our ambassadors
We are supported by an amazing team of 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.
If you'd like to join the ambassador team, please get in touch and let us know how you can help!
If you'd like to join the ambassador team, please get in touch and let us know how you can help!
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Sarah Rice - Award winning journalist and pr professional Sarah is a communications expert dedicated to investigating the role employment plays in all our lives. As an award-winning journalist and PR pro, her 25+ year career spans national newspapers and magazines as well as leading on comms programmes for organisations such as Bosch, The RAC and EasyGroup.
Sarah is founder and director of boutique Bristol agency Rice PR, which works with global clients focused on the future of work. Specialist areas include supporting scaling and established businesses communicate meaningfully around EDI and ESG change programmes. A former Trustee and Chair of humanitarian refugee charity Aid Box Community, she is an advocate of equality, social mobility and fair pay for all. Find Sarah on LinkedIn |
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KIKI PADDYKiki is an entrepreneur and management consultant with extensive experience in strategy and operations. Her career spans across several industries including legal, housing, social enterprise, technology, and financial services.
As a founding member of the Black Professionals Network and Founder of the International Graduate Success Accelerator (IGSA), she advocates for the empowerment of black and ethnic minority professionals to build successful careers and reach their full potential. Find Kiki on LinkedIn. |
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SERRIE CHAPMANSerrie is the co-founder of Women’s Tech Hub, set up to encourage local women in tech and find ways that they can develop their careers.
She is currently the principal Safety Engineer at Fusion processing working on CAVstar® – Autonomous vehicle sensing and control system and has 20 years of experience working across the automotive and rail domain. Find Serrie on LinkedIn |
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JESS WOODSFORDJess 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. Find Jess on LinkedIn |
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LAURA AIKEN
Laura is a Consultant and Founder of Thrive Leadership. She helps businesses understand and manage stress to build cultures of resilience through workshops, programmes and retreats. Laura works with companies across sectors to deliver programming, workshops, coaching and retreats in resilience, inclusion, leadership, and culture change. Find Laura on LinkedIn |
"Bristol continues to dominate as a vanguard of our cultural narrative - never shying away from a challenge, no matter how disruptive. And gender equality is disruptive - in the best possible way."
JENNA HOLLIDAY, GENDER SPECIALIST
JENNA HOLLIDAY, GENDER SPECIALIST
COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY REGISTERED IN ENGLAND & WALES
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 12516760
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 12516760
