Carol Campayne

Carol is a Director of the Diversity Practice Ltd and jointly lead the ground breaking research study ‘Different Women, Different Places’, (funded by Booz Allen Hamilton, UKRC; Credit Suisse and the Learning and Skills Council) which explored the strategies and experiences of ethnic minority women in leadership in the UK. Carol is also currently the Equality & Diversity Manager for London South Bank University and a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management, and Marketing. As a Diversity Practitioner, Carol specializes in the race and gender diversity dimensions and has led and managed a number of key strategic/research initiatives in the area of equality and diversity As a result Carol has a wealth of experience and expertise in the areas of change management and implementation. Highly committed to managing for ‘social result’, she has worked extensively facilitating the sustainable growth and development of minority based community organisations.

Caroline Harper Jantuah

Caroline Harper Jantuah, a director of the Diversity Practice Ltd. and has more than 20 years extensive experience as an organisation development consultant, trainer and executive coach. Passionate about enabling others to achieve their potential, her corporate portfolio has increasingly included work with female and Black and Minority Ethnic professionals. She jointly led the ground breaking research study ‘Different Women, Different Places’ (funded by Booz Allen Hamilton, UKRC, Credit Suisse, and the Learning and Skills Council), which explored the strategies and experiences of ethnic minority women in leadership in the UK.

In addition to working as a consultant and coach, Caroline is a frequent conference speaker. She holds an MBA, a post-graduate certificate in executive Coaching, is a master practitioner in NLP and is a fellow of the Institute of Leadership and Management, member of the International Coaching Federation and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development.

Garth Crooks OBE

Garth has spent his entire adult life immersed in football and the politics of sport. He was introduced to the media in 1981 while preparing for the FA Cup Final. Having been left out of England’s World Cup Squad bound for Spain in 1982 he joined the BBC sports team as a television pundit.

Garth has spent a considerable amount of time involved in issues surrounding Social Inclusion, Equity and Diversity. A special advisor to the Equality Human Rights Commission Garth has addressed the European Parliament, European Commission and UEFA on anti racial discrimination policies in football.
After eight years as an Executive, he was appointed Chairman of the Professional Footballers Association in 1988. Garth was invited by HRH Prince Philip to chair the Institute of Professional Sport in 1990, a position he held for 13 years. In 1999 he received the OBE in for services to football.

Gary A Smith

Gary A. Smith is co-founder and Senior Partner of Ivy Planning Group (Ivy), a 19-year-old management consulting and training company that specialises in strategy, diversity, leadership and change management. Ivy is recognized as one of the Top 50 minority-owned companies by DiversityBusiness.com; Black Enterprise Magazine Emerging Company of the Year Finalist; and received the Working Woman magazine Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. Gary is profiled for building a premier strategy firm - one of the leading Black-owned management consulting firms in the country. Consulting Magazine honoured Gary as one of the Top 25 Consultants of 2007. Profiles in Diversity Journal named him a Diversity Pioneer. Minority Business & Professionals Network, Inc. named Mr. Smith one of “Fifty Influential Minorities in Business”. He has over 25 years of strategy, technology and management consulting service to large private sector and government organizations

Ghislaine Caulat Associate Business Director, Ashbridge Consulting

Ghislaine heads the Virtual Working Practice Group at Ashridge Consulting and has been researching in the field of virtual leadership since 2003. She specialises in helping teams to become high performing virtual teams and leaders to lead effectively remotely. Most recently she has developed a global blended (face-to-face and virtual) strategy process for a global UN agency involving over 350 senior leaders, and worked with Volkswagen, Danfoss and other companies. Her design and facilitation of a virtual strategy process for the global engineering company Alfa Laval involving the top 45 leaders of the organisation was rewarded by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) Excellence of Practice Award in 2009.

In addition to several years experience as consultant to major international organisations, Ghislaine also worked as a manager in business development and as an internal consultant for Daimler in the automotive sector and Beiersdorf in the FMCG.

Her challenging and stimulating style, combined with dedicated support, encourages experimenting with new ways of working. Ghislaine works in English, German, Spanish and French, and can make active contributions in Turkish and Italian.

Grace Owens Founder & Director, Grace Owens Solutions

India Gary-Martin

India Gary-Martin runs RBS’s Asset Protection Scheme for Global Banking and Markets, a responsibility which she was given after having successfully completed the Integration of ABN AMRO and Royal Bank of Scotland’s Equity business.

Prior to joining RBS, India held both global COO and CIO management roles in Technology at Deutsche Bank and Lehman Brothers, where she held postings in New York, London, Frankfurt and Tokyo. During her time in Japan, India taught Practical Performance Management and Corporate Strategy at Temple University’s Corporate Education Department. India began her career at Morgan Stanley, where she specialised in Telecoms and latterly moved into Commodities Trading.

In May 2007, India was awarded Women in Banking and Finance’s ‘Outstanding Contribution to Diversity’ and in December of the same year she was also awarded Best Female Technologist by European Banking Technology Magazine. India is a published writer and is on the board of the City Women’s Network.

Janet Crenshaw-Smith

Janet Crenshaw Smith is co-founder and President of Ivy Planning Group (Ivy). Minority Business & Professionals Network, Inc. named Janet one of “Fifty Influential Minorities in Business”. Profiles in Diversity Journal featured Janet in its Women of Initiative issue naming her one of “47 Women Worth Watching.” In 2008, she testified before U.S. Congressional Subcommittee as an expert on performance, diversity and inclusion.
Janet is author of the popular 58 Little Things That Make a Big Impact: The MicroTrigger Book and The Diversity Action Book: 143 Things To Go Do. Smith is an engaging speaker and is frequently quoted in national publications on the topics of diversity, change management, and leadership.

Vivian Hunt

Vivian is a Director of McKinsey & Company, based in London. She is the head of McKinsey’s UK Pharmaceutical and Medical Products Practice and leads its commercial pharmaceutical practice for Europe. In her 15 year career she has worked with a variety of healthcare clients, specifically with payors, mental health and acute hospital providers and pharmaceutical players on a range of issues.

Vivian is the most senior woman of Afro-Caribbean descent amongst leading strategy consultancies and has a recognized external profile. She has written several published articles and presented at external conferences on a range of healthcare topics including alternative operating models, innovative growth strategies and Consumerism in Healthcare. Prior to joining McKinsey, Vivian worked in both management and performance improvement roles in the healthcare and consumer sectors. She also worked as a Regional Coordinator, Midwife and Volunteer in the US Peace Corps (Senegal) and as a Healthcare Project Director in New York City.