2nd Supporting LGBT+ in the Workplace Summit

Jo Walker

Environment & Sustainability Manager , Royal London

Jo is the former Chair of Virgin Money’s Affinity Group and was Co-Chair of their Affinity Pride Network. She has shared her personal story of being bisexual having hosted and spoken at number of LGBT+ events both internally and externally. Last year, Jo was keynote speaker at Stonewall’s Annual LGBT Conference in Manchester. Jo also led Virgin Money’s Stonewall Workplace Equality Index submission, resulting in a jump of over 200 places from the prior year to secure a spot in the Top 100, a representation of much of the work Jo has done to drive equality. Last year Jo received external recognition, being shortlisted in the DIVA Awards and winning the Diversity Champion award at the British LGBT Awards. Jo has recently begun a new role at Royal London Group and is excited to support the team who are currently setting up the first Royal London Group LGBT+ Network.

Will Winch

Solicitor , Mishcon de Reya

Will Winch is a Managing Associate in the Employment department, dealing with contentious and non-contentious matters. He acts for employers and employees and provides day to day HR advisory advice to employer clients on all aspects of employment law. Will has a particular interest in training and development, as well as the future of employment law in the 'gig economy'. He is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association. Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, he worked in the film and television industry for several years.

Julien Haye FRM MBA

Head of Operational Risk , Fidelity International

Julien Haye joined Fidelity International (FIL) in July 2017 as Global Head of Operational Risk in London and has over twenty years’ experience in the Financial industry. He is also Global LGBT+ Lead for FIL. Julien joined Fidelity from DWS, where his role was Global Conduct Officer and UK Risk & Control Officer. He joined Deutsche Bank in 2012 where he held various positions in Risk Oversight and ICAAP, before joining the 3 Lines of Defense Programme as Risk & Control Assessment Lead. In addition to his work with Deutsche Bank, Julien has worked for several financial services institutions in Treasury, Risk, Capital Management, Programme Management and Trading. Julien is passionate about people, art and design. For many years he has lead the LGBT diversity and inclusion agenda at the firms he worked for, mentoring young professionals and entrepreneurs to help them to reach their potential and supporting non-profit organisations. Julien leads the Global LGBT inclusion strategy for FIL working closely with senior management and the HR team to nurture FIL’s inclusive and diverse culture. Having worked in less inclusive environments Julien recognises the importance of promoting the benefits of a diverse workforce therefore creating an environment where everyone can be themselves and to be a role model for LGBT colleagues. Julien has an MBA and is FRM certified and he is also a Stonewall Ambassador.

Emily Sendall

Consulting Manager , Deloitte LLP

Laurie Rutter

Consultant in Human Capital Consulting , Deloitte LLP

Sarah Kaiser

Employee Experience, Diversity & Inclusion Lead EMEA , Fujitsu UK

Sarah Kaiser is the Employee Experience, Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Fujitsu EMEIA. She has driven Fujitsu’s activity to become recognised as an exemplar on gender pay gap reporting, a Times Top 50 Employer for Women, a Disability Confident Leader, a Stonewall Top 100 Employer and a Top 50 Social Mobility Employer. She is passionate about finding creative solutions to unusual diversity challenges, developing cultures where everyone can achieve their full potential, and the representation of diversity in contemporary culture. Previously Sarah was the Head of Equality at Brent Council, where she led the organisation to achieve the Excellence level of the Equality Framework for Local Government. Beforehand, as the first Diversity Manager for Tate, Sarah increased the diversity of Tate’s audiences, workforce and programme. Prior to that, Sarah was the Director of RenéCassin, an international human rights NGO. In her personal capacity, Sarah has worked on a wide range of diversity and inclusion projects, including with Citizens Advice, Purple Light Up and the Commission on Women in Jewish Leadership. She has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Cambridge.

Emily Sendall

Consulting Manager , Deloitte LLP

Steven Cox

Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador , Fujitsu UK

Steven has held a range of executive strategic leadership roles in Fujitsu, including being the Vice President responsible for its UK Government and Transport business. As Fujitsu’s ambassador for Diversity & Inclusion Steven has been identifying global best practice for workplace inclusion and workforce diversity, identifying the role of Boards and executive leadership teams in these areas, as well as considering the ways in which technology such as machine learning and artificial intelligence can have an impact on them. In this role Steven has worked extensively both externally on behalf of Fujitsu as well as internally, including in company headquarters in Japan with Corporate officers and Non-Executive Board members. As a champion for diversity and inclusion, Steven has helped embed a more inclusive culture in Fujitsu, and is the executive sponsor of their Shine LGBT+ and ally group. He has been on the Financial Times top 100, and The Times top 50, LGBT executives in business lists.

Jo Walker

Environment & Sustainability Manager , Royal London

Jo is the former Chair of Virgin Money’s Affinity Group and was Co-Chair of their Affinity Pride Network. She has shared her personal story of being bisexual having hosted and spoken at number of LGBT+ events both internally and externally. Last year, Jo was keynote speaker at Stonewall’s Annual LGBT Conference in Manchester. Jo also led Virgin Money’s Stonewall Workplace Equality Index submission, resulting in a jump of over 200 places from the prior year to secure a spot in the Top 100, a representation of much of the work Jo has done to drive equality. Last year Jo received external recognition, being shortlisted in the DIVA Awards and winning the Diversity Champion award at the British LGBT Awards. Jo has recently begun a new role at Royal London Group and is excited to support the team who are currently setting up the first Royal London Group LGBT+ Network.

Emiro Mendoza

Client Director , CARAT

Emy is a British - Colombian Marketing and Advertising professional with over 10 years’ experience in communications planning, working with global brands both in the UK and Latin America. Emy has made his mission to champion diversity and inclusion at all levels of the organisations he works with. He believes that media and marketing play a pivotal role in educating society and feels he has the duty to help the industry navigate this landscape and ensure the LGBT+ community is represented in a positive way. As part of &PROUD network (Densu Aegis LGBT+ Network) Emy works hard organizing events that not only bring the community together, but challenge and educate. Emy has been talking in industry events recently about 'Pride in advertising', encouraging the industry to think differently about how they approach LGBT+ inclusion in their communications

Ori Chandler

Managing Director , INvolve

Ori is a dynamic leader and strategist with a passion for human rights, sustainable development and innovation. As Managing Director at INvolve, she leads a motivated internal team and oversees INvolve’s network of over 80 corporate members, helping them to drive cultural change and create more inclusive workplaces. She is passionate about progressing the inclusion agenda for women, ethnic minorities and the LGBT+ community. Ori’s professional background is in business strategy, stakeholder engagement and programme management. During her career she has enjoyed impactful roles within the global energy sector, the investment sector and management consulting. She has pioneered a number of successful initiatives focused on gender diversity and leadership development including women’s networks and global engagement programmes for aspiring future leaders. In her spare time, Ori enjoys adventure travel and is a keen aerialist, training in silks and static trapeze.

Nour Shaker

Product Development , Vodafone

Geoffrey Williams

Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion , Thomson Reuters

Geoffrey has had a diverse career journey starting his working life in the entertainment industry then moving into health care, rail and media for the last 20 years. He has worked in Human Resources for the last 10 years of his career and has experience in Recruitment, Talent Management, learning and development, Organisational Design and Diversity and Inclusion. He has just been promoted to Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion at Thomson Reuters , where he works on strategy, culture and implementation of a D&I agenda and recently globally launched Thomson Reuters Diversity and Inclusion index, was award EY’s National Equality Standard. Geoffrey is also the co-founder of www.RockingUrTeens.com a social enterprise that introduces young people to the real world of work & aims to connect the teens to a positive and vibrant futures. This work has lead to Geoffrey been featured on the Financial Times top 100 ethnic minority leaders who are role models. As well as sitting on the board of film production company www.oneumbrellaproductions.com. Geoffrey is a creative who is committed to working to change the world of work so all people feel connect and understand the purpose of the work they are doing.

Maziar Jamnejad

Global Head of Legal Innovation , Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Maziar has been working on diversity in the City for a number of years. He helped launch Freshfields’ LGBT allies programme in 2014, before becoming the firm’s first bisexuality rep and first trans* rep. He was awarded Ally of the Year by Stonewall in 2017 for his advocacy in this area. He has also worked on increasing diversity in the World Health Organisation, negotiating a landmark UN resolution earlier this year; and has supported the development of young black men in the UK through the Stephen Lawrence Scholarship programme and Growing Against Violence’s gang awareness outreach. He is currently focused on establishing a charity to improve the participation of disabled people in the LGBT+ community.

Leng Montgomery

Diversity and Inclusion Lead , Cushman & Wakefield

PR, Social Media and Digital Professional and Diversity and Inclusion Specialist. Leng has a varied background work-wise but all of this has contributed positively to how he approaches social media, but now he has a stronger focus and practice with Diversity and Inclusion and empowerment and thought leadership. Having other media experience too has provided him with many networking opportunities as well as experience with radio and broadcasting skills. Managing and moderating online Facebook communitie Online and offline editorial experience Creative mind with analytical skills and technical knowledge Comfortable working independently and a good team player, driven to work cross departmentally to drive results and promote collaboration (advocate of 'social business' model) Understanding of b2b/b2c social media channels Social Media Monitoring, strategy implementation and deployment Seeding content through multiple social platforms Blogger outreach including sourcing and reaching out to industry experts, delivering best practice around SEO-optimised copy and sourcing images Strong knowledge and insight of LGBT and Trans Inclusion strategy and best practice across public and private sector companies.

Emiro Mendoza

Client Director , CARAT

Emy is a British - Colombian Marketing and Advertising professional with over 10 years’ experience in communications planning, working with global brands both in the UK and Latin America. Emy has made his mission to champion diversity and inclusion at all levels of the organisations he works with. He believes that media and marketing play a pivotal role in educating society and feels he has the duty to help the industry navigate this landscape and ensure the LGBT+ community is represented in a positive way. As part of &PROUD network (Densu Aegis LGBT+ Network) Emy works hard organizing events that not only bring the community together, but challenge and educate. Emy has been talking in industry events recently about 'Pride in advertising', encouraging the industry to think differently about how they approach LGBT+ inclusion in their communications

Jo Walker

Environment & Sustainability Manager , Royal London

Jo is the former Chair of Virgin Money’s Affinity Group and was Co-Chair of their Affinity Pride Network. She has shared her personal story of being bisexual having hosted and spoken at number of LGBT+ events both internally and externally. Last year, Jo was keynote speaker at Stonewall’s Annual LGBT Conference in Manchester. Jo also led Virgin Money’s Stonewall Workplace Equality Index submission, resulting in a jump of over 200 places from the prior year to secure a spot in the Top 100, a representation of much of the work Jo has done to drive equality. Last year Jo received external recognition, being shortlisted in the DIVA Awards and winning the Diversity Champion award at the British LGBT Awards. Jo has recently begun a new role at Royal London Group and is excited to support the team who are currently setting up the first Royal London Group LGBT+ Network.

Narind Singh

Partner , Clifford Chance

Narind Singh is a partner at Clifford Chance, and is part of the Financial Institutions Group and specialises in financial services M&A and regulatory advice. Narind has worked on significant banking, insurance (life and non-life) and asset management M&A and joint ventures, (re)insurance products and portfolio transfers, alternative risk transfer and distribution arrangements and also provides insurance regulatory advice.

Emily Sendall

Consulting Manager , Deloitte LLP

Laurie Rutter

Consultant in Human Capital Consulting , Deloitte LLP