United by our differences – what bold and diverse organisations can look like.
A panel discussion celebrating inclusion, diversity and fair representation within pioneering organisations. This session will cover topics such as closing the gender and ethnicity pay gaps, diversity throughout the organisational structure, innovative and inclusive initiative and policies and valuing all protected characteristics as a culture, not a checklist. Session leads: Sanchia Alasia, Head of EDI, and Sebastian Bromelow, Project Manager (OD/EDI), LSBU Joined by: • Cllr Marianna Masters, Lambeth Council • Marc McKenna Coles, Global Diversity and Inclusion Manager, Lloyd’s Bank • Joseph Galliano, CEO, Queer Britain • Marisha Drayton, Recruitment Partner, LSBU Biographies: Marianna Masters has held several senior positions within global financial and corporate companies over 25+ years. A long-standing advocate of Black rights she was Co-Chair of the Black Employees Network whilst at Thomson Reuters. Her passion for grassroots politics allowed her to be successfully elected as a councillor in the London Borough of Lambeth in 2018. She was Chair of the Lambeth Labour Group of 57 Councillors from 2018-2020 and is currently the Vice- Chair of the Overview and Scrutiny Committee. She additionally is Vice-Chair on Our Healthier Overview and Scrutiny Committee covering 6 boroughs in South London. She also sits on the Partnership Board of Black Thrive, a mental health partnership between communities, statutory organisations, voluntary and the private sector. Visit: www.lambeth.gov.uk Queer Britain is working towards opening the first national museum focussed on LGBTQ+ people, gathering, exploring and celebrating their stories, histories and artefacts. It will have a strong educational agenda. It will be an innovative, immersive bricks and mortar museum which will preserve and present stories and artefacts. It will celebrate, explore and explain LGBTQ+ lives, and place them in a national and international context for everyone, regardless of sexual identity or gender identity. Joseph Galliano is CEO and Co-Founder of Queer Britain. He is a fundraiser, journalist, former editor of Gay Times magazine and third sector ambassador manager who is now throwing all his energy into building an organisation capable of launching a national LGBTQ+ museum, Queer Britain. Visit: https://queerbritain.org.uk Marc McKenna-Coles currently works as the Global Diversity and Inclusion Manager for Lloyd’s. He supports and oversees Diversity, Inclusion, Wellbeing and Culture objectives for the corporation as well as supporting the Insurance market. His role over the last 2 ½ years has been to lead the Global Diversity and Inclusion festival for Insurance, Dive In (https://diveinfestival.com/), which in 2020 had a global attendance of over 30,000 people across 35 countries and 144 events. Marc has also co-authored various guides and reports for the insurance market (https://inclusionatlloyds.com/resources/toolkit/). He supported and drove the Insurance Market Gender plan and target as well as developing the same for Ethnicity. He previously was a global Diversity and Inclusion Manager for RBS (NatWest Group). Marc’s D&I work at RBS, included improving LGBT+ inclusion for both customer and colleague, including, a policy and guidance to support Trans and Non-binary colleagues and improving how customers can update their gender marker on their banking profile. Prior to working in Diversity and Inclusion, Marc spent a number of years in customer facing roles within the bank and before this, spent approximately 10 years with Disney, both in UK Disney Stores and Disney Cruise line in the USA Visit: www.lloyds.com/about-lloyds/diversity-and-inclusion-at-lloyds.
