Equal = Equal – Where are we now?
In this session, our guests will have a discussion highlighting the positive breakthroughs made in this area so far: women’s vote, #MeToo movement, gender pay gap reporting, ethnicity pay gap, intersectionality, trans acceptance and the gender recognition act. Our guests will also look at some of the role models in this space.
Speakers
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Johanna BeresfordCEO at In Diverse Company -
Leng MontgomeryDiversity and Inclusion Manager at BDO UK LLPLeng is a Diversity and Inclusion leader and Trans specialist from the UK who actively engages and consults with private and public sector companies. He is a regular speaker within the LGBT field and has appeared on BBC radio, and other media outlets. He has also written policy and delivered keynote speeches to many organisations for UK and Global audiences. He is currently a Diversity and Inclusion Manager at BDO UK LLP.
In a recent move from Sainsbury’s where he led on LGBT for the group which includes Argos and Habitat. He also supported the wider D&I team on Disability, Carers and BAME activity. Prior to this, Leng worked at Stonewall, where notably he worked the Workplace Equality Index and the Trans inclusion guides that were launched in 2016.
In 2014 he was the first openly trans contestant on BBC’s Masterchef and for two years running from 2014-2015 he was listed on the Independent’s Rainbow List in the ‘Ones to Watch’ category. He’s also been shortlisted in 2018 LGBT awards under the ‘Corporate Rising Star’ category and spoke at TEDx London in July 2018.
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