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Award-winning entrepreneur Caroline Casey has successfully launched several organisations centred around disability business inclusion. Founder of The Valuable 500, Caroline runs a nationwide campaign to engage with 500 businesses and have them commit to putting disability inclusion at the forefront of their agenda.

At just 7 years old, Callum became one of the youngest CEOs in the UK, founding technology company iCodeRobots. Partnering with other technology firms, Daniel’s mission of providing children from disadvantaged backgrounds with coding training became a huge success as he provided free sessions for over 1,000 children.

Dame Brenda currently holds the post of Attorney General for Northern Ireland. With a wealth of experience spanning over 25 years, Brenda has been pivotal in drafting primary legislation for NI and other jurisdictions and has been responsible for providing legal advice to Ministers on the most complex and significant legal and constitutional matters.

Founder of Trans in the City – a network of businesses working together to further transgender, non-binary and gender diversity inclusion – Bobbi has dedicated her efforts to promoting LGBTQ+ inclusion, running countless trans awareness courses, panel events and campaigns and collaborating with countless organisations to improve their trans inclusion practices.

Described as one of the youngest geniuses in Britain, Anne-Marie became one of the youngest-ever graduates of Oxford University at just 20 years old. Founder of Stemettes, a social enterprise promoting women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths, Anne-Marie was honoured for her work by receiving an MBE in 2017.

Based in Northern Ireland, Anna Manwah Lo is an Alliance Party politician who challenges racial inequality through many remarkable projects and campaigns. Lo initiated the South Belfast Roundtable on Racism, after a series of racially motivated attacks occurred in the area, in the hope of promoting racial diversity in Northern Ireland.

After suffering with profound hearing loss from a young age, and in response to the lack of digital access to those within the deaf community, Alison set up Pesky People – a disabled/deaf led creative business designed to challenge digital discrimination. Alison made a splash on Twitter with #SubtitlesNOW – campaigning for subtitled online videos.

The first British person of ethnic Chinese origin to be elected to the House of Commons and to enter government, Alan Mak has dedicated his efforts to a range of community-focused charities, projects and vital causes focused on education, skills and young people aiming to raise aspirations across the UK.

Ambitious twins Adrien and Pierre are the master minds behind myGwork – a safe and inclusive platform for LGBTQ professionals to seek employment without fear of discrimination. Dubbed the ‘pink LinkedIn’, myGwork have secured partnership with over 60 high profile organisations including Santander UK, WorldPay and Uber.