Learn. Support. Empower.
We are supported by an amazing team of eleven volunteer ambassadors, who help run our events, raise awareness of the charter and help us to deliver our goals of making Bristol a gender equal city.
Join the business journey to gender equality.
If you'd like to join the ambassador team, please get in touch and let us know how you can help!
(Bianca Jones, Laura Aiken, Nick Sturge, Jess Woodsford and Emilie Culwick pictured.)
We are supported by an amazing team of eleven volunteer ambassadors, who help run our events, raise awareness of the charter and help us to deliver our goals of making Bristol a gender equal city.
Join the business journey to gender equality.
If you'd like to join the ambassador team, please get in touch and let us know how you can help!
(Bianca Jones, Laura Aiken, Nick Sturge, Jess Woodsford and Emilie Culwick pictured.)
Anita sawhneyAnita is a senior human resource and coaching and mentoring practitioner, with a background in psychology and a Masters Degree in Human Resource Management. In previous roles she has specialised in the area of diversity and overseeing employee resource groups in meeting the activities of the strategic HR plan.
With 15 years experience in human resources she has worked in industries spanning technology, management consulting, tourism, local councils and entertainment for both large multinational and SME sized companies. She is a certified psychometric assessor for the Thomas International Personal Profile Analysis (PPA) and studying for a Level 5 Coaching and Mentoring qualification. |
Bianca jonesBianca has specialised in mental health and race awareness training for the last 7 years, her focus is to work together with businesses to dismantle racism and help improve mental health in the workplace.
As creator of the Anti-Racism course Race Ahead and Race Aware, her course is a building block for businesses and individuals to learn about race, racism and its effects on mental health as well as champion change by becoming proactive anti-racism allies. |
Emma fryEmma is a Consultant, dedicated to creating positive impact by driving forward social, environmental and organisational change. With a background in psychology and a masters in Social and Organisational Psychology.
Emma has been involved in a range of projects spanning the intersectionality between gender and social class in academic settings and unravelling the enablers and blockers to leadership progression in women. Currently in her role as a consultant, Emma leverages her expertise to help organisations through transformative and sustainable change.” |
Emilie culwick
Emilie is an Associate Lecturer at The University of the West of England and a key member of the Human Resource Management cluster. Emilie's passion for research is rooted in a commitment to address gender inequalities in employment, focusing her work on identifying and breaking down the systemic barriers that perpetuate workplace inequalities.
Emilie's passion and expertise is not only evident in her research but also in her teaching, where she strives to inspire her students with a vision of greater equality, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace. Emilie is committed to fostering a more equitable future and passing on her passion for social justice to the next generation. |
Helen farmer
Equity, Diversity and Social Inclusion Consultant/ Research Associate Helen works with people who support people from school to boardroom, especially young people and those most underserved; as well as overrepresented people, to remove barriers and provide better access, progress and support.
Specialist in the research/ strategy/ set-up/ support of multi-partner programmes, often working across sectors, in overrepresented sectors, working with a wide range of clients from corporates to charities, to universities and employability programmes. LinkedIn |
james durie
James is recognised as one of the best connected & most progressive people in the region enabling business & employers with purpose to directly improve the environment in which they operate.
An experienced Executive & Non Executive Director with a portfolio career he has served on a wide range of boards including from June 2013 to December 2022 as Chief Executive of the Chambers of Commerce & Initiative & Executive Director of Business West speaking for, representing & leading over 22,000 businesses and employers from the smallest to the largest. |
jAMIE mYLESJamie is a Senior Consultant with TRIA Recruitment and has been working in the field for 6 years and within sales environments for 14 years. In this time Jamie has supported consulting firms, law firms and boutique size businesses in the forensic, legal & big data environment.
Within his time recruiting Jamie has placed a broad array of experts across minority groups within D&I as a core part of his values. In his free time, Jamie has been coaching individuals to boost their motivation, confidence and supporting their applications with jobs across various fields including single mothers returning to work and coaching different socio economic backgrounds to succeed in corporate interviews. He has also assisted women with performance coaching conversations to pursue promotions and more realistic pay increases. |
jess woodsford
Jess is a professional coach, trainer and facilitator, with a passion for equality and social justice. In her role as a coach, she works with individuals and managers to become inclusive and empowering leaders. Jess previously worked as a senior leader in the public sector, focusing on equality of opportunity to higher education. Jess is the Co-Founder / Co-Director of Inclusive Futures CIC, a not for profit community interest company, which provides coaching programmes to support underrepresented groups to access and succeed in higher education. LinkedIn |
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Nick sturge
Nick has worked in the tech sector as an engineer, entrepreneur, director, innovation ecosystem practitioner and leader, angel investor, chair, adviser and active supporter of technology entrepreneurs since he was 18. Now a portfolio non-exec, adviser and business coach he works in Cardiff, Bristol and Bath with a number of private and public sector clients.
He is also a governor at Bath Spa University and an Equal Opportunities Ambassador with Babbasa. He was awarded an MBE in 2019 for services to the digital economy and is interested in good governance, inclusive innovation ecosystems, meaningful founder ‘journeys’ and championing the economic value of diversity at board level. LinkedIn |
serrie chapmanSerrie is the co founder of Women’s Tech Hub Bristol. She is an experienced Engineering Consultant with a demonstrated history of working in the semiconductors industry, with a CRTS degree focused in computing for real time studies from University of the West of England. She is currently working as a Requirement Engineering Consultant.
WTH was set up to encourage local women in tech and find ways that they can develop their careers. They are also here to help local companies create a more diverse and inclusive workplace culture that benefits everyone. |
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