WorkPride 2023: Women and Non-Binary People in the Workplace: Lessons in Inclusion

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  Samantha Jayne Nelson

  Vice President - Risk engineer (Energy)
  Marsh McLennan

  Capable, enthusiastic individual who is professional, proactive and motivated with a proven track record of affecting deep rooted cultural change. Utilising strategic analysis of data, business psychology and cultural / environment factors to develop, implement and continuous improve areas of operational performance, process safety culture, risk exposure awareness, along with a personal passion for imbedding Diversity and Inclusion visions and strategy. Prior achievements stand as a testament to a commitment to engage, educate, involve and bring together diverse community groups and allies leading to positive business results. Awarded the British LGBT awards 2017 UK Diversity Champion title. Highly commended Diversity Champion at the 2017 European Diversity Awards. Listed in the OUTStanding future leaders list 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Member of the judging panel for the 2018 and 2019 British LGBT awards. Awarded the European Diversity Awards 2018 Diversity Champion title. Listed in the HERoes in Business top 50 future female leaders 2018 and 2019. Top 20 Diversity Champions - Global Diversity List 2017, 2020 and 2021. Speaker with 'TLC Lions' www.thelionsclub.co.uk Model / Ambassador with ‘Models of Diversity’ https://modelsofdiversity.org/

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  Raga Dsilva

  Director & Editor
  The Views Room & Outspoken Voices

  Raga D’silva (she/her) is an award-winning entrepreneur, woman of colour, author, TedX Speaker, screenplay writer, Host & Editor, of The Views Room, Producer and Host of ‘Coming Out Stories from India’, Host - Today with Totally Out Now. Born and raised in India, Raga lived in New Zealand for several years before moving to London, a city she now calls home. Raga decided to publicly ‘come out’ as a lesbian at the age of 50 through her debut book, ‘Untold Lies’ which made headlines, particularly in India. Since then, she has been vocal in her support for the LGBTQ+ community along with creating and producing positive LGBTQ+ content. A story she wrote during lockdown is being made into an international feature film. As a media, events and entertainment industry specialist for over thirty years, Raga has worked in many countries including India, the Middle East, Southeast Asia as well as New Zealand and the UK, receiving various prestigious awards during her journey. Raga is currently a Trustee on the Board of one of India’s largest charities – Child Rights & You (CRY UK), the D&I Board of Aristocrat Technologies India & Sony Pictures India, Trustee on the Board of Enfield Saheli (domestic violence) and an active member of the Gay India Network (GIN) London UK. Raga was recently appointed as the Chair of Board/Trustees for the London LGBTQ+ Centre. Raga’s personal coming out journey was featured across various media channels internationally including BBC India in 2022 in several Indian regional languages. Raga was shortlisted as the ‘Woman of the Year’ by Asian Achievers Awards in 2022 and was the recipient of the Woman of Courage award at the UK Houses of Parliament. Raga's story has featured across TV and several other published media.

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  Tracy Walker

  Technology Transformation Director
  Unilever

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  Harriet Lunney

  Senior Customer Success Manager
  

  I've worked in recruitment and employer branding for over 11 years, starting my career specialising in Early Talent recruitment at Direct Line Group and EY, before moving into client service roles at Radancy and MSL Group. I'm now using my experience and combining it with my passion for DE&I at myGwork, supporting my clients to achieve their DE&I objectives through our products and services.

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  Abi Thangarajah

  Senior IT Support Analyst
  The Trade Desk

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  Amy Huang

  Chief Administrative Officer
  Marsh McLennan

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