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First Professional female footballer in England awarded both MBE & OBE for services to football, England & FAWSL1 Arsenal superstar, ambassador for Coaching for Hope and Alive & Kicking in Ghana, presenter of Cbeebies ‘Footy Pups’ as well as doing punditry for the BBC, BT and Sky

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Current Two Weight, Unified World Champion, 2012 Olympian, World Bronze Medallist, European Silver Medallist, EU Gold Medallist, GB Champion, five times English ABAE Champion, mum to Mela

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Award-winning leadership coach, author of the critically acclaimed book: Real Wins: Race, Leadership and How to Redefine Success, speaker, and educator voted as one of the UK’s 50 Most 'Influential Women in Sport’, commissioner for The Independent Commission for Equity in Cricket, senior honorary associate lecturer at the University of Worcester

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Founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn, launched at TED 2009, the world’s first user-generated, human-curated social sex videosharing platform, her approach is ‘I like to blow shit up’, the Michael Bay of business

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Entrepreneur utilising her lived experience as a wheelchair user to inform her work, co-founder and CEO of With Not For, creative and brand lead at Hot Octopuss, Pour Moi Innovator in Business finalist, SCOPE 30 under 30, filmmaker and content creator

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Storyteller, Buddhist and Forbes 100 Founder, creator of ground-breaking VICE documentary, TEDx speaker, musician, writer, former Contributing Editor at GAY TIMES, led the movement for LGBTQ+ South Asians for a decade

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Dynamic creator and host of the popular Disabled and Proud podcast, a platform dedicated to amplifying the voices and experiences of the disabled community

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Head of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for global production powerhouse All3Media, transformational leader, co-founder of The Black Magic Awards, co-founder of the impactful community Black Leaders in TV, MEFA mentor, advisory board member

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Clown, best selling author, experienced performer and successful entrepreneur

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BBC Introducing artist, praised by music producers Rick Rubin and Mark Ronson for her live abilities, her music has been described as the place "where Aretha soul meets Punjabi folk"

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Award winning founder of a global collective for Black women in advertising, creative and social impact consultant campaigning for inclusion and equality in all spaces

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Visionary neuro-inclusion change agent, founder of ADHD Girls, PBS America Difference Maker, finalist of Positive Role Model for Gender by National Diversity Awards

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Global Correspondent for VICE News, investigating worldwide stories about LGBTQ people, previously the BBC’s first LGBT Correspondent before becoming West Africa Correspondent, 2023 winner of the Out D’or Foreign Press Award, 2022 Forbes 30 Under 30, 2020 top spot in The Guardian and DIVA Magazine’s Pride Power List and One Young World’s Journalist of the Year

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Project Director for the Conscious Advertising Network (CAN), director (voluntary) for several charitable and community driven organisations including the Emancipated Run Crew (ERC) and the Grenada Benevolent Society (GBS), both created to support Black and Brown people in the UK and internationally, keen Carnivalist

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Founder and director of Latinas In Tech Madrid, Social Impact Leader and marketing strategist with over nine years of experience in MarCom for hyper-growth tech environments

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Bloom President, co-founder Bloom In Colour, co-founder Sixteenbynine, co-founder Join Our Table, mentor/role model at MEFA, WACL member, CAN board member, speaker, DEI advocate

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Commercial Director and Talent & Inclusion Lead at the Advertising Association, co-founder of The Drive Partnership, co-founder of a school for autistic children now called Beyond Autism

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Founder of a youth based social enterprise called The Uncommon Collective, co-founder of JOT - an initiative created to elevate the talents of Black British women, BRIM Senior Changemaker 2022

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Strategic consultant, speaker and author, ex-CSO at W+K, Dentsu and Ogilvy, best-selling author of "The Creative Nudge"

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Futurist and curator specialising in intersectional neuro-inclusion in business, founder of Women Beyond the Box platform for career focused neurodivergent women, named 100 Trailblazers Redefining the Creative Industry, 100 Rising Stars Inspiring Change by The Dots

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Award-winning creative strategist, campaigner, writer, advertising industry thought-leader and changemaker, founder of creative strategy consultancy: Smarty Pants Consultancy, joint CEO of Outvertising, co-founder of grassroots community group Trans+ Adland, founder of Trans+ History Week with QueerAF, PinkNews’ 21 global activist of 2023

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Client Partner Lead at Microsoft with over 16 years’ experience delivering value for global media agencies, media owners and SAAS businesses, diversity & inclusion campaigner, first time mum, lupus warrior, digital marketing specialist, mentor, disabled

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Media researcher for global media agency UM, on IPA’s inaugural iList, on the IPA’s Talent Leadership Group, founder and chair of #MRSpride, the market research sector’s LGBTQ+ network, Fellow of the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and the Market Research Society, Senior Honourary Fellow at Bayes Business School, City, University of London

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Negotiation Coach (ACC) Digital Media & Technology Expert DISC Licensed Trainer Working Mum

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Award-winning advertising strategy/planning director, Intersectionality & Allyship lead at Bloom UK, founder of Lemons & Jelly, and advocate of social change

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Founder of Inclusive City Ltd providing executive coaching and NED services to a portfolio of clients, sits on two recruitment company boards

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Group HR Director, SEEN Connects, Seen Presents & Seen Studios

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Artist, musician, songwriter, and community campaigner, recognised for her distinctive soulful vocal tone and classic British songwriting, workshop leader and practitioner for grassroots organisations including GRL (working with girls, trans and non binary youth)

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Chief executive of Autistica (the UK’s leading autism research and campaigning charity), established autism and autism research as national priorities, unveiled ambitious goals that aim to transform the future of autistic people by 2030

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Exhibition curator, visiting lecturer at the Royal College of Art, leader in contemporary art that explores LGBTQIA+ identity

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Professional coach and founder of "The Spring Back Guide", a groundbreaking digital coaching product designed to support maternity leavers come back to work feeling happy and confident

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Spoken word artist - a potent combination of passion, poetry and pizzazz, author of the recently published book, A Poetic Odyssey of Proclamations - 31 ways to sow, grow and flow goodness into your life.

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Group Strategy Director at Majar Group, trained coach, a fiercely passionate leader who believes that all businesses should adopt a people first strategy to enable them to achieve their vision

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Business Director at Digital Cinema Media (DCM), delivering revenue growth across GroupM agencies, Bassist for band Royale With Cheese

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Life and career coach for women and business mentor at Anna Wilk Consulting, inspired by women and has worked with women in a wellbeing and supportive role for over 20 years

EMEA General Manager at Sharethrough, responsible for all of the regional commercial and operational efforts of the business, Bloom Exchange Co-Mentor

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Senior Client Partner at DoubleVerify, the leading independent provider of global marketing measurement software, MEFA member and mentor, IAB UK DEI member, 2022 Female Frontier’s Honouree

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13 years’ experience devising award-winning purpose-led campaigns and strategies, passionate about the power of comms to create lasting positive change, and this year has used her skills to spearhead The Juggle, the industry's biggest consultation into work-life balance through an intersectional lens

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Head of Growth and Marketing at Mediahub, recently named by Campaign UK as the most ethnically diverse agency, a huge believer in the power of community to shape society, Labour councillor, COO of Bloom

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Regional Director for Northern Europe and Expansion Markets at Taboola, entrepreneur, founder of Taboola's LGBTQ+ employee resource group Taboola Pride, proud mentor at Bloom

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Privacy Compliance Director and Data Protection Officer for Blis, passionate about all things DEI, chair of Rise, co-founder of dawn (digital advertising women's network) in 2012, sat on the global council for Women at Microsoft, NCT volunteer

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Co-host of the Big Fat Negative podcast and author of the book of the same name, freelance journalist, writes about women's health and fertility issues in titles such as The Sunday Times, The Telegraph and The I paper

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Diversity and inclusion specialist, with 5 years of experience working both in the public and private sectors, focused on learning and behavioural change, supporting individuals and organisations to become autonomous with their allyship and commitment to inclusion

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Global Insights Analyst in Strategy at Double Verify, formerly Media & Entertainment Analytical Lead for Human Truths in Google, MBA with a specialism in finance and marketing, painter

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Deputy Editor at BITE for Creativebrief where she explores trends within the creative industries writing trends, interviews and work focused pieces, passionate about producing forward-thinking thought-leadership content including promoting diversity, exploring environmental and ethical issues and advocating for women in the workplace

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Co-founder of Responsible Resourcing Agency, ex-LADbible Talent Business Partner, launched Group M’s first and largest diversity and inclusion initiative and UK-wide apprenticeship programme

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Co-founder of LookUP, worked in strategic and leadership roles for the last 21 years across brand storytelling and creation, innovation, and future facing business strategy for start ups, scale ups and global brands, founder of Board Women, getting 30+ women into surf, snow and skate boarding to increase their confidence

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Co-Founder of LookUP, independent strategic consultant, formerly CSO of Dentsu and MD of Carat UK, passionate advocate for inclusive cultures, personal development and mental health in the workplace

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Co-Founder and COO of With Not For, a talent agency that exclusively represents Disabled Creatives, Co-Founder of NYM Mag, BIMA 100 Champion for Change, Bloom Co-Head of Events

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Creative Strategist, Catalyst and Consultant harnessing her background in advertising and lateral thinking to deliver insights, ideas and solutions that make a difference, Neurodiversity advocate and trainer, Co-winner Creative Equals first Disabled Creatives programme, Bloom Co-lead Neurodiversity, Diversity Standards Collective Consultant

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Leading media practitioner and philanthropist, Founder of the social enterprise Media for All (www.mediaforall.org.uk), which provides mentorship and support for Black, Asian and other ethnic minority talent in Media and Advertising, volunteer as part time CEO and sponsor of Media for All, Chair of NABS and trustee

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Corporate Fundraising Officer at Women's Aid, which as an organisation has, for 50 years, been at the forefront of shaping and coordinating responses to domestic abuse through practice, policy and research

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Leads on Partnerships for Women's Aid, previously held roles at the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and NHS England, where she a led Secretary of State commissioned review of mental health in England, has worked within the UK Parliament, Councillor in the London Borough of Wandsworth where she works to tackle violence against women and girls in the local area

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Senior Media Sales Manager at Taboola, volunteer at Age UK, Bloom mentor

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Marketing strategist specialising in B2B demand and lead generation, mentor, speaker

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Client Partnership Director + Europe Lead of Clear Channel, has over 23 years media experience including UK, Europe and Australasia

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Client Director at Ogury, with 15 years in Adtech & elected '24 President of WOO (Women Of Ogury), A Certified Yogini & Founder of Female Seasons devoted to empowering women through unlocking the potential of the menstrual cycle

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Sound Therapist and Meditation Practitioner who teaches people to listen to themselves through sound, meditation and movement as they embrace living a life without friction, facilitates deep harmonious meditative experiences, specialising in playing Tibetan Sound Bowls

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Over 20 years’ experience of leading insight, data, and strategy projects for some of the best-known publishers in the UK and Australia

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Over 15 years of experience in leading marketing teams and initiatives across various sectors, including technology, professional services, and education, former Global Head of Marketing at LexisNexis and Marketing Director at Metapraxis

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Runs multi award-winning brand and strategy consultancy, Brand By Me, which helps organisations harness the power of brand strategy to embed anti-racism, drive equity and tackle injustice, named a “Small Business of 2021” by Lloyds Bank and The Times; Collette is a celebrated writer and speaker having featured in Third Sector, Campaign, Forbes and on BBC Radio 4 and is one of Campaign’s “40 over 40” in 2023