WorkPride Panel: Travelling as LGBTQ+ in 2022 - Challenges and Opportunities

Speakers:

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  Chris King

  CEO & Thunder
  Lightning Travel Recruitment

  Chris (they/she) is the trans non-binary finery and ADHD babe behind the disruptive Lightning Travel Recruitment brand. With their powerful voice and captivating storytelling, Chris has emerged as a 'top voice' on LinkedIn, recognised as one of the top 10 LGBTIA Voices in the UK, and named one of 5 LinkedIn creators to follow by PinkNews in 2023. They have also contributed LGBTQ articles to Conde Nast Traveller, been featured in Forbes and received the Recruitment Leader award at the UK Recruitment Awards. Chris is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and they use their platform to share insights into inclusive recruitment, neurodiversity, and transgender awareness. Their unique perspective and engaging approach have earned them a reputation as a thought leader in these areas.

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  Bruno Mateus

  Business Operations Specialist - Booking.com For Business | Project Lead for B.proud, LGBTQ+ Inclusion network (ERG)
  Booking.com

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  Devin Ibañez

  Customer Success Manager and Public Speaker
  myGwork

  Devin Ibañez is the first openly gay Major League Rugby player and is dedicated to LGBTQ+ advocacy in sport. He hopes to inspire the next generation of LGBTQ+ athletes and make sport an inclusive space for them. Raised in Boston, MA, Devin played for Major League Rugby team, the New England Free Jacks, in their 2019 exhibition season. He won a gold medal while representing Team USA at the 2017 World Maccabiah Games in Israel. He also won the 2018 D1 National Championship with his club team, Mystic River Rugby Club. When not playing, Devin has coached rugby at Westlake Boys High School in New Zealand, his alma mater Brookline High School and most recently with the Northeast Academy. He holds a degree in sport management and education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Devin was announced Global Ambassador for International Gay Rugby (IGR) in May 2021. He is now looking towards a career in Public Speaking and Community Engagement. As of December 2023, Devin joined myGwork as a Customer Success Manager, the largest global business community for LGBTQ+ professionals and inclusive employers.

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  Pete Hughes

  Manager - Global Security
  Macquarie Group Limited

  Global security and political risk analyst, focusing on China, Latin America and North Africa. Previous professional roles in public and third sector, with extensive overseas experience. Foreign languages and geography nerd.

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  Ralph Bullock

  Senior Manager Airline Product Marketing and GDC Council Member
  Travelport

  Ralph has worked in various commercial roles in the travel industry for over 20 years, for leading travel agencies, one of the world's largest airlines and currently for travel technology provider Travelport. He is a member of Travelport's Global Diversity Council, with a particular focus on LGBTQI+ awareness and issues.

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  Simon Mayle

  Event Director
  Reed Exhibitions

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  Ruby Serdar

  Hotelschool the Hague

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