2023 Shortlist

Ken McMeikan

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Chief Executive of The Year Award Ken has spearheaded the transformational culture change at Moto and champions an inclusivity-centred approach at every level across the business. Ken is known at Moto for ensuring diversity, inclusion and sustainability in everything he does and every business decision he makes. From leading and being actively involved in Reverse Race Ment... »

Jo Williams

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Chief Executive of The Year Award Jo Williams is the Chief Executive of The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROH) in Birmingham. Jo has managed to transform ROH by building an incredible culture, which prioritises wellbeing and inclusion, while delivering tremendous value. She has done this by putting people first, which is the cornerstone of her management philosophy and leade... »

Andy Briggs MBE

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Chief Executive of The Year Award Growing up in a working-class area, Andy noticed the vast inequalities that surrounded him and his community. After battling his way into a role in insurance, Andy then progressed to the position of CEO in 2019. Andy has used his leadership to pave the way for inclusivity and diversity through multiple initiatives. All aspects of diversity... »

Stuart Love

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Chief Executive of The Year Award Since Stuart Love became Chief Executive at Westminster City Council, he has displayed outstanding leadership, innovation and commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion. Stuart is driven by tackling the lack of representation across Local Government and the wider public and private sectors. He has focused on transforming Westm... »

Psychological Safety Institute

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Consultancy of the Year Award The team at Gina Battye Ltd are a trailblazing force dedicated to cultivating environments where organisations and their people thrive. With a sharp focus on Psychological Safety, they have emerged as industry leaders, challenging and transforming workplace attitudes and outdated workplace cultures. Their mission is grounded in the belief that... »

Mindweaver

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Consultancy of the Year Award Mindweaver’s purpose is to embed antiracism and diversity in the tech industry by increasing diverse representation, removing structural barriers, creating more inclusive environments, and unlocking innovation. They seek to ensure that minoritised and marginalised communities are part of shaping the emerging technology landscape and building t... »

Association of Accessible Employers

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Consultancy of the Year Award The Association of Accessible Employers is a CIC which offers innovative and ground-breaking training and support for companies to adopt a truly accessible culture in their workplace and practices. Their high-impact training and consultancy is highly effective in achieving results. Evidence clearly demonstrates that what they do transforms the... »

Creative Access

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Consultancy of the Year Award Creative Access is a social enterprise providing career-long access, opportunities, support and training to make the creative economy better reflect society. Its mission is to enable people from communities that are under-represented in creative industries, in terms of ethnicity, socio-economic background and disability or those facing signifi... »

Centre for Accessible Environments

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Consultancy of the Year Award For over 50 years, Centre for Accessible Environments (CAE) has lead thinking on inclusive design in the UK. CAE pioneered the idea of technical accessibility guidance based on research conducted collaboratively with disabled people. CAE has been part of Habinteg Housing Association (a charitable organisation) with a shared mission to drive gr... »

ABSTRACT

2023 Shortlisted Nominee Consultancy of the Year Award ABSTRACT is an innovative consultancy who focus on equality, diversity and inclusion, offering bespoke strategies, award-winning learning and development programmes and advice to organisations to create a more inclusive working culture. ABSTRACT’s vision is ‘To make the corporate world a fairer and better place’, having a clear purpose t... »