and language, and to help colleagues make connections, support and inspire each other through networking opportunities. HCC runs business forums, social events and cultural events including business talk series, social dinners, Chinese New Year celebration and a Mid-Autumn Festival. They also work with numerous affiliate communities in other businesses. Li is also an advocate in gender diversity and has been an active member of the 100 Women in Finance, Women in ETF and Women in Banking and Finance. Li has spoken at forums organised by non-profit organisations, universities and business associations focusing on D&I, including at the CFA Institute Talent Summit, Asia-Scotland Institute International Women’s Day business talk, discussing women in leadership at London School of Economics, and at the Generation Success Power Series: Chinese New Year Special. She was shortlisted in the Chinese Business Leaders Awards in 2018.

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Ajay Banga

President and CEO

MasterCard

Ajay Banga is president and chief executive officer of Mastercard and a member of its board of directors. Since joining the organization in 2009, Ajay has led Mastercard on an inclusion journey, including the expansion of its global inclusion and diversity council, which he co-chairs. Under his leadership, Mastercard embraces, encourages and supports its people to bring their whole selves to work and use their unique perspectives as a competitive differentiator. The company pursues diversity and inclusion to help people – employees, customers, citizens – succeed and thrive. That begins by opening doors and providing a level playing field, further reinforcing the power of the individual and unique experiences that make business more valuable and life more rewarding. Ajay regularly speaks to executive groups and students groups, sharing his perspective on issues that help support the principles of D&I. He is a co-founder of The Cyber Readiness Institute, first vice chairman of the International Chamber of Commerce, a founding trustee of the U.S.-India Strategic Partnership Forum and is chairman emeritus of the American India Foundation. He was awarded the Padma Shri Award by the President of India in 2016 and with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in 2019. Ajay – and Mastercard’s – contributions to both social and financial inclusion are helping to make a difference in local communities, a true reflection of a commitment to do well by doing good.

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Tonia Bottoms

Managing Director & Senior Managing Counsel

BNY Mellon Pershing

Tonia has sponsored several strategic initiatives geared towards empowering talent of diverse backgrounds at BNY Mellon. She serves as an active appointed member of the firm's diversity & inclusion governance body, which includes the Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Council to the CEO. As a Global Leadership Team member of IMPACT, BNY Mellon’s multicultural business resource group, Tonia spearheads the strategy for recruitment and retention of ethnic minority employees. In this capacity, she directs the IMPACT Mentoring Program, evolving the program to meet the needs of BAME talent at various levels of the organisation – an evolution that has included impactful online learning and senior roundtable components beyond the traditional mentoring form. She has used a variety of approaches to draw attention to the program, as a result making it BNY Mellon’s largest formal mentoring programme in terms of graduates. As a member of IMPACT’s African American Leadership Forum, Tonia has represented and spoken on behalf of the company at numerous internal and external industry events. Beyond BNY Mellon, Tonia works with multiple organisations in the community to promote D&I, as a board member, scholarship committee member and mentor. She is a member of the Council of Urban Professionals, and has been recognised by Harlem YMCA as a Black Achiever in Industry for Outstanding Achievement & Leadership Excellence due to her work at BNY Mellon in multicultural talent strategy.

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Edward Enninful

Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue

Condé Nast Britain - British Vogue

Edward made history in August 2017 when he took over as Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue. Prior to that, Edward was Creative and Fashion Director of the American magazine W since 2011, where he worked with the world's best fashion photographers to produce ground-breaking, highly admired work. Born in Ghana 45 years ago, Edward was brought to London as a child and grew up in the city's Ladbroke Grove area. He became interested in fashion as a teenager and at the age of 19 he was named Fashion Director of i-D, the youngest in the industry. In the years between 1998 and 2011, he contributed extensively to American Vogue and Italian Vogue. At British Vogue, Edward strives to create a magazine that reflects the world today to include all race, backgrounds, sexualities, sizes and cultures. He regularly features a diverse selection of people for Vogue editorial and is a strong believer in equal opportunities for everyone. In 2018, Edward was awarded the PPA Chairman’s Award for his work in diversity in British Vogue and the industry, nominated for the British LGBT+ Awards 2018, and he was awarded the Media Award by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. In 2014, he was named fashion creator of the year by the British Fashion Council and he was honoured with an OBE in 2016.

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Karen Blackett

UK Country Manager & Chairwoman MediaCom UK & Ireland

WPP

In January 2018, Karen became the first UK Country Manager for WPP, whilst also retaining her position as Chairwoman of MediaCom in the UK & Ireland. She has spent 7 years focused on changing the diversity of MediaCom in the UK to make it a more inclusive culture via partnerships with specialist talent companies, launching and continuing to evolve an Apprenticeship scheme which has now been running for over 7 years, setting KPI’s for each Managing Director across the UK offices focused on increasing diversity of their teams, and launching a programme of talks and training. In her WPP role, Karen is taking the same systematic approach to ensuring the 14,000 people employed at WPP in the UK truly reflect modern Britain and their clients’ customers. Karen has launched WPP Roots, inspired by Ogilvy Roots, a group-wide cultural inclusion programme. Roots’ mission is to change the way in which case the organisation talks, discusses and approaches ethnicity, race, culture and religion within the industry, and through the work. The goal is to ensure greater representation across the board. In September 2018, Karen was appointed by the UK Prime Minister as the Race Equality Champion for Business, supporting companies to sign up to BITC Race at Work Charter, which is committed to increasing ethnic diversity in the workplace. She has advised the U.K. Governments Civil Service on D&I, and in February 2019 was appointed a Non-Executive to the Cabinet Office. Karen co-chairs The Advertising Industry Diversity Taskforce and judges the Black British Business Awards. As Chancellor of Portsmouth University, she is committed to increasing the number of BAME students and staff.

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Anré Williams

Group President, Global Merchant & Network Services

American Express

Over his 29-year career at American Express, Anré has served as a role model and advocate for diversity and inclusion. He founded and leads the Executive Black Engagement Network (BEN), a group of 55 members that comprise American Express’ most senior Black executives globally. He hosts a semi-annual conference for this group focused on sponsorship, career development and networking. He was an active participant at American Express’ third Global Women’s Conference in New York in September 2018 and supports Women’s Interest Network (WIN), a global forum that offers career development, support and mentoring related to the unique diversity women bring to the workplace. He regularly speaks at internal and external events and forums, and serves as a sponsor and mentor to ethnic minority colleagues. Anré has a deep commitment to giving back to the community and specifically aiding people of color. For five years, he served as Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement (JA) of New York, the largest U.S. organization dedicated to giving young people the knowledge and skills they need to own their economic success and plan for their futures, reaching over 85,000 students per year. He regularly speaks at business events and conferences reaching young ethnic minority people, sharing his experiences and advice on leadership and career development. He is an active member of the Executive Leadership Council, and has presented at Management Leadership for Tomorrow; Ernst & Young’s Black Executive Round Table; and most recently at La Salle Academy’s Career Day, a New York High School committed to educating students of diverse cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. He was included in Savoy Magazine’s 2018 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America and in 2017, Black Enterprise Magazine’s 300 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America.

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Leena Nair

Chief HR Officer

Unilever

In her role at Unilever, ensuring true diversity and inclusion is key. In North America, her department have undertaken a variety of workshops, training and conferences, all aimed at understanding and improving the experience of ethnic minorities in the workplace. This is a template which is now being rolled out across the company globally. Externally, Leena has been actively involved in the youth employability space for a number of years. She led a collaboration between Unilever and the National Skills Development Corporation of India, with the objective of training 1 Million youth in employable skills by 2020. She also has a personal mission to reach 1 Million young women with a message of inspiration and hope. At over 300 speaking occasions, mostly in Asian communities, Leena has shared the story of her rise from humble middle class origins. She sees the tremendous feedback received as testament to the impact of role modelling on young Asian women. She is also a steering committee leader for the World Economic Forum’s The Future of Education, Gender, Work & Skills committees. She has been recognised by HRH Queen Elizabeth II as one of the most accomplished Indian Business Leaders in the UK and by, HR Magazine, Business Today, UK First Women, and as a LinkedIn Top Voice for her diversity and inclusion efforts.

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Sarah Jenkins

Chief Marketing Officer

Grey Advertising

Grey London is one of the UK’s largest advertising agencies. It’s also one of the most awarded of the last decade. In her role as agency CMO Sarah’s been instrumental in driving new business and launching legacy initiatives to make advertising and marketing a more accessible place for people from diverse backgrounds. In 2017, to mark its centennial, Sarah was integral to changing the company’s name to that of its founders, Valenstein & Fatt, something they could never do due to anti-semitism in New York in 1917. Keen to establish lasting change, Sarah built key legacy initiatives, including The Agency Census to collect in-depth diversity data; the 100 Schools outreach platform, celebrating creativity and helping BAME children understand advertising; a V&F Bursary to attract young LSM talent; and a push to recruit more diverse talent. Sarah spends time with every BAME intern at the agency and mentors BAME talent. Recognising that D&I challenges are too complex to be tackled by one agency, Sarah co-founded the Advertising Diversity Taskforce, a collective of the most progressive UK agencies with a focus on creating change though shared agenda, initiatives and budgets. The ADT has created the biggest diversity deep dive the industry’s ever commissioned, built a panel of BAME and LSM role models, supported mentoring schemes, and lobbied for the industry’s poverty pledge. They’re currently working alongside ISBA to commission the widest ever audit of diversity on screen and behind the camera. Sarah is a regular speaker, news commentator and panel chair for diversity, and she has been recognised through numerous significant diversity positions, including being awarded an IPA Fellowship for exceptional contribution to advertising, citing in particular her work with the ADT.

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Sanjay Bhandari

Partner

EY

Sanjay’s main focus is on practical interventions to accelerate progress of ethnic minorities at EY. He is the Partner Sponsor for ethnic minorities within the overall UK and Ireland D&I strategy. He also sponsors the Future Leaders Programme (a leadership programme for ethnic minority future leaders), CareerWatch and mentoring programmes aimed at accelerating development and obtaining senior leader participation in programmes. He is helping to educate the leadership team on ethnic minority issues, to mitigate any potential unconscious cultural bias in all areas of the business. He is a visible role model for ethnic minorities, and actively mentors a number of diverse individuals within EY and through cross-company mentoring schemes. Externally, Sanjay sits on the Parker Committee, aiming to increase ethnic diversity on UK Boards, and the Premier League’s Independent Panel on Equality Standards. He is a judge and supporter of the Asian Achiever Awards, Black British Business Awards, and Black PowerList. Sanjay is a regular speaker on the importance of ethnic diversity, and has highlighted additional issues affecting ethnic minority communities by creating an open dialogue around the topics of addiction and mental health in diverse groups. He is also a Trustee of the Aleto Foundation and supports the Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation, both focussed on young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

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Michael Sneed

Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs and Chief Communication Officer

Johnson & Johnson

Michael is the Executive Sponsor of Johnson & Johnson’s employee resource group focused on Middle Eastern and North African employees. Additionally, he serves as Chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s Lupus Campaign. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that is more common in women, particularly those of African, Hispanic, Asian and Native American descent. Externally, Michael currently serves on the Board of Trustees at UnidosUS, the largest Hispanic advocacy organisation in the United States. He also sits on the national board of the Ad Council, which develops communication campaigns aimed at tackling the nation’s largest social issues including bullying, housing and workplace discrimination. Additionally, he is on the Board of Trustees of The First Tee organisation, a community-based network focused on developing the social and behavioral skills for young people of color. He also set up a scholarship providing funding to multicultural students pursuing their education at Macalester College in the United States. In 2017, Michael was the recipient of the Corporate Leadership award from the National Medical Fellowship Organization. Also, for the last two years he was named on PR Week’s Top Communicators in the United States.

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Marva Smalls

Executive Vice President, Global Head of Inclusion Strategy, Viacom

Viacom

Marva is the Global Head of Inclusion Strategy at Viacom and Executive Vice President, Public Affairs & Chief of Staff at Nickelodeon. Marva has more than three decades of leadership experience in the public and private sectors, and is widely recognized as one of the most influential leaders in media. As Global Head of Inclusion Strategy, Marva reports directly to Viacom’s CEO to drive Diversity & Inclusion worldwide. Her role includes implementing strategic initiatives that support innovation and business results, while creating the next generation of leaders. She has established Viacom’s Employee Resource Groups globally and has expanded key partnerships in international markets. At Nickelodeon, Marva collaborates closely with the President in managing day-to-day operations, as well as overseeing all corporate responsibility initiatives and relationships with external advocates and regulators. Under her leadership, Viacom has garnered top recognitions by GLAAD, Human Rights Campaign, NAACP and Working Mother, among others. Marva’s commitment to inclusion and positive social change has been honored by numerous national organizations including NAMIC, The National Action Network, and the T. Howard Foundation among others. She established the Marva Smalls Endowment and has awarded more than $1 million to programs providing opportunities to youth and families, along with an endowment for the University of South Carolina’s Ronald McNair Center which offers scholarship and support to engineering students from the under-represented populations. Smalls is a founding member of the Black Economic Alliance and serves on numerous boards including the American Theatre Wing, the International African American Museum, the James Beard Foundation, and Synovus Bank/South Carolina.

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Irvinder Goodhew

Transformation Director

Lloyds Banking Group

Since recently joining Lloyd’s Banking Group, Irvinder has already driven positive change and made an impact on inclusion, with a particular focus and passion for supporting B.A.M.E. colleagues reach their potential. Irvinder is a positive, influential role model and has played key roles in driving higher levels of inclusion for many of the organisations she has served. Irvinder is a member of the Group’s Inclusion and Diversity Forum and after spending only 6 weeks in the Group, delivered a brave and bold keynote speech for over 300 guests from FTSE100 companies, where she shared her personal story and brought a senior leader’s perspective on inclusion and diversity, focussing on the importance of role modelling to drive change. At Sainsbury’s Irvinder co-chaired the Race Reference Group and was instrumental in the launch of a range of inclusion strategies including the national BAME colleague development initiative which is still going strong. She believes that everyone has the potential to be a role model and throughout her career has leveraged opportunities to ensure that minority colleagues feel they can be themselves at work and have the confidence to explore their potential. Irvinder has a track record of driving positive change in large organisations including extensive internal/external and reverse mentoring programs. She now sponsors the Inclusion agenda for Group Transformation and is passionate about creating truly diverse teams that reflect our society and the customers Lloyds Banking Group serves.

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Sophie Chandauka

Global COO, Banking Operations

Morgan Stanley

Sophie serves on the International Presence Committee of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), chairs the Advisory Panel of The Network of Networks (TNON) BAME/Multicultural Chapter and mentors six EMpower Ethnic Minority Future Leaders. She is co-founder of the Black British Business Awards, which continues to support British business in increasing ethnic diversity and has been endorsed by the Prime Minister amongst others. In 2018 the BBBAwards launched the Talent Accelerator programme which was hosted by Morgan Stanley. The cohort consisted of 27 BAME professionals who had been identified as high-potential candidates for senior leadership roles from 15 Tier I corporations operating in the UK. Each participant has reported substantial progress in career development in the last year, and each of the original participating companies and new businesses have signed back up for the second year or bespoke in-house programmes leveraging the design of the BBBAwards Talent Accelerator. At Morgan Stanley, between July 2017 and January 2019, Sophie served as Co-chair of the African and Caribbean Business Alliance (ACBA) and now serves as Strategic Advisor to the network. As Co-chair, she led a variety of impactful initiatives to contribute to talent attraction, retention and promotion of Black talent at the firm. During her tenure, she drove the evolution of ACBA from affinity network to career advancement platform, with a substantial number of senior allies in London. Membership of the ACBA in EMEA significantly under her leadership, and she has fostered Impactful partnerships with BBBAwards, Elevation Networks and Success Talks. Sophie has been featured on a large number of prestigious lists for her diversity work and has been recognised by HM Queen Elizabeth for her contribution to the Commonwealth diaspora.

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Shelina Janmohamed

Vice President, Islamic Marketing

Ogilvy

Shelina takes an active role in diversity-related and more general events to ensure there is an up-front presence of ethnic minority leaders, and is one of the most referenced spokespeople at Ogilvy in the media. She has written for the Guardian about her experiences as an ethnic minority employee of Ogilvy and was the company’s face at their International Women’s Day event last year. Shelina is part of Ogilvy’s diversity group, Roots, is on the steering committee for WPP Roots and sits on WPP and Ogilvy's inclusion boards. She has ensured that the organisation is producing public facing work aimed at under-served consumers, such as through the ground-breaking “Great British Ramadan” study in 2018 which generated coverage across national media such as Radio 4 and the Observer. Shelina mentors upcoming BAME talent, particularly younger individuals and women. She highlights the challenges facing BAME individuals in contributions to newspapers and magazines and uses her platform to encourage those from ethnic minority backgrounds to step into new spaces, especially across various sectors of the creative economy. She has served twice as D&AD New Blood Award Judge, ensuring that people of colour are represented and that briefs reflect areas of focus for people of colour. She is working with various institutions to encourage Muslim creative talent, currently serving as an advisor to the Amal Foundation, working with the British Film Institute and D&AD, and having served as an advisor and judge for the Young Muslim Writers Awards, a trustee for the Windsor Fellowship and a judge for The Muslim News Awards for Excellence among other efforts to build awareness for ethnic minority communities in the creative sector.

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Adrian Joseph OBE

Partner and Head of Artificial Intelligence, UK and EMEIA

Ernst & Young (EY) LLP

Adrian is a member of the EY-initiated Ethnicity in the City group which aims to improve diversity in financial services institutions. He has made multiple presentations to diversity groups including BAME network, Women in Tech and Women on the Wharf. He is also a member of the EY UK Executive Committee and of the diversity sub-committee, which has been instrumental in driving standards across the partner group and wider organisation. Adrian has personally achieved 50% BAME and 50% female recruitment in leading a team of 200 people in 2018. Since 2015, Adrian has been a Non-Executive Director to the Home Office, and now to the Cabinet Office, advising on D&I, data and digital transformation, following approvals from the Prime Minister and Home Secretary. He has been a board member of the Prince of Wales’ Business in the Community charity and is currently a member of the advisory board. Adrian chaired the Race Equality Board for five years and is a trustee of Aleto, through which he was invited by the UK Prime Minster to round table consultations on improving BAME participation at Board and senior management level. He has been recognised for his work in D&I in numerous publications, and in 2018 was named the most influential BAME tech leader in the UK by the Financial Times and Inclusive Boards. Adrian was awarded an OBE for services to equality and diversity in business in the 2019 new years honors list.

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Jagdeep Rai

Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Heathrow & South West London

Barclays Bank Plc

In recent years, Jagdeep set up and led the first Barclays regional diversity council in the South East focusing on 3 core areas of ethnicity, gender and LGBT. She is the co-exec sponsor of the Barclays Embrace Network in UK, and has driven and led on a wide variety of projects to further the ethnic minority agenda in Barclays, dramatically increasing membership and senior sponsorship of Embrace. She provided senior leadership support for the organisation of the first Multicultural Gala Dinner and delivered the first World Culture week activities, holding sessions on culture and race biases, which included putting case studies together for attendees to discuss real work situations openly with a race/culture lens. She mentors, sponsors and coaches a number of ethnic minority employees across the business, and externally, to support their development and career progression. Outside of Barclays, Jagdeep regularly delivers keynote speeches and interactive sessions at conferences, events, and in schools and universities that have a high ethnic minority concentration. In addition, she regularly supports local schools with high ethnic minority concentration with 6th form mock interviews. In 2017, among many accolades, Jagdeep was awarded Woman of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards.

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Perry Jones

Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Distillation, Supply North America

Diageo North America

Having joined Diageo in 2017, Perry’s department’s business has increased ethnic minority hiring from 32% in 2017 to 47% in 2018. He is actively involved in the North America African Heritage Employees at Diageo (AHEAD) business resource group, and helps drive efforts to accelerate their focus on diversity and inclusion. He recently served on a panel discussion as part of a new “Are you IN” series for employees, which took place during Black History Month and has resulted in an increased level of attention to diversity and inclusion awareness. Externally, Perry serves on the Board of Trustees for the Alabama Agriculture and Mechanical University, is a board member at Grambling State University School of Personal development, and participates in mentoring programmes for women and ethnic minority individuals. Additionally, this year Perry was named as one of Savoy magazine’s “Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America.”

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Dr Raj Patel

Head of Labour

Sainsbury's

Within Sainsbury’s, Raj co-chairs the BAME network, co-leading all work streams, and organised six BAME inclusion events at regional, zonal and national level. He supports listening groups and learning sessions for BAME colleagues, and organised an inclusion event for senior leaders, providing insight, support and challenge for leadership. Raj is a member of the inclusion steering group and launched an internal BAME role models campaign for the Sothern Zone, which saw more than 50 business leaders share personal stories to inspire other colleagues to take action on their own development. He is involved in mentoring BAME talent across the company and has sponsored BAME colleagues on courses geared towards fast tracking management promotions. Raj has worked hard to deliver improvements to policy, making Sainsbury’s a more inclusive place to work, and to product proposition, making Sainsbury’s a more inclusive place to shop. Externally, Raj has organised and led numerous D&I events, helped other corporations launch BAME networks, and delivered insights about what it is to be a BAME role model to various organisations, helping to support them through their D&I journeys. Raj has been recognised as a BAME role model by Sainsbury’s and as a top BAME inspirational leader by The Guardian (Investing in Ethnicity Award).

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Sarah Vawda

Managing Director

Vawda Associates

Following a successful executive career within global businesses as Corporate Development Director, Sarah now has a portfolio career as Non Executive Director and Board Adviser to international companies undergoing transformation so her diversity and inclusion activities are focused across a wide business environment. She is a Governor of the University of Bedfordshire, an access university which takes a significant proportion of ethnic minority students each year. In recent years she has actively been seeking out opportunities to volunteer where her background and experience could provide value and inspiration. Sarah was recently invited to join a panel at Taylor Wessing on diversity and as a role model for inclusion is actively involved in the wider diversity debate through involvement in many relevant networks. She actively mentors both women and girls from ethnic minority backgrounds, using her networks to open potential doors. As part of this, she has also been appointed to the Board of The Girls Network, a charity promoting mentoring programmes for girls from disadvantaged backgrounds, a disproportionate number of which are from ethnic minority backgrounds.

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Kamel Hothi

Non Executive Director & Trustee

TLC Lions

Dr Kamel Hothi OBE has been breaking glass ceilings in the banking world for over 4 decades from cashier to director, having been strategist and designer of numerous initiatives that have changed the banking industry. She was the architect of diversity training courses as part of the Asian strategy and developed campaigns to reach the community who complained that access to finance was difficult. She helped develop the first high street bank Sharia Business Account as well as interactive communication campaigns such as the Asian Jewel Awards; The Asian Women of Achievement Awards. Kamel was also behind the Lloyds Bank 250th anniversary during which she created a new blue print of how to develop CSR programmes all aimed at building cultural cohesion and understanding via mentoring initiatives, attracting the attention of universities and cabinet office who wanted to understand & learn this new collaborative approach of bridging empathy across social and cultural divide. She helped found Lloyds Banking Group’s first Women’s and Ethnic Minority network, winning several awards. Seen as an expert in her field and now as a NED on TLC Lions has been supporting over 50 corporates on their inclusion & Wellbeing challenges; She has chaired the Government task force to improve their procurement process for Supplier diversity resulting in supporting the 2012 Olympic bid. She has spoken internationally on D&I issues and has been interviewed on screen and in print. She works with numerous businesses as non-executive director to support D&I initiatives, and is a trustee and advisor to multiple charities, spreading relevant messages to the BAME community through the Alzheimer’s Society, the Teenage Cancer Trust, The Queens Commonwealth Trust and the Memusi Foundation.

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Ronel Lundall

Executive Vice President Vocalink Delivery

MasterCard

Ronel believes strongly that ethnic diversity is critical to building any successful global organisation and so much of her effort has been on preparing ethnic minority employees for leadership positions. While leading Mastercard Customer Delivery in the Middle East Africa region she was responsible for the promotion of 15 ethnically diverse employees and continues to personally mentor 12 ethnically diverse employees. Having grown up in South Africa, as a woman of African Descent, the importance of giving back to her community has always been a focus for Ronel. She dedicated 2 years volunteering and lecturing for a non-profit organisation supporting disadvantaged business owners of ethnic descent in South Africa. Ronel shares her own career story speaking at events hosted by Mastercard for employees of African descent, and has also held a key role as the executive sponsor for the Women in Leadership for the Middle East Africa region.

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Raj Verma

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Sodexo Global Corporate Services

As a British born Sikh, Raj was Sodexo’s first ethnic minority Global Senior Vice President in Human Resources, and continues to be very visible across the organisation. He regularly meets with employees from ethnic minority backgrounds, regardless of where they work in Sodexo, as they often reach out when they know there are ethnic minority leaders in the organisation. Raj maintains his reputation as a welcoming role model by providing coaching and development opportunities, both formally and informally, as well as supporting emerging talent from different backgrounds. He is a strong advocate of mentoring those who may not otherwise get the chance and is the Executive Sponsor of the Sodexo Culture and Origins Taskforce for Local Minorities. Externally, Raj is a mentor on the acclaimed Warwick Business School Mentoring Programme, which has a high degree of internationally diverse students. He regularly makes presentations at Universities and Schools on different subjects to a cross section of backgrounds. His aim is to provide visibility at ‘grass root’ levels and not for ethnic minority leaders to be seen as unusual.

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Shawn Miles

Executive Vice President, Public Policy

MasterCard

During his career at Mastercard, Shawn has built and evolved the company’s public policy efforts across the globe. He expanded the role beyond traditional government relations to include a broader set of stakeholders, including NGOs, academics, think tanks and community organizations. Shawn is a founding member and chair of Mastercard’s Black Executive Network, an internal program to support the company’s business resource groups and develop and recruit black leaders. He also led the creation of the Master Your Card program to drive financial literacy and financial inclusion for poor and underserved communities. Shawn regularly gives motivational lectures to schools, non-profits and community groups to inspire minorities to excel. He serves on the Board of the Pro Bono Partnership which provides free legal services to local non-profit organizations and was recently recognized by Ebony Magazine as of one the top 100 influential black leaders in America.

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Rashik Parmar

IBM Technical Executive - Europe, IBM Distinguished Engineer

IBM

Rashik leads the Business Resource Group for IBM UK and runs a range of initiatives to attract, retain and grow ethnic minority talent across IBM. He pioneered a series of internal Safari talks to showcase the careers of Role Models, and has developed links with ethnic minority organisations in partner companies. Additionally, he sponsored the ethnic minority celebration of success event last year, bringing talent from across UK into a conference to share learning and best practices. Externally, Rashik serves as the Partnership Executive for Imperial College, working on attracting and inspiring future ethnic minority talent. He also chairs the Employability and Skills Panel for the Leeds City Region Partnership Enterprise Board, championing skills development in areas with a high percentage of ethnic minority population. Raj was awarded an MBE in 2016.

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Yin Luo

Vice Chairman

Wolfe Research

Wolfe Research LLC is one of the world’s leading boutique investment banks in the world, and Yin strives to create teams which are ethnically diverse. In the recruiting process, in the promotion process, and in the day-to-day business, Yin strongly encourages a positive work environment for everybody, regardless of ethnic background. Externally, he has been actively involved in a number of community services to encourage the inclusion and promotion ethnic minority people. He regularly speaks at a number of leading universities around the world, on a wide range of topics, from economics and finance to machine learning. He is actively involved in a number of organisations promoting workplace balances for ethnic minorities, including a non-profit organisation called the Wall Street Mentorship Program. Yin has been consistently ranked top in the most prestigious annual Institutional Investor’s magazine ranking, called Institutional Investor’s Equity Research Survey, in a variety of disciplines. He is also regularly quoted in the media on diversity and inclusion across industries.

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Emeka Okwu

MD / CEO

Renaissance Global Consulting

Emeka recently started his own consultancy, with a clear focus on corporate training and equity, diversity and inclusion. He consistently ensures that they get the entire management buy-in of his clients and reinforce D&I commitments. He ensures all his Employee Resource Groups are active and get the required budget allocations to drive their activities forward, fostering an engaging environment for employees. From a training and recruitment perspective, they provide regular corporate training programmes to their clients and for the hiring community to ensure that biases are eradicated or brought to the barest minimum. Externally, Emeka mentors ethnic minority young people, and drives the same level of social responsibility across his leadership team. Having ranked on the EMpower Future Leaders List last year, Emeka has made significant strides in business achievement as well as ethnic minority inclusion.

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Elsie Akinsanya

Global Head of Human Resources, Treasury and Trade Solutions

Citibank

Elsie is the Co-Chair of Citi Roots, which is an internal multicultural diversity network, actively working to ensure an inclusive workplace by celebrating a range of multicultural festivals such as Black History Month and Diwali. They promote career advancement and networking through mentoring programmes which engage senior leadership and provide support to ethnic minority employees. She has been actively encouraging the diversity agenda at Citi London to include discussions on Race. Externally, the network connects with the local community by providing access to Business Skills Workshops for secondary school students. Elsie also mentors a number of young black women as part of her "Each One, Reach One" mentoring programme

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Michelle Delices

Director Business Improvement and Growth & Corporate Business Partner

Sodexo UK & I

In 1998, Michelle was the first black woman to successfully join the prison service graduate scheme, where she set up mentoring for black men in prison from black businessmen in the local community. She initially was approached by Sodexo to work at HMP Peterborough, the only dual gender prison in the UK, where she pioneered a gender inclusive service and received recognition for leadership and diversity. She sits on the Sodexo Origins network that represents people from diverse backgrounds, and broadcasted a podcast to inspire others within the business to be inclusive. Michelle has also set up an executive sponsorship scheme for female talent and a recruitment initiative to tackle unconscious bias. Externally, Michelle has worked with young ethnic minority people serving community sentences, focusing on role modelling and making them see how unique they are, and continues to mentor young black men.

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Mo Haghbin

SVP Head of Product - Beta Solutions

Oppenheimer Funds

Mo is currently involved in several D&I areas at OppenheimerFunds including the Asian Professionals Network, the Veterans Network and targeted recruiting and retention initiatives. Previously, he served as the Chair of the New York People Committee within Global Fixed Income at BlackRock. The objective of the committee is to enrich Blackrock's office culture and support inclusion and diversity across 300+ employees. Activities included four headline events per year, a leadership lunch series, an InMotion active series, as well as happy hours and pop up lunches. Outside of work, Mo dedicates his time and attention to promoting opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds including after school programs, supporting high-risk youth, and is active in Persian American Leadership networks.

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Mark Mason

CFO, Institutional Clients Group

Citi

Mark was recently appointed co-lead of the Black Heritage Affinity Group, to renew a near and long-term focus to embed diversity in Citi’s talent initiatives. He is working to increase the focus on diverse recruitment, selection, promotion, retention, development and succession. His work with the affinity group has been integral to many awards for Citi, including ranking on Thomson Reuters’ list of Top 100 Most Diverse & Inclusive Organizations Globally, and Stonewall’s Top 100 UK Firms for Diversity. Externally, Mark is on the board of trustees for Howard University, and supports the Apollo theatre.

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Rajesh Gupta

Head of Trading - Argos Financial Services

Sainsbury's bank

Rajesh has chaired the BAME network for the last 3 years and has worked to engage the business on the topic of diversity and inclusion. He was instrumental in setting up the network and in getting board sponsorship around the network’s objectives. With the help of the BAME network, Sainsbury’s is creating a more welcoming environment by celebrating diversity very visibly. From engaging and educational multi-media content to celebrate diversity, to using Yammer internally to create discussion and highlighting ethnic minority role models, through to celebrating important cultural occasions, such as Diwali and Chinese New Year. The network actively engages with the business around a variety of topics such as the need for diverse recruitment pools and the need to measure BAME recruitment and retention statistics. They also hold an annual BAME conference, attended by members of the board, to discuss the importance of BAME inclusion and methods for increasing diversity. Externally, Rajesh regularly attends BAME networking events in London organized by various thought leadership groups to share his experience and learn from what others are doing

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Geno Luchmun

General Counsel

Kaizen Reporting

Kaizen Reporting is a RegTech growth company focusing on improving the quality of regulatory reporting data in the financial services industry. Kaizen was awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation in 2017 and has won other accolades for its pioneering approach to quality assurance. Throughout his legal career in financial services, Geno has promoted an inclusive culture in his teams and diversity as a business strength. He encourages those from BAME backgrounds to be ambitious and strive for fast track career progression and has acted as a mentor to colleagues with a focus on their personal professional development. In addition, he is keen to support minority candidates who aspire to advance their careers and has helped to facilitate professional opportunities. Outside of the workplace, Geno was a Community Governor for 8 years at a school in Southwark on a socially deprived housing estate which housed many families from BAME backgrounds. He was also involved in Young Enterprise, a charity which has the aim of helping young people in schools understand the world of business. Geno was also previously a volunteer at the Brixton Community Law Centre which offered probono legal advice to those in the local community who didn’t have access to legal services.

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Rob Mukherjee

Head of North West Regional Business

Vodafone

Rob sits on Vodafone UK's BAME Think Tank and as one of a small number of ethnic minority Senior Leaders in Vodafone UK, he ensures visibility amongst all ethnic groups - and has engaged directly with the UK board, making personal recommendations around how to develop a higher ethnic minority representation at a senior level. Outside of his day job, Rob has appeared on a number of panels, podcasts, and other speaking events discussing matters relevant to Diversity and Inclusion, including "Guys That Get It" in conjunction with Sacha Atherton, and Northern Power Women Live. He has an influential presence in business, particularly in Northern business circles. He was listed at number 4 on the North West Business Insider 2017 “Science and Tech” Power List, and has been cited in a New Statesman article as a key influencer in the drive to make the Northern Powerhouse a reality.

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Sanjeev Sharma

COO

M&G Real Estate Limited

Sanjeev holds the Real Estate Board sponsor role for D&I. This has led the business to being the first real estate firm accredited with the National Equality Standard. He has been involved in D&I initiatives for over 25 years including Race for Opportunity, the National Mentoring Consortium as a mentor, and various other D&I initiatives. He is also on the Management Committee of Real Estate Balance which promotes progression of more women to senior roles in the industry. Sanjeev also promotes wider D&I aspects including ethnic minority inclusion. Additionally, Sanjeev is a regular speaker at external events on D&I and specifically need for businesses to focus on ethnic minority considerations.

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Raj Tulsiani

CEO & Co-Founder

Green Park

Raj’s aim within Green Park is to better the wider community through diversity and inclusion initiatives which remove the barriers stopping organisations from realising the benefits of a diverse workforce. He has recently placed the UK public sector’s most diverse board in history and, through high-profile assignments, bettered the D&I processes and hiring strategies of some of the UK’s leading organisations. In 2016, he launched the social enterprise DRIVE which aims to affect an extra 150,000 diverse hiring choices over the next five years. He also publishes diversity reports to provide statistically valid data into the ethno cultural and gender composition of top leadership positions. He also launched The Colour of Power alongside Operation Black Vote: The UK’s first visual depiction of the UK’s most powerful figures across the public, private and third sectors, showing a shocking lack of diversity and sparking national media debate. Externally, Raj is now acting as special advisor to the PM’s Social Mobility Implementation Office and has contributed to many government-backed landmark diversity reviews, including The Parker Review. Green Park has won and been nominated for a number of awards, and Raj’s personal accolades include the Global Equality and Diversity Lord Noon Award.

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Colleen Wong

Founder & CEO

TechSixtyFour

As a Chinese/British, female entrepreneur, Colleen sees her personal diversity as an asset to her company’s welcoming environment, and as a positive example to other diverse business leaders. She is often contacted by people from all ethnic backgrounds who are interested in joining her company and who are looking for advice on building a successful start-up as an ethnic minority. She regularly supports other businesses run by ethnic minority people and shows her support through attending events or engaging in social media. Colleen has been very successful in her short time as a business owner, indicated by being a finalist for Microbusiness of the Year at the British Small Business Awards 2017, and finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year at the First Women Awards 2017. Inspiring Fifty have also listed her as one of the 50 Most Inspiring Women in Tech. Additionally, Colleen was recently announced as the winner of AXA's Staying Independent with Tech Challenge.

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Keith Bevans

Global Head of Recruiting, Partner

Bain & Company

Keith’s team identifies the best talent across channels, evaluates and screens applications, and hires them into Bain. This includes leading recruiting activities for Bain's diversity groups, including Blacks at Bain, Latinos at Bain, Veterans at Bain, BGLAD, the firm’s worldwide LGBT-employee network, and Women@Bain. Keith also supports Bain's client work in areas related to talent acquisition, development and diversity. Additionally, he was the global leader of Blacks at Bain (BABs) for 10 years. During his tenure as head of BABs, he was in charge of several initiatives, including coordinating the annual BABs conference, organizing pre-MBA recruiting activities for black students and working with local office teams to organize mentoring and community-building activities. Outside of Bain, Keith currently serves on the board of the Ancona school, where he previously served as Chairperson. Ancona is the only independent school to adopt Multicultural Curriculum Strands for learning, introducing students to authors, experiences and materials that reflect scholars from around the globe. Keith’s also holds a leadership role at Trinity UCC, a predominantly African-American church in Chicago, and a board membership at Alternatives Inc. Most recently, Keith was honoured with the first annual Marty Edelman Distinguished Alumni Award from the Jackie Robinson Foundation.

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Mitul Shah

Partner & Leader of UK Reward Consulting Business

Deloitte

Mitul provides one on one mentoring to high potential ethnic minority colleagues, helping them progress their careers at Deloitte through advice and coaching. He feeds into key talent decisions around promotions within his business area, looking at how to progress and retain ethnic minority colleagues in the group. Outside of Deloitte, Mitul is a lead mentor in the Business in the Community mentoring circles, working with a group of ethnic minority employees from different organisations looking to progress in their respective careers. Additionally, he contributes to Deloitte’s ‘BAME in the Boardroom’ programme for ethnic minority leaders in industry who are looking to progress to Board level roles

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Ukonwa Ojo

Senior Vice President, COVERGIRL

Coty Inc.

Ukonwa has advocated for, and built her COVERGIRL team, to be as diverse as the communities they serve. In doing so, she has also built a strong bench and pipeline of future leaders. She has supported the Odyssey Network of Multicultural women's network through active participation, and encouraging her direct reports to take part too. She has also served as a formal and informal mentor to many ethnic minority employees, sharing insights to help them navigate the corporate environment. Ukonwa was named one of 25 women changing the world by Black Enterprise magazine and the COVERGIRL "I am what I make up" campaign was named "Campaign of Year" by Refinery 29 for getting inclusivity right. She has served as a visible ethnic minority leader in the marketing, advertising, and business community, aiming to inspire future ethnic minority leaders on what is possible and what they can achieve. Among a whole host of accolades, Ukonwa was placed on the Brand Marketer of the Year list by Ad Age, named as one of 11 Inspiring Women Changing the Beauty Game, and won a Gold Award at the Festival of Media North America.

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Daniel Taylor

Founder/CEO

MDC Group

Daniel Taylor, a man of Caribbean decent, is the founder and CEO of award winning Design and Build company: MDC Group, formerly known as Metro Design Consultants. He is a clear representation of the benefits of ethnic minority inclusion and diversity in his own right. He has turned his a-typical approach to inclusion and diversity into a competitive advantage, which is changing the landscape in his industry. His knowledge, accumulated from over 30 years in the industry, and relative rarity, have provided him with opportunities to excel on projects which require a level of internal diversity, and the ability to understand a wide array of cultures. This has proven beneficial as he has led his team to win a number of international clients including: Norwegian Air, Skype, Facebook, Harley Davidson and MTV to name a few. Aside from his successful business however, Daniel has also taken strategic board positions on a small number of minority interest groups, where he gauged he can make the best impact. These include; The Aleto Foundation, The Powerlist, The Black British Business Awards, and WinTRADE Week London.

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury

Dorothy serves on Finsbury’s Global Diversity committee, which focuses on supporting initiatives around the business to foster a more balanced workplace across gender, racial and sexual orientation bounds. This includes initiatives such as delivering unconscious bias training to leadership, ensuring that recruitment practices encourage the interviewing and selection of individuals from varied backgrounds, as well as developing affinity networks within the company. Additionally, as part of this role, she is involved with Finsbury's ongoing support of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which seeks to address the need for greater diversity in the public relations industry. Externally, Dorothy currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the UK registered charity Nations Ladies. Their mission is to help encourage and support the aspirations of ethnic minority youth offering them one-to-one mentoring, work experience opportunities and training in the soft skills that are needed to succeed beyond their school years. In the last year, Dorothy was listed in the Top 100 Women to Watch by Cranfield University, and has been asked to co-lead the Investor Relations practice for the EMEA region as Finsbury seek to expand their footprint.

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Jatin Patel

Products Director

TSB

Jatin’s role as Executive Sponsor for the Multicultural network is to strategically drive the network at a national level, push its progress across the organisation and represent the network externally. He has sponsored TSB’s approach to understanding the key drivers of ethnic minority under-representation across the Bank, and has used that to develop the Bank’s ethnic minority D&I strategy. Jatin has represented the ethnicity network at external events, including sponsoring the inaugural ‘Investing in Race Conference’, hosted by the SPM group. At this event, he spoke about TSB’s role as a challenger bank, explained how their approach to diversity and inclusion helps meet business objectives, and shared personal perspectives on why diversity is important. Internally, he has raised awareness of ethnic diversity through sharing his own personal experiences about religious and cultural celebrations, and providing ideas to address under-representation at Exec and Board level. Outside of TSB, Jatin has taken part in a cross-organisational mentoring circle as a lead mentor, and often speaks at conferences and organisations advocating the importance of diversity and inclusion. He has also done work to help improve education and access for young people from under-privileged backgrounds, particularly in areas with high concentrations of ethnic minorities.

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Quentin Roach

Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President, GSMG, BD & GWES

Merck & Co. Inc.

Quentin has been essential in ensuring inclusive environments and cultures, based on values established in collaboration with his executive leadership team. This includes introducing a requirement for unconscious bias training and not only diverse candidate slates, but also diverse interview panels in the hiring and promotion processes. He has instituted mentor programs for interns, new hires and rotational development program participants, and has also supported a "reverse mentoring" program targeted with the Next Gen employee resource group. Additionally, Quentin has personally acted as an executive sponsor for a company-wide leadership development program developed to foster growth of ethnic minority personnel within the organisation. Externally, Quentin currently maintains board positions with various organisations, with specific focuses on diversity and inclusion. He has also been appointed to the Diversity & Inclusion advisory council for the City Controller of New York City, and was recently recognised among Savoy’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in America.

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Raoul Shah

Founder & Joint CEO

Exposure

Raoul is committed to building a business where differences are celebrated and shared. His diverse team provides a wealth of opportunities for all to learn and expand their frames of reference via colleagues and peers. Unique to Exposure is the diversity of its network and the wide range of partner organisations it has worked with. A key ingredient to fostering an inclusive approach has been the actual workplace environment, which has helped facilitate a deep-rooted community feel within the agency. It was once described as “better than being at home.” Externally, Raoul uses his influence to drive diversity and inclusion in the community, and across his industry. In 2008 he took a position under Lord Kinnock as a Trustee of the British Council. Following a successful three year appointment, he remained in the post for an additional three years. He has been committed to supporting youth charities in London, has been recognised on various lists celebrating diverse leaders and is due to publish his first book this year entitled ‘Do Not Disturb.’

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Roni Savage

Managing Director

Jomas Associates

Roni is an Engineering & Environmental Geologist, working for clients in the Construction Industry. She is Managing Director of Jomas Associates Ltd, which she set up after holding Associate Director position in a major UK Engineering Company. As a British female of African heritage, Roni is passionate about empowering other women as well as those from an ethnic minority background, by putting herself forward as a role model. She speaks regularly at events aimed at this cause, and regularly offers free mentoring, coaching and sponsoring opportunities. Roni is committed to social mobility, and supports the YMCA, Mayor’s Fund, Churches and Colleges, demonstrating that people who look like her, can attain leadership positions if they are willing to work for it. Roni has recently set up a BAME Women Leaders in Engineering Movement to identify women who have been able to step up and step out, so that together, they can support future ethnic minority women. Roni was recently nominated for National Diversity Award, PWC Women in Business Award and Best Business Women Award. In 2017, she was a finalist for Forward Ladies Women in STEM award. Roni is also part of the FSBWomen Taskforce, and the Women in Engineering Society.

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Rory Campbell

Partnership Registrar

John Lewis Partnership

Rory has played an active role in championing and creating more inclusive workplaces for a number of years, most recently through mentoring ethnic minorities in the John Lewis Partnership, sponsoring one of their inclusion networks, informally advising senior leaders on their approach to inclusion, establishing a reverse mentoring initiative, and talking both internally and externally on matters of relevance to inclusive workplaces - engagement, inclusion and mental health. Outside his immediate workplace, Rory is a formal member of an external group of 'changemakers' who seek to better personal and business approaches to creating inclusive change in organisations and communities. This is alongside ongoing active engagement in a range of external communities, speaking, mentoring and networking with a focus on social change. As part of this, he spoke to a diverse group of leaders on a programme run by the Centre for Synchronous Leadership. The programme (Walk the Tightrope) brings together senior change makers who are on a journey to unlock their full potential without dimming their unique attributes and talents. In other words, to unleash them in the most inclusive way possible.

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Segun Osuntokun

Partner and Board Member

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Segun is the Social Inclusion & Ethnicity co-Champion in Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP). As a member of BCLP’s Partnership Board, he is a visible and vocal advocate for social and ethnic inclusivity. He spearheads “Race for Change”, an event addressing the lack of black representation in the legal profession, attracting 300 black students and graduates across three events. He marked UK Black History Month at BCLP in 2016 with a firm wide video, and led celebrations in 2017 with an event with David Lammy MP. Segun often represents the firm on inclusivity matters at external meetings, ethnic minority conferences and PR opportunities. Most recently he was invited by Lady Justice Hallett DBE, to join a group of senior BAME lawyers to provide insights into how judicial diversity can be improved. He also spoke in 2017 at an event by Generation Success entitled “Career Lessons and Stories by Senior Legal Professionals”, and at Deloitte’s Black History Month event. He is actively involved with Eastside Young Leaders’ Academy, and formally mentors one of their students, providing guidance on goal-setting, career options and building confidence. Segun also won the Diversity and Inclusion Impact Award at UK Diversity Legal Awards 2017.

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Amit Sharma

Chief European Representative

Fifth Third Bank

For Amit, the key in supporting ethnic minority colleagues is making sure they get more than their fair share of client interaction, both with existing and prospective clients, and attending events where they can get used to the 'small talk' and engaging with clients. The other area is mentoring, which he takes part in particularly prior to appraisal or promotion requests. He focuses on being forthright and taking responsibility for their own career advancement. Externally, Amit often coaches young people in his community to be more open to a life of varied careers and the key of building your skill set. He has also supported numerous people in the community around how to develop their CV's, get the right work experience and prepare for interviews or answering questions from partners.

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Elizabeth Yang

Owner & Founder

Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang

In her previous role at Raytheon, Elizabeth was President for the Raytheon Asian Pacific Association (RAPA) Employee Resource Group. They worked hand in hand with other ERGs to make the workplace more welcoming and inclusive for ethnic minority people. Now Founder of her own company, she caters heavily to ethnic minority people. Externally, as the current President of the National Association of Asian American Professionals and also a board member of the San Gabriel Valley Asian Youth Center, the Asian Business Association, and the Southern California Chinese Lawyers Association, she has led and organised numerous events, seminars, fundraisers and galas for the community. NAAAP has a strong ERG program and they host national events every year in multiple cities around the USA, training and educating professionals and leaders in the community on the importance of Diversity & Inclusion. She has been named as the City Club Los Angeles Remarkable Woman of the Year, the Asian American Professional Association Emerging Leader of the Year, and has been regularly listed among other inspirational and highly influential ethnic minority leaders.

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Raphael Mokades

Founder & Managing Director

Rare Recruitment

At Rare, Raphael goes beyond basic attraction and development, working closely with firms to review and improve their onboarding practices and their approach to assessment and retention. He hires the same calibre of graduate that he places with clients, aggressively seeking people out at the start of their careers and developing them on an ongoing basis. The culture at Rare is built around creating as inclusive an environment as possible, through team building activities, which are respectful of a wide variety of cultural and personal preferences such as non-drinking, daytime activities. Raphael is also actively involved in increasing access to the best education to ethnic minority students. Target Oxbridge is Rare’s project to develop more competitive and successful applicants of black heritage to Oxbridge than ever before, with the end goal of increasing their presence in the business world. Every year for the past decade, Rare has identified the UK’s best black students, Rare Rising Stars, and honoured them at a high-profile awards reception at the Houses of Parliament. Among many awards for Rare as a whole, Raphael also received the Legal Week Outstanding Innovator Award in 2017.

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Heather Melville

Head of Business Inclusion Initatives, Commercial and Private Banking

RBS

Heather regularly engages senior executives across the wider business and the financial industry in order to improve the ethnic minority talent pipeline. This has included organising an ethnic minority leaders networking event with in partnership with the ELC. She sponsored the event, and arranged for 250 ethnic minority executives to attend. Heather was awarded an OBE in 2017, for services to gender equality in business. She currently holds two NED board roles, which she uses to drive change for ethnic minorities and women. As the only black woman on the board for Enterprise Enfield, Heather is working with them to facilitate workshops and forums specifically for ethnic minority start -up businesses. She is a board member for the Chartered Management Institute, as well as a COMPANION and the chair for CMI Women. Heather leads the Blueprint for Change, an initiative working across all industries to deliver a diverse pipeline of female and diverse talent. Additionally, Heather is a judge for 4 major diversity awards ensuring all scoring has a diverse lens. She regularly speaks to local schools and business forums, and is often interviewed by the media on the importance of diverse representation, pay gaps, entrepreneurship and workplace inclusion.

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Sonia Sng

Director, Business Operations

Intuit

A Singapore-born Chinese, Sonia is a Director of Business Operations at Intuit, leading a team of 200 people responsible for payroll tax operations and risk operations. Throughout her career, Sonia has been driven by a lifelong appreciation for multicultural environments, and has led globally diverse teams around the world. During the 17+ years she was in Visa, she had championed a host of Diversity and Inclusion initiatives to counter potential biases and perceptions,. Last year, she co-hosted a Visa volunteer event with Peninsula College Fund to help low-income ethnic minority students navigate the journey from college to career. She was also the co-chair for Visa Women’s Network up until April 2018 when she joined Intuit. She has been an active mentor for a number of years, and is determined to continue her diversity work at Intuit and committed to building a pipeline of diverse talent. Externally, Sonia was a mentor for Aspire Foundation, mentoring aspiring women from the charities and social enterprises sector around the world of various backgrounds. She is currently a mentor for Everwise, to elevate Women in Tech.

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Pritheeva Rasaratnam

Head of Pensions, Insurance and Retail Distribution Policy

Financial Conduct Authority

Pritheeva has been Co-Chair of Spectrum, the FCA's ethnic minority network, for nearly two years and a member of Spectrum's steering committee for some time before that. Their most recent focus has been on promoting the continued development of ethnic minority staff and supporting managers to provide inclusive leadership. To achieve this, they have undertaken a number of focus groups, including workshops on cultural difference, launched the FCA's first ethnic minority 'Reverse Mentoring' programme, an initiative which has proved very successful, and provided career progression workshops aimed at ethnic minority employees. She has hosted numerous speaker and networking events for ethnic minority employees, and regularly presents to the FCA’s Executive Diversity Committee on diversity and inclusion issues within the organisation. Spectrum's activities were instrumental in the FCA receiving a silver award in the Business in the Community 'top employer for BAME' programme last year.

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Vanessa Smith

Regional Vice President, NA Strategic Customer Program

SAP America

As one of less than a handful of African American female executives at SAP, Vanessa has certainly seen the level of diversity increase over her 14 years with the company. However, she understood that in order to reflect that increase at a senior management level, they had to get more candidates in the pipeline at every level. To support that goal, in her prior role as Chief of Staff to the CEO, she hired a Chief Diversity Officer. Through participating in external benchmarking, they were able to raise awareness across the Board on how they compared on key diversity statistics to peers in the technology industry. That led to increased funding and focus on recruiting from historically black colleges, creating partnerships with associations focused on minority talent, and bringing added focus in the hiring process on ensuring diverse cohorts of early talents. Vanessa is an active member of Jack and Jill America, where she spends several hours per month developing and executing key programs for children in the area of leadership development, volunteer service, philanthropic giving and civic duty.

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April Crichlow

Head of Global Customer Marketing

SAP Ariba

To truly drive an inclusive culture within SAP Ariba, April is instrumental in aligning business goals with HR goals, and has helped push an innovative diversity initiative. Through a variety of diversity and progression programmes, she has set targets for diversity representation with the organisation, to be reached by 2022. She has also worked to promote Supplier Risk and Supplier Diversity solutions that help SAP Ariba buyer and supplier customers support ethnic owned and women owned businesses. Externally, April mentors and coaches young future business leaders through a variety of community projects aimed at students from ethnic minority backgrounds. She was on the board of Liberty Foundation, and served for 2 years as the Lead of Visionaries, the business community of Liberty Church in NYC. In this role she mentored, coached and supported business people in both the entrepreneurial fields and corporate functions. April is regularly asked to speak on gender and ethnic pay parity, and often appears in the media discussing the importance of diversity and inclusion.

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Jerome Hamilton

CEO

Open Therapeutics

Jerome sees diversity as an integral part of his role as CEO. As such, he continues to drive diverse hiring and has targets in place for a fully balanced, diverse workforce within Open Therapeutics. Externally, he is an advisor to the CEO of V2 Soft and a member of the company advisory board, and has personally helped the company gain two new contracts for significant revenue increases. He is also advisor to the CEO of KYYBA International and a member of their Advisory Board. Jerome is also a board member and financial contributor of Real Life 101 charity for mentoring underprivileged inner city minority youth in 11 states in the US. He recently co-authored a book titled “Make Your business a Lean Business”, which has been highly commended for building a winning culture and improving operational excellence within its reader’s companies. Additionally, he been selected to be the Key Note speaker at the Global Manufacturing Alliance Gala at the Golden Valley Country Club, and was recently appointed Chairman of the Board for Goodwill Easter Seals Minnesota. The Goodwill Organization helps those with workplace entry barriers to get meaningful jobs, many of whom are ethnic minorities.

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Geoffrey Williams

Director/Head of D&I EMEA

Thomson Reuters

As part of his role, Geoffrey designed and implemented training and career development programmes that support the ethnic minority community, but also gives the business the tools to create an inclusive working environment. In addition, he rolled out mandatory micro-aggressions training to all 400 HR staff globally to go deeper into the impacts of bias in the work environment. He has hosted a number of events with external experts to raise awareness of intersectionality, running six global sessions with one focused on the top 300 leaders globally. Under Geoffrey’s remit, budget has been regularly assigned to the support of The Power List and the Black British Business Awards, and the Asian Power List, connecting the brand with the wider ethnic minority community. Externally, Geoffrey co-founded a non-profit organisation that focuses on building aspirations of young people between the age of 13 & 14, called Rocking Ur Teens. Some attendees are at risk of exclusion, as well as being from communities where they don’t have access to role models. He secures speakers who work in diverse industries to give talks and workshops. He has also regularly been featured in internal and external media projects around diversity and inclusion

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Alison Walters

Head of Department

Financial Conduct Authority

As the first female, black, Head of Department at the FCA, Alison is co-chair of the ethnic minority network group called Spectrum, whose strategic focus is on 'connecting voices, unlocking potential and driving change'. For 2017 Spectrum had a sharper focus on diversity and inclusion, which included promoting continued development of ethnic minority staff through career progression workshops, a mentoring programme and networking and leadership events. They encouraged all FCA managers to be inclusive leaders through a reverse mentoring scheme, workshops on cultural difference, and gained greater alignment with other FCA network groups by partnering to host events and activities. She is also a regular speaker at FCA Springboard and Elevation events for future ethnic minority talent aimed at graduates, school leavers and apprentices. Externally they have developed relationship with Diversity & Inclusion Practitioners at the Black British Business Awards, PwC, The Network of Networks (TNON) and other Financial Services Regulators to share best practice, leverage ideas to influence and improve outcomes for ethnic minority individuals.

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Anbreen Khan

Tax Partner

Deloitte

Anbreen leads the Deloitte Muslim Network (DMN) for the UK firm. This includes leading the DMN Graduate Insight meetings, ensuring that ethnic minority employees work in an environment which is accepting and inclusive of their values, be that of faith or other. She promotes informal events through DMN such as tea afternoons allowing all levels of colleagues to interact and learn from each other. Anbreen mentors individuals in the UK and Middle East, and is available to new joiners to discuss career pathways, wider ethnic minority representation and offers 1-2-1 mentoring. Externally, Anbreen is passionate about education in particular and is part of a small team building a school in a remote earthquake stricken part of Pakistan. Having grown up in Kenya, she is also keen to educate and assist Kenyans in particular with faith based initiatives. Anbreen has been nominated in the Euromoney’s 2018 edition of Leading Tax Advisors Guide / International Tax Review Indirect Tax Leaders Experts Guide. She also played an integral role in the DMN Impact Award won for the network overall, which featured in Deloitte’s Impact Report.

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Tom Ilube

CEO

Crossword Cybersecurity plc

Tom is a strong advocate for diversity in the technology sector in general and in his own company, Crossword. He speaks regularly on the topic at various industry forums and mentors a number of up and coming ethnic minority entrepreneurs. Also a clear voice on ethnic minority inclusivity in the BBC Boardroom and a visible presence to the ethnic minority community within the BBC, he expects to become an increasing presence around ethnic minority issues in the media industry. Externally, Tom is Founder and Chair of the African Science Academy based in Ghana. ASA is Africa's leading girls science and maths academy, with all girls on full scholarships. The young women have gone on to win admission and scholarships to study computer science and engineering at universities in Africa, UK and the USA so far. He is also Chair of ADA College, the National College for Digital Skills, based in Tottenham, North London. Tom was recently awarded an honorary doctorate by City University of London, and a Beacon Award for his philanthropic work in African communities. He was also ranked top of the Powerlist in 2017.

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Amadou Diarra

Vice-President, Head of Global Policy, Advocacy and Government Affairs

Bristol-Myers Squibb

To meet its mission of helping patients prevail over serious diseases, Bristol-Myers Squibb is committed to a workforce that is both diverse and inclusive. As a member of the Global Diversity and Inclusion Council (GDIC), Amadou has contributed to shaping strategies for the recruitment, retention and development of diverse talent worldwide. He chairs the Commercial Diversity and Inclusion Council, whose activities support the Global Diversity and Inclusion Council priorities. Under his leadership as Head of Global Policy, Advocacy and Government Affairs, Amadou’s team enables productive dialogue with government around respective diversity and inclusion issues. He championed Bristol-Myers Squibb's signature of the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion Pledge, and under his responsibility, the Global Patient Advocacy function has helped Bristol-Myers Squibb prioritise the diversity of patient representation in clinical trials. As Bristol-Myers Squibb’s first and only member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), Amadou has contributed to increasing the company’s engagement in ELC's activities. Through a culture of inclusion, Bristol-Myers Squibb is able to create a work environment where diverse experiences and perspectives help drive innovation and transformative business results.

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Christina Liciaga

Head of Customer Service

HSBC UK

Christina is an entrepreneur turned international finance executive who joined HSBC in 2008, leading national and global teams across Asia, Latin America and Europe. As a diversity advocate within HSBC Group, Christina is a champion for Embrace in the UK, a spokesperson for the Hispanic and Latino Diversity Committee in the USA, sponsor for “My World” a staff-driven cross-cultural education initiative promoting a more inclusive work environment, and the UK appointee to the bank’s Global Diversity Taskforce. In 2016, Christina advised on publication of a Judicial Diversity Report, which targets sustainable solutions to address structural barriers facing women and ethnic minorities in the UK judiciary. She was later appointed to the Executive Board of JUSTICE, an all-party law reform and human rights organisation working to strengthen the justice system in the UK. When appointed, she was not only the youngest Trustee, but the only woman of colour and one of a few working outside of the legal profession. Throughout her career, Christina has established inclusive forums where woman of diversity can come together as one, including launching cross-industry networking sessions and serving as a mentor for employees within and outside of HSBC Group across London, New York and Hong Kong.

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Tom Shropshire

Partner, Global Head of US Practice

Linklaters LLP

Tom is a member of the Executive Committee at Linklaters. In May of 2017, he took over the role of U.S. Global Practice Head, and has made diversity and inclusion an equivalent strategic plank with revenue growth, margin enhancement and clients. He introduced 1 on 1 D&I coaching for U.S. Partners and re-launched the affinity groups, including the Diversity Committee, the Black Lawyer/Business Team Network, the Asian Society, the Latin-American Society and the Women's Network. He attends meetings for the affinity groups at least quarterly to show senior support, and encourage broader participation. In London, he was an early supporter of the reverse-mentoring scheme launched this year with ethnic minority lawyers and senior management, and also has been the sponsor of the ethnic minority affinity group within Linklaters UK business. Externally, Tom was a member of the steering committee for the Parker Review on ethnicity in the boardroom, and will continue to work with a range of stakeholders, including the UK government, on related issues. Since 2012, Tom has been recognised as one of the 100 most influential Black people in the UK by the Black Power List. Tom is also a trustee of Prostate Cancer UK and Comic Relief.

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Gautam Bhattacharyya

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Gautam always finds the time to represent ethnic minority lawyers and welcome the future generation of lawyers to Reed Smith. He actively mentors and encourages the firm’s young and aspiring lawyers, and regularly takes part in panel discussions at Reed Smith, sharing his experiences as a diverse senior lawyer. HE also regularly meets students at open day events where he provides advice and insight to those wanting to enter the profession. Additionally, he actively champions the firm’s London Multicultural Network whose objective is to provide all Reed Smith employees with the opportunity to experience and celebrate their differences and raise awareness of issues that are pertinent to ethnic minority legal professionals. Externally, Gautam regularly takes part in panel discussions at diversity events to discuss the importance of ethnic minority inclusion. In March 2018, he was awarded the leading international lawyer award for work for Indian clients at the Legal Era Awards in Mumbai. He is also highly ranked in the Chambers & Partners Global Rankings, Legal 500 and Euromoney’s Guide to the World’s Leading Experts in Commercial Arbitration.

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Habib Motani

Partner

Clifford Chance

Habib was one of the first ethnic minority partners at a magic circle law firm, and has always seen it as important for young lawyers in the Firm to be able to look to him as a role model. He is on the steering committee of the Clifford Chance BAME Network, of which he is a Partner Champion. He uses his role to promote ethnic minority initiatives of the network and of the Firm, particularly by promoting and supporting the younger employees who lead the network. He is also the Partner Champion for Clifford Chance's support for London Black Women's Project, and liaison between Clifford Chance's Muslim Network and the Canary Wharf Chaplaincy Multifaith Steering Committee. He has served on the Committee of the Society of Asian Lawyers, and has held a number of senior positions within the Ismaili Muslim community, such as chair of the International Conciliation and Arbitration Board. Habib is a member of the Canary Wharf Chaplaincy Multifaith Steering Group, a trustee of Bow Arts Trust, and actively supports the work of Patchwork Foundation.

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Nimisha PradeepKumar

Finance Change Director, Group Finance

Lloyds Banking Group

Nimisha is Chair of the Lloyds Banking Group REACH (Race Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage) network, and led communications for the network when the Group launched a public goal to increase the number of ethnic minority people in senior roles in 2018. She also led a Group-wide Cultural Awareness campaign during Black History Month, which included events and communications to broaden colleague awareness and understanding of different cultures. Nimisha also championed a Group-wide cultural survey, and an internal campaign to mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. Nimisha is a positive role model for ethnic minority colleagues across the Group and mentors numerous ethnic minority men and women, and appeared in the Group’s top 40 BAME Role Models list two years in a row. Externally, Nimisha recently represented Group at the Powerlist launch, and the House of Commons International Women’s day event. She has been selected as part of a Group ethnic minority leadership programme as having the potential for a C-Suite and/or NED role. Additionally, she is currently part of the Ethnicity and the City working group to promote the Group and its ethnic minority agenda, and sits on a Hindu professionals group chaired by Lord Gadhia.

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Kai Exos

Co-CEO and CCO

Isobar

As a brand leader and seniormost creative talent within Dentsu Aegis Network Canada, with a longstanding seat on the Isobar Global Creative Council, Kai has introduced Inclusivity Training within his 100-strong team of innovators and creators. This Summer 2018, a three-year integration that Kai co-chaired for 650 of his network teammates will culminate — focused on the power of craft and diversity to achieve positive collective results. Kai is a lifetime member of the NAACP and serves on the board of directors for @Unity_In_Color, a global movement in solidarity for Women’s Rights. Monthly initiatives for his internal project, The Intersectionality Forum, continue to take place at their Toronto headquarters to highlight shared values and encourage representation. In addition to his philanthropic endeavours, Kai’s activism extends further as a Billboard-charting musician alongside his private collection of fine art from the African diaspora.

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Rocki Howard

Client Services Director

Resource Solutions

Rocki’s passion is to create a work place where people can focus on having impact while leveraging their unique strengths and experiences. She has created an interview process that focuses on an individual’s potential, values and culture alignment. This process has resulted in unprecedented workplace diversity. Rocki conducts quarterly culture roundtables that provide colleagues a safe place to discuss company culture, respect, workplace challenges focusing on engagement. She has implemented an Employment Engagement committee that facilitates activities such as a Women’s Empowerment March and Cultural Luncheons. Externally, Rocki has been involved in several university Career Services Advisory boards. This allowed her to help identify, coach, mentor and hire minority students. She is a supporter and patron of GirlsRock Jacksonville, cultivating self-empowerment and positive identity development in girls, trans and gender non-conforming youth through music experimentation. She recently spoke with the City of Jacksonville on what it means to be a minority living, working and recruiting other minorities in the city. Rocki is growing a digital community to empower and support women over 40 and was recognized as Resource Solutions first Global Manager of the Year, during her first year with the organization.

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Payal Vasudeva

Human Capital & Diversity Managing Director

Accenture

Payal sits on the Accenture UKI Board with singular accountability for Inclusion & Diversity, and leads the Talent & Organisation UKI practice. She is an active sponsor of the South Asian Network, and a mentor to the African-Caribbean Network Leadership team. She is an Executive Sponsor for Accenture’s African-Caribbean ‘Accelerate’, which sees ethnic minority employees attend a range of learning, community and networking events annually. She mentors ethnic minority CEOs as part of the Accenture Diverse Supplier Development Program, and sponsored an initiative where Accenture hosted 60 undergraduates for a two-day mentoring programme with The PowerList Foundation. Externally, Payal is a Trustee on the Board of East London Business Alliance, and she is part of the Business in The Community Gender Equality Leadership Team, with a focus on ethnic minority women. She has personally founded a scholarship program in Mumbai for under-privileged girls, and is co-founding a ‘not for profit’ to help youth from disadvantaged backgrounds build life and leadership skills. Payal also speaks regularly at external forums and in the media, and has been recognised as a ‘Top 10 Global Diversity Champion’ by Global Diversity List, as well as in other prominent ethnic minority and gender rankings.

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Adizah Tejani

Director of Marketing EMEA

Token Inc

Adizah regularly gives talks at universities regarding computer science and technology entrepreneurship, including a recent event with current Oxford University students of African and Caribbean descent who self-identify as women and Cambridge Judge Business School’s entrepreneurship programs. Her focus is often on ethnic minority women who are building careers in their predominantly white and male-dominated fields. She is also an advisor to UCL School of Management, bridging the divide between industry and academia in the technology industry. During her time at fintech accelerator Level39, she also set up a partnership with Code First Girls, which encourages women of all backgrounds to code and get into the technology profession. Additionally, Adizah cofounded Filanthropy*, supporting grassroots projects with small grants, and often giving her time to advise and coach young black professionals that would like to get into the technology industry. She also recently spoke at this year’s Tech in Ghana conference, which aimed to highlight the achievements of Ghanaians working in the London technology community. Adizah has spoken internationally about the impact of technology, business, and finance. She is regularly honoured for her work with ethnic minority women, and recognised as an inspirational figure in STEM.

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Madhavi Reddy

MD and Head of UKI Presales

Fujitsu

Madhavi is an immigrant working mother, a rare woman in STEM leadership, who has lived and worked in India, Singapore and Europe. She is currently the Executive Sponsor for Schools Engagement and chairs Fujitsu’s UKI Cultural Diversity Network (CDN), developing and implementing the vision for ethnic minority recruitment and progression. Her CDN team works with the D&I team and Executives to increase awareness, build more inclusive culture, and celebrate role models. She has run multiple panels to encourage open conversations and next steps. She regularly represents Fujitsu at external events and at panel discussions organised by BITC, Investing in Ethnicity, GAIL, BBBA and others to progress the conversation on Race. Madhavi is growing her voice on social media and uses her Linkedin Profile to raise awareness on diversity, having authored articles on diversity and reverse mentoring which have been widely shared.

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Sarah Nelson

Group Financial Controller

Sainsbury's

Sarah is the Group Financial Controller and chair of the BAME network at Sainsbury’s. As a longstanding member of the Race Steering Group, Sarah has actively influenced Sainsbury’s diversity and inclusion agenda and is committed to help Sainsbury’s achieve its vision of being the most inclusive retailer where all colleagues can fulfil their potential. In 2017 Sarah founded Sainsbury’s first ever BAME network, leading a number of networking events and initiatives for employees across the business. Through this, almost 400 colleagues were reached through organised events and the network’s social platform. Sarah is passionate about ensuring all individuals feel included within the organisation and that they can reach their full potential and as such, mentors a number of BAME colleagues. Outside of Sainsbury’s, Sarah continues to mentor and coach individuals from her BAME mentoring circles and speaks at external events to provide guidance and share her experiences and insights.

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Ajay Khindria

Strategic Sales Leader, Europe

IBM

As Executive Sponsor of the BAME Diversity Group and a Member of the UKI Diversity Council for 7 years, Ajay’s mission has been to raise awareness of the challenges facing ethnic minority employees, and to drive initiatives to attract, develop and retain ethnic minority individuals within IBM. The strategy has been ‘top down’ ensuring the IBM UKI Board understands the importance of attracting ethnic minority employees, and ‘bottom up’, encouraging new graduates to be actively involved from the outset. At the same time, he is a mentor to managers and professionals, helping manage their careers within the IBM Corporation. Externally, Ajay has been a reverse mentor to the Director General of the House of Commons, and regularly sits on panels or delivers lectures on the importance of ethnic minority inclusion. IBM recently won the Diversity Champion of the Year at the British Muslim Awards, and Ajay has been an integral part of many IBM wide awards for ethnic minority diversity and inclusion. Additionally, he is a Trustee of a new charity, OneKindAct, granting c.30% of funds to support education needs, and 75% of funds in Asian/African continents.

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Global Head of CSR and President of The Moody's Foundation

Moodys Corporation

Appointed to the newly created role of Global Head of CSR, Arlene developed a global strategy that aligns with Moody’s businesses and promotes diversity and inclusion externally. Moody’s CSR strategy seeks to economically empower women and BAME entrepreneurs; and support BAME and female students by creating pathways for them to explore careers in finance, technology and economics. Arlene works in partnership with D&I to advance a diverse talent pipeline by advocating for leadership development opportunities for Moody’s BAME employees. She regularly mentors BAME professionals at varying levels and stages of their careers. She is a frequent speaker for Multicultural and Women’s ERGs around the world, sharing her career journey and advice. Arlene is a Board member of the Executive Leadership Council, and chairs the Global Expansion Committee which supports the advancement of Black professionals in the US and Europe. She is on the Board of Howard University's Business School with other prominent senior executives. She has been featured in numerous lists including Savoy’s 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America, and Black Enterprise’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Business.

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

As a high profile ethnic minority role model, Nilufer acts as a mentor both formally and informally to ethnic minority employees throughout the firm. She supported the development of the firm’s bespoke ethnic minority cross company mentoring programme, which was the first of its kind and aimed to retain talented, diverse lawyers by providing them with impartial career advice from senior business leaders. This scheme has now been rolled out to other employers and she continues to participate as a mentor to someone outside of Slaughter and May. Externally, Nilufer is on the Board of Trustees of Into University, leading on hosting workshops for students to introduce them to the legal profession as a career option. This year she was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s honours list for services to financial services. Career highlights have included advising on the UK Government’s post-crisis bailout and re-privatisation of Lloyds Banking Group. She is listed for M&A in The Legal 500, and as a leading lawyer in the Capital Markets – Equity section of IFLR1000. She has also been profiled in Black Letter Law, a directory that showcases achievement of ethnic minority lawyers, since it began in 2006.

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Carey Mendes

Regional Business Unit Leader, Global Oil America's

BP

Carey serves as a board member of BP America’s D&I Council and as Executive Sponsor for two of BP’s employee business resource groups, Energía (Hispanic) and the BP African American Network. These organisations empower employees, encourage cultural fluency and drive a focus on D&I. He is also a mentor and sponsor to numerous minority employees to help drive their development. He participates in regular roundtable discussions with employees at all levels to seek feedback on how to be more inclusive. Externally, Carey is active in the community, including representing BP and his own passion for diversity and inclusion. He is the director of the CEO's Council for Chicago United, promoting minority talent and was one of the winners of their Business Leader of Colour award in 2017. He encourages active BP engagement in diverse local schools, exemplified through their recent recognition as 2017 corporation of the year by Working in the Schools (WITS). He also pioneered a BP partnership with Howard University to encourage recruitment of African American employees.

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Gerald Charles

VP, Global IT Operations & Strategy

Under Armour Inc

Gerald has a collaborative management philosophy, based on inclusion, diversity of ideas and perspectives, and direct, open communication and behavior. He promotes diversity through objective, data-based business processes, diverse sourcing for recruitment, speaking engagements, and board appointments. He publicly sponsors, coaches, and speaks at all levels engaging all employee’s participation, ethnic minority organizations, and company employee resource groups. As a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and previously as the Mid-Atlantic Regional Co-chair of CALIBR, Gerald has grown member programming, leadership and professional development events, and participated in ELC’s business case competition and scholarships. As an outside patron sponsoring regular internships and a bi-annual program for Npower’s students to engage and be counselled by Under Armour employees, he was recently asked to join their Baltimore Regional Advisory Board. Gerald’s history of mentorship and service to ethnic minority entrepreneurs and professionals includes a Congressional Medal for Outstanding Service and Achievement, the Black Engineer of the Year, Special Recognition Award from US Black Engineer Magazine, and until recently was deeply involved in one of the nation’s only all Black Boy Scout Troops, developing 7 Eagle Scouts.

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Manroop Singh Khela

Head of Transformation & CEO office (Executive Committee Member)

Santander UK plc

Manroop is an executive supporter of the ethnic minorty colleague network, Ethnicity@Work, and regularly mentors young internal ethnic minority talent. He is an internal speaker on Diversity and Inclusion, sharing advice on creating more inclusive work spaces and driving the ethnic minority inclusion agenda in Santander. He recently spoke on a panel with Santander UK Chairwoman, Baroness Shriti Vadera, discussing the importance of visible role models, and the steps which can be taken to increase diversity. Externally, Manroop is a lead mentor in BiTC and Athlete to Business ethnic minority mentoring circles, and participates in events to promote the importance of visible ethnic minority role models in business.

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Oliemata O'Donoghue

Head of Region

HSBC

Of her 20 years in the financial services industry, Oliemata has spent 17 being a member or lead of an inclusion employee relationship forum. She has undertaken the Co-Chair and Chair roles of the Ethnic Minority forum and African Forum in the last few years. She currently sponsors the ethnic minority “Embrace Network” and has worked alongside colleagues to drive a strong agenda around “Attract, Grow and Engage” of all colleagues. In this role she has promoted how HSBC talk about race in the workplace, panels and listening events, and career enhancing workshops. She also does reverse mentoring and coaching with colleagues to achieve their career aspirations. Additionally, she leads and runs regular exchanges between colleagues to promote talking about race in the workplace and to help unblock any challenges for colleagues and business leads. Externally, Oliemata has volunteered as part of a mentoring programme that coaches and supports undergraduates from ethnic minority backgrounds. She also coaches and supports women of afro-Caribbean backgrounds who are in middle management and have high potential to reach directorship levels.

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Bansi Nagji

Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Business Development

McKesson Corporation

As a visible senior executive with a diverse cultural background, Bansi uses his own story to illustrate the potential career progression available to all people in the workplace. He also makes himself available as a mentor to all employees, particularly ethnic minority people and women, to help them understand and navigate their particular challenges. As the most senior ethnic minority executive at McKesson, he is a core member of McKesson’s Chairman’s Diversity Council, which is responsible for the enterprise’s diversity strategy. Externally, Bansi makes himself available for career advice, and regularly speaks about his own experience as a successful minority. He is deeply involved in fundraising activities for his business school, INSEAD, and is particularly interested in personally sponsoring scholarships there for ethnic minority people. He was also recently named as one of the Top 50 Multicultural Leaders in Technology by the California Diversity Council.

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Shirine Khoury-Haq

COO

Lloyd's

Shirine is the sponsor for Lloyd’s Cultural Awareness Network (CAN) which promotes awareness of different cultures within Lloyd's, and provides an open and supportive environment for anyone interested in related topics. Over the past year CAN has held a number of events to encourage discussion and open up a dialogue across a range of areas related to ethnic minorities. She is also Chair of the EMpower Executive Steering Group. Over the past two years her team has partnered with the Clara Grant Primary School – an ethnically diverse school in Tower Hamlets, of which she is a Board member - to provide guided reading, maths challenges, technology skills and data capability development for both children and teachers. Externally to Lloyd’s, Shirine mentors and sponsors a number of young ethnic minority people, helping to provide them with work experience, skills training and jobs in financial services. Additionally, Shirine was included in the CIO 100 and the BAME Board Talent Index 100, as well as being a finalist for CIO of the Year at the Women in IT Awards.

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Bridget Lea

Director of Retail, Online and Omni-Channel

Telefónica O2

Bridget has continuously advocated and encouraged diversity throughout the business, championing a number of related programs. She runs face to face sessions for ethnic minority employees, allowing her to meet with and understand the increasingly diverse workforce at O2. These sessions are being used to tackle key issues hindering progression, setting up mentor and sponsor schemes for ethnic minority individuals within the store community, and awareness campaigns amongst the stores population to improve visibility of areas of concern. Bridget has championed the roll out of unconscious bias training and presented BAME issues to the board. Bridget runs a program for women who have overcome diversity and many of these women are from the BAME community. For many years, Bridget has also mentored external ethnic minority individuals in the industry, as well as being a mentor on the Retail week ‘Be Inspired’ campaign. She has received numerous internal and external awards, as well as attending and speaking at many external events and sitting on a number of industry panels.

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Elaine Rogers

Senior Vice President, UK SMF for CASS and Global Head of Control for Operations

The Northern Trust Company

Elaine puts a huge focus on both informal and formal mentoring of emerging female and ethnic minority talent within Northern Trust and across the wider financial services industry. She provides guidance and coaching on areas such as authenticity, career progression, effective networking and how to successfully navigate corporate culture and politics. She is heavily involved in the Diversity and Inclusion activities within Northern Trust, including as Chair of the Northern Trust EMEA Diversity and Inclusion Council, and as a senior sponsor of various Business Resource Councils (BRCs), including the Asian Leadership BRC. Her involvement includes being speaker or presenter at events, which market and champion ethnic minority activities and initiatives. For instance, she is a sponsor for the ethnic minority talent development programme, and a mentor to future leaders and rising talent of Northern Trust. Additionally she is a regular panellist, internally and externally, for a number of speaker sessions involving mental health issues and Asian women, and uses these platforms to share experiences, and the impact of personal culture on her own career.

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Nathaniel Peat

Chief Executive Officer

Gennex Elite

Nathaniel has created several opportunities for women and young people of African and Caribbean origin to engage in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Through GeNNex he has focused on training and developing ethnic minority technicians, who learn how to assemble, maintain, repair, install and sell solar devices and systems for homes and commercial property, helping elevation from poverty especially in Rural Africa and within Urban slums. Nathaniel is a Patron and former co-founding board member at the EY Foundation, which works directly with disadvantaged young people, employers and social entrepreneurs to create and support pathways to education, employment or enterprise. He has also contributed to research around the disproportionate incarceration of ethnic minority young people through his not-for-profit The Safety Box. Additionally, he is the Chairman of Jamaicans Inspired and in 2017 was entered into the UK Black Power List of Britain’s Most Influential Black People of Caribbean and African Decent, and Green Park’s BAME 100 Top Board Index List. Nathaniel was honoured in June 2015 by Kings House where he received the Governor General Award for Excellence from Sir Patrick Allen.

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Sarah Lee

Partner

Slaughter and May

Sarah currently leads on enhancing ethnic minority recruitment and retention practices, and is the partner champion and sponsor for the ethnic minority network (DIVERSE) within the firm. She is on the Recruitment Strategy Committee and works with RARE, a specialised graduate recruitment agency that finds the most talented ethnic minority students. She is a highly visible role model for all lawyers and employees at Slaughter and May, and is an active mentor, both formally and informally for ethnic minority lawyers within the firm. She has undertaken many speaking engagements to profile ethnic minority leadership as a lawyer, including speaking at secondary schools and university careers events with significant populations of ethnic minority students. Within the wider legal community, she set up the diversity partners forum and has sat on various panels discussing the attraction, recruitment and retention of ethnic minority lawyers. She is ranked as a leader in Chambers UK and The Legal 500 and has recently been appointed as a Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission, an independent statutory body with responsibility for selecting judges for the Courts and Tribunals of England and Wales, with an express remit to encourage diversity in candidates available for judicial selection.

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Suresh Raj

Managing Director, Global Business Development

Zeno Group

As an openly gay and ethnic minority senior executive, Suresh continues to champion the diversity agenda, picking up from his previous efforts whilst he was Worldwide Chief Business Development Officer at Ogilvy Group. He is an Executive Sponsor of a number of Professional Networks which focus on personal and professional development of LGBT+, Black, Asian and Latin communities. He is an official professional mentor through INvolve, and is a personal mentor to a number of ethnic minority individuals across the USA, UK, UAE, and Asia. Externally, Suresh sits on a number of advisory boards and continues to speak on a professional and personal level on the impact of ethnic minority inclusivity on business to drive positive business change and growth. He was a contributor on the global anthropological study on Leading Humans - discussing the greatest aspects of leadership from an ethnic minority point of view, and was featured in the Huffington Post where he discussed the positive impact of living inclusive and open lives to aid societal and business progress. He is currently supporting a Human Research study on minorities’ impact in digital communications by the University of Houston.

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Renee LaRoche-Morris

Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of BNY Mellon Investment Management

BNY Mellon

Renee has been a leader and advocate for BNY Mellon’s Diversity and Inclusion Strategy since joining in 2003. As part of her commitment, she has been an active participant in BNY Mellon's Multi-cultural Employee Resource Group (IMPACT) for over 10 years, has been co-chair of IMPACT's African American Leadership Forum for three years and has recently been named the co-chair of IMPACT for the Company. She actively leads and participates in numerous events each year, and engages one-on-one with individuals or small groups to understand their concerns, provide guidance and be a mentor. Most recently, she was the National Society of Black Engineers Conference keynote speaker for a Diverse by Design event. Alongside her advocacy in and out of the workplace, Renee received the Network Journal Top 25 Black Women in Business Award, was selected as one of Private Asset Management’s “50 Most Influential Women in Private Wealth” and is on the Board of Dress for Success Worldwide.

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

Albertha played a key role in the PwC Colour Brave campaign, presenting at the launch event and promoting the campaign in and out of PwC . Also, as part of PwC’s Talent & Diversity council, a key focus for her has been helping to get greater ethnic minority representation on career defining opportunities. As part of this, she sponsored PwC’s most extensive national ethnic minority focus group campaign. She is also working with her local business unit to implement the strategies agreed by the Talent & Diversity Council. As a sponsoring partner for the multicultural business network, Albertha frequently shares her personal story through lunch time sessions, and offers coaching sessions. She was the host Partner for the PwC annual graduate mentoring scheme, and continues to mentor a large number of ethnic minority staff across PwC. Externally, she works with various diversity organisations and charities, doing panels and presentations to the ethnic minority community. Albertha was awarded ‘Financial Services Leader of the Year’ by the BBBA, was a focus group participant for their ‘The Middle’ research and part of the consultation team for the BBBA’s follow up Talent Accelerator program in response to the research.

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director

Accenture

Globally Andrew is one of Accenture’s cross-cultural leads, tasked with educating and setting best practice examples for working across cultures and ethnicities. With most Accenture Operations colleagues based in India, this is an important role, ensuring that cross-cultural business relationships are based on mutual respect and understanding. He has been the executive sponsor for Accenture’s African-Caribbean Network for the last four years, representing the interests of its 360 employee members at UK Board Level, and working with global leadership on the broader I&D agenda. He is accountable for all annual network events, including a series of prominent Black History Month events, and oversees several ethnic minority recruitment, development, progression and retention activities. Under his leadership, they also won Network of the Year for their internal inclusion efforts. Externally, Andrew mentors three ethnic minority individuals from various industries, providing them with career guidance and helping to maximise their potential. He is a founder member of the UK Executive Leadership Council, and has recently been asked to become the UK Chair and co-lead of the global expansion committee.

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Jacqueline Simmons

Executive Editor

Bloomberg News

Jacqueline is actively involved in recruiting and promoting diverse minority ethnic talent both within and outside the News group. Specifically, she is a member of Bloomberg's EMEA Diversity Council, promoting and supporting events, leveraging networks and actively participating in and leading diversity initiatives. She was instrumental in Bloomberg’s Race to Action Inclusion Dialogue, which engaged leaders across the organisation, to start an honest dialogue on race and drive the agenda on ethnicity forward. Additionally, she is a global lead for the company's Black Professional Community, which has a membership exceeding 700 globally, and oversees Bloomberg News's managing diversity team. Externally, Jacqueline has given her voice to race and diversity issues at high-level events, including the World Economic Forum in Davos, the Women's Forum in Deauville, and as a speaker at the Women of the World Festival in the U.K. She is also shaping the agenda of Bloomberg's first Equality Summit in New York, where she will lead discussions around issues involving female and racial empowerment across business lines and society. This year she has appeared on the Powerlist, and currently serves on the jury panel for this year's One World Media Awards.

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Dr Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management

Daiwa

Miranda works with the CEO, board and other senior management to increase the number of diverse employees, especially from ethnic minority backgrounds. These relationships saw the launch of a diversity week and mentoring programmes. She also launched the Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation to help drive race diversity change in the workplace. Within the first year, Miranda and her Foundation's ethnic minority diversity work won a Point of Light award from the UK Prime Minister Theresa May, as well as personal praise by HRH Prince of Wales, UK mayors and global leaders. Due to the lack of progress around race diversity, the Foundation was initially launched late 2015 to help ethnic minority future leaders through scholarships, mentoring, work experience and her UK history making diversity lectures. Miranda is an ambassador and adviser to a wide variety of groups aiming to increase ethnic minority representation, and she has often spoken in the media around race equality and representation, including platforms such as BBC Breakfast, Good Morning Britain and Sky News. Miranda has been awarded a Global Goodwill Ambassador title, and an honorary doctorate at the University of Brighton, for her international diversity work.

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Dawood Gustav

Leader & Imagination Officer

Reluctantly Brave

Dawood built Reluctantly Brave to improve access for ethnic minorities, and other underrepresented groups, to the creative industries. This is at the core of Reluctantly Brave's competitive advantage - being creative requires diverse thinkers. In this past year, he has led on the creation of a new corporate purpose, highlighting diversity and putting it at the forefront of everything they do. He also established alternative recruitment processes to avoid the industry’s ingrained biases against ethnic minority people. He and his team continue to coach and mentor young ethnic minority people, from those considering their educational choices to those already employed. Externally, Dawood is a Commissioner on the London Borough of Islington’s Fair Futures Commission, where he has a strong focus on improving the lives and opportunities of young ethnic minority people. He regularly takes on numerous speaking engagements to inspire young ethnic minority people, and more generally share learning on inclusion best practice. Additionally, Dawood’s youth programme within Reluctantly Brave saw him win a National Diversity Award, recognising his innovation in community inclusion efforts.

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Kalpana Shah

Chairman

RiverStone Managing Agency

Kalpana is a financial services Non-Executive Director sitting on the boards of RiverStone and Asta, and a highly visible member of the 30% Club. She is a Fellow of the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and is currently a committee member of both their Non-Executive Directors MIG and Non-Executive Directors guidance working party. She is also a senior Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Insurers and sits on their independent Non-Executive Directors committee. Kalpana is a regular speaker at a number of events for the Institute & Faculty of Actuaries and London Market Association. She also speaks at schools and colleges supporting the Inspiring The Future campaign, focusing on the importance of advancing ethnic minority talent. Additionally, she has been a mentor and role model to ethnic minority colleagues throughout her career, recently being part of the Slaughter and May mentoring programme. Kalpana was a member of the working group for the inaugural Dive In Festival at Lloyds, and a founder member of the Diversity and Inclusion steering committee at Hiscox.

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Mamadou-Abou Sarr

Senior Vice President, Director of Product Development and Sustainable Investing

Northern Trust Company

As a senior executive, Mamadou-Abou received the Chairman's Recognition Award for his leadership of the EMEA Diversity Council. As a member of the Diversity Council, he was involved in developing a training program to address unconscious biases. Additionally, he is an active member of the Black Resources Council, and mentors a group of ethnic minority investment professionals. Having lived and worked in five countries and travelled to over fifty around the world, Mamadou-Abou has been involved in numerous external, international projects and civic engagement activities in various cultures. He and his wife have created a foundation focusing on preserving Africa's cultural and natural heritage as well as addressing social justice in urban cities around the world often faced by ethnic minority people. He is passionate about creating equal opportunities for minorities to enter the financial industry and he is devoting time to coaching and mentoring young professionals. This year, Mamadou-Abou was named one of 2018 Class’s “100 Most Influential People of African Descent (MIPAD) under 40”. He was also named a "Top 40 under 40" by Crain’s Chicago Business, and featured in the Financial News “Top 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in Asset Management” in Europe, Middle East and Africa.

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Paris Petgrave

CEO

We Love Work

Across her entire career in recruitment and HR, Paris has designed and delivered a series of initiatives to support diversity in the work place. Most recently, she founded We Love Work - an HR Technology start-up which predicts culture fit and values alignment between individuals and teams without bias. She has also been commissioned by London councils, The Princes Trust and The European social fund to run diversity initiatives to help ethnic minority candidates access employment. She is now taking her experience and expertise into the tech sector and venture capital world, to continue to help companies globally build diverse teams and inclusive working cultures. Externally she has been involved in a number of different projects to inspire entrepreneurs from the ethnic minority community. Paris is a regular mentor to ethnic minority start-ups, and is an experienced public speaker with experience speaking at a number of high profile events including The London Business show and Campus Party EU. She is regularly recognised for her diversity and inclusion efforts, most recently as a Lotus Award Winner, Powerlist Rising Star, and Black Women in Business honouree

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Nazreen Visram

Head of Citizenship, Corporate Banking

Barclays Bank

As co-chair of the multicultural Embrace Network, Nazreen has supported the establishment of both the Asian and Black Professionals’ forums, and led on key events such as World Cultural Day. The network supports employees by running events, training programmes, showcasing role models, collaborating with other networks to demonstrate the importance of intersectionality and celebrating cultural diversity, therefore contributing to a more inclusive workplace. She participated in the Embracing Us campaign, and took part in the Black History Month video, which was showcased globally. She launched the South Asian Proposition, providing cultural awareness training to colleagues and launching a widely attended Diwali Dinner. As well as being a HeforShe champion, Nazreen mentors junior ethnic minority colleagues and regularly runs employability skills workshops at local schools. Externally, Nazreen is a Board Member for the Ismaili Muslim Council UK, has started a work experience programme for ethnic minority students, and was a finalist for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2017.

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Piers Linney

NED

British Business Bank

Piers is personally involved in a number of businesses as an investor, shareholder, director or adviser, and diversity and inclusion from the board down is important. Until 2017 he was a director of a listed company with Sir Ken Olisa also on the board, which is rare representation on the board of a UK PLC. He regularly leverages his public profile to bring about change by raising awareness and inspiring ethnic minority people to aspire. This has included being visible as an Investor on prime-time TV shows such as Dragons' Den or as a Non Executive Director of the government-owned British Business Bank. He has also been recognised on the Power List 100 and was the winner of the inaugural Black British Business Awards as Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014. Additionally, Piers is a founding trustee of The Aleto Foundation, which hosts multi-day Leadership Programmes (or ‘boot camps’) structured to provide delegates with a life-changing confidence boost which will enable them to deal as equals with their student peers. He is also a regular public speaker for corporates and in schools, colleges, and even prisons, instilling confidence and opening minds to empower ethnic minorities.

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Patrick Vatel

Head of Credit Management for Investment Services

BNY Mellon

Patrick is a fully engaged senior leader, ensuring his teams and programmes reflect a real focus on development, transparency, diversity and inclusion. He has led strategic programmes that are driving progress in BNY Mellon’s talent strategy for ethnic minority employees. He serves on the Executive Leadership Team of IMPACT, BNY Mellon’s multicultural business resource group and helped to co-found the group back in 2005. He is fully committed to driving talent opportunity within BNY Mellon and ensures that opportunities are tailored for diverse employees. Activities have included devising and leading the IMPACT Mentoring Program and the BNY Mellon Signature Leadership Forum (SLF), which is now global and has a critical role in furthering ethnic minority diversity and inclusion. Externally, Patrick is a member of the Board of Directors of United Neighborhood Houses of New York, and serves as chairman of the Investment Committee of the New York City Mission Society. He is a mentor to numerous financial services leaders from ethnic minority backgrounds, both on a formal and informal basis. He has been honoured by a variety of institutions for his work in ethnic minority inclusion, including being named by Harlem YMCA as a ‘Black Achiever in Industry’.

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Risk Strategy & Analysis Director

Aviva

Chika seeks to be a visible and accessible presence in the organisation, expanding on her role as co-chair of the Aviva London Women’s Network. She blogs to raise awareness and interest among Aviva's ethnic minority community and allies, and has supported the process of establishing an ethnic minority network at Aviva. She has represented Aviva at parliamentary roundtables on the topic of race and is a Group Executive nominee on the Aviva Global Inclusion Council. Chika has sought to connect Aviva with her activities outside the workplace, such as working with the Amos Bursary, and smaller social enterprises including Beyond the Classroom and Brilliant Aspirations. This has provided these young people with exposure to a range of careers and senior leaders, and also internships within Aviva. External to her role, Chika is a mentor for the Amos Bursary and chair of the Diversity Advisory Group for the UK actuarial professional body. She has written a number of articles and participated in panels on diversity for the profession and has been exploring the establishment of a UK African Actuarial network.

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Anit Chandarana

Finance Director - Infrastructure Projects

Network Rail

Anit is executive sponsor for the ethnic minority network, and mentors the network Chair. The aim is to have a really clear vision for what they are trying to achieve and to make sure that the activities they carry out are aligned with the vision. He also uses the role to represent the company at external events, discussing how their network approaches the issues faced by ethnic minority employees. He has also been nominated for internal awards, recognising his inclusive leadership styel and diversity activities. Externally, he has used his place on last year’s EMpower list as a platform to speak on ethnic minority diversity and inclusion in the workplace. He has been invited to speak at various events on how to overcome discrimination in the workplace, and what organisations can do to make their workplace more inclusive to ethnic minorities.

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Sanjay Bhandari

Partner

EY

Sanjay’s main focus is on practical interventions to accelerate progress of ethnic minorities at EY. He is the Partner Sponsor for ethnic minorities within the overall UK&I D&I strategy. He also sponsors the Future Leaders Programme (a leadership programme for ethnic minority future leaders), CareerWatch and mentoring programmes aimed at accelerating development and obtaining senior leader participation in programmes. He is helping to educate the leadership team on ethnic minority issues, to mitigate any potential unconscious cultural bias in all areas of the business. He is a visible role model for ethnic minorities, and actively mentors a number of diverse individuals within EY and through cross-company mentoring schemes. Externally, Sanjay sits on the Parker Committee, aiming to increase ethnic diversity on UK Boards, and the Premier League’s Independent Panel on Equality Standards. He is a judge and supporter of the Asian Acheiver Awards, Black British Business Awards, and Black PowerList. Sanjay is a regular speaker on the importance of ethnic diversity, and has highlighted additional issues affecting ethnic minority communities by creating an open dialogue around the topics of addiction and mental health in diverse groups.

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Aleida Rios

Head of Upstream Engineering

BP

Aleida makes it a priority to be visible and accessible to mentor and coach young ethnic minority talent, and is the executive sponsor for BP Energia, the business resource group, which supports Latino ethnic talent in addressing the challenges around career development and inclusion of Latinos. Within the business she is a strong supporter of diversity in the supplier base and serves on BP’s Council for Supplier Diversity. Aleida also partners with BP to promote diversity and inclusion in external fronts, specifically promoting STEM careers to young women and ethnic minorities. She serves on the Texas A&M Chemical Engineering College Advisory Board, and is an executive sponsor for the Million Women Mentors program, a movement working to mobilise 1 million mentors. For the last three years she has hosted and served as keynote speaker at the BP Offshore Technology Conference. She is the sponsor for BP’s participation in the local Houston Hispanic Career and Education Day and is joining BP’s efforts to promote the Year of Engineering 2018 through a yearlong UK campaign. Aleida has received numerous awards, including being named as the 10th most powerful Latina by The Association of Latino Professionals for America and Fortune magazine.

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Michael Sneed

Worldwide Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs & Chief Communications Officer

Johnson & Johnson

Michael is the Executive Sponsor of the Employee Resource Group focused on Middle Eastern and North African employees. Additionally, he serves as Chairman of the Lupus Campaign. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that affects primarily women of African and Hispanic origin. Through their work, Johnson & Johnson have raised awareness of the disease among their employees, which has resulted in new therapies currently in development. Externally, Michael currently serves on the Board of Trustees at Unidos, the largest Hispanic advocacy organisation in the United States. He also sits on the national board of the Ad Council, which develops communication campaigns aimed at tackling the nation’s largest social issues including bullying, housing and workplace discrimination. Additionally, he is on the Board of Trustees of The First Tee organisation, a community-based network focused on developing social and behavioural skills for young ethnic minority people. Most recently, he set up a scholarship providing funding to multicultural students pursuing their education at Macalester College in the United States. In 2017, Michael was the recipient of the Corporate Leadership award from the National Medical Fellowship Organization. Also, for the last two years he was named on PR Week’s Top Communicators in the United States.

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Tunji Akintokun

Vice President

NSC Global

Tunji has been involved in a number of key initiatives to progress ethnic minority employees in the workplace, from being co-founder of the black employee resource group at his previous organisation Cisco, to chairing the organisation for over 3 years. He was active in helping Cisco achieve the National Equality Standard, and was a member of the influential organisation The Network of Networks (TNON), sitting on the Executive committee. He continues to mentor and provide counsel for many ethnic minority professionals both internally and externally to his current organisation, NSC Global. Tunji is active and involved in a number of initiatives outside of the workplace. As a regular speaker internationally on diversity, he has spoken on several panels for companies such as Channel 4 and Lloyds Banking Group. He has founded two social enterprises which aim to inspire, excite and engage diverse talent in pursuing careers in STEM across Africa, USA and UK. Through his own charitable trust, The Ilesha Charitable Trust, he provides bursaries, funding and support for many ethnic minority organisations and individuals. Tunji was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2018 New Year’s Honours List for services to young people from ethnic minorities in Science & Technology.

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Nneka Abulokwe

Founder

MicroMax Consulting

As the first and only black senior executive in Sopra Steria, a leading European digital transformation firm, Nneka used her platform to inspire and motivate ethnic minority people across the organisation and farther afield. She maintained an open-door policy for all, happy to share her own experiences with dynamic young people from all ethnic backgrounds. She has represented Sopra Steria at parliamentary roundtables on women in tech and diversity. She was also the UK Executive Sponsor for diversity and leadership initiatives. Presenting at all staff strategy UK Roadshows in support of inclusion and diversity in the workplace, she mentored a diverse mix of ethnic minority employees. Externally, Nneka serves on several boards including being the first black female Chair of the Board Nominations Committee for the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), responsible for guiding the successful 2018/19 nominations and recruitment of a diverse board and board apprentice programme. Currently, as Founder of MicroMax Consulting, Nneka is a regular motivational speaker, often addressing groups of ethnic minority young people to encourage them to reach their full potential. She also takes on external mentoring relationships with young people entering the workforce.

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Ron Kalifa

Executive Director

Worldpay Group

Ron launched the ethnic minority network in 2017, which has already delivered on its objective of making Worldpay a more welcoming and inclusive place. He has directly participated in reverse mentoring opportunities with individuals from diverse ethnic backgrounds, and sponsors a wide variety of inclusivity events held by Worldpay, including local town halls, internal colleague-led gatherings and induction days welcoming new starters. Externally, Ron regularly speaks at events aimed at encouraging diversity and inclusivity in the workplace, including the All Party Parliamentary Group looking at cross-faith diversity. For three consecutive years, he has spoken at the House of Lords, on the important role the business community has in driving the ethnic minority agenda in the UK workplace. He is an active supporter of the British Asian Trust and a mentor to a number of people from ethnic minority backgrounds, providing advice and support. He was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year 2018 Honours List, and was recognised later by the Zoroastrian community of Europe. He is often sought out as a judge, and expert voice in UK national print and broadcast media, including the Financial Times, The Sunday Times, Sky and CNBC.

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Sophie Chandauka

Global COO - Shared Services & Banking operations

Morgan Stanley

Sophie was appointed Co-chair of the African and Caribbean Business Alliance (ACBA) in London in 2017. Through this, she has led a variety of initiatives to diversify hiring and engagement at all levels in Morgan Stanley. She is currently driving the evolution of ACBA from affinity network to career advancement platform, with a 23 strong ally base across the firm. Membership of the ACBA has increased 65% under her leadership, and she has introduced three BAME talent development experts to provide executive coaching and talent development programs. Externally, Sophie mentors five BAME future leaders, is a member of the Advisory Panel of The Network of Networks (TNON) BAME/Multicultural Chapter, and sits on the Global Expansion Committee of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC). She is co-founder of the Black British Business Awards, which last year published an acclaimed piece of research: The Middle Research Report, and continues to support British business in increasing ethnic diversity. Sophie is an Honorary Fellow of University College London, and has been featured on a large number of lists for her diversity work, including the Female FTSE Board Report - 100 Women to Watch and BAME 100 Board Talent Index.

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Leena Nair

Chief HR Officer

Unilever

In her role at Unilever, ensuring true diversity and inclusion is key. In North America, her department have undertaken a variety of workshops, training and conferences, all aimed at understanding and improving the experience of ethnic minorities in the workplace. This is a template which is now being rolled out across the company globally. Externally, Leena has been actively involved in the youth employability space for a number of years. She led a collaboration between Unilever and the National Skills Development Corporation of India, with the objective of training 1 Million youth in employable skills by 2020. She also has a personal mission to reach 1 Million young women with a message of inspiration and hope. At over 300 speaking occasions, mostly in Asian communities, Leena has shared the story of her rise from humble middle class origins. She sees the tremendous feedback received as testament to the impact of role modelling on young Asian women. She is also a steering committee leader for the World Economic Forum’s The Future of Education, Gender, Work & Skills committees. She has been recognised numerous times by the FT, HR Magazine, Business Today, and UK First Women, for her diversity and inclusion efforts.

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Naren Patel

CEO

Primesight

At Primesight, Naren ensures that diversity and inclusion is at the forefront of his team's minds. He regularly monitors the ethnic make-up and recruitment of his workforce to ensure that they truly reflect the society they work in. He also serves as Chair of the Primesight Diversity Group, to ensure that diversity initiatives have the support from the top of the organisation and has implemented a mentoring system to provide career advice to their ethnic minority employees. Naren has also recently put the company through a benchmarking process, to understand where they sit among competitors and how they can improve their inclusion efforts. Primesight has been nominated for a variety of industry awards, and Naren is featured on the Campaign A list. Externally, Naren is a Trustee for NABS (National Advertising Benevolent Society) and sits on their Finance Committee. He also recently set up Media for All, and is part of the Media Diversity Task Force, and is an advisor to Creative Access. He regularly speaks at industry events on the topic of diversity in the media, and has been involved in Speakers for Schools. Through all of these activities, Naren forms mentoring relationships to pass on his advice and passion for diversity to the next generation.

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Funke Abimbola

General Counsel & Head of Financial Compliance

Roche

Funke is the most senior black lawyer in pharma, and the only such leader in Roche globally. She is a multi-award-winning, global Roche race diversity champion, and mentors a number of ethnic minority colleagues. She is committed to eliminating race career barriers across 100K staff globally, and regularly presents internally on the importance of D&I. Her support of Roche’s diversity initiatives includes sponsorship of their work experience scheme, internship scheme, legal hackathon and university bursary scheme, positively changing trajectories of 100s of BAME students. Externally Funke holds several voluntary diversity roles. These include patronage at University College London, and leadership roles with the InterLaw Diversity Forum, the Precious Awards and Power Up. She has a true grassroots approach to removing barriers, providing free inspirational talks and mentoring to over 2,000 schoolchildren and 100s of university students. She is a regular contributor to BBC News, and the wider media community, on the importance of ethnic minority inclusion, and is a member of the All Party Parliamentary Group on inclusive leadership. Funke has also been honoured with several prestigious awards, including receiving an MBE in 2017 for services to diversity and young people.

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Narcisse Tshimanga

Director, Customer Compliance and Fraud

MasterCard

Narcisse Tshimanga has been a key player in launching the LEAD Europe business resource group (Leading Employee of African Descent) at Mastercard. As the chairman of the BRG, he drives the LEAD Executive committee to reach their objectives to provide a range of engagement and development activities for our members as well as to engage, promote and mentor employees of African descent within the workplace. He promotes and builds relationships externally that could benefit Mastercard’s BAME employees by developing their skills through workshops and networking opportunities. This helps lead to talent and promotional opportunities and importantly improves employee engagement across the company. Narcisse has also has been a member of the Micro-Finance Sans Frontières (Micro-Finance without borders) which aims to help small businesses in Africa obtain funding to help kick start their initiatives and partnerships. In addition, Mr. Tshimanga acts as an advisor for an annual international awards known as The Best of Congo Awards, which is a platform that serves to highlight and celebrate the best talent of the Congolese diaspora.

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Sandra Federighi

CFO & Business Services Director

Stella McCartney

As Global Chief Financial Officer, Sandra’s responsibilities have been growing to include Retail Intelligence & Operations. She is a very diversity conscious leader, and always tries to make the work environment more welcoming and mindful of different cultures and needs. She has a very international team, and as such is acutely aware of her responsibility to create natural paths to success for ethnic minority employees. Externally, Sandra won a Black British Award in the Consumer and Luxury category, and has begun setting up a foundation to support young ethnic minority talent to enter, develop and grow in the fashion industry. This project is in addition to her work mentoring your people who are looking for career advice. She has also been collaborating with the Istituto Marangoni and has recently entered the Involve mentoring programme as a mentor. Sandra regularly speak on panels, sharing her mentoring experiences and helping to empower young, ethnic minority women.

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Shilpa Shah

Director, Technology Consulting

Deloitte

At Deliotte, Shilpa has supported over 80 individuals many of those from BAME backgrounds, with their business cases for promotion and career development. Shilpa hosted our Black History month celebrations as a key member of the Multicultural Network, inspiring over 150 BAME attendees to aim high and achieve the best of themselves. She is a Respect and Inclusion Lead for Technology Consulting, promoting Deloitte’s respect and inclusion principles, and works to make Technology a more inclusive place for all, especially females wanting to start or progress their careers in a male dominated industry. For four years Shilpa led Deloitte’s involvement in the annual ‘Your Future, Your Ambition’ event at the Emirates Stadium - inspiring thousands of youngsters from ethnic minority backgrounds into STEM careers. Shilpa was listed as one of the top 100 Asian stars in Tech and has been a finalist in the Everywoman in Tech awards.

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Suzan Kereere

Head of Europe Merchant Sales & Solutions

Visa

Suzan is a passionate leader at Visa, sponsoring a range of internal programs on recruiting and employee engagement designed to support the needs of the business and engage employees. As a powerful driver of inclusion, Suzan mandates that interview slates for every open position on her team include diverse talent. She has a demonstrable record of accomplishment in educating her peers on the importance of their role in creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and accepted. Suzan regularly participates, as an executive sponsor, in Visa’s Employee Resource Groups and is co-anchor of ViBE (Visa Inc Black Employees). She works to build awareness, and mentors both internally and externally. Through a partnership with Columbia Business School, Suzan hosted a joint event in Visa’s Innovation Center to open access to Visa for that year’s group of MBA students. In addition to her work responsibilities, Suzan has been a Board Member in organisations such as The Zawadi Africa Education Fund; Executive Leadership Council. She is also regularly invited to be a panel speaker on the topic of ethnic minority inclusion, and has earned a President’s Award for her work with the Red Cross in New York.

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Karen Blackett OBE

Country Manager & Chairwoman

WPP & MediaCom

During the five years Karen was CEO at MediaCom, the agency's staff evolved from 11% to 20% ethnic minorities. She launched an Apprenticeship Scheme for 18-24 year olds at MediaCom, working with Tim Campbell, MBE and The National Apprenticeship Service. She also started a new initiative called Inclusion@MediaCom, an internal program which has covered Authenticity, The Glass Wall and Mental Health and Wellbeing. As then President of industry charity NABS, Karen helped to organise their Diversity Panel. Karen speaks annually at the Media Business Course in Brighton which is focused on new joiners to the industry, and focuses on the business case for diversity detailing the responsibility of the industry to reflect Modern Britain in communications and content. Karen is co-chair of the Advertising Industry Diversity Taskforce along with Leo Rayman and Sarah Jenkins from Grey Advertising. In 2015 Karen was appointed by Sir Jeremy Heywood as one of four external advisors to help diversify the Civil Service, championing race. Her work in the government has also led to being asked to join the Business Diversity Group by Andrew Griffiths MP, leading Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. Karen sits on a variety of committees and boards across the Creative Industry, and speaks at a number of events and conferences championing diversity globally. In 2017 she was invited to be the Guest Editor of BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour, where she openly talked about diversity. Karen has been a judge for the Black British Business Awards since its conception and hosts the judging at the MediaCom offices. Karen recently appeared on the BBC’s The One Show, where she discussed her journey in the advertising industry where less than 5% of the leaders are from a BAME background.

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Jagdeep Rai

Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Heathrow & SW London

Barclays Bank

Jagdeep set up and led the first Barclays regional diversity council in the South East focusing on 3 core areas of ethnicity, gender and LGBT. She is the co-exec sponsor of the Barclays Embrace Network in UK, and has driven and led on a wide variety of projects to further the ethnic minority agenda in Barclays. She mentors, sponsors and coaches a number of ethnic minority employees across the business, and externally, to support their development and career progression. Outside of Barclays, Jagdeep regularly delivers keynote speeches and interactive sessions at conferences, events, and in schools and universities that have a high ethnic minority concentration. In addition, she regularly supports local schools with high ethnic minority concentration with 6th form mock interviews. In 2017, among many accolades, Jagdeep was awarded Woman of the Year at the Asian Achievers Awards. She has also been a finalist in the British Indian Awards and Barclays Global Diversity Awards.

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Vanessa Kingori MBE

Publishing Director

British Vogue|Conde Nast Publications

As the only ethnic minority head of business at Conde Nast UK, Vanessa regards it as a personal responsibility to ensure a welcoming and inclusive workplace. Early in her career, she started a paid internship programme, focused on welcoming candidates whose networks might not have allowed them access to media companies such as Conde Nast. She is always keen to hire diverse talent, and in her first 3 months as Publishing Director of Vogue she has already appointed an ethnic minority candidate to her senior management structure. Externally, Vanessa has a keen interest in youth development. In her role as Fellow at the University of the Arts London, she supports students through mentoring, panel discussions, and project evaluations. For the last four years, she has placed special importance on mentoring ethnic minority and working-class students in particular. She has judged the Black British Business awards since 2015 with a personal interest in corporate rising stars and entrepreneurs focused on media and the arts. Vanessa has been highlighted amongst the UK’s most influential Black Britons by the Powerlist magazine for the last 5 years. She was awarded an MBE on the Queen’s 90th Birthday Honours Lists, 2016, and in the same year was awarded ‘Leader in Luxury’ at the Walpole British Luxury awards. In 2017 the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced Vanessa’s appointment to his Brexit Advisory Panel.

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Rupal Karia

Head of UK & Ireland - Public and Private Sector

Fujitsu Services Ltd

As the Cultural Diversity Network’s (CDN) Executive Sponsor, Rupal creates and shapes strategy to make Fujitsu a place where everyone from all ethnic backgrounds want to work and succeed. He has helped create an ethnic minority mentoring scheme to support Fujitsu’s employees. He sponsored and spoke at a CDN panel event bringing together people from all ethnicities to discuss ethnic and cultural diversity, and ensures every recruitment panel is diverse to limit the effects of unconscious bias decisions. Externally, Rupal is first and foremost a role model to his 11 old son, demonstrating that a British born Indian can succeed in business. He mentors other ethnic minority people in and outside of work to ensure they have the support to achieve their potential in the workplace. Additionally, Rupal is a regular speaker, and is active on social media, often promoting research and articles which highlight the inequalities which exist in society and business for ethnic minorities, ensuring that the topic remains in the spotlight.

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Anré Williams

Group President, Global Merchant and Network Services

American Express

Anré leads a global organization of more than 4,000 employees in 29 countries. Over his 28-year career at American Express, Anré has served as a role model and advocate for diversity and inclusion. He founded and leads the Executive Black Employee Network, a group which comprises the most senior Black executives globally. He hosts a semi-annual conference for this group focused on sponsorship, career development and networking. He regularly speaks at internal events and forums, and serves as a sponsor and mentor to many ethnic minority colleagues. Anré has a passion and track record of funding and participating in programs targeted towards under-privileged students in education. Externally, for five years, Anré served as Chairman of the Board of Junior Achievement of New York, a non-profit organization dedicated to educating young people about financial literacy, workforce readiness and entrepreneurship. He regularly speaks at business events and conferences reaching young ethnic minority people, sharing his experiences and advice on leadership and career development. He is an active member of the Executive Leadership Council, and has presented at Management Leadership for Tomorrow, a non-profit organization that provides training, coaching and networks for minorities; the Young Presidents Organization Pacific Edge Conference; and the Columbia University Black Business Student Conference. He was included in Savoy Magazine’s 2018 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America and in 2017, Black Enterprise Magazine’s 300 Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America.

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Usha Prashar

NED

Nationwide

For the first 14 years of her career, Usha was directly involved in combatting discrimination, promoting diversity and equality of opportunity as a Conciliation Officer with the former Race Relations Board and then as the Chief Executive of the Runnymede Trust. In all the jobs she has done promotion of equality of opportunity and inclusiveness have been an integral part and these active efforts have continued throughout her career. Currently as a non- executive director of Nationwide she has taken lead responsibility in diversity and inclusion. As Deputy Chair of British Council she had ensured that diversity is high on the agenda. Through a variety of voluntary activities, Usha has promoted inclusiveness. She has taken an active role in promoting legislation to combat discrimination and promote equality. She has undertaken extensive speaking engagements to promote better understanding of what steps need to be taken to make workplaces more inclusive and tackle systemic inequalities. She also mentors and her advice is often sought on 'inclusive workplace practices'. Usha was awarded CBE in 1994 and a peerage in 1999.

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Rodney Williams

Project Engineer

National Grid

In June 2016, Rodney became the Co-Lead for ‘ONE’, National Grid’s multicultural network. ONE’s ambition is to support the BAME community at work. He leads a committee of volunteers that provide activities to support BAME colleagues to help them pursue their personal and professional development goals. His mentoring scheme has created 42 new mentoring relationships, assisting with broadening employee’s exposure to different business areas. He also mentors several BAME employees including new graduates. Rodney also created the ‘Development Programme for Diverse Leaders’ in collaboration with HR. This is designed to upskill and support aspiring BAME colleagues to progress to middle management and above. Outside of work, Rodney sits on the steering committee of The Network of Networks (TNON) BAME/multicultural chapter supporting network leaders from over 50 organisations including FTSE companies. TNON aims to provide a platform for cross-company network collaboration. He is also strategy associate to the RISE Collective, a UK based charity focused on empowering disenfranchised young people through music, arts and the media.

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Katie Mantwa George

Europe, Middle East and Africa Tech Campus Lead

Amazon

Katie previously served as co-chair of the AIG African Caribbean network and worked with the committee to build induction events with other BAME internal employees as well as looping them into external networks that helped to aid long-term development. She ensures to always make herself available as a mentor, either long or short term, and ensures that new joiners are considered for awards and nominations from the start of their career. She has been an advisor for the last 3 years for a recruitment platform (Headstart) that uses machine learning to speed up recruitment processes, but also to reduce bias in recruitment as she feels this is a very important avenue to tackle the challenges BAME candidates may face from the early stages of their application process. Katie also speaks at Generation Success events annually and sits on panels to inspire BAME professionals and students by telling her life story which tracks her early years in Swaziland to her current role at Amazon.

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Ugo Eboh

Credit Risk Strategy Analyst

Virgin Money

Ugo has been involved in Virgin Money’s drive for “Everyone is Better Off” which aims to enhance some of the core traits for their Customers, Corporate Partners, Company Brand, Colleagues and the Community. He is also helping get Virgin Money involved in the BAME communities that surround their business locations and has recently been given the role as Ethnicity lead for a new bank-wide affinity group. He coordinates cultural festival celebrations across multiple locations, including Diwali, Chinese New Year and Black History month. Ugo also created an Ethnicity Network in 2017 across the bank, that currently has 50+ members across all band levels in the business. He is currently part of work being done with NICOT (Nigerian Igbo Community in Teesside) building a partnership with them to deliver empowerment programmes for their young adults, children, and older mums who have been in the country, but struggled to marry their African culture with the UK culture.

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Gary Izunwa

Senior Talent Solutions Consultant

Recognising the importance of diversity, inclusion and belonging led me to Gary being one of the founding members of LinkedIn’s newest global Employee Resource Group ‘Embrace’ – an ERG that aspires to overcome unconscious bias and develop a sense of belonging for all cultures, nationalities and ethnic minorities. Prior to Embrace there was no initiative in the EMEA region that aimed to work towards cultural and ethnic inclusion in the workplace. After realising that he was the only Black British graduate globally on the 300+ member wide Business Leadership Programme, Gary lead unconscious bias training for all new graduate hires in the EMEA region to ensure that early-into-careers professionals can work towards overcoming their bias’s at the beginning of their career and feel comfortable bringing their authentic-self to work. Outside of work, Gary is a long-time member of the Aleto Foundation, and has been involved in various activities with the charity to promote diversity and inclusion for BAME students.

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Minal Mehta

Senior Strategy Consultant - Interactive Experience

IBM

For the IBM UK BAME employee network, she leads the Talent Attract workstream for Early Professional Hires (Apprentices, Interns and Graduates). Collaborating with Kings College London University, she drives the eMentoring and Uni Insight programs, which highlight STEM careers options and showcases IBM as an inclusive employer. Activities include BAME employees presenting on IBM's strategic imperatives such as Design Thinking, Robotics, Cognitive/AI and Blockchain as well as hosting a BAME panel and Q&As with the KCL students. She also leads eMentoring by matching BAME IBM mentors to KCL mentees to encourage skill development, IBM's offerings and create a sense of community through “faces like me”. Minal has won several internal awards including Inclusion Champion of the Quarter and for her work on Uni Insight. She is disrupting the traditional perception of IBM as a hardware seller and is a strong advocate for #diversityintech. Outside of work, Minal works with UK organisation “Shiva Soundsystem”, aiming to challenge the perception of Asian culture in the UK across music, film, radio and events. Her next initiative challenges the social representation of women in India through creation of a progressive, mainstream media brand.

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Lola Olaore

Technology Analyst

Accenture

Lola was selected out of 447,000 employees to represent Accenture at the prestigious One Young World summit, which attracts future world leader to discuss how to make an impact in the local and wider community. Additionally, Lola represents Accenture at university, networking events, panel discussion to attract BAME graduates. She was a panellist at WCAN Annual Conference at Goldman Sachs which attracted 100 young black females, panelist for Women in Engineering at Sheffield university, spoken at events at LSE, Accenture Tech Visionaries boot camp which aims to attract more females and BAME candidates .She was was part of an internal team that created a mentoring programme for black employees called, Go and Be Great, with the aim of connecting junior black employees to black senior members of employee to tackle the retainment of black employees within Accenture which has been backed by senior leadership within Accenture. Outside of work, she set up an initiative called thinkHER, which aims to exist to inform, educate and connect young women (14-19-year olds), particularly from a BAME background, with opportunities that will make a life-changing impact. Lola also sits on the LifeSkills by Barclays Youth Advisory Council.

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Rahul Gumber

Senior Manager - Risk

Aviva

Rahul has been instrumental in establishing Aviva Origins, a community which focuses on ensuring Aviva promotes a fully inclusive environment where colleagues from diverse ethnicities and backgrounds can flourish. Rahul is a keen advocate of cultural inclusivity and in October organised a day of Diwali festivities at Aviva’s London site. Rahul is also an active mentor and coach to several junior BAME colleagues. The aim of which is to create a private, trusted space where they can share the important things that matter to them, whether they are personal or professional, and to draw on his experiences to help them make informed decisions about their careers. Externally, Rahul represents the Chartered Insurance Institute at panel events, talking to students at inner-London schools and University events, where the representation is often predominantly BAME, to help them understand career options. Rahul also supports students as part of the CII’s Qualification Mentoring Scheme and acts as a mentor to BAME talent as part of the Social Mobility Foundation’s Aspiring Professionals Programme, which aims to give students an insight into top professions and provide them with the skills needed to achieve their potential.

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Nadine Dyer

Clients & Markets

Deloitte

As Co-Chair of the Deloitte Multicultural Network, Nadine has been driving forward activities and initiatives that will make the workplace more inclusive. She recently hosted Deloitte’s first ‘Let’s talk about race’ forum. This was a forum for BAME employees to have a voice and speak openly about their personal experiences. The anonymous feedback was presented back to our Senior Talent Partner and BAME Advisory Council. The stories and experiences are being used to shape future programmes, including our new respect and inclusion programme. Nadine is also a mentor to a young lady who works for action for children. In addition I have been asked to provide comments and speak at events about the BAME agenda. Nadine has also recently been promoted to the steering committee of TNON (The Network of Networks), and I has been invited to sit on Deloitte’s BAME Advisory Council.

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Rupal Kantaria

Strategic Advisor Social Impact and Inclusion

Oliver Wyman

As one of the most senior BAME women at Oliver Wyman, Rupal has led race discussions and BAME reverse mentoring both within and outside of Oliver Wyman, providing a safe space for uncomfortable conversations. She founded and leads the Mission INCLUDE campaign- an inclusion network of 13 FTSE companies across the UK, which focuses on cross company mentoring, Reverse Mentoring circles to experience corporate culture from an ethnic minority background, and learning across firms. She speaks regularly on race awareness panels for external events, and closed the House of Lord’s British Indian International Women’s Day debate of 30 senior BAME leaders, the first ever debate in the chamber and a role usually played by the Minster. She also moderated a senior panel at the Ismaili Foundation for International Women’s Day. She plays a strategic sparring role to the London OW BAME network, EMPOWERED, and has worked closely with Human Capital to attract and track BAME candidates through entry level recruiting, leading workshops to support black students from non traditional universities. Rupal also works with a national charity as a Trustee and as a ‘befriender’ listening to and supporting BAME mothers who are disproportionately affected by neonatal death.

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Rakhee Rajani

Account Director

Stand Agency

When Rakhee joined Stand Agency in November 2015, she set up a partnership with Creative Access - the only organisation in the UK dedicated to recruiting BAME talent in creative industries. She has single-handedly increased diversity by 10%. She runs the Agency's Learning and Development programme, to ensure that everyone gets the right level of support and training. She has ensured that there is a particular focus on inclusion and diversity, so that we have had a wide range of speakers from BAME backgrounds come to the Agency. Currently, Rakhee is acting in an advisory capacity for someone who is developing a range of books which have BAME characters depicting BAME ways of life at the heart of them.

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Faith Locken

Surveyor

Jones Lang LaSalle

Faith has been elected as Chair of Jones Lang LaSalle's BAME network known as Race for Change, where her mission is to push for further diversity within the firm and wider property industry. She coordinates the running of various events throughout the year that celebrate different religions and cultural backgrounds. Faith also participates in Changing the Face of Property, an initiative which aims to promote the property industry as a career option to children in primary and secondary schools from lower income backgrounds. Outside of Jones Lang LaSalle, Faith volunteers with IntoUniversity, a charity that supports children from lower income background schools achieve their dream of attending university. Through this charity, she was given a mentee from a local school in Brixton with whom she had regular meetings over an 18 month period. Faith's mentee was successful in getting into her first choice university, SOAS University of London.

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Harpreet Cheema

Head of Promotions, Digital & Insight, Service Operations

Sodexo UK & Ireland

At Sodexo, Harpreet has created a manager toolkit to support our frontline managers break down barriers and understand why we must focus on BAME employees. This was in response to recent research from an Origins network member survey and by engaging with BAME employees and their line managers on its development. The intention of the toolkit is to help address the imbalance Sodexo has from its frontline to banded management, which has to change – a more diverse workforce is a more productive workforce! Harpreet created communications, including the first Origins newsletter, which was sent out to network members and to all Sodexo’s retail outlets that supported promoting faith based events such as Diwali. This helped educate and promote key dates. He also supported in growing the network membership base which grew by 50% in the first year. He also helped pull together and execute Sodexo’s first ever Inclusion Conference.

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Richard Saenz

Human Resources VP, Developments and Technologies

BP

Richard is the executive sponsor in BP for the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers and for the Hispanic Mentoring program. He is also one of the executive sponsors for the BP STEM high school outreach program. The annual SHPE conference is an important recruiting and outreach effort for BP, and Richard coordinates the identification and preparation of the high potential Hispanic Engineers that represent our company. These professionals recruit student participants for BP careers, lead workshops to help develop student career skills, and speak on pursuing engineering careers. This experience gives BP engineers the opportunity to develop their leadership skills and build Hispanic networks while supporting our diversity and inclusion agenda. Externally, Richard has spent the last 12 years as a community volunteer and head coach for many youth athletic programs as a visible minority role model to hundreds of children over the years - teaching them athletics, but more importantly imparting life and leadership skills.

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Ngozie Azu

Head of International Relations

Slaughter and May

Ngozie founded Slaughter and May’s BME network in 2010, which is now one of the firm’s most active and visible diversity networks. As part of her involvement in the network Ngozie organised a number of seminars which brought together BME professionals throughout the City. Ngozie has also worked closely with partners in Slaughter and May’s Africa practice to attract more BME applicants through launching the Slaughter and May Africa Essay Prize and speaking at the firm’s first recruitment event focussing on Slaughter and May’s work in Africa. Ngozie has developed a number initiatives to support independent African law firms including an annual secondment programme which invites lawyers from Africa to spend three weeks in the firm’s London office. This year’s secondment programme hosted over 20 lawyers from across 13 African countries.

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Melinda Espiritu

Vice President/Senior Audit Manager, Credit Risk

HSBC

Melinda was the Chair of the Diversity and Inclusion Working Group for the Internal Audit Department, where she helped foster a more inclusive environment for the 900 employees of the department globally. She was also a member of the Management Committee People Group, to ensure that inclusion aspects were was considered in the efforts of the group. She is also a reverse mentor for a BAME Managing Director and a traditional mentor for a BAME Manager within the department, and in this relationship has sought to inspire confidence in her ability to progress, and create opportunities for such. In New York, Melinda founded and chaired the Sustainability Program for the department, whereby employees were able to contribute their time and interactions with the disadvantaged community in New York City. In her time as chair, the department collectively contributed over 100 hours of community services to five different non-profit organizations.

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Dewole Aradeon

Head of Sales Effectiveness

Fujitsu

Dewole is leading the charge for the Fujitsu to bring a coaching culture to Sales. One of the express aims of this initiative is to prioritize "potential" over "experience" in Fujitsu’s hiring practises. He is the Treasurer for the Parent Teacher & Friends Association (PTFA) for the Emmanuel Community School. This is a free school in the heart of gentrifying Walthamstow (E17) that has a greater than 80% BAME representation. Dewole is a Non-Executive Director of One World, an NGO whose mission is to empower the worlds poorest people through technology. Dewole also coaches two BAME entrepreneurs., helping them establish and grow their companies. He also has won Gold Start - Innovation Award, and a Bronze Award for going the extra mile to improve the "Forecasting" interlocks between Sales and the Finance and Delivery organizations.

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Khawar Malik

Senior Underwriter, Emerging Markets M&A

AIG

Alongside his work at AIG, Khawar Malik runs Apples & Pears – a charity that funds nurseries, primary schools, women’s refuges and community spaces to run or host group trips for children under 12 and their families. Khawar incorporates this grassroots community and inclusion work into his wider role by creating opportunities for AIG employees to volunteer or fundraise for Apples & Pears’ projects. He also promotes the charity’s work externally to AIG’s client and advisor base. Most notably, this has resulted in an international law firm organizing a fundraising evening this spring to raise funds and awareness for Apples & Pears. Since setting up a six trip pilot for 13 children in 2012, Apples & Pears has enabled over 1,800 children (and around 1,500 of their family members) from 48 organisations spread across Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Greenwich, Lewisham, Lambeth and Reigate & Banstead to go on over 170 trips around London and beyond. Khawar is also a mentor for the Mara Foundation (a platform supporting African entrepreneurs) and provides ad hoc mentoring for a number of young BAME students looking for careers in law.

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Ainsworth A. Clarke

Vice President Payment Relations

First Data

Ainsworth is an initial member and contributing founder of the Black Leadership Council at First Data. The group is made up of primarily entry level employees and in order to assist in helping these employees to grow and advance career wise, he has focused his efforts in assisting with talent management. Ainsworth has personally mentored several employees in the Coral Springs site and while on business in other sites has made time to host meetings with associates there, many of whom do not get to interact with a black Vice President. During his time with Lifenet for Families, he sat on the Board of Directors helping to raise money for the feeding program. He has spent time volunteering in the kitchen at Lifenet which provides over 84,283 hot meals per year to the hungry and homeless in South Florida many of whom identify as BAME. He has been honoured several times by the Coral Springs City Commission for his fundraising efforts with the Martin Luther King Jr. committee helping to provide scholarships, as well as school supplies for needy children in the local community.

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Sajna Rahman

Business Development Manager, Healthcare

Sodexo UK & I

Sajna is a natural networker, connector and champion of diversity and inclusion. With her enthusiasm and infectious personality, she uses every opportunity to promote the importance of this agenda. Sajna has been an active member of internal and external committee networks, where she has led various successful initiatives and events. This included encouraging several BAME and non BAME executives to share their career journeys and conversations via a podcast on the ‘importance of visible role models’. Having worked for Sodexo for the last 6 years, she has held diverse roles. In 2015, she launched an internal event ‘Get to know the SLT’, which brought talented frontline employees and the Senior Leadership Team together. This was a platform to help people to share their career aspirations in a relaxed environment. Passionate about developing a diverse talent pipeline, she later became the co-founder of ‘Tomorrow Meets Today’ an external annual event, where she uses her influence and extensive network to bring together today’s leaders and tomorrow’s future leaders, providing an opportunity for both groups to meet, develop and grow. Outside of work Sajna is often invited to speak at events and participate in round table discussions about diversity and inclusion’

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Rashmi Ghai

VP

Citi

Rashmi is in a client coverage role within Citi’s Corporate and Investment Banking division. Rashmi is one of the Co-Chairs for Citi Roots, which is Citi’s Diversity Network focused on BAME inclusion and cultural diversity. Rashmi has helped to build a more inclusive culture at Citi, supporting BAME people in a number of ways. She has developed a BAME-focused Mentorship programme, where Citi’s BAME community are matched together every year, and provided with professional coaching. She has also brought a specific BAME focus to Citi’s internally recognized and popular ‘Inspire and Lead’ speaker series which has featured many prominent seniors. Rashmi also structures and delivers business skills workshops for Grade 11 students from various academies and local schools in London who represent the BAME community. Rashmi has been internally recognized by James A Forese (President, Citi; CEO ICG) for “exceptional contributions” to Citi’s recruiting, mentoring, training and diversity initiatives. Rashmi currently leads the leverage finance portfolio coverage effort as well as the capital allocation and approval process for new leverage finance deals across the EMEA region.

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Anthony Francis

Agile Delivery Lead

Lloyds Banking Group

Anthony is passionate about ensuring that ethnic minority people at lower levels realise their potential, specifically those who identify as LGBT+. He has hosted a number of WebEx sessions on the subject of intersectionality, getting external speakers to come into LBG to speak about this topic and informally mentors others around the topic. He has also used his position on the top 40 BAME role models within LBG to bring this subject to the forefront of conversations and to give other BAME and LGBT+ colleagues a visible role model, including joining a number of events hosted by our Ethnic Minority network to help encourage inclusion within the network itself. He has also led a number of key activities within LBG’s LGBT+ network to bring BAME topics to the top of their priority list, including LBG’s first ever participation in UK Black Pride, ensuring that we all support each other in our quest for inclusion. Anthony is also a mentor to a younger ethnic minority person from the charity Action for Children as part of their ethnic minority future leader initiative.

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Rangan Ravindran

Head of Liquidity and Market Risk

TSB

Rangan has worked tirelessly to promote the objectives of the TSB Multicultural network. He has used his platform as Chair of the network to reach out to BAME staff to increase its membership and to celebrate the cultural diversity that BAME Partners bring to the workplace. Rangan has driven the multicultural network’s approach to diversity by ensuring that our focus is intersectional. As a result the network focusses on the experiences of different groups of Partners e.g. BAME Partners; LGBT Partners, older Partners; disabled Partners. Rangan used his influence and leadership to shape the bank’s diversity agenda, specifically implementing an internal cultural awareness session to better understand the cultural differences that all Partners bring to the workplace. Rangan actively encouraged Muslim staff to share their personal experiences of Ramadan last year. The stories were promoted on the intranet and played an important role breaking down myths and perceptions about the Islamic faith. Rangan was instrumental in developing TSB’s relationship with The Brokerage – a social mobility charity that helps young people from London’s state schools access experiences of work, employability skills and jobs through its partnerships with employers.

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Kuran Williams

HANA Enterprise Cloud Launch Advisor

SAP

As a leader within SAP's Black employee network, Kuran has created virtual programming to further develop, educate, retain, and enhance opportunities for upward mobility of ethnic minority employees. Topics include, but are not limited to, how to create development plans, how to have a development conversation with your manager, how to assess your skills and gaps, and how to position yourself for a promotion, and the value of mentors and sponsors. Kuran helped co-organise a community service event with the Knowledge is Power Atlanta Collegiate High School (KIPP) where 30 minority students were able to come to SAP’s Buckhead office, work with SAP’s software to create and pitch a value proposition that would make their school better. Additionally, Kuran has mentored countless ethnic minority employees and women within SAP. Outside of work, Kuran is a STEM advocate within the African American Community. He has presented to I am A RoleModel, and told his story to a group of MBA and Undergraduate students at Delaware State University, as well as mentoring students from Morehouse College, his Alma mater. In 2018, Kuran was the recipient of the 2017 North America Leadership in Diversity and Inclusion award at SAP.

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Imran Sheikh

Head of Global Financial Services

BP Supply & Trading

As Co Chair of BP's Positively Ethic Network, Imran has worked to expand the reach of BP’s affinity Group to include 550 active members(increased by 200) and a leadership team of 20 plus people. BP’s Positively Ethnic Network uses their hard fought ethnicity data to work with senior leaders to show them statistics for their businesses to influence change. Imran is a mentor internal and external people from Ethnic Minority backgrounds. He is also responsible for the Grad Scheme in his part of BP and for the last two years running more than 75% of the intake has been from people from an Ethnic Minority background. This has been achieved by ensuring that a diverse group are involved in recruitment and also that the assessments are tweaked to reduce unconscious bias. Imran has sponsored 12 interns into his teams and is hoping to hire an individual from a prior internship in the near future.

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Martin Pong

Management Consultant

Oliver Wyman

Martin set-up Oliver Wyman’s first cross-employee network reverse mentoring programme which has seen senior business leaders come together and discuss workplace discrimination. During Oliver Wyman’s Diversity Month in April 2018, he launched an intersectional poster campaign to celebrate high profile individuals with diverse identities and hosted discussions at Oliver Wyman’s offices to recognise and promote the great work of their allies. He has developed several toolkits to help raise awareness about privilege, intersectionality, and allyship in the firm. Outside of work, Martin recently took part in the cross-organisational Mission Include mentoring programme, where he mentored ethnic minority youth and reverse mentored senior leaders across a range of industries. Having noticed the lack of visible gay South East Asian male role models, Martin uses mentoring as a way to make his unique experiences more visible to the next generation but also to raise awareness amongst senior figures who may not have properly considered the intersection of BAME and LGBT+ identities. He has worked with numerous charities, local youth groups, schools and university societies to ensure diversity and inclusion is considered in day to day operations – and to highlight how unconscious bias and privilege affects their decision making.

Can be viewed on: 2018 Top 50 Future Leaders

Arbinderpal Rai

Senior Manager, Emerging Talent Recruitment

Lloyds Banking Group

Arbinderpal has been responsible for leading the redesign of the recruitment process for the Emerging Talent Programmes at Lloyds which has resulted in recruiting a greater number of BAMEs individuals. He has implemented a recruitment process that focused on creating an equal level-playing field for all candidates regardless of background to secure employment. Arbinderpal is also actively role modelling being an open LGBT-BAME individual to educate and influence business decisions, challenge perceived norms and break down barriers to create an inclusive environment. One of Arbinderpal’s other key achievements was being responsible for the design and roll out of unconscious bias training that had reach to c500 business assessors ensuring greater fairness when assessing BAME individuals for roles. Outside of work, Arbinderpal volunteers and runs regular employability events with unemployed people with an aim for them to get back in to work, and is an active speaker and influencer at industry forums and conferences to set recruitment best practice to challenge mind-sets and current practice. He is also a mentor to other BAME employees, and has been nominated and shortlisted for the last two years for the Lloyds Banking Group Ethnicity role models list.

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Anjeli Patel

Senior Consultant, People Advisory Services

EY

Anjeli has often spoken about her journey as a South Asian transgender female and has brought about awareness of the cultural aspects that have played a part in her transition. She has been involved in bringing about inclusivity in the workplace for both BAME and LGBT individuals Anjeli has been widely recognised as a role model, from speaking at EY’s student induction about her experiences as a British Asian trans* woman at EY and the importance of employee networks to being highlighted as an Asian trans* role model for Transgender Day of Visibility. She has also been spotlighted via EY social media channels as a BAME rolemodel. She was interviewed by the BBC Asian Network, and has been a keynote speaker at the Stonewall Workplace Conference three times where she focused on some of the specific challenges that trans* individuals face within the Asian community.

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Jennie Koo

Risk Performance Oversight

RBS

Jennie is the Global Chair of the RBS internal Multicultural Network & Regional Co-Chair for the Women's Network. She uses this platform to drive and mobilise raising awareness of cultural differences and the positive contributions having a diverse workforce can have to a business. In March 2016, she took on the role of Functional Diversity & Inclusion Lead. Seeing the limited cultural diversity in our the board and leadership, she was driven to take the development from those who wanted to progress their own careers, to developing those making the decisions. Outside of work, Jennie volunteers as a Prince’s Trust Business Mentor, to support and guide young people and gain better insights into the challenges they face.

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Justin Onuekwusi

Fund Manager

Legal & General Investment Management

Justin is a senior multi-asset fund manager at Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM), sitting in a team managing over £45 billion. Raised in Manchester, Justin is of both Grenadian and Nigerian heritage. A regular in the investment press, he is one of less than 2% of black fund managers in the UK. He is the co-chair of the Investment Diversity Working Group at LGIM, making change in five key areas for the investment floor: recruitment and retention, culture/cognitive diversity, agile working, barriers to diversity and inclusion and understanding the business risks stemming from a lack of diversity. He is also the advisor to the board of City Hive Ltd, which focuses on driving diversity initiatives throughout the asset management industry. He sits on the ethnicity work stream of the Diversity Project, established by Dame Helena Morrissey, contributing on the topic of ethnic minority representation at senior levels within the asset management industry. He was nominated to take part in Investment Week’s Investment Influencers, a series of video interviews for retail and wealth investors with the most respected individuals who are influencing others in the industry.

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Bianca Miller-Cole

CEO

The Be Group

As a Woman CEO of Colour, Bianca is aware of the importance of ensuring fresh ideas and different perspectives and cultures are input into an organization. Throughout the year, her company runs an internship program which looks to bring in diverse and talented individuals to work with her team and provide an alternative to the devised standard. Bianca works with a number of BAME and Gender networks within corporate organisations, No 10 Downing Street, churches and charities discussing the importance of personal branding and creating a good first impression. In 2016, Bianca was awarded a prestigious ‘Power Profile’ from LinkedIn as one of the top 10 most powerful leaders in the UK out of 20 million members. Her desire to redefine the 'nude' landscape with her diverse hosiery company Bianca Miller London meant she was labelled in the media as a 'women's fashion visionary'. She was recently named one of Forbes 30 under 30 for her contribution to retail and ecommerce, and 30 under 30 in Grazia Middle East, Elle magazine and Amor magazine as a entrepreneur and role model.

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Mary Agbesanwa

Management Consultant

PwC

Since having joined about a year and half ago, Mary has made a consistent effort to make PwC a more inclusive and welcoming workplace for BAME staff. She has been involved in the steering committee for the Multicultural Business Network (MBN) which has grown to just shy of 1000 members. She helped lead the twitter campaign for the MBN's #ColourBrave campaign which garnered over 2 million impressions on Twitter spotlighting the firm’s novel practices to encourage discussions about race at work. This February, she organised a session on Personal Branding for BAME employees at the firm to think about how they can develop their personal brand in an online world. Outside of work, she runs a young professional women’s network called Now You’re Talking, that has predominantly BAME Members. The group shares events happening in the city of London as well as blogs and inspiring content. She is also a member of the Youth Council for Able Child Africa, the UK’s largest charity for disabled children in Africa, which is a strong passion of hers following working in Tanzania prior to PwC and witnessing some of the stigma associated with physical disabilities.

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MaameYaa Kwafo-Akoto

Senior Associate

Allen & Overy

MaameYaa established a quarterly networking group for black junior lawyers at A&O. Her aim is for junior lawyers to receive advice, encouragement and sponsorship in an open environment. She has also been instrumental in spearheading A&O's first BAME group, including preparing a charter of the group's aims and organising events in support of UK Black History Month. MaameYaa is on the panel of interviewers for future trainee solicitors as she believes that it is important to have a diverse interview panel to represent the firm that A&O wants to be. She has had various speaking engagements at universities and schools where she has spoken to BAME students seeking a career in law. MaameYaa has also hosted career insight days at A&O for young black girls interested in a career as a City lawyer, and is frequently sought out as a mentor/sponsor to junior staff. MaameYaa helped introduce the firm to AfriKids, the charity based in Ghana, which went on to become a hugely popular choice as the staff selected charity partner. This relationship helped A&O’s staff have a deeper understanding of Ghanaian culture, with staff contributing through fundraising, donations, and pro-bono support.

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Shuhena Bhanu

Senior Associate

Financial Conduct Authority

Shuhena is on the Committee of the FCA Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, which advises the business and proactively seeks to address a number of BAME challenges, including the lack of diversity at management level. She is currently helping to organise a pilot programme for BAME individuals to have a senior leader provide career mentoring, mirrored on an existing Treasury scheme. Shuhena acts as Reverse Mentor to a non-BAME Executive Board Director, advising her on diversity issues within the FCA. She is designing initiatives that are based on the findings of the Middle Report, to inform Board Directors on how BAME individuals can accelerate to management positions, such as creating a fast-track managers’ programme. As an active Muslim Leadership Committee Member, she organises events to foster interfaith dialogue. Shuhena is invited to speak on panels regarding the BAME experience, including a women’s panel, led by the Business Editor of The Independent. She also actively mentors and leads extra-curricular activities such as cycling in the BAME community. Shuhena was ranked in the “BB Power and Inspiration 100 List - 2018”. She received the RISING STAR accolade on this Power List which recognises outstanding talent and leadership in the British Bangladeshi community.

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Gavin Young

Senior Manager - Communications, Media and Technology

Accenture

Gavin is the co-lead of Accenture’s African-Caribbean Network of 400 members, which delivers a range of community engagement activities and drives initiatives to increase the effectiveness of recruitment, development, progression and retention for this community. He led Accenture’s ‘Accelerate’ week in 2017, where 240+ African-Caribbean employees received formal face-to-face training from senior managing directors, equipping them with the confidence and capability to fulfil their potential at Accenture. Gavin also shows his passion for furthering opportunities for BAME individuals by being an active mentor and coach both inside and outside the workplace. At work, his reverse mentoring has resulted in four black colleagues being promoted to Managing Director positions. In April 2017, Gavin was voted Accenture UK’s ‘Most Inspirational Leader’ by peers in their annual recognition programme.

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Dominique Walker

Underwriting Assistant

AIG Europe Ltd

In 2015, Dominique was appointed co-chair of AIG Europe’s African and Caribbean Inclusion Group (ACIG). She was pivotal in the design, strategy and implementation of ACIG’s key outreach initiatives; developing a platform for the business to truly engage with the ethnic minority workforce, whilst assessing the potential disparity of employee experiences, and creating opportunities to level the playing field for employees. Dominique was key to the successful launch of the network’s career development programme with Harris Academy and subsequent work experience programmes. Passionate about change, Dominique co-created an interactive drama-based event “Playing with bias” for Dive In 2015, which explored common scenarios faced by ethnic minority employees within the financial services industry, and the impact of unconscious bias. As an advocate for mentoring, Dominique informally coaches and supports students and early career professionals from both ethnic minority and non-ethnic minority backgrounds. She is a founding member of Honest Voice in 2017; a start-up aimed at preparing young people to take control of their futures and empowering them to realise their full potential. As Content Development Lead, she is responsible for setting the strategic direction of core media content and overseeing content development.

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Ken Osivwemu

VP, Liquidity Product Mgt

Barclays Corporate Banking

Ken co-led the evolution of the previous Africa Forum at Barclays to the current incredibly successful Barclays Black Professionals Forum and in Oct 2016 became its co-chair, under the EMBRACE Multicultural Network. He has assembled a team of equally passionate colleagues and together under his leadership and direction they have designed and delivered a range of initiatives aimed at supporting the firm in attracting, developing and promoting talent of black and ethnic minority origin. In addition, for the first time in the 10+ years since Ken had been at Barclays, he ensured that Black History month was promoted and celebrated on a large scale in 2017 with a variety of events culminating in a fashion show with Barclays colleagues modelling clothing designed and made by black owned start-up fashion businesses. Outside of work, Ken volunteers with mentoring charity Urban Synergy, based in his home town of Lewisham.

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Kian Bakhtiari

Head of Strategy

Dentsu Aegis Network

As a founding member of Fortysix, Kian has helped Dentsu Aegis Network to create a new, inclusive recruitment model to attract more BAME talent. Having recognised longstanding biases in the advertising industry, Kian addressed this by eliminating unconscious bias from the system and by bringing in a pool of fresh, diverse talent. Kian’s methods have helped to significantly increase BAME representation across the company. For the last two years, Kian has been building a proprietary platform called Striipes: an online insights tool, which bridges the gap between brands and young people. Striipes is powered by a community of 1000 of young creatives who are 16-24. The majority of members are from BAME and lower socio-economic backgrounds. Outside of work, Kian is the One Young World ambassador for Iran. One Young World is the preeminent global forum for young leaders aged 18-30; empowering them to develop solutions to some of the world's most pressing issues. In his spare time, Kian carries out pro bono work for Care4Calais, a charity which provides direct aid to refugees living in the worst conditions across northern France.

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Mirra Sondhi

Global Head of Technology Risk

Schroders

As the Founder and Chair of the Hindu Society at Schroders, which Mirra setup within 3 months of joining the firm, she has created a platform that encourages members to network across the firm and learn about Hindu culture. The events organised span across the themes of Hindu teachings, significance of Hindu festivals and learning about the Indian and British Asian contribution, both historic and present day. Further, she organised an event to raise awareness and commemorate the contribution of the Commonwealth nations in the First World War which had representation from the Armed Forces and Black Professionals Networks. Through her role at Schroders, Mirra collaborated with internal recruitment and senior management to design standard job description templates which are being used to attract a diverse set of BAME talent and those that have flexible working needs into technology roles. Notably, Mirra is also one of the founding members of the Professionals Network, established in December 2017 at the Houses of Parliament under Lord Jitesh Gadhia. The objective of the forum is to enable leaders of BAME groups across organisations to raise cultural awareness and implement initiatives to drive ethnic minority inclusion, from student life through to workplace.

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Noemie Djossou

RBWM Graduate Management Trainee

HSBC

An active member of the Graduate community, Noemie launched an initiative building relationships between Graduates and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Focussed around the businesses’ priority focus areas, this includes HSBC’s Embrace (BAME) network, where we help to facilitate attraction and engagement within the group. Noemie arranged to write a collective blog which was showcased not only on HSBC’s Global Graduate Platform, but also on a much wider scale in the UK via the Embrace Network’s newsletter. This gave a voice to often underrepresented BAME colleagues and platform from which to share their aspirations. During her time on the Graduate Programme, she has been recognised at two consecutive Graduate Awards for ‘Champions Change and Embraces Diversity’ award. This was a peer-nominated award which also received recognition from ‘OUTstanding’ Award Winner and CEO of M&S Bank Sue Fox. She was the first Graduate of her cohort to be selected for a specific Diversity and Inclusion placement, and her final role on the Graduate Scheme gives her the opportunity to reflect in the wider business the work she has done with our Graduate population.

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Vanessa Sanyauke

CEO & Founder

Girls Talk London

Vanessa has spent over a decade working with FTSE 100 businesses creating and delivering programmes that give BAME young people aged 16-18 access to careers in the financial services. She has achieved this through through setting up award winning mentoring, internship and work experience programmes for RBS Legal, UBS, Reed Smith and many more businesses. The programmes and workshops she has delivered have impacted thousands of BAME young people in London and many of the young people who have participated in these programmes now work in the City for the financial services. Vanessa also advised the former UK Prime Minister David Cameron on his youth engagement strategy in particular for BAME young people in London and how to ensure that they get access into the workplace as when she was invited to consult; youth unemployment in the UK was at nearly a million. She is also a regular visiting lecturer and speaker on Diversity and Social Mobility for City University London, Kent Business School, Brunel University and Kings College London to educate academics and students on how FTSE 100 businesses can improve diversity and the visibility and experience of BAME People.

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Ellis Rich

Chief Executive Officer

Supreme Songs Limited

Ellis became known for his leadership in equality and diversity in 2012, when UK Music launched its Equality and Diversity Music Charter, recognising his efforts on its website. During his PRS Chairmanship, Ellis introduced a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) awareness committee. His CSR group included stakeholders Kanya King MBE, CEO and founder of Music Of Black Origin, the MOBO Organisation, Bevan Powell MBE, Black Police Association and Paulette Long OBE, and surveyed the diversity of the PRS Board, its staff and its membership. Ellis also championed interaction with MOBO, resulting in a multi-year partnership with PRS, which led to engagement with a more diverse membership base. Outside of work, Ellis has given various seminars on all aspects of the music industry, and toured the Caribbean twice, explaining European copyright and how artists and composers can promote and administer their music in Europe. Ellis is also currently Chairman of the Trustees of Small Green Shoots, a registered charity supporting disadvantaged youth. Ellis was awarded with an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for Services To Music Publishing and also conferred with an Honorary Doctorate Of Music. He was also awarded the Cannes Music Summit Award at Midem, France.

Can be viewed on: 2018 Top 15 Advocates

Chinwe Odimba-Chapman

Partner

Clifford Chance

Chinwe co-founded the Clifford Chance Black & Minority Ethnic network in 2015 with the primary aim of making BME issues a business priority at Clifford Chance. As co-chair, she has been instrumental in raising awareness of the network, both within the firm and externally. In conjunction with an external D&I consultant, Chinwe organised two campaigns during 2017: the collective voice campaign and the cultivating champions campaign. The former was focused on improving the collective voice of network members and ensuring the network was appropriately representing members' views and priorities. The latter involved a bespoke lunch and learn session for the most senior leaders of the firm aimed at educating them on ethnic minority issues, improving the visibility of the network and identifying senior allies for the network. The network successfully launched a reverse mentoring programme that has enabled members to connect with the most senior partners and business services staff within the firm. Chinwe was the keynote speaker and a panellist at the Target Jobs Event City Law for Ethnic Minorities in 2017, and is a Professional Ambassador for Aspiring Solicitors, an organisation pursuing increased diversity in the legal profession by assisting aspiring solicitors from underrepresented backgrounds.

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Ileana Sodani

EMEA Head of Business Development, Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

Having acted as Executive Sponsor for the BNY Mellon Women’s Initiative Network (WIN), Ileana utilised the experience and knowledge she built and applied it to ensuring the growth of BNY Mellon’s multicultural network, IMPACT. Now, in her third year as Co-Executive sponsor, she has been instrumental in enabling the group to become the second largest resource group and strategically driven its transition into a vital business resource group. Recognising the importance of senior management buy in, Ileana has utilised her position of influence amongst her peers, to drive the conversation around ethnic minority inclusion and broader diversity. In particular, she leads by example, advocating the business and moral imperatives, and bringing attention to the importance of demographics and transparency. Ileana also ensures that her visits to global teams are impactful, and sheds light on diversity and inclusion through her participation in events and panels. Outside of work, Ileana is a proud founding member of The Networks of Networks (TNON), which provides BAME leaders within the organisation with a platform for cross-company/network collaboration. Additionally, Ileana has spoken at the Women in Islamic & Ethical Finance network where she joined a panel focusing on Women Climbing the Corporate Ladder.

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Bijal Maijithia

Assistant Director

EY

Bijal launched the EY Hindu Network when she joined the firm, and it is now one of EY’s most active networks, consisting of a thousand internal members. The network hosts 6 large events a year tackling controversial topics such as the role of women, faith and gender stereotypes to create a space where ethnic minorities can share their experiences. Bijal is also a Diversity and Inclusion ambassador for the firm and is involved in cross network initiatives with a specific focus on supporting ethnic minority employees. Bijal’s work has been recognised by EY with an ‘Inspiring Role Model’ award and she was shortlisted for a ‘Better Begins with You’ award for her endeavours to build a better workplace. Externally, Bijal was recognised by ‘We Are The City’ as a Rising Star in Consulting in 2017 and she featured in the Consultancy UK Top 10 ‘Inspiring Women in Consulting’ list. Bijal is the Director and founder of Veda London, and for seven years she has led a team of 100 plus volunteers to serve 12 charitable and community projects across the UK and India. Additionally, Bijal is an ambassador for Binti, a charity working around the world to normalise menstruation in challenging communities.

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Matt Elliott

People Director

Virgin Money

Matt is responsible for developing and driving Virgin Money’s ambition to be a welcoming and inclusive workplace for all. He received Board approval to adopt the Sir John Parker report recommendations, before the findings had been formally launched, and encouraged transparency, leading to Virgin Money reporting its ethnic minority representation in its 2017 Annual Report & Accounts. Matt has led a strategy to improve diversity of hiring, resulting in a double digit hiring percentage for ethnic minority candidates in 2017 for the first time. He also founded the Virgin Money Affinity Group, which aims to involve all colleagues in the conversations around workplace inclusion. Under Matt’s sponsorship, Virgin Money have partnered with the Black British Business Awards to create an ‘Accelerator Programme’, a pan-industry approach to accelerating ethnic minority talent, which will launch later this year. He is also a member of the CMI Race Committee and mentors ethnic minority people outside Virgin Money, demonstrating his personal commitment to accelerating progress.

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James Garvey

Managing Director, Head of Markets

Lloyds Banking Group

James is the executive sponsor of Lloyds Bank’s ethnicity strategy. He was recently sponsor and keynote speaker for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2018. This event generated over 300 new allies for the Lloyds ethnicity network. Through James’ influence, 650 line managers and senior colleagues have attended face-to-face Cultural Competence workshops, supporting colleagues to feel more comfortable talking about race. He has also chaired listening sessions with ethnic minority colleagues, and influenced his 7 executive peers to do the same. Aside from dedicating personal time to the agenda by chairing monthly meetings, James has also gained commitment from his peers to be reverse mentored, with 40 partnerships across his business currently being mentored on race, ethnicity and cultural heritage. In 2017 James partnered with SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunities) to provide work experience to 12 ethnic minority students who would not ordinarily have access to financial services and trading floors. He also sits as a trustee of the Lloyds Bank Foundation which supports charities across the UK that help people facing multiple disadvantages to move forward with their lives, by providing both financial and practical support.

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Robert Lawson

Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

BP

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Samantha Mobley

Partner

Baker & McKenzie

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Wendy Murphy

Senior Director, HR, EMEA

Wendy set up the first Employee Resource Group at LinkedIn Globally focussed on the ethnic minority population, called Embrace. She was a driving influence behind LinkedIn’s founding membership of EMpower, as a prime example of her commitment to inclusion. Externally, Wendy mentors a number of high potential ethnic minority individuals, providing support and sponsorship. She is also an active supporter of a number of LinkedIn’s partnerships, helping raise awareness of ethnic minority inclusion in business, and support activities within LinkedIn’s local markets in the UK and Ireland. Additionally, Wendy was key to the development of a self-ID diversity survey across 10 countries in EMEA, to encourage discussion at the most senior levels in the organisation around support and understanding of their ethnic minority workforce.

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Claude Brown

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

Claude is a champion for, and on the steering committee of, Reed Smith’s Multicultural Network (MCN). The MCN’s objective is to provide all Reed Smith employees, and certain external clients, with the opportunity to experience and celebrate their differences and raise awareness of issues that are pertinent to ethnic minority legal professionals. Claude also mentors a number of Reed Smith’s ethnic minority junior lawyers, trainees and paralegals, as well as ethnic minority students and aspiring lawyers outside of Reed Smith. On top of this, he organises and sponsors a number of work experience and mini internships for ethnic minority students. He actively supports and speaks at courses organised by the BLD Foundation (who support young people from ethnic minority and/or socio-economical underprivileged backgrounds towards achieving their goals), and Aspiring Solicitors (whose primary aim is to increase diversity in the legal profession). Claude also assists with the job and study applications, and supplies references for internal and external ethnic minority people interested in a career in law.

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Amanda Gethin

Managing Partner - Talent, EMEA

EY

Amanda looks to drive ethnic minority recruitment, retention and progression through enabling and supporting specific programmes and operational/process changes. She is focused on affecting and embedding a shift in perspective and understanding of the race agenda. She sits on the ethnic minority Future Leadership steering committee, which focuses on enabling ethnic minority individuals to progress, and has been key in ensuring that its scope is broadened to educate and ‘on board’ influential business leaders to enable wider cultural change across the business. She sponsors on both an individual and collective basis, ethnic minority future talent, supporting them in growing their careers within EY. Amanda is the co-sponsor of an EY Foundation Young Women’s network, which focuses on enabling young women aged between 14 to 18, from challenged demographics within London, to prepare for the world of work in its broadest sense. Whilst the key criteria for the programme is gender, the broader ‘entry-level attributes’ mean that the population is typically largely ethnic minority.

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Margaret Anderson

Senior Vice President for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

SAP

Margaret was nominated and accepted the position as the Executive Sponsor for the BEN (black employee network) at SAP. She has been working with the ethnic minority team members to ensure that they get equal opportunities at SAP when it comes to pay and promotion. Margaret is conscious that we need more advocates to help mentor and groom minorities in the workplace to advance in their careers and to move into board level positions. Externally, she is an advocate for OnBoard, a non-profit group that works to promote women as being ready for corporate boards in the state of Georgia. She is an executive board member for Junior Achievement of GA and has been engaged in their JA Academy program, which teaches entrepreneurship to students in two of the lowest performing schools in the Atlanta area.

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Claudine Adeyemi

Associate

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Claudine previously led the sub group for ethnicity and social mobility within Mishcon de Reya LLP’s Diversity Committee. Visibility within the firm and industry is important to Claudine. As such, she is a mentor to startups on the firm’s tech incubator, co-leads the Women in Law series (and has arranged for the first black woman to speak on the programme – Funke Abimbola MBE). She has organised and hosted events at the firm – from insight days for BAME school leavers to launch events for The Student Development Co’s initiatives. Claudine founded The SDC which focuses on providing career related support to 16-24 year olds from less privileged backgrounds, around 85% of whom are BAME. As part of this she developed a mobile app called Career Ear to provide further support. Claudine is an active senior member of The Law Collective which provides support to black aspiring lawyers and puts pressure on the industry to tackle racism. In the last 12 months, Claudine helped two mentees to obtain training contracts, another obtain a job at her firm and another obtain a vacation scheme placement at her firm. Claudine has also been the recipient of numerous awards, including: Brummell Ones to Watch 2018, UK Social Mobility Awards Highly Commended Rising Star 2017, The BBBA Rising Star in professional services (finalist) 2016, Future Powerlistee 2016, and WeAreTheCity Rising Star 2016.

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Gurjeet Moore

Financial Crime Compliance Manager

Santander

Gurjeet chairs Santander Banks BAME network (Ethnicity@Work), and since the launch in February 2017 has been instrumental to its successful growth. She has recruited senior managers BAME and non-BAME to participate in panel discussions, coffee and conversations and speed mentoring. She created site lead roles to increase awareness of the network, increase membership and obtain feedback from members around what barriers they face, concerns they have or what events they would like to see. Gurjeet has has personally participated in the Business in The community external mentoring scheme and as a result continued to mentor external contacts. Outside of work, Gurjeet takes part in external mentoring, in which she has used her experience as a Network Chair to support people in other companies start their own BAME network and ensure they understand how to get senior stakeholder buy in.

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Khalia D. Newell

Vice President

Barclays

Khalia currently sits on the Senior Leadership team of the Barclays Black Professionals Forum. In this role she is responsible for the promotion, retention and development of BAME talent across the Barclays Group including, most recently, devising a Director Leadership programme for diverse senior leaders. Outside of work, Khalia joined the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for STEM to create Government Policy to encourage those from BAME or non-traditional backgrounds into STEM careers. Khalia has mentored over 100 students outside Barclays at mid and lower tier Universities to facilitate entrance into the private sector. She has also worked alongside Business in the Community (BITC) to run a national campaign called 'There is Hope' to encourage MPs to draft new policies to guarantee employment to recent graduates. In addition, Khalia has consulted on how to increase the representation of non-Russell Group Universities within the finance and professional services industries. Khalia regularly participates in panel discussions and leads workshops on the topic of accessibility and the promotion and retention of diverse employees. She has received numerous awards and accolades, including: Black British Business Awards, Rising Star (2016); We are the City, Rising Star (2017); and the Vodafone World of Difference Award.

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Dara Kirton

Senior Manager, Chief of Staff Experience Centre

PwC

Since joining PwC, Dara has had had a proactive role in Diversity outside of her day job in Consulting. In 2013, she set up the PwC Diversity Mentoring scheme to encourage students from under represented backgrounds to seek and gain careers in professional services. The scheme started with a pilot of 18 students and now supports 200 students across the UK with employability skills and applications. 60% of these students are from BAME backgrounds. She has chaired the PwC Multicultural Business Network since 2015. Last year the network relaunched, and now has over 900 members. Last year, Dara led a national wide campaign encouraging conversations on race at PwC, called Colourbrave. On a day to day level, Dara has acted as a role model, coach, mentor and sounding board to many BAME colleagues and proactively championed diversity and inclusion across the firm, seeing the firm make its ground-breaking decision to publish its BAME pay gap. Despite a demanding role in consulting, and achieving promotion to Chief of Staff, Dara continues to travel far and wide to lead discussions and participate in workshops that contribute to BAME representation at PwC.

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Sigga Sigurdardottir

Chief Customer and Innovation Officer

Santander

Sigga is the BAME Executive Committee Sponsor for Santander UK, and Executive Sponsor of Santander’s BAME employee led network. Sigga has developed site champions across Santander UK's locations to raise awareness of BAME challenges and opportunities - running mentoring programmes, events and initiatives to attract, promote and retain BAME talent. Sigga's role on the global diversity and inclusion steering committee and Executive Committee sponsor for the bank's UK BAME network sees her influence and challenge her peers and the wider leadership teams on raising awareness of BAME challenges. To identify challenges that Santander UK faces across BAME employees, Sigga led the bank to participate in the Race at Work survey in 2018 to identify specific opportunities for the Santander UK leadership team to improve BAME colleague experiences. Sigga has also put tracking progress of BAME talent in Santander UK at the forefront, including measuring ethnic minority statistics across all levels of the organisation and highlighting opportunities for action. During Black History Month in October 2017, Sigga hosted a speaker event with John Amaechi OBE at Santander UK's Leicester head office to discuss the intersectionality of diversity.

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Kim Vu

Seattle Market Executive

Bank of America

When Kim joined Bank of America in 2014, she led her teammates to expand their employee networks from five networks to nine networks to create more inclusivity in the workplace. Those new employee networks include Black Professionals Group, Native American Professionals Network, Military + Support Assistance Group and My Environment. Her team also launched a local diversity leaders council so that every network could better collaborate together to thoughtfully create a culture of intersectionality and inclusion. Kim works closely with local diversity leaders to host multiple conversations with employees and local community and business leaders to talk about challenging issues facing the community. Outside of the workplace, Kim is the national founding board chair and cofounding team member of The Respect Institute. The Respect Institute’s impact has been acknowledged by the Clinton Global Initiative, Ashoka Changemakers, and the Packard Foundation for reaching over 80,000 youth and youth influencers in schools and the juvenile justice system with their Respect 360 program focused on ending the school to prison pipeline, which disproportionately impacts BAME youth in the United States. Kim also serves on the national Juma Ventures board as well as the local Seattle advisory board.

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Stephen Bird

CEO, Citi Consumer Bank

Citi

As co-head of the Black Heritage Affinity at Citi, Stephen is focused on driving material change in the promotion, development, recruiting and retention of black colleagues in the U.S. He is leading a multi-pronged effort which includes increasing the number of actionable development plans with high-performers, increasing engagement with the Executive Leadership Council which develops global black leaders, and working to build engagement by connecting the network chapters across the U.S. Stephen serves on the Board of the U.S.-China Business Council, the International Advisory Board of the Hospital for Special Surgery and the Board of Trustees of the Asia Society, supporting its mission to enhance cultural understanding through participation in a variety of programs and events.

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Andrew Monu

Director, Field and Product Marketing EMEA

In February of 2018, Andrew led the re-launch of LinkedIn’s Ethnic Minority ERG, EMBRACE, which was focused on challenging LinkedIn’s leaders and employees to think about why talking about race is still relevant in the workplace and about what role they have to play in making a change. He was also the panel moderator at EMpower's Leadership without Affinity event at Lloyds of London in October 2017. The event was centred around how middle managers from ethnic minorities learn from BAME leaders who have made it to the top without having BAME role models in their organisation. In addition to volunteering as an EMpower mentor, where he is paired with a BAME professional from another organisation, Andrew writes about his experiences through the lens of race and unconscious bias. Most recently Andrew published an article on LinkedIn called ‘Why being conscious of your bias is the first step’ where he shared his own personal story about his own bias and how he tries to overcome it. As well as all of this, last year Andrew received awards and recognition from LinkedIn’s EMEA VP of Sales as well as LinkedIn’s CMO for delivering stellar results to LinkedIn’s EMEA business.

Can be viewed on: 2018 Top 50 Future Leaders

Sarah Nelson

Group Financial Controller

Sainsbury's

Having held a number of senior positions at Sainsbury’s and been recently promoted to Senior Manager, Sarah is passionate about sharing her story and being a role model to BAME colleagues across the business. Sarah has been a member of the Sainsbury’s Race Reference Group for four years, helping the business achieve its vision of being the most inclusive retailer where people love to work and shop by working on a number of initiatives including regular events for BAME colleagues. She currently mentors eight BAME colleagues across the organisation and over the last seven years has mentored many more colleagues. Outside of Sainsbury’s, Sarah has been part of Business in the Community’s Cross Organisational Mentoring Circles for the past three years as a lead and guest mentor and has taken part in external speaking opportunities to share her experiences and insights.

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Simon Dowson-Collins

General Counsel & Company Secretary

HarperCollins

Simon is an advocate of HarperCollins UK’s strategy on diversity and inclusion, which he supports via regular meetings and forums, dedicated to establishing a more diverse workplace. At the 2017 London Book Fair Simon accepted the Inclusivity in Publishing Award on behalf of HarperCollins. He is a sponsor of BAME recruitment and in 2017 will be launching the BAME Development Circle at HarperCollins – a programme for mentoring, career coaching, networking, confidence-building and peer to peer support of BAME talent in the company. Externally, Simon is a director of the Bush Theatre in London’s Shepherds Bush, and a member of its Finance and Audit Committee. The theatre is committed to producing diverse new plays from the widest range of backgrounds. He was also recently appointed a lead mentor for Business in the Community’s BAME mentoring circle programme, and led HarperCollins at a recent careers fair supporting the development of up and coming BAME talent.

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Annette Byron

Partner Sponsor for Social Mobility

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Annette is Co-lead of the Freshfields’ global Black Affinity Network, which by networking and her sharing her experiences as a Real Estate partner has increased awareness in relation to diversity in the organisation. Under her leadership the flagship Freshfields Stephen Lawrence scholarship scheme identifies and, by a bespoke 15-month programme, develops scholars, annually including 160+ Freshfields senior leaders, lawyers and other personnel, evolving organisational culture and challenging unconscious biases by its central place in the business. Externally, her focus on the disproportionate under-representation of black and mixed-race males from low-income families and lack of direct role models in large commercial law firms includes connecting with 60 universities nationally to locate and nominate to the scheme exceptionally-talented first-year students who might fall under the radar.

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Val McGary

EVP, Sustainable Process Solutions

US Bank

Val has been integral to welcoming BAME people at U.S. Bank. She has been an active participant with diversity-focused employee resource groups. Her team is part of U.S. Banks Technology and Operations Services business line, which is currently undergoing a significant effort to increase the hiring of minorities and women within its ranks. Val has been instrumental in driving strategic sourcing discussions and challenging the status quo to ensure BAME applicants are considered, interviewed, hired and have a positive experience. Vals team recently won an award for being the most diversity-engaged team at the company. Externally, she has been involved with several boards of organisations focused on getting women of colour into high potential careers, as well as mentoring programs through schools that focus on transition into the workforce.

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Sonia Sng

Vice President, Product and Innovation Risk

Visa

Sonia joined Visas Asia Pacific office in 2000 and she moved to the US in 2014. She is currently responsible for partnering with business groups in Visa to drive initiatives while balancing risk and agility in innovation. Prior to moving to the US, she worked with banks, retailers and service providers in Asia Pacific, Central Europe, Middle East and Africa on fraud, chargeback, brand protection and data security initiatives. Growing up in multi-cultural Singapore, she considers herself pathologically pro-diversity. Besides being an active campaigner for diversity and inclusion initiatives in the risk function, she is also the co-chair for the Visa Womens Network which is focused on ensuring women in Visa are able to reach their aspirations. Over the years, she has mentored colleagues in Dubai, Singapore and USA, to help them thrive at work while embracing their authentic selves. Externally, she volunteers at the Penninsula College Fund to help low-income, first-generation college students of immigrant families reach the college graduation finish line, and is a mentor for Everwise as well as Aspire Foundation, mentoring aspiring women around the world.

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Tom Ilube

Founder

Crossword Cybersecurity plc

As founder and CEO of Crossword, Tom ensures that inclusivity in all respects is integrated throughout the organisation. He leads by example and uses his status in the tech industry to talk about diversity and inclusion, speaking on diversity and his own experience and journey as a BAME executive at corporate events on a regular basis. Externally, his main focus is secondary education, specifically STEM where BAME people are underrepresented. He is Founder and Chair of the African Science Academy, Africa's first all-girls science and technology academy and Chair of ADA College, UK's National College for Digital Skills, based in Tottenham, which has a large BAME student population. Tom is also a Non Executive Director of the BBC.

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Vimi Grewal-Carr

Managing Partner, Innovation & Delivery Methods

Deloitte

As a successful BAME professional Vimi leads by example and has been a role model, mentor and coach to many people across the firm, particularly from the BAME community. She is a passionate advocate of BAME issues within Deloitte’s executive, is heavily involved with Deloitte’s multi-cultural network and is a member of the Sikh network. The network was named ‘Employee Network of the Year’ at the Business in the Community’s (BITC) Race for Opportunity awards and Vimi hosted network members at the award ceremony. Externally, Vimi was one of the original founding members of the 30% Club and continues to sit on the steering committee. She is also the founding board member of the London Women’s Forum which was set up with founding members from eight investment banks in 2004 and almost 300 senior women are now members within the City.

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Dr. Anand Kumar

Executive Director & Deputy Chief Executive

Union Bank of India (UK) Ltd

Previously, through his various experiences as Head of Retail Banking with ICICI Bank UK , Head of International Business - ICICI Lombard UK(Ltd) , Advisor Strategic Initiatives & Head of Retail Banking - Bank of Baroda UK, Anand expanded the network of customer touch points through branches and virtual space which provided him immense opportunities to work with diversity . Externally, Anand has been working as Visiting Fellow with the Business School, University of Greenwich where he interacts, guides and helps primarily BAME students during their internship for their career progression and overall development. He also runs a foundation in Katesar, a village in Bihar, India and has been working to creating awareness about it in UK. For him diversity provides the best outcome. He is associated with NSPCC and Save the Children.

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Cecily Joseph

Vice President, Corporate Responsibility

Symantec

Cecily has led the organisations diversity and inclusion efforts for the past 3 years-serving as Chief Diversity Officer for the company, in addition to her role as Vice president of Corporate Responsibility. Her focus has been on attracting, retaining and developing diverse employees, including setting and publishing goals around diversity hiring and retention. She has also partnered with organisations to address equity, such as the creation of the Net Impact Racial Equity Awareness Leadership (REAL) program which aims to institutionalise racial equity at colleges and universities through training and curriculum development. Externally, she served, for over 6 years, on the Board of Directors of Ruby's Place, a domestic violence and homeless shelter, serving primarily women of colour.

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Nicole Clarke

UK Head of Compliance

BNP Paribas

Nicole has supported the Multicultural Network by promoting events internally, seeking support from the senior management team within BNP Paribas Securities Services and has acted as a mentor for other BAME employees. As a member of the Diversity & Inclusion Council she has been supportive of initiatives to raise awareness of the individual needs of BAME employees and has previously hosted an Executive lunch for BAME employees, at which she described her journey through her career followed by a Q&A. Externally, she has volunteered with an organisation called Making the Leap which helps children from BAME backgrounds with CV writing and interviewing skills.

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Robert Marchman

Executive Vice President/MRD Legal Section

Finra

Robert currently serves as a member of FINRA's Executive Diversity Leadership Council whose purpose is to assist in the development and implementation of programs in connection with the company's business imperative diversity and inclusion process. He also serves as the Executive Sponsor for the FINRA's Women's Network Employee Resource Group. In addition, he participates in speaking engagements and committee work with efforts focused on enhancing opportunities of BAME people in the financial services industry. Robert is also Chairman and Board member of the Community Coalition on Race of South Orange-Maplewood, NJ (a 20 year organization focused on equality). He is also a board member of PFLAG National, Operation HOPE and NSHSS Foundation.

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Harish Sodha

Executive Chairman

Diversity Travel

Difference is celebrated at Diversity Travel; the organisation works on the ethos that all minorities should be championed and encouraged whether this relates to gender, ethnicity or religion. This is represented across the business, with staff speaking over 20 languages, coming from 15 nationalities and there is a 45:55 male to female gender split. Different sexual orientations, religious and political beliefs are represented at all levels of the organisation and the Board is 33% BAME, 17% female and 33% LGBT. For 35+ years Harish has been focused on expanding and running companies and has embedded and created an inclusive culture within all organisations. He has also used his position in the UPstanding 100 list 2016 to spread the word about BAME success and achievements in business through local and industry press articles.

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Heather Melville

Director, Strategic Partnerships and Global Chair & Founder, Women's Network

RBS

Heather is currently working with the Director of HR, Corporate & Private Bank, Coutts Private Banking & Corporate & Commercial Banking introducing them to the Executive Leadership Committee to improve where the organisation looks to find strong BAME talent. She sits on a number of external client forums which are looking at how RBS can embed a structured mentoring programme specifically for BAME employees across industry and supported by CMI, through the lens of managers and leaders. She is also a regular business contributor to Sky News and BBC World, re female entrepreneurship. Externally, a huge amount of Heathers spare time is spent mentoring young people from all backgrounds and industries. Additionally, she currently holds 2 NED board roles, which provide her with the opportunity to drive change for both women and BAME individuals. As the only black woman on the board for Enterprise Enfield and CMI, Chartered Management Institute, she is working to engage support for BAME start -up businesses. In 2016 Heather was invited to participate in a round table that contributed to the McGregor -Smith report that was produced for the government.

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David Tyler

Chairman

Sainburys

As Chairman, David sees that it is his responsibility to champion equal opportunities for everyone in Sainsbury’s , whatever their gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or whether they have a disability. We recognise that inclusive teams with high levels of diversity perform better and enable us to come to the best decisions for our customers. We give this matter good visibility right up to Board level. David took on the role of co-chair of the Parker review because he wanted to understand why there was a real lack of BAME representation on Boards, and to support and influence businesses to address this issue. The Final Report on ethnic diversity of UK Boards was published in October 2017. David has also represented Sainsbury’s at BAME events where he has been happy to share their achievements to date. David was delighted to give the Keynote address at the Black British Business Awards in September 2017.

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Kamel Hothi

Head of Colleague Fundraising & Volunteering

Lloyds Banking Group

Kamel's 38 years climbing the corporate ladder ignited her passion for equality resulting in co-founding the Lloyds Banking Group's Ethnic Minority Network. She has mentored hundreds of colleagues and spoken at numerous conferences on the subject as to why diversity is a business imperative and not just a CSR issue. In 2017 she was included in the group's publication of top BAME role models across their 80,000 strong work force. Externally, Kamel was invited to chair the Government's Procurement Task Force to help supplier diversity. She is also a judge, and ambassador to numerous networks including the Sikh City Network, Women Empowered, Women India Association, Pakistani Woman's Organisation and awarded an Honorary Doctorate for her efforts.

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Jennifer Rademaker

Executive Vice President, Customer Delivery,International Markets

MasterCard

Jennifer has a three-pronged approach to driving diversity at Mastercard: tracking diversity metrics, ensuring a balanced hiring slate, and developing high potential role models. In Europe and the US, Jennifer doubled the percentage of BAME employees in her teams using this approach. Jennifer’s focus on role models and mentorship transformed her leadership team from 29% BAME executives to 50% BAME executives in one year. She is priming the next generation of BAME executives by personally coaching 8 BAME high potential senior leaders in her organization. Jennifer’s impact on BAME advancement reaches beyond her own group. She serve as the Executive Sponsor for Mastercard’s African descent employee group (LEAD) in Europe. LEAD hosts activities in Mastercard’s London and Waterloo offices with topics geared to support career advancement, personal development, and sponsorship for BAME employees, as well as showcasing BAME role models. Outside of Mastercard, Jennifer donates her time and expertise to organizations that help others without discrimination. She is on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross in Greater New York, and is a member of the House of St Barnabas in London, an organization dedicated to breaking the cycle of homelessness.

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Paul Cleal

Senior Partner

PwC

Paul became the first chair of PwC's BAME network in 2003 and played a leading role in raising inequality issues with the board. In 2006 he joined the main board as the person responsible for all people issues and led on a range of diversity measures, including bias awareness training and a detailed analysis to understand the problem in more detail. He subsequently sponsored the creation of the Multi-Cultural Business Network and then founded the Africa Business Group with the specific intention of engaging that particular ethnic minority. He has also been a personal mentor to many BAME people in the firm and, over the last few years, has been a regular mentor in schools where the vast majority of pupils are black. Additionally, he now pursues the issue of racial inequality through his public appointment to the Social Mobility & Child Poverty Commission.

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Kevin Ellis

Chairman and Senior Partner

PwC

Kevin is passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and believes that greater transparency is needed to drive real change. This is why he published PwC UK’s gender and ethnicity targets, and the firm's subsequent progress against those targets, followed by being the first firm to publish their Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) pay gap in September 2017. Publishing its BAME pay gap helped PwC to understand where it needed to focus its action and with the ambition of shining a spotlight on the topic of ethnic diversity. Alongside this, Kevin has commissioned a major internal research project to better understand the impact of PwC’s culture on the experience of his BAME colleagues, which will help inform future business decisions and action plans. Kevin championed PwC’s initiative to become a cornerstone employer in Bradford, a pilot bringing together employers and school children to help develop the employability prospects of young people in the area and to tackle problems of social and economic exclusion for ethnic minority groups. He also mentors BAME future leaders of other PwC network firms to help support getting more BAME people into senior leadership positions. He is also the sponsor of PwC’s GLEE@PwC (Gays, Lesbians and Everyone Else) Network and is passionate about supporting all forms of diversity and creating a workplace where everyone can be themselves.

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Rashik Parmar MBE

Technical Executive - Europe, IBM Distinguished Engineer

IBM

Rashik is co-lead of the Multi-Cultural Business Resource Group which aims to provide practical support and mentoring for employees, as well as addressing unconscious bias, through a range of meetings, podcasts and blogs. He focuses on using corporate social media channels to share good news stories in these forms, aiming to inspire both managers and professionals. He also mentors BME employees and shares his professional experience as a diverse role model. Externally, Rashik chairs the Business Communications Group, and is a board member for the Leeds City Region LEP, where he has integrated local ethnic businesses into the programme. Additionally, he is an adjunct professor at Imperial College London, which attracts a truly international student population.

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Yin Luo

Vice Chairman

Wolfe Research

Yin’s team at Wolfe is highly diversified and he actively works with the founder and other senior members of the firm to promote workplace diversity. There is a strong belief that everybody should have equal opportunity at hiring, promotion, and compensation, and employees are encouraged to preserve their own culture. Externally, Yin regularly speaks at a number of universities to help minority students to better understand the cultural differences from their home countries and how to find jobs in the finance industry in the US and Europe. He serves on the advisory board of the Asian Quant Group whose mission is to help Asians in the systematic investing industry. He is also an Adjunct Professor of Finance at Renmin University of China and gives regular seminars with the goal to bridge the cultural and knowledge gap between China and the rest of the world.

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Jean Tomlin

Founder & CEO

Chanzo (formerly Tomlin&Co)

Jean has worked at senior levels in a range of organisations. Her career has been enhanced by her ability to manage and lead large diverse teams to deliver exceptional results. She has been a role model, an educator, a voice and a leader, has won several awards for her work including Black Enterprise Corporate Leader as HR Director at M&S, and now runs her own business. She is most widely known for her role as Director, HR Workforce and Accreditation for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, where she was accountable for the mobilisation of the UK’s largest peace-time workforce of 200,000, including the universally-acclaimed 70,000 Games Makers. These were a “Games for Everyone” and as such Jean was immensely proud of having recruited a diverse workforce which truly mirrored the diverse cities throughout the UK. Jean sits on a number of Boards, including Michael Kors, and Sainsbury’s plc, where she is Chair of the Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Board. She has also been a judge on various Diversity panels – including the Race Equality Awards for Business in the Community (2016). She has been included in the Powerlist and continues to support and mentor BAME individuals.

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Elaine Rogers

Global Head of Control for Enterprise Operations and Head of Client Assets

Northern Trust

Elaine is involved in both informal and formal mentoring of emerging female and ethnic minority talent within Northern Trust, and across the wider financial services industry. She provides guidance and coaching on areas such as authenticity, career progression, effective networking and how to successfully navigate corporate culture and politics. She is also Chair of the Northern Trust EMEA Diversity and Inclusion Council, and senior sponsor of various Business Resource Councils including the Asian Leadership BRC. She is a speaker and presenter at events, champions BAME activities and initiatives, and provides sponsorship of the BAME talent development programme, the Diverse Leaders Programme. Through her role as Chair of the EMEA D&I Council, she represents the Bank at cross-financial services D&I events, including activities hosted by other external organisations and promotes these other internal and external networks. Additionally, she is a mentor to BAME talent outside Northern Trust at other financial services companies.

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Mandhir Singh

Chief Operating Officer - Lubricants

BP

Over the last two years, Mandhir has increased the diversity of his direct leadership team to have 33% women, 20% with an Afro-Asian ethnicity and 12 different nationalities represented. In his business he has also rolled out a women's development programme for first-tier management to ensure a diverse talent pool is coming through the organisation. At the beginning of 2017, Mandhir became chair of the BP Positively Ethnic Network, which has over 500 members, and was most recently a panel member for a global webcast on Respect & Inclusion with an audience of over 4,500 participants. Mandhir is also the BP Executive Sponsor for Durham University, where he has taken an active lead to encourage people from different backgrounds and cultures to apply to BP. He also coaches and mentors a wide range of individuals across all age groups and cultures, and helps them navigate application forms for multi-national companies.

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Segun Osuntokun

Partner, Head of Energy Disputes and the Africa Group

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

Segun is an Ethnicity & Social Inclusion Champion at international law firm BLP where he is a visible (and vocal) advocate and champion for ethnic and social inclusivity, and takes the lead on key issues where behavioural change is needed. He leads a task-group focused on ethnic and social inclusivity where he works to agree diversity priorities, understand best practice, and make progress against agreed priorities. He also acts as the firm’s representative on ethnic and social inclusivity matters at external meetings/conferences/PR opportunities and he recently spearheaded the award-winning initiative, Race for Change which won “Best Diversity Initiative” at The Lawyer Business Leadership Awards in September 2016. Externally, he is a mentor to numerous young BAME individuals, both formally and informally and provides active support for a wide range of events focused on BAME inclusion and increasing BAME representation. He regularly attends careers events organised by the Black Solicitors Network and has been a panellist at a series of events including, Future Leaders Conference - Find a job in the City.

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Bansi Nagji

Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development

McKesson Corporation

McKesson, currently ranked 5th on the Fortune 500, is the one of the oldest and largest healthcare companies in the world with revenues of more than $190 billion in fiscal 2016. As one of its most senior executives, Bansi is a core member of McKesson’s Chairman’s Diversity Council, which is responsible for the enterprise’s diversity strategy. Bansi makes himself available as a mentor to all employees, particularly BAME men and women, to help them understand the myriad, often opaque, ways in which their careers can be more challenging to navigate than those of others. That regularly translates to him helping those seeking advice by networking them into McKesson to elevate their profile and expand their access to broader opportunities. Additionally, Bansi often speaks to groups outside McKesson, whether focused on minorities or not, about his own experience as a successful minority.

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Jatin Patel

Products Director

TSB Bank

In 2015, Jatin helped set-up TSB’s first ethnicity network by becoming the network’s Executive Sponsor. Sitting within TSB’s wider Inclusion Network, the ethnicity network aims to raise awareness of ethnic diversity in the workplace, to help celebrate cultural diversity and to attract, retain and develop the best talent within TSB, regardless of ethnicity. Jatin has represented the ethnicity network at external events, and recently, invited 15 key recruitment suppliers to a round table discussion where he shared his plan to address BAME representation in TSB. Externally, Jatin has also done work in the field of education to help improve standards and access for young people from under-privileged backgrounds, particularly in areas with high concentrations of people of BAME origin.

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Kashif Zafar

Co-Head of Global Distribution and Co-Head of Macro Products

Barclays

Kashif has inspired tangible change across the BAME agenda at Barclays, from his active leadership of the multicultural Embrace network, to his authentic personal role-modelling that shows BAME colleagues that they too can grow their career within the organisation. The Embrace network blossomed under his leadership, increasing from 330-1100 members in 18months. Kashif also pioneered the Embrace exceptional 1st year internship programme which is now in its 6th year. Having previously been on the board of Race for Opportunity for several years, Kashif is now actively involved in several organisations, both in the UK and US, who drive BAME-positive change including, the board of the British Pakistan Foundation, the Advisory Board for SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity) supporting the university/career access of young people from under-represented backgrounds, and is on the boards of the International House and American Pakistan Foundation.

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Beatrice Butsana-Sita

Managing Director, Capita Networking Solutions, Capita plc

Capita plc

Beatrice has joined a company where the agenda on people and diversity is still fairly limited, thus she has recently encouraged the board to participate in official surveys on diversity in FTSE 100 companies and to put an action plan together to bring in more people from minorities in senior leadership roles. Wherever she can, she uses her own network to provide the candidates to the company and is looking for women in her succession plan. Externally, Beatrice has been invited by CMI to join a new advisory board to tackle the continued under-representation of people from BAME backgrounds in management and leadership roles. The advisory board is drawn from across business, academia, and diversity experts, as well senior leaders from a BAME background.

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Mo Haghbin

SVP Head of Product, Beta Solutions

OppenheimerFunds

Mo joined OppenheimerFunds in January 2017 as Head of Product for the firm's Beta Solutions business, and also began working with the firm's Diversity and Inclusion team and Business Resource Groups (BRGs), which enhance programs around employee inclusion and engagement, recruiting, hiring and development of diverse talent. In partnership with its BRGs and employee volunteers, the firm's efforts include a philanthropic initiative, 10,000 Kids by 2020, which aims to introduce students to math literacy programs over the next several years through non-profit partnerships. In his previous role as Head of Business Management for the US Fundamental Fixed Income team at BlackRock, Mo also served as the Chair of the New York People Committee within Global Fixed Income and was an active participant in MCN, a global network that aimed to attract, engage, and develop a culturally inclusive workforce. Outside of work, Mo dedicates his time and attention to promoting opportunities for individuals from diverse backgrounds including after school programs, supporting high-risk youth, and is active in Persian American Leadership networks.

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Dhiraj Mukherjee

Entrepreneur at Large

Midlife Creations

In his previous role as Head of Innovation at Virgin Money, Dhiraj implemented a partnership with UpRising, a youth leadership development charity whose mission is to open pathways to power for talented young people from diverse and under-represented backgrounds. He facilitated over 40 mock interviews led by Virgin Money colleagues to help young people from UpRising to improve their employment options, as well as create opportunities for roles within Virgin Money. He was recognised by the Financial Times as one of Europe’s Top 50 technology entrepreneurs in 2015, and speaks regularly at major conferences on entrepreneurship, FinTech and emerging technologies. He was also elected as a member of The Digital Banking Club’s “Power 50” in 2016, and Smith & Williamson’s “Power 100” in 2017 for supporting entrepreneurs. Externally, he actively mentors startups and social enterprises, including BAME and female founders and CEOs.

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

Nilufer is a visible and high profile role model internally and externally; she was named as one of two women (and very few BAME leaders) in the The City A.M./CityJet Power Hundred List in 2011, was shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2011, and was awarded 'Best in capital markets - equity' by Euromoney Legal Media Group's Europe Women in Business Law Awards in 2013 and 2014. She also acts as a mentor both formally and informally. Additionally, Nilufer is on the Board of Trustees of Into University, a charity that recognises that young people from the UK's poorest backgrounds face a considerable educational disadvantage in that they tend to do less well at school than their middle-class peers, they are far less likely to go to university, and they have a lower chance of entering the professions.

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Devyani Vaishampayan

Group HR Director

BSI Group

As a senior HR Director Devyani has worked hard over the last 20 years to create change through the Diversity & Inclusion agenda. She is particularly focused on ensuring BAME talent mobility internationally and has been a visible role model in this area by living in several continents to achieve career progression. Externally, she was nominated by the Singapore Government to be on the board of ‘Board Agender’- a not-for-profit organisation aimed at increasing representation of women on boards and in 2016 was listed in the FTSE ‘100 Women to Watch’ list which was released by the Cranfield Business School. Additionally, as a parent, she is an active speaker in schools to influence young BAME students in becoming more ambitious in their career aspirations.

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Mo Ajaz

Global Head of Legal Operations

National Grid

Mo has been involved with National Grid's employee resource groups for over 12 years, including as Chair of the faith@work network (part of the BAME network) for the last three years. Through this he has been responsible for setting and cascading strategy, presenting diversity opportunities and issues at Executive meetings, and helping deliver numerous inclusion and diversity projects, i.e. reverse mentoring senior leaders, educational programmes, and representing employees on a variety of BAME matters. He has also been involved in developing policies, metrics, and collaboration sessions on inclusion and diversity matters with National Grid's legal supply chain which have been recognised externally as market best practice. Externally, Mo has been involved in panel discussions on BAME topics, supported other organisations on employee resource groups' best practice, and has been involved in cross organisational mentoring programmes. He has also helped the local community in securing funding to build a multi-million pound community centre, which helps all age groups from the BAME community. In 2017 Mo was voted a Hot100 Lawyer by the Lawyer Magazine as well being recognised as a leader in the legal operational excellence space.

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Elsie Akinsanya

Global Head of HR (Transaction Services)

Citi

Elsie is the co-Chair of Citibank London Roots Diversity Network where it is her role to lead the multicultural network, focusing on encouraging inclusion in the workplace. In addition to celebrating diverse cultural events such as Chinese New Year, Black History Month and Diwali, the network also focuses on engaging employees to provide black and ethnic minority students with work-based skills through bi-annual Business Skills Workshops. Externally, Elsie is actively involved in coaching and mentoring black and ethnic minority women who are transitioning into leadership roles for the first time, or changing organisations. She recently set up an informal mentoring programme for young black women aged between 20-30 called 'Each one, Reach one'. The purpose of the programme is to support the target group in navigating the world of work/enterprise through sharing experiences and the often 'unwritten' workplace codes.

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Pam Kaur

Group Managing Director & Group Head of Internal Audit

HSBC Holdings Plc

Pam actively promotes enhanced diversity in hiring and, with a view to promoting BAME equality, creating greater transparency in promotion, performance management and reward processes within her function and more broadly within HSBC. She is also an active sponsor and champion of the Embrace Network for BAME employees, acting as a visible role model and being the voice for BAME employees where they cant be heard. She actively mentors BAME colleagues from various backgrounds and genders both formally and informally, with great successes. Externally, she is a favourite speaker for those celebrating cultural diversity at BAME community events and, in 2016, joined the judging panel of the Business in the Community Race for Equality awards. Additionally, she has sat on Cross Parliamentary Commissions to drive the BAME agenda, challenge the status quo, share best practice, and provide insight to the challenges and opportunities.

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Payal Vasudeva

Human Capital & Diversity Executive Sponsor

Accenture

Payal is a Managing Director in Accenture Strategy, and also sits on the Accenture UKI Board with singular accountability for Inclusion & Diversity. BAME representation is a priority focus for her in this role, and she champions a coordinated programme to place additional rigour on how Accenture recruits, develops, progresses and retains BAME employees. She is a sponsor of the South Asian Network, is an active coach to the African-Caribbean Network Leadership team and mentors BAME CEOs as part of the Accenture Diverse Supplier Development Program. Externally, Payal is a Trustee on the Board of East London Business Alliance (ELBA) which actively supports BAME youth, and she is part of the Business in The Community (BITC) Leadership team for Gender. Additionally, she has set up a scholarship fund in India for underprivileged girls.

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

Albertha is a member of the PwC Talent and Diversity council with a particular focus on shaping PwC's retention and progression strategy around BAME. She is also a passionate sponsoring partner of PwC's Multicultural Business Network, focused on helping the firm and the BAME community to realise the full benefits of a more inclusive culture by working to set the strategy for the network and partaking participating in various coaching programs run by the network. Externally, she has visited various schools for coaching and career discussions, as well as delivering other initiatives, such as teaching finance to teenagers. She also personally mentors a number of young BAME people and supports various networks targeted at BAME, such as Success Talks.

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Rory Campbell

Partnership Registrar

John Lewis

Over many years and across organisations, Rory has played an active role in championing more inclusive workplaces. He was a member of Lloyds Banking Group's first ethnic minority network (GEM) where he helped to establish the bank's first ever organisation-wide 'inclusion week' with active support and participation of the entire executive committee. In his current role he was the first senior executive in the Partnership to speak of personal mental health challenges with colleagues as part of John Lewis Partnership's BAME network. Through this, he actively champions and provides a sounding board to colleagues who may find his experiences useful to learn from. Externally Rory shares ideas and reflections on creating a more purposeful and inclusive world - irrespective of ethnicity. He does this through, public speaking, mentoring, networking with diverse groups, and active engagement in external communities such as the RSA.

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Camille Drummond

Head of Group Planning and Performance

BP

Camille is an ambassador for BP's Positively Ethnic Network which is a business resource group supporting the development and careers of employees with a BAME background, including mentoring and sponsorship programs as well as training and networking opportunities. She also personally mentors BAME employees to help them fulfil their potential and is regularly involved in BP's recruitment activities to visibly demonstrate that you can be black and successful within a corporate organisation. Utilising her positions as an Ambassador for PEN, and as former chair of the Women's network, she has encouraged BP to work in BAME communities to inspire aspiration and provide practical help and support which is not easily available. Camille initiated the connection between BP team and Urban Synergy to provide work experience for children from Lewisham schools. Additionally, she is currently working with HR to develop a training program on the corporate recruitment process for Powerlist BAME graduates.

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury Group Ltd

Dorothy currently serves on Finsbury's global diversity committee, overseeing initiatives such as delivering unconscious bias training to leadership, ensuring that recruitment practices encourage the interviewing and selection of individuals from varied backgrounds, as well as developing affinity networks within the company. She is also actively involved in the organisation's support of the Taylor Bennett foundation which seeks to address the need for greater diversity in the public relations industry. Externally Dorothy serves as the Vice President and advisory board member of non-profit organisation, Nations Ladies, which brings together accomplished professional women from BAME backgrounds for the common purpose of encouraging greatness in London's school-aged girls, specifically from BAME backgrounds. Additionally, she is a mentor and works to cultivate work experience opportunities for college age BAME girls, to better prepare them for life in the workplace post-college or university.

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Paris Petgrave

Co-Founder & CEO

We Love Work

Across her entire career in recruitment and HR, Paris has designed and delivered a series of initiatives to support diversity in the workplace. Most recently she founded We Love Work, an HR technology start-up which predicts culture fit and values alignment between individuals and teams. She has run BAME employment initiatives for London councils, The Princes Trust and The European Social Fund to help BAME candidates access employment across a variety of different sectors. As she now works in the tech sector and venture capital world, she is taking her experience and expertise and continuing to help companies globally build diverse teams and inclusive working cultures. Outside of work she is an investor and board advisor for BAME owned businesses, she mentors a group of BAME start-up founders to help them scale their businesses and is an experienced public speaker, having spoken at a number of high profile events including The London Business Show and Campus Party EU.

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Therese Chambers

Director of Strategy, Policy, International and Intelligence, EMO Division

Financial Conduct Authority

Therese is the FCA's Race Champion, sponsors the FCA's Race Network, ‘Spectrum’, and she sits on the FCA's Executive Diversity Committee. In these roles she has facilitated the FCA’s adoption of a BAME Action Plan, which is targeted at improving the career progression of the FCA's talented BAME staff. She has also facilitated the implementation of diversity targets - the FCA has set targets for BAME representation: that 8% of the FCA Senior Leadership Team will identify as BAME by 2020 and 13% by 2025. ‘Spectrum’ is an active voice within the FCA and regularly organises staff events with the goal of "connecting voices, unlocking potential and driving change". Events to note include speaker events with Trevor Philips and Herman Ouseley. Additionally, Therese participates in the Cross-Organisational Mentoring Circles scheme operated by Race for Opportunity as a Lead Mentor, as well as mentoring a number of BAME staff at the FCA.

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director

Accenture

Andrew has been involved in driving Accenture’s Inclusion and Diversity initiatives since joining the organisation eight years ago and supports their I&D initiatives within the UKI Operations business. He has been the executive sponsor for Accenture’s African-Caribbean Network for the last four years, accountable for representing the interests of the 360-strong employee network at UK Board Level, and for working with global leadership from other geographies on the broader I&D agenda. The network was recognised in the European Diversity Awards as ‘Network of the Year’ in 2015 based on the growth and engagement within the community. Externally, in 2016 Andrew was invited to become a member of the Executive Leadership Council, and has been actively engaged in a number of the events and initiatives that the UK chapter are running. He was also a keynote speaker and panellist at a two-day mentoring programme that Accenture hosted in January this year for 60 black undergraduates in partnership with The Powerlist Foundation.

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Amolak Dhariwal

Finance Director, Service Operations

Sodexo

A British-born Sikh, Amolak leads as Co-Chair of the Origins network in Sodexo UK & Ireland. Through this role he has been instrumental in developing a number of initiatives, including: creating a much more focused members network to drive forward the BAME agenda, and launching pod and webcasts where senior managers talk about their careers and what BAME means for them. At the recent Inclusion conference, Amolak acted as compere during the event which included introducing a staff network panel discussion and raising the profile of the Origins network, to an audience of 250 people. He has also promoted on-line training modules including: 'understanding bias' and 'Race-creating an inclusive workplace' for all teams across Sodexo UK & Ireland. Externally, Amolak has recently become a governor at a local academy to encourage the understanding and development of the BAME agenda, and has established close links with other organisations outside Sodexo to help understand best practice in this area.

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Hau Thai-Thang

Group VP, Global Purchasing

Ford Motor Company

Hau serves as Ford's Executive Champion at Carnegie Mellon University, partnering to cultivate and develop a diverse talent pipeline in technical and business fields. He also leads the Global Purchasing organisation which is one of the standout organisations within Ford by all employee diversity metrics, with the highest percentage of minority and women leaders. He also works with Personnel Development Committees to ensure that there is representation of minority and women employees at all levels throughout the organisation. Externally, Hau serves as the Chairman of Michigan Minority Supplier Development Council which acts to certify, develop, connect, and advocate for Minority Business Enterprises. Additionally, he serves on the Board of Trustees of The Henry Ford which aims to foster STEM education for minority and female students through the Henry Ford Academy School and through the development of innovative STEM curriculum.

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Managing Director - Head of Relationship Management, EMEA

Moodys Corporation

In partnership with D&I, Arlene has led conversations with the Diversity Council that haven driven the development and execution of an impactful D&I strategy over the last 5 years, including the implementation of effective KPIs that impact compensation and monitor progress. She advocated for executive coaching and external career development programs for high potential BAME employees and has encouraged Moody's to form long-term strategic partnerships with the top HBCU's to improve their brand as an employee of choice, recruitment, and retention of BAME talent. Externally she is a board member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC), and chair of the Global Expansion Committee. The ELC members are the most senior black business leaders, and its mission is to support the professional development for a pipeline of black business leaders. Arlene is also a member of Howard University's Business School Board of Visitors which ensures that the School has strong partnerships with companies that offer internships/permanent employment for students.

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Jonathan Mildenhall

CMO

Airbnb

Jonathan has helped to implement many employee affinity groups at Airbnb. He was a key driving force in establishing Black@ which is the people of colour affinity group and he also acts as the executive sponsor of AirPride@ which is the LGBT affinity group. He works hard to promote diversity in everything he does, including in the marketing output of Airbnb. A key example is this year's Superbowl spot for Airbnb that sent the message "We Accept", embracing the diversity of all of their customers. It became the most talked about and provocative spot of the 2017 Superbowl. Externally, Jonathan is a donor for the First Graduate program which helps support people of colour from disadvantaged backgrounds throughout school. He also utilises his role as a very high profile industry champion on diversity initiatives to challenge industry bodies on the lack of diversity across the board.

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Dawood Gustave

Chief & Imagination Officer

Reluctantly Brave

Dawood co-founded and grew a cutting-edge consultancy/creative agency with inclusion at its heart, not only because that is the right thing to do but also because diverse talent delivers better results for clients. Leading companies, large and small, are benefitting from this vision and Dawoods creative insight, including Starbucks, Louis Dreyfus Company and Boots Opticians. Dawood made inclusivity, for BAME people and other underrepresented groups, ingrained in Reluctantly Brave's day-to-day operations. His team has been chosen for their inclusive attitudes and he ensures each of them has the opportunity to work with or mentor people from different cultural backgrounds. Applying his experience coaching senior executives, Dawood coaches and mentors younger BAME people at various stages of their careers, from those considering their educational choices to those already employed. Externally, Dawood is a Commissioner on the London Borough of Islingtons new Fair Futures Commission. He also takes speaking engagements in many places, sharing inclusion best practice, including at Oxford University, Morgan Stanley, London Southbank University, and Mossbourne Academy in Hackney. Additionally, he is building an inclusive-access-to-creative-industries movement internationally through work with Fontys University (Netherlands) and the University of Michigan (US).

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Leena Nair

Chief HR Officer

Unilever

Valuing diversity is at the core of Leena's personal value system. The organisation started with gender and had good results and are now using the same model to show results in BAME Diversity too, particularly in North America. In 2016 they increased People of Colour representation at manager level and above, by over 22% and they now have eight active Business Resource Groups with over 2000 employees participating including Black Excellence at Unilever, Latin American and Asian American Business Networks. Leena was responsible for leading Unilever to become a Founding Sponsor of the Jackie Robinson Foundation which supports minority students in higher education. She also leads on their partnership with Executive Leadership Council where they have offered 15 scholarships to Unilever Black and Hispanic talent to attend a week long leadership development week. Externally, she has been actively involved in the youth employability space for a number of years; heading a collaboration with the National Skills Development Corporation of India with the objective of training 1 Million youth, by 2020 in Tier 2 and Tier 3 Indian towns for practical training in employable skills.

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Kalpana Shah

Chairman

RiverStone Managing Agency

In her previous role at Hiscox, Kalpana was a Partner, founding member of the Diversity and Women in Leadership steering committees, and Chair of the Actuarial Function network. Through these platforms she organised various events designed to empower individuals and break down the barriers to success, and she led diversity measurement across the group. In her current role as a portfolio Non-Exec Director and Chairman, she is a visible champion and spokesperson for diversity initiatives and she continues to mentor. Externally, Kalpana was profiled in the Insurance Insiders inaugural diversity dozen and went on to help organise the first diversity festival in the insurance market in 2015. She also regularly speaks at schools, by invitation and through the Inspiring the Future campaign, at events regarding diversity and was most recently invited to launch Womens Week at the London School of Economics.

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Kai Exos

CCO

Isobar

For nearly two decades, Kai has focused his creative vision to transform the historically white advertising industry to better represent the total market. More recently, the innovation agency he co-founded merged to become part of the Dentsu Aegis Network: Exos now leads the Canadian arm of Isobar's 6000 digital pioneers across more than 45 markets worldwide. He serves in multiple global capacities, including a longstanding seat on the Creative Excellence Council and creative advisory in support of the worldwide network's broader Media Partnerships. To weaken unconscious bias over a 900-day period, Kai has inspired inclusive practices within his leadership team; to effectively remove names and pronouns from CVs, launch an Intersectionality ERP, design all-gender washrooms, build a culturally-appropriate Health & Wellness program, and educate all levels of management to fully represent a diverse set of individuals in recruitment. As a musician and activist, Kai currently works in LA and Toronto where his daily values operate on the axis of veganism and feminism. His commercial work as a writer is further invested in Ujaama with his multi-million dollar private collection of contemporary fine art from BAME artists.

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Maz Majid

Supply Chain Director, Clothing & Home

Marks & Spencer plc

Maz has undertaken several initiatives to improve the welcome for BAME people within M&S, including, mentoring kids in local schools for 6 years, asking M&S to provide mentors, arranging for influential people from BAME backgrounds to give inspiring talks at target schools and also speaking himself. He has also arranged world at work visits, where BAME children from a number of schools spend a day at M&S's Head Office learning about different roles. Externally, Maz has been working with the Mosaic Network (now part of the Princes Trust) in a senior leadership position for over six years. He Co-chairs the Mosaic Associates group and often gets asked to give talks at various community centres and schools. He also currently mentors four kids weekly on a 1-2-1 basis.

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Rohan Gunatillake

Director

Mindfulness Everywhere

It is well known that the world of technology, startups and apps suffers from a wide range of systemic diversity issues and mindfulness apps are no different. Despite having historically Buddhist roots, as mindfulness and meditation have become more and more mainstreamed, secularised, and commodified, the role of people of colour has been reduced. Rohan therefore has the unique position of being the only industry leader with an Asian heritage and works hard to encourage others both publicly, through being a visible, different voice and privately through informal mentorship. Externally, he is a trustee of the British Council. As one of the few BAME board members and also the youngest trustee overall his presence is an important signal to young BAME talent of what kind of vital institutions and conversations they can be a part of and influence. Additionally, Rohan is regularly invited to speak at conferences and events and only accepts invitations which can themselves demonstrate a commitment to diversity.

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Quentin Roach

Senior Vice President, Business Development, Manufacturing-External Operations & Global Supplier Management Groups and Chief Procurement Officer

Merck & Co. Inc.

Quentin is continuously focused on ensuring an inclusive work environment, globally diverse organisational make-up, and he acts as a change agent and advocate for enterprise Global Diversity & Inclusion focus. He is currently co-sponsor of the company-wide Diversity in STEMM initiative, executive sponsor of enterprise-wide Millennial Employee Business Resource Group, and is responsible for Economic Inclusion & Supplier Diversity processes. In 2016 he led the delivery of the first Diversity in STEMM summit and he maintains a role as Male Advocate/Sponsor as part of the internal Women's Leadership programme. Externally, he has been involved in a number of organisations and boards over the years including: National Black MBA Association, National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame, Trumpet Foundation, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Executive Leadership Council, and Minority Business News. He has also been recognised as a “Top 10 Most Inspiring Leader” by Executive 50, “100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America” by Savoy (2012, 2014 and 2016).

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Michael Barrington-Hibbert

Chief Executive Officer

Barrington Hibbert Associates

Barrington Hibbert Associates is a top-tier executive search company, working predominantly with FTSE 100 companies. It also has a focus on promoting equality in the City. A great deal of its research and development projects focus on inclusivity and diversity, and the company practices the standards it sets. BHA works continually to ensure that the workplace is not only welcoming and inclusive, but also representative and a meritocracy. The company also contributes to other firms’ diversity and HR policies, advising leadership, with particular focus on mentoring programmes, reverse mentoring, and top-down adoption of the changes necessary to influence organisational culture. BHA has partnered with inner-city schools, which have a significant BAME attendance – running workshops on employment in the City, and offering internships at BHA. Outside of his professional role at BHA, Michael is also involved with a number of programmes and initiatives focused on BAME equality including, as an AMOS Bursary mentor, a designated Role Model with the REACH Society; and in 2012 he founded the Barrington Hibbert Foundation, offering scholarships to BAME candidates from low-income families, between 18-21 years old in full-time education.

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Netsai Mangwende

Finance Director for Great Britain

Willis Towers Watson

As an Executive on the Leadership Team for Great Britain, Netsai is responsible for partnering with the Inclusion and Diversity Council at WillisTowersWatson, focusing on representing the BAME communities in the implementation of strategies and initiatives that foster inclusion. She is also sponsor and mentor to emerging leaders and was a Co-Founder of the first African & Caribbean Network at AIG EMEA, which in a short time became one of the leading networks within AIG and within the external Insurance sector, earning a nomination at the 2016 BITC Race Campaign. Externally, Netsai is Treasurer and a founding member of the Nation Ladies, a cross industry network of Black Female leaders. She coaches and advises her peers on how to establish successful black employee networks and is a member of the newly formed Black leadership group (BLG) which has an objective of increasing BAME on Boards (in a similar vein to the 30% club).

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Bukola Adisa

Head of Europe Regulatory Compliance Monitoring and Testing

HSBC

Bukola is a senior Compliance and Financial Crime expert with extensive experience in the Financial Services industry. She is also passionate about the progression of women and BAME professionals in the workplace. At each organisation Bukola has worked at, she has been an active member of the Women's network as well as the Multicultural or BAME networks. She provides advice and insights on targeted, value added events which can bring incremental change to the lives of the BAME staff within the organisation. She actively mentors BAME professionals and dedicates many hours monthly to providing career advice and encouragement to them. She also actively sponsors the careers of a number of high potential BAME women and has created and provided promotion opportunities for them when that would not have otherwise been possible. Additionally, in 2015, she founded a not for profit social enterprise called Career Masterclass which is focused on imparting women and BAME professionals with practical skills that they can use to build and enjoy a successful career.

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Shanika Amarasekara

General Counsel & Company Secretary

British Business Bank

Shanika was part of The British Business Bank at its inception and was responsible for setting up the bank's governance framework and corporate structure. She is a key member of the senior management team and has been actively involved in developing its culture as one of inclusion and collaboration. To date she has acted as an unofficial mentor to most BAME employees who joined the organisation during the first 3 months of their employment and ensured their successful integration into a fast growing organisation. She also acts as a role model for the civil service recruitment process and has attended and spoken at events within the public sector on the subject of how to recruit and retain BAME talent within the public sector. Externally, Shanika has been actively involved with a number of different organisations to provide mentoring to aspiring BAME people, including the Women of the Year network and MOSAIC. She has also built strong networks within a number of University councils to encourage them to treat BAME students in a more inclusive manner and to allow the universities to leverage the diverse community groups better for innovation within the university environment.

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Shahzad Saleem

Group Transformation MD

BT

Shahzad is the first BT Race champion and acts as the executive sponsor for the Ethnic Minority and Muslim Networks, as well as chairing the Senior Ethnic Board. He has instigated a sponsorship and mentoring programme to help BAME talent achieve their maximum potential, and has reviewed all of the recruitment policies to promote diversity of all kinds. Externally, he sits on the BITC Race Equality Board and is an active member. He also supports several charities and has engaged Human Appeal as their Muslim Network charity partner, as well as supporting the Football for Peace charity which works in socio-economically deprived areas. Shahzad won the inaugural Alliance Manchester Business School Global MBA Citizen Award, the Gold Medal for excellence from the British Quality Foundation and the Finance team of the year award.

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Ukonwa Ojo

Senior VP, COVERGIRL

Coty Inc.

By deciding to remain in the corporate world as a Senior Vice President, Ukonwa has assured that in her industry and company, people become more used to seeing people of colour in the room, with a voice and seat at the table. She has built her leadership team to be very inclusive, and is intentional about developing a pipeline of diverse leaders. Being the senior vice president of an iconic beauty brand like COVERGIRL means that Ukonwa also has the opportunity to impact popular culture by highlighting and celebrating the beauty in diversity.

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Daryl Scales

Vice President, Finance Director Europe

Enteprise Rent-A-Car

Daryl heads the financial division of Enterprises European business, which now extends to 1,100 branches, in excess of 200,000 vehicles and more than 40 countries across Europe. As a senior advocate for ethnic diversity initiatives at the Enterprise leadership board, he has introduced a new programme that will measure the percentage of BAME employees across Europe and another to increase spend with diverse suppliers. Daryl also mentors seven BAME mentees including an employee who developed a programme to measure employee involvement in diversity activity. Programmes to increase BAME participation in the UK have resulted in 20.9% BAME employees in the UK and 17.6% BAME managers (higher than UK BAME population). Daryl serves on the Race Equality Leadership Board of the Business in the Community Race for Opportunity campaign.

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Amee Chande

Managing Director, Global Strategy and Operations

Alibaba Group

Amee is very visible both inside and outside of the company. She is personally involved and accessible to her teams and staff - during recruiting, induction, formal and informal mentorship and in client and public speaking events. As a Chinese company going global, there is a strong awareness of cultural differences, and she understands how important it is that everyone feels welcome and included. She has hired almost exclusively BAME team members and actively seeks opportunities for them to develop in a professional and personal capacity. Externally, she is a mentor to 4 young women who are minorities and is a very active volunteer with the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts - which is itself a very diverse organisation with 10 million members across 146 countries. Aside from her role as a Board member, she personally provides mentorship and financial support for young women from Asia and Africa to attend leadership training and regional and world conferences.

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Jamere Jackson

CFO

Nielsen

In addition to being the first African American CFO in the Company's 93 year history, Jamere is also an Executive Champion for Nielsen Employee resource groups focused on diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is the leader of Nielsen's External Advisory Council focused on diversity and inclusion of minority groups in Market Research. He sponsored the Company's first-ever Black Employee Forum and is the Executive Champion for Nielsen's Minority Supplier Development initiatives. Externally, Jamere is a member of the Board of Directors of Future 5 - a non-profit organization focused on providing support and college prep to highly-motivated, low-income students (primarily minorities). He also provides an annual scholarship to the African American Hall of Fame in Peoria, IL, for college-bound graduates of local high schools, is a frequent guest speaker and supporter of minority organisations and was named to Savoy magazine's 2016 list of the 100 most influential Blacks in Corporate America.

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Daniel Wong

Head of Europe

Macquarie Capital

As a senior executive, Daniel is involved in diversity and inclusion in a number of ways, he is the executive sponsor for Macquarie Groups Pride Network (LGBT), helping to expand their community of allies and drive a culture of inclusion. In the absence of a BAME network, Daniel has used this role to draw parallels with his minority ethnic background, speaking about the power of inclusion on a number of occasions. He has worked alongside the network to broaden awareness and support of the inclusion agenda at executive management committee level. Daniel has spearheaded the awareness initiative, supporting internal communications and helping to recruit new allies within the organisation, by acting as a visible role model. In the local community, Daniel is actively involved as a Board Member of the Shoreditch Trust, a charity which works to reduce social and economic disadvantage in Hackney.

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Sarah Lee

Partner

Slaughter and May

Sarah was the first partner to take up the role to lead Diversity and Inclusion at the firm, which she held from 2007-2012. She established D&I as a Board level item, introducing training on D&I issues at all levels of the firm and was directly responsible for the setup of their eight employee networks, including the BAME network. She currently leads on a new strategic work stream looking at how to enhance BAME/social mobility recruitment and retention practices. Sarah is also the partner champion and sponsor for DIVERSE, the internal network that promotes and celebrates the BAME and social mobility diversity. Externally Sarah undertakes speaking engagements to profile BME leadership as a lawyer to students and in the wider legal community has sat on various panels discussing the attraction, recruitment and retention of ethnic minority lawyers in the profession.

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Habib Motani

Partner

Clifford Chance

As a member of the steering committee for the Clifford Chance BME Network Habib's role includes organising pro-bono events and supporting the growth of the network. He is the Partner Champion for Clifford Chance's support for London Black Women's Project, and has promoted Client co-involvement in the project. He also acts as liaison between Clifford Chance's Muslim Network and the Canary Wharf Chaplaincy. Externally, Habib has served on the Committee of the Society of Asian Lawyers. Additionally, within the Ismaili Muslim Community he has held a number of senior positions such as chair of the International Conciliation and Arbitration Board. He is a member of the Canary Wharf Chaplaincy Multifaith Steering Group, supports the work of Patchwork Foundation and is a trustee of Bow Arts Trust and Engage- the National Association for Gallery Education.

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Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management

Daiwa

Miranda has launched a Foundation to help increase race diversity within the UK workforce, which is specifically aimed at the next generation of leaders. She recently made UK history by launching the UK's first diversity lecture aimed at BAME schoolchildren which won an award from the UK Prime Minister and received personal praise from HRH Prince Charles. She has been named as the go-to person for race diversity in the City by recent press and has also been involved with several BAME initiatives including advisor for a race equality commission report for a main political party. Miranda has also been involved in a range of activities to champion BAME equality, including, scholarships, diversity lectures, career workshops, media interviews and expert opinion (print, TV and radio) mentoring, offering funding, work experience and is a public speaker bringing the topic of race diversity to industry conferences for the first time. Additionally, she is a Lambeth Equality Commissioner helping to increase Race equality by launching a scholarship specifically for the borough. Miranda has also launched a scholarship for the Mosaic LGBT Youth Centre to help Race & LGBT diversity within the UK workforce.

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Jerome Hamilton

CEO

Open Therapeutics

For most of his professional career Jerome has mentored people in the workplace including BAME staff. As Senior Vice President of Global Operations for Stratasys, he developed critical team building exercises, to make the workplace a more welcoming and inclusive place for BAME staff. Previous to that, he was Vice President of Six Sigma Operations, Corporate Quality and Acquisition Integration for 3M, where he played a major role in devising strategy and operational plans for the company's largest business group. In 2016, Jerome was invited by the founder of Open Theraputics to join the company as CEO where he leads a team of employees comprised of 40% ethnic minority and 40% women. In 2014, he was recognized in the Savoy Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America and in 2016 was recognized by The Global Diversity List as one of the top 50 Diversity Professionals in Industry. Externally, Jerome has supported a variety of organizations dedicated to helping young people and BAME people. For the past 10 years he has served on the Board of Directors of Real Life 101, a non-profit that provides college scholarships and equipment for selected inner city African American males graduating from high school.

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Paulette Rowe

Managing Director, Barclaycard Payment Solutions

Barclays

Paulette runs Europe's 2nd largest payment acceptance business (processing over 1in 3 card payments in the U.K.) and is a member of the Barclaycard International Executive Committee. Prior to Barclays she held a number of senior leadership roles including Managing Director of NatWest Retail Banking. Paulette has been a visible advocate for BAME colleagues throughout her career hiring BAME talent, coaching and mentoring and ensuring that diversity is kept on the agenda. She has come to recognise the value that simply sharing her story can have in inspiring other colleagues. At Barclays she not only supports events and networks aimed at promoting diversity but also finds opportunities, such as presenting to the Barclays' graduate programme and running sessions with colleagues in India, where, she believes, it is just as important to introduce diverse leadership profiles. Her business stands out for its diversity, particularly in the hi tech world of payments. Feedback scores on diversity are amongst the highest in Barclays and well above industry norms. Three of Paulette's direct reports are now BAME colleagues and one of this year's Ethnic Minority Future leaders list is a VP in her business.

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Rakesh Sharma

CEO

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.

Rakesh is a firm believer in meritocracy for all aspects race, gender, colour and religious beliefs and as a result the organisation now has their first ever ethnic minority CFO, first ever ethnic minority and first female NEDs. The organisation works on the ethos that setting the standard from the top leads to trickle down of opportunity at all levels throughout the company. Not only is Rakesh an independent member of a high immigrant Multi Academy Trust but he has also issued a policy for all of his business units to be involved with their local schools with work experience and internships. In addition, he has been heavily critical, and written to the Davies Commission, of the bias towards women on Boards when there is more discrimination towards ethnic minorities and is delighted that there is now a commission aimed towards improving equality and inclusion for the BAME community as well.

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Nick Amin

Group Chief Operations and IT Officer

Aviva

At Aviva, Nick's primary area of focus has been on gender equality and creating opportunities for women to advance in the workplace. In that context, he has actively promoted the Aviva Women's Network as well as the company's Women of the Future programme, which includes many BAME members. He is currently working on the creation of the Women of the Future programme across Aviva's Asian businesses, which will aim to ensure that their Asian female talent pool is supported and given the right tools to be able to reach leadership positions throughout the organisation. He is also a strong supporter of the Aviva Pride LGBT ERG and acts as a mentor to people throughout the organisation. Externally, he supports an orphanage in Vadodara, India that takes in abandoned infants and provides them with food, shelter and the possibility of an education. Often the children in the care of the orphanage suffer from a range of disabilities and the organisation is able to support their specific needs.

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Riaz Shah

Senior Partner

EY

Riaz has mentored and coached many BAME employees and partners in EY over the years. During his tenure as EY's Sponsor for Diversity & Inclusion, he led the founding of the EY's BAME networks. He is now actively involved in these networks, presenting and participating as needed and he has helped to open up EY's recruitment policies which are now considered to be the most open in the industry. Outside of EY, Riaz led a team that founded the One Degree Academy, a free school in Enfield that aims to give access to a private school level education to children that are typically from underserved and BAME backgrounds. He is also the Chair of Trustees for the One Degree Mentoring program, is a Trustee of the Bright Ideas Trust, a board member of Common Purpose International, and a Fellow of the RSA. Riaz has just been invited to join the Alumni Board of Harvard Business School, and will be advocating policies that open that institution to more BAME people.

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Richard Mark

President

Ameren Illinois Companies

As the President and Chairman of Illinois’ second largest utility, Richard has been a strong advocate and supporter of diversity inclusion through training, employee enrichment, community outreach and supplier development. Richard was the first Executive Sponsor of Ameren’s Network of Minority Employees (ANME) and this year is collaborating with the diversity department to offer Ameren Illinois employees a series of presentations and panels emphasizing diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Externally, Richard has served on more than 50 not-for-profit boards including the Mathews Dickey Boys’ and Girls’ Club, The Black Repertory Theatre, the Saint Louis Zoo and the Major Case Squad. Additionally, Richard has received numerous awards including the 2017 Heritage Award from the Illinois Legislative Sportsman Caucus, 2015 Outstanding Corporate Leadership Award from the Illinois Black Chamber of Commerce, and was named in Savoy Magazine’s Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America for 2016 & 2014.

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Sanjay Bhandari

Partner

EY

Sanjay's interest is in practical interventions to accelerate progress of BME people. He is the Sponsor for BME strategy within the overall UK&I D&I strategy, he is the sponsor of BME Leadership, CareerWatch and leads on Mentoring programmes aimed at accelerating development. He also helps to educate the UKI Leadership team on BME issues and is an active and visible role model, personally coaching and mentoring around 10-15 people. Sanjay also acts as EY's senior representative on the Parker Committee, recently speaking at the launch of the Report. Externally, he is a judge for the Asian Achiever Awards, a judge for the Black PowerList and has been a supporter of Black British Business Awards from their inception, being a member of the Judging Panel.

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Michael Sherman

Partner & Managing Director

The Boston Consulting Group

In addition to his client service role, Michael is also BCG's Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion Partner – responsible for the recruitment and retention of African Americans and Hispanics. Michael's efforts have included, revising recruiting efforts to help identify and training minorities for the rigorous case interviewing process, developing programs for recruiting black and Hispanic talent earlier and establishing new trainings for managers and partners to help with understanding the challenges faced by minorities, including unconscious biases training. Externally, Michael serves on several boards and non-profit councils, including the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business. He is an active member of the Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Pi Phi Boulé where he participates in several national and local community efforts to help young African American's with growth and improvement.

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Scott Taylor

EVP and General Counsel

Symantec

As one of Symantec's top executives, Scott has been a key advocate for the growth and advancement of the diverse talent at the company. He is the executive sponsor of Symantec's Black Employee Resource group (SyBER), focused on developing career advancement and mentorship opportunities, recruiting tactics, and community building to attract and retain Black talent. For example, Symantec recently co-hosted the SF Bay Area UNCF Tech Summit, bringing together diverse technology leaders with 50 Black undergraduate students and 20 faculty attendees. Externally, Scott serves as a national advisory board member of the Stanford University Center for Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity - Stanford's interdisciplinary hub for teaching and research on race and ethnicity. Additionally, as well as his role at Symantec, Scott serves on the board of directors of Piper Jaffray, a leading investment bank and asset management company.

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Pete Rodriguez

Chief Administrative Officer, Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

Pete has undertaken a number of key initiatives to make the workplace more inclusive for BAME people including: championing a change in the perception of India from a technology and operations centre to business centre allowing greater career path opportunities, creating stretch opportunities for BAME people to participate in large initiatives where they will receive exposure to very senior leaders within the organization and acting as senior advisor to the African American, Latino, Asian and South East Asian Leadership Forums which promote hiring, developing and retaining BAME talent. Externally, Pete is a member of Senior Leadership Council for NYC Chapter of Association of Latino Professionals for America (ALPFA), and is a frequent speaker on diversity and inclusion issues. He has also featured in Hispanic Executive Magazine, Latino Leaders Magazine Finance Edition and Color Magazine and in 2015 was recognised as Council of Urban Professionals Catalyst for Change and in 2016 was named Association of Latino Professionals Executive of the Year.

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Thong Nguyen

President of Retail Banking and Co-Head of Consumer Banking

Bank of America

Thong is personally dedicated to maintaining Bank of America’s commitment to building diverse teams and fostering an inclusive environment where employees can bring their whole selves to work. He personally holds his leaders accountable for driving progress in Diversity and Inclusion; each member of his leadership team has diversity representation targets, including specific BAME targets, and progress is reviewed regularly. Under Thong’s leadership, Retail Banking launched Mobile Banking in Spanish to better serve Hispanic/Latino clients. As Market President and Market Sponsor of their San Francisco-East Bay Market, Thong ensures that driving progress in Diversity and Inclusion is a key part of every conversation with the Mayor and his office, Bank of America Clients, as well as other employers and influencers in the market. As Thong is constantly on the road visiting with teammates and clients across the country, he ensures meeting with diverse employees, partnering with the Bank’s Employee Networks and discussing D&I with clients is a regular part of his agenda.

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Suresh Raj

Worldwide Chief Business Development Officer

Ogilvy Group

At Ogilvy, Suresh is actively involved in a myriad of programmes for both the BAME as well as Pride communities. This includes being an Executive Sponsor of the Ogilvy Professional Network which are specialist groups across the Black, Asian, Latin communities as well as Womens, Military Veterans & Reservists and Young Professionals. Suresh also runs mentoring programmes for employees in and outside of the group across London, Dubai, South Africa, and India as well as externally including promising academic students in North America, EMEA and APAC. Additionally, in the last year, Suresh was invited to be on a number of advisory boards including The Village Voice Pride Awards in New York. He also continues to speak, on a personal level, at various ground breaking forums in emerging markets like Armenia, and in June this year at an event in Prague. He is also regular contributor to industry events and in May this year, will speak at the Diverse Intelligence Series in New York alongside leadership from Mondelez, Buzzfeed, Facebook, and Nielsen. Additionally, Suresh continues his personal mentorship to three young students of Black and Latino backgrounds.

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Torrence Boone

VP Global Agency Sales and Brand Services

Google

Torrence is the Executive Sponsor for the Black Googlers' Network, an employee resource group focused on recruitment, retention and professional development for Black Googlers, and is Co-founder and Co-Chair of the Black Leadership Advisory Group, a team of the organisation's most senior African-American staff that advocates at the highest levels of Alphabet for issues of diversity and inclusion across the company. He also serves as a mentor for several African-American staff. Externally, Torrence is President of the Board of Directors for Citizen Schools New York, an educational reform organization focused on reimagining the school day for inner city middle school students. As part of his role there he drove record recruitment of Google volunteers to teach after-school apprenticeships spanning robotics, computer programming, ad campaign design, business plan development and many other diverse areas of activity that close the opportunity gap.

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Shirine Khoury-Haq

Chief Operations Officer

Lloyd's of London

Shirine is the Executive Sponsor for Lloyd's Cultural Awareness Network (CAN) which exists to actively promote awareness of different cultures within Lloyd's, and provide an open and supporting environment to include everyone interested in related topics. This is enabled through a comprehensive plan of education and events. Alongside the above, she also informally mentors a number of young women who predominantly have an African background. Additionally, over the last two years her operations team have partnered with the Clara Grant Primary School - an ethnically diverse school in Tower Hamlets. These initiatives run alongside the organisations well-established BEE Financial Literacy programme. In her previous role, she also sponsored and staffed a similar initiative at Stockley Academy, another ethnically diverse secondary school in West London. Shirine is also a member of the Governing Board of the Clara Grant Primary School, which is currently undergoing academy conversion.

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Timothy Wilkins

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

In July of 2016, Timothy was selected by Chambers USA as the National Minority Lawyer of the Year in Private Practice. His practice focuses on cross-border mergers, and prior to moving to New York, Timothy practiced for 8 years in Tokyo. As co-chair of Freshfields’ Diversity & Inclusion Committee, he pioneered a Diversity Film Series and celebrated his 10th anniversary with Legal Outreach mentoring public high school students. Timothy is active in several initiatives to broaden diversity outside his firm and has been recognized by Council of Urban Professionals, PureEarth and Global Counsel. Timothy was featured in the New York Times story, "The Disrupters" (July 31, 2016) which highlighted his role on the Board of the Public Theater and the work of other pioneering African Americans to disrupt the board composition of New York's major cultural institutions. For the past 3 years, Timothy has been appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to serve on the Board of Directors of the NYC Economic Development Corporation where he chairs the Governance Committee. Timothy is an Adjunct Professor of International Law at Hunter College and a graduate of Harvard College (magna cum laude), Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School.

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Bridget Lea

Director of Stores, Online, Multichannel & Supply Chain

O2 UK

Bridget is the Director of Stores, Online, Multichannel & Supply Chain at O2 UK and is responsible for leading a team of 2,795 employees, representing 42% of O2’s total staff base. Bridget’s area serves 25 million customers through their 470 stores and 30 million unique visitors through the website and app annually. She is an expert at leading customer focused transformational change to deliver in a multichannel world and has conceived and delivered a number of initiatives across culture change, multichannel and new store concepts. Bridget is the only White and Black African person at her level in the business, and has led her department to many industry awards. Bridget runs a programme called ‘Inspirational Women’ for women in the workplace who have overcome adversity, many of whom are from the BAME community. She is also a mentor for individuals across the industry, is an ambassador for the Retail Week ‘Be Inspired’ campaign and champions diversity inspiring both women and BAME individuals to achieve their potential. In addition she is the official business sponsor of the LGBQT society and a member of the Women’s Network.

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Funke Abimbola

General Counsel & Head of Financial Compliance

Roche UK

Funke is the most senior black lawyer in pharmaceuticals, and a multi award-winning Roche UK diversity champion. She is a BAME role model mentoring, coaching and sponsoring BAME colleagues, and often presents on importance of D&I to all 2,000 UK staff, and the whole company through global transmissions. Funke established a summer work scheme for students, an annual paid school leaver internship, and created company-wide University bursary scheme to support BAME students at two UK Universities. She holds over 10 voluntary BAME diversity leadership roles and provides free inspirational talks and mentorship to over 2,000 school children, 100s of University students, 1,000s of professionals. Funke regularly speaks on diversity through the Law Society, 30% Club, TED, and the BBC, as well as meeting with the Prime Minister, Lord Chancellor and the Cabinet Office to drive change across the UK. In addition, Funke privately funds an annual BAME scholarship for UK medical students, fundraises for BAME charities, and was awarded the Point of Light by the Prime Minister for the outstanding impact of her voluntary diversity work.

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Chris Carr

EVP, Chief Procurement Officer

Starbucks Coffee Company

Since 2006, Chris has been actively involved with the Starbucks Black Partner Network, and for the past several years works as executive sponsor for their Global Inclusion Council. He is also on the Executive Leadership Council, the preeminent member organisation for the development of global black leaders. Through these, Chris has been involved in CEO race relations discussions, Starbucks' Pathway to Opportunities Agenda, Opportunity Youth Job Fairs, and participated in executive roundtables to address unconscious bias. Outside of the workplace, he volunteers with a number of organisations who specialise in developing best practice or BAME people in the workplace. These include, membership of the National Black MBA Association, the Executive Leadership Council, the University of San Diego Emerging Leaders Council, the National Minority Supplier Development Council, and appointment to the Howard University Board of Trustees.

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Anit Chandarana

Finance Director

Network Rail

Anit is an executive sponsor for his divisional BAME network, through which he is involved in mentoring BAME individuals and providing visible leadership to show that everyone can succeed in the workplace. Through speaking engagements, such as the Corporate Induction, Anit has the chance to represent the BAME network and Networkrail at various BAME functions. Anit is a trustee of the Network Rail pension scheme, and has been appointed as a non-exec of the Permanent Way Institution. Outside of work, he is always keen to take on opportunities which will raise the BAME profile in business. He also mentors external BAME individuals and is having a personal profile created for the member magazine of The Chartered Association of Certified Accountants.

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Sophie Chandauka

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

Sophie is the EMEA CAO of the Legal and Compliance Division and is involved with Morgan Stanley's recruitment and talent attraction strategy, including BAME targeted events. This year she has been involved in planning the summer internship program and the launch of a talent development program factoring in the core principles of inclusion. Sophie mentors and sponsors a number of BAME employees and provides strategic advice to the African and Caribbean Business Alliance. Sophie is a co-founder of The Black British Business Awards through which she co-lead the establishment of a collaboration with Deloitte known as "BAME in the Boardroom". She is also a member of the Advisory Panel of The Networks of Networks, BAME Chapter.

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Irvinder Goodhew

Director of Transformation

Sainsbury's

Irvinder is a positive, influential role model who plays a key role in Sainsbury's diversity and inclusion programme, which has been in place since 2010 with the vision of being the most inclusive retailer where people love to work and shop. She co-chairs the Sainsbury's Race Reference Group and mentors a number of BAME colleagues across the business, many of whom have gone on to champion and drive the inclusion agenda. Irvinder has led on multiple events for Sainsbury's colleagues to drive inclusion, including its first BAME colleague development events which saw over 400 colleagues come together with the business's most senior leaders. Sainsbury's has since put a regular networking programme in place for BAME colleagues across the country. Irvinder has always had a strong sense of stewardship, and outside of Sainsbury's has spent time volunteering in schools, mentoring BAME individuals and working with senior leadership teams, focussing on developing future leaders and driving inclusion at all levels.

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Jagdeep Rai

Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Heathrow & SW

Barclays

Jagdeep set up and led the first Barclays regional 'Diversity Council' in the South East, and has delivered thought provoking and poignant sessions at regional board level to encourage leaders to challenge their assumptions and unconscious biases. She mentors BAME origin VP's and AVP's to support their development, and is now the co-exec sponsor of the Barclays UK Embrace network. She regularly delivers keynote speeches and interactive sessions in schools and Universities that have a high BAME concentration. Externally, she mentors a number of individuals, both independently and has been a Primary School Mentor as part of the Mosaic Mentoring Programme. Jagdeep has also been a keynote speaker at the Women's Business Council sponsored Women in Enterprise BME summit, and supported input into the resultant white paper. Additionally, she delivered a 'Celebration of Festivals' event in Nov 16 for 120 clients, which focused on celebrating, raising awareness of all the festivals of Eid, Diwali, Hanukkah, Gurpurab and Christmas.

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Chika Aghadiuno

General Insurance Director, Actuarial Function, Aviva

Aviva

Chika is seeking to be a visible and accessible presence in the organisation, expanding on her role as co-chair of the Aviva London Women's Network. She has blogged to raise awareness and interest among Aviva's BAME community and allies, and is in the process of establishing a BAME network at the organisation. She has represented Aviva at parliamentary roundtables on the topic of race and has been appointed by the Aviva Group Executive to their new Global Inclusion Council. Chika has sought to connect Aviva with her activities outside the workplace, for example by organising Digital workshops with the Amos Bursary (aimed at academically able black boys and young men) and the Women's Network, where attendees were predominantly young black girls. Chika also set up and leads a local African-Caribbean church community group whose objectives include celebrating their diverse and rich cultures with each other and the wider community and encouraging younger members to embrace their cultural heritage.

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Manjit Wolstenholme

Chair

Provident Financial plc

Manjit has worked on establishing Provident Financial Group as a leader in the field of equality, diversity and inclusion. The starting point for this work revolved around ensuring that the business met the recommendations made in the Lord Davies review for female board representation to increase to 25%. Manjit extended this commitment and set a target of having 25% of women within the wider senior management group by 2015 - this was surpassed and the figure now stands at 28%. Manjit championed diversity measurement across the Group and was a strong lead in the decision for PFG to adopt the National Equality Standard (NES). Manjit continues to be a driving force behind the company's commitment to and support of initiatives that complement ongoing economic regeneration and which have positive impacts on BAME communities. In 2017, Manjit supported PFG's commitment to becoming the principal sponsor of the Bradford Literature Festival for the next five years, which is directed and produced by two Asian businesswomen. In addition, from a broader community sense and from a regional perspective, Manjit is also personally engaged with Alderley Edge Hockey Club and Bowdon Hockey Club, actively campaigning for integration and fighting prejudice through sport. Sadly Manjit passed away in October 2017, but her passion for inclusion will continue to inspire us all.

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Tom Shropshire

Partner, Co-Head Operational Intelligence Group

Linklaters

Over the past 2 years, Tom has been a member of the steering group of the Sir John Parker Review of Ethnicity in UK Boards. He was a key draftsperson of the report, and has given testimony before the Parliamentary Committee examining UK corporate governance, which endorsed the Review's findings and recommendations in full. He will be writing the final version of the report in May/June of 2017. Tom has also been continuing his work on making the legal profession in the UK more diverse and inclusive, for example by leading the BAME group within Linklaters, driving the "Inspired to Succeed" series and supporting a range of organisations, including the Amos Bursary and London Schools and the Black Child. Externally, he is also a trustee of Prostate Cancer UK, and have been a main driving force behind the "Stronger Knowing More" campaign, which has been aimed at increasing awareness amongst Black men and communities around the heightened risk of prostate cancer.

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Albert Cheng

COO

Amazon Studios

In his past role at Disney, Albert served on the corporate Diversity Committee led by Bob Iger and senior leaders of the company. The committee was responsible for setting the agenda, goals for the company on diversity initiatives as well as review progress against those goals by division. Externally, for over sixteen years Albert served on various diversity organizations. He was on the Board of NAMIC (National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications) for nine years (2000 - 2009) and served as Treasurer for two of those years. He was most recently a founding board member of Digital Diversity Network and now an Advisory Board member. He currently serves on the Board of The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) Each of these 501c3 organizations advocate for diversity and inclusion as well as offer programs to develop executives of colour in executive leadership.

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Jonathan Akwue

Managing Partner

DigitasLBi

Jonathan is Managing Partner at global marketing and technology agency DigitasLBi, where he works with clients including UBS and Samsung. For the last 4 years Jonathan has chaired the Ideas Foundation, a registered national charity that works with thousands of young people from diverse backgrounds, introducing them to the world of commercial creativity. Last year he co-founded the Great British Diversity Experiment, an initiative that sought to prove that increased diversity results in better creativity; the results of which were published in a report that was shared widely. Additionally, for the last 8 years Jonathan has been a Trustee of Black Cultural Archives helping to secure over £5m of capital funding to launch the UK’s first Black National Heritage Centre in Brixton, which opened in 2014. He is also a judge for the Black British Business Awards and mentors a young BAME tech start-up as part of the Publicis Groupe ‘VivaTech’ incubator programme.

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Tunji Akintokun

Director - Commercial & Partner Organisations, Cisco Africa

Cisco

Tunji co-founded the EMEAR chapter of Cisco's Black employee group, Cisco Black Professionals (CBP) and chaired the organisation for 3 years helping it deliver on its 3 key strategic pillars of connecting with external BAME organisations to leverage best practices, engaging with communities/schools to attract more BAME talent and expansion of CBP across Europe. Representing Cisco he was an active member of TNON, sitting on the executive committee. Externally, Tunji is active and involved in a number of initiatives including speaking on several panels such as the recent Channel 4 DiverseTV event looking at increasing diversity in the media sector. He has just founded his second social enterprise 'Aspire2Achieve', which looks to connect talent across the UK, Africa and USA by connecting more diverse talent with opportunities in the Tech sector, building upon the success of the first social enterprise he founded, the multi-award winning 'Your Future, Your Ambition'. He is also the co-chair of Raise Tech a professional network that encourage race diversity and inclusion in the UK Digital and Tech sectors.

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Dominic Mignon

Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO

Aon

Through 2016 and 2017 Dominic has played a role as an International Executive sponsor for the Aon UK Multicultural group. In his new role as Chief of Staff to Aon’s President and CEO, he has been an advisor to Aon’s global head of Diversity and Inclusion, including supporting with the communication to the Aon Board of Directors pertaining to the performance on their global diversity and inclusion strategy. He formally and informally mentors a number of BAME colleagues at Aon and looks to advise them through his experiences and skills to find the right paths in their business units and to break down barriers where possible. Since moving to the US (from London), Dominic has connected with a local Chicago Charity; Embarc, that works with schools in the Chicagoland area. Embarc’s goal is to drive student success with long-term social and cultural exposure through a three-year, three-level approach to journeying with the integration of their own curriculum. Through the transformative power of these journeys, awakening students to the possibilities of their potential by dissolving the borders of the city and in their minds.

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Raj Nair

Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, and Chief Technical Officer

Ford Motor Company

Raj is a member of both Ford's senior executive diversity council and executive personnel committee. He is also the Corporate Sponsor of the Ford Asian Indian Association (FAIA), and supports other ERG's, such as the Ford Chinese Association (FCA), and the Ford Works program. This includes encouraging participation in activities and initiatives, such as career seminars and panel discussions to help employees fully realize their professional potential and the FAIA Mentoring Program. Additionally, as a Kettering University alumnus and member of the Board of Directors, Raj is committed to connecting Kettering students to opportunities at Ford. As a result, the number of co-op students employed by Ford has increased. Earlier this year, in the interests of growing talent and promoting education, he recently supported the India Business Conference at the University of Michigan to motivate MBA graduates looking for career opportunities in the auto industry. Additionally, in 2014, Raj was named Fortune Automotive Businessperson of the Year.

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Nathaniel Peat

CEO & Co-Founder

Gennex

Nathaniel has created several opportunities for women and young people of African and Caribbean decent engage in science, technology and maths. Through his company GeNNex he has focused on training and developing BAME technicians, who learn how to assemble, maintain, repair, install and sell solar devices and systems for homes, helping elevation from poverty especially in Africa. The work has been targeted at developing black female technicians, as there are not many represented in the sector in Europe, Africa and the Caribbean. Nathaniel is also a co-founding trustee/board member at the EY(Ernst & Young) Foundation which is focused on supporting disadvantaged young people into work or entrepreneurship. He has also been pivotal through his non-profit The Safety Box in contributing to research around the disproportionate incarceration of BAME young people, in addition he has delivered personal development training for BAME offenders in an attempt to reduce violence & re-offending.

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Binta Niambi Brown

Founder, B|G Mouth Records Artist Manager, Grace Weber Founder

B|G Mouth Records

Big Mouth Records was founded in part to address historic inequities in the music industry; they respond to, and interview every single application without regard to race, ethnicity, gender or class. They have a strong belief in mentorship and start working with folks early in their college careers, developing them and bringing them closer to the business, teaching, guiding and supporting them. As a result, 75% of their interns have been black and 90% have been women. Externally Binta holds a number of roles of that help to promote inclusion for the BAME community, including; as a Trustee, Barnard College, Columbia University, Trustee of the American Theatre Wing, Trustee of the New York City Parks Foundation, and on the Board of Advocates, Human Rights First. Additionally she has been listed as a Fortune 40 under 40 Business Leader, a Crains 40 under 40, JET Magazine 40 under 40 and The Roots 100 Most Influential African Americans. She also regularly writes and interviews in publications that target BAME people and is a regular public speaker, both to BAME groups at fortune 100 corporates and to BAME groups and leading schools and universities, including most recently at Harvard Business School.

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Mark Tatum

Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer

NBA

A 17-year veteran of the league office, Mark is responsible for the NBA's business operations, including leading the NBA's international efforts. Mark also leads the NBA's Global Inclusion Council, which is made up of league senior leaders and team representatives, to guide their diversity and inclusion efforts. The council creates benchmarks and processes that measure, evaluate and share how teams can create diverse and inclusive environments. Externally, Mark serves as a trustee at the Princeton Day School and is also a member of the Executive Leadership Council, a national organization that empowers African-American corporate leaders to make significant and impactful contributions in the global marketplace and their communities. He is also on the Harvard Business School Board of Dean's Advisors and the Harvard Business School Club of New York Board, is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Board of Directors for USA Basketball, the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Central Board and Executive Committee, and the Board of Directors for The Partnership for Drug-Free Kids. Outside of these organizations, he mentors several young people introduced to him via his personal and professional networks.

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Bernard Adjei

Project Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

In January 2016, Bernard Adjei set up the RISE (Reach Inspire Support Empower) initiative to support younger generation of Ethnic Minorities in Secondary Schools and Colleges from underprivileged backgrounds. They cover modules related to CV workshops, mock interviews, diversity and inclusion and opportunities available in Lloyds Banking Group and the industry as a whole. Bernard also set up the Densu Online Marketplace to provide a platform for small to medium black businesses as well as Entrepreneurs in the UK. The marketplace has been featured on BBCAfrica and other media platforms. Bernard was named one of Ghana's Top 30 under 30 for his support of black businesses, as well as being named UK Young Banker of the Year in 2016 for his innovation to improve visibility on international transfer for Ethnic Minorities. Bernard has donated and been involved in supporting the Apeguso village in Ghana with equipment and resources to support the education of the locals.

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Jennifer Small

Senior Manager

Bank of England

Jennifer has been Co-Chair of the Bank of England Ethnic Minority Network (BEEM), a member of the Bank's Women in the Bank Network Steering Group, and a member of the Bank's Diversity and Inclusion Forum. Currently a consultant to BEEM, she has been instrumental in creating the strategy underpinning the African-Caribbean Scholarship at the Bank, its reverse mentoring scheme, and has personally mentored and coached numerous ethnic minority staff both inside and outside of the workplace. Jennifer and her husband started a community aimed at "squeezed middle class" families who, as second generation children of immigrants from African/African Caribbean backgrounds, tend to occupy the workplace in middle management positions or own micro businesses. Their central goal is for members of the community to progress and support each other in business, education of their children and social activity.

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Nnamdi Emelifeonwu

Associate, Finance

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Since its launch in 2013, Nnamdi has been involved with the Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship Scheme which addresses under-representation of black men from low-income households in large commercial law firms. Initially a mentor to individual scholars as a trainee and associate solicitor, Nnamdi now acts as the group mentor for all successful scholars on the programme. Outside of the Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship Scheme, he regularly provides assistance to candidates from BAME backgrounds through informal meetings, reviewing applications or assisting with interview questions. Nnamdi participates in panel discussions targeted at BAME candidates and acts as a mentor to students on various BAME focused programmes (e.g., BSN, SEO London). He actively promotes, and uses his legal background to assist, various businesses focused on achieving positive change for the BAME community.

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Ugo Eboh

Credit Card Collections and Debt Sale Strategy Analyst

Virgin Money

Ugo has been involved in Virgin Money's drive for "Everyone is Better Off" which aims to enhance some of the core traits for their Customers, Corporate Partners, Company Brand, Colleagues and the Community. He is also helping get Virgin Money involved in the BAME communities that surround their business locations and has recently been given the role as Ethnicity lead for a new bank-wide affinity group. Ugo has been successfully placed onto a future business leader program, and has written an article about being a Black Man in a British Business. He is building a partnership with EDF Energy to work in the local Brixton area, delivering STEM talks to students from BAME backgrounds, as well as helping to deliver enablement programs for students from BAME and deprived backgrounds; to help increase their opportunities to not only study abroad, but to also enhance their employability skills.

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Rangan Ravindran

Head of Capital, Funding & Liquidity Planning and Reporting

TSB

Outside of his day to day role Rangan is also the TSB lead for the multi-cultural group which forms part of TSB's Inclusion and Diversity network. Their focus has been on clearly articulating BAME issues to senior management, encouraging the language of difference by celebrating their wide range of cultural heritages and ethnic diversity, and building social mobility to enable people of all backgrounds within banking. Much of this has been achieved through collaboration with the charity Brokerage, meaning that TSB now hire interns from low income BAME families. The multi-cultural group has also held a number of events and written articles celebrating faith, key cultural events, and role model behaviour within TSB. Rangan is also a mentor to two people of colour who are both now thriving in the banking and consultancy world.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Emeka Okwu

Global Recruiting - Risk, Compliance and Legal

UBS

Working in a recruitment team, Emeka personally captures the data for BAME employees and ensures that they are assigned to mentors following induction. He also ensures a thorough understanding of the review and promotion process, and encourages BAME employees to join a network by inviting them to diversity events that are relevant to them. Emeka has recently been asked by the business to be an executive member of the ALL4EMEA diversity council, and was actively involved in designing, implementing and monitoring D&I strategies. Mentorship is an activity which Emeka takes very seriously; he mentors young black kids on being influencers in the society, and shares his story of how he has excelled as an immigrant; professionally and academically. Currently, Emeka is a doctoral student at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge and his research is on Equality and Diversity. He also takes part in a lot of community volunteering, helping clean public parks and streets.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Sue Stephens

Head of Customer Success Consulting Italy, Spain & Portugal

As part of an internal task force "Better Together" Sue drives awareness of the importance of bias training for all employees in the London office. She makes a conscious effort to carry LinkedIn's values around relationships, by connecting with all BAME individuals upon their employment, to ensure they feel welcome and inform them of networks and opportunities. As a public speaker for Your Future, Your Ambition, she inspires young BAME adults to study STEM subjects, and has held several talks around the importance of personal branding. As a volunteer, she works with Future Frontiers, the Power List Foundation, and The Girls Network, and is paired up with a young girl to whom she is a role model and mentor. Many of these activities include direct engagement with young people in the BAME community, including site visits and presentations at the LinkedIn offices.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Sonia Hussain

Digital Consultant

Fujitsu

Sonia is an accomplished manager with eight years experience operating in a customer-focused, commercial environment. A strategic thinker with a proven track record of effectively engaging and managing stakeholders, driving global growth and implementing complex transformational change. Alongside this, Sonia is an active member of the Cultural Diversity Network, which celebrates a multicultural Fujitsu and enables people from whatever background, to feel confident and comfortable as themselves. She strives to provide a safe environment for colleagues of all backgrounds to communicate, by collaborating with all diversity and inclusion networks throughout Fujitsu. Sonia has been on the board of trustees for The Bouncing Ball Foundation since 2016. The Bouncing Ball is a charity delivering educational projects to communities in Kenya. Through this, she is sponsoring the Compassionate Programme, which educates children who are not able to afford primary education, often coming from families that are struggling to feed and dress them.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Ajay Mistry

Client Manager

Aon

As Chair of the Aon UK Multicultural Network, Ajay has developed and executed a strategic plan building a more inclusive environment for BAME colleagues and developing internal leaders. He has held a number of events helping BAME employees to develop their careers, network and discuss industry-leading issues and has also launched a nationwide web-series profiling BAME Role Models focusing on staff at all levels. In 2017 Ajay co-founded a new industry-wide network (iCAN - Insurance Cultural Awareness Network) - which is the first network set up to support and recognise the careers of BAME and International colleagues in the insurance industry. He has led the London BAME events for "Dive In", which included 16 cities globally and focused on pertinent BAME issues of recruitment and career development, and leadership. Ajay was also recently promoted to the steering committee of TNON (The Network of Networks) and regularly develops opportunities for young BAME people to develop their careers at Aon and beyond.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Arnold Donald

President & CEO

Carnival Corporation & plc

With 120,000 employees from over 60 countries, diversity has always been fundamental to Carnival Corporation and their 10 global brands. Since joining the company, Arnold has focused on diversity and the competitive advantage that diversity of thought provides in fostering innovation. Not only have they appointed several diverse leaders to serve as presidents of cruise lines, the organisation has also launched multicultural, diversity and inclusion campaigns, announced diversity targets and goals, and have partnered with many diversity and inclusion organisations, including Executive Leadership Council, Hispanic Association on Corporate Responsibility and Leadership Education for Asian. Arnold was also the President & CEO of the Executive Leadership Council for two years and has been a speaker at various events promoting diversity in the workplace, including the African American Student Union's annual conference and Ethisphere's Global Ethics Summit. While in college, Arnold and his wife helped found the Society of Black Engineers to support other African-American students in engineering. Additionally, through Carnival Foundation, Arnold has led the drive to support United Negro College Fund, National Museum of African American History and Culture, and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Miami.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 100 Executives

Cherie Samuels

Lawyer (Admitted in New York)

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

As the co-founder and Chair of the CMS BAME Network, Cherie has developed a program with the graduate recruitment team to ensure that each intake of new trainees has an induction session where the BAME Committee discuss diversity in law, and the BAME Network's availability for support, advice and mentorship. She has also developed a monthly newsletter which focuses on BAME news and culture, which has resulted in increased engagement with the BAME Network and a more inclusive workplace environment. Cherie informally mentors several young people whom she has met through events and networking, providing them with advice and support, and connecting them with other organisations or professionals. She is an active member of the Society of Black Lawyers, and assists in supporting BAME internships at the African Court on Human and People's Rights and developing a BAME student conference. She also works with other external networks to collaborate on BAME events and share best practice.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Karen Blackett

Chairwoman

MediaCom

During the five years she was CEO MediaCom's staff evolved from 11% to 20% people of colour - black, Asian and other ethnicities - and women make up 46% of the top two tiers of management. In 2012, Karen launched an Apprenticeship Scheme for 18-24 year olds at MediaCom. More recently, in 2015, Karen was appointed as one of four external advisors to help diversify the Civil Service, championing race with Permanent Secretary Richard Heath, and in March 2016 Karen became President of NABS, the advertising industry charity which focuses on health and wellbeing in the workplace and presents the business case for Diversity. Karen also speaks at numerous events and conferences to champion diversity, including BFI Black Star Symposium, Inspirational You at the House of Commons, The Economist Pride and Prejudice event and has been interviewed on Channel 4 News and BBC Breakfast News - all focusing on diversity in the workplace. Additionally Karen is an Advisory Board Member to Hyden Media, a recruitment consultancy who specialises in hiring talent from a BAME background into the Creative Industry and has been a judge for the Black British Business Awards since its conception.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 100 Executives

Nelson Derry

Vice President, Corporate Programme Management Office

BNY Mellon

Nelson is a senior programme manager in the Corporate Programme Management Office responsible for delivering enterprise-wide strategic and regulatory priorities for BNY Mellon. He is an active leader within BNY Mellon's Multicultural Business Resource Group, responsible for delivering the group's strategic priorities. Nelson leads a firm wide programme to enrich the recruitment and retention of diverse candidates and employees, an intersection initiative between all the business resource groups in the EMEA region and Human Resources. He also actively mentors and coaches colleagues at BNY Mellon across different levels, including BAME employees. Nelson is on the leadership team of Ambition First, and as Partnerships Lead for the network, he has responsibility for developing strategic relationships with UK based companies, internal professional networks, and peer external networks and institutions. Nelson volunteers at local nurseries, teaching about African cultural heritage, and provides volunteer career and executive coaching to professionals from BAME backgrounds.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Ron Kalifa

Vice Chairman

WorldPay

Under his sponsorship, Ron has overseen a host of welcoming and inclusive initiatives that have focused on diversity and inclusion, including directly participating in reverse mentoring opportunities with individuals from different ethnic backgrounds; regularly speaking at town hall meetings and internal colleague-led gatherings; and welcoming their newest graduates on their induction days. He has also worked closely on pioneering the world's first Masters programme in fintech which has brought together 72 colleagues from across 16 countries to share information and cultural experiences. Externally Ron regularly speaks at events aimed at encouraging inclusivity in the workplace including the All Party Parliamentary Group looking at cross-faith diversity. For two consecutive years, he has engaged FTSE100 and FTSE250 Chairmen during private events in the House of Lords and he also mentors many by providing advice and support for those who are often looking to change and develop their careers. Additionally, this year he was a Judge at the Asian Women of Achievement awards and has himself twice been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise and the Payment Industry Personality of the Year in 2011 and 2016.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 100 Executives

Marisa Ambersley

Strategy Director

MediaCom

Marisa is a member of MediaCom's Diversity and Inclusion Panel to ensure that MediaCom fairly represent, recognise, and recruit diverse talent. She attends graduate selection days and is involved in the Apprentice scheme to nurture talent from diverse and underprivileged backgrounds. She is a mentor, giving junior talent the opportunity to talk about their experiences and give confidential feedback on diversity and inclusion at MediaCom. Marisa leads an initiative called "MediaCom Talks" which celebrates diverse backgrounds and gives young talent a platform to express their opinions to peers. Outside of work she uses art as a platform to express her culture and diversity beliefs. Marisa is an exhibiting artist who has created a brand of contemporary acrylic paintings and limited edition prints called "Colourful People". The individual portraits have been named to carry a message; 'Believe', 'Love', 'Exhale', 'Vex' to express the frustrations and aspirations of the diverse world we live in.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Nisha Trivedi

Global Lightends Commercial Manager

BP

A strong advocate of Diversity & Inclusion, Nisha has led key initiatives on inclusion resulting in organisation wide impact, and has been a champion promoting and supporting the BP African American Network in Chicago and BP Positively Ethnic Network in London. She was one of four senior panellists on a companywide global webcast held in March to discuss inclusion in the workplace, and mentors and coaches diverse individuals. Nisha has served on the Executive committee of an Indian non-profit organisation in Chicago, specifically focusing on the development and advancement of youth and women in their ambitions and career while maintaining their roots and identities. She is an active member of WILD (Women in Listed Derivatives), a Chicago Booth Alum, and actively sponsors key initiatives and organisations for young children in rural India.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Abisola Barber

Assistant VP Risk & Control

Barclays

Recognising her talent and development, Abisola has been recently promoted to Assistant Vice President of her department. Previously, as Chief Operating Officer, and now Transitions Officer for the Black Professionals Network, Abisola oversaw development and engagement of predominantly BAME colleagues through skills coaching and awareness, promoted pioneering mentoring schemes with London's disadvantaged BAME youth, and hosted fundraisers for partnered Afro-Caribbean charities. Furthermore, she worked with Campus Recruitment and RARE/SEO at University events specifically targeting potential BAME applicants. From a young age, Abisola has worked alongside Local and UK Government, the Metropolitan Police and other organisations, to ensure all young people are included at the decision-making table - and not only those with unique privileges. She has also been invited back to her universities on several occasions to host workshops on key skills, and engage in panel discussions on the realities and impact her ethnicity has/not had in the workplace.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Nishma Gosrani

Director

Deloitte

Nishma works on the diversity and inclusion client agenda for Deloitte and is the co-sponsor of the Deloitte Multicultural Business Network, which won the 2015 Race for Opportunity award. This included introducing a sponsor programme between BAME employees and senior Deloitte partners, building a community of BAME role models within the business and providing feedback to the executive. She is a trustee and board member of Tamasha, a leading theatre company which champions the voices of emerging and established BAME artists from culturally diverse backgrounds. She is also an advisory board member of the City Hindus Network, a not-for-profit organisation created to promote networking, personal development and charity among Hindu professionals. Nishma was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacture and Commerce, and was named a diversity and inclusion leader at the GG2 Awards.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Barnali Ghosh

Senior Principal Engineer

Mott MacDonald

Barnali is a committee member for the Equality Diversity and Inclusion ADVANCE network within Mott MacDonald and propagates diversity and inclusion within the company. She has also volunteered to be a mentor for the BITC race campaign cross-organisational mentoring circles programme. Barnali has been a STEM ambassador for many years and regularly speaks at local schools to champion diversity. She actively promotes engineering among women by being a part of the Alumni of Engineering Society Committee at Trinity College, Engineering Department at Cambridge. Additionally, she was also a founder member of Indian Cultural Society at Cambridge, has appeared in the BBC Channel 2 documentary "The Imagineers", which highlights the work of engineers working on solutions for major global hazards, and regularly appears as a role model for the BAME community.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Carrie Ng

Executive Support Manager

HSBC

Carrie works in the HSBC Global Head Office where she built a diverse team with 40% BAME representation, and has invited senior executives to be more vocal and visible role models for workplace inclusion, through a series of networking events. She is an Embrace Champion of the HSBC BAME network and has been appointed Deputy Chairperson of the HSBC Chinese Community. Carrie has also been mentoring two BAME colleagues for over two years and, in 2014, she was presented the HSBC Values and Leadership Award in recognition of her dedication to diversity, inclusion and the development of others. Carrie has actively volunteered with UNICEF and Rotaract to improve social inclusion for South Asian minorities in Hong Kong. She also speaks at a number of school events, works as a UK "anchor" for her Hong Kong alma mater, has delivered probono consulting for ChangesUK, and was honoured at the "HSBC At Our Best Recognition Programme" 2016 for her involvement in community work.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Dara Kirton

Strategy and Operations Consultant

PwC

In 2013, Dara set up the PwC Diversity Mentoring scheme to encourage students from underrepresented backgrounds to seek and gain careers in professional services. The scheme now supports 200 students across the UK with employability skills and applications; 60% of whom are from BAME backgrounds. She has chaired the PwC Multicultural Business Network since 2015 and acts as a role model, coach, mentor and sounding board to many BAME colleagues and proactively championed diversity and inclusion across the firm. Dara has also been an ambassador for careers in the city for BAME students, an SEO scholar, spoken at numerous events, schools and universities and acted as a mentor informally and formally to black students primarily. In 2015, she organised a youth unemployment conference (under a UN initiative) and in 2016 she joined the founding team of UK Black Tech.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Anita Liu Harvey

Vice President - Strategy and Innovation

Barclaycard

Having personally been the only Asian female on all-white, male leadership teams in the past, Anita knows that diversity adds tremendous value to decision making. She is a member of the Embrace network at Barclays and helped establish a new branch of their WIN gender network within the UK. She has also mentored many female colleagues, on topics including managing workplace prejudice and conflict. Anita was the first person in her family to go to university, having been born in the UK to Chinese immigrants. As a result, helping young Chinese people get into the UK workplace has always been close to her heart. Over the past 15 years, she has mentored several first generation Chinese immigrants and Chinese students, helping them with their job applications and supporting them as they adjust to life in the UK and to the UK work place.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Gavin Young

Senior Manager - Communications, Media and Technology

Accenture

Gavin is co-lead of Accenture's African-Caribbean Network, which delivers a range of engagement and development activities for their 360 African-Caribbean employees and won Network of the Year in the European Diversity Awards in November 2015. He is leading on Accenture's "Accelerate" week in May 2017, providing targeted skills development to Accenture's future leaders. Gavin is an active mentor and coach to several African-Caribbean managers alongside his formal career counselling role within the firm and he also supports a number of volunteering and mentoring events with young black talent in East London schools, which provide support on career direction. He champions a formal programme mentoring young BAME students and is also an active supporter of gender diversity, providing mentoring support through Accenture's work with Think Nation and as part of International Women's Day 2017. Additionally, in January 2017 he provided the keynote address to 60 black undergraduates to launch a two-day mentoring programme, facilitated by The PowerList Foundation. In April 2017, from 4,200 nominations and a shortlist of 45, Gavin was voted Accenture UK's "Most Inspirational Leader" by his peers.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Denny Tu

Head of Strategy & Planning

Sky

As Head of Strategy & Planning at Sky, Denny sits of the creative leadership team with responsibility for Sky Creative, Europes largest broadcaster in-house ad agency. He is also responsible for advertising & marketing strategy for Sky Entertainment channels, Sky Movies & the Sky Sports portfolio for the #1 advertiser in the UK. Denny supports the development of Skys initial BAME representation pledge, covering on-screen portrayal (20% of significant on screen roles), Production (BAME background in at least one senior production role), Writing (BAME targets on writing talent), and commissioning targets. He is regularly selected to deliver Skys Senior Leader Welcome, including highlighting Skys commitment to diversity to new joiners. He also actively champions a culture within Sky that celebrates openness, inclusiveness, and authenticity as a diversity leader. Denny continues to be a visible role model and diversity champion through active participation in industry bodies including the Royal Television Society as well as being a member of the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences.

Can be viewed on: 2016 Top 100 Executives

Chinwe Odimba-Chapman

Senior Associate

Clifford Chance

Chinwe co-founded the Clifford Chance Black & Minority Ethnic network in 2015 with the primary aim of making BME issues a business priority for management at Clifford Chance. As co-chair she has been instrumental in raising awareness, both within the firm and externally. She has been particularly focused on fostering and encouraging coaching and mentoring to assist the ongoing development of BME colleagues. As part of this, she has spearheaded the introduction of a bespoke three-part coaching programme and is currently organising a series of lunch and learn sessions for senior management in the firm to highlight some of the key issues facing BME employees. Externally, she has recently been appointed as a Professional Ambassador for Aspiring Solicitors, joined the BEIS Professional and Business Services Council - Skills and Inclusion Taskforce, has been identified by the Clifford Chance Women's Network as a 'role model', and was one of 20 women across the firm recently profiled in the Legal 500 publication 'Advice to My Younger Self: Reflections of Successful Women Lawyers'.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Dorothy Burwell

Partner, Head of Natural Resources

Finsbury

Dorothy recently became Partner at Finsbury where she is also the Sector Head for the Natural Resources division and is also the internal Finsbury brand guardian. She is currently a member of Finsburys global diversity committee. Since joining the committee, she has worked to help initiate programmes, such as unconscious bias training, to encourage a more inclusive work environment. Through Finsbury she also supports the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which provides training and internship opportunities for BAME graduates in public relations firms. Dorothy is also involved with an informal group of women (Nations Ladies of London) who identify projects specifically in the BAME community to support. Projects/organisations identified to support during 2016 include Arrival Education, a youth education organisation that nurtures the potential of kids from some of the most challenging communities in London, and Girls Network where they have committed to mentoring school-aged girls.

Can be viewed on: 2016 Top 100 Executives

Ngozie Azu

Head of International Relations

Slaughter and May

Ngozie has recently been appointed as Head of International Relations at Slaughter and May. The International Relations team works closely with the partners to effectively implement the firm's international strategy globally. Ngozie is active in the organisation's recruitment activities and has shared her inspirational personal story and career journey with BME students at recruitment events. Ngozie founded Slaughter and May's BME network in 2010, which is now one of the firm's most active and visible diversity networks. The BME network was their first diversity network and Ngozie organised a number of seminars which brought together BME professionals throughout the City. She has also worked closely with partners in their Africa practice to attract more BME applicants through launching the Slaughter and May Africa Essay Prize. Ngozie is a Rare Recruitment Alumna and offers mentoring and support to candidates currently taking part in Rare's programmes. She is also regularly approached by BME students hoping to pursue a career in the City and has provided mentoring to these students in her spare time.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Edson Hato

Vice President Recruitment

AstraZeneca

Edson is Vice President, Human Resources Recruitment at AstraZeneca overseeing a team across three major hubs in the United Kingdom, Sweden and the United States and has additional functional accountability for the recruitment function in AstraZeneca globally. He has been a member of the internal diversity councils of several of his former employers not only representing Black, Asian and Minority talent but also the LGBT+ community. Prior to moving to the UK in April 2015, Edson was an active member of INGs global diversity council and a Board member of INGs Cross Cultural Network promoting understanding, collaboration, business endeavours between white allies and ethnic minority talents within ING. He was also a member of INGs Gay and Lesbian Association which achieved the first time corporate sponsorship of the Amsterdam Gay Pride.

Can be viewed on: 2016 Top 100 Executives

Rashada Harry

National Account Manager

Vodafone Global Enterprise

As a National Account Manager at Vodafone Global Enterprise Rashada is responsible for driving business development, account management and consultative technology sales into Global Enterprise organisations. Rashada is co-Founder of Your Future ,Your Ambition which was formed to not only help STEM organisations welcome candidates from diverse backgrounds, but also to inspire and encourage students to pursue careers in Science Technology Engineering and Maths. Since 2012, over 3000 students have attended, over 600 have received mentoring and over 21 organisations have participated in YFYA. Rashada is one of the founding members of UK Black Tech, an organisation launched in 2017 which seeks to increase diversity in the UK Technology industry. As a public speaker she regularly engages with both the local community and corporate organisations internationally to advise on STEM, the importance of diversity in the workplace and how individuals can help others as well as themselves. She has also mentored in both Ghana and Kenya helping disadvantaged children and completed charitable work in rural villages.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Bina Mehta MBE

Chair

KPMG UK

In 2021, Bina was appointed KPMG UK’s first female chair in its 150-year history. As well as chairing KPMG’s UK Board, Bina also chairs the firm’s Inclusive Leadership Board, a forum for independent experts to provide challenges to ensure the organization is embedding inclusion, diversity and equity within the business strategy. She uses her prominent role to champion the need for organizations to create inclusive, supportive, and diverse cultures that enable people from all backgrounds to thrive. Bina won the Hammer Award at the 2022 GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards, awarded to an individual who has broken through the glass ceiling, and was awarded an MBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours list for supporting female entrepreneurs.

Can be viewed on: Judging Panel

Vivian Hunt

Chief Innovation Officer

UnitedHealth Group

Dame Vivian Hunt is the Chief Innovation Officer at UnitedHealth Group. In this role, she works with their technology, growth and strategy teams to pursue new technologies, improve process design, interpret data, apply insights and improve the productivity of their systems.

Before joining UnitedHealth Group, Dame Vivian served as a Senior Partner for McKinsey & Company, UK and Ireland, where she provided strategic advice to leading firms in the private, public and third sectors, with a particular focus on strategy, innovation and performance transformation. Dame Vivian also served as Managing Partner for the UK and Ireland for seven years from 2013-2020 and prior to that led the firm’s EMEA Life Sciences practice.

She was named ‘The most influential black woman in Britain’ by the Powerlist Foundation. The Financial Times identified her as one of the 30 most influential people in the City of London. In 2018, she was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire for services to the economy and women in business. In 2022, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Strategic Management Society.

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Nina Vaca

Chairman & CEO

Pinnacle Group

Nina Vaca is Chairman and CEO of the Pinnacle group, and has spent the last 20 years building the company's reputation for inclusion. An entrepreneur, civic leader and philanthropist, Nina also holds positions as a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Council Chair of the Million Women Mentor Initiative, and founded At The Table: Women in Business and Leadership, an initiative created to empower Hispanic women in business. For the past nine years, Nina has also been named one of the 101 Most Influential Latinos in America.

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Stephen Marshall

Head of Digital Communications

Sodexo

Recently promoted to Head of Digital Communications, Stephen also is co-chair of the Sodexo Cultures and Origins Employee Network, through which he has created strategies focusing on learning and development, cultural awareness, managers' information, and organisational change. He has also launched a Sodexo-wide campaign called "My culture and me", which aims to create a more inclusive workplace by raising cultural awareness of different BAME backgrounds. Stephen led the implementation of Your_Sodexo, an employee facing website in the UK and Ireland, and he is now spearheading its development into a global project across Brazil, Australia, the Netherlands and France. Recently, Stephen was instrumental in creating a podcast with a senior BAME leader from Sodexo, talking about role models in the workplace and the community. Outside of work, Stephen has been working towards a professional coaching and mentoring qualification, with the goal of becoming a mentor both in and out of work. He also works with Springboard, OCM, Spark Life, and is very keen to expose young BAME people to the workplace.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Charlene Brown

Employment Law, EMEA

BNY Mellon

Under Charlene's leadership as Co-Chair of IMPACT EMEA, BNY Mellon's Multicultural Network has grown by 94% to over 557 members in eight locations. Through this, she has provided workshops for the IMPACT leadership team such as "talking about race", "managing difficult conversations in the diversity context" and "inclusive leadership". Charlene is also a founder of the EMEA Legal D&I Council, which was named a finalist in the 2016 Diversity Legal Awards for "In-House Diversity". Additionally, Charlene mentors several BAME business and law students and founded Honest Voice, an online platform that supports youth from all socio-economic backgrounds to realise their full potential. As Head of Ambition First, Charlene empowers BAME millennials with the network they need to succeed. She also serves on the TNON steering committee and, in 2016, was recognised as a "Rising Star in Financial Services" by the 2016 Black British Business Award and a finalist for the Inspirational Role Model of the Year Award at the 2015 European Diversity Awards.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Andrew Monu

Group Marketing Manager

Andrew leads a field and product marketing team for LinkedIn's Sales & Marketing Solutions business in EMEA. He is also a core member of the LinkedIn Geo Ethnic Minority (GEMs) team, whose mission is to attract, motivate and retain a diverse workforce in EMEA. The GEMs team aim to better understand obstacles facing top ethnic minority talent, helping the business to review how they hire top ethnic talent, and recruiting colleagues to join the GEM team. Andrew also mentors BAME talent, believing there is a delicate balance between being comfortable in yourself and being professional - and that the right workplace will allow you to do both. Andrew provides advisory support for BAME small business owners, such as matchmaking service "Sitting in a Tree" and children's sports camp, Harrow Games. Helping migrants to integrate and build new lives for themselves in the UK is very important to Andrew due to his own experiences of arriving in the UK from Nigeria as a boy and navigating a new society. To support this cause, Andrew volunteered at the Migrants Resource Centre, where he was Company Secretary and Trustee for two years.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Ruth Lau

Technology Change & Implementation Partner

HSBC

An alumna of Harvard Business School and University College London and currently employed at HSBC Global Headquarters, Ruth is one of the most connected Gen Y Chinese in the City. She co-founded the Eastern Blossoms network in 2013 which has grown into the Network of Chinese Networks in the UK. She has also developed an EB Influencers Netgiving Club which aims to motivate the Chinese community collectively. She enjoys organising regular networking events, China business forums, cultural events and language classes to promote cross-cultural exchange both within her company and outside. She linked her workplace with Mulan Foundation Network - a growing organisation which is building a collective of rising talented Chinese women that can support one another. Additionally, Ruth has been in the '30 Ones to Watch' listing in Brummells magazine, and was recommended by her employer to join an executive education programme at Harvard Business School.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Anjeli Patel

Consultant, People Advisory Service

EY

EY is a pioneer around inclusivity at work and Anjeli uses this to create positive change both inside and outside of the workplace. She was a speaker at EY's student induction, talking about her experiences as a British Asian trans* woman at EY and the importance of employee networks. She is also a member of the South Asian network, took part in a firm wide and external video for International Women's Day, and is due to speak at 6 internal events this summer across the country about D&I at EY. Outside of the workplace Anjeli spoke at Imperial College for LGBT history month about being Asian and trans*, and was interviewed by the BBC Asian Network. Recently, she joined OUTstanding's trans* working group, the All about Trans Advisory Board, and has been a keynote speaker at the Stonewall Workplace Conference twice where she focused on some of the specific challenges that trans* individuals face within the Asian community. Anjeli won a workplace award for the category "Gamechanger", and has been nominated for various inclusivity awards.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Stephanie Kouame

Relationship Manager

Bloomberg

In 2013 Stephanie co-founded the EMEA Bloomberg Black Professional Community (BPC), focusing on promoting inclusive leadership and the business impact of diversity. The BPC successfully collaborated with stakeholders throughout the business to attract, promote and retain black talent and, in 2016, won the Network Impact award at the Black British Business Awards. As co-founder and global co-chair, Stephanie has been significantly involved in all aspects of the community and in 2016 she was included in the WeAreTheCity Rising Star shortlist for her advocacy of diversity both internally and externally. Since 2014 Stephanie has served on the steering committee of TNON BAME/Multicultural chapter and is also on the advisory board for "Beyond the Classroom" a social enterprise aimed at empowering vulnerable young BAME women by providing them with the life skills and knowledge to make better informed decisions about their future.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Claudine Adeyemi

Associate Solicitor

Mishcon de Reya LLP

A key member of Mishcon de Reya's Diversity Committee, Claudine led the sub group for ethnicity and social mobility, and has been relied upon to attend and represent the firm at external diversity events. She is also responsible for lining up diverse speaker programmes for internal and external events. In 2014 Claudine founded The Student Development Co. and runs it in her spare time. She also mentors BAME students, and has been regularly interviewed by publications such as The Financial Times and The Voice on the impact of the pay gap on BAME employees, among other topics. As social mobility ambassador for the Law Society, Claudine has also recently spoken at the ENEI social inclusion conference. Additionally, Claudine was a BBBA Rising Star in professional services finalist in 2016, was on the Future Powerlist 2016, and was the only black woman in the 40 under 40 disrupters in Property Week 2015.

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Sadiq Gillani

Senior Vice President

Lufthansa Group

After 5 years as Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President, Sadiq was asked by the CEO to be the Chief Planning Officer of Eurowings, the fast growing low cost airline subsidiary of the Group which is the most important strategic topic for the CEO. He now manages a P&L of EUR 3 B, with a team of 20 employees. Sadiq is part of the Group Leadership Team, and sits on the Boards of Lufthansa Consulting, Sun Express Airlines and Lufthansa Innovation Hub. When Sadiq joined Lufthansa in 2011, it was a traditional German company where 47 of 50 of the other top executives were white German men, over the age of 50 (the other 2 being female), as the only BAME member of the Group Leadership Team, he provided a visible role model from my first day there. One of his first actions was to setup an International lunch. This created a small network of non German employees that could regularly meet and share experiences. Sadiq sponsored their first ever annual International Day, where a fair was setup in the head office with different stands showcasing different countries which are represented in the company. He has also been an advocate for ethnic diversity in Lufthansa, and successfully persuaded HR to adapt their recruitment process, including ethnic diversity as one short listing criteria, ensuring that 1 of 3 shortlisted candidates from all positions in management & administration come from a diverse background.

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Heather Melville

Director, Strategic Partnerships

Royal Bank of Scotland

As Director of Strategic Partnerships & Head of Business Inclusion Initiatives, Commercial & Private Bank at the Royal Bank of Scotland, Heather works through a number of key strategic partnerships such as UKFT, CBI, The Voice Newspaper, UKTI, Walpole and the Latvian Chamber of Commerce to deliver a number of business initiatives across the division of 16,000 employees to address their internal aspiration to bridge the gender gap of 50% gender targets by 2020 and to include the BAME population of both employees and clients. In 2013, she organised the first ever BAME event held in RBS to celebrate Black History month, which attracted over 300 attendees, including business partners, employees, charities and MPs. This event went out to be the launch pad for the newly formed internal RBS Multicultural Network, which she continues to support in an advisory capacity. In 2014, she sponsored the first Evolve programme (Black Women Mean Business, Workshops), which focused on BAME start ups. Heather also mentors BAME businesses and in 2015 was highly commended as the diversity champion for private sector at the National Diversity Awards.

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Yogesh Sabnis

Vice President, Supply Chain

Campbell Soup Company

As Vice President, Supply Chain, Yogesh has a total of 700 employees under his leadership. His employees are located at multiple facilities: Ferndale, Taylor, and Grand Rapids, Michigan, Everett, Washington, and Camden, New Jersey. Previously, he was the Director of Supply Chain and North American Strategy at Campbell beginning in August 2012. Yogesh has worked tirelessly to ensure a diverse pipeline by coordinating recruiting at conferences for minority engineers including National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) and Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE). He attended and recruited students at the latter of the two conferences. Yogesh is passionate about mentoring and understands the importance of role modelling and advocacy for professionals of colour and has been active in mentoring several high performing team members. In his current role at Garden Fresh Gourmet, a recent Campbell acquisition, Yogesh worked with his Human Resources team to ensure that the organization recognized the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as a paid holiday to ensure inclusivity, alignment with Campbell culture and recognition of one of Americas most revered civil rights activists.

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Robert A Marchman

EVP, Legal Section of the Market Regulation Department

Finra

As Executive Vice President at FINRA, a regulatory organization with over 3,500 employees, Robert manages the Legal (Enforcement) Group in the Market Regulation Department. He is also an active member on a number of non-profit organisations involved with developing policies designed to open doors of opportunity. Robert spearheaded the diversity and inclusion initiative at the New York Stock Exchange and provides significant leadership and direction on D&I management process at FINRA and various financial service industry committees (i.e., SIFMA D&I Committee). Robert has been named Savoy Magazines 2016 List of Top 100 African-Americans in Corporate America and is a recipient of the Rainbow PUSH/Wall Street Project 2016 Financial Service Industry Diversity Champion Award.

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Annette Byron

Partner for Social Mobility

Freshfields

Elected as a partner to the real estate sector group in 2000, Annette is also the partner sponsor for social mobility at Freshfields. Freshfields has approximately 5000 employees and partners worldwide and improving diversity is a key strategic priority for the firm. In October 2015, alongside Black History Month activities, Annette co-led the relaunch of Freshfields global Black Affinity Network by bringing together nearly thirty lawyers of black African and black Afro-Caribbean heritage from across the firm. The group aims to increase collaboration across offices, share experiences and develop regional office diversity activities and awareness. Annette is also is one of the drivers behind the Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship, which is a unique social mobility initiative. The Scholarship seeks to address the under-representation of black and mixed-race men from low-income backgrounds, and the lack of direct role models, in large commercial law firms. So far, the program has helped more than 170 individuals prepare for a career in law, and Annette looks forward to the program helping many more in future.

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Sonia Sng

Senior Director, Global Data Security & Third Party Risk

Visa

As Senior Director, Global Data Security & Third Party Risk at Visa, Sonia leads a global team responsible for development of payment security standards and third party risk policies and elevating Risk as a value creation function. Besides her proven track record of leading globally diverse teams to drive execution of risk policies, she has also recently championed a diversity inclusion initiative within the Visa Risk Organization called Know and Grow with a co-worker This is a 6-month, team-based program that provides an opportunity for Risk employees, especially the underrepresented, to interact with the Risk Leadership Team and other Risk colleagues, and learn outside their core work area. The overarching goal of the program is to promote and facilitate cross-pollination, connections and collaborations to build an inclusive Risk organization, and most importantly, to counter potential biases and perceptions. Sonia is also a mentor for a number of people outside of the US including one Macedonian, now based in Dubai, and 2 Asians from Singapore. Her true passion lies in teaching, elevating people (from any background), and rolling up her sleeves to make a difference and to change the game.

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Dominic Mignon

Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO

Aon

Dominic recently took on the role of Chief of Staff to Greg Case, CEO of Aon plc. Dominic supports the CEO and Aon Executive Committee in driving the short and long term objectives of the firm, to advance strategic priorities and empower results for clients, colleagues and communities. He is also a member of the Aon UK community affairs committee, which drives Aons Corporate Social Responsibility agenda forward, and in 2016 was also invited to join the Finance Committee of the Insurance Institute of London. Dominic is an Executive sponsor for the Aon UK Multicultural group; he also acts as a hands-on mentor and sounding board for the committee to drive forward our agenda. He formally and informally mentors a number of BAME colleagues at Aon and looks to advise them through his experiences and skills. In 2015, Dominic sponsored and presented the committees program of changing the way Aon recruit into early careers roles in the UK. This initiative secured funding in 2015 and put in place 4 partnerships with external organisations (SEO, Spiral, The Brokerage and E-Act), resulting in a significantly improved way of attracting a more diverse workforce at both apprentice, A-level and graduate scheme stages.

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Donna Herdsman

Director

Hewlett Packard

As a Director at Hewlett Packard, Donnas influence has ranged from managing a UK focused transformation programme to leading implementation of organisational change including impact on people. Donna has been a Risk Partner with delegated business approval; responsible for all work based in India providing to public sector clients and negotiating/renegotiating all multi £m deals (£10m+). Donna has spoken at a number of events; Treasury Women and BAME network; Lead like a woman; BT; Accenture ; Kensington and Chelsea networks to showcase career opportunities value add that BAMEs bring to the workplace. Formerly when at IBM, Donna was the Ethnicity Diversity sponsor, and created a programme for BAMEs to be coached by executives who in turn have helped to create a more inclusive workplace. The programme was commended by Race for Opportunity. In addition to this, Donna has Reverse mentored two board members of the UK country leadership team so they could begin to drive changes in their respective parts of the business.

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Lance Kawaguchi

Managing Director & Global Sector Head Resources and Energy Group

HSBC

Lance is Managing Director and Global Head for Resources and Energy within the Payments and Cash Management Division of HSBC. His team is a significant contributor to total divisional profits and a focus for the overall Payments and Cash Management franchise, which is a $6.5 billion revenue business. He is one of the few Bankers who have worked in Iraq (as country head for 2 years) and across 4 regions (North America, Europe, Middle East/Africa, and Asia Pacific). Additionally he started the ANZ Global Oil & Gas Global Banking team, and the Global Resources and Energy Group for Transaction Banking at HSBC. Over his 20 year banking career Lance has strived to hire and mentor a diverse team across multiple minorities to deliver what he believes to be the best results possible. Lance is also a highly visible role model and author.

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Pam Kaur

Group Head of Internal Audit and Group Managing Director

HSBC

Pam is a Group Managing Director at HSBC, with approximately 950 employees reporting into her within Global Internal Audit, that covers all HSBC businesses, functions and locations globally. She is a member of the HSBC Group Management Board, and attends a number of key group committees, including the Group Audit Committee, Group Risk Committee, Financial Services Vulnerability Committee and Culture & Values Committee. Pam actively promotes enhanced diversity in hiring and, with a view to promoting equality for all, created greater transparency in promotion, performance management and reward processes within her function. In addition, recognising that many of HSBCs BAME staff work in some of the smaller audit locations, with more limited career progression opportunities, she has promoted both short and longer-term staff exchanges between teams/locations to enable staff to develop and grow in their careers. Pam has hosted a series of events for senior women in Audit which has included BAME women, and has spoken at HSBCs customer-facing events and internal events to celebrate the cultural diversity of the BAME community. She leads the Audit function to enable her senior management team to promote diversity and inclusion through appointment of Champions. This group have hosted events in all regions and have arranged inspirational speakers from BAME backgrounds.

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Rajesh Gupta

General Manager Home Delivery Experience

Home Retail Group

As General Manager Home Delivery Customer Experience, Argos, Rajesh is responsible for the customer experience for the home delivery business, including the new Argos flagship market leading and Retail Week award winning same day delivery proposition Fast Track Delivery. The above has been internationally recognised and was shortlisted for the Best Cross Channel Consumer Experience award at the World Retail Awards held in Dubai earlier this month joint entry between eBay and Argos Rajesh is a fully trained and experienced mentor and is actively mentoring colleagues from a BAME background. At Home Retail Group the Senior Manager population has a low representation from BAME groups; Rajesh initiated seeking support to set up a BAME employee forum. This forum is now in the process of being established and is aiming to raise awareness of BAME issues and opportunities within Argos and will consider this from the perspective of all 30,000 Argos colleagues across the country in all locations and roles.

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Syed Raza

Managing Director, Global Banking and Credit Solutions Group

Barclays

As Managing Director, Global Banking and Credit Solutions Group, at Wealth and Investment Management division of Barclays, Syed is accountable for the banking and credit proposition and products, managing assets of £13.5bn and deposits of £29.7bn. His group employs 70 people from diverse backgrounds and ethnicity. His focus has been on redefining the propositional strategy for banking and credit within Wealth and Investment Management, by setting out both the propositional growth agenda and excellence in risk management. Syed actively mentors individuals within Barclays and is a member of both Embrace and Spectrum in Barclays, networks dealing with multicultural agenda and LGBT agenda within the firm. He is Mentor and Ambassador of the Camden Society, a human rights campaigning organisation promoting the rights of people with disabilities.

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Trisch L Smith

EVP & Managing Director of Diversity and Inclusion

Edelman

Trisch is currently Executive Vice President and the first Managing Director of Diversity & Inclusion within Edelman. As Edelmans Managing Director of Diversity & Inclusion, Smith works in collaboration with the recently formed Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Team to drive diversity and inclusion within the company. She works to build awareness and understanding of diversity & inclusion companywide and to cultivate relationships with external partners, thought leaders, educational institutions and other public and private organizations. This includes creating and cultivating internal employee networks designed to serve specific groups within the firm including women, Black/African-American employees and LGBT employees, with additional networks to be added in the coming months. In addition, she is leading efforts to revamp Edelmans D&I training to further educate its employees about the importance of and their role in creating an environment that is inclusive of all employees. Trisch also serves as a Board Member for ColorComm an organization for women of colour in the communications industry. Through her active role on the Board, Edelman has served as a sponsor for the organizations annual conference since its inception. In addition to ColorComm, Trisch led efforts for Edelman to participate in and sponsor the AdColor and 3% Conference, among other things.

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Val McGary

EVP, Sustainable Process Solutions

US Bank

Val McGary is EVP, Sustainable Process Solutions at US Bank and successfully ran the Regulatory Compliance function at US Bank through a turbulent regulatory environment. She dealt with numerous significant issues through strong commitment to operational excellence and solid relationships with various regulators resulting in US Bank being named one of the worlds Most Ethical Companies. Val was then promoted to build an enterprise function focused on continuous improvement and skills enhancement for all 67000 employees, including measurable 10%+ improvements in productivity, quality and customer satisfaction. Val regularly participates in recruiting and employee engagement activities, such as Team Member Resource Groups (TMRG) focused on inclusion of minority employees. She has active engagement with the Black/ African American TMRG and the corporate Diversity Council. In addition, she acts as a mentor to employees throughout the bank, but especially in Technology, Operations and Compliance, where she has had leadership roles, to help team members gain exposure, visibility and confidence with the leadership team. Val also participates in and donates to United Negro College Fund events to help recruitment and successful graduation of African American students through college and in Executive Leadership Council events that honour individuals and corporations for their support of diversity.

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Simon Dowson-Collins

General Counsel

Harper Collins Publishers

Simon is a director of HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, one of the longest-standing members on the companys Executive Committee and a pension trustee. Simon and his team are responsible for pre and post publication advice, defamation, mergers and acquisitions, the handling of all litigation and advice to HarperCollins distribution business. He is jointly responsible for delivery of P&L of the entire business. Simon is an advocate of the companys strategy on diversity and inclusion, and is dedicated to establishing a more diverse workplace. As a fierce champion of his team, Simon has promoted internally to fill senior anti-bribery and data protection positions, including a BAME member of his team who Simon mentored from a personal assistant through to the companys global anti-piracy manager. Simon was also a founding member of a cross-organisational programme called Venture, which encouraged entrepreneurship and creative ideas from all levels of the company. From this programme grew HarperCollins partnership with City Gateway, an apprenticeship charity helping young people to gain employment by improving their interview skills and bolstering their confidence in a corporate environment.

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Bansi Nagji

EVP, Corporate Strategy and Business Development

McKesson

In February 2015, Bansi joined McKesson Corporation as Executive Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Business Development. In addition to this role, he is also a member of the Executive Committee and a corporate officer. Bansi and his team are responsible for all of the companys strategic planning activities globally, and also for all of the companys mergers and acquisitions. Bansi has overseen a large number of acquisitions for the company and announced transactions that will deploy $4 billion of capital. Bansi is the most senior BAME executive at McKesson, and a core member of McKessons Chairmans Diversity Council, which is responsible for the enterprises diversity strategy. He makes himself available as a mentor to all employees, particularly BAME people and women, to help them understand the myriad, often opaque, ways in which their careers can be more challenging to navigate than others. Another way in which he helps BAME colleagues in the workplace is to go out of his way to make them aware of career opportunities, as his experience is that minorities are often less broadly networked in the workplace, and therefore less aware of potential new opportunities.

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Fenil Khiroya

Human Resources Director

UBS

As Human Resources Director for UBS, Fenil led a global initiative to change the way advisory is carried out across HR globally. She leads a team of 14 advisors who provide HR advice to all line managers across all business divisions for UBS in the UK. She has the largest number of direct reports in HR in London, dealing with managers at all seniority levels and across all the divisions of the bank. An critical part of her role is educating managers on diversity and discrimination awareness. This is done by ensuring her team are fully trained on both diversity and discrimination, including unconscious bias within the workplace. Coaching and mentoring managers, her areas of expertise include education on discriminatory practices or stereotypes as well as encouraging a workplace which embraces diversity and inclusion. She has also been a mentor for BAME employees joining the organisation to provide them with guidance and advices on how to progress their careers within the organisation and these relationships have continued even after some have left the organisations to progress their careers further.

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Mia Mends

CEO, Benefits & Rewards

Sodexo

As CEO of Sodexo Benefits and Rewards Services, USA, Mia leads the strategic evolution and growth of the business, with a focus on delivering outcome-based employee engagement solutions through recognition and well-being programmes and platforms. She also serves on Sodexos North America Regional Committee, where she has brought emphasis to corporate synergies initiatives by identifying ways to more cohesively integrate Sodexos various client solutions. Mia has been a long-time champion of minorities and has used her influence in several ways to both nurture and highlight their contributions. While at Harvard Business School, she spoke out about the lack of ethnic and gender diversity among case study protagonists in the curriculum, and decided to address it by partnering with a professor and Oprah Winfrey to co-author a ground-breaking business case on her life and business. In her current role, Mia has been able to define and articulate a vision around which the organization is inspired to act and she is proud of her ability to marshal the resources and assets that will lead to future growth. The human aspect of her role is fundamental and by being authentic and compassionate, she has promoted an environment where others act similarly, which enables productivity and organizational engagement.

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Mo Haghbin

Director, Global Markets & Investments

BlackRock

Mo Haghbin, CFA, CAIA, Director, is the Head of Business Management for the US Fundamental Fixed Income teams within BlackRock's Global Fixed Income (GFI) group. He manages a team of 6 direct reports that are responsible for the business management of Blackrock's Global Fixed Income platform. In his role, he oversees the business strategy, the business development, and the operations and administration of over 300 employees who manage more than $1.4 trillion in global fixed income assets. Mr. Haghbin serves as the Chair of the New York People Committee within Global Fixed Income. The objective of the committee is to enrich Blackrock's office culture and support inclusion and diversity across 300+ employees. Mr. Haghbin is also an active participant in MCN, a global network that aims to attract, engage, and develop a culturally inclusive workforce that ultimately strengthens BlackRock's position in the global economy. In 2015, Mr. Haghbin moderated a panel on diversity in the workforce and interviewed Reggie Brown, Senior Managing Director and Head of ETF Trading at Cantor Fitzgerald on his personal experience in the industry. The event was broadcast live across all BlackRock offices available for 10,000+ employees.

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Michael Lopez

Director, Global Inclusion & Diversity

Alcoa INC

As Director of Global Inclusion and Diversity at Alcoa, Michael is responsible for creating and executing the companys global inclusion and diversity strategy. In addition to overseeing a range of internal programs to support the needs of the business and attract and engage employees worldwide, he directs Alcoas involvement in key external engagements such as the World Economic Forum, where Alcoa is a Strategic Partner, and Out Leadership, where Alcoa is also a member. He also helps to shape and promote the company's position on local, state and federal legislative issues that could have an impact on equal rights in and outside of the workplace. In addition to publishing relevant opinion pieces, Michael oversees the Companys thought leadership platform on behalf of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, with a particular focus on important social issues that are critical to the business. He also leads Alcoas efforts to increase the representation and further strengthen the engagement of BAME employees. Together with peers in Human Resources, he ensures that inclusion and diversity goals are fully integrated throughout the talent management process, from recruitment and on-boarding, to learning and development.

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Rakesh Kapoor

CEO

Reckitt Benckiser

Rakesh is the CEO of Reckitt Benckiser, a £10 billion company and global leader in consumer health and hygiene. Reckitt Benckiser employs 37.000 people worldwide and manages a portfolio of category leading brands such as Dettol, Nurofen, Durex, Vanish and Strepsils. These brands are available in nearly 200 countries. It is the distinct culture that Rakesh has enabled that allows entrepreneurial spirit to be part of the business and allows those who posses it to make their mark, grow to outperform and feel included. He aspired for a culture is all about the people who make RB what it is, regardless of gender, race, age and that is exactly what he has delivered. Being one of just two Asian CEOs of FTSE 100 companies Rakesh is trying to be a role model for BAME people whenever and wherever he can. In 2015 he took his Board to visit India, a key growth market for the company. The Board members met government ministers and were given the opportunity to immerse themselves into the Indian business environment thereby enhancing their knowledge thereof.

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Tamara Franklin

Executive Vice President of Digital

Scripps Networks

Tamara oversees SNIs digital operations, and reports directly to the COO of SNI, an international company with $3 billion in annual revenue. In this capacity she is responsible for nearly 25 products and services across seven consumer brands. Tamara is the most senior African-American at SNI and therefore make every effort to be a sponsor and/or active participant in all high-profile company initiatives, such as the companys employee development program, Leading at SNI; the companys annual internal technology conference, Techtoberfest; and its mentorship program, Mentoring Experience; so that BAME employees can both be inspired to continue contributing at higher levels and can also feel good about having a voice or representation at the senior most levels of the organization. She serves as a mentor (defined as being available for advice and counselling any time, but meeting regularly at least twice a year) to over a dozen BAME individuals at SNI, the majority of whom I have been mentoring for more than three years.

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Ukonwa Ojo

Senior Director, Global Marketing for Knorr Masterbrand

Unilever

Ukonwa is the Senior Global Director for the Knorr Masterbrand at Unilever. Throughout her career, she has played an active role in identifying, recruiting, attracting and retaining BAME talent both formally and informally. She is also a seasoned external speaker and BAME advocate and mentor. Ukonwa is passionate marketer and proven business leader with over 18 years of experience. She was recently named by Marketing Magazines Power 100 list of the most influential, inspiring and innovative marketers and Black Enterprises list of one of the top women in advertising and marketing. During her tenure at Knorr, she has been part of a team that has delivered the strongest brand performance in recent history, in addition to the vast majority of our markets globally maintaining or growing brand equity. Before joining Reckitt Benckiser, Ukonwa worked at General Mills, where she successfully led iconic brands such as Betty Crocker, Progresso, Honey Nut Cheerios, and Cascadian Farm Organic.

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Linda Clement-Holmes

Chief Information Officer

Procter and Gamble

Linda is Chief Information Officer for P&G. In this expansive role, she is responsible for building the capability of the Companys Information Technology (IT) function as well as providing IT governance oversight. Linda is a member of P&Gs Global Leadership Council. In 2010, while serving as Senior Vice President for Global Business Services, Linda also was named P&G Chief Diversity Officer. In that capacity, she crafted the first company-wide diversity and inclusion strategy and established P&Gs first ever Global Inclusion & Diversity Council, significantly elevating P&Gs Diversity Inc. and Working Mother Magazine rankings. She continues to speak across the company and around the world in her travels about the power of diversity in building a stronger work force and the importance that everyone bring their full-selves to work.

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Yin Luo

Managing Director & Global Head of Quantitative Strategy

Deutsche Bank

Within Deutsche Bank, Yin is a Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Strategy. He is a member of the banks global equity research executive committee and has 23 direct reports in his team. His group provides research and services to over 2000 of the worlds largest asset managers, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds. They advise asset managers on global macro investment strategies, asset allocation, and help them build better stock selection models and also work closely with asset owners (e.g., pensions/endowments/sovereign wealth funds) to design cutting edge strategic and tactical asset allocation models. Within his direct team, they have achieved a great balance, with 50% of the team members belong to the BAME group. Yin also represents minority people at the banks senior management team. For example, he is a member of the banks global equity research executive committee, being the only minority of the six people. Within Deutsche Bank, Yin is a Managing Director and Global Head of Quantitative Strategy. He is a member of the banks global equity research executive committee and has 23 direct reports in his team. His group provides research and services to over 2000 of the worlds largest asset managers, mutual funds, hedge funds, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds. They advise asset managers on global macro investment strategies, asset allocation, and help them build better stock selection models and also work closely with asset owners (e.g., pensions/endowments/sovereign wealth funds) to design cutting edge strategic and tactical asset allocation models. Within his direct team, they have achieved a great balance, with 50% of the team members belong to the BAME group. Yin also represents minority people at the banks senior management team. For example, he is a member of the banks global equity research executive committee, being the only minority of the six people.

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Harbhajan Brar

HR director, Sodexo Corporate Services

Sodexo

In his current position, Harbhajan is the HR Director responsible for Sodexo UK & Ireland Corporate Services, which includes more than 10,000 employees delivering facilities management services for 271 clients. Harbhajan is a member of the D&I council and workstream leader for Culture and Origins, one of the six focus areas within the D&I Strategy. In this role he has worked with the D&I team to set aspirational demographics targets for management population in regards to BAME representation and is working with the recruitment team to ensure best practices are implemented. Harbhajan has also assisted the development of dashboards identifying adverse impact within the HR lifecycle and was a key panellist at launch of the Origins, employee network which aims to encourage inclusivity and cohesion by celebrating the diversity of culture, heritage and beliefs amongst Sodexos people and by promoting equal opportunities for all. On a global basis, Harbhajan has been involved in reviewing a course designed to assist senior leaders with navigating different cultures as part of Sodexos global transformation and closer to home has influenced the delivery of unconscious bias training to both the UKI Executive Team and the CS leadership teams. He has had a long-standing commitment to mentoring recognising the positive impact this can have on mentees, many of whom have been from BAME backgrounds and a number of whom are now undertaking Director level roles. He has recorded a role model podcast as part of Origins network discussing his career history, lessons learnt and advice to others which is accessible to all network members.

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Jatin Patel

Product Director

TSB Bank

Jatin is Products Director for TSB and sits on the Banks Executive Committee as well as other key sub-committees that shape the overall direction of the Bank. He is responsible for delivering the key commercial objectives for the Bank by being accountable for market share, P&L & balance sheet objectives for TSB, new products/initiatives to differentiate the business and developing and defending our commercial strategy. In 2015, Jatin helped set-up TSBs first ethnicity network by becoming the networks executive sponsor. His role as Executive Sponsor for the ethnicity network is to strategically drive the network at a national level, push its progress at all levels of the organisation (from local events to the boardroom) and represent the network externally. Though the ethnicity network is new, Jatin has already represented it at an event with Deloitte, hosted by Trevor Phillips. At the event, he spoke on TSBs role as a challenger bank, explained how our approach to diversity and inclusion helps us meet our business objectives, and shared personal perspectives on why diversity is important. The event was well attended and was given positive reviews.

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Fumbi Chima

Chief Information Officer

Burberry

Fumbi is an inspiration woman in technology. She is a member of the 2014 Hall of Fame for STEM, a 2015 FACE List Awards Trailblazer. She is a versatile and resilient transformational leader who delivers operational discipline and breakthrough results, experienced in turnaround and high-growth environments As Burberrys current CIO and former CIO for Walmart Asia, she provides vision and leadership for developing and implementing information technology initiatives that align with their objectives. She leverages enterprise wide information to reengineer IT Infrastructure and team strategy into efficient alignment with core business priorities. She leads IT strategic and operational planning to achieve Burberrys goals by fostering innovation, prioritising IT initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future IT systems across the organization. Fumbi is an internal and external spokesperson for women and BAME and is a frequent writer and speaker for organisations focused on the progression and inclusion of women all over the world.

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Jonathan Mildenhall

CMO

Airbnb

When Jonathan moved to San Franciso, he realized there was a need to support and recruit diverse talent in Silicon Valley. To make Airbnb a part of the solution to this problem, he became a founding member and the executive sponsor of Black@, an employee resource group that aims to build a community of Black professionals within Airbnb and to drive understanding and acceptance around the value of diversity. Since being founded in 2015, Black@ has partnered with organizations such as the Digital Diversity Network, San Francisco Education Fund, and DevColor to recognize and support leaders from diverse backgrounds in the innovation economy. They have also hosted speakers such as Spike Lee & Angela Fisher at Airbnb HQ. Recently, Jonathan was as a part of the judges panel for the Great British Diversity Experiment, which brought together twenty diverse teams from different races, sexes, age groups and Socioeconomic backgrounds to prove the positive impact of diversity in creative teams.

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Kalpana Shah

Chief Actuary and Partner

Hiscox

During her time at Hiscox, Kalpana has established the group actuarial function and led the implementation of the Solvency 2 programme. She advises boards and senior executives on reserving, risk, business plans, underwriting policy and the appropriateness of reinsurance arrangements. Kalpana Chairs the Actuarial Network Forum at Hiscox which comprises of circa 100 employees globally. The issue of diversity is close to her heart too. Kalpana was a member of the Lloyd's working group organising the first Diversity & Inclusion Festival for the Insurance Market and is a member of organisations including the Worshipful Company of Insurers and the Inspiring Women Campaign. She visits local schools to talk about her experiences and promote visibility of successful individuals from diverse backgrounds to encourage the spirit of ambition. Kalpana is a founding member of the Hiscox Women in Leadership steering Committee and leverages of this position and her position as a Hiscox Partner and Head of the Actuarial Function at Hiscox to achieve positive change for BAME people. In addition to her role at Hiscox, Kalpana has recently joined the board of Riverstone, a Fairfax Company, as an independent Non-Executive Director.

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Head of Equity Capital Markets and of Financial Institutions Group

Slaughter and May

Nilufer is Head of the Equity Capital Markets practice at Slaughter and May across the world and has been a corporate partner at the firm since 1994. She is also Head of the firms Financial Institutions Group. Her practice includes private and public mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, IPOs and other UKLA work, financings, equity and debt capital markets transactions and corporate governance. Nilufer is a visible and high profile role model internally and externally. She was named as one of two women in the The City A.M./CityJet Power Hundred List in 2011, a list of the most influential people in the City, and was shortlisted for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards in 2011. Nilufer was awarded 'Best in capital markets equity' by Euromoney Legal Media Groups Europe Women in Business Law Awards in 2013 and 2014. Nilufer has been profiled in the Black Letter Law, a directory that showcases achievement of BME lawyers since it began in 2006. Nilufer also acts as a mentor both formally and informally. She is also a supporter and mentor in Slaughter and Mays new cross company BME mentoring programme which aims to retain talented BME lawyers and provide them with impartial career advice from a FTSE 100 senior business leader, and an internal partner mentor.

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Daniel Wong

Senior Managing Director, Head of Europe

Macquarie Group

Dan is Head of Macquarie Capital Europe and a member of the Macquarie (EMEA) Management Committee. Macquarie Capital is the financial advisory, capital markets and principal investing division of Macquarie Group. As a Senior Executive, Dan is involved in diversity and inclusion in a number of ways; he is Macquaries Executive Sponsor for the Pride (LGBT) network, helping to expand its community of allies and drive a culture of inclusion, resulting in Macquaries being recognised as a Top 100 Employer in the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index (2016). In the absence of a formal BAME network, Dan has used this role to draw parallels with his minority ethnic background speaking about the power of inclusion on a number of occasions. He has worked alongside the network to broaden awareness and support of the inclusion agenda at Executive Management Committee level. He has done this by visibly role modelling at events, recruiting and addressing allies, as well as supporting internal communications initiatives.

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Orlando A. Alvares

President & CEO

BP

As Regional Business Leader, President and CEO of North America, Orlando is directly responsible for all of the natural gas and liquids, power, and derivatives trading and marketing activities across all of North America and now moving into South and Latin America. In the last few years as a senior executive at BP, Orlando has taken the opportunity to really focus on helping the company make a difference in the area of diversity and inclusion and believes that authenticity is the only way you can get people to listen and hopefully make a change. Over the last four years he has been the Executive Sponsor for BP Pride in North America, but more importantly a strong ally who can proudly say has made a difference in the acceptance culture, both inside and outside of the company. Orlando is also a regular mentor to many employees with a variety of backgrounds, disciplines and aspirations. Outside of work, Orlando is actively involved in university recruiting, most recently becoming the BP global executive sponsor at University of Michigan and Michigan State, as it gives an opportunity to build relationships with and gets BP out in front of the new generation of oil and gas employees. He is also constantly on the road speaking at various industry forums, or meeting with regulators or politicians.

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Hesham Mekawi

Regional President North Africa

BP

Hesham is a Senior Executive at BP and, in his capacity as Regional President for North Africa, reports into the Chief Operating Officer, Upstream Strategy & Regions, who reports into the Chief Executive Officer, Upstream. In his 25 years with BP, Hesham has consistently demonstrated outstanding results. From his early days as a commercial analyst, through 13 years leading BPs business in Egypt, and now in his current role as the head of BPs North Africa business he has always ensured delivery against ambitious objectives, both on a personal level and within his teams. Hesham has had great success in empowering local talent within the global corporation. Under his leadership, the North Africa leadership team, based in Egypt, is now made up of 90% Egyptian nationals. This is a major change from my early days in the business, when only a few Egyptians including him were on the leadership team. In addition, Egyptians now constitute around 85% of the workforce in Egypt, compared to around 35% when he first became Regional President.

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Patricia Menendez-Cambo

Chair Global Practice Group

Greenberg Traurig LLP

Since joining Greenberg Traurig in 2002, Patricia Menéndez-Cambó has risen to top leadership positions and is currently Vice President, and serves as Chair of the firms Corporate & Securities Practice, Chair of the firms Global Practice, Co-Chair of the Global Energy & Infrastructure Practice, and is a member of the firm's Executive Committee. Within the global practice, Patricia oversees the operations of nine international offices, and more than 300 attorneys. Within the Corporate & Securities practice, Patricia oversees more than 500 attorneys. Patricia is involved with several legal and community organizations and associations, and is a leader in these groups, including: Council of Americas, member of the Board of Directors; World Economic Forum, member of the Global Gender Parity Group and Young Global Leader Alumnus; Hispanic National Bar Association, Latina Commissioner; International Bar Association, Treasurer, Womens Interest Group; and National Association of Women Lawyers. Most recently, Patricia participated as a speaker at an event, hosted by the National Business Association of Colombia, where she discussed why Greenberg Traurig is considered one of the leading firms in the implementation of policies that drive diversity and inclusion in the profession.

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Michael Sherman

Partner & Managing Director

Boston Consulting Group

The current leader of BCGs ethnic diversity network focused on improving diversity and inclusion for the world wide Black and North American Hispanic staff. As the leader of this team, Michael focused on programs to increase opportunities for Black students to and staff to succeed at BCG, e.g., implementing BCGs first sophomore internship and scholarship program targeting Blacks, adding a senior officer mentor network for all Black staff, establishing a new online community to connect Black alumni with their Black staff. In addition, Michael has also focused on efforts to evangelize the importance of ethnic diversity within BCG and establish repeatable programs to improve inclusion, e.g., implementing training at all levels focused on diversity and unconscious bias. He has also focused on establishing a local office coordinators program focused on empowering local leaders with the tools and budget to help build local office affiliation. The nodes program focuses on ensuring that BCGs Black staff has the opportunity to connect with leaders, identify opportunities for career growth, and have opportunities to network with leadership both inside the Black network and outside. Michael also established a Bridge to Consulting program to help Black and Hispanic students who are early in their college careers learn more about consulting and gain important business and professional-social skills needed to succeed at BCG.

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Shanika Amarasekara

General Counsel

British Business Bank

Shanika is the General Counsel and Company Secretary to the plc Board and General Counsel to British Business Bank. She is responsible for ensuring that the legal interests of the bank and its stakeholders are protected and ensuring that the governance aspects of the institution function smoothly. Shanika acts as the legal and business advisor to the CEO, members of the Board, senior management team and British Business Bank as a whole. As the first BAME person on the senior management team Shanika has played an important role in setting the culture of the organisation and ensuring representation at the senior level of people from diverse backgrounds. The senior team at the bank is comprised of 50% women and 25% BAME. As part of their CSR initiative British Business Bank have been working with inner city schools in London and Sheffield to encourage teenagers from BAME backgrounds to engage in entrepreneurial activities and to participate in debate about the economy and the importance of the activities of small and medium businesses in contributing to the economy.

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Morteza Mahjour

Group Chief Information Officer

Lloyds Banking Group

Morteza is the Group Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Lloyds Banking Group, where he is responsible for leading the IT strategy and the day to day activities of the Group IT. Morteza sits on the Group Inclusion & Diversity (I&D) Operating Committee which is the official governance and decision making committee in Lloyds Banking Group. In addition, he chairs the Group IT I&D Committee, whos work centres around four key workstreams BAME, LGBT, Disability and Gender. The BAME workstream sponsors group activities and has a specific calendar of events targeted specifically at Group IT colleagues. The four key priorities for action for the group are: unlocking potential; diverse senior hiring; minority visibility and unconscious bias training. In March 2016 Morteza oversaw an initiative to gather BAME data on HR systems to drive visibility on BAME colleagues, to ensure there is transparency on performance management, career progression and low BAME attrition.

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Anit Chandarana

Finance Director, Infrastructure Projects

Network Rail

Anit is the Finance Director for Network Rail. As part of his role, Anit oversees a business function of circa 4 thousand employees delivering railway infrastructure projects to the value of £5 billion per annum. The division delivers some of the most iconic and socially important projects in the UK. He is part of both the senior divisional management team and the senior finance team as well. Anit has been in Network rail for 11 years in total, during that time he has run the finance senior talent pool which has enabled the company to effectively source internally and allowed individuals to better realise their potential earlier. He has also been the division executive sponsor for the BAME support team and co-authored the Hendy Report that Network Rail published in late 2015. Within Network Rail, Anit volunteered for the role of Infrastructure Projects Sponsor for the BAME staff network (Cultural Fusion). In the role he helped the volunteer leaders develop a vision for what they wanted to achieve and gave them the confidence and energy to deliver on that vision. Anit has also spoken at Black History month events to raise awareness of the contribution of BAMEs to the organisation.

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Roselinde Torres

Senior Partner & MD

Boston Consulting Group

Roselinde has held various topic and regional leadership roles within BCG involving mobilizing a group of Partners (in a firm that is a private partnership). This has required strong influenced based leadership. The ideas that she has pioneered around adaptive, 21st century leadership were inspired by experiences from leaders who were not the majority and often brought new ways of thinking and being that positively transformed institutions and nations. As she works with CEOs and senior leaders to make their organizations more adaptive, the culture of these institutions is more valuing of diverse racial and ethnic groups. Roselinde has spent over 20 years developing leaders across the private, public and social sectors to achieve their full potential. One of her guiding principles has been to ensure organizations are placing diverse individuals in key leadership roles. Roselinde is also a mentor for groups across BCGs diversity cohorts: women, race & ethnicity and LGBT and use her influence as a Senior Partner to recommend changes to their practices.

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Derica Rice

Executive Vice President of Global Services and CFO

Eli Lily

As the Executive Vice President of Global Services and Chief Financial Officer at Eli Lilly and Company, Derica sits on the executive committee. There are approximately 4,000 employees in his organization, with a P&L of approximately $20 billion (USD). Derica serves as an executive sponsor for Eli Lillys Organization of Latinos at Lilly (OLA), an employee resource group that supports the strengths and needs of Latino employees at Lilly. He also mentors minority Lilly colleagues at all levels of the organization and across all businesses. Derica is on the Board of Directors for the Center for Leadership Development in Indianapolis, Indiana an organization that prepares minority youth for academic and career success. This center helps minority students transition from high school to college, with the goal of completing college. He also started a college scholarship program in his home state of Alabama, each year awarding college scholarship to two minority students.

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Sanjay Bhandari

Partner

EY

Sanjay is Senior Partner at EY. As a member of the 100-strong Extended Leadership team for the UK firm (750 partners and 17,000 employees) he has an influential and outspoken voice on the commercial and business strategy of this part of the firm as they work to achieve an extremely ambitious 2020 growth plan. As Head of Markets for the Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services (FIDS) group at EY in the UKI, Sanjay directly support a business with a P&L c£93m employing c450 people. As a vocal D&I Partner sponsor he influences the BME and wider D&I, agenda both within and beyond the UK firm; representing EY at speaking events, discussion forums and awards ceremonies. Sanjay is Partner Sponsor for BME strategy within EYs overall D&I strategy for the UK firm. Over the past 5 years, they have increased BME representation in their partnership from 3% to 7%; BME representation in the UK firm has increased to 22% of their workforce and has targets for recruitment and promotions of their BME talent. He is also coach and mentor to many mentees and contributed to the design of a 2 day assessment centre for all UK&I Partner candidates, with a specific focus on removing any potential unconscious cultural bias.

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Ritu Mohanka

Pillar Leader, Workforce Science, Europe

IBM Europe

As a senior executive Ritu is the Pillar Leader, Europe for Workforce Sciences, part of IBM Smarter Workforce, she heads a multi-disciplinary team of over 500 people across Europe, building out the business across existing and new markets, offering leading-edge solutions in the Human Capital Management (HCM) software and consulting space. Smarter Workforce was formerly Kenexa Inc. and was acquired by IBM in 2012 for over $2bn because it was the Global leader in Human Capital workforce analysis and performance transformation. Ritu is responsible for IBM Smarter Workforces enterprise Diversity solutions, and is extremely intimate with BAME and other diversity goals. She has been a speaker at several global client conferences, with senior executives, including leading speaker panels on diversity. Though her association with the Asian Women in Business Awards (former finalist) Ritu has been given the opportunity to role-model and speak at their A-Level students / school leavers events and participated in a mentoring programme.

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Ron Kalifa

Vice Chairman

World Pay

Ron is Vice Chairman and Executive Board Director of Worldpay Group plc and also sits on the boards of Visa Europe, QIWI plc, and UK Cards Association Ltd. Ron is credited with being the strategic architect behind the success of Worldpay, one of the worlds largest payments companies, which last year became the UKs most significant fintech IPO when it listed on the London Stock Exchange (current valuation: £5.2bn ($7.6bn). With over 15 years experience within the global payments industry and an expertise in M&A and corporate strategy, Ron holds responsibility for the strategic direction of this FTSE 100 business which employs over 5,000 employees across 25 offices in 13 countries. One of Worldpays core corporate sustainability objectives as a leader in modern money is to act as a progressive and inclusive employer. Our aim is to ensure our workforce reflects the diversity of our global customer base. The Group has a long standing commitment to bringing out the best in people and fostering a sense of community and belonging. We operate various colleague networks and working groups as well as external support programmes and policies to help address issues that are essential to building a fairer society and more sustainable future.

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Amee Chande

Managing Director- UK

Ali Baba

Amee started working for Alibabas in 2015 and is their first UK CEO/MD of a consumer services business. Amee has specific expertise in strategy, customer insight, format and brand development, multichannel and multi-site management and organic or M&A/partnership driven expansion. Her experience spans from extremely large organizations to small start-ups. She has led functions from marketing and retail operations to commercial and private label development and has also managed a large property portfolio and run store and web operations for multichannel retailers. Described by Asian Voice as a true global citizen, Amee believes that being a great leader is about seeing issues from new perspectives. Her experience is international and wide ranging, including stints at Tesco, Walmart and McKinsey. She started working in London for Alibaba in 2015. Amee has run a mentorship programme with World Association and UPS where global leaders are partnered with emerging leaders from around the world and is a board member of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts and a member of the Young Presidents Organisation.

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Bridget Lea

General Manager

Telefónica O2

For the last two years Bridget has been General Manager of Stores for Telephonic UK. Whilst managing such a high number of employees has its challenges, it is a role that she absolutely loves and she relishes the opportunity it gives her to help others and promote the BAME community. Bridget openly encourages diversity throughout the Stores team and has been recognised by Telefónica UKs CEO and other board members for her work in this space. Since becoming General Manager (GM) of Stores Bridget has set up a programme called Inspirational Women. This is for women in the Stores who have overcome adversity, many of whom are from the BAME community. As the only White and Black African person in Telefónica UKs 50-strong senior leadership team, Bridget will work not only continue to make the Stores teams a more welcoming and inclusive place, but also the rest of the business. As a result of her dedication, the Stores team now have a significantly higher BAME representation than the rest of Telefónica UK (as of January 2016 it was 21% in Stores versus 14% in Telefónica UK).

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Gary Elden

CEO

SThree

Gary is the CEO of SThree and drives the companys Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programme from the top; he is actively and personally involved at all levels. The companys CSR programme has a vision of Transforming Lives through Skills and Work and positively impacts a significant number of BAME people. Gary sits on the Group CSR and Diversity and Inclusion Committees and attends both on a quarterly basis, ensuring that issues are regularly discussed at the Board and Executive Committees. Gary has sponsored and led initiatives with various community partners such as: SOS Childrens Villages, The Powerlist Foundation, UpRising, the Mitie Foundation, City Gateway, House of St Barnabas, The Challenge, Circle Collective, Youth Futures, Caius House, St Gabriels College and Chelsea Academy. He regularly gives motivational talks to young people from underprivileged backgrounds and unemployed jobseekers to share his personal tips for success, the groups he addresses always have BAME representation. He plays an important part in the companys long-term partnership with SOS Childrens Villages and went to visit projects in Zambia and Malawi during 2013. Since then he has led the company in setting ambitious fundraising targets, currently SThree is on track to reach £1m by the 10 year partnership anniversary in December 2018.

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director, Operations

Accenture

Andrew has recently begun a new role working as Managing Director within the Financial Services Operations arm of Accenture and is responsible for working across diverse client teams to drive operational excellence. In addition, Andrew is a global Cross-Cultural lead and Executive Sponsor of Accentures award-winning African-Caribbean Network. Globally Andrew is one of 45 Cross-Cultural leads drawn from Accentures 300,000 employees and has been involved in driving Accentures Inclusion and Diversity initiatives since joining eight years ago and supports the I&D initiatives within Accentures UKI Operations business, one of the most ethnically diverse parts of Accenture with 1,600 employees. He builds awareness and drives positive change around key issues impacting BAME colleagues including key issues around gender, LGBT+ and family awareness. Within the UK and Ireland, he is the Executive Sponsor and African-Caribbean network lead, and won Outstanding Employee Network of the Year at the European Diversity Awards in 2015. Andrew also mentors several individuals within the BAME network.

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Jamere Jackson

CFO

Nielsen

Jamere is the Chief Financial Officer of Nielsen Holdings and has provided leadership that helped achieve record revenue, earnings and free cash flow in 2015. He is an Executive Champion for multiple Nielsen Employee resource groups focused on diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is the Leader of Nielsens External Advisory Council focused on diversity and inclusion of minority groups in Market Research. Jamere is Executive Champion for Nielsens Diverse Leadership Network focused on the retention, development and promotion of diverse leaders across the business and the Executive Champion for Nielsens Minority Supplier Development initiatives. He is a frequent guest speaker and supporter of minority organizations across the US focused on education, economic empowerment, diversity and inclusion.

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James Taylor

CEO Healthcare

Sodexo UK & Ireland

James Taylor is CEO of Healthcare for Sodexo UK & Ireland leading 7,000 employees at 100 NHS and private healthcare sites. He is ultimately responsible for NHS and private clients in the healthcare sector, in addition to running the Tillery Valley Foods manufacturing site in Wales and Home Service, a meals-on-wheels service in London and the South East. James is a founding member of Sodexos Diversity Leadership Council, which heavily contributed to Sodexo being ranked #1 or #2 with DiversityInc for the past four consecutive years, and receiving the top diversity award from Catalyst. He is a trusted advisor on Diversity and Inclusion at the highest levels within Sodexo. In March 2005, working with the Office of the President, he directed the response to a class action lawsuit. Charged with fulfilling obligations on behalf of class members, he assisted in creating a Diversity Scorecard to measure how the company hires, promotes and retains diversity. James was the Chair of the African American Leadership Forum (AALF) ERG that focuses on providing growth and development opportunities for African American managers across the organization.

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Sarah Lee

Partner- Dispute Resolution

Slaughter and May

Sarah has been a Dispute Resolution partner at Slaughter and May for 17 years and has wide experience in the field. She was the lead Diversity and Inclusion partner at the firm from 2007-2012 and was responsible for defining and driving the D&I strategy within the firm. Sarah was the first partner to take up this role and was successful in raising partners awareness on D&I issues, including issues relating to BME lawyers. She introduced training on and awareness of D&I issues at all levels of the firm and was instrumental in the setup of the firms, now thriving, eight employee networks, including the BME network. During this time she also took on the role of graduate recruitment lead partner for the firm, which included developing and expanding the relationship with RARE, a specialised graduate recruitment agency that finds the most talented BME students. To find a solution to the joint challenges of BME and social mobility in the sphere of graduate recruitment, Sarah was a founding member of the RARE contextual graduate recruitment working group that has led to the design of software for graduate recruiters to identity outstanding students who come from non-traditional backgrounds. Slaughter and May were one of the first firms to adopt this software which has now been implemented by many of the magic circle firms and blue chip companies.

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Sara Mathew

Non-Executive Director

Shire Plc

Ms Mathew is a Retired Chair, CEO and Portfolio Board Member, including; board member - Dun and Bradstreet, board member and Chair of the Audit Committee - The Campbell Soup Company, board member - Freddie Mac, board member - Shire, board member Avon, and a Member International Advisory Council Zurich Insurance. Sara actively participates at events focused on furthering the interests of the Asian American Community. She has been a frequent speaker at numerous events hosted by the Asia Society, SAWLF, and Most Powerful Women in India and other female focused events at the Boards she currently serves on. During her tenure as both CFO and Chair & CEO at Dun & Bradstreet, and during her time at P&G, she was a dedicated and active mentor to dozens of women and men.

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Rakesh Sharma

CEO

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.

Rakesh is the executive director in charge of the entire company with approximately 5,500 people in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, India and China. He has promoted on merit, resulting in the first Asian M&A Director, the first black company President, the first Hispanic COO and the first black female VP being appointed under his leadership. Ultra operates in four markets; Defence & Aerospace, Cyber Security & Surveillance, Transport and Energy. Ultra has grown up during Rakeshs tenure and some years ago he discussed Ultra with Lord Mandelson, when he was UK Trade Secretary, who commented Ultra are the best British engineering company that I have never heard of. When Rakesh became Chief Executive he was determined to make Ultra more visible within Government. He can now say that now not only does he engage with the Government and the Opposition in the UK but that he is also known on Capitol Hill in the US and by the Australian Government and South Australia State Government. So much so, that Ultra have participated in a No. 10 commission on nuclear degree apprenticeships and have people embedded in UKTI and DECC.

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Suresh Raj

Managing Director, Global Business Development

Ogilvy PR

Suresh sits on the Ogilvy Public Relations Global Board as well as an officer within the Global Executive Committee, the highest level of leadership within the company. In his position, Suresh drives new business growth, whilst crafting and and bringing together the pitch and account servicing teams across all 2,300 employees. As a leader within the Global Board of Ogilvy Public Relations, he drives the company's global business development efforts across all the major regions. In and outside of Ogilvy, Suresh is actively involved in a myriad of mentoring programmes. This includes programmes for employees within the group across multiple countries, externally with promising academic students in North America, EMEA and APAC, as well as aspiring business development executives within all these regions. The mentoring programmes includes members in and outside the BAME community. Suresh is also personal mentor to several students of Black and Latino backgrounds. By creating bespoke Key Performance Indicators (KPI document), which was circulated to the students parents as well as teachers within the school, the students moved from being average achievers to becoming Honour Role & highly commended students.

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Soumen Das

MD & CFO

Capco Plc

Soumen is a Main Board Director and is a pivotal part of the Executive team that drives the business. He leads on financial strategy and has investment responsibility for the Covent Garden Estate. He works closely with the Chief Executive and as such, touches all aspects of the business. Capcos prudent and innovative financial strategy, as designed by Soumen, underpins the outstanding success of the company since 2010. As a member of the Executive team, Soumen is a key speaker at all staff presentations and induction programmes. He is a keen advocate for the Capco Corporate Responsibility programmes, many of which have centred on working with local schools where the BAME community has a significant presence. Soumen was the youngest CFO of a FTSE 250 company and his career is characterised by innovation and intellectual rigour. Through Soumens leadership of financial strategy, he has created an outstanding capital structure at Capco, which provides a platform for continued growth. He has been responsible for raising almost £2 billion of funding over the past 2 years.

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Vimi Grewal-Carr

Managing Partner - Innovation

Deloitte

Vimi sits on Deloittes executive committee as managing partner for innovation and is their most senior BAME partner. She is driving the firm to have a more innovative approach to disruption, a role that is highly visible to all of Deloittes 15,000 people and, increasingly, in the market. She is an established BAME role model through her leadership of Deloittes multicultural and Sikh network. Throughout her time in business Vimi has also been one of the founders of the 30% club, a founding board member of the London Womens Forum and established Deloittes Women in Technology network 19years ago. Vimi is an active mentor and an advocate of BAME issues on Deloittes executive and she is heavily involved with Deloittes multi-cultural network which connects people who share affinity through race. The network was named Employee Network of the Year at the Business in the Communitys (BITC) Race for Opportunity awards and Vimi hosted network members at the award ceremony.

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Paula Boggs

Member Board of Directors

Avid Technology

Paula serves on the board of Avid Technology, Inc and launched Boggs Media LLC in 2013. She also fronts a band, Paula Boggs Band, breaking stereotypes of what a band fronted by a boomer African-American female should be. Paula has served on the board of Johns Hopkins University for 18 years, including stints on the nominating committee and now as chair of the student life committee. It has been her cause to increase the numbers of board members, students and faculty of color at Johns Hopkins, retain then and help them flourish. Seventeen years ago Paula created the Nathaniel Boggs Jr. Memorial Scholarship at Johns Hopkins to help increase the numbers of African-American PhD scientists in the US. Paula has been involved with activity designed to achieve positive change for BAME people, including; the Law & Government cluster leader for the Greater Seattle YMCA Black Achievers, a leader in the American Bar Association, honored by the American Bar Association, the Washington State Bar Association and many others for this work. In addition, Paula serve s on the President's Committee for the Arts and the Humanities one of who's signature programs is TurnAround Arts, marrying artists with some of her nation's lowest performing public schools, whose students are disproportionately of color, with resulting higher test scores, better attendance and higher self-esteem.

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Manik (Nik) Jhangiani

Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

The Coca-Cola Company

Manik is Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Coca-Cola Enterprises. He is part of their Executive Leadership Team. Having worked at other bottlers as well as in the Coca-Cola Company, Manik has an influence that goes beyond CCE. Under his leadership, D&I has been taken to another level within Coca-Cola enterprises Finance organization: the number of women in Finance, the female representation within Finance remained at an average of 57%. As well as establishing a Finance Diversity and Inclusion Council, Finance has started to pilot a company-wide mentoring program, something Manik was particularly keen on as his team of 704 Finance professionals is spread out across Europe, including Sofia, Bulgaria. Besides championing the overall D&I agenda for the Finance function, Manik has also played a key role championing the Cultural Diversity agenda at CCE, for example by participating at the kick-off of their Cultural Diversity Awareness day in Great Britain.

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Scott Taylor

EVP and General Counsel

Symantec

Scott is Symantec's Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary. In addition to serving on the executive team and managing Symantec's global legal function, he manages Symantec's government affairs, public policy, corporate responsibility, philanthropy, diversity and inclusion, and ethics and compliance functions, and leads a global team of 147 professionals. Scott also serves as a Director on the corporate board of Piper Jaffray, and is a national advisory board member of the Stanford University Center for Comparative Studies on Race and Ethnicity. Scott is a member of Symantecs executive leadership team, allowing him to be an effective voice for championing a diverse and inclusive workplace with my fellow leaders. Over the course of the past year, Symantec has launched Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) focused on veterans and black employees; expanded their ERG focused on LGBTQ employees; and continued to provide support to our Hispanic and women employees ERGs. Scott is the executive sponsor of SyBER, Symantecs Black Employee Resource Group. SyBER is focused on developing career advancement and mentorship opportunities, recruiting tactics, and community building to attract and retain Black talent.

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Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management

Daiwa

Miranda is the most senior black person at Daiwa and is responsible for managing the companys legal risk across EMEA for their derivatives, regulatory and securities financing business. Miranda was Chair of the Black Networking Group at JPMorgan Chase Bank, and launched a Mentoring and Professional Development programme to help with the progression of the black employees. Further to this, Miranda was the brainchild behind the new initiative called Black Cultural Archives in the City, launched the Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation, teamed up with The Princes Trust to help increase race diversity by offering one of her race diversity leadership scholarships to a BAME person from an disadvantaged background who has completed the Trust programme. She is Co-Founder of Color In Tech, an organization to help increase race diversity in Technology, and is the only black person who sits on the City Women Networks Committee Board among senior businesswomen in the UK to help increase not only gender but race diversity within the Corporate space.

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Dipan Shah

Partner- Private Business tax practice

PwC

Dipan joined PwC in 2002 to train as a Chartered Accountant and by 2014 had progressed to partner. Dipan advises privately owned businesses, families and entrepreneurs with UK and international interests. He leads PwCs Private Business and Private Client tax practice in London. Dipan was recently recognised as a leading professional in the Tax Journals independently evaluated 40 under 40 awards. As an Indian born and raised in Africa and now living in the UK, Dipan is a senior champion of the BAME agenda. He is the co-founder of PwCs Asian Business Forum, sponsor of the PwC Multicultural Business Network and a member of its Africa Business Group. Through his networks, client work and leadership roles, he strongly encourages the mobility of talent and doing business internationally, most notably with Africa and the Indian sub-continent. Dipan mentors BAME children in the UK and abroad, and devotes his spare time and energy to support charities helping children in Africa and India.

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Kashif Zafar

Co-Head of Macro, Co-Head of Distribution

Barclays Investment Bank

Kashif Zafar is Co-Head of Global Distribution and Co-Head of Macro Products within the Investment Bank at Barclays leading a team of nearly 900 people. Kashif has inspired tangible change across the BAME agenda at Barclays, from his active leadership of the multicultural Embrace network, to his authentic personal role-modelling. Through outreach activities, platform events and mentoring, Kashif has inspired people from a range of multicultural backgrounds to bring their talent to Barclays. As a result, Barclays has significantly improved the diversity of those applying to and joining the bank. Thanks to Kashifs leadership, Barclays is now recognised by SEO as leading the banks recruiter league table and currently hire 50% more BAME interns than the next best competitor, Goldman Sachs. Following these achievements, the make up of the Investment Bank front office intern class has changed over the past 5 years, for example from 25% in 2011 to 45% this year in BAME candidates in the Markets business. In the UK he sits on the boards of British Pakistan Foundation (BPF), the American School in London (Board Diversity and Admission committee) and the Advisory Board for SEO (Sponsors for Educational Opportunity). In the US Kashif sits on the boards of International House and American Pakistan Foundation and supports SAYA (South Asian Youth Action) and is a member of Global Advisory Councils of Developments in Literacy. He is also an Associate Partner of Acumen (a non-profit global venture fund that uses entrepreneurial approaches to solve the problems of poverty)

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Byron Spruell

Vice Chairman, Central Region and Chicago Managing Principal

Deloitte

Byron is Vice Chairman, Central Region and Chicago Managing Principal. In this role he has oversight for the 4,300-person Deloitte Chicago practice, which is the largest Big Four professional services firm in the area. He is responsible for driving revenue and talent growth for Deloittes Central region practice, which comprises 30 offices and 15,000 partners and professionals. Byron uses his personal and professional experiences to help build a stronger economy and society, to work with non-profit organizations to address educational inequalities and to inspire leadership in others. Among a number of professional and philanthropic relationships, he currently serves on the boards of Metropolitan Family Services, Chicago Urban League, Big Shoulders Fund in Chicago, and the Jackie Robinson Foundation in New York. The mission of these affiliations is to provide at-risk youth with better access to quality educations. Through these organizations, and through Bryons mentorship of young professionals at Deloitte and in the community, he hopes to create positive change for BAME people. He has also been involved in meaningful partnerships with The Black Corporate Directors Conference and Executive Leadership Council to focus on bringing emerging leaders into programs that focus on changing the face of composition at the C-suite and board levels.

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Hani Kablawi

Executive Vice President and CEO of EMEA Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

Hani is Executive Vice President and CEO of EMEA Asset Servicing at BNY Mellon, providing global custody and fund services to financial institutions and asset owners across Europe, Middle East and Africa. There are 540 employees within EMEA Asset Servicing with many more in supporting roles. Hani is a member of the corporate Operating Committee and the EMEA Chairmans Forum, Chief Executive of BNY Mellon (International) Limited in the UK, and Director of BNY Mellon SA/NV, the companys Brussels based European bank. Hani also Co Chairs the companys Sovereign Advisory Board, and the Middle East and Africa Management Committee. Hani is a Board member of the International Securities Services Association and the Arab Bankers Association. He actively mentors throughout the company, believing strongly that diversity and inclusion is about hiring, developing and promoting the best person for the role but also that a 'portfolio approach' to management necessarily results in teams that are highly diverse and representative of the community outside.

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Shaheen Talia Sayed

Managing Director

Accenture

Shaheen has multiple roles at Accenture which involve diverse reporting and stakeholder groups. She sits on Accentures UKI Executive Leadership Team, comprising of seventeen senior representatives who determine the strategic goals of the UKI business. Shaheen represents the interests of Accentures Analyst Consulting Group at board level. Since 2014 Shaheen has been the lead of Accentures Analyst Consulting Group, and accountable for the personal and professional development of over 1000 new graduates. Shaheen works extensively with Accentures African-Caribbean Network where she leads the development of a signature two day classroom-based Leadership Development course for forty attendees. She has also established a mentoring circle for BAME colleagues at manager and senior manager level whom she personally mentors on issues of gender and race. Three of the women Shaheen has mentored are in the process of being promoted to Managing Director level. In addition to this, Shaheen is a personal mentor a number of non-BAME senior Managing Directors on understanding how to leverage the diverse talent in their business areas.

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Funke Abimbola

General Counsel & Company Secretary

Roche UK

As the most senior black lawyer working within the UK pharmaceutical industry, Funke is a highly visible and senior BAME leader and a role model for BAME employees not only within Roche UK but within the UK business community as a whole. Within Roche UK, she mentors BAME colleagues extensively and is also the Diversity Champion for the Roche UK organisation. Funke supports the Roche UK General Manager in achieving his personal diversity goals, having successfully established a summer placement scheme for students within her legal team (now in its 5th year), and created an annual, 12 month internship for school leavers, she is currently assisting and advising the company on an entry-level initiative to engage millennials, including those from the BAME community and other under-represented groups. Funke is leading on the D&I content for Roches first ever sustainability report called Roche in the UK which will become an annual publication highlighting the impact that Roche has made in the UK and is also leading on all internal and external D&I messaging, a core component of which is around contributions made by their BAME employees and BAME talent that they are currently developing.

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Samir Pandiri

Executive Vice President and CEO of Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

Samir is an Executive Vice President of BNY Mellon and Global CEO of Asset Servicing, BNY Mellon's largest business in terms of employees and revenue. Samirs management oversight encompasses business groups and functions that generate more than one-third of the firms aggregate revenues in 2015 (over US$5 billion). Through his IMPACT leadership role, position on the Global Diversity & Inclusion Council and C-suite platform, Samir builds an inclusive culture by providing employees a chance to build skills outside of their daily responsibilities, raise their visibility with executive leadership and gain access to networking, professional development, mentoring/reverse mentoring, career sponsorship and client engagement opportunities. Samir acts as a role model for BAMEs who aspire to career advancement, and is a mentor for a number of internal multicultural professionals, within and outside of his business line. Samir leverages his position of influence to reach multicultural students, professionals, peers and leaders. He has spoken at more than 20 domestic and international events in 2015, sharing stories about his ascent to the C-suite.

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Leena Nair

Chief HR Officer

Unilever

Leena is the Chief Human Resources Officer and sits on the Executive Committee, the senior most decision making team reporting to Paul Polman, the CEO. While there are 2575 employees in the HR function, Leena bears overall responsibility for the hiring, training, rewards and remuneration of all Unilever employees worldwide. She also oversees the Diversity and Inclusion agenda for the organisation and has the mandate to shape initiatives and processes that enable the workforce to be truly diverse and inclusive. Leena is the first female and youngest ever CHRO of Unilever. She spearheaded the creation of a world-class leadership centre in Singapore and led the launch of key technology innovations. Prior to this, she undertook a wide range of HR roles in India, and as VP HR South Asia, she led the talent and organisation strategy that was a significant enabler in helping the business deliver its vision. She brought in a number of innovations, including the Career by Choice programme, which helps women who have fallen off the career ladder to re-join the workforce. Since 1992, when she joined Unilever as a trainee, Leena has had many firsts to her credit, from being one of the first women managers to opt for a factory stint to becoming the first woman on HULs management committee and its youngest executive director.

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Nora Wu

Vice Chairwoman, Global Human Capital Leader

PwC

Nora is a member of the most senior governance body, The Network Executive Team, of PwCs global Network, initiating and affecting change across the firms offices in 157 countries representing over 208,000 people. Nora is an active mentor to many professionals at varying points in their careers, both within and external to PwC. She hosts informal networking events for Asian mentees to help them broaden their community in the US and develop their confidence and networking style. Besides overseeing PwCs Global Human Capital Strategy, Nora has chaired the Culture and Corporate Responsibility Committee for the China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore firms and served as a council member on the PwC Global Gender Advisory Council. She also initiated the annual PwC Business Women Leadership Roundtable, which encourages women from all over the world to support and mentor each other. In addition to this, Nora helped create TEDx Shanghai Women, an annual talk with the aim of inspiring women in Mainland China. Last year Nora was invited to speak at the annual TEDx Shanghai Women event

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Shriti Vadera

Chairwoman

Santander UK

Shriti is Chairman of Santander UK, a significant UK retail bank, Senior Independent Director of BHP Billiton, the worlds largest mining company, and Non-Executive Director of Astra Zeneca, a leading global pharmaceutical company. She is the first minority ethnic and first female chairman of a major UK high street bank and one of the most senior BAME FTSE 100 directors. Santander actively promotes a diverse workforce through policies to improve the number of people of BAME origin progressing to more senior roles in the business. These include (but are not limited to) appointing a dedicated Executive Committee member responsible for improving BAME diversity, reverse mentoring of the Executive Committee so that they can hear directly from BAME employees about the challenges that they face, training solutions to tackle unconscious bias as part of Santanders Leadership Programme and in some specific business areas and the establishment of a cultural awareness network for employees. Her other boards, BHP Billiton and AstraZeneca, also implement strong BAME policies.

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Nina Bhatia

MD, Commercial & Connected Homes

Centrica plc

Nina is a senior executive in Centrica plc and sits within the top 50 employees of the company with a global team of c.400 staff. In her current role as MD, Centrica Connected Home, she has direct responsibility for one of Centricas 2 growth businesses. Ninas approach to diversity and inclusion is that it cannot be a stand-alone initiative to add value it needs to be an integral part of how we get things done and an output of how we behave. Through her sponsorship of internal employee networks Nina acts as a role model for BAME employees and provides leadership on gender and BAME initiatives. Nina promotes diversity within Centrica from the top down and believes that diversity within a workforce leads to a successful organisation. She is therefore keen to ensure Centricas culture and working practices are fit for purpose to attract, retain and develop the best talent with a specific focus on BAME talent. Earlier in her career, Nina was among the first BAME partners in McKinsey, London.

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Tony Chanmugam

Group Finance Director

BT plc.

As CFO, Tony has been instrumental in setting the direction for BT, particularly over the last six years as he has worked to transform our cost base. He is a member of the BT Board and reports directly to the Group CEO. Despite the enormous scope of his day job, Tony consistently commits time and energy to improving BTs position. Recently, this has included; sponsoring BTs Ethnic Minority network, developing a specific mentoring programme for BAME employees, reviewing recruitment and mentoring within his business area and kicking off a detailed review of all of BTs development and leadership options with a view to accelerating BAME development across BT. Tony is a strong and visible leader on BAME diversity in BT. He uses the influence he has across the business to close engagement and progression gaps for our BAME employees whether through structural programmes, or via the personal sponsorship and mentoring he offers to senior BAME individuals.

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Sophie Chandauka

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

Sophie joined Morgan Stanley this year in January 2016 and has recently been confirmed as leading the charge for D&I for the Legal and Compliance Division in EMEA (in addition to her day job). She will be reviewing the strategy and has begun to mentor two BAME rising stars internally. She is one of the highest ranking senior Executive Directors in Morgan Stanley's Legal and Compliance Division (LCD) with significant delegated authorities for LCD operational matters as the Chief Administrative Officer of EMEA. She supervises a core team of six direct reports and co-manages 25 others and has served on the Board of Trustees of Sentebale and Protimos. Sentebale was founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso, and provides psycho-social supports for children infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS in Southern Africa. Protimos is an associate member of the Clinton Global Initiative which provides access to law and legal education for indigenous and marginalised communities in resource rich emerging economies, with a specific emphasis on Southern Africa.

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Paul Monekosso Cleal

Partner

PwC

Paul has been with PwC for 20 years and partner for the last 15 and is among the top 10% most senior partners in the UK firm having held a number of leadership roles. Over the years Paul has mentored many BAME staff and partners and in 2013 Business in the Communitys Race for Opportunity campaign chose him as their first Diversity Champion at their annual awards and asked him to join their advisory board. Paul was also chosen by the Powerlist Foundation as one of the top 100 black/afro-Caribbean role models in the last two years. Alongside his client facing responsibilities at PwC Paul has worked on diversity issues with particular emphasis on ethnicity. In 2003 he became the first chair of the firms Ethnic Minorities Forum and raised the issue of ethnic inequality with the PwC Board. Since the number of BAME partners has grown from less than ten to nearly fifty. In 2006 Paul became the firms first (and still only) BAME Board member (the firm is equivalent in scale to a FTSE-100 company). Among other things he sponsored detailed analysis of recruitment, retention and progression issues leading to actions including bias awareness training.

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Fama Francisco

President, Global Feminine Care

Procter and Gamble

Fama was recently accredited as Deloitte and Touche highest ranked Wise Women and is first Asian female President in P&G. As President for Global Feminine Care, Fama is responsible for leading over 5500 employees in over 115 countries. Since being in post, Fama has developed structural interventions to enable more opportunities for success for Asians & Asian-Americans within the company. This includes relentless recruiting focuses, Leadership Development programs, Reverse Mentoring with Asian employees and Vice Presidents & Presidents and Asian Heritage Month awareness. She also led P&Gs Asia Pacific American Diversity Program for 5 years, serving over 1,000 Asians & Asian-Americans, improving representation from 7.2% to 8.7% across all levels and improving total promotions of Asians & Asian-Americans by +80% and +70% vs. 1 year ago among Senior Manager and Associate Director levels. As a result, employee survey results among Asians & Asian Americans were ahead of total company, and the highest among all diversity groups. Fama has constantly utilised her workplace as a platform for good including the championing and global expansion of Always #LikeAGirl campaign, which supports girls confidence at puberty. The campaign has been recognized globally with over 130 industry awards for all aspects of Brand Building including an award from the United Nations and the inaugural Cannes Glass Lion which recognises work that addresses gender inequality or prejudice.

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Netsai Mangwende

Head of Finance Business Partnering for UK and Europe

AIG

Netsai is an experienced Finance professional, with 11 years experience in the London Insurance Market. She has strong commercial acumen and an in depth understanding of the critical success factors that formulate business strategies and drive performance. Her insight has informed the development of new tools and ideas transforming Finance from a support function to one that genuinely leads the Business. She is an Instrumental member of the UK Executive Committee at AIG and a Valued Member of the Senior Management Team for AIG Europe Limited. She manages the insurance groups Europe portfolio and is responsible for the management results control framework, reporting, accounting, financial planning and analysis as well as strategic business partnering. Netsai Led the set-up of the first African and Caribbean employee resource group in EMEA, called the ACIG & Allies ERG at AIG who have achieved great progress in the areas of developing talent, attracting talent, cultural awareness and community.

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Richard Mark

President

Ameren Illinois Companies

Richard is the President of Ameren Illinois Companies and has 3,200 employees. He was responsible for the formation of ANME (Ameren Network of Minority Employees). As their executive sponsor, this group grew and thrived helping minorities network and providing practical skills and knowledge to help minority employees achieve their personal business goals. He was instrumental in getting Ameren to sponsor minority hiring events, develop educational programs to help minorities prepare for the rigors of our testing requirements, partner with minority organizations to increase candidate pools and encouraged the use of mentors to increase interest in the utility industry. Richard has worked with strategic sourcing to increase the number of diversity suppliers used and to help facilitate the vendor requirements/process to increase minority spend and has developed a scholarship program for diverse business owners at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth University in New Hampshire. Richard also serves on the Board of the Illinois Utilities Business Diversity Council. This council is designed to grow business opportunities for diverse suppliers through closer collaboration, technical development and sharing of best practices.

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Tom Shropshire

Partner- Co-Head Operational Intelligence Group

Linklaters

Tom joined Linklaters in 1998 and was the first person of Black-African heritage to be elected as a US partner within Linklaters and the first Black-African partner to be elected as a member of the firms International Board (on which he sat from 2011-2014). As a member of the International Board, Tom was one of 14 partners responsible for the firms strategy and performance, out of 400+ partners. Tom has been co-chair of the Linklaters Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network since 2009. The network aims to encourage and influence attraction, recruitment, retention and promotion of people from black, Asian and other minority ethnic backgrounds at all levels within Linklaters, both lawyers and business services staff. In 2013, Tom was jointly responsible for the BAME Networks launch of the firms Inspired to Succeed series which focuses on soft-skill development, career flexibility and networking. The sessions are delivered by external experts. Tom recognised a serious issue within Linklaters own diversity statistics (in 2013 just 1% of junior associates were black, while 16% were of Asian origin) and is passionate about addressing this to ensure that more lawyers of black heritage join Linklaters and make it to partnership in the future.

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Daryl Scales

Vice President of Finance for Europe

Enterprise Rent-A-Car

As Vice President of Finance for Europe, Daryl is the most senior finance officer for Enterprise Rent-A-Cars European operations. He has been with the business for over 30 years and oversees more than 400 employees with a further 600 having a dotted line into him. Daryl is the senior level advocate leading initiatives to support ethnic diversity at the Enterprise senior leadership board. Under Daryls leadership the plan outlines policies, activities and communications to drive ethnic diversity at Enterprise. At 29% BAME employees across the UK and 48% in London & South East, the Enterprise workforce is currently far more diverse in its ethnicity than the population of the UK. Under Daryls stewardship, Enterprise became one of the founding members of Minority Supplier Development UK (MSDUK), was part of the BITC Race At Work report and in June 2015, Daryl personally was appointed to the Race Equality Leadership Board of the Business in the Community Race for Opportunity campaign, which it also co-sponsored. One to one, Daryl also continues to mentor BAME employees across the business.

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Sandie Okoro

General Counsel at HSBC Global Asset Management

HSBC

Sandie is Global General Counsel (GCC) and lead legal advisor to the HSBC Global Asset Management Business and sits on the Executive Committee. She is also a Deputy General Counsel for Retail Banking & Wealth Management. Sandie is the most senior lawyer within the AMG business and one of the few black British female Global General Counsels in a heavily male dominated field. Within the British legal profession, as a whole, she is one of the most senior and high profile black female lawyers. In 2015 Sandie was named in Brummell Magazine as one of the top Inspirational Women in the City who are Champions of Diversity. She was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Law by City University, the Chambers Europe Award for Excellence and was named by the Guardian Newspaper as one of the 10 women who are changing the face of the City. Sandie is a sponsor and active member of HSBCs BAME Network for which she gives regular talks, hosts events and mentors BAME employees and BAME graduates. She is also a rigorous mentor and internal and external spokesperson on diversity at HSBC.

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Carola Hoyos

Editor of the Executive Appointments section

The Financial Times

Carola Hoyos started as a journalist at the FT in the late 1990s when she became United Nations correspondent in New York, covering the diplomatic consequences of the September 11 terrorist attacks and the run up to the war in Iraq. As soon as diplomacy died and US war planes crossed the Iraqi border, Carola moved to the UK to cover the geopolitics of oil and gas and the sector's biggest companies, which then led to a stint as defence correspondent. She became the editor of FT Executive Appointments and editor of the FT's Non Executive Directors' Club in 2014. Carola holds a dual degree in economics and international relations from Tufts University.

Torrence Boone

VP - Global Agency Sales and Services

Google

As a VP at Google, Torrence is the senior most business leader of their agency sales channel. There are only 50 VPs in the 16K person global business organization at Google and is directly responsible for 200 professionals and dotted line responsible for 450 professionals around the globe. Executive sponsor for the Black Googlers Network (BGN), an Employee Resources Group (ERG), focused on community building, outreach, recruiting and retention of black staff. Related, active mentorship of diverse minority staff. NY Board President for Citizen Schools, a national education reform organization focused on reimagining the school day for inner city middle schools students by exposing them to professionals through handson apprenticeships. Over 750 Google team members have taught apprenticeships ranging from robotics to app design to ad campaign development, among many others. Citizens Schools is the #1 volunteerism organization at Google.

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Suki Sandhu

Founder & CEO

INvolve

As one of the UK’s leading specialists in diversity and inclusion for over 14 years, Suki has been a game changer in this field. He founded membership initiatives OUTstanding in 2013, and EMpower and HERoes in 2017 to diversify boardrooms, create more inclusive cultures and champion role models. In 2018, Suki launched INvolve, a motherbrand sitting above these three initiatives, working holistically across LGBT+, gender and ethnic minority inclusion. Both Audeliss and INvolve are committed to creating inclusive working environments for all.

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Timothy Wilkins

Partner

Freshfields

Timothy is a partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. He has been practicing law for 23 years and has been a partner for the last 14. He is proud to be the first US-qualified African American partner in the history of the firm. He joined Freshfields as an associate in the Tokyo office and was elected to the partnership in 2002. Timothy served as the Co-Head of the Corporate Practice in Tokyo and he returned to the New York office in 2006. Timothy lectures widely on issues of international law and social justice at universities and conferences. He has guest lectured at Harvard Law School and Yale Law School. Last year he was appointed as an Adjunct Professor of International Law at Hunter College, where he teaches a course in the political science department on public international law. Timothy has undertaken significant efforts to increase diversity in the legal profession. He served on the New York City Bar Associations Diversity Committee, where he co-chaired a sub-committee on expanding minority lawyer opportunities at global firms. His efforts have been recognized by the Council of Urban Professionals, the leading organization promoting diversity in New York, which selected him as a Change Catalyst in Law. He was also honoured by Legal Outreach as an Elder of the Village for his promotion of the Legal Outreach program at law firms throughout the city. Bill de Blasio, mayor of New York City, also recognized Timothy last year by appointing him to be the President of NYC Global Partners and serve as a Director of the NYC Economic Development Corporation.

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Muhtar Kent

Chairman and CEO

The Coca-Cola Company

Muhtar is Chairman and CEO of The Coca-Cola Company and is responsible for leading a system of more than 750,000 employees in more than 200 countries around the world. The Coca-Cola systems combined annual revenues are more than $115 billion. Through a number of global industry leadership roles, Muhtar Kent has represented the importance of advancing multicultural interests in business. He is or has been Chairman of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum, a fellow of the Foreign Policy Association, a Co-Chair of The Consumer Goods Forum, a past Chairman of the U.S.-China Business Council, a Chairman of the U.S. ASEAN Business Council, a member of the Eminent Persons Group for ASEAN, appointed by President Obama and former Secretary of State Clinton, a director of Special Olympics International, Ronald McDonald House Charities and Catalyst. Kent has been a champion for advancing the multicultural nature of Coca-Colas business through the launch of an initiative to economically empower 5 million women in the Coca-Cola supply chain by 2020 (5 by 20), the launch of the Womens Leadership Council to increase female representation among the companys top leaders and led a refreshment of the companys Board of Directors to increase diversity. During his tenure, Kent has championed a mission of value creation to make the company better and more valuable to the stakeholders it serves. Kent also has been a champion for advancing the multicultural nature of Coca-Colas business through the launch of an initiative to economically empower 5 million women in the Coca-Cola supply chain by 2020 (5 by 20), the launch of the Womens Leadership Council to increase female representation among the companys top leaders and led a refreshment of the companys Board of Directors to increase diversity.

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Nathaniel Peat

Co-Founder and CEO

Gennex

Nathaniel is the CEO and Co-founder of Gennex and has made huge waves in the social enterprise space. Gennex is now registered in four countries. To date, they have trained 46 people. He is also a trustee at Ernst & Young EY Foundation, which focuses on positively impacting the lives of disadvantaged youth. He is committed to the mission of the organization which includes empowering young people across the UK to become the very best they can be as entrepreneurs, employees and in higher education. This prestigious organization looks to Nathaniel and the other trustees to continue their support of the mission and to make significant contributions to the further development of opportunities for young people from all walks of life. Nathaniel spends a great deal of time meeting with and consulting with you g people who may be considered disadvantaged in some way. He assists young people in identifying the ways in which their career paths can drive social mobility. Nathaniel assists young people in identifying career opportunities that can help them move beyond the limitations that may exist in their lives. In 2015 Nathaniel was the only UK entrepreneur selected by Virgin Unite to attend a week long leadership gathering on Necker Island with Sir Richard Branson for his company Gennex. Nathaniel was honoured in June 2015 by Kings House, Jamaica, where he received the Governor General Award for Excellence from Sir Patrick Allen ON, GCMG, CD, and K.St.J. He is an international professional and has attended global meetings around both G20 & EU.

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Manjit Wolstenholme

Chairman

Provident Financial plc

Manjit Wolstenholme is the Chairman of Provident Financial plc and is the only female BAME Chair of a FTSE 100 company. Manjit has worked on establishing Provident Financial Group as a leader in the field of equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI). The starting point for this work revolved around ensuring that the business met the recommendations made in the Lord Davies review for female board representation to increase to 25%. Manjit extended this commitment and set a target of having 25% of women within the wider senior management group by 2015 this was surpassed and the figure now stands at 30%. Building on this, Manjit recognised that there was more that could be done to improve performance across the EDI agenda. Manjit championed diversity measurement across the Group and was a strong lead in the decision for PFG to adopt the National Equality Standard (NES). The NES has been developed by Ernst & Young with 18 other UK and global organisations. It is supported by the Equality and Human Rights Commission, the Home Office and the CBI as the first business-led equality and diversity initiative to tackle inequality and promote inclusion in the workplace. Manjit has been at the forefront of the companys initiative to achieve the NES standard and strongly believes UK businesses should integrate equality, diversity and inclusion considerations into everyday business practice.

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Albert Cheng

COO

Amazon Studios

As Chief Operating Officer of Amazon Studios, Albert Cheng currently oversees the studios global business operations. He leads a team responsible for business affairs, production, research, product management, programming and release schedules, digital product and technology, as well as content planning for Prime Video content. For over sixteen years Albert served on various diversity organizations. In addition to supporting diversity initiatives at Amazon, he was on the Board of NAMIC (National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications) for nine years (2000 2009) and served as Treasurer for two of those years (http://www.namic.com/index.php). He was most recently a founding board member of Digital Diversity Network and now an Advisory Board member. He currently serves on the Board of The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE). Each of these 501c3 organizations advocate for diversity and inclusion as well as offer programs to develop executives of colour in executive leadership.

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Tunji Akintokun

Director- Global Virtual Sales

Cisco

Tunji is a Director and senior leader within Cisco covering the Middle East, Africa, Russia and CIS. With over 180 staff operating from offices in Moscow, Cairo, South Africa, Nigeria, Morocco, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Dubai and Turkey he oversees a leadership team that engages with Ciscos customer and partners to build successful business solution and outcomes. In addition, Tunjis organisation also has responsibility for the Early In Career sales talent pipeline for Cisco and he oversees a Graduate Sales Academy based in Amsterdam which recruits approximately 25 graduates per year who receive one year of intensive training before returning to their countries across the Middle East, Africa, Russia and CIS. In 2010 Tunji co-founded the Europe, Middle & Africa chapter of Ciscos Connected Black Professionals (CBP) Employee Organisation from his belief that diversity matters. The vision was to impact Ciscos culture such that the highest levels of business excellence and employee satisfaction are achieved. CBP is one of Ciscos employee affinity groups, which focuses on promoting inclusive leadership, inspiring and empowering its members to achieve their potential. Tunji has made a powerful impact to Cisco, his staff/members and the communities CBP have served.

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Ruby McGregor

Chief Executive

Mitie Group Plc

Ruby is the Chief Executive of Mitie Group plc and is one of only a few BAME women leading companies in the FTSE indexes. Ruby has overseen the growth Mitie from £0.5bn to over £2.2bn, resulting in its entry into the FTSE250 during that time. She has also grown its employee base from 23,000 people to c65,000 currently making Mitie one of the UKs largest private sector employers. Since joining and running Mitie, Ruby has personally championed the diversity agenda across the group. She established a Diversity Steering Group, a team of senior managers from across the business, chaired by an independent expert Anne Watts CBE. They regularly undertake external benchmarking exercises to reflect best practice in the diversity and inclusion agenda, and review policies to ensure Mitie is fulfilling its aspirations to provide opportunities and development to people from all backgrounds. She also appointed a team of Diversity Champions across the business who are accountable for delivering business-specific diversity initiatives at every level of the organisation and have all completed the ILM level 4 qualification in Equality and Diversity. Rubys passion for providing opportunities to people of all backgrounds has also seen her engage in regular speaking engagements from schools to clients to business associations, speaking on how to foster entrepreneurialism in the UK, how to embrace diversity, and sharing her advice on how to successfully grow a business.

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Minouche Shafik

Deputy Governor, Markets and Banking

Bank of England

Minouche Shafik became Deputy Governor of the Bank of England on 1 August 2014 and is responsible for almost 500 people in Markets and Banking. She is jointly responsible for the Bank's international surveillance, analysis and engagement. An internal BAME review, sponsored by Minouche, was launched in December 2014 by the Bank of Englands Chief Economist and the then Chief Information Officer. Some of the outcomes of the BAME review in the 12 months include the introduction of Unconscious bias training for all line managers within the Bank that manage three or more people, and the introduction of a reciprocal mentoring scheme called Building Bridges which launched in October 2015 to offer all BAME staff with a Head of Department sponsor with the intention of raising BAME awareness and increasing BAME opportunity across the Bank. Previously, Minouche has sat on the Board for the Minority Ethnic Talent Association and acted as a mentor to the organisation which supports under-represented groups to advance to senior positions in the civil service. She continues to be highly visible externally to The Bank and is a regular speaker and panellist at industry events.

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Ajay Banga

President and Chief Executive Officer at MasterCard

MasterCard

Ajay has been president and CEO of MasterCard since July 2010. As of December 31, 2015, MasterCard had 11,300 employees, of whom approximately 6,200 were employed outside of the United States. MasterCard is a Fortune 500 company with a market cap of $104 billion. Throughout his career, Ajay has had the ability and the pleasure of serving on a number of boards that help to create a positive environment for businesses and individuals to grow and prosper, including the U.S.-India Business Council, the U.S.-China Business Council and the National Urban League. Additionally, he regularly takes time during his travels to either speak at graduate schools or meet with students and entrepreneurs in more informal settings. These allow him to share his personal insights, anecdotes and perspectives that he hopes are used to inspire others to find their own pathways and reach for their aspirations.

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Stacy Brown-Philpot

CEO

TaskRabbit

Stacy is the CEO of TaskRabbit and oversees the entire company and directly manages 3 people. She is one of very few black, female CEOs in tech and beyond. At TaskRabbit, Stacy has initiated flexible weekly office hours, mentors multiple minorities within the team and has launched a partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus to focus our recruiting and retention efforts on African Americans and other underrepresented groups. Launching the partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus is a major accomplishment thats taking TaskRabbits diversity efforts to the next level. Stacy is on the board of HP and also for Black Girls Code which launched a partnership at TaskRabbit with Code2040 (creates access, awareness, and opportunities for top Black and Latino/a engineering talent to ensure their leadership in tech), and just launched a partnership with the Congressional Black Caucus to increase diversity within the tech industry. She also recently served on a panel for the PUSH Tech 2020 Summit (focused on increasing diversity within tech). Previously she founded the Black Google Network, an employee resource group of Googlers with a mission to cultivate Black leaders at Google.

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Karen Blackett

Chairwoman

MediaCom

Karen is currently the Chairwoman of MediaCom, the largest media agency in the UK with billings of over £1 billion. Prior to this promotion Karen was CEO for 5 years where she managed over 1,150 people in 5 offices across the UK. In her new role as Chairwoman one of her many focuses is to support these regional offices. During the five years Karen was CEO, the agency's staff evolved from 11% to 19% people of colour -- black, Asian and other ethnicities -- and women make up 31% of the top two tiers of management. Karen says, "It's no coincidence". In 2012, Karen launched an innovative apprenticeship program for 18-to-24-year-olds at MediaCom, working with Tim Campbell, MBE and The National Apprenticeship Service. In March 2016, Karen then alsobecame President of NABS, the advertising industry charity which focuses on health and wellbeing in the workplace and presents the business case for Diversity. She is also an Advisory Board member for Shine Media.

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Bill Kornegay

SVP, Supply Management

Hilton Worldwide

As Senior Vice President of Hilton Supply Management, LLC., Bill is the senior executive of Hiltons wholly owned procurement company and their most senior African American executive. His role positions him in Hiltons Senior Leadership Group, the top 75 business executives within Hiltons $25 billion global enterprise. He manages over 150 Team Members globally. Serving on the Executive Board of Directors for the National Minority Supplier Development Council, and previously holding board roles with the National Urban League and United Way, Bill has engrossed himself within the diverse community in order to lend his years of expertise to growing WMBE suppliers. He was recognized in 2015 by Minority Business News USA for Best of the Decade with a focus on leadership and inclusion. His other recent achievements include being named in Top 100 Most Influential Blacks in Corporate America in 2012/2014/2015, being a recipient of the 2015 Corporate Procurement Leadership Award by the USPAACC as well as recognition by Black Enterprise and also being recently quoted in Fortune Magazine as a leading voice for Supplier Diversity. Under his leadership, Hilton Worldwide has been recognized as a Top 10 companies for Supplier Diversity by Diversity, Inc. in 2013, 2014, & 2015.

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Ken Olisa

Non-Executive Director

Restoration Partners

Ken is the first British-born black director of a FTSE100 company (Reuters). As a role model he willingly encourages the telling of his journey (single parent, back streets of Nottingham, Cambridge, IBM, USA, Queens Lord-Lieutenant ) to show that anything is possible even for those born without a silver spoon in their mouths. Ken has spoken to numerous business conferences on the theory and practice of inclusion and serves on the Parker Committee (successor to the Davies Committee) examining how to increase the number of BAME directors on FTSE 100 Boards. He also designed and led the creation of the IoDs Good Governance Index which has changed the UKs discussion about how companies should be run and in 2016 he was re-elected to the Board of Thomson Reuters for the 9th year running. Ken Led the AUDACity Talent Rising Conference for Lord Mayor, Fiona Woolf bringing together the Citys many affinity groups to design a unified manifesto promoting the interests of ¬all talented people irrespective of their particular lack of privilege. He has also mentored dozens of young BAME people to enhance their life chances and has adopted a pro-active approach as a role model within the various organisations with which I am associated.

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Chris Carr

EVP Licensed Stores U.S. & Americas

Starbucks

Chris is responsible for the development of the long-term strategies, annual operations, marketing planning and sales & profit for the 2nd largest business within Starbucks, generating system-wide sales in excess of $3 billion. He provides retail consultation for 6,500 retail stores with over 300 licensee partnerships that are responsible to deliver the Starbucks experience. Since moving to Seattle, Chris has been a member of and the executive sponsor for Starbucks Black Partner Network. This platform in addition to visiting several of the major markets (New York, Oakland and Los Angeles) with the CEO to discuss race relations within Starbucks and America has afforded Chris the opportunity to share, learn and grow in an area that, as a nation, isnt discussed effectively. Additionally Chris was appointment as an executive sponsor for Starbucks Global Inclusion Council and will use this as a greater platform to share experiences, insights and recommendations on how the whole company can work together to create a more inclusive organization.

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Ime Archibong

Director, Strategic Partnerships

Facebook

Ime is director-level with a global scope at Facebook. Since joining Facebook in 2010, Ime has spent countless hours focused on ensuring that it was the best company for him to work for - which includes building a culture that is inclusive of everyone. Specifically, he has been working on a number of projects including participating in the early strategy discussions about diversity as business strength, officially launching the Black Employee Resource Group at Facebook, helping to hire a few key people who now official lead Facebooks global diversity efforts and as the company grows, being intentional about building programs and creating space to ensure there is a strong black community at Facebook. Ime is currently excited about the good work that has been done through the Internet.org initiative to help close the connectivity gap around the world. From his point of view, the work being done to connect the historically unconnected will have a non-trivial impact on the lives of BAME people. To date, Facebooks Free Basics App, which is part of the broader Internet.org efforts, has launched in over three dozen countries around the world and brought 25M people online, who, from estimates, otherwise would not have been online. The regions of the world where the 4.1B people who havent used the internet before are located, mainly consist of BAME people, giving many access to information and learning tools that will enable them to improve their lives and the live of their community.

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Harish Sodha

Executive Chairman

Diversity Travel

Harish is the Executive Chairman, majority shareholder and one of three founders of Diversity Travel. This means he is ultimately responsible for all of Diversity Travels 125 employees and all final decisions lie with him. In 2013, under Harishs guidance, Diversity Travel was the only company in the industry, handpicked by the UK Government, to join Accelerate 250, a group of 250 high-growth companies bucking the trend of the recession to become significant contributors to UK job creation. Difference is celebrated at Diversity Travel because Harish believes all minorities should be championed and encouraged whether this relates to gender, ethnicity or religion. This is represented across the business - staff speak over 20 languages, come from 15 nationalities and there is a 45:55 male to female gender split. Different sexual orientations, religious and political beliefs are represented at all levels of the organisation and the Board is 40% BAME, 20% female and 40% LGBT. They also have a Diversity Policy, as well as an Equal Opportunities Policy, because they are committed to leveraging the diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of our people to provide excellent customer service to an equally diverse community of clients. Diversity Travel has won numerous awards including Best Travel Management Company 2014 at The Business Travel Awards and Kenya Airways Charity Agency of the Year Award 2015. The company has an exclusive partnership with Raptim, the worlds largest provider of humanitarian travel, as a result of Harishs relationships within the sector.

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Co-founder & Executive Chair

TRUE

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Vertex Pharmaceuticals

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MSD

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SVB UK

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Bank of New York Mellon

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GroupM

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Pathology Quality Manager/Governance Lead

NHS

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Chief Marketing Officer

Ecolab

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Oxford Instruments

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Head of Asia Pacific, Market Intelligence

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President and CEO

Carver Federal Savings Bank

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VMLY&R Commerce

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Chief Financial Officer

BP

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Director, ESG Strategy & Engagement

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Lawyer

EY

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Product Executive

Marsh

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Latham & Watkins

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Oliver Wyman

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Assistant Vice President - KYC Officer

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Vice Chair and Partner

KPMG

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Commercial Director

AXA UK

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Partner

Reed Smith LLP

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Head of Preferred Business and Lending

Bank of America

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Global Head of Technical Product Experts, Search Ads 360

Google

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CEO & Chairman

Ecolab

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Group General Counsel and Executive Committee Sponsor for DE&I

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Executive Director of Financial Market Infrastructure

Bank of England

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Bank of England

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Fitch Group

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Expert Counsel

The Dow Chemical Company

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EMEA Regional Lead, Creative Solutions

Shell

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Manager, Cultural & Community Communications

McDonald's

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CEO, North America

GroupM

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Community Preservation Corporation (CPC)

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Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

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President

SAP Labs Latin America

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Pallas Partners LLP

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Fixed Income Sales - Rates

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Morgan Stanley

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Tim has over two decades of experience guiding social justice, cultural, and sustainability initiatives across New York City and around the world. Tim leads the firm’s global sustainability practice, advising clients on regulatory, litigation and transactional issues, including the role business can play in the fight for racial justice. Tim co-led the founding of the New York Circular City Initiative, a collaboration of city agencies, businesses and foundations to promote employment opportunities and a greener environment for the city. Tim has been a fierce advocate for social justice on several boards of leading non-profit organizations, including New York Public Radio as Chair, the Public Theater and the NYC Economic Development Corporation as Chair of the Governance Committee. At Freshfields, Tim established programs to bolster the success of students and lawyers of color, including founding the firm’s participation in Legal Outreach, a mentoring program for NYC high school students.

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Since becoming the CEO of Diageo in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company. In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’. The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year. 2021 also saw the roll-out of a new learning intervention ‘Confronting Racial Bias Learning’, and the opening of Diageo’s fifth global ‘INC’ week; an employee-led, grassroots movement encouraging employees around the world to celebrate diversity. In the UK, Diageo was an early signatory of ‘Change the Race Ratio’ a campaign led by the CBI to increase racial and ethnic participation in business.

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Senior Managing Director, North America Supply Chain and Operations Lead

Accenture

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Namrata Yadav

SVP, Global Head of Community Advancement

Bank of America

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Kelechi Onukogu

EMEA Head Controls Leader

Wells Fargo

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Ayomide Akin

Growth Strategy Manager

Accenture

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Ajay Mistry

Head of Digital Sales & Marketing

Clear Insurance Management

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Investment Associate

Bridgewater Associates

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Samir Manek

Solicitor

Mishcon de Reya

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Technical Portfolio Delivery Manager

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Geeta Kana

Vice President

BlackRock

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Carolyn McCall

CEO

ITV plc

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Chief People Officer

WPP

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Jackie Uhi

Head of Network

HSBC

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Badar Khan

President, National Grid USA

National Grid plc

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Millicent Clarke

Regional Head HR Africa and Middle East

Standard Chartered Bank UAE

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CEO of Legacy Franchises

Citi

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CEO & Founder

Jomas Associates (Engineering & Environmental)

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Noreen Biddle Shah

Founder, reboot / Head of Communications and Marketing

Numis

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Eric Maldonado

SVP, Global Head of Sales and Marketing

S&P Global Market Intelligence

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Emily Mathews

Managing Director, Legal & Compliance

Blackstone

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Shakira Sebastian

Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer - Corporate Staff

BNY Mellon

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Manjit Kang

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NatWest

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Business Development Manager

Phoenix Group

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Karamjot Jaswal

Strategy Consultant

IBM

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Jennie Koo

Head of Operations Risk Management

Capital One

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Mark Read

Chief Executive

WPP

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Jean-Marc Ollagnier

Europe CEO

Accenture

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Natasha Harrison

Managing Partner

Pallas Partners LLP

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Brenda Wylie-Kay

Global Sales Vice President - Business Development

Precisely

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Kathy Quashie

Chief Growth Officer and Executive Committee Member

Capita plc

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Enterprise Risk Director

Aviva

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Vishal Dixit

Strategy and Wholesale Director

Vodafone UK

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Annette Byron

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

Annette co-leads the Freshfields Global Black Affinity Network and is Partner sponsor for social mobility. She is on the firm's graduate recruitment panel and on the cross-function social-mobility committee to further help those from non-traditional backgrounds join the firm and thrive. She is a founder and driving force behind Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship, a bespoke recruitment, development, and mentorship program. The program has seen 300 Freshfields UK volunteers in the last two years, 26 scholarships awarded and five scholars earning Freshfields training contracts. Annette has also helped shape Freshfields’ five-year diversity commitments and targets, including on race/ethnicity, to continue to drive change. Furthermore, she facilitated and was sponsored speaker at events on race and cultural diversity that saw a high level of engagement at all levels of the firm and beyond. Annette is also a sponsor for Future Leaders – Freshfields’ bespoke talent and development program for Black/ethnically diverse colleagues.

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Hans Brown

Global Head of Enterprise Innovation, CIO for Corporate Technology

BNY Mellon

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Onyeka Anugwom

Commercial Excellence Director - GB and Ireland

GSK - GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare

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Shruti Bahadur

Global Program Leader

Dow

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Tieran Bhuhi

Corporate Communications Manager

IHG Hotels & Resorts

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Rabya Akhtar

Workplace Relationship Manager

Phoenix Group

As founding co-chair of Mosaic, Phoenix Group’s BAME network, Rabya leads a diverse committee to actively drive D&I initiatives, delivering impact for colleagues, her business and local communities. She’s hosted leading academics and thought-leaders to discuss Black Lives Matter and systemic racism – which have directly impacted the company’s response to these issues. Rabya is instrumental in driving social/cultural awareness – organising a program of events/communications to encourage colleagues to learn about steps they can take to support BAME colleagues Throughout 2020 she worked closely with Parliament to produce the ‘Young Women Lead Report’ on the education-employment transition for young BAME women. Rabya received the 'Unsung Hero' award at the Scottish Financial Enterprise Awards 2021 for making an impact in people's lives within her organisation and the wider community. Acknowledging her efforts, she was invited to the “Celebrating the Best of Scotland” reception at 10 Downing Street hosted by the Prime Minister.

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Obakeng Makapane

Economist

IHS Markit

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Ayesha Afzal

Researcher

Erlangen National High Performance Computing Center (NHR@FAU) Germany

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Intellectual Property Associate

Mattos Filho

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Anne Richards

CEO

Fidelity International

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Christiana Riley

Management Board Member and CEO of the Americas

Deutsche Bank

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Adam Kansler

EVP, IHS Markit and President, Financial Services

IHS Markit (soon to be S&P Global)

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Sally Lake

Group Finance Director

Beazley Insurance

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Celia Liu

CEO southern & central Europe

ISS A/S

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Chief Risk Officer

Beazley Insurance

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Managing Director - France

Jacobs

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Loreal Torres

Chief People Officer

Vested

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Fatiha Thiam

Vice President, Head of Operational Transformation

ISS World Services

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TJ Lim

Managing Director, Head of US Private Bank Client Digital Platforms

JP Morgan

TJ Lim is a passionate advocate of diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) in and outside of J.P. Morgan. At the firm, TJ is an active member of the Asian Leadership Forum as well as the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender+ (LGBT+) Executive Forum. He is actively involved in promoting inclusion topics into the workplace. In February of 2022, TJ led a Lunar New Year celebratory lunch for Private Bank employees (complete with red envelopes!), and recently delivered remarks at the firm’s Asian American Pacific Islander kickoff event about being a leader during a time of rising anti-Asian sentiment. He has also hosted small group “open conversation” sessions with global employees from the United States, India and the Philippines about inclusion, covering topics such as sexual orientation, gender and race. TJ also represents J.P. Morgan on the Technology Council for Asia Society.

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Paul A Morrison

Primary and Secondary Education Lead UK&I

Zoom

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Lynn Cinelli

Executive Director, Vaccines Value Chain

Merck

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Maya Welford

Behavioural Finance Specialist

Barclays

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Sara Abbasi

Associate

S&P Global

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Andrew O'Flaherty

Sector Strategist - Special Situations Group

Credit Suisse

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Manuel Antonio Soler Suarez

Marketing & Strategy Project Manager

University College Dublin UCD

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Keri Gilder

CEO

Colt Technology Services

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Joerg Ambrosius

Executive Vice President, CEO Europe Middle East & Africa

State Street Corporation

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Kelly McGeehan

Managing Director/VP, Global Head of Issuer Solutions

IHS Markit

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Tiger Tyagarajan

Chief Executive Officer

Genpact

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Syreeta Brown

Group Chief People & Communications Officer

Virgin Money UK PLC

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Sabrina Lynch

SVP

Taylor

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Satvir Bungar MBE FCA MCSI

Managing Director and Head of Business Services Sector, Mergers & Acquisitions

BDO LLP

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Nigell Todd

Head of Global Foreign Exchange Trading

Fidelity International

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Yasmin Diamond

Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs

IHG Hotels & Resorts

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Priyanka Aggarwal

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

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Ronier Cladel Deumeni

Electrical Engineer

Jacobs

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Ama Ankobia

Finance Analyst

GSK

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Natasha Persad

Vice President Client Services

State Street Bank and Trust

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Elisha St Hilaire

Early Careers Development Manager

Aon

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Robert Hewitt

Principal Landscape Architect

AECOM

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James Dornor

Electronics Support Engineer - Heritage

Mercedes AMG Petronas F1 Team

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Jim Fitterling

Chairman and CEO

Dow

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Aimie Chapple

CEO - Capita Experience

Capita

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Matt Sinnott

Group People & Property Director

Lloyds Banking Group

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John Hope Bryant

Founder, Chairman, and CEO

Operation HOPE

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Traci Dinkins

President, Head of Media, North America

Essence Global

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

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Dominic Carter

EVP, publisher of The Sun

News UK

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Balbir Bakhshi

Chief Risk Officer and Member of Executive Committee

London Stock Exchange Group

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Rak Kalidas

Commercial Director

Compass Group UK & I

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Crystal Wallace

EVP, Data Operations & Infrastructure

Publicis Media

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Aisling McCaffrey

Associate Director - Sustainability & Financial Services Advisory

Grant Thornton

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Iman Taha

Project Manager

Jacobs

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Aaron Thompson

Audit Trainee

BDO

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Toks Sotande-Peters

Global Relationship Director - Consumer, Retail and Healthcare

Barclays

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Sherena Masharani

Trainee Solicitor

Centrica plc

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Tiffany Woo

Executive Director, R&D Operations Business Development

Organon

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Keith Barr

CEO

IHG Hotels & Resorts

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Renata Correia Cubas

Tax Partner

Mattos Filho

Renata is a Partner and member of the Executive Committee of Mattos Filho. She sponsors the firm’s racial equity initiatives such as Soma Project developed to attract and retain non-white talent, that created in 2019, Soma Talentos, an affirmative action which aims to hire and include non-white Law school students and first year associated in the firm. In less than four years, Mattos Filho's increased non-white talent within their legal team. Renata represents Mattos Filho in the Legal Alliance for Racial Equity as a Member of the Board, which gathers 12 Brazilian full-service law firms around racial equity in the legal industry. At last, she is a co-founder of Women in Tax Brazil, which aims to promote diversity in tax, and gathers over 3,000 women, and together with other C-level women she is also mentor at Women in Law Mentoring.

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Catherine Johnson

Group General Counsel

London Stock Exchange Group

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Funmi Adegoke

Group General Counsel and Chief Sustainability Officer

Halma plc

Funmi is Group General Counsel and Chief Sustainability Officer at Halma, the FTSE 100 global group of life saving technology companies. Halma is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture throughout the Group and is a signatory of Change the Race ratio. As a member of the Group Executive team, Funmi helps drive a culture of inclusion where everyone feels they belong, and her commitment to diversity is evident in her leadership team, with 50% gender diversity and 33% ethnic diversity. Funmi aims to challenge stereotypes and supports emerging talent, with a focus on enabling work environments where everyone can fulfil their potential. She speaks publicly and candidly about her experiences, supports corporate Diversity, Equity & Inclusion initiatives, sponsors ethnically diverse individuals and has partnered with organisations that improve diversity within the legal profession. Outside of Halma, she is a non-executive director of a FTSE 100 company.

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Reshma Ramachandran

Group Senior Vice President & Chief Transformation Officer

The Adecco Group

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Jeanne Samuels

Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Wealth and Personal Banking US

HSBC

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Jacqui Moore

Executive Producer

Peloton Interactive

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Sabrina Natasha Browne

Vice President, Corporate Affairs

BCW

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Corey Durant

Vice President of Research

CoStar Group

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Mercheley Beuns

Vice President, Head of Talent Acquisition

Fox Corporation

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Javad Mushtaq

Deputy CEO / Managing Partner / CEO / Co-Founder

EAT Foundation / JM Ventures / MAK / CEO Commitment

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Marina Ebrubah

Head of Client Due Diligence

Man Group

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Moussa Thiam

Head of Cross-Border

Beazley PLC

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Eileen Lewis

Performance and Development Manager

Capita

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Swati Mohan

Senior Analyst

Natwest Group

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Ross Charles

Transformation Project Manager

Community Fibre

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Ronnie West

Chief People Officer

IHS Markit

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Clive White

Senior Vice President, Critical Missions Solutions International

Jacobs

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Lorraine Barnes

Partner

Deloitte

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Fraser Longden

Chief Operating Officer

Wickes

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Katherine ‘Katy’ Basile

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

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Alex Brown

Managing Director, Head of Sales Management, UK Corporate Bank

Barclays Bank Plc

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Robert Lawson

Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

BP

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Michael Bates

UK Regional Managing Partner

Clifford Chance LLP

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Lisa Levy

Head of Marketing and Communications, People & Places Solutions, Europe

Jacobs

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John Graff

CEO

Ashby & Graff Real Estate

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Robyn Grew

Group COO and General Counsel

Man Group

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Matthew Newick

Partner and Global Head of Litigation & Dispute Resolution

Clifford Chance

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Kevin Ellis

Chairman and Senior Partner

PwC LLP

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Julio Bruno

CEO

Time Out Group plc

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Kate Priestman

Senior Vice President, SPO, GSK Research and Development

GlaxoSmithKline

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Sue Fox

CEO, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

HSBC

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Nick Studer

Managing Partner

Oliver Wyman

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Jack Azagury

Senior Managing Director – US Northeast Lead

Accenture

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Jason Tarry

CEO, UK & ROI

Tesco

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Jessica Walsh

Managing Director

Hill + Knowlton Strategies

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Jon Holt

Chief Executive

KPMG UK

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David Farrow

Head of Corporate Bank Client Coverage

Barclays

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Mairéad Nayager

Chief HR Officer

Diageo

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Sarah Gosler

Global Head of Operations & Technology Relations

BNY Mellon

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Dominic Christian

Global Chairman, Reinsurance Solutions

Aon

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Paul Stacey

Executive Partner

Slaughter and May

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David Hynam

Chairman (CEO)

HomeServe UK (Bupa Global & UK)

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Jackie Uhi

Head of Network

HSBC

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Kathleen Russ

Senior Partner

Travers Smith

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Alicia Pittman

Managing Director and Senior Partner and People Chair, North America

Boston Consulting Group

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Keith Barr

CEO

IHG

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David Schwimmer

Chief Executive Officer

London Stock Exchange Group

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Natasha Harrison

Deputy Chair and Managing Partner

Boies Schiller Flexner LLP

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Sinead Lynch

Chair

Shell UK

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Jeremy Amias

Vice Chairman

Standard Chartered Bank

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Christiana Riley

CEO, Americas and Member of the Management Board

Deutsche Bank

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Paula Lindenberg

President - BU West and Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I

AB InBev

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David Shelley

Chief Executive Officer

Hachette UK

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Adam Kansler

President, Financial Services

IHS Markit

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Carolyn McCall

CEO

ITV

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Diana Conrad

SVP,Human Resources

GSK

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Mark Read

CEO

WPP

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Doug Butler

CEO

Reward Gateway

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Jim Fitterling

Chairman and CEO

Dow

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Anne Sheehan

Director

Vodafone Business UK

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Anne Richards

Chief Executive Officer

Fidelity International

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Keri Gilder

Chief Executive Officer

Colt Technology Services

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Cindy Noble

Chief People Officer

Compass Group USA

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Joe Davis

Managing Director & Senior Partner and Regional Chair, North America

Boston Consulting Group

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Anne Erni

Chief People Officer

Audible

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Ahmed Omer

Head of Marketing

GroupM

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Rutendo Chigora

Investment Associate

Bridgewater Associates

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Jennifer Alvarado

Vice President, Product Development and Management - Senior Manager | IPG-US

HSBC Bank

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Shailyn Tirado

Americas Head of Research

NextGen

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Rini Laskar

Director

UBS

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Antonio Xu Liu

Global Program Manager, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

National Grid USA

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Zeeshan Nazar

Contract Management Graduate

British Telecommunications (BT)

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Hannah Chukwu

Assistant Editor

Penguin Random House

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Jonathan Chen

Head of EMEA Commercial Strategy - Equity Data and Analytics

IHS Markit

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Micaela Christophe

Vice President, Event Management

BNY Mellon

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Antonio Soler

Marketing & Strategy PM

University College Dublin UCD

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Sangeetha Mahadevan

Client Director

Dentsu

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Harpreet Cheema

Head of Digital & Promotions

Sodexo

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Frederick Sharp

Sr. Account Executive

SAP SuccessFactors

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Amit Chouhan

Solution Executive, Law & Order

Fujitsu

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Roselyn Mutongerwa

Contract Manager

Agilisys Limited

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Annie Xiao

Events and Partnerships Marketing Manager

FiscalNote

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Jean Kikaya

Project Surveyor

Clarion Housing Group

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Donna Hill

Business Planning Manager, Disputes Government Investigations Legal

Standard Chartered Bank

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Natasha Persad

Vice President Client Relationship Management

State Street Fund Services Ireland

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Coleen Mensa

Lawyer

EY LLP

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Deon Pillay

Head of Marketing Operations

Legal and General Investments

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Hope Levy-Shepherd

Associate (Mainstream Corporate)

Linklaters LLP

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Jasmine Cruz

Account Strategy Supervisor

Praytell

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Shaun Lee

Corporate Relationship Manager

HSBC

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Bernard Adjei

Lead Project Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

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Claire Sachiko Fourel

Pro bono senior associate lawyer (Europe and Middle East)

Ashurst LLP

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Dipti Kulkarni

Vice President, Senior Business Support Manager

Bank of America

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Malaika Jawed

Associate Solicitor

BLM

Malaika started out as a CSR representative and after noticing a lack of representation of BAME causes, and a lack of contributions to CSR events from ethnic minority colleagues, she set about finding ways to improve ED&I at the firm. As a paralegal with little influence, Malaika started out leading projects with local charities supporting ethnic minority members of the community and raising awareness of diversity. Eventually, BLM set up an EDI group and Malaika was named an ambassador. Malaika created and now leads the Multicultural Network at BLM. In these roles Malaika has set up mentoring schemes, attended panel discussions for universities, worked on events and publications, reviewed office policies to ensure they reflect the objectives of the Network, including recommending the use of blind CVs to ensure people are assessed on their key skills and talents. Externally, she is Co-Head of D&I for the Muslim Lawyers Action Group.

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Janet Onyia

Project & Programme Manager

Accenture

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Bryant Krongard

Vice President, IMD Product Controllers

Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Mateo Urquijo

Head of Strategy & Commercial

Phoenix Group

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Kholofelo Mothibi

Interim Head of Supplier Assurance

Barclays

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Sengova Kailondo

Senior Associate

Hogan Lovells International LLP

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Lemona Chanda

Associate

Financial Conduct Authority

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Yasmine Laurent

Director of People & Culture

Mobilize/EveryAction

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Natalie Narh

Social Content Creative

Ogilvy UK

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Ona Odili

Lawyer

Clifford Chance LLP

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Siji Onabanjo

Chief Growth Officer

Cyber-Duck

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Lorenna Buck

Partner

Boston Consulting Group

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Oscar Rodriguez

Senior Product Manager

LSEG

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Simran Mohnani

Operations Consulting Analyst

Deloitte

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Celia Fraser

Insights and Analytics Lead

Capital Group

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Martin Pong

Product Manager (Payments)

Bottomline Technologies

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Thevani Ravindran

Assistant Engineer

Atkins

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Steven Asifo

Manager, Information Security Risk

Verizon Media

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Elisha St Hilaire

Project Manager

Aon

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Kajal Chhapia

Consultant

Oliver Wyman

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Taslima Parvin-Kabir

Director, Talent Development

Day One Agency

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Abhishek Kulkarni

Product Manager

Centrica

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Jennie Koo

Head of Operations Risk Management

Capital One

Intersectionality is a key focus that Jennie has been driving into conversations since joining Capital One in late 2018. Recognizing that a focus on ethnicity alone will not be enough to address the changes that are required, Jennie has been providing a social mobility lens to the organization’s initiatives. The ‘Privilege Walk’ exercises she organized raised awareness of the different levels of privilege existing within the firm’s own teams, whilst the community engagement workstream aimed to role model within schools and charities in order to tackle challenges to social mobility. Another of Jennie’s initiatives and focus was establishing open conversations on Racism towards East Asians to raise awareness this was happening and ensuring that the mental health implications of the increase in anti-Asian racism are built into any return-to-office initiatives. As a Director on the Board of Women in Banking & Finance, Jennie brings ethnicity into focus within the gender conversation.

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Macky O'Sullivan

Senior Associate

King & Spalding

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Sonjii Ivey

Director

BNY Mellon Pershing

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Senior Research Specialist (Digital)

Oliver Wyman

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Monica Michaan

Senior Manager, Brand and Corporate Marketing

FiscalNote

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Adobea Atsrefi

Third Party Governance Officer: Personal Insurance

American International Group UK (AIG UK)

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Justina Omotayo

Business Development Manager

Slaughter and May

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Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy

Senior Digital Product Manager

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Rabya Akhtar

Workplace Relationship Manager

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Arzu Ozdemir

Senior Strategy Lead, HR

AIG

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Dennis Owusu-Sem

Oversight Relationship Manager

BMO Global Asset Management

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Carol Fergus

Global Travel, Events & Ground Transportation Manager

Fidelity International

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Nigell Todd

Director, Global Foreign Exchange

Fidelity International

The Core Culture group at Fidelity International evolved following the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement in 2020. Nigell is a one of the members providing input to Senior Management to formulate the company's Cultural Diversity Action Plan and plays a lead role in the Ireland Culture group, implementing the global objectives at a local level. In addition, Nigell has volunteered his time to be one of the D&I Champions with The Finance Hive Network and has used his influence to ensure D&I was included at the organization’s annual members’ conference. Nigell is currently working with The Finance Hive, creating an annual calendar covering all facets of D&I through workshops and roundtables, driving forward an online 'D&I Resource Hub', as well as acting as a 'D&I Champion' to offer support to individuals within The Finance Hives Network of over 500 individuals, representing over 300 asset managers and hedge funds.

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Ademola Bamgbose

International Arbitration Associate

Hogan Lovells

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Ajay Mistry

Head of Digital Sales & Marketing

Clear Insurance Management Ltd

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Joseph Ham-Silvestre

Strategy and Experience Manager, SAP Labs California

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Reha Kansara

Reporter

BBC News

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Toib Olomowewe

Organisational Development & Learning Manager

Royal Dutch Shell

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Haafiz Suleman

Senior Associate

Clifford Chance LLP

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Rachel Welch-Phillips

Associate

Bird & Bird LLP

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Renee Cummins

Director, Head of Compliance Risk Management

Deutsche Bank

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Yvonne Kunihira-Davidson

EMEA Commercial Lead, Tax Solutions

IHS Markit

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Nilesh Solanki

Secure Data and Power Platform UK Lead

PwC

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Vincent Egunlae

Public Sector Consultant

Grant Thornton UK LLP

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Shreeya Paudel

Client Relationship Manager

Aviva Investors

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Sherita Lee

Director, Global Talent & Leadership

Merck & Co.

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Kalyani Martinelango

Associate R&D Director, Core R&D

Dow Inc.

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Omar Ahmed

Product Transfer and NPI Manager

GSK

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Felix Wong

Executive Assistant to the Chief Operating Officer

Allianz UK

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Uchechukwuka Monu

Project Leader

Boston Consulting Group

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Jennifer Kent

Associate

Latham & Watkins LLP

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Shruti Bahadur

Global Program Leader

Dow

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Bre McDermott King

International Marketing Assistant

Sony Music UK

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Belton Flournoy

Director

Protiviti

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Wesley J. Lai

Vice President, One Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs & Co.

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Maryse Gordon

Business Development Manager, Data & Analytics

London Stock Exchange Group

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Tiffany Woo

Director, Translational Pharmacology Clinical Operations

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Teik Tan

Supply Chain Lead

Balfour Beatty plc

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Kelsey Robb

Account Strategist

Google

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Ambily Banerjee

Director, Global Regulatory Affairs

GSK

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John Valdivia

National Trade Incentive Manager

Anheuser- Busch

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Reena Chawla

Framework Lead - Public Sector & Co-Chair Cultural Diversity Network

Fujitsu

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Adrianne Gilbert Pettiford

Ph.D.

pymetrics

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Monique Malcolm-Hay

Global Programme Manager

PwC

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Jina Haynes

Vice President, Global Client Services-Client Contracting

BlackRock

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B. Pagels-Minor

Senior Data Product Manager

Netflix

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Derin Bamgbelu

Learning and Development Advisor

GroupM

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Minal Mehta

Managing Consultant

IBM iX

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Akama Davies

Director, Global Solutions and Innovation at Xaxis, Co-Founder at We Are Stripes

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Javad Mushtaq

CEO, Co-Founder and Deputy Managing Director

JM Ventures

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Keisha Garcia

VP Digital Foundations Programmes

BP

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April Crichlow

Head of Marketing, SAP SuccessFactors

SAP

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Anit Chandarana

Chief of Staff

Network Rail

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Director, Segmentation & Propositions

Lloyds Banking Group

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Reshma Ramachandran

Senior Vice President & Group Head of Transformation

The Adecco Group

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Laurent De Cock

HR Director

Accenture

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Kally Kang-Kersey

HR Influencer & thought leader, previously VP Global Talent

Zebra technologies

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Kenneth Olisa

Chairman

Shaw Trust

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Bansi Nagji

President, Healthcare

GoodRx Inc

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Loreal Torres

Chief People Officer

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Manroop Singh Khela

Head of Specialist Business Units

Santander UK plc

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Tapaswee Chandele

Global Vice President of Talent & Development

The Coca-Cola Company

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Ansumana Bai-Marrow

Chief Compliance Officer

Cairn Capital

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Noreen Biddle Shah

Head of Corporate Communications EMEA

State Street

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Allyn L. Shaw

President & CTO

Recycle Track Systems

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Gautam Bhattacharyya

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

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Rak Kalidas

Commercial Director (Head of Diversity & Inclusion)

Levy UK (Compass Group UK & Ireland)

‘Within’ is the Cultural Diversity Employee Network which Rak founded at Compass Group UK&I. Now sitting as its Chair, Rak has laid out the group’s aims to develop plans to improve diversity within Compass and be a voice for the firm’s employees. Believing dialogue is essential to making change happen in the right areas, the network introduced listening groups where ethnic minority employees’ experiences can be heard. The impact of the company’s D&I program has seen increased visibility of D&I across all sectors through comms and educational work, including a new program of InclustiviTEA sessions. Rak is also the UK&I representative for the Compass Group Global D&I Champion Committee, sits on the Board of WiHTL (the Festival of Inclusion in Hospitality, Travel and Leisure), and serves on both the Deloitte D&I Committee and CMI Race Advisory Committee.

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TJ Castro Lim

Global Co-Head of Product (Private Wealth Management)

Goldman Sachs

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Vishal Dixit

Director of Strategy & Wholesale; Member of Executive Board Vodafone UK

Vodafone UK

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Crystal Wallace

SVP, Data Technology and Insights

Spark Foundry

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Kathy Quashie

Head of Enterprise Indirect Business

Vodafone plc

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Pauline Lewis

Group Head of Talent & Diversity

Selfridges Group

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Titi Cole

Head of Global Operations and Fraud Prevention & Chief Client Officer, Citi’s Global Consumer Banking

Citigroup

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Darain Faraz

Marketing Director, EMEA & LATAM

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

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Javier Morgado

Executive Producer

CNN

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Karen S. Carter

Chief Human Resources Officer & Chief Inclusion Officer

Dow

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

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Segun Osuntokun

Partner in Charge, UK

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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David Wallis

Partner

Deloitte LLP

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Muna Hussaini

Head of ESG Governance

Indeed

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Jessica Markowski

Commercial Director - Wholesale and Convenience

Budweiser Brewing Group UK&I

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Martin Barnett

Global Head of Technical Product Experts, Search Ads 360

Google

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Jignesh Ramji

Group Head of Talent

London Stock Exchange Group

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Tonia Bottoms

Managing Director & Senior Managing Counsel

BNYM Pershing

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Ara Tucker

SVP, Head of Talent and Culture

Audible

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Ritu Mohanka-Vedhara

VP Strategy & Business Development EMEA

Glint

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Sarah Nelson

London Zone Managing Director

Sainsbury's

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Leila Thomas

Seconded CEO and Founder Urban Synergy Talent

Refinitiv

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Sam Patel

Chief Counsel

AXA Health

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Glyn Aikins

Co-President of Since'93

Sony Music UK

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Andrew Monu

Senior Director, Marketing, EMEA & LATAM

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Roland Ilube

VP Finance Marketing

Shell International Petroleum Company Limited

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Kedra Newsom Reeves

Managing Director and Partner

Boston Consulting Group

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Enterprise Risk Director

Aviva plc

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Rekha Gomes

Global Head of Risk Operations

HSBC

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Deonte Thompson

Chief of Staff- Client Solutions Group

Dell Technologies

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Dr Bijna Kotak Dasani MBE, FRSA

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

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Roni Savage

CEO & Founder

Jomas Associates (Engineering & Environmental)

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Erika Brown Lee

Senior Vice President, Assistant General Counsel

MasterCard

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Arlene Isaacs Lowe

Global Head of Corporate Social Responsibility and President of Moody's Foundation

Moodys Corporation

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Mercheley Beuns

Vice President, Head of Talent Acquisition

Fox Corporation

When it comes to D&I at Fox, Mercheley is focused on leading from a data driven standpoint to implement strategic initiatives that will attract, build, and diversify candidate pipelines at all levels, from campuses to senior committees. Mercheley has also concentrated on leaning into the company’s diversity partners, educating on the value of diversity and ensuring aspirational diversity goals are tied to recruitment initiatives. The combination of programs she has championed have led to continuing improvements in diversity across various levels of the business. Mercheley’s other efforts to bring in diverse talent include recruiting for Fox at diversity journalism conferences every year, an effort which has resulted in numerous hires. Unsurprisingly, Mercheley is often asked to share her expertise on recruiting and diversity, and in the last year she has featured as a panelist on the topic for Day One and the Voray Group as well as for a recruitment podcast.

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Fenil Khiroya

Head of Human Resources, UK

Standard Chartered Bank

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Suresh Raj

Global Chief Growth Officer

Virtue

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Amber Finch

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

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Sathya Bala

Global Head of Data Governance

Chanel

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Jennifer Mbaluto

Partner & Co-Head of East Africa

Clifford Chance LLP

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Adrian Joseph

Managing Director, Group AI and Data Solutions

BT Group

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Edleen John

International Relations, Corporate Affairs and Co-Partner for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Director

The Football Association

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Vanessa Thurston

Head of Talent Management

Samsung Electronics America

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Tendayi Munyebvu

Managing Director - France

Jacobs

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Tunji Akintokun MBE

Director, Product and Solutions Group

PwC

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Jenny Chung Savidge

Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance, Privacy and Risk Officer

IHS Markit

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Timothy Wilkins

Global Partner for Client Sustainability

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Tim has over two decades of experience guiding social justice, cultural, and sustainability initiatives across New York City and around the world. Tim leads the firm’s global sustainability practice, advising clients on regulatory, litigation and transactional issues, including the role business can play in the fight for racial justice. Tim co-led the founding of the New York Circular City Initiative, a collaboration of city agencies, businesses and foundations to promote employment opportunities and a greener environment for the city. Tim has been a fierce advocate for social justice on several boards of leading non-profit organizations, including New York Public Radio as Chair, the Public Theater and the NYC Economic Development Corporation as Chair of the Governance Committee. At Freshfields, Tim established programs to bolster the success of students and lawyers of color, including founding the firm’s participation in Legal Outreach, a mentoring program for NYC high school students.

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Cindy Rampersaud

Senior Vice President - Pearson, BTEC & Apprenticeships

Pearson

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Rupal Kantaria

Partner

Oliver Wyman

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Jay Muthu

Executive Director- Employee Experience

Virgin Media

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Justin Onuekwusi

Fund Manager and Head of Retail Multi-Asset Funds

Legal & General Investment Manangement (LGIM)

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Shelina Janmohamed

Vice President, Islamic Marketing

Ogilvy Consulting

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Dr Paula Franklin

Chief Medical Officer

Bupa Group

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury Glover Hering

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Richard Iferenta

Partner and Vice Chair

KPMG UK

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Maxine Goddard

Senior Vice President, Strategic Distribution and Development

Sompo International Insurance

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Chanel Frazier

Managing Director, Head of Business Strategy for the Portfolio Management Group

BlackRock

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Shabs Jobanputra

Managing Director of Relentless Records

Sony Music UK

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director - Accenture Operations

Accenture

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Karol Ussher

Apple

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Sophie Chandauka

Global COO, Shared Services and Banking Operations

Morgan Stanley

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Victor Nieves

Director

BNY Mellon Pershing

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Nazreen Visram

Head of Charities

Barclays Bank Plc

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Dionne Aiken

Chief Marketing Officer

Kantar

Dionne is the Global Executive Sponsor for I&D at Kantar Profiles, and joined the UK&I I&D Ethnicity Steering Committee as a member in February 2020. Upon joining she played an integral role in formulating a strategy enabling them to win the hearts and minds of the business, and she now co-leads the committee, balancing this commitment with her primary role as Chief Marketing Officer. Feedback on the work of the I&D SteerCo, including its Ally Programme of over 100 individuals who champion Kantar’s Race and Ethnicity Initiatives, suggests it has had a significant impact on the business. Dionne also mentors individuals outside of her organization, and is a frequent participant in panels and events including a Psychological Safety Webinar and a ‘Not Racist to Anti-Racist’ Learning Session for Race Equality Week. She was winner in the category of Professional Services at the 2020 Baton Awards.

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Ivan Menezes

Chief Executive Officer

Diageo PLC

Since becoming the CEO of Diageo in 2013, Ivan has been passionate about driving inclusion and diversity at the company. In 2020 he launched a new 10-year sustainability action plan titled ‘Society 2030: Spirit of Progress’. The plan laid out goals including increasing the representation of ethnic minorities in leadership positions to 45% by 2030, as well as increasing the percentage of Diageo suppliers from female and minority-owned businesses year-on-year. 2020 also saw the roll-out of a new learning intervention ‘Confronting Racial Bias Learning’, and the opening of Diageo’s fourth global ‘INC’ week; an employee-led, grassroots movement encouraging employees around the world to celebrate diversity. In addition to his work at Diageo, Ivan is on the Board of ‘Movement to Work’ which operates to break the vicious ‘no job – no experience’ cycle that is preventing young people from stepping onto the career ladder.

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Dwight Gibson

Chief Commercial Officer

SPX Flow

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Warren Thompson

President and Chairman

Thompson Hospitality

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Earl Ellis

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

ABM Industries

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Monique D. Jefferson

Chief Human Resources Officer

New York Public Radio

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Cassim Mangerah

Managing Director, Energy Marketing & Trading (EM&T)

Centrica plc

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Debbie Ellison

Global Chief Digital Officer

VMLYR Commerce (VYC)

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Vanessa Peterson Williams

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Asst. Secretary

Kelly Services Inc.

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Bina Mehta

Chair

KPMG UK

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Moushmi Culver

Vice President, Head of Manufacturing Strategy and Business Development

Merck & Co. Inc.

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Tom Shropshire

Partner, Linklaters LLC

Linklaters LLP

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Jai Kotecha

CEO

Ogilvy Netherlands

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Mauro Gregorio

President, Performance Materials & Coatings

Dow

Mauro’s commitment to inclusion is evident not just within his own diversified leadership team but also in his wider efforts to institutionalize inclusion via Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). Among 12,500 employees in his business globally, there was an 87% increase in ERG participation from 2018 to 2020. Mauro is the Executive Sponsor of the Hispanic ERG, which expanded from the U.S. into four other continents, increasing its membership by 118%. Mauro advocates partnership among all ERGs to fight against racism. One of the most visible leaders in bringing hourly workforce to the center of inclusion discussions, he championed a ‘Facilities for All’ initiative, through which overall site facilities have been assessed and improvement strategies have been implemented. Mauro also leads an impactful program wherein each executive in his leadership team adopts a manufacturing site, engaging in courageous conversations with workforce about inclusion at Dow and in our communities.

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Jasvinder Deo

Group Audit Director

Tesco

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Percival Barretto-Ko

Chief Business Officer

Astellas

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Dominic Carter

Group Chief Commercial Officer

News UK

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Terri Hines

Executive Vice President, Communications

FOX Sports

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Cheick Soumare

Director of Talent

Netflix

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Christina Liciaga

Head of Customers & Products, Europe, Channel Islands and Isle of Man

HSBC

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Andrew Bagley

Head of the EMEA Legal Department

Goldman Sachs

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Jackie Uhi

Head of Network

HSBC

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Kevin Ellis

Chairman and Senior Partner

PwC UK

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Samantha Mobley

Partner

Baker & McKenzie

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Elizabeth Martin

Partner in the Securities Division

Goldman Sachs

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David Farrow

Head of Internatonal Corporate Banking

Barclays

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Jessica Walsh

Managing Director

H+K Strategies

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Robert Lawson

Global Head of M&A

BP

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Jim Fitterling

CEO

Dow

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Dominic Christian

Global Chairman Reinsurance Solutions

Aon

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Kathleen Russ

Senior Partner

Travers Smith

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Sir John Parker

Chairman

Laing O'Rourke plc

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John Herlihy

Vice President EMEA & LATAM

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Shwetal Shah

International Technology Partnerships Planner

MediaCom

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Ileana Sodani

Managing Director Head of International Sales Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

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Celia Fraser

Business Intelligence and Strategy Lead (Europe and Asia)

Capital Group

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Simon Roberts

CEO

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd

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James Stewart

Chief Technology Officer (Integrated Account)

IBM UK

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David Shelley

Chief Executive, Hachette UK

Hachette UK

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Arit Amana

Deputy Company Secretary

Chubb Europe

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Nick Studer

Managing Partner

Oliver Wyman

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Elizabeth Perez

Legal Project Manager, D&I Staff Liaison

Reed Smith LLP

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Sherifa Benjamin

Head of Studio Production

Essence Global UK

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Anna Dilku

British Red Cross Partnership Manager

Aviva

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Andre Charles-Foster

Product Manager

Xaxis

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David Kenny

Chief Executive Officer

Nielsen

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David Hynam

CEO

Bupa Global and UK

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Anne Erni

Chief People Officer

Audible

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Sarah-Shay Okelola

Partnerships Manager

Group M

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Rashmi Ghai

Director, Leverage Portfolio Group, Banking, Capital Markets & Advisory

Citi

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Chirag Savjani

Digital Intelligence & CMI Graduate Analyst

Sainsbury's Argos

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Rachel Ho

Senior Portfolio Marketing Manager

SAP

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Trishanna Taylor

IoT Solution Specialist

Vodafone Ltd

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Alan F. Ashalley-Anthony

Legal Knowledge Engineer Assistant

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner LLP

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Victoria Akotha

Finance Business Partner

EDF Energy

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Rachel Welch-Phillips

Associate

Bird & Bird LLP

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Paul Asare-Archer

Director of Compliance

Telefonica UK Limited (O2)

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Coleen Mensa

Lawyer

EY

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Luzerne McAllister

Global Diversity & Engagement Strategy

PepsiCo

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Judy Zhu

Head of Analytics - Valuation & Advisory

CBRE

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Rashaunna Nelson

Social Media Manager

Samsung Electronics America

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Justina Omotayo

Business Development Manager, International Relations

Slaughter and May

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Luis Sotolongo

Sr. Technical Account Manager

Visa

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Fernando Sanchez Molina

Consultant- Strategic Shareholdings

Standard Life Aberdeen

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Jonathan Charlery

Senior Software Engineer

Bloomberg LP

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Abidemi Ogunbowale-Thomas

Tech Imagineer, Senior Manager

Accenture

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Noon Ali

Innovation Centre Lead- Digital

BNY Mellon

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Nzinga Orgill

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CEO

Glyconics Ltd

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Dr. Bijna K. Dasani

Head of Architecture and Innovation

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April Crichlow

VP, Global Customer & Ecosystem Marketing

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Cecilia Harvey

Chief Operating Officer

Quant Network

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Rajesh Gupta

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Sabrina Lynch

Head of Culture

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Kalpana Shah

Chairman and Non Exec Director

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Sarah Nelson

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Rory Campbell

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The John Lewis Partnership

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GV Group (Gate Ventures)

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Amazon Web Services

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Dorothy Burwell

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Finsbury

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Elizabeth Scarpelli

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Slaughter and May

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IBM

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Deloitte

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Emergn

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Hodge Jones & Allen Solicitors

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Partner

Clifford Chance LLP

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Client Services Director

Resource Solutions

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Quita Highsmith

Head, Alliance and Advocacy Relations

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Naren Patel

CEO

Primesight Ltd

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Jomas Associates Ltd

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Global Head of CSR and President of The Moody

Moodys Corporation

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Quentin Roach

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MSD

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Habib Motani

Partner

Clifford Chance

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Lord Dr Michael Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE

Global Head of Citizenship

KPMG

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Melvin Williams

President

Nicor Gas

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Michael Sherman

Chief Strategy and Transformation Officer

British Telecom

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Netsai Mangwende

Head of Finance for Great Britain

WillisTowersWatson

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Mandhir Singh

Chief Operating Officer BP Lubricants

BP

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Paris Petgrave

CEO

We Love Work

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Femi Bamisaiye

Chief Information Officer

HomeServe UK

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Annette Byron

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Kai Exos

Co-CEO Isobar Canada

Dentsu Aegis Network

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Segun Osuntokun

Managing Partner, London Office

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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Raj Verma

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Sodexo

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Richard Iferenta

Partner

KPMG LLP

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Rupal Kantaria

Director

Oliver Wyman

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Rob Mukherjee

Director Of Transformation

EveryCloud Security

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Margaret Anadu

Head of the Urban Investment Group (UIG)

Goldman Sachs

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Kelly McDonald

Executive Manager, HR Business Partner

Irish Life

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Tunji Akintokun

Director & Head of Sales UK

PwC

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Piers Linney

Non Executive Director

British Business Bank

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Nneka Abulokwe

Founder; Chair Board Nominations Committee; Board Member

MicroMax Consulting; ISACA; BCS

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Ather Williams III

Managing Director, Head of Business Banking

Bank of America Corporation

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Nazreen Visram

Head of Charities

Barclays

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Risk Strategy & Analysis Director

Aviva plc

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Suresh Raj

Chief Business Development Officer

Vision7 International

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Dawood Gustave

CEO & Imagination Officer

Reluctantly Brave

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

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Mitul Shah

Partner and EMEA Reward Leader

Deloitte LLP

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Dr Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management/ Legal COO Daiwa & Founder/CEO of The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation

Daiwa and The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation

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Mandeep Heer

Director of People Strategy & Transformation

Telefonica O2 UK

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director

Accenture

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Michael Greene

Vice President and General Manager of the System Technologies & Optimization, Intel Architecture, Graphics and Software group

Intel Corp.

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Sarah Lee

Partner

Slaughter and May

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Dominic Mignon

Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO

Aon plc

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Chris Kojima

Global Head of the Alternative Investments & Manager Selection (AIMS) Group in the Consumer & Investment Management Division (CIMD)

Goldman Sachs

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Ugo Ojike

Managing Director

Accenture

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Li (Shelley) Yu

Senior Global Product Manager, China Specialist (SVP)

HSBC

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Ajay Banga

President and CEO

MasterCard

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Tonia Bottoms

Managing Director & Senior Managing Counsel

BNY Mellon Pershing

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Edward Enninful

Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue

Condé Nast Britain - British Vogue

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Karen Blackett

UK Country Manager & Chairwoman MediaCom UK & Ireland

WPP

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Anré Williams

Group President, Global Merchant & Network Services

American Express

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Leena Nair

Chief HR Officer

Unilever

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Sarah Jenkins

Chief Marketing Officer

Grey Advertising

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Sanjay Bhandari

Partner

EY

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Michael Sneed

Executive Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs and Chief Communication Officer

Johnson & Johnson

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Marva Smalls

Executive Vice President, Global Head of Inclusion Strategy, Viacom

Viacom

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Irvinder Goodhew

Transformation Director

Lloyds Banking Group

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Sophie Chandauka

Global COO, Banking Operations

Morgan Stanley

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Shelina Janmohamed

Vice President, Islamic Marketing

Ogilvy

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Adrian Joseph OBE

Partner and Head of Artificial Intelligence, UK and EMEIA

Ernst & Young (EY) LLP

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Jagdeep Rai

Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Heathrow & South West London

Barclays Bank Plc

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Perry Jones

Senior Vice President, Manufacturing & Distillation, Supply North America

Diageo North America

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Dr Raj Patel

Head of Labour

Sainsbury's

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Sarah Vawda

Managing Director

Vawda Associates

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Kamel Hothi

Non Executive Director & Trustee

TLC Lions

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Ronel Lundall

Executive Vice President Vocalink Delivery

MasterCard

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Raj Verma

Senior Vice President, Human Resources

Sodexo Global Corporate Services

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Shawn Miles

Executive Vice President, Public Policy

MasterCard

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Rashik Parmar

IBM Technical Executive - Europe, IBM Distinguished Engineer

IBM

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Yin Luo

Vice Chairman

Wolfe Research

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Emeka Okwu

MD / CEO

Renaissance Global Consulting

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Elsie Akinsanya

Global Head of Human Resources, Treasury and Trade Solutions

Citibank

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Michelle Delices

Director Business Improvement and Growth & Corporate Business Partner

Sodexo UK & I

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Mo Haghbin

SVP Head of Product - Beta Solutions

Oppenheimer Funds

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Mark Mason

CFO, Institutional Clients Group

Citi

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Rajesh Gupta

Head of Trading - Argos Financial Services

Sainsbury's bank

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Geno Luchmun

General Counsel

Kaizen Reporting

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Rob Mukherjee

Head of North West Regional Business

Vodafone

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Sanjeev Sharma

COO

M&G Real Estate Limited

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Raj Tulsiani

CEO & Co-Founder

Green Park

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Colleen Wong

Founder & CEO

TechSixtyFour

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Keith Bevans

Global Head of Recruiting, Partner

Bain & Company

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Mitul Shah

Partner & Leader of UK Reward Consulting Business

Deloitte

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Ukonwa Ojo

Senior Vice President, COVERGIRL

Coty Inc.

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Daniel Taylor

Founder/CEO

MDC Group

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury

Dorothy serves on Finsbury’s Global Diversity committee, which focuses on supporting initiatives around the business to foster a more balanced workplace across gender, racial and sexual orientation bounds. This includes initiatives such as delivering unconscious bias training to leadership, ensuring that recruitment practices encourage the interviewing and selection of individuals from varied backgrounds, as well as developing affinity networks within the company. Additionally, as part of this role, she is involved with Finsbury's ongoing support of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which seeks to address the need for greater diversity in the public relations industry. Externally, Dorothy currently serves on the Board of Trustees for the UK registered charity Nations Ladies. Their mission is to help encourage and support the aspirations of ethnic minority youth offering them one-to-one mentoring, work experience opportunities and training in the soft skills that are needed to succeed beyond their school years. In the last year, Dorothy was listed in the Top 100 Women to Watch by Cranfield University, and has been asked to co-lead the Investor Relations practice for the EMEA region as Finsbury seek to expand their footprint.

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Jatin Patel

Products Director

TSB

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Quentin Roach

Chief Procurement Officer and Senior Vice President, GSMG, BD & GWES

Merck & Co. Inc.

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Raoul Shah

Founder & Joint CEO

Exposure

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Roni Savage

Managing Director

Jomas Associates

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Rory Campbell

Partnership Registrar

John Lewis Partnership

Rory has played an active role in championing and creating more inclusive workplaces for a number of years, most recently through mentoring ethnic minorities in the John Lewis Partnership, sponsoring one of their inclusion networks, informally advising senior leaders on their approach to inclusion, establishing a reverse mentoring initiative, and talking both internally and externally on matters of relevance to inclusive workplaces - engagement, inclusion and mental health. Outside his immediate workplace, Rory is a formal member of an external group of 'changemakers' who seek to better personal and business approaches to creating inclusive change in organisations and communities. This is alongside ongoing active engagement in a range of external communities, speaking, mentoring and networking with a focus on social change. As part of this, he spoke to a diverse group of leaders on a programme run by the Centre for Synchronous Leadership. The programme (Walk the Tightrope) brings together senior change makers who are on a journey to unlock their full potential without dimming their unique attributes and talents. In other words, to unleash them in the most inclusive way possible.

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Segun Osuntokun

Partner and Board Member

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

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Amit Sharma

Chief European Representative

Fifth Third Bank

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Elizabeth Yang

Owner & Founder

Law & Mediation Offices of Elizabeth Yang

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Raphael Mokades

Founder & Managing Director

Rare Recruitment

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Heather Melville

Head of Business Inclusion Initatives, Commercial and Private Banking

RBS

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Sonia Sng

Director, Business Operations

Intuit

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Pritheeva Rasaratnam

Head of Pensions, Insurance and Retail Distribution Policy

Financial Conduct Authority

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Vanessa Smith

Regional Vice President, NA Strategic Customer Program

SAP America

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April Crichlow

Head of Global Customer Marketing

SAP Ariba

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Jerome Hamilton

CEO

Open Therapeutics

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Geoffrey Williams

Director/Head of D&I EMEA

Thomson Reuters

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Alison Walters

Head of Department

Financial Conduct Authority

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Anbreen Khan

Tax Partner

Deloitte

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Tom Ilube

CEO

Crossword Cybersecurity plc

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Amadou Diarra

Vice-President, Head of Global Policy, Advocacy and Government Affairs

Bristol-Myers Squibb

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Christina Liciaga

Head of Customer Service

HSBC UK

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Tom Shropshire

Partner, Global Head of US Practice

Linklaters LLP

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Gautam Bhattacharyya

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

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Habib Motani

Partner

Clifford Chance

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Nimisha PradeepKumar

Finance Change Director, Group Finance

Lloyds Banking Group

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Kai Exos

Co-CEO and CCO

Isobar

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Rocki Howard

Client Services Director

Resource Solutions

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Payal Vasudeva

Human Capital & Diversity Managing Director

Accenture

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Adizah Tejani

Director of Marketing EMEA

Token Inc

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Madhavi Reddy

MD and Head of UKI Presales

Fujitsu

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Sarah Nelson

Group Financial Controller

Sainsbury's

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Ajay Khindria

Strategic Sales Leader, Europe

IBM

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Global Head of CSR and President of The Moody's Foundation

Moodys Corporation

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

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Carey Mendes

Regional Business Unit Leader, Global Oil America's

BP

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Gerald Charles

VP, Global IT Operations & Strategy

Under Armour Inc

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Manroop Singh Khela

Head of Transformation & CEO office (Executive Committee Member)

Santander UK plc

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Oliemata O'Donoghue

Head of Region

HSBC

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Bansi Nagji

Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy & Business Development

McKesson Corporation

As a visible senior executive with a diverse cultural background, Bansi uses his own story to illustrate the potential career progression available to all people in the workplace. He also makes himself available as a mentor to all employees, particularly ethnic minority people and women, to help them understand and navigate their particular challenges. As the most senior ethnic minority executive at McKesson, he is a core member of McKesson’s Chairman’s Diversity Council, which is responsible for the enterprise’s diversity strategy. Externally, Bansi makes himself available for career advice, and regularly speaks about his own experience as a successful minority. He is deeply involved in fundraising activities for his business school, INSEAD, and is particularly interested in personally sponsoring scholarships there for ethnic minority people. He was also recently named as one of the Top 50 Multicultural Leaders in Technology by the California Diversity Council.

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Shirine Khoury-Haq

COO

Lloyd's

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Bridget Lea

Director of Retail, Online and Omni-Channel

Telefónica O2

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Elaine Rogers

Senior Vice President, UK SMF for CASS and Global Head of Control for Operations

The Northern Trust Company

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Nathaniel Peat

Chief Executive Officer

Gennex Elite

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Sarah Lee

Partner

Slaughter and May

Sarah currently leads on enhancing ethnic minority recruitment and retention practices, and is the partner champion and sponsor for the ethnic minority network (DIVERSE) within the firm. She is on the Recruitment Strategy Committee and works with RARE, a specialised graduate recruitment agency that finds the most talented ethnic minority students. She is a highly visible role model for all lawyers and employees at Slaughter and May, and is an active mentor, both formally and informally for ethnic minority lawyers within the firm. She has undertaken many speaking engagements to profile ethnic minority leadership as a lawyer, including speaking at secondary schools and university careers events with significant populations of ethnic minority students. Within the wider legal community, she set up the diversity partners forum and has sat on various panels discussing the attraction, recruitment and retention of ethnic minority lawyers. She is ranked as a leader in Chambers UK and The Legal 500 and has recently been appointed as a Commissioner of the Judicial Appointments Commission, an independent statutory body with responsibility for selecting judges for the Courts and Tribunals of England and Wales, with an express remit to encourage diversity in candidates available for judicial selection.

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Suresh Raj

Managing Director, Global Business Development

Zeno Group

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Renee LaRoche-Morris

Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer of BNY Mellon Investment Management

BNY Mellon

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director

Accenture

Globally Andrew is one of Accenture’s cross-cultural leads, tasked with educating and setting best practice examples for working across cultures and ethnicities. With most Accenture Operations colleagues based in India, this is an important role, ensuring that cross-cultural business relationships are based on mutual respect and understanding. He has been the executive sponsor for Accenture’s African-Caribbean Network for the last four years, representing the interests of its 360 employee members at UK Board Level, and working with global leadership on the broader I&D agenda. He is accountable for all annual network events, including a series of prominent Black History Month events, and oversees several ethnic minority recruitment, development, progression and retention activities. Under his leadership, they also won Network of the Year for their internal inclusion efforts. Externally, Andrew mentors three ethnic minority individuals from various industries, providing them with career guidance and helping to maximise their potential. He is a founder member of the UK Executive Leadership Council, and has recently been asked to become the UK Chair and co-lead of the global expansion committee.

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Jacqueline Simmons

Executive Editor

Bloomberg News

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Dr Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management

Daiwa

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Dawood Gustav

Leader & Imagination Officer

Reluctantly Brave

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Kalpana Shah

Chairman

RiverStone Managing Agency

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Mamadou-Abou Sarr

Senior Vice President, Director of Product Development and Sustainable Investing

Northern Trust Company

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Paris Petgrave

CEO

We Love Work

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Nazreen Visram

Head of Citizenship, Corporate Banking

Barclays Bank

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Piers Linney

NED

British Business Bank

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Patrick Vatel

Head of Credit Management for Investment Services

BNY Mellon

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Chika Aghadiuno

Group Risk Strategy & Analysis Director

Aviva

Chika seeks to be a visible and accessible presence in the organisation, expanding on her role as co-chair of the Aviva London Women’s Network. She blogs to raise awareness and interest among Aviva's ethnic minority community and allies, and has supported the process of establishing an ethnic minority network at Aviva. She has represented Aviva at parliamentary roundtables on the topic of race and is a Group Executive nominee on the Aviva Global Inclusion Council. Chika has sought to connect Aviva with her activities outside the workplace, such as working with the Amos Bursary, and smaller social enterprises including Beyond the Classroom and Brilliant Aspirations. This has provided these young people with exposure to a range of careers and senior leaders, and also internships within Aviva. External to her role, Chika is a mentor for the Amos Bursary and chair of the Diversity Advisory Group for the UK actuarial professional body. She has written a number of articles and participated in panels on diversity for the profession and has been exploring the establishment of a UK African Actuarial network.

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Anit Chandarana

Finance Director - Infrastructure Projects

Network Rail

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Sanjay Bhandari

Partner

EY

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Aleida Rios

Head of Upstream Engineering

BP

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Michael Sneed

Worldwide Vice President, Global Corporate Affairs & Chief Communications Officer

Johnson & Johnson

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Tunji Akintokun

Vice President

NSC Global

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Nneka Abulokwe

Founder

MicroMax Consulting

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Ron Kalifa

Executive Director

Worldpay Group

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Sophie Chandauka

Global COO - Shared Services & Banking operations

Morgan Stanley

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Leena Nair

Chief HR Officer

Unilever

In her role at Unilever, ensuring true diversity and inclusion is key. In North America, her department have undertaken a variety of workshops, training and conferences, all aimed at understanding and improving the experience of ethnic minorities in the workplace. This is a template which is now being rolled out across the company globally. Externally, Leena has been actively involved in the youth employability space for a number of years. She led a collaboration between Unilever and the National Skills Development Corporation of India, with the objective of training 1 Million youth in employable skills by 2020. She also has a personal mission to reach 1 Million young women with a message of inspiration and hope. At over 300 speaking occasions, mostly in Asian communities, Leena has shared the story of her rise from humble middle class origins. She sees the tremendous feedback received as testament to the impact of role modelling on young Asian women. She is also a steering committee leader for the World Economic Forum’s The Future of Education, Gender, Work & Skills committees. She has been recognised numerous times by the FT, HR Magazine, Business Today, and UK First Women, for her diversity and inclusion efforts.

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Naren Patel

CEO

Primesight

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Funke Abimbola

General Counsel & Head of Financial Compliance

Roche

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Narcisse Tshimanga

Director, Customer Compliance and Fraud

MasterCard

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Sandra Federighi

CFO & Business Services Director

Stella McCartney

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Shilpa Shah

Director, Technology Consulting

Deloitte

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Suzan Kereere

Head of Europe Merchant Sales & Solutions

Visa

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Karen Blackett OBE

Country Manager & Chairwoman

WPP & MediaCom

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Jagdeep Rai

Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Heathrow & SW London

Barclays Bank

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Vanessa Kingori MBE

Publishing Director

British Vogue|Conde Nast Publications

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Rupal Karia

Head of UK & Ireland - Public and Private Sector

Fujitsu Services Ltd

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Anré Williams

Group President, Global Merchant and Network Services

American Express

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Usha Prashar

NED

Nationwide

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Rodney Williams

Project Engineer

National Grid

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Katie Mantwa George

Europe, Middle East and Africa Tech Campus Lead

Amazon

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Ugo Eboh

Credit Risk Strategy Analyst

Virgin Money

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Gary Izunwa

Senior Talent Solutions Consultant

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Minal Mehta

Senior Strategy Consultant - Interactive Experience

IBM

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Lola Olaore

Technology Analyst

Accenture

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Rahul Gumber

Senior Manager - Risk

Aviva

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Nadine Dyer

Clients & Markets

Deloitte

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Rupal Kantaria

Strategic Advisor Social Impact and Inclusion

Oliver Wyman

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Rakhee Rajani

Account Director

Stand Agency

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Faith Locken

Surveyor

Jones Lang LaSalle

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Harpreet Cheema

Head of Promotions, Digital & Insight, Service Operations

Sodexo UK & Ireland

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Richard Saenz

Human Resources VP, Developments and Technologies

BP

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Ngozie Azu

Head of International Relations

Slaughter and May

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Melinda Espiritu

Vice President/Senior Audit Manager, Credit Risk

HSBC

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Dewole Aradeon

Head of Sales Effectiveness

Fujitsu

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Khawar Malik

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AIG

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Ainsworth A. Clarke

Vice President Payment Relations

First Data

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Sajna Rahman

Business Development Manager, Healthcare

Sodexo UK & I

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Rashmi Ghai

VP

Citi

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Anthony Francis

Agile Delivery Lead

Lloyds Banking Group

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Rangan Ravindran

Head of Liquidity and Market Risk

TSB

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Kuran Williams

HANA Enterprise Cloud Launch Advisor

SAP

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Imran Sheikh

Head of Global Financial Services

BP Supply & Trading

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Martin Pong

Management Consultant

Oliver Wyman

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Arbinderpal Rai

Senior Manager, Emerging Talent Recruitment

Lloyds Banking Group

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Anjeli Patel

Senior Consultant, People Advisory Services

EY

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Jennie Koo

Risk Performance Oversight

RBS

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Justin Onuekwusi

Fund Manager

Legal & General Investment Management

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Bianca Miller-Cole

CEO

The Be Group

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Mary Agbesanwa

Management Consultant

PwC

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MaameYaa Kwafo-Akoto

Senior Associate

Allen & Overy

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Shuhena Bhanu

Senior Associate

Financial Conduct Authority

Shuhena is on the Committee of the FCA Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, which advises the business and proactively seeks to address a number of BAME challenges, including the lack of diversity at management level. She is currently helping to organise a pilot programme for BAME individuals to have a senior leader provide career mentoring, mirrored on an existing Treasury scheme. Shuhena acts as Reverse Mentor to a non-BAME Executive Board Director, advising her on diversity issues within the FCA. She is designing initiatives that are based on the findings of the Middle Report, to inform Board Directors on how BAME individuals can accelerate to management positions, such as creating a fast-track managers’ programme. As an active Muslim Leadership Committee Member, she organises events to foster interfaith dialogue. Shuhena is invited to speak on panels regarding the BAME experience, including a women’s panel, led by the Business Editor of The Independent. She also actively mentors and leads extra-curricular activities such as cycling in the BAME community. Shuhena was ranked in the “BB Power and Inspiration 100 List - 2018”. She received the RISING STAR accolade on this Power List which recognises outstanding talent and leadership in the British Bangladeshi community.

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Gavin Young

Senior Manager - Communications, Media and Technology

Accenture

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Dominique Walker

Underwriting Assistant

AIG Europe Ltd

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Ken Osivwemu

VP, Liquidity Product Mgt

Barclays Corporate Banking

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Kian Bakhtiari

Head of Strategy

Dentsu Aegis Network

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Mirra Sondhi

Global Head of Technology Risk

Schroders

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Noemie Djossou

RBWM Graduate Management Trainee

HSBC

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Vanessa Sanyauke

CEO & Founder

Girls Talk London

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Ellis Rich

Chief Executive Officer

Supreme Songs Limited

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Chinwe Odimba-Chapman

Partner

Clifford Chance

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Ileana Sodani

EMEA Head of Business Development, Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

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Bijal Maijithia

Assistant Director

EY

Bijal launched the EY Hindu Network when she joined the firm, and it is now one of EY’s most active networks, consisting of a thousand internal members. The network hosts 6 large events a year tackling controversial topics such as the role of women, faith and gender stereotypes to create a space where ethnic minorities can share their experiences. Bijal is also a Diversity and Inclusion ambassador for the firm and is involved in cross network initiatives with a specific focus on supporting ethnic minority employees. Bijal’s work has been recognised by EY with an ‘Inspiring Role Model’ award and she was shortlisted for a ‘Better Begins with You’ award for her endeavours to build a better workplace. Externally, Bijal was recognised by ‘We Are The City’ as a Rising Star in Consulting in 2017 and she featured in the Consultancy UK Top 10 ‘Inspiring Women in Consulting’ list. Bijal is the Director and founder of Veda London, and for seven years she has led a team of 100 plus volunteers to serve 12 charitable and community projects across the UK and India. Additionally, Bijal is an ambassador for Binti, a charity working around the world to normalise menstruation in challenging communities.

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Matt Elliott

People Director

Virgin Money

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James Garvey

Managing Director, Head of Markets

Lloyds Banking Group

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Robert Lawson

Global Head of Mergers & Acquisitions

BP

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Samantha Mobley

Partner

Baker & McKenzie

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Wendy Murphy

Senior Director, HR, EMEA

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Claude Brown

Partner

Reed Smith LLP

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Amanda Gethin

Managing Partner - Talent, EMEA

EY

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Margaret Anderson

Senior Vice President for SAP HANA Enterprise Cloud

SAP

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Claudine Adeyemi

Associate

Mishcon de Reya LLP

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Gurjeet Moore

Financial Crime Compliance Manager

Santander

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Khalia D. Newell

Vice President

Barclays

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Dara Kirton

Senior Manager, Chief of Staff Experience Centre

PwC

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Sigga Sigurdardottir

Chief Customer and Innovation Officer

Santander

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Kim Vu

Seattle Market Executive

Bank of America

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Stephen Bird

CEO, Citi Consumer Bank

Citi

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Andrew Monu

Director, Field and Product Marketing EMEA

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Sarah Nelson

Group Financial Controller

Sainsbury's

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Simon Dowson-Collins

General Counsel & Company Secretary

HarperCollins

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Annette Byron

Partner Sponsor for Social Mobility

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Val McGary

EVP, Sustainable Process Solutions

US Bank

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Sonia Sng

Vice President, Product and Innovation Risk

Visa

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Tom Ilube

Founder

Crossword Cybersecurity plc

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Vimi Grewal-Carr

Managing Partner, Innovation & Delivery Methods

Deloitte

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Dr. Anand Kumar

Executive Director & Deputy Chief Executive

Union Bank of India (UK) Ltd

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Cecily Joseph

Vice President, Corporate Responsibility

Symantec

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Nicole Clarke

UK Head of Compliance

BNP Paribas

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Robert Marchman

Executive Vice President/MRD Legal Section

Finra

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Harish Sodha

Executive Chairman

Diversity Travel

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Heather Melville

Director, Strategic Partnerships and Global Chair & Founder, Women's Network

RBS

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David Tyler

Chairman

Sainburys

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Kamel Hothi

Head of Colleague Fundraising & Volunteering

Lloyds Banking Group

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Jennifer Rademaker

Executive Vice President, Customer Delivery,International Markets

MasterCard

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Paul Cleal

Senior Partner

PwC

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Kevin Ellis

Chairman and Senior Partner

PwC

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Rashik Parmar MBE

Technical Executive - Europe, IBM Distinguished Engineer

IBM

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Yin Luo

Vice Chairman

Wolfe Research

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Jean Tomlin

Founder & CEO

Chanzo (formerly Tomlin&Co)

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Elaine Rogers

Global Head of Control for Enterprise Operations and Head of Client Assets

Northern Trust

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Mandhir Singh

Chief Operating Officer - Lubricants

BP

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Segun Osuntokun

Partner, Head of Energy Disputes and the Africa Group

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP

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Bansi Nagji

Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy and Business Development

McKesson Corporation

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Jatin Patel

Products Director

TSB Bank

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Kashif Zafar

Co-Head of Global Distribution and Co-Head of Macro Products

Barclays

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Beatrice Butsana-Sita

Managing Director, Capita Networking Solutions, Capita plc

Capita plc

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Mo Haghbin

SVP Head of Product, Beta Solutions

OppenheimerFunds

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Dhiraj Mukherjee

Entrepreneur at Large

Midlife Creations

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Nilufer von Bismarck

Partner

Slaughter and May

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Devyani Vaishampayan

Group HR Director

BSI Group

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Mo Ajaz

Global Head of Legal Operations

National Grid

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Elsie Akinsanya

Global Head of HR (Transaction Services)

Citi

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Pam Kaur

Group Managing Director & Group Head of Internal Audit

HSBC Holdings Plc

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Payal Vasudeva

Human Capital & Diversity Executive Sponsor

Accenture

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Albertha Charles

Partner

PwC

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 100 Executives

Rory Campbell

Partnership Registrar

John Lewis

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Camille Drummond

Head of Group Planning and Performance

BP

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner

Finsbury Group Ltd

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Paris Petgrave

Co-Founder & CEO

We Love Work

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Therese Chambers

Director of Strategy, Policy, International and Intelligence, EMO Division

Financial Conduct Authority

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Andrew Pearce

Managing Director

Accenture

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Amolak Dhariwal

Finance Director, Service Operations

Sodexo

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Hau Thai-Thang

Group VP, Global Purchasing

Ford Motor Company

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Arlene Isaacs-Lowe

Managing Director - Head of Relationship Management, EMEA

Moodys Corporation

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Jonathan Mildenhall

CMO

Airbnb

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Dawood Gustave

Chief & Imagination Officer

Reluctantly Brave

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Leena Nair

Chief HR Officer

Unilever

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Kalpana Shah

Chairman

RiverStone Managing Agency

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Kai Exos

CCO

Isobar

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Maz Majid

Supply Chain Director, Clothing & Home

Marks & Spencer plc

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Rohan Gunatillake

Director

Mindfulness Everywhere

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Quentin Roach

Senior Vice President, Business Development, Manufacturing-External Operations & Global Supplier Management Groups and Chief Procurement Officer

Merck & Co. Inc.

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Michael Barrington-Hibbert

Chief Executive Officer

Barrington Hibbert Associates

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Netsai Mangwende

Finance Director for Great Britain

Willis Towers Watson

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Bukola Adisa

Head of Europe Regulatory Compliance Monitoring and Testing

HSBC

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Shanika Amarasekara

General Counsel & Company Secretary

British Business Bank

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Shahzad Saleem

Group Transformation MD

BT

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Ukonwa Ojo

Senior VP, COVERGIRL

Coty Inc.

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Daryl Scales

Vice President, Finance Director Europe

Enteprise Rent-A-Car

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Amee Chande

Managing Director, Global Strategy and Operations

Alibaba Group

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Jamere Jackson

CFO

Nielsen

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Daniel Wong

Head of Europe

Macquarie Capital

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Sarah Lee

Partner

Slaughter and May

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Habib Motani

Partner

Clifford Chance

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Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management

Daiwa

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Jerome Hamilton

CEO

Open Therapeutics

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Paulette Rowe

Managing Director, Barclaycard Payment Solutions

Barclays

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Rakesh Sharma

CEO

Ultra Electronics Holdings plc.

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Nick Amin

Group Chief Operations and IT Officer

Aviva

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Riaz Shah

Senior Partner

EY

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Richard Mark

President

Ameren Illinois Companies

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Sanjay Bhandari

Partner

EY

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Michael Sherman

Partner & Managing Director

The Boston Consulting Group

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Scott Taylor

EVP and General Counsel

Symantec

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Pete Rodriguez

Chief Administrative Officer, Asset Servicing

BNY Mellon

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Thong Nguyen

President of Retail Banking and Co-Head of Consumer Banking

Bank of America

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Suresh Raj

Worldwide Chief Business Development Officer

Ogilvy Group

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Torrence Boone

VP Global Agency Sales and Brand Services

Google

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Shirine Khoury-Haq

Chief Operations Officer

Lloyd's of London

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Timothy Wilkins

Partner

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Bridget Lea

Director of Stores, Online, Multichannel & Supply Chain

O2 UK

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Funke Abimbola

General Counsel & Head of Financial Compliance

Roche UK

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Chris Carr

EVP, Chief Procurement Officer

Starbucks Coffee Company

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Anit Chandarana

Finance Director

Network Rail

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Sophie Chandauka

Executive Director

Morgan Stanley

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Irvinder Goodhew

Director of Transformation

Sainsbury's

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Jagdeep Rai

Director, Head of Corporate Banking, Heathrow & SW

Barclays

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Chika Aghadiuno

General Insurance Director, Actuarial Function, Aviva

Aviva

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Manjit Wolstenholme

Chair

Provident Financial plc

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Tom Shropshire

Partner, Co-Head Operational Intelligence Group

Linklaters

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Albert Cheng

COO

Amazon Studios

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Jonathan Akwue

Managing Partner

DigitasLBi

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Tunji Akintokun

Director - Commercial & Partner Organisations, Cisco Africa

Cisco

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Dominic Mignon

Chief of Staff, Office of the CEO

Aon

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Raj Nair

Executive Vice President, Global Product Development, and Chief Technical Officer

Ford Motor Company

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Nathaniel Peat

CEO & Co-Founder

Gennex

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Binta Niambi Brown

Founder, B|G Mouth Records Artist Manager, Grace Weber Founder

B|G Mouth Records

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Mark Tatum

Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer

NBA

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Bernard Adjei

Project Manager

Lloyds Banking Group

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Jennifer Small

Senior Manager

Bank of England

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Nnamdi Emelifeonwu

Associate, Finance

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Ugo Eboh

Credit Card Collections and Debt Sale Strategy Analyst

Virgin Money

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Rangan Ravindran

Head of Capital, Funding & Liquidity Planning and Reporting

TSB

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Emeka Okwu

Global Recruiting - Risk, Compliance and Legal

UBS

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Sue Stephens

Head of Customer Success Consulting Italy, Spain & Portugal

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Sonia Hussain

Digital Consultant

Fujitsu

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Ajay Mistry

Client Manager

Aon

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Arnold Donald

President & CEO

Carnival Corporation & plc

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Cherie Samuels

Lawyer (Admitted in New York)

CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP

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Karen Blackett

Chairwoman

MediaCom

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Nelson Derry

Vice President, Corporate Programme Management Office

BNY Mellon

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Ron Kalifa

Vice Chairman

WorldPay

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Marisa Ambersley

Strategy Director

MediaCom

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Nisha Trivedi

Global Lightends Commercial Manager

BP

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Abisola Barber

Assistant VP Risk & Control

Barclays

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Nishma Gosrani

Director

Deloitte

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Barnali Ghosh

Senior Principal Engineer

Mott MacDonald

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Carrie Ng

Executive Support Manager

HSBC

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Dara Kirton

Strategy and Operations Consultant

PwC

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Anita Liu Harvey

Vice President - Strategy and Innovation

Barclaycard

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Gavin Young

Senior Manager - Communications, Media and Technology

Accenture

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Denny Tu

Head of Strategy & Planning

Sky

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Chinwe Odimba-Chapman

Senior Associate

Clifford Chance

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Dorothy Burwell

Partner, Head of Natural Resources

Finsbury

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Ngozie Azu

Head of International Relations

Slaughter and May

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Edson Hato

Vice President Recruitment

AstraZeneca

Can be viewed on: 2016 Top 100 Executives

Rashada Harry

National Account Manager

Vodafone Global Enterprise

Can be viewed on: 2017 Top 30 Future Leaders

Bina Mehta MBE

Chair

KPMG UK

In 2021, Bina was appointed KPMG UK’s first female chair in its 150-year history. As well as chairing KPMG’s UK Board, Bina also chairs the firm’s Inclusive Leadership Board, a forum for independent experts to provide challenges to ensure the organization is embedding inclusion, diversity and equity within the business strategy. She uses her prominent role to champion the need for organizations to create inclusive, supportive, and diverse cultures that enable people from all backgrounds to thrive. Bina won the Hammer Award at the 2022 GG2 Leadership & Diversity Awards, awarded to an individual who has broken through the glass ceiling, and was awarded an MBE in the 2022 New Year’s Honours list for supporting female entrepreneurs.