Race at Work Summit 2025

Now available to watch on demand!

Bringing together organisations committed to tackling racial inequality in the workplace.

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170+ organisations took part in our 2025 summit

The 7th annual d&i Leaders Race at Work Online Summit took place on 12 November, with 16 inspiring speakers and 170+ attendees.

You can now purchase access to the live event recordings and watch on demand.

With 6hrs worth of presentations and case studies, one-to-one conversations, panel discussions and audience Q&A sessions, we are sure you will be inspired to make a difference in your own organisation.

Purchase on demand access

d&i Leaders Club

In-house DEI, culture, talent and HR related professionals, along with employee network members, are invited to join the
d&i Leaders Club – a network of 20,000+ people!

Membership is free and will give you a 5% discount off your online summit place and a whole host of other networking and educational opportunities.

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Our 2025 inspiring speakers included

Dorothy Oduguwa

UK Diversity & Inclusion Lead – Racial Equality

VodafoneThree

David Carrigan

Group Director of Diversity, Inclusion & Wellbeing

Sky

Syreeta Brown

former Group Chief People & Communications Officer

Virgin Money

Wali Rahman

Diversity & Wellbeing Manager

Forestry Commission

Prof Doyin Atewologun

Psychologist, Innovator & Inclusion Expert

Nadine Dyer

Senior Inclusion Manager

Deloitte

Ken Kittoe

Head of Inclusion & Diversity

AXA XL

Ems Palmer

Inclusion Leader

National Trust

Arti Kashyap-Aynsley

former Global Head of Wellbeing & Inclusion

Ocado Group

Delvir Mehet

Interim Chief People Officer

Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Ash Ellis

Deputy Director for Leadership, Inclusion & Organisational Experience

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Gabriella Zanzanaini

Head of DEI for EMEA

Macquarie

Marcia Williams

Equity & Inclusion Director

Channel 4

Sana Butt

Early Careers Talent Acquisition Specialist

DLA Piper

Natalia-Nana Lester-Bush

Inclusion & Belonging Lead (Race Awareness & Equity)

National Trust

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Topics explored at the 2025 summit included

  • How to integrate your race inclusion strategy into business processes and outcomes
  • Implementing strategies for mentorship, peer support, and community-building activities
  • Driving the race agenda with a high level of ambition, intent, and purpose
  • Tackling bias in the workplace and its impact on minority ethnic employees
  • Amplifying the voices of minority ethnic employees
  • Where does ethnicity and culture fit within the future direction of DEI
  • Addressing ethnicity pay gap reporting
  • Delivering on a commitment to being an anti-racist employer
  • How employers can create a culture that respects different ethnic and religious backgrounds
  • Ensuring better representation in leadership roles
  • Setting race and ethnicity representation targets to deliver lasting change

What our previous race at work summit attendees said...

“An absolutely outstanding event, I cannot enthuse enough about this summit!”

Equalities Delivery Manager
IOPC

“Insightful and thought provoking”

UK D&I Lead
Hogan Lovells

“A thought provoking event. I am itching to get back to my organisation to develop ideas and implement”

UK D&I Manager
Canada Life

“Fast moving, thought provoking and motivational”

Head of People Engagement and Inclusion
The Open University

“The event was a thought-provoking celebration of diversity and inclusion”

HR and Operations Coordinator
Police Now

“Brilliant and practical”

E&D Manager
The Riverside Group

“Amazing! Speakers, content and energy installs a sense of self-worth”

Delivery Solutions Manager
BT

“Informative, engaging and thoroughly enjoyable!”

Business Transformation Project Officer
Southwark Council

“A truly stimulating and well organised event, with top notch expert speakers”

Producer and Chair of BAME Network
BBC

“Really insightful, exhilarating, content rich, energising event!”

Head of Graduates
Investec

“A thought provoking, challenging day, that made me think differently about the way our business approaches D&I”

Global Head of Sales Enablement
Getty Images

“A thought provoking, informative event with constantly inspiring speakers, providing action-orientated ideas to take away”

Senior HR Business Partner
SThree

“The biggest event on race equality in the workplace which will be instrumental on moving this forward”

Senior Diversity Adviser
Business in the Community

“Very informative and practical guidance to take away- well organised and good varied structure”

Learning & Development
Beazley

“I now feel more comfortable with the uncomfortable”

Head of Inclusion
New Horizons Federation

“This event is a must for any organisation that is serious about starting a discussion on race”

Ombudsman Manager
Financial Ombudsman Service

“Informative, insightful and thought-provoking – a call to action”

Director, Inclusion and Diversity
CHEP UK

“Outstanding content and presenters”

Sr. Advisor for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
Harvard Business Publishing