Dawn Whyte Email & Phone Number

London, Gb

London

The BBBAwards (Black British Business Awards) is an annual showcase of world-class talent that confirms the power and depth of the Black talent pipeline. The BBBAwards clearly focuses on the advancement and representation of Black talent. The BBBAwards portfolio consists of:- Nomination Campaign and Reception.- Judging Day.- Finalist Announcement and Reception.- BBBAwards Ceremony.The Network of Networks (TNON), on the other hand, focuses on the provision of advisory services that address issues that impact all racial and ethnic minority professionals. Not only Black professionals. TNON branded products are focused on transformative solutions for the advancement of race equity broadly at work. The TNON portfolio consists of:- The Global Investor Strategy Forum - The Cross-Company Mid-Career Talent Accelerator- The Navigator: Early Career Talent Accelerator- The Ally Accelerator - TNON Employee Resource Group Quarterly Meetings- Race in the Boardroom- DEI Practitioners and HRBP ProgrammeAs Director of Business Strategy and CRM, Dawn leads the business’ client advisory offering with an emphasis and talent advancement. She is responsible for business development and client success, product ownership, planning and successful end-to-end delivery of the business’ advancement portfolio which includes offerings for racial and ethnic minority professionals, network leaders and the wider organisational ecosystem. Within her current role, Dawn has partnered with global clients across various sectors and geographies to create high-impact offerings to target the employee lifecycle of racial and ethnic minority professionals as well as the wider ecosystem. Promoting deeper partnerships with current and new clients, Dawn’s work enables organisations to progress their journey to creating lasting cultural change.

London

Responsible for the product ownership, strategic planning and successful end-to-end delivery of the products in the Advancement Portfolio including the Cross-Company Talent Accelerator, In-House Talent Accelerator and Employee Network Leader Series.This suite of products focus on the career progression of racial and ethnic minority talent with participation from outside the UK including Europe, the US, Latin America, India and South Africa.Responsible for leading the virtual edition of the Talent Accelerator with over 50 significant global organisations and approximately 200 participants including delegates, line managers, executive sponsors and HR/D&I Leads.Responsible for collating and reporting programme data with the business' strategic partners, to measure the success and impact of the programme.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the successful delivery of the BBBAwards' TalentDevelopment initiatives including the launch of the 2017 Middle Report, sponsored by over 50 significant global organisations, which investigated why racial and ethnic minority middle-managers were under-represented in senior executive roles.Led the successful delivery of enterprise-focused initiatives, in partnership with global brands, targeted at diverse entrepreneurs to build, scale-up and accelerate their businesses through training and development opportunities.Led the Public Relations and Marketing teams in addition to supplier management across the business to ensure the successful achievements of targets, deliverables and key milestones during the business cycle.

King'S Cross

A member of the Board of Trustees for Generating Genius. Generating Genius supports talented young people from low socio-economic backgrounds to realise their potential in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths).Through our aspirational programme of science leadership, academic interventions and industry-linked opportunities for students we help ‘level the playing field’, and put disadvantaged young people in the running for places at the UK’s most selective universities.Responsibilities include:- Assist with the creation of the charity's overall strategy- Leverage potential collaborations with corporates and other organisations- Provide consultation for the charity in regards to diversifying our sponsors and education partners- Executive sponsor of the Generating Genius Alumni Programmehttp://www.generatinggenius.org.uk/

London, United Kingdom

Supported the D&I team and stakeholders furthering Queen Mary's University London’s (QMUL) Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) goals in accordance with the 2016-2020 strategy. Developed strategicaction plans across the university for Heads of Departments and Schools.Designed strategies to effectively promote equality, diversity and inclusion including Athena SWAN, The Aurora Leadership Programme and staff-wide unconscious bias training. Responsible for creating and maintaining relationships with various key stakeholders including Heads of Schools, Professional Services Managers,CAPD and members of faculties' individual Athena SWAN SATs (Self-Assessment Team).

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Responsible Business (Diversity and Inclusion, Volunteering and Pro Bono) to create and support D&I initiatives within the firm, increase client engagement and support diverse candidates throughout their Reed Smith life cycle.* Act as the contact for internal and external queries regarding D&I* Work with internal support functions e.g. HR, Graduate Recruitment and Procurement to ensure that D&I is embedded throughout the firm* Working with the internal D&I network groups on initiatives, events and strategies* Assisting with Client Reports and Request for Proposals (RFPs) on current D&I stats, initiatives and also potential collaborations with clients* Representing the firm at a variety of external D&I events* Liaising with clients, and external partners, to share best practice on a variety of D&I related topics including inclusive leadership, unconscious bias and talent management

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Ambition First Steering Committee to coordinate the implementation of AF initiatives to our our members and partners.Responsibilities include:- Building relationships between Ambition First and potential sponsors, and/or partners- Maintaining existing relationships and updating them on new initiatives- Reaching out to other networks to potential collaboration and networking opportunities for our members- Support Ambition First in becoming the central hub for Millennials in business

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) team to create and support the implementation of D&I strategies within the firm.Responsibilities include: - organisation of internal and external events from creation to implementation - working with the internal D&I network groups on initiatives, events and strategies - producing client documents regarding current and future D&I initiatives- liaising with clients, and external partners, to share best practice on a variety of D&I related topics- a core member of the InterLaw Diversity Forum management team to organise events and initiatives to engage the 1,500+ members of both law firms and corporate institutions - collaborate with various departments within the firm to ensure that D&I is embedded throughout their activities Software used:- Mailchimp- MS Word/Excel/PowerPoint- Skype for Business

London, United Kingdom

Member of the Office of Global Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) team to create and support the implementation of D&I strategies within each area of the business.Responsibilities include:- Supporting the EMEA Head of Diversity and Inclusion- Representative of EMEA D&I to external clients and organisations- Providing broad-based support and thought leadership for EMEA- Provide support to all EMEA Employee Resource Groups through initiatives/events- Creating D&I presentations/decks via Microsoft PowerPoint for mid to exec management- Maintain EMEA D&I budget and process related invoices- Assisting with the establishment of new D&I partnerships- Project managing internal and external D&I events- Provide high-level analysis of D&I metrics

London, United Kingdom

Managed approximately 60 summer interns in two locations: London and Dublin, for their diversity and inclusion project as part of the 8-week Summer Internship programme.Responsibilities include:- Liaising with various lines of business to create projects that would be beneficial to both students and the organisation- Collaborated with Global Talent Acquisition on implementation of D&I project- Formal presentation highlighting the requirements of each D&I project - Providing support and guidance to each group via regular meetings - Organised final presentation to the EMEA CEO, EMEA CAO and Head of Global Sales and Client Management

Nationwide

Supporting the manager with the sales team during events e.g. rugby, football, horse-racing, music festivals/concerts, fundraisersResponsibilities include:- Providing time-sheets, uniforms, equipment to the sales teams, money floats- Solely responsible for the organisation and distribution of money- Delegation of individual targets- Provide support to ensure that the Code of Conduct is adhered to

Graduate Diploma In Law (Gdl), Law

Activities and Societies: GDL graduate from BPP University. Contract Law, Constitutional Law, Tort Law, EU law, Land Law, Equity & Trusts.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Geography

Activities and Societies: Street Dance Society, Geography Society, Coventry ACS

A Levels, Geography, Chemistry And Biology

Activities and Societies: Yearbook Commitee

Gcse, 11 A*- A Gcses Including English, Mathematics And Science