The Equality Conversation

Our focus for this Season is the 4 M’s which are Monthlies, Miscarriage, Maternity and Menopause, and how these can affect women at work. I’ll be talking to some incredible women and experts from around the world to share their real-life stories, advice and tips, to inspire you in your career.   It is a real pleasure to welcome Emma Menzies, a Fertility at Work Coach as my guest today. In recognit...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Fitting Life and Work Together’ and I’ll be talking to some incredible women about their careers, work, family and how they juggle everything life throws at us.  It is my absolute pleasure to welcome Dr Joanna Martin as my guest today. Joanna is the founder of One of Many, the fastest growing women’s leadership community in the UK. We first met several years ago when...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Fitting Life and Work Together’ and I’ll be talking to some incredible women about their careers, work, family and how they juggle everything life throws at us.  Today I’m welcoming the wonderful Sonia Astill as my guest. Sonia is the Chief People Officer at Wickes and has an established career in HR in the retail sector. I have got to know Sonia and her team over the...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Fitting Life and Work Together’ and I’ll be talking to some incredible women about their careers, work, family and how they juggle everything life throws at us. I’m delighted to welcome Rachel Macfarlane as my guest today. Rachel is Group Head of Legal at Quintet Private Bank, having been promoted from the role of General Counsel at Brown Shipley. She joins me today t...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Fitting Life and Work Together’ and I’ll be talking to some incredible women about their careers, work, family and how they juggle everything life throws at us. It is an absolute honour to welcome Professor Rosie Campbell as my guest today. Rosie is a professor of politics and the Director of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership at King’s College London. I was...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Fitting Life and Work Together’ and I’ll be talking to some incredible women about their careers, work, family and how they juggle everything life throws at us. I’m delighted to welcome Dannii Portsmouth as my guest today. Dannii is Vice President of Human Resources at PepsiCo and has held a variety of strategic leadership roles and led management teams throughout her...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Fitting Life and Work Together’ and I’ll be talking to some incredible women about their careers, work, family and how they juggle everything life throws at us.  It is a pleasure to welcome my friend, business coach and this season’s podcast sponsor Karen Skidmore, as my guest today. Karen is a business life and leadership coach and is also the author of a wonderful b...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and it is an absolute pleasure to welcome my good friend, Tamara Gillan, as my guest today. Tamara is an entrepreneur, change-agent and champion for female empowerment and equality. She is the founder of The WealthiHer Network whose mission is to drive the economic advancement of women globally, and is an experienced Chief Executive, having found...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and I'm delighted to welcome the wonderful Stephanie Aitken, an expert coach, as my guest today. Stephanie started out as a commercial media lawyer before switching careers ten years ago, and is now a highly experienced trainer and coach, supporting people to build their confidence, be more courageous and step up in their roles so that they...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and today I’m welcoming the wonderful Sian Prigg as my guest. Sian is the Senior Learning and Talent Manager at Opel Vauxhall Finance, and she has worked in the field of talent and HR for over 20 years.  I have been very fortunate to get to know Sian and her team over the last couple of years helping them to develop their company-wide mentoring p...

Our focus for this Season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and it is an absolute pleasure and honour to welcome Julie Baker as my guest today. Julie is Head of Enterprise, Climate Engagement and Partnerships at NatWest Group and we became friends after she spoke at one of our events a couple of years ago. She has been an amazing supporter and advocate of mine and I’m delighted she is joining me today to...

Our focus for this season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and I'm delighted to welcome Jeni Thakrar as my guest for this second episode, which is about lessons in confidence. Jeni is a Talent and Inclusion Partner at Canada Life UK, and I've had the pleasure to work with her over the last year on matters relating to confidence in the workplace. Jeni recently wrote a wonderful guest blog on our...

Our focus for this season is ‘Being Your Best Self’ and for our first ever podcast I'm joined by one of my own role models, Vanessa Vallely OBE, who is the CEO and founder of WeAreTheCity and WeAreTechWomen. She has been awarded not just one, but 22 awards for her work in finance, gender equality, entrepreneurship and charity. Vanessa is also the author of a brilliant book, Heels of Steel, th...