AGENDA 2021

This event took place virtually on Wednesday 24th February 2021.

"Empower For Change"

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Chairman's Opening Remarks
Speaker
Clive Myrie
Presenter
BBC
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Welcome Speech by Asian Media Group
Speaker
Shailesh R Solanki
Executive Editor
Asian Media Group
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Keynote Speech: Culture of Belonging
Speaker
Jeff Dodds
Chief Operating Officer
Virgin Media
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Presentation: My Journey
Speaker
Sir Suma Chakrabarti
Chairman
ODI (Overseas Development Institute)
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Panel: Mental Health Is Everyone’s Business
Speakers
Poppy Jaman OBE
Chief Executive Officer
City Mental Health Alliance
Atif Choudhury
Co-Founder and CEO
Diversity and Ability & Zaytoun CiC
Jonny Jacobs
Finance Director
Starbucks EMEA
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Presentation: My Journey
Speaker
Ashok Vaswani
CEO, Consumer Banking & Payments
Barclays
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Panel: Disability Inclusion And The Impact Of Covid-19 On Disabled People And Their Employment
Speakers
Caroline Casey
Founder
The Valuable 500
Jay Muthu
Executive Director for Employee Experience & Digital People Director
Virgin Media
Sabina Khanom
Head of Inclusion
Aviva
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Networking Interval
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Panel: #BlackLivesMatter – Beyond The Hashtag
Speakers
Sanjay Bhandari
Chairman
Kick It Out
Evelyn Espinal
Global VP Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Unilever
Rob Neil OBE
Director
Krystal Alliance
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Presentation: Myth of Meritocracy – Recruitment In The Pipeline
Speaker
Arun Batra OBE
Partner
EY
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Panel: Breaking The Taboo and Supporting The LGBTQ+ Community
Speakers
Bhavik Pancholi
Diversity and Inclusion Consultant
David Levine
Chief Content Officer
Moonbug Entertainment
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Panel: Race, Identity And Defining The Term B.A.M.E.
Speakers
Sunder Katwala
Director
British Future
Miranda Wayland
Head of Creative Diversity
BBC
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Chairman's Closing Remarks
Speaker
Clive Myrie
Presenter
BBC