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Jeffrey Schnapp: Visionary Scholar Shaping the Future of Knowledge, Media and Mobility Jeffrey Schnapp is one of the most dynamic and interdisciplinary minds in the digital humanities and cultural history landscape. As the founder and faculty director of metaLAB (at) Harvard, Schnapp leads a team at the forefront of integrating technology with humanistic inquiry. His work bridges media studies, design, architecture, and the history of knowledge, with a particular emphasis on how emerging technologies actively reshape our interaction with archives, museums, and libraries through both theoretical exploration and practical innovation. Originally trained as a medievalist, Jeffrey Schnapp’s career has expanded to encompass a wide array of disciplines, from the material history of literature to the study of Fascist Italy and avant-garde movements such as Futurism and Dada. His expertise in these fields has led to notable collaborations with institutions like the Triennale di Milano, where he contributed to exhibitions on Italian design and architecture, and the Canadian Centre for Architecture, where his work further bridged technology, culture, and history. Schnapp’s leadership extends into the realm of innovation and mobility as the Chief Visionary Officer of Piaggio Fast Forward. In this role, he has overseen the development of groundbreaking robotic cargo transporters, including the award-winning Gita and Gita Mini. These robots have garnered international recognition for their innovative contributions to personal mobility design, including winning the prestigious Red Dot Award for Best of the Best in 2020. At Harvard, Schnapp holds the prestigious Carl A. Pescosolido Chair in Romance Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature, where he teaches courses that reflect his deep interest in experimental humanities and radical pedagogy. His projects, such as the Trento Tunnels, have redefined curatorial practice by transforming public spaces into immersive historical narratives. His commitment to reshaping how we engage with the past and future is also evident in his curatorial work, including the BZ ’18-’45 museum project and exhibitions like Universo Futurista, which highlighted the cultural impact of Italian Futurism. His publications reflect his wide-ranging intellect, with works such as The Electric Information Age Book and FuturPiaggio, combining historical insight with a forward-thinking vision. He also co-authored The Library Beyond the Book, a critical examination of how libraries can adapt to the challenges and opportunities of the digital era. Schnapp is a sought-after speaker who captivates audiences across the globe. His lectures span topics from AI and digital culture to design-driven innovation and the future of knowledge systems. He frequently speaks at academic conferences, corporate innovation summits, and cultural forums, where his ability to fuse historical perspective with modern innovation consistently draws praise. Ideal Audience Schnapp’s presentations are ideal for audiences at the intersection of academia, technology, and the arts. His speaking style is engaging and thought-provoking, making him a perfect fit for innovation summits, digital humanities conferences, and cultural institutions, where his interdisciplinary insights consistently resonate.

Why organisations work with Nick Hutchinson He has spent seven years studying, at scale, what separates readers who change their behaviour from readers who do not. The pattern recognition is specific and rare. He brings the operating reality of a top 2% global podcast, with named guests including Grant Cardone, Lewis Howes, and Alex Hormozi, into a keynote on what actually transfers from reading to results. His framework in “Rise of the Reader” gives audiences over a hundred concrete reading and implementation habits, not motivational generalities. He built BookThinkers from zero to a seven-figure agency reaching over a million people a month, organically. The credibility on action-from-information comes from having done it. Biography highlights Founder of BookThinkers, a book marketing agency serving mission-driven authors, built organically to a reported reach of over one million people per month. Author of “Rise of the Reader: Strategies For Mastering Your Reading Habits and Applying What You Learn”, published by The Reading Revolution in 2023. Host of BookThinkers: Life-Changing Books, ranked in the global top 2% of podcasts, featuring guests including Grant Cardone, Lewis Howes, and Alex Hormozi. Founder of the BookThinkers Live event series, gathering authors and readers in the personal development community. Featured in Authority Magazine and Kirkus Reviews, and across podcasts including The Chris Voss Show and Laurie Ruettimann’s show. Has personally read more than 400 personal development books, the experience that produced the implementation framework behind his work. Biography Most professionals finish more personal development books than they apply. The shelf gets longer, the podcast queue refills, the behaviour stays the same. BookThinkers was built around this specific gap. The company connects authors with readers who actually want to act on the ideas, and the business case for the agency is that information without implementation does not change anything. The platform now reaches a reported one million people a month, built without paid acquisition, over roughly seven years. The podcast, BookThinkers: Life-Changing Books, sits in the global top 2% and has hosted Grant Cardone, Lewis Howes, and Alex Hormozi. The vantage point is unusual: hundreds of long-form interviews with the authors whose books are most often bought and least often acted on. “Rise of the Reader”, published by The Reading Revolution in 2023, distils that vantage point into a framework. Over a hundred specific habits across reading selection, retention, and implementation. The argument is that reading is a professional discipline, not a leisure category, and that the practical machinery of applying ideas can be taught. For organisations, the relevance is in workforce capability rather than motivation. Teams that read intentionally and act on what they read compound differently. The work he brings to a keynote audience is the operating substance of that compounding, evidenced by the agency he built using the same method. Key speaking topics Reading as a professional discipline Translating personal development content into action Building an audience and a business organically Personal productivity and habit design Self-leadership and continuous learning Author and creator economy operating practice Ideal for L&D and talent development leaders building reading and learning cultures inside their organisations Sales and business development teams whose performance is tied to ongoing self-development Founder communities, entrepreneur networks, and scale-up leadership cohorts Conferences and offsites where the brief is to convert inspiration into specific next actions Audience outcomes A concrete method for selecting books and content that match a defined professional goal A retention and note-taking practice that survives contact with a normal working week A short list of immediate behaviours to test in the week after the session A reframing of reading from leisure habit to professional capability A clearer view of how disciplined consumption of ideas compounds into commercial and career outcomes

Why organisations work with Megan Rossi A working academic at King’s College London, not a wellness commentator. Her recommendations are drawn from a research programme she actively leads, with over £3 million in funding and 50 plus peer-reviewed papers behind her. The Diversity Diet framework gives audiences a single behavioural target with named scientific provenance. Thirty different plants per week, tracked simply, anchored in microbiome research. A commercially proven communicator. Four Sunday Times bestsellers across UK, US, Australia and European markets, plus a consumer audience of roughly half a million followers, mean the messaging works on non-expert audiences. Connects gut health to the workplace metrics leaders already care about: focus, fatigue, mental health, immunity, IBS-related absence. Few speakers in this space hold both the clinical and the research credentials to do this credibly. Biography highlights Research Fellow, King’s College London, since 2015, leading studies on prebiotics, probiotics, the low FODMAP diet, plant-based diversity and food additives. PhD in gut health from the University of Queensland, awarded the Dean’s Award for outstanding research. Author of four Sunday Times bestsellers, including Eat Yourself Healthy, Eat More, Live Well and How To Eat More Plants, published by Penguin. Founder of The Gut Health Clinic (London and Manchester), the consumer brand The Gut Health Doctor, the food brand Bio&Me, and the supplement range SMART STRAINS. 2017 BMJ Open Gastroenterology prize; British Nutrition Foundation Drummond Pump Priming Award presented by HRH The Princess Royal; 2020 Young Australian Achiever of the Year in the UK. Regular contributor to The Guardian, The Daily Telegraph and Stylist, with recurring appearances on ITV’s This Morning. Biography Sickness absence linked to digestive complaints, fatigue and low mood is one of the most expensive line items in any large workforce, yet most organisations treat each cause in isolation. The science of the gut-brain axis points to a shared biological root, and the corporate wellbeing market has been slow to catch up with what microbiome research now shows. That is the gap Megan Rossi works in. Since 2015 she has been a Research Fellow at King’s College London, leading studies on prebiotics, probiotics, the low FODMAP diet and dietary fibre. She has secured more than £3 million in research funding and published over 50 peer-reviewed papers, alongside a PhD in gut health from the University of Queensland that was awarded the Dean’s Award for outstanding research. The translation work matters as much as the research. Through four Sunday Times bestselling books published by Penguin, a clinic in London and Manchester, and consumer brands Bio&Me and SMART STRAINS, Rossi has built a public platform that takes microbiome evidence into everyday food choices. The signature idea is the Diversity Diet: 30 different plants per week, with named scientific provenance from the American Gut Project. For employer audiences the value is specific. Energy, sleep quality, mental health, IBS-related absence and immune resilience are all areas where current microbiome research has direct, behavioural implications, and where Rossi can speak from her own clinical and academic work rather than a secondary summary of the field. Key speaking topics Gut-brain axis and workplace mental health Microbiome science and the Diversity Diet Nutrition, energy and cognitive performance IBS, bloating and digestive conditions at work Evidence-based workplace wellbeing programmes Prebiotics, probiotics and nutrition myths Ideal for CHROs and heads of wellbeing redesigning health benefits beyond gym subsidies and EAPs Healthcare, pharma and consumer health audiences seeking a credible microbiome voice Employer audiences in financial services, professional services and tech where cognitive performance and stress-related absence are commercial issues Customer-facing health and FMCG brands building science-led product or marketing positioning Audience outcomes A clear, evidence-grounded picture of how gut health affects mood, focus and immune function in working populations. The Diversity Diet as a single, trackable behaviour change individuals can begin the next day. A working separation between microbiome science and the supplement and wellness marketing built around it. Practical guidance on managing IBS, bloating and digestive issues that often go unspoken in workplace health conversations.

Dr. Julia Ebner – Leading Expert on Online Radicalisation, Extremism, and Democratic Resilience Dr. Julia Ebner is a world-leading expert on online radicalisation, conspiracy myths, and threats to democracy and minority rights, as well as terrorism prevention. At the University of Oxford, she leads the Violent Extremism Lab at the Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, serves as a postdoctoral researcher at the Calleva Centre for Evolution and Human Science (Magdalen College), and teaches in the Department of Politics and International Relations. She is also the award-winning, internationally bestselling author of Going Mainstream (2023), Going Dark (2019), and The Rage (2017), and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) in London. Having led numerous research and advisory projects in the fields of policy and security, and having conducted several undercover investigations into extremist movements across the ideological spectrum, Julia frequently advises government and intelligence agencies, technology companies, and transnational organisations, including the UN, NATO, Europol, the World Bank, Google, and Meta.

Why organisations work with Dror Gill Coaches leadership teams through the practical decisions of generative AI adoption: tool selection across ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude, prompt design, hallucination control, and workflow redesign for real business processes. Brings engineering credibility most generative AI speakers cannot match: 37 granted patents, a 2021 Technology and Engineering Emmy for perceptual video encoding at Beamr, and three decades inside companies shipping production technology. Runs hands-on workshops, not lecture sets. Executives leave with prompts, chatbots, and analyses they built themselves during the session. Demonstrates what is possible at the frontier with live builds, including a signature session in which he creates a startup from scratch using ChatGPT alone, covering ideation, business model, investor deck, and go-to-market. Updates his material continuously. The pace of model and tooling change makes most static keynote decks stale within months; he rebuilds against the current state of the field. Biography highlights 2021 Technology and Engineering Emmy Award (National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) for content-adaptive video encoding at Beamr. Co-inventor on 37 granted patents in video and image processing. First employee and long-serving CTO, VP Product, and VP Marketing at Beamr (NASDAQ: BMR). IBM Research Lab in the mid-1990s, pioneering media streaming and voice-over-IP, including collaboration with Sun Microsystems on the Java Media Framework. Founder of Gamdala, a generative AI consultancy advising executives on adoption, prompt engineering, and workflow integration. B.Sc. Electrical Engineering, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Speaking engagements at DLD Munich, AI Global Summit Italy, IBM, Samsung, Microsoft for Startups, and Amdocs. Biography The current generative AI conversation inside most companies sits between two failure modes. Either the technology is treated as a productivity gimmick to be tolerated, or it is over-promised as a strategy in itself. Neither produces operating advantage. The work of turning general-purpose models into specific, repeatable improvements in how a business actually functions sits in between. That work needs someone fluent in both the underlying technology and the practical question of what executives can do on Monday. Dror Gill is that profile. He spent three decades inside companies shipping production technology, most recently as the long-serving CTO of Beamr (NASDAQ: BMR), where he led the development of the perceptual video encoding technology that won the 2021 Technology and Engineering Emmy. He is a co-inventor on 37 granted patents. Earlier, he was at IBM Research in the mid-1990s pioneering streaming over IP and voice-over-IP, and at Emblaze Semiconductor chairing the Wireless Multimedia Forum. Today he runs Gamdala, a generative AI consultancy. The shift is consistent: he is again working at the frontier of a general-purpose technology, only now the audience is executives rather than engineers. His sessions are workshop-led. Participants leave having built prompts, chatbots, and analyses themselves. His signature live build creates a startup from scratch using ChatGPT alone, covering ideation, business model, investor deck, and go-to-market inside a single session. What makes his keynote work uncommon is the engineering pedigree behind the executive coaching. He has shipped the kind of technology he now teaches leaders to deploy. The Technion degree, the Emmy, and the patent record are not credentials worn for show. They are the reason the operating advice translates. Key speaking topics Generative AI adoption for executives Prompt engineering and hallucination control ChatGPT, Copilot, Gemini, and Claude in business workflows Generative AI for product, marketing, and operations AI in education and corporate learning Live demonstrations of generative AI for business creation Workflow redesign around large language models Ideal for CEOs, COOs, and executive committees seeking to move generative AI from pilots to operating use. CHROs and learning and development leaders designing AI fluency programmes for senior managers. Product and engineering leadership teams evaluating where to embed generative AI in customer-facing and internal workflows. Founders, investors, and innovation teams who want a working understanding of the current state of the tools, not last year’s. Audience outcomes A clearer view of which generative AI tools fit which business problems, and where each one breaks. Practical prompt patterns participants use in their own work the same week. A working sense of how to control hallucination, including chain-of-thought prompting and verification techniques. Awareness of what is now possible end-to-end with generative AI, demonstrated live rather than described in slides. Confidence to lead an organisational conversation on generative AI adoption without needing a translator.

Why organisations work with Stacey Ashley Direct experience coaching sitting CEOs on the personal practice of leadership, not the org-chart mechanics around it. A seven-book body of work on leadership published into the executive market, with each title addressing a specific capability gap rather than restating a single thesis. A coach-training programme, The Coaching Leader, that gives client organisations a way to scale her approach beyond the keynote. Recognition from credible third parties: 14 International Stevie Awards, Gold for Thought Leader of the Year at the 2023 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, twice on LinkedIn Top Voices, and Thinkers360 Global Top Voice in 2025. Holds the senior credentials of both the coaching and speaking professions: PCC with the International Coaching Federation and CSP with Professional Speakers Australia. Biography highlights Author of seven Amazon #1 best-selling leadership books, including Confluence, Big Leadership, First Lead Yourself, and The New Leader. 14 International Stevie Awards, including Gold for Thought Leader of the Year, Stevie Awards for Women in Business, 2023. LinkedIn Top Voices, 2018 and 2021; Thinkers360 Global Top Voice and APAC Top Voice, 2025. Professional Certified Coach with the International Coaching Federation; Certified Speaking Professional with Professional Speakers Australia; Fellow of CPA Australia and the Institute of Managers and Leaders. Founder of The Coaching Leader, a coach-training programme used to embed coaching capability inside client organisations. Has worked with leadership teams across organisations including ABC, ASX, Accor, Atlassian, Boeing Defence Australia, CSIRO, Engie, Hilton Hotels and SAAB. Biography Most CEOs are not short of advice. They are short of a structured place to think about how they lead, especially when the demands of the role keep expanding. Ashley’s coaching practice is built around that gap. Her core proposition, future proofing CEOs, treats senior leadership as a capability that has to be deliberately developed, not a status that follows from the job. The work has produced a body of writing rather than a single book. Confluence argues that the supply of real leaders is no longer keeping pace with what organisations need from them. Big Leadership extends the case into the CEO role itself. First Lead Yourself focuses on self-leadership as the foundation. The New Leader addresses the move from team member to people leader. You’re On Mute and Power Up cover visible leadership in distributed settings and the energy and wellbeing required to sustain senior roles. Each title is positioned at a specific point in the leadership journey, from individual self-leadership through to the macro question of where the next generation of leaders comes from. Recognition has come from coaching and speaking bodies that screen on substance: 14 International Stevie Awards, Gold for Thought Leader of the Year at the 2023 Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Professional Certified Coach designation from the International Coaching Federation. The Coaching Leader, her coach-training programme, gives organisations a way to extend the approach into their own management cohorts. What makes Ashley useful in a board or executive setting is that she works the practical edge of leadership: the meetings, the conversations, the decisions, the moments when composure becomes a strategic variable. The frameworks are built for application, and the writing is structured to be picked up by someone with twenty minutes between meetings. Key speaking topics Future proofing CEOs Self-leadership and executive presence Coaching as a leadership capability Leading through change and transformation Leadership energy, wellbeing and sustainability Visible and credible leadership in hybrid settings Building high-performing executive teams Ideal for CEOs and managing directors moving into larger or more complex portfolios C-suite teams and direct reports working through restructure or transition CHROs and chief people officers building a coaching capability inside the organisation Senior leadership cohorts on executive development programmes Audience outcomes A clearer view of what senior leadership actually requires of them, beyond the job description A practical method for self-leadership under sustained pressure The vocabulary and habits of a coaching leader, not just a directing one A sharper read on personal credibility and presence in senior settings A starting point for embedding coaching capability across their own teams

Mark Wilkinson, Life Remixed Looking Beyond The Dance To Face The Music As an international house music DJ and record producer, travelling the globe with a UK Top 10 Hit and a Ministry of Sound Residency, Mark was on top of the world living a dream life until one day, at only 33 years of age he unexpectedly collapsed in his London flat. The following 18 months wer`e absolute agony. As a result, he lost his livelihood, his income, his freedom, his fiancé, his home, his everything. In his talk Mark shares how he remixed his life from International DJ to HSE (Health, Safety & Environment) to become a Behavioural Safety Expert and Success Coach. He talks about the tools and lessons he acquired that helped to change his mindset and ultimately the course of his life, enabling him to go from bankruptcy to a six-figure salary and multiple business owner in just 3 years. Mark is now the best-selling author of his debut book LIFE REMIXED, endorsed by Bob Proctor and Marci Shimoff. Mark is a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership (FloL) and a Chartered Member of the Institute of Safety and Health (CMIOSH). He is also a Personality Diversity Coach, powered by E-Colours.

Why organisations work with Daniel Susskind A rare voice arguing the economics of AI rather than the technology, drawing on academic work at Oxford, King’s College London and the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Author of two of the most serious books on the subject leaders are now wrestling with: A World Without Work on AI-driven labour displacement, and Growth: A Reckoning on what economic growth itself should be for. Independent recognition from credible bodies. Growth: A Reckoning was runner-up for the Financial Times Business Book of the Year 2024 and selected by Barack Obama among his favourite books of the year. A World Without Work was also an FT Business Book of the Year runner-up. Sits inside the policy conversation, not just the academic one. Member of the UK Government Expert Panel on AI and the Future of Work, with prior roles in the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office. Speaks directly to the question every professional services firm and large employer is now asking, which is what happens to the work, the workforce and the business model as AI absorbs more of what experts used to be paid for. Biography highlights Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Business, Gresham College. Research Professor in Economics, King’s College London. Senior Research Associate, Institute for Ethics in AI, Oxford University, and Associate Member of the Oxford Economics Department. Digital Fellow, Stanford Digital Economy Lab. Author of “Growth: A Reckoning” (2024), “A World Without Work” (2020), and co-author of “The Future of the Professions” (2015). Two FT Business Book of the Year runner-up nominations. Member of the UK Government Expert Panel on AI and the Future of Work. Former Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, 10 Downing Street Policy Unit, and Cabinet Office. Kennedy Scholar at Harvard. Biography The economic question AI poses to boards is not whether it will take jobs. It is which tasks, in which roles, at what pace, and what that does to the wage bill, the talent pipeline and the growth model the business has been built on. Most public discussion stops at the headline. Daniel Susskind’s work starts where the headline ends. “The Future of the Professions”, co-authored with Richard Susskind in 2015, argued that AI would unbundle expert work in law, medicine, accounting and consulting into tasks that machines, paraprofessionals and software would absorb. A decade on, the prediction reads as conservative. “A World Without Work” then took the argument into the wider labour market, asking how societies should distribute income, status and meaning when paid work becomes scarcer for more people. The New York Times called it “required reading for any potential presidential candidate thinking about the economy of the future”. “Growth: A Reckoning”, a Financial Times Business Book of the Year runner-up in 2024 and chosen by Barack Obama as a favourite book of that year, sits behind both. It treats economic growth as a deliberate choice about what societies value, not an inherited assumption. For corporate leaders the relevance is direct. Capital allocation, productivity claims and ESG narratives all rest on growth assumptions that no longer hold without examination. Susskind’s institutional base is unusually broad: Research Professor at King’s College London, Senior Research Associate at Oxford’s Institute for Ethics in AI, Mercers’ School Memorial Professor of Business at Gresham College, and Digital Fellow at the Stanford Digital Economy Lab. He sits on the UK Government Expert Panel on AI and the Future of Work, and previously advised inside the Prime Minister’s Strategy Unit, 10 Downing Street and the Cabinet Office. His TED Talk on the future of work has been viewed more than 1.7 million times. Key speaking topics Artificial intelligence and the future of work The future of the professions Economic growth and its limits Labour market disruption and workforce redesign AI policy and regulation Productivity, automation and the firm Technology, inequality and the social contract Ideal for Boards and executive committees of professional services firms grappling with AI’s impact on the expert business model CHROs and chief people officers planning multi-year workforce design around AI CEOs, CFOs and chief strategy officers debating growth, productivity and capital allocation Government, regulator and public-sector leadership audiences working on AI and labour-market policy Audience outcomes A grounded economic view of how AI changes work, distinct from the consultancy version Sharper questions to put to the firm’s own workforce and productivity assumptions A working frame for distinguishing AI hype from the shifts that will actually hit the P&L A clearer position on what growth means for the business, and where the inherited growth model is breaking Vocabulary and reference points senior teams can use to brief their own boards on AI and workforce strategy

June Sarpong OBE: Global Diversity Leader, Author, and DEI Consultant June Sarpong OBE is one of the world’s leading inclusion speakers, educators, and Top 10 D&I executives with over two decades of professional experience in the U.K and U.S. Formerly Global Director of Creative Diversity for the BBC and the first Black woman to sit on the corporation’s Executive Committee, June led the D&I strategy and implementation for the BBC’s 500-million plus global audience as well as internal creative teams and external production supply chain. As part of her portfolio, she spearheaded the BBC’s ‘Creative Diversity Commitment’; a £100 million ($131 million) investment in diverse and inclusive TV content, with an extra £12 million ($16 million) infused into inclusive radio programming and podcasts. In addition to her role with the BBC, June is the founder of Diversify International Limited (DIL), a boutique consultancy firm whose clients include Burberry, Barclays, Nike, NHS, EY, Google, Unilever, Facebook, Wagamama and many more. As part of DIL’s services, June also advises Founders and CEO’s on DEI strategy, delivery of culture transformation, ways to connect with new audiences and growth markets with a special expertise on Africa. June is the co-creator of the Women: Inspiration & Enterprise Network (WIE). WIE first launched in NYC in 2010, in the UK in 2012 and then in Africa in 2014. WIE has featured leading speakers from a gamut of industries, previous participants include: Melinda Gates, Arianna Huffington, Donna Karan, Queen Rania, Nancy Pelosi, Dame Natalie Massenet, Iman and many more. This women’s professional network has a community of over 200,000 around the world. In partnership with the United Nation’s ITU (International Telecommunication Union) June was the brainchild behind the DNA Summit, an initiative aimed to bring together some of the most innovative minds in the world to generate ideas and solutions for critical global challenges, the outcomes from the DNA Summit were presented to world leaders at the G8. She is currently an ambassador for London Tech Week and is the co-creator of the EQL-Pledge June is the author of three award-winning books published by Harper Collins on the subject of DEI, the first being ‘Diversify’. Diversify shines a spotlight on groups who are often marginalized in our society, including women, ethnic minorities, those living with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community. Diversify uncovers the hidden cost of exclusion and shows how a new approach to how we learn, live, and do business can solve some of the most stubborn challenges we face. With unshakeable case studies, research from Oxford University, and six revolutionary steps to help overcome unconscious bias, Diversify makes a compelling case as to why inclusion is the best formula for sustainable long-term growth. Her other books are Power of Women and Power of Privilege and Calling Una Marson: The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Icon will be published in the coming months. June was awarded an MBE (Member of the British Empire) on the Queen’s 2007 new year’s honours list for her services to broadcasting and charity, making her one of the youngest people to receive an MBE. In 2020 she was awarded an OBE for her services to diversity and inclusion in the creative and media industries. June was awarded ‘Lifetime Fellow’ by the RSA (Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) and voted three years running as one of the Top 10 D&I Leaders in the Global Diversity Index. June has worked extensively with the Prince’s Trust for two decades, the United Nations, and a number of smaller anti-poverty and gender equality charities.

Dumi Senda’s Speaking Style and Message Three words describe Dumi’s speaking style: energy, energy, and energy! With a message that helps people to take personal responsibility for their development and impact through connecting with their core values and sense of self and purpose. His personal motto is “Never let your background keep you in the background!” As Dumi puts it, “My life was going nowhere fast! Then I looked myself in the mirror and realised that the world doesn’t owe me my success. Deciding to shake off my victim mentality put me in the driver seat of my life. And, as they say, the rest is history!” Dumi has extensive experience of delivering keynote addresses, moderating conferences and events, chairing panels, and curating and facilitating bespoke training and workshops for teams and groups. He also coaches leaders and teams to collaborate better, resolve conflicts and enable colleagues to be their best and authentic selves in the workplace. Dumi covers topics related to but not limited to workplace diversity and inclusion, such as: How to be an Inclusive leader (leading with authenticity and empathy) Bringing your whole self to work Connecting conduct and practice with values of respect Being consciously inclusive and tackling bias Creating belonging in the workplace Career development and the value of your story Transformational change and bringing everyone along Professional Experience Dumi is currently the Diversity and Inclusion (D&I) Lead for BBC England, a patch with 3000+ employees across TV, radio, audio, and online platforms. He has led the development and implementation of a transformational D&I strategy for BBC England at a time when the BBC is going through the biggest systemic change in over 3 decades to “digital first”. Prior to this, Dumi held senior leadership roles with organisations such as RightTrack Learning, where he trained 10 000+ people on diversity and inclusion. He also worked for a non-for-profit, SEO London, where he helped students from underrepresented backgrounds to break into the corporate sector at elite firms. Dumi has extensive experience spanning multiple sectors and 5 continents working with organisations on transforming workplace practices and cultures to work for all their people. Some of the top brands Dumi has collaborated with include the UN, Goldman Sachs, and Google. In 2021, Dumi was headhunted to be a LinkedIn Learning Instructor and has developed and recorded a LinkedIn course on Belonging in the Workplace. Additionally, Dumi has founded Titese Ltd, a consultancy which delivers blended online and in-person EDI learning for teams. Clients have included NGOs, universities, and small to medium enterprises (SMEs). In 2022, Dumi was elected President of the Oxford Black Alumni Network (OxBAN), which connects alumni across the globe and helps to broaden access and success for people of Black heritage at the university of Oxford. Recognition and Awards umi has been invited to the UK Prime Minister’s official residence No. 10 Downing Street in recognition of his impact on workplace inclusion. He has been nominated for the BAFTA awards and received the Zimbabwe Achievers award for Most Inspiring leader. Publications Dumi has contributed to a Penguin-published book titled “Everyday Ubuntu” foreworded by the global Human Rights icon the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu. His debut children’s book titled “The Day the Sun Promised to Smile FOREVER!” was published by Ariel Foundation International and proceeds from sales went to Innocence in Danger, an international children’s foundation founded under the auspices of UNICEF. Dumi also has two poetry collections and several anthology contributions to his name.