Finding Your Path

Paul is Equality Adviser to the Premier League board and led on the development of the League’s No Room for Racism Action Plan. He is also a non executive board member at Guy’s & St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust and National Citizen Service Trust and an adviser to Sainsbury’s and Metropolitan Police. Previously he spent 16 years as a partner at PwC, the global professional services firm, where he served on the Management Boards of the firm in both the UK and in Africa. He also provided corporate finance and consulting advice to clients across a diverse range of industries including financial services, sport and infrastructure.

As well as a career in professional services, Paul has worked in both local and central government, been a board member at both the Social Mobility and Child Poverty Commission and Kingston University and works with a number of London schools, all of which reflects his interest in public services and issues of inequality. He has for many years been involved in diversity and inclusion in business and was recognised for his work in that area in the most recent New Year’s Honours List.

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Ying is a qualified accountant with a background in investment banking, working for UBS, Deutsche Bank and Goldman Sachs. A successful entrepreneur, he is the founder and chief executive of Dynamo one of the largest mortgage brokers in the UK.

Having secured significant investment from an FTSE 250 company – Ying and his team lead the way in the industry, providing expert knowledge and unbeatable service to numerous homeowners and property investors in the UK.

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Shereen Daniels is an advocate for anti-racism in business, Shereen is Vice Chair of the Black Business Association for London Chamber of Commerce & Industry and Founder + Managing Director of HR rewired.

As a wonderfully accomplished HR leader who is a sought after speaker and advisor, Shereen has been featured in Forbes, BBC Worklife and voted one of LinkedIns Top Voices for 2020.

Shereen accelerates Board-level knowledge to implement strategic impactful actions to think differently about anti-racism and promoting racial equity.

As the Vice Chair of the Black Business Association Committee, Shereen plays an integral role in lobbying and supporting the effective business activity of Black entrepreneurs and owners, showing the investable credibility of Black business and significantly influencing the government’s agenda on racial injustice, discrimination and economic empowerment. The committee is focused on ensuring the capital markets and government take the opportunity to both hear and heed competent Black voices and secure the growth of the business sector.

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As Managing Director at graduate recruitment and employability consultancy SRS, Sophie Milliken is a recruitment and employability expert.

She has worked with employers such as M&S, JP Morgan, Expedia and AXA to design and deliver their graduate recruitment campaigns. SRS is also the leading provider of assessment-centre simulations for universities and has trained over 30,000 students at these events. A merger in 2019, saw Sophie take on an additional group role in the newly formed Careerpass Network.

Sophie has been a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development since 2013 and was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal Society of Arts in 2019. Her first book, From Learner To Earner was published in August 2019, becoming a best seller in October. Sophie's second book, The Ambition Accelerator will be launched in March 2021 and includes advice from Dragons' Den star Sara Davies and The Apprentice's Linda Plant.

A multi award-winning businesswoman and proud mum, Sophie also enjoys supporting the North East region. Sophie is a supporter of Northern Power Women and co-founder of City Ladies Networking. She is Chair of Smart Works Newcastle and also sits on the Board of Age UK Northumberland.

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Ian Thomas is Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames. The council is the first to have been granted ‘Royal’ status and serves an increasingly diverse population of around 180,000 people.

In 2014 Ian was named by Innovation Charity NESTA and The Observer as one of ‘Britain’s New Radicals’ for his creative ideas in raising aspirations for children in care. He holds a Masters Degree in ‘Developing Professional Practice’ (incorporating change management) and is a Masters level qualified Executive Coach and Mentor.

His efforts have led to him being recognised in the New Year’s Honours list 2019 when he was made a Commander of the British Empire.

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As Chair of the Lunar Society Deirdre LaBassiere provides visible, values-based leadership in developing a healthy, well-led, dynamic and inclusive culture for the organisation. As Trustee of Women Acting In Today's Society (WAITS) Deirdre utilises her considerable leadership and governance experience coupled with my commitment to support women who find themselves in domestic violence situations to develop and guide the strategic direction of the organisation. Deirdre is also the Governance and Assurance Manager at Housing 21 as well as a consultant in Governance.

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Imagen Co-founder and CEO, Jay Richards is the 5th of 6 children from migrant parents. From a rebellious start while at school to now the Founder of Imagen and a Forbes 30under30 entrepreneur, he credits his Business Studies teacher at school for guiding his sense of entrepreneurship in the right direction at the right time and now aims to provide opportunities for Gen Z to shape their future.

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Sabrina is a strategist. She has built her subject matter expertise in strategy, business transformation and business change across industry disciplines internationally working for organizations such as Ernst and Young, Nordstrom, Ogilvy & Mather, Barclays Investment Bank, and Barclays PLC.

Sabrina is a small business advocate. She believes that small/ medium businesses are the heartbeat of a thriving economy. Sabrina is invested in leadership accountability and creating space.

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Natalie Born is the Founder and Chief Disruptor of Innovation Meets Leadership and the Vice President of Innovation for Territory Global. Prior to Innovation Consulting, Natalie was the Senior Vice President of Business Development at a mar-tech firm. As an accomplished executive with two approved US patents under her belt and over 15 years of experience leading product development teams, she is consistently willing to share her expertise to ensure companies are designing their products and strategy with the customer at the centerof the design.

Natalie is a keynote speaker and innovation facilitator. Natalie has worked with organizations such as CareerBuilder, First Data, IHG and ADP, leading major initiatives in over 18 countries and building a background in acquisition, integration, and international product development.

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Annette Brown is the IT Manager at Millbank Law Firm, the Chief Technology Officer of the Social Mobility Business Partnership and a Founding Executive Advisor of Positive Transformation Initiative.

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