As a consultant she has experience of working with a wide range of leading international and UK client companies, and at all organisational levels, including with Boards and Senior Executive Teams.

Fiona has valuable experience in all areas of people management including recruitment, talent, employee relations and training and she holds a professional accreditation in Project Management as a Prince2 practitioner.

In her corporate career, she consulted on a broad range of strategic, specialist and cross-business projects, including on secondment with the CBI in Geneva and on expatriate assignment with Shell Venezuela. She was the Global Programme Manager for Coaching & Mentoring at Shell, where she was responsible for the company’s suite of coaching and mentoring programmes, including executive coaching.

Externally, Petunia has served on the Board of a non-profit organisation, and is a member of a number of global, professional networks for business professionals and coaches. She is a certified Professional Coach, registered with the International Coach Federation (ICF). She has recently been accredited with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM) to deliver Leadership programmes to Level 7. Petunia also co-wrote an article, published in the Corporate Leadership Council (CLC) Goldbook Case studies, on Executive Coaching.

Jo challenges traditional ways of thinking, helping multinationals optimize investment in their people, products and processes, with a sound, commercially proven ‘get –fit’ approach. She is a highly respected facilitator who works with Executive Teams and high potential women in support of their career progression.

Jo is a Chartered Banker, NLP Practitioner and a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management. She has served on the Regional Council of the CBI, the Editorial Board of Flexible Working magazine and the Future Work Forum at Henley Business School. Working with senior executives and entrepreneurs, she combines business expertise with insight, to deliver personal and corporate growth.

Her work includes developing blended learning solutions, combining virtual and face-to-face learning, an example of which was used by a leading energy company for staff working in many different countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq and Qatar.

Sunniva has also designed and facilitated a range of other programmes and interventions on D&I topics including gender, disability and micro-inequities.

As a member of IBM’s Womens Leadership Team Karen developed a keen interest in encouraging women to aim high and on leaving IBM became a qualified Executive Coach. Today as a consultant Karen continues to help women achieve peak performance through Executive Coaching and Leadership Development.

Karen continues to support IBM’s gender diversity programmes and is working closely with the International Women of Excellence organisation.

Adrian is a passionate believer in the right systems, processes and leadership behaviour being core to leveraging all the available talent inside an organisation and his commitment to D & I developed whilst Head of Performance Management for the LloydsTSB Group, (where he was responsible for raising the standard of people development across a blue chip financial services company employing over 80,000 people worldwide). In a coaching and mentoring capacity, Adrian helps managers equip themselves with the technical, managerial and political acumen necessary to succeed in complex organisations and is licensed in the use of diagnostic tools aimed at enhancing individual, team and organisational effectiveness.

Adrian has an MSc in Organisational Behaviour from Birkbeck College and is a lecturer on their Masters Organisational Change programme. In the field of D & I, Adrian’s research interests centre around Organisational Politics and he is currently undertaking a PhD to explore the issue of gender and identity in how this phenomenon plays out during organisational change.

She has represented the UK on the Global Diversity Council of a leading Global bank developing many initiatives that supported both the inclusion of diverse groups of employees and customers and improved bottom line performance.

As a consultant Sue specialises in organisational change, facilitation and project management. Sue has experience in most sectors including financial services, central and local government, education, tourism, not for profit and manufacturing.

Sue holds a Post Graduate Certificate in Executive Coaching and is professionally qualified in Financial Services (ACIB/Aifs) and Human Resources (MCIPD).

She is also an Accredited NLP Practioner.

As an independent expert to the European Commission in Brussels for over a decade, Caroline led transnational Research and Action projects in the field of Gender D & I, across 16 member-states: Responsible for selecting and coordinating teams of national experts, from public and private sectors, Caroline devised and managed a series of European projects targeting women in business, including skills workshops, networking and mentoring.

Highly skilled in cross-cultural learning contexts, Caroline has a track record of success in design and delivery of tailored leadership interventions and extensive experience in research, interviewing and assessment, against competency and performance frameworks. Caroline designs and runs workshops for leaders in multi-cultural, multi-disciplined teams, in key areas, such as: intercultural understanding & working in cross-cultural teams, public speaking & presentation skills; achieving work-life balance

Author of publications on creative thinking, language and communication skills for international business, Caroline also has a strong research background in the field of D & I, on issues such as cross-cultural business behaviours, gendered organisations, unconscious bias, authentic leadership development, leadership styles & personal branding. Caroline holds BSc Hons. in Anthropology from UCL, MSc in Economics & Marketing from London University and Postgraduate studies in Gender & Leadership, from Pantios University (Athens). In 2008, Caroline was appointed as external evaluator on the Diversity Performance Assessment Panel (British Council, Greece).

Ana is also a certified coach and specialises in working with individuals in transition periods, either in the context of promotion to a more senior role, working within a new company, or through periods of major change, such as international assignments, restructuring, seeking to change career paths, and maternity.

She is passionate about supporting the development of high potential women and women in middle/senior management in advancing to top leadership roles. In addition to coaching women, she works at an organisational level on leadership programmes which support women’s careers.

In her corporate career Ana worked as senior consultant in two multinational consultancy firms. She has a History Degree from Universidade Clássica de Lisboa and has been professionally trained in the fields of management, behavioural change, leadership skills and self-development.

Ana has also experience in using 360º feedback tools and development profiles such as MBTI, DiSC, Hogan, Lominger, Multirater and Success Insights. She is certified in Emotional Intelligence (ECI 360º-Hay Group and Daniel Goleman).

In her roles with Barclays she initiated and launched mentoring programmes for senior leaders, sales directors and emerging talent across the Corporate, Italian and Wealth businesses. Justine has extensive experience in coaching senior leaders and working with 'top talent' through Leadership Development programmes. With qualifications in both SHL (Level A & B) and MBTI Justine’s approach to coaching focuses on enabling individuals to change their behaviours and actions to reach their potential, and facilitate organisational change. Her work has included supporting Women in Banking & Finance where she sits on the management committee.

Justine holds a BA (Hons) degree in Business Studies & Information Technology and a Masters in HR Leadership. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development and a Coach/Mentor with Distinction from the CIPD Advanced Certificate.

As a direct result businesses in his charge have seen rapid, concerted and positive changes to gender balance more readily reflecting the client demographic and having conclusive impacts on both effectiveness and commercial results.

Tony passionately believes that gender diversity is ultimately enabled through positive behaviours and understanding within the engine rooms of every business, and embedded through direct actions by “enlightened” leadership teams. A diverse workforce is a fundamental requirement of every business to reflect the dynamics in each and every marketplace, and Tony can provide a selection of tools and tactics to ensure that each company makes sustainable progress on the journey towards that ultimate destination.