Dr Diahanne Rhiney
Buy Tickets Now Dr. Diahanne Rhiney BCAe is an award-winning social impact entrepreneur, global empowerment ambassador, and pioneer in Diversity Marketing. With over 30 years of experience, she established a global reputation in public relations as the first to specialise in diversity marketing and race relations. Dr. Rhiney is the co-founder of Black Wall St Media and a respected agent of change, dedicated to promoting equity, equality, anti-racism, and justice. As a qualified psychologist, Dr. Rhiney is passionate about self-esteem-centered healing, focusing on identity, empowerment, inclusion, and the inner self. She has traveled the world on a mission to empower women, particularly black women and women of black heritage, and founded myCaroline.co.uk, a global wellness platform for women over 50. She also established The Baton Awards in honour of her late mother, celebrating women from diverse racial backgrounds. Dr. Rhiney’s accolades include the NatWest Every Woman Award, National Diversity Award for her domestic violence charity Strength With In Me (S.W.I.M.), and the British Citizen Award for her contributions to empowering young people. Additionally, she has been recognized with the Violent Crime Prevention Board’s Championing Social Well-being Award, Pride of Essex’s Highly Commended Award, and the Wise Woman Award for Women in Media. A TEDx speaker, Dr. Rhiney continues to make a profound impact on social justice and empowerment globally.
Amadeus Rennalls
Buy Tickets Now Amadeus Rennalls, Senior Product Designer at Vibrnx Amadeus Rennalls is a dynamic senior product designer with four years of experience in the industry. He holds an IT degree from Loughborough University, where he developed expertise in design thinking, user research, and prototyping. Amadeus excels in creating innovative and user-centered designs that have been recognised for their impact and excellence. His passion for advocating for diversity and inclusion in the design industry is palpable, and he mentors aspiring designers to help them achieve their potential. As a panelist for the Spirit of the Caribbean Annual Ball and Black Honour Awards, Amadeus brings creativity and a commitment to excellence, contributing to recognising outstanding talent within the Caribbean community.”
S.I Martin
Buy Tickets Now S.I. Martin, Historian, Journalist, and Teacher specialising in Black British History and Literature Specialising in the fields of Black British history and literature, S.I. Martin works with museums, archives and the education sector to bring diverse histories to wider audiences. He has published six books of historical fiction and non-fiction for adult and teenage readers. He founded the 500 Years of Black London walks nearly 20 years ago in response to the low profile given to the Black historical presence on the capital’s streets. He has consistently encouraged and championed the provision of plaques, street names and street furniture to this end. S.I. Martin has worked with and for the Black Cultural Archives, National Maritime Museum, the V&A, Tate Britain, London Metropolitan Archives, National Portrait Gallery, Horniman Museum, The National Archives, RAF Museum, Wellcome Trust and many others. He regularly provides workshops and sessions for heritage institutions, schools, borough councils and community groups across the country. He is a firm believer in the power of archives as an agent of positive change for literacy, social cohesion and audience/visitor development.
H.E. Ms Karen-Mae C. Hill
Buy Tickets Now H.E. Ms Karen-Mae C. Hill, High Commissioner of Antigua and Barbuda High Commissioner Karen-Mae Hill is a barrister by profession who has worked for over 15 years years in banking and financial services before her appointment as High Commissioner to the United Kingdom. She is also concurrently Antigua and Barbuda’s non-resident ambassador to Ireland, the Federal Republic of Germany, Estonia, and Lithuania. Her areas of professional interest are financial services regulation, the blue economy, trade and advocacy around the recognition of the inherent vulnerabilities of small states. She has adopted the empowerment of youth and persons with disabilities as her areas of social focus. High Commissioner Hill is a Rhodes Scholar and an Honorable Society of Gray’s Inn Prince of Wales Scholar. She is an accomplished pianist and speaks French. She was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the King’s 2023 New Year’s Honours List for service to youth and the arts.
Sanchia Alasia
Buy Tickets Now Sanchia Alasia, Diversity Lead at Transport for London and Managing Director of Sanchia Consulting Ltd. Sanchia is a multi-award-winning and distinguished global Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practitioner, public speaker, and community change-maker with a reputation for driving systematic and sustainable change towards fostering inclusive environments. She has worked across the public sector over the last 20 years to help move organisations towards being truly being inclusive, valuing their staff and creating a culture where staff feel supported, appreciated, and respected. She currently works as the Diversity Lead at Transport for London and the Managing Director of Sanchia Consulting Ltd, where she is committed to promoting equitable and inclusive practices for Transport for London and her clients. She is a member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development, fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, fellow of the Royal Society for Arts, Manufacturing and Commerce and fellow of the Institute for Educational and Social Equity. She was elected as a councillor to Barking and Dagenham Council in 2010 a role she held until 2021 and was the first of three Black women to be elected there. She held a number of positions – School Governor, chair of the health and adult services scrutiny committee and chair of the planning committee. She was the first Caribbean female civic mayor there in 2018/19. She stood for the European Parliament elections twice in 2014 and 2019. Sanchia has won numerous awards including, being highly commended as HR champion of the year in the British diversity awards in 2023, winner as outstanding public sector figure at the Precious awards in 2020 and as one of the top 100 most influential, impactful, and successful African Business leaders by the African Chamber of Commerce in 2022. She was also named as one of fifty most inspirational Black women in the UK during Black history month in 2019. Her consultancy has won Best HR & Diversity Consultant 2023 (London) in the SME news, Southern Enterprise Awards, is a Silver Winner of Website of the Year at the London Chamber of Commerce SME London Business Awards 2024, and won HR & Diversity Consultant of the Year at the Corporate LiveWire Gloal Awards 2023/24. This attests to her exemplary leadership and unyielding commitment to EDI.