In 2024 we’ve seen significant progress from our signatories on increasing racial and ethnic minority representation at senior levels and great strides on improving data transparency and pay gap reporting. This progress has been achieved in a challenging environment with push back on ED&I in the UK and in the US and the recent horrific racist and Islamophobic riots and disorder.
Join your fellow Chief Diversity Officers and ED&I Directors for an important discussion on how to navigate this challenging context in 2025. Hear from business leaders and ED&I Directors who will share their insights on the future of ED&I. They will highlight the actions that have delivered results, the role of ED&I as a strategic business imperative and how action to create a more inclusive workplace culture is needed in UK society now more than ever before.
Arrivals and light lunch provided
Hywel Ball, Managing Partner EY UK
Sir Trevor Phillip, Chair, Change the Race Ratio
The role of leadership buy in, commitment and action are integral to achieving our ambitions of increasing ethnic minority representation at the top of business. Our panel will share their insights on how they maintain momentum and commitment to drive change, how they have responded to the ED&I backlash as well as their thoughts on how to frame ED&I as a strategic imperative in order to retain the support of the board and senior management.
Speakers
Andrew Ninian, Director of Stewardship & Corporate Governance, The Investment Association (moderator)
Sir Trevor Phillips, Chair, Change the Race Ratio
Sarah Walker-Smith, CEO, Ampa
Jelena Eremic-Newson, Partner, EY
A chance to connect and build relationships with fellow signatories
Jelena Eremic Newson, Partner, EY and Minna Lewis, Senior Manager, EY, will share some key insights from this soon to be released report. The report commissioned by EY is a collaboration between campaigns covering a number of underrepresented groups, including Change the Race Ratio, Progress Together and the 30% Club.
Multiyear ED&I strategies have been written and targets have been set. In a changing and often challenging external context for ED&I, how can business respond to emerging events, evolve their approach in response to new learning and thinking. Hear from our panel of ED&I Directors on how they have traversed these challenges, maintained momentum and developed a more holistic approach to ED&I.
Speakers
Richard DeNetto, CEO Change the Race Ratio (moderator)
Rachel Osikoya, Director Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Lloyds Banking Group
Darren Tower, Head of Inclusion, Equity and Wellbeing, Spirax Group
Fiona Vines, Chief Inclusion, Equity & Diversity Officer, BT Group
