2020 Programmes 19 More About Our Summit Partners 20 Special Thanks 21

At this moment, we have an opportunity to look at inclusion as a way of including people who have historically been excluded. THAT’S THE CALL OF OUR TIME. Holiday Phillips, 2020

in celebration of National Inclusion Week 2020

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH: WITH SUPPORT OF: Inclusion is the highest expression of humanity. It says ‘I see you, I see all of you and all of me embraces all of you’.

Sharon Amesu

Contents

About Moving Ahead 3 The week’s events 4 Welcome 5 The Summit Series 2020/21 6 Your summit hosts 7 Your summit keynote speakers 9 Your summit workshop leaders 14 Your summit panellists 15 The power of stories 19 Three of our upcoming 2020 programmes 19 More about our summit partners 20 Special thanks 21

The word ‘civilisation’ means that although the individual is important the community is more important. And a community that is open and generous can include and welcome all.

Patsy Rodenburg OBE

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 2 About Moving Ahead

Moving Ahead is a social impact organisation specialising in advancing workplace diversity and inclusion through structured mentoring, development programmes, and consultancy. Everything we do is underpinned by robust research and powerful storytelling. moving-ahead.org We work cross-company, cross-sector and cross-diversity strand, from gender and ethnicity to thinking and learning styles, and socio-economic background.

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@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 3 The week’s events

DAY 01. Visibility, connection and inclusion post-lockdown

‘Ripping up the rulebook’: Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith CBE

Monday ‘The invisibility of disability’: Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson DBE 28th September ‘How can technology support team inclusion in the post-lockdown workplace?’ 1:30-3:30pm Panel discussion with Ilona Brannen, Sandeep Johal (facilitator), Christina Mallon and Kirk Vallis BST ‘Creating a new culture of equality’: Michelle P. King

‘Advancing inclusion through crisis’: Workshop with Alison Maitland

DAY 02. New approaches to mental health for a new era

‘Frazzled at work?’: Ruby Wax OBE Tuesday 29th September ‘Brave new world’: Dr Amit Patel 1:30-2:30pm ‘Beyond bananas in the kitchen’: Workshop with Geoff McDonald BST

DAY 03. Supporting working families

‘We are more resilient, braver and broken than we think’: Hannah Abrahams Wednesday 30th September ‘LGBTQ+ parents and inclusion’: Jake Graf and Hannah Graf MBE

1.30–2.45pm ‘How can organisations really make flexible working, work?’ BST Panel discussion with Lucy Adams, Fleur Bothwick, Tanya Gordon, James Uffindell and Rachel Vecht

DAY 04. Racial inclusion in the workplace BLACK HISTORY ‘This is the black experience’: Karl Lokko MONTH BEGINS TODAY Thursday 1ST OCTOBER 1st October ‘Moving beyond BLM: From rhetoric to action’: Holiday Phillips

1.30–3.00pm ‘What does a meaningful workplace response to BLM look like?’ BST Panel discussion with Sharon Amesu, Colette Comerford (facilitator), Pavita Cooper, Daniel Danso and Rupal Kantari

‘Allies matter’: Workshop with Gwen Jones

DAY 05. Extraordinary perspectives; new approaches

‘Reconnecting with presence and purpose’: Patsy Rodenburg OBE Friday 2nd October ‘Taking stock of where you are’: Dr Ava Eagle Brown

1.30–3.30pm ‘Autism recruitment: inclusion or exploitation?’: Dr Nancy Doyle BST ‘The future of inclusion is digital’: Alice Wroe

‘A new way of being on the earth’: Mac Macartney

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 4 Welcometo our annual Inclusion Week event

I’m delighted that we will be celebrating with a global audience, from Europe to Africa, the Middle East, Americas and beyond. The aim of the Summit Series has always been to provide educational and thought-provoking content in a truly inclusive way, so we are excited that this will be our first all-digital summit. That means your colleagues in have the opportunity to join live – from home, the office or wherever they are and whatever their time zone – as well as watch the recordings.

Our Summit Series spotlights diverse voices, perspectives, stories and conversations at scale. To me, this is more important now than at any time I can remember. The last six months have shocked and challenged us, and left us with big questions Please do share the content with your colleagues, about the future of work and inclusion. We’ve both this week and beyond. I have loved hearing worked extra hard, for this summit, to bring together your stories of using the films for your internal speakers with answers, speakers with insights and inclusion microsites and intranets, internal mentoring speakers who can simply inspire us to thrive in the cohort groups, network groups and more (find ideas face of adversity. A heartfelt thank you to them for and a sample calendar in our activation toolkit). sharing their stories and to the Moving Ahead team Finally, please do complete a feedback form, so we for producing and managing this series. Expect five know what you liked, what you want more of, and unforgettable days of events! how we can continue to deliver a Summit Series that you want to be involved in. I very much to hope to

Thank you also to our partner organisations for see you again at our Agency & Advocacy Summit championing the summit. Your support enables us for International Men’s Day on the 19th November, to offer the content to schools and universities free and our Gender Balance Summit for International of charge (please let us know an institution you Women’s Day on the 8th March. would like to share it with). Thank you also to all our participants for being committed, curious listeners. Enjoy the week! Liz Dimmock,

FOUNDER AND CEO, MOVING AHEAD

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 5 The Summit Series 2020/21 Make sure to join us for our upcoming Summit Series events in 2020-2021

The Agency & Advocacy Summit THE AGENCY & in celebration of International Men’s Day ADVOCACY SUMMIT

Thursday 19th November 2020

This event spotlights stories, perspectives and discussions associated with International Men’s Day themes including parenthood, mental health and work-life balance. At the 2019 event, sponsored by Legal & General Investment Management, we heard from blind doctor, father and campaigner, Dr Amit Patel (with his guide dog Kika!); psychotherapist and author of ‘Walk with your Wolf’, Jonathan Hoban, and Olympic performance expert Ash Wallace. Two panel discussions explored ‘Men and mental health’ and ‘Family and flexibility’, and featured, among others, Director General of British Chambers of Commerce, Adam Marshall, and former Wasps Captain Chris Bell.

WATCH ALL THE 2019 FILMS Transgender activist and actor, Jake Graf, shares what being a man means to him

The Gender Balance Summit in celebration of International Women’s Day

Monday 8th March 2021

Hosted in collaboration with the 30% Club, the Gender Balance Summit features a fascinating and diverse line-up of more than 25 speakers, storytellers and performers. At London’s Barbican in 2019, this included pioneering entrepreneur, Dame Stephanie Shirley CH; comedienne turned mental health campaigner, Ruby Wax OBE, and poet and former gang member, Karl Lokko. The 2020 event at the Royal Institution featured acclaimed novellist Elif Shafak; a conversation between anti-FGM activist Nimco Ali OBE and Dame Helena Morrissey, and a fireside conversation about the power of sport to foster inclusion with Sarah Winckless MBE, Dame Katherine Grainger and

Best-selling and Booker Prize shortlisted Clare Balding OBE. author, Elif Shafak, talking about WATCH THE SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS how we move feminism forward

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Colette joined LGIM in 2018 from M&G Investments where she spent nearly a decade working to create and maintain a balanced workforce. Colette is responsible for driving the evolution and continuous improvement of LGIM’s culture, as well as LGIM’s diversity and inclusion objectives. She works closely with the executive team, LGIM’s diversity and inclusion team (LEGIT), and Legal & General’s Group Diversity and Inclusion team. Colette is a member of the Diversity Project’s Steering Group – an initiative which aims to accelerate progress towards an inclusive culture and achieve diversity across all dimensions in the investment profession, the Lead Role Colette Comerford Model Ambassador for LGBT Great – a global membership organisation specialist in developing Head of Inclusion & Culture LGBT+ diversity and inclusion within the investment and savings industry and a Member of the at Legal & General Investment APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) for Governance and Inclusive Leadership. Colette was Management (LGIM) named a Top 8 Champion Ally in the Investing in Ethnicity Awards 2018 and appointed to the Advisory Board of the Telegraph’s Diversity & Inclusion Conference 2019.

To me, inclusion is… ‘xxxx.’

Liz is dedicated to bringing about positive tangible change through running Moving Ahead. Looking for more meaning and purpose, she channelled her previous 16 years of corporate experience – at KPMG, HSBC (Global Head of Coaching) and GP Strategies (Managing Partner) – into this social impact organisation, which she founded in 2014. Liz was awarded ‘Coaching and Mentoring Person of the Year’ by Coaching at Work, received ‘We are the City’s ‘Rising Star Gender Champion Award’ and was named one of the ‘50 Most Influential Women Liz Dimmock in Sport’ by the Independent. She became the first woman to cycle the entire route of the Mentoring, diversity and Tour de France in 2012. Liz was awarded Queen’s birthday honours in 2019 for services to inclusion specialist; 30% gender equality. Club ambassador; Founder and CEO, Moving Ahead To me, inclusion is… ‘A conscious, deliberate mindset and way of being and leading that is constantly @LizDimmock developing and evolving.’

Tanya has spent more than 15 years consulting with leadership teams and supporting clients to translate organisational strategy into actions that drive business results. She is passionate about facilitating connected conversations that ignite behavioural change and performance. Tanya’s work combines an understanding and application of business strategy with a compelling inquisition toward people and performance. She uses this to empathetically challenge cultural norms and beliefs that may hinder commercial performance or the effective roll-out of strategy. Tanya speakers regularly about leadership resilience and wellbeing. Tanya Gordon Moving Ahead facilitator To me, inclusion is… ‘An all-encompassing regard, respect and love for humankind, which results in selfless curiosity and compassion.’

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Lizzy spent a decade honing her skills as a writer, creative and speaker. She worked across the creative industries, bringing ideas to life for clients including Nike, John Lewis and NatWest before shifting gears and qualifying as a yoga teacher and health coach. As a wellbeing speaker, Lizzy delivered training to organisations including Amazon, Twitter and Panasonic, and made a case for putting ourselves first to better contribute to the world around us in a TEDx talk called ‘Selfish Wins’. At Moving Ahead, Lizzy is responsible for the content of the Summit Series, an annual calendar of events for International Women’s Day and Men’s Day, and National Inclusion Week. Lizzy Nichol To me, inclusion is… Summit Series curator, ‘A global movement and a force for positive change that will happen when every human can facilitator and speaker, sincerely, truly, sit down and listen to another’s experiences of the world.’ Moving Ahead

Sandeep partners with organisations and their leaders to create tangible outcomes in areas critical to their success. Having spent 14 years in consulting at Deloitte, Sandeep has lived and worked across developed, growth and emerging global markets, led cross-border projects and teams. As a professional services firm leader, Sandeep brings first-hand experience on the power of personal brand, nurturing a network of collaborators, and promoting inclusion and belonging in her practice. As a training designer and facilitator, she specialises in building training solutions that are relevant for leaders operating in cross matrix and culture environments. And as therapist, she draws upon a spectrum of interventions from the deeper analytical insights (systemic) to the Sandeep Johal more structured, cognitive behavioural therapeutic approach. Behavioural change psychologist, therapist and consultant; To me, inclusion is… Moving Ahead facilitator ‘That conscious act of creating a space that allows people to be felt heard, seen and that they matter.’

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After an early career as a primary school teacher in inner London boroughs, Hannah retrained as an educational and child psychologist at London’s Institute of Education. She has worked with children and young people with a range of needs including dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, autistic spectrum condition, and memory and behavioural difficulties. She runs workshops for parents around the challenges of parenting and caring for children, and training and INSET for teachers, on topics including recognising mental health difficulties in pupils. Hannah is a member of the Zoono Family Panel, an initiative that helps support the wellbeing of families during lockdown. Hannah Abrahams

Educational and child psychologist To me, inclusion is… ‘An invitation for everyone to join the table and celebrate uniqueness, as well as the ability to listen to different perspectives and thrive together.’

Ava’s powerful story of her journey from poverty and abuse to fleeing Jamaica and establishing a new life in the United Kingdom is told in her two autobiographical books, ‘Bamboo and Fern’ and ‘The Mango Girl’, currently being optioned into a Hollywood feature film. Ava has two MBAs and a Doctorate in Humanity, and was nominated as a finalist in the Women 4 Africa and Diva of Colour awards in 2015 for her writing. Her love for her home country of Jamaica is still strong and she has been a powerful voice in helping others break the cycle of poverty and its effects. Dr Ava Eagle Brown CEO, founder, multi-award-winning To me, inclusion is… international speaker and author ‘Taking action to ensure people are heard, so that they feel they belong. When people feel a sense @AvaBrown24 of belonging, they bring their best to the situation and/or organisation.’

Pavita is the Chair of CMI Race and sits on the CMI Board of Companions, as well as being Steering Committee member for the 30% Club. Pavita has more than 25 years’ experience as an executive talent leader across a range of multi-sector global blue-chip organisations, including Shell, Barclays and Lloyds Banking Group. Pavita is a passionate advocate of greater diversity across the C-Suite and is committed to accelerating the progression of ‘hidden’ talent: women, ethnic minorities and leaders from less traditional backgrounds. In September 2017, Pavita was

Pavita Cooper awarded Woman of the Year at the Asian Business Awards. Leading talent and diversity specialist; Moving Ahead To me, inclusion is… speaker and facilitator ‘Creating an environment where everyone, regardless of their background, is afforded the same opportunities to engage and contribute to their fullest.’ @PavitaCooper

Nancy is a Registered Occupational Psychologist with 20 years’ experience in neurodiversity, professional management coaching and welfare to work. Nancy has worked with thousands of clients from Access to Work, to blue chip boards and within the prison service. Nancy volunteers for the British Psychological Society where contributes to Professional Practice Guidelines. Nancy won Public Policy impact of the year at the BPS division of Occupational Psychology in 2019 and developed the international docu-series 'The Employables’. Dr Nancy Doyle Registered Occupational To me, inclusion is… Psychologist; Research Fellow ‘Action. It’s the things we do every day to widen perspectives, challenge our assumptions, listen with and neurodiversity specialist curiosity and act flexibly, so we can build bridges across diverse communities.’ @NancyDoylePsych

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 9 Transitioning in 2008, and after a lifetime of searching for positive representations of transgender people on-screen, Jake wrote, directed and starred in his first film ‘XWHY’. He has since directed and appeared in several films, using the medium to elicit positive change, represent rarely seen characters and stories, and promote acceptance and understanding. Widely considered to be the most visible trans male in the UK, Jake speaks internationally on trans issues. In 2015 he was a panellist at the first trans-specific event at The White House and, In July 2017, his short film about legislative change was launched in The Houses of Parliament. He married trans woman Jake Graf Hannah Winterbourne, in 2018 and the couple welcomed a daughter in April 2020. Award-winning director, writer, actor and transgender activist To me, inclusion is… @JakeGraf1 ‘More than just being in the team, it’s about being a valued and heard member of the team.’

Hannah served as a Captain in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers from 2010 to 2019. After coming out as transgender in 2013 she became one of the highest ranking transgender soldiers within the British Army as well as the Army's Transgender Representative. After her story went viral she went on to become a high-profile and highly awarded transgender advocate and role model. She has an Honorary Fellowship from Cardiff University, became the first Patron of the charity Mermaids and Ambassador for LGBT Sport Cymru (Wales). Hannah was awarded an MBE in the 2019 New Year’s Honours List, receiving the award from HRH The Duke of Cambridge. Hannah Graf MBE She married trans man Jake Graf in 2018 and the couple welcomed a daughter in April 2020. Former Officer of the British Army, transgender activist; To me, inclusion is… Moving Ahead speaker ‘So much more than filling quotas. It's about ensuring that the diversity in your team shines through in your culture, processes and decision making.’ @Hannahw253

One of Britain's greatest Paralympic athletes, Tanni Grey-Thompson amassed a remarkable medal haul over 16 years and five Paralympic Games: 11 gold, 4 silver and a bronze. In 2005 she became ‘Dame’ Tanni Grey-Thompson for her services to sport and in March 2010 was created a life peer and conferred as Baroness Grey-Thompson of Eaglescliffe in the County of Durham. As a working peer Tanni uses her experience and knowledge during debates in the House and she has spoken on a range of issues including disability rights, welfare reform, and of course, sport. She is a Board Member of the London Marathon, the Baroness Grey-Thompson DBE Sportsaid Foundation, the Duke of Edinburgh Awards and Join In, as well as organisations 16-time Paralympic medallist; including Transport for London, the London Legacy Development Corporation and the Crossbench Peer in the London 2017 Organising Committee. House of Lords; author and broadcaster; To me, inclusion is… Moving Ahead Speaker ‘Giving people the opportunity to start and continue their journey, providing support @Tanni_GT and skills that suit the individual and is not just ticking a box.’

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 10 Michelle King is a leading global expert in organisational culture and gender who has been featured in publications including The Economist, Harvard Business Review and Financial Times. Bloomberg and Time. Prior to becoming Director of Inclusion at Netflix, she was head of UN Women’s Global Innovation Coalition for Change. Michelle is an advisory board member for Girl Up, the United Nations Foundation’s adolescent girl campaign, and an advocate for Dress for Success, an organisation that works to economically empower women worldwide. Her book, ‘The Fix: Overcome the Invisible Barriers that are Holding Women Back at Work’, was called ‘A passionate, practical Michelle P. King roadmap for addressing inequality’ by Arianna Huffington. She was awarded the 2019 Inspiring Director of Inclusion, Netflix; Innovator Award by Women Tech Founders. former head of UN Women’s Global

Innovation Coalition for Change @michellepking To me... ‘We need to move beyond diversity and inclusion, and create workplaces that work for everyone, where people are free to be themselves at work and to be valued for this.’

As a young gang member, Karl was shot at, stabbed, cut in the face and witnessed the murders of close friends. After the intervention of a Church-run anti-youth violence project, he turned his life around. Now a successful campaigner, Karl works to reform gang culture and fight for social justice. He volunteers with the charity Youth in Action and is the ambassador for Big Change where he plays a large and prominent role offering insights into the world of young people. He is a gifted orator and poet – with a TEDx talk to his name – as well as a musician. Karl Lokko Social justice campaigner; former gang leader; Moving Ahead To me, inclusion is… ‘Inclusion to me is three dimensional. Firstly awareness, secondly tolerance, and, thirdly – speaker and ambassador the most important – celebration of diversity.’ @KarlLokko

Mac Macartney has a foot in several worlds and intertwines themes rarely associated with each other – the quest for meaning and purpose, organisational leadership, nature, identity and the role of ordinary people in shaping a future fit for generations to come. Mentored by Native American teachers over 20 years, he made a pledge to rekindle an ancient indigenous teaching known as The Children’s Fire. Mac is the author of ‘Finding Earth, Finding Soul: The invisible path to authentic leadership’. He has published many articles on sustainability, leadership, and spirituality and has four TEDx talks to his name. He was presented with the Enlightened Society Award by Mac Macartney Sakjong Mipham Rinpoche in 2013 and in 2015 was awarded an honorary doctorate in Education from Plymouth University. Leadership consultant, speaker and author @MacartneyMac To me, inclusion means… ‘xxxxxx’

Baroness Ruby McGregor-Smith was the first Asian female chief executive of a FTSE 250 company – MITIE Group PLC. She works with the House of Lords in supporting diversity in the workplace and was responsible for the independent report to the UK Government on Race in the Workplace, published in February 2017. She is also a portfolio Non-Executive Director and Advisory Director with current positions including Mace Group, the Department of Education and Bath University. Ruby is a member of the Women’s Business Council (previously Chair) and a Member of the European Committee for Internal Markets in the House of Lords. She was recognised as a top Baroness Ruby 50 female world business leader by the FT in 2013. McGregor-Smith CBE President, British Chambers of Commerce To me, inclusion means… ‘That everyone in the workplace is able to fulfil their potential.’

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 11 Amit was diagnosed with keratoconus, a condition which changes the shape of your corneas, while at Cambridge medical school. He lost his sight to the condition in 2013 and is now registered severely sight impaired (blind). Once getting to grips with his sight loss, Amit set out to help others through volunteering with the Royal National Institute for the Blind (RNIB) and Guide Dogs for the Blind. Amit is now an active campaigner for accessibility, diversity and inclusion, speaking out against the issues that disabled people face daily. In September 2014 Amit was matched to his first guide dog, a white Labrador named Kika, and his book about the experience, ‘Kika & Me’, was Dr Amit Patel published by Pan Macmillan in February 2020. Amit is married and has two children. Disability rights campaigner; fundraiser; independent accessibility consultant; author To me, inclusion is… ‘Being seen, being heard and being valued regardless of gender, race or disability.’ @BlindDad_UK @Kika_GuideDog

Holiday spent more than a decade as a leader in some of the world’s most renowned technology companies, across People, Leadership Development, Organisational Culture and Diversity and Inclusion. She now works with organisations to help develop conscious leadership and diverse, equitable and inclusive workplaces. She is a qualified Integral Coach, a certified Mindfulness and Meditation teacher and a Path of Freedom instructor for Mindfulness in prisons. Holiday Phillips To me, inclusion is… Sociologist; leadership ‘The possibility for us to live free in our own humanity, no matter what gender, religion, skin colour, development, orientation ew are, knowing that we have a place here; that we belong.’ organisational culture and D&I specialist @HolidayPhillips

Patsy is a world-renowned expert on teaching voice, speech and presentation skills to actors, directors and playwrights (including Dame Judi Dench, Daniel Craig and Samuel Beckett), corporate leaders, athletes and statesmen. She is Director of Voice at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, and teaches at Michael Howard Studios in New York City. Patsy’s work focuses on educating and empowering individuals to achieve a strong, dependable and magnetic style of leadership and rapport. She plays a key role in helping Moving Ahead’s speakers and learners shape and convey their stories for maximum impact. Patsy Rodenburg OBE Expert and author on To me, inclusion means… presence and impact;, ‘That although the individual is important the community is more important. And a community Head of Voice, that is open and generous can include and welcome all.’ Moving Ahead and Moving Ahead speaker

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 12 Ruby began her career at the Royal Shakespeare Company and is a successful comedian, TV writer and performer of over 25 years. Ruby additionally holds a Master’s degree in Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy from Oxford University, and was awarded an OBE in 2015 for her services to mental health. She is the author of several books, including ‘Sane New World’, ‘A Mindfulness Guide for the Frazzled’ and ‘How to be Human: The Manual’, and has toured all over the world with the accompanying one-woman shows. Her latest venture, Frazzled Café, brings people together to have open, facilitated conversations about mental health challenges. In November Ruby Wax OBE 2017, she was announced as the president of the UK’s leading relationship support charity Relate. Mindfulness and mental health specialist; author; comedian; To me, inclusion means… ‘I am not being judged, and I don’t have to prove how interesting I am or to fake a personality. TED speaker It’s like being wrapped in a warm duvet of safety and love’. @rubywax

Alice founded Herstory in 2014 with the aim of enabling people of all genders to see themselves in and feel empowered by the women history leaves out. Now, a few years on, the project operates internationally and to critical acclaim. Using Herstory research and methodology, Alice works in partnerships to develop creative ways to activate women's history. Alice curated visual content for the U2 world tour in 2017 and 2019; championing country specific heroes for each venue. She collaborated with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation on a film connecting the contemporary feminist movement with its history. Most recently, she has Alice Wroe been working within the tech industry, exploring the potential for feminism in relation to digital Feminist creative; humans. Founder of Herstory @Herstory_UK To me, inclusion is… ‘About making a deliberate effort to unlearn who you expect to see in particular settings and roles. It is about recognising that we all have biases preventing us from being inclusive and is it our personal responsibility to work past them.’

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Alison Maitland is a specialist in leadership, inclusion and diversity, and the fast-changing world of work. A former long-serving Financial Times writer, she is co-author of ‘Indivisible’, called, ‘The book on inclusion we’ve all been waiting for’ by London Business School, and also author of ‘Future Work’ and ‘Why Women Mean Business’. Alison is Chair of the Global Women’s Leadership Programme at City, University of London’s Business School (formerly Cass) as well as former Vice Chair of the International Women’s Forum UK and a Senior Fellow in Human Capital for The Conference Board. Alison Maitland Author and expert in inclusion; Chair, Executive Board, To me, inclusion is… Global Women’s Leadership ‘Harnessing the “collective superpower” of diversity. It is achieving sustainable results for organisations Programme at City, University and society by creating environments in which the value of each person is indivisible from the success of London’s Business School of the whole.’ (formerly Cass)

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Geoff McDonald is now best known as a global advocate, campaigner and consultant who is passionate about addressing the stigma of mental ill health in workplaces, and about helping organisations embed purpose as a key driver of business performance. Prior to this he was the Global VP of Human Resources for Unilever. In 2008 he was diagnosed with anxiety fuelled depression, recovery from which led him to discover a new personal purpose. And in 2014 he left his role with Unilever to devote his time, energy and expertise to ending the stigma of depression and anxiety in the workplace. He tells his powerful story to audiences around the globe, knowing first-hand that talking about mental health saves lives. Geoff McDonald Former Global VP of Human Resources, Unilever; To me, inclusion means… mental health campaigner ‘I am able to bring my whole self to the workplace and in so doing will not be shamed or and consultant discriminated against.’ @geoffmcdonald1

Gwen is the daughter of a civil rights activist and a life-long ally. She studied psychology at the University of Utah with a focus on child and adolescent development, then trained to become a teacher in Special Education, working with children with severe behaviour disorders, autism and the at-risk population in both the UK and US. Her wide-ranging experience centres on education and advocacy for diverse populations, including those with special educational needs, LGBTQ+, single parents, unconscious bias, diversity, allies, blended families and bullying. Gwen Jones To me, inclusion means… Allyship and advocacy ‘That all people have the right to an environment that celebrates their strengths, accommodates specialist their needs and embraces their identity and humanity.’

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Lucy Adams has held Board level HR roles for over 10 years, most recently at the BBC during one of its most turbulent periods. She aims to provoke the HR community into creating new ways to support businesses in today’s complex and ambiguous world. In doing so she challenges leaders and HR professionals to learn from sources as varied as management theory, consumer organisations, marketing, neuroscience, and the latest thinking on motivation and reward. She also addresses how businesses can deal with public scrutiny, and advises them on leadership and Lucy Adams change. She specialises in helping HR and other business professionals to step back from their old HR specialist; assumptions about motivating people and to see more creative and effective ways of engaging former HR Director, BBC; employees. CEO, Disruptive HR @Lucy4dams To me, inclusion is… @HR_Disruptive ‘All about how you feel – feeling comfortable that you can be yourself, feeling that you matter, that you are listened to and that you are valued for your contribution and experiences.’

Sharon takes her 16 years’ experience from the courtroom as a criminal barrister to help business leaders to lead inclusively with courage and make a positive impact in every interaction. She is a founding member of the society of leadership fellows of St George's House, Windsor Castle, a branch chair for the Institute of Directors and holds several non-executive director roles. She believes that every meeting, presentation or conversation is an opportunity for us to lead and have a positive impact. Sharon Amesu Former criminal barrister; To me… inclusion and leadership ‘Inclusion is the highest expression of humanity. It says, “I see you, I see all of you and all of me specialist embraces all of you.’ @Sharon_Amesu

Challenged and frustrated by the slow pace of change in Diversity and Inclusion, Fleur has focused her career on developing straightforward, practical strategies for improving workplace diversity. At EY, she leads the D&I strategy for the EMEIA Region, which is made up of Europe, Middle East, India and Africa with 99 countries and 105,000 people – a role that entails developing, driving and embedding an integrated diversity strategy across this large multi-disciplined matrix organization. Fleur co-authored ‘Inclusive Leadership: The Definitive Guide to Developing and Executing an Impactful Diversity and Inclusion Strategy’ with Charlotte Sweeney, which introduces a framework that any sized organisation can use, to help them think about where they are on their D&I journey Fleur Bothwick OBE and where they want to be. She is also Director of NAS Academies Trust – a National Autism Director of Diversity and Society network of free schools. Inclusive Leadership, EY

To me, diversity is… ‘The mix that you find at a party, inclusion is being invited to dance.’

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 15 Ilona’s work explores how digital technology is shaping the world of work and how future leaders need to build skills to be able to address these challenges. Whether helping companies to formalise a digital platform to enable a better user experience, formulate a talent development pipeline or create a culture of lifelong learning, she ensures innovative solutions to drive better performance and realise business goals, generating new revenue. For Ilona, learning isn’t about fads but about a commitment to pushing boundaries, taking controlled risks backed by data, and providing digital intimacy to provide safe places for ongoing improvement and to design inclusive experiences using technology and the virtual and IRL world. Ilona Brannen Digital technology consultant; To me, inclusion is… Head of Presales, Fuse Universal ‘The conscious consideration and design to create belonging.’

With a background in equalities consultancy, training and social theory, Daniel has advised national and international organisations across multiple industries on D&I strategy. Daniel was previously the Client Group Manager at Stonewall UK, working with hundreds of businesses, and co-authored the 2011–13 Workplace Equality Index. Since he joined Linklaters, the firm has developed its first enhanced Global D&I Strategy and Action Plan, increased female representation at board to 42% so far, and launched a global LGBT initiative called Open 4 Business. He has an MSc in Gender and the Media from LSE and a BA in Women’s Studies and Sociology from UCLA. Daniel Danso Global Diversity Manager, To me, inclusion is… Linklaters; ‘The choice we make to be comfortable in a situation that feels uncomfortable, Moving Ahead Speaker for the benefit of someone other than ourselves.’

Rupal is passionate about inclusion and diversity and a great believer in co-creation, collaboration and communication. She is working particularly in the BAME space and interested in understanding the particular experience of those of black ethnicity. Together with Moving Ahead, Rupal co-founded Mission INCLUDE, an innovative, cross-company, cross-industry, cross-diversity strand inclusion movement across FTSE 100 firms in London. Rupal is also founder of “GenGive” a movement to inspire and develop a generation of changemakers. She is a director of her family charitable Foundation and a trustee of national child bereavement charity, the Lullaby Trust. Rupal Kantaria She has been recognised via numerous awards including the 2019 EMPOWER Ethnic Minority Director, Oliver Wyman Forum; Executives and 2019 Top 10 BAME Inspirational Leader Ethnicity Awards. co-founder, Mission INCLUDE; 30% Club Steering To me, inclusion is… Committee member ‘Actively going out of your way to understand and empathise with others as individuals, challenging your @RupalKantaria own assumptions about difference and monitoring your own behaviour to ensure you welcome and treat all people fairly.’

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 16 Christina Mallon is a digital marketer, inclusive designer and disability advocate at the forefront of an important movement working to combine inclusivity within technology and advertising. Christina’s arms slowly became paralysed at the start of her career. The transition to ‘disabled’ was challenging but has never slowed her down. As a young digital marketing professional with a

Christina Mallon physical “disability” she felt under-represented as a consumer. Rather than being discouraged, she recognised the opportunity to grow awareness and make a meaningful impact which drew her to Head of Inclusive Design her current positions as board member of Open Style Lab and Accessibility lead of POSSIBLE NY. and Accessibility, Wunderman Thompson She also consults brands like Macy’s, IKEA, and The Wing on how to be more inclusive. . @ChristinaMallon

James Uffindell is a technology entrepreneur and one of the UK’s leading experts on the entry level talent market. He set up his first business in his university bedroom in 1999. His latest, Bright Network, founded in 2013, is a high-growth technology platform that uses data and insights to build the workforce of tomorrow. Bright Network now works serves 12M+ of careers advice content a year and supports over 280,000+ graduates and 300+ of the world’s largest employers including Google, Goldman Sachs, Accenture and PwC. An expert on social mobility at university level, the graduate job James Uffindell market, internships, entry level talent, and managing and engaging Gen Z and millennial Founder and CEO, employees, he has been featured in The Economist, Management Today, The Times, Bright Network The Independent, The Daily Telegraph as well as on live on BBC (radio and TV), Sky @JamesUffindell News, Channel 4, CNN and on ITV.

To me, inclusion is… ‘Ensuring every member of the team is trusted, managed and empowered equally in order that they can fulfil their potential and do the best work of their lives.’

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 17 Kirk believes the principles behind why we do brilliant stuff are the same everywhere. He helps Googlers understand the approaches and behaviours that result in innovation and positive change. As Diversity Ambassador for Moving Ahead, he helps individuals harness their talents and prompts senior leaders to consider the unique value every employee brings to an organisation in the future of work. Kirk Vallis Expert in creativity, problem To me, inclusion means… solving and disruptive thinking; ‘Creating an environment where everyone’s perspective is not only valued, but actively encouraged Global Lead for Creative Capability and sought after, driven by the genuine agreement that we’ll only be more successful if we demand Development, Google; Moving Ahead diversity more cognitive diversity in all we do.’ ambassador and speaker @KirkVallis

Rachel is an ambassador for family-friendly employment policies and a champion for working parents. A former primary school teacher, lecturer, mentor and literacy consultant, she believes that parental support is the most significant factor in a child’s development and attainment, and that providing opportunities in the workplace through family networks and strong maternity/paternity policies is something that should be on the agenda of every employer of choice. For the last 18 years Rachel has been delivering talks, seminars, webinars, workshops and clinics, as well as her 10-week Positive Parenting and Family Skills course, to thousands of parents in the corporate and public sector. Rachel Vecht

Parent educator; To me, inclusion means… Moving Ahead speaker ‘Being able to show up at work as your authentic self and truly being welcomed, valued and @EducatingM treated with respect and fairness.’

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 18 The power of stories

At Moving Ahead, we believe in the power of stories. Stories inspire and connect; they create learning and they foster inclusion. Our world-class Speaker Academy is formed of storytellers, performers and subject-matter experts from many spheres, including sport, academia, business and government, offering unique insights into subjects ranging from high-performance psychology to resilience.

If you would like to book one of our speakers, including those featured in this event such as Karl Lokko, Jake Graf and Hannah Graf MBE and Dr Amit Patel, we ask that you please contact [email protected]

Three of our upcoming 2020 programmes include:

Momentum Research and practice tell us that the role and skills of line managers is critical to fostering inclusion. Momentum is a series of three digital toolkits supporting line managers and colleagues to have more connected, inclusive everyday conversations. Topics include managing change, building trust and rapport, and how to include those who observe different faiths. Contact simone.whitbread@moving-ahead.org

WATCH A SHORT FILM ABOUT MOMENTUM

Mission INCLUDE A worldwide movement of workplace inclusion that works cross-company, cross-sector and cross-diversity strand, going beyond the nine protected characteristics. The next cohort begins in November 2020. Contact [email protected]

WATCH A SHORT FILM ABOUT MISSION INCLUDE

The 30% Club cross-company mentoring programme The largest cross-company mentoring programme in the world – will launch for its eighth year in November 2020. Over the last eight years this programme has supported a vibrant community of 9,324 mentors and mentees across 194 organisations, making it the largest cross-company mentoring programme in the world – will launch for its eighth year in November 2020.

WATCH A SHORT FILM ABOUT THE 30% CLUB

Contact [email protected]

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About Legal & General

For nearly 200 years we have provided financial services to customers across the UK, and now the US. As the UK’s largest provider of individual life insurance products and the biggest manager of corporate pension schemes we are experts in safeguarding people’s financial futures. Our purpose is to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term and create value for our shareholders. This shapes how we work and helps us create our vision of ‘inclusive capitalism’. LGIM is the investment management arm of Legal & General Group, a FTSE 100 company. It is one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor, with assets under management of legalandgeneral.com £1.2tn (as at 30 June 2020). LGIM strives to make diversity and inclusion part of everyday conversations and actions. It shapes their approach to our clients, employees and other stakeholders, as well as its position in the financial services industry and wider society. Every member of the leadership team has a formalised objective to embed diversity through their actions, believing that we are all stewards of company culture, responsible for cultivating an inclusive environment.

About Diversity Project

Diversity Project is a cross-company initiative championing a more inclusive culture within the Savings and Investment profession. Such a culture across all levels supports more effective teamwork, gives wider perspectives, better investment decisions, better results for our clients and ultimately more sustainable businesses. We believe that we have an extraordinary opportunity to press the re-set button in our industry: to recruit, nurture and retain the first diversityproject.com truly diverse generation of Savings and Investment professionals. The Project @DiversityProj spans the whole range of the profession: asset owners, fund managers, fund selectors, pension consultants, actuaries, trustees, wealth managers and the professional standards and trade bodies.

The Covid-19 pandemic, coupled with anti-racist protests that have been held in cities across the UK over the last month, in solidarity with US campaigners for Black Lives Matter – and renewed focus on race relations globally – are creating much needed focus on the inequalities in our societies. The glass ceiling is About the 30% Club still pervasive and women of colour face some of the The 30% Club is a global campaign led by Chairs and CEOs taking greatest hurdles of all. It’s a time of change, a time of action to increase gender diversity at board and senior management acceleration, where we can build a much better world for everyone. That’s why the 30% Club is looking levels. Under the leadership of Global Chair, Ann Cairns, the campaign beyond our original goals and reaching for equality. continues to expand its international footprint and now has presence in We want to be clear that we believe in a business world fourteen countries/regions around the world, each aiming to reach at which includes ALL women and being explicit about least 30% representation of all women on boards and c-suites. women of colour in our UK goals.

30percentclub.org | @30percentclub ANN CAIRNS GLOBAL CHAIR, 30% CLUB

@MovingAheadOrg | @_movingahead | #InclusionWeek2020 | #Each1Reach1 20 Special thanks

Planning, promoting and producing today’s event has required an incredible team effort over many months. We’d like to say a special thank you to the following team members for creating, curating and producing today’s event:

Emily Spelman for producing a truly memorable event

Claire Simnett for seamless speaker engagement

Lizzy Nichol for insightful event curation, communications and hosting

Lucy Parsons and Amy Williams for beautiful communications and design

Giacomo Cannata and his team for outstanding filmmaking

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