From Here to Diversity 2024 - Speakers

Ella has have a proven track record in re-energising Human Resources within both large and small companies, the NHS and most recently the charity sector.

Her expertise extends to talent aquisition, employee relations and performance management, where she has consistently implemented people strategies that align with organisational goals.

Her passion is in fostering diversity and inclusion in the workplace, which has resulted in more inclusive and cohesive teams and her organisations being a great place to work. Most recently she led Home - Start UK to the final of the 2023 Investor In People awards for work in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Ella remains at the forefront of HR trends and best practices, to enable her strategies and team to be effective and forward-thinking. With a results-driven mindset, she has implemented successful employee development programs and streamlined HR processes, resulting in tangible positive change.

Ella is based in Leicester, living with her husband and two children, and their cat and dog. In her spare time she volunteers as a trustee for a local youth charity and she is a committee member for an infant sleep charity. She likes to spend time outdoors and keeping active.

Srabani is a speaker, qualified coach and consultant who works with CEOs and C-Suite teams to help them get the best from those they lead and from themselves.

With first-hand experience of the complexities of leadership, including 30 years’ Board service, four Chair roles and three CEO roles, Srabani helps leaders develop practical approaches to change, with inclusion at their heart, with companies as diverse as The Crown Estate, London Transport Museum and the RSPB.

She has a depth of expertise in leadership, culture change, governance, equity, diversity and inclusion, crisis management and creating high performing teams. Srabani built her leadership career as a woman of colour at a time when there were virtually no role models.

Srabani is an EDI columnist for Charity Times magazine. She was awarded an OBE for her work with children and families in the UK. Srabani has a parallel career as a theatre actress and playwright.

Shak is an award-winning communications and engagement professional with over 16 years’ experience within the NHS covering all elements of communications and engagement including media relations, online and social media, marketing campaigns, advertising, internal communications and patient and public engagement.

An advocate for inclusion for all, who has written thought pieces on how inclusive ways of working can bring benefits for communities and the wider workforce. With experience of working at regional and national level, he has contributed to change programmes that impact on a wider scale.

Prior to joining the NHS, he worked in the higher education and voluntary and community sector as well as in corporate account management at O2.

Mo Kanjilal is Co-Creator at Watch This Sp_ce, a multi-award-winning diversity and inclusion company.

After a career in international technology corporations leading global teams, and working on diversity and inclusion initiatives, she co-created Watch This Sp_ce during the pandemic.

The company works with organisations across sectors to help them understand why inclusive teams matter, how to create the roadmap for change and engage people along the way.

Mo is a TedX Speaker, Charity board Trustee, a Non-Exec Director, and Author. Watch This Sp_ce’s first book ‘The Inclusion Journey’ is available to order now.

Janine Booth trains organisations about neurodiversity, equipping them to embrace the variation in human brains, remove barriers and challenge discrimination. As well as founding Red in the Spectrum, Janine is a writer and activist.