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Holly Budge is a world-class adventurer, Everest summiteer and the first woman to skydive Everest. A sought-after keynote speaker on risk, her deeply personal and highly actionable talks inspire global audiences to think big, embrace uncertainty and take bold action. Holly is the founder and leader of How Many Elephants NGO and of World Female Ranger Week, a pioneering campaign … Read More

Stephen Graham OBE is a renowned British actor who has used his public profile to advocate for men’s mental health and social mobility. Celebrated for powerful and authentic performances, he has spoken candidly about his own mental-health experiences, helping to dismantle stigma and encourage men to seek support. Proud of his working-class roots, Stephen has been vocal about the barriers … Read More

Dr Nicole Ponsford is the multi-award-winning founding CEO of the Global Equality Collective (GEC) and a leading voice in education, technology and inclusion. She launched the GEC Platform in 2022 — the world’s first intersectional digital tool for inclusion, diversity and wellbeing in education — which now supports hundreds of schools, thousands of teachers and over a quarter of a … Read More

Akua Opong is a multi-award-winning speaker and thought leader with more than 15 years’ experience in the financial and technology sectors, and a passionate advocate for diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. She holds Chartered IT Professional status from the British Computer Society and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. At the London Stock Exchange Group she spearheaded … Read More

Dr Layla McCay has been at the forefront of workplace LGBTQ+ inclusion, propelled by her landmark book Breaking the Rainbow Ceiling: How LGBTQ+ People Can Thrive and Succeed at Work. Her research illuminates how LGBTQ+ identity shapes career experiences and provides practical guidance for individuals, colleagues, managers, CEOs and boards to create more inclusive workplaces. Alongside leading the national LGBTQ+ … Read More

Dr Kush Kanodia is a once-in-a-generation leader whose legacy of systemic change for disability inclusion in the UK spans football, healthcare and city governance. His leadership helped transform professional football by compelling the Premier League to comply with the Equality Act and making stadiums accessible for disabled fans. In healthcare, his campaign secured mandatory free disabled parking at every NHS … Read More

Oscar Davies, is a Tier 1 ‘rising star’ barrister at Garden Court Chambers and the first publicly recognised non-binary barrister. They are the 2025 King’s College London Distinguished Alumni ‘Changemaker of the Year’ and were named LGBTQ+ Champion of the Year at the Legal 500 ESG Awards in 2024. A sought-after speaker and advocate, Oscar specialises in discrimination, education, employment … Read More

Stephen Gill is a globally respected engineer, inclusion strategist and equity advocate whose systems-thinking approach to diversity has spanned four decades and multiple dimensions — including gender, neurodiversity, ethnicity, disability, social mobility and LGBTQ+ inclusion. Described as a “force of nature” by Lisa-Jayne Cook, Stephen co-founded the International Network for Women in Cooling (INWIC) with UNEP and launched Dyslexia in … Read More

Dan Harris is a proud Autistic ADHD’er and the founder and chairperson of Neurodiversity in Business (NiB), a charity dedicated to transforming the employment prospects of the estimated 20% of the population who are neurodivergent. His mission is to promote genuine socio-economic inclusion for neurodivergent people in the workplace and remove barriers that prevent talent from thriving. Since founding NiB, … Read More

Baljit Singh Rihal is a recognised leader in driving diversity and inclusion in UK sport, pursuing a longstanding and deeply personal mission to address the chronic under-representation of British South Asians in football. Over more than 15 years he has unified communities across cultural and religious lines and provided a consistent platform for change. In 2012 he founded the Asian … Read More