I lead Burberry’s Colleague Attraction & Inclusion strategy, focusing on driving impactful, commercially aligned initiatives across DEI, Talent Acquisition, Executive Search, Early Careers, and Employer Branding. My team and I develop strategies that not only attract top-tier talent but also embed diversity and inclusion into our business model, strengthening Burberry’s brand and competitive edge. Together, we’re committed to fostering an inclusive culture that fuels innovation, enhances performance, and drives long-term commercial success.

I successfully built and matured a global DE&I capability for this iconic luxury brand, working closely with the CPO/ CEO to weave DE&I into the brand fabric, focusing on the target of boosting ethnic minority representation globally. Propelled Burberry forward as a leader in DE&I, delivering a suite of training and strategic partnerships with renowned players. As part of exploring gender balance, I delivered the first-ever inclusion conference in 2022, attended by the Top 500 most senior global leaders, with influential guest speakers. I introduced the word ‘Equity’ into Burberry, and I continue to play an active role on many committees, such as Charity and Ethics, in addition to delivering the global DE&I vision.

Shaping the approach to Inclusion & Diversity (I&D), I have led the cross-business strategy that utilises I&D as a value-adding model to businesses. As a thought leader, I nurture the conversation that builds insight and global capacity for both I&D and Corporate Responsibility (CR). A strong relationship builder, I lead creatively to support a commercialised approach, based on global data to ensure an I&D strategy that achieves ROI and improves culture and the business model.

My role is to advise the team at Fair HQ, to support the development and insights they provide to their customers to evaluate and certify businesses that meet the highest standard in diversity and inclusion.

“Rocking Ur Teens is a social enterprise that equips young people with the skills that leaders of the future need.”Our Mission is to:• develop entrepreneurial spirit, agility & flexibility, character, self esteem and good mental health.• connect young people to industries, such as: Arts & Media, Science, Technology and Business.• equip young people to enjoy their teenage years, leading them to future career success.

I stepped into this established brand as the first person in the global DE&I function and set the strategic vision for the business worldwide, including participation in the Pride campaign that encouraged working with LBTQ+ artists. I set up a DE&I Council and directed a Self ID campaign, which collected insights and determined 28% of the workforce identified with LBTQ+.

As part of Thomson Reuters’ DE&I strategy, I sought inventive ways to weave this into the broader corporate vision and trigger beneficial cultural and strategic change. I rolled out a global DE&I dashboard to reflect how strategies impact the business DE&I mix, partnered with HR to embed DE&I into recruitment, and drove award-winning programmes.

I created the D&I index to record differentiators and insights into how Thomson Reuters performed compared to other publicly listed companies, using Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) data. I headed up the global race and ethnic project that yielded substantial improvements within employee communities and recognised diversity value

I opened better lines of communication with the employee community and gained support for CR&I initiatives. I held the first-ever race conference and identified what D&I meant to the business. I significantly contributed to the company securing National Equality Standards governmental accreditation, only one of two UK businesses to do so.

Promoted to take on D&I for Europe, I explored retention, especially in two main European countries, using inclusion as a parameter that encouraged talent to remain with the company. I successfully delivered D&I training, showcasing how this important issue underpins the corporate vision and the part it can play in driving growth.