Friday 19 October 1:30pm – 6:00pm Norton Rose Fulbright LLP 3 More London Riverside London SE1 2AQ

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16:55 – 17:00

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17:15 – 18:00

14:20 – 15:05

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Arrival and registration

Key Note Speaker

Welcome from Norton Rose Fulbright, Unify and HouseProud

Close from Unify and HouseProud

The power of networking

Closing Speaker

Refreshments and Networking with Pride and Origin (LGBT & BAME networks – Norton Rose Fulbright)

Break out session one, select from below:

Break out session two, select from below:

Break

1a) Developing your career through Board membership

Charlotte Paxton Interim Change Project Management Morgan Sindall Property Services

John Mayford CEO Olmec

2a) Developing your career through Board membership

1c) Surviving and thriving during a merger?

Elizabeth Froude Deputy CEO Notting Hill Genesis

2c) Surviving and thriving during a merger?

1b) Recruitment and how to stand out to potential employers

Dawn Matthews Senior Consultant HR & Recruitment Campbell Tickell

Gera Patel Partner Campbell Tickell

2b) Recruitment and how to stand out to potential employers

1d) Career development through coaching and mentoring

Moreen Pascal Mentoring Coordinator Housing Diversity Network

2d) Career development through coaching and mentoring

Programme

Stephen Burns Executive Director for Care and Communities Peabody

Paula Kahn Chair Metropolitan Board

Richard McKenna Inclusion and Diversity Director Inclusive Employers

Stephen Burns Executive Director for Care and Communities Peabody

Stephen is responsible for Peabody’s Care and Support business and extensive community investment programmes. Stephen is the Chair of Peabody’s Equalities, Diversity and Inclusion Group and a trustee of three charities – Trust for London, Resource for London and United St Saviours.

Elizabeth Froude Deputy CEO Notting Hill Genesis

Elizabeth is the organisational lead for the Integration Programme at NHG. Prior to this role, she worked at Genesis Housing delivering the Genesis Way transformation programme and had various positions culminating in her role as Deputy CEO.

Paula Kahn Chair Metropolitan Board

Paula has been Chair of Metropolitan since 2013. Metropolitan is one of the UK’s leading providers of affordable housing and care and support services. She is currently Treasurer of the Association of Charitable Foundations and the Stuart Hall Foundation, and a Trustee of the Cripplegate Foundation.

Dawn Matthews Senior Consultant HR & Recruitment Campbell Tickell

Dawn joined Campbell Tickell’s HR and recruitment team in December 2017. She is responsible for the oversight of in-house support on all permanent and non-executive recruitments, as well as all HR and organisational development projects. She is an accomplished practitioner with more than 16 years’ experience in all aspects of HR and OD.

John Mayford CEO Olmec

John has been CEO at Olmec for 8 years and has over 25 years of experience in the third sector. His expertise includes business planning, project management, product development and fundraising. He possesses extensive experience and knowledge of the equality and advocacy sectors.

Richard McKenna Inclusion and Diversity Director Inclusive Employers

Richard is a founder of Inclusive Employers and has been the MD since the summer of 2012. Inclusive Employers is the UK’s first and leading membership organisation for employers looking to capture the commercial advantage that comes from building truly inclusive workplace cultures.

Moreen Pascal Mentoring Coordinator Housing Diversity Network

Moreen joined HDN as Mentoring Programmes Coordinator in 2018. She has responsibility for staff programs in the East of England and Midlands and supporting board excellence and mentoring projects in the London area. She previously worked as training manager and organisational development consultant in the local government, business support and charity sectors.

Gera Patel Partner Campbell Tickell

Gera has worked in the social housing sector for more than 25 years and joined Campbell Tickell’s employment as a Senior Consultant in 2008 and is now a Partner. She leads the practices’ HR & recruitment business and usefully combines her HR and recruitment work with her wider consultancy experience.

Charlotte Paxton Interim Change Project Management Morgan Sindall Property Services

Charlotte is Chair of Hyelm Housing Association and a member of Housing Diversity Network (HDN) South Board Mentoring Steering Group. Charlotte is also an HDN programme speaker and mentor. Charlotte’s career spans the private and voluntary sector with extensive experience in business change and project management.

Speakers

Norton Rose Fulbright is a global law firm with more than 4000 lawyers and other legal staff based in more than 50 cities across the world. Recognised for industry focus, it is strong across all the key industry sectors: financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and life sciences and healthcare.

HouseProud was established in 2014 for LGBTQ+ employees working in social housing with members from over 50 organisations.

HouseProud supports members in their personal and career development and raises awareness of LGBTQ+ issues across the sector. It influences policy and decision makers, with leading academic research with the aim to improve the experience of LGBTQ+ customers. HouseProud works in partnership across the housing and diversity arenas.

UNIFY are a collection of BAME groups working together across the housing sector to; share information, promote initiatives, host BAME network events, pooling resources to maximize impact and increase BAME senior management opportunities through cross housing BAME mentoring and coaching.

UNIFY currently includes four London based housing associations: Clarion, Notting Hill Genesis, Peabody, and L&Q.

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