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Phil Newman

Phil

Founder and CEO

Throughout his career, Phil has established a reputation as a transformational leader who is driven by challenge, undeterred by obstacles, and committed to furthering standards of excellence. His expertise encompasses all aspects of Sports, Employability, Mental Health & Well-being, and Equality, Diversity & Inclusion strategy development and implementation.
Phil`s ability to build consensus among teams and stakeholders to promote transparency and influence positive change has been repeatedly proven.

Phil’s career has seen him hold roles as a Group Director of Student Services, Director of Sports, Head of Inclusion Advisory, and numerous Board Member and Non Exec Director positions across a number of leading Public, Private and Third Sector organisations. where he has been responsible for strategic initiatives, the provision of strategic leadership in the development and management of a range of collaborative partnerships, decision making at board-level and best practice approaches.

Phil currently assists a plethora of the UK`s leading organisations with their alignment of Diversity and Inclusion strategies and action plans with award winning commercial business strategies; Learning and Development programmes with a particular focus on leadership, coaching, mentoring; Research studies via community engagement, participation, feasibility studies and Well-being interventions. Further, he provides Advisory Services via Investigations, Consultations, 1:2:1 advice and guidance; Employee Engagement enabling the embedding of organisational Culture and Values through behavioural change; the development of partnership and outreach arrangements with a myriad of stakeholders including statutory agencies, local authorities, community organisations, safer neighbourhood teams, charities and businesses; and the provision of expert guidance to enable companies achieve accreditations, awards charter marks, and best practice innovation.

Marcelle

Marcelle

Senior Associate

Marcelle is an experienced Group Chief People Culture and Communications Officer and Executive Board Member.

Marcelle’s career has included holding the roles of Chief People Officer, Group Chief People Officer, Group Executive Director of People, and Executive Board member across a number of leading Private and Public Sector organisations. In these roles Marcelle was fundamentally responsible for designing and implementing innovative People and DEI strategies, talent development, new target operating models, total reward, and transformation programmes.

Prior to this, Marcelle held the roles of Head of HR at the BBC overseeing cultural change, and Deputy Director of HR at a Local Authority where she was responsible for large scale organisational change, relocation and workforce development.

Marcelle holds a PhD which explored workplace culture and the impact on career progression of Black employees. She is a currently a Board Member at an NHS Foundation Trust where she chairs the People and Culture Committee and is a Lead Member on the Merger and Acquisition Board.

Laura

Laura

Senior Associate

Laura is a humanitarian with a background in International Human Rights Law and a proven track record of building Equitable Inclusion for all. With International experience and a global lens, Laura has supported leading organisations in their journey towards Inclusion.

Her background and experience spans over a decade of research and knowledge-based practice within the civil rights space, particularly informed by racial justice in both the UK and USA.

Her story began with a love of Hip Hop and an intense discomfort for the injustices experienced within the civil rights era in which her favourite art form flourished. Through both academia and
professional experience, Laura’s interests expanded seeing her campaigning for Inclusion of all kinds. She has particularly worked on campaigns to end gender-based disparities in caring and Anti-Racist work for Stand Up to Racism UK and Rhodes Must Fall.

Laura has supported some of the UK’s largest organisations to embed best practice and thought leadership establishing Equality, Diversity & Inclusion strategies and agendas. She possesses expert knowledge with a commercial twist, influencing stakeholders and CEOs alike to embark on a journey that not only implements Inclusive changes for the workforce, but sparks Inclusion and
belonging for all, with longevity in mind.

Laura is impassioned by implementing strategic objectives that deliver results in Diversity and Inclusion, not only because it makes great business sense, but because it is the right thing to do!

Her educational background and professional experience spans many sectors with the same outcome – success is in the inclusive spaces we create.

Patricia

Patricia

Senior Associate

Patricia is a highly experienced and dedicated Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Consultant, with a wealth of experience in influencing and driving change within large organisations.

CIPD qualified with many years of experience, Patricia has had excellent exposure to multi-national work cultures and possesses a strong track record of developing, implementing, and monitoring programmes that progress Inclusion, cultural change, and leadership accountability.

Patricia provides advice and guidance on Inclusion strategies, facilitation of Inclusive leadership workshops for senior leaders and Anti-Racism consultation. She has previously worked with a myriad of clients across the public, private and third sectors including FTSE 100 organisations.

Patricia currently provides focus, leadership and expertise on Diversity and Inclusion to a large housing association, partnering with the Executive, Senior Leadership and the Group Board to educate, influence and drive change, helping to create and sustain an Inclusive culture.

Peter

Peter

Senior Associate

Peter is an experienced Equality, Diversity and Inclusion consultant with a proven track record of influencing change within some of the countries top law firms. As a Barrister specialising in Serious Crime, Peters motivation for Equality and Social Justice has come from witnessing first hand, some of the injustices that exist and persist in society.

Peter currently leads our Coaching and Mentoring portfolio, leading the team using a combination of lived experience, an understanding of bespoke interventions and programmes, and an in-depth knowledge of the law to positively influence change within a range of individuals from youth offenders and care leavers, to senior leadership and board members.

More recently, Peter has focused on anti-racism learning and development for individuals, groups and organisations; enabling organisations to build confidence and trust among staff members and other stakeholders; instilling confidence in organisational approaches to tackling anti-racism and targeting efforts on critical or impactful action
Peter is wholeheartedly committed to awareness, education and equal representation. Inspired by his own experience with workplace discrimination, he is on a life-long mission to create equal opportunities for all.

Daniel

Senior Associate

Daniel, a highly motivated Sports, Health and Wellbeing expert, brings a unique perspective to his work, honed over his 20 years of experience in the Private, Public, Voluntary and Higher Educational sectors. His peers and other industry professionals have recognised his innovative approach, which combines a deep understanding of the transformative power of sports and physical activities with a commitment to equal representation.

As a leader in his field, Daniel spearheads the development of key strategies aimed at decolonising sports across a myriad of settings. His work celebrates the power of diversity in changing the sporting landscape, a testament to his ability to drive change and influence the industry. He also has valuable experience in working on health initiatives in partnership with national organisations such as the NHS, evidenced via the design and delivery of diabetes prevention programmes and cancer survival schemes.

Daniel’s previous roles in the public sector played a vital role in shaping his core values as he worked on initiatives demonstrating the social and economic value of community sport and physical activities as well as tackling inequalities. Seeing first-hand the inequalities in sport and physical activity in the most deprived boroughs in London, drove Daniel to investigate the root causes of these inequalities by connecting with the people who feel the most excluded from being active.

Daniel delivers customised strategies tailored to each client’s unique needs and objectives, whether it’s raising awareness of the merits of Diversity and Inclusion in the sporting sector, maximising participation through data insight, or building a winning team culture.