Sayin' the Unsaid Jamaal Brathwaite

Dr. Sarah Agdomar is an NHS medical doctor, Life coach, Motivational speaker and gospel saxophonist. Teaching the importance of physical health, mental well being and spiritual development.

She shares her insights and experiences as she has been on the front lines serving the nation since the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic; for this we say a massive thank you. Furthermore, she has been on the receiving end of racism and prejudices through her career and so she shares some of her experiences but more importantly offers some suggestions as to how we can end racism.

A national of Cameroon Dr Leopold ZEKENG, brings more 30 years of experience, successful management and leadership, unparalleled competencies, and lessons from AIDS response, Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights, Global Health Diplomacy and Development.

Before joining the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS in 2005) , he was actively involved in diverse capacities – service provider, scientist, strategist, programme manager, policy maker, programme implementer, advocate and activist – and levels (international, regional, national and sub national) of the AIDS response, Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights. More specifically served as Permanent Secretary of the National AIDS Council, Coordinator of the National AIDS Research Program (Ministry of Research), Director of Camdiagnostix (unit producing rapid HIV test kits),  Head of Immunology and Haematology Laboratory at the University Teaching Hospital, Head of the Scientific Secretariat for the 1992 International Conference on HIV&AIDS and STI in Africa hosted in Cameroon, Consultant and Technical Advisor for many reputable organisations (WHO, FHI360, GIZ, MSF, CDC, FDA, Abbott Laboratories, Walter Reed Foundation etc)

From January 2005 till present, he served as UNAIDS Country Director in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ghana, and Tanzania (present duty station) and as Deputy Regional Director, UNAIDS Regional Support Team for West & Central Africa in Dakar, Senegal.

On this episode we focus on the global response to HIV/AIDS in comparison to the response to COVID19. 

On this episode, we unpack the words “unconscious bias”, how they present themselves in everyday life specifically when pertaining to the workplace and recruitment with an expert, Dr. Pragya Agarwal FRSA.

Dr Pragya Agarwal is a behavioural and data scientist, and the CEO of 50 Percent Project, a research think-tank for gender and racial inequalities, She is the author of 'SWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias; recently published by Bloomsbury, and has written for numerous other publications such as Guardian, Independent, Forbes, Huffington Post and Prospect. As a leading academic in US and UK Universities for over ten years, she has authored numerous research papers and delivered keynote talks around the world. Pragya is a winner of Diverse Wisdom writing award from Hay House, was named as one of the 100 influential women in social enterprise in the UK, and one of 50 people creating change in the UK-India corridor on the High and Mighty list. A two-time TEDx speaker herself, Pragya organised the first ever TEDxWoman event in the north of the country. She has appeared on several international podcasts, radio and television channels, such as BBC Woman's Hour, BBC Breakfast, Australian Broadcasting Service, and Canadian Radio, and has a podcast called 'Outside the Boxes'.

@DrPragyaAgarwal

https://www.drpragyaagarwal.com

Most recently, she is an author of 'SWAY: Unravelling Unconscious Bias' in the UK and India and in the USA with Bloomsbury.

On this episode, we discuss the importance of Diversity and Inclusion through the life and journey of Mr. Andrew Pearce, Accenture – Managing Director.

Mr. Andrew Pearce is an Executive with UK and international experience in P&L senior management, operations, transformation, digital and automation strategy, business development, complex programmes, staff development, sales and account management. UK Chair and Vice Chair of the Global Expansion Committee of the ELC (www.elcinfo.com), Board Member Kingston University, London. He has been named as one of the Top 50 BAME Execs in the UK, US and Ireland by the Upstanding List 2016, Empower List 2017 presented by the Financial times and ranked by the Empower List 2018 and 2019 as being a top 30 minority ethnic leader across the UK, US, Ireland & Canada.

He has also been recognised on the Green Park list as one of the top 100 BAME leaders in Business 2018 and the Power in the City list 2018 as one of the top 30 most influential leaders in the UK of African, Caribbean or African American heritage working within legal, financial and Professional Services.He has Commercial, Finance, Programme Director and Service Delivery experience. Deep experience in leading large, multi-million-dollar multinational programmes in outsourcing and IT transformation.