In this episode of the Race Forward Pod with Lydiah Igweh and Tiger de Souza, Tiger shares his love for working at the National Trust to create a culture that values difference, includes everyone, and recognises the strength that comes from diversity. 

He provides insights into the importance of strategies and initiatives focused on inclusion as a driver for effective employee engagement, and in developing inclusive work environments. 

He has had a wide-ranging career in the non-profit sector and worked at the Royal Institution for Chartered Surveyors, NSPCC and England Netball.  

Tiger is a passionate advocate of the power and creativity of youth, after spending five years in his early career being motivated and challenged by a host of brilliant young people at Vinspired.

He has been a trustee of both Volunteering England and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations and is currently a Trustee for the Association of Chief Executives of Voluntary Organisations. 

Tiger was awarded an MBE for volunteering services, including during the pandemic on the 2020 New Year's Honours List.

Rashford, Sancho, and Saka suffered racist abuse after England lost the penalty shootout against Italy in Euro 2020. Episode 17 features former professional footballer Michael Duberry. Michael talks about tackling racism in football and shares his thoughts on the role of clubs, society and social media platforms in creating an anti-racist culture and a positive experience for all.

Michael had a 20-year playing career when the average football career is only 8 years. He made a staggering 500 appearances for clubs including Chelsea, Leeds United, Stoke City and Reading, to name but a few. After retiring from elite football, Michael set up Made Leaders, his own coaching company, and has forged a new career as an executive coach, facilitator and keynote speaker, specialising in Elite Performance.

Building synergies between internal and external DE&I efforts is a challenge faced by many organisations. In this episode 16, Asif Sadiq MBE, Senior Vice President of E&I International at Warner Media, explains the importance of transformation from DE&I to belonging to create future workplaces.

Asif has a long and rich career in the DE&I space, with previous senior executive roles at Adidas, The Telegraph, and EY Financial Services. He is listed as one of the most Influential Global D&I Leaders by Hive Learning, the CIPD’s Top 20 Power List, and was honoured with an MBE in 2017 by the Queen.

Want to help your fellow colleagues who may be struggling with opportunities in the workplace?

Learn how allyship can be the key to unlocking the power of diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 14 of the Race Forward Pod: Allyship Support Driving D&I with NatWest Group’s Abram Tilling, Pam Sheemar, Amber Rai, and Clinton Raghnal.

Want to learn how to create a sustainable D&I strategy, which not only drives change but makes an impact for years to come?

Businesses need to look through multiple lenses when it comes to a D&I strategy, and should dig deeper into the intersectionality of its multiple facets such as race, gender, disability, and more to assure a long-term and sustainable plan of action.

Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 13 of The Race Forward Pod: Sustainable D&I with Hannah Awonuga, Founder of Rarity London Career Development Services.

Want to make positive changes towards diversity and inclusion in your workplace, but feel like your voice isn’t being heard?

Learn how to use sponsorship as a change vehicle to push for increased diversity at senior levels.

Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 12 of The Race Forward Pod: Sponsorship Driven D&I with Reg Amoah, Diversity and Inclusion Lead - Omnicon Media Group UK

Ever heard of someone from humble beginnings entering the investment banking arena, working in London and New York, being made redundant and then creating an award winning TV Series with no experience in the film industry whatsoever?

Learn how film and TV can be a source of inspiration and comfort to those who feel alone and out of place in society.

Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 11 of The Race Forward Pod: From Banking to Netflix with Andrew Osayemi, Creator and Producer of Meet The Adebanjos and inspirational author.

Want to push for enhanced inclusion goals within your workplace, but unsure which areas to focus on?

Learn about Lloyds Banking Group’s Race Action Plan and its three strands - culture, recruitment, and progression, and how it’s helped in creating a more diverse and inclusive culture.

Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 10 of The Race Forward Pod: Culture, Recruitment & Progression with Lucy Adler, Head of D&I, Commercial Banking - Lloyds Banking Group

Where do you look to hire talent?

All businesses need to be conscious, not only, of being inclusive in their hiring processes, but working with agencies which do the same in their search processes as to contribute to the wider drive for change.

Join Lydiah Igweh today for Episode 9 of The Race Forward Pod: Representation Through Recruitment with Richard Pickard, Founder of Inclusive Search.