Thembi Watt is Project Manager, Diverse and Talented Workforce (DTW) at Public Health England, an executive agency of the Department of Health. The organisation was formed in April 2013 with a remit to ‘protect and improve the nation’s health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities’. Tell us about your current job role. Within my current role I am the Project…
As a business leader, you’re in a position of high visibility and you set the tone for the rest of the organisation. Your employees look to you for guidance and support. Therefore, it’s important to arm yourself with the right tools and skills to be the leader your business deserves.Effective leadership is one of the…
Continuing our series profiling women making their mark in the world of business. Cynthia V Davis is founder of BAME Recruitment, a recruitment and consultancy service that is dedicated to achieving highly effective diverse candidate attraction and strategies. BAME Recruitment seeks to provide organisations with highly skilled diverse talent, as well as the strategies to allow…
Sakthy Selvakumaran is a Civil Engineer working for Laing O’Rourke an international engineering enterprise, specialising in construction and the built environment. She is employed within The Engineering Excellence Group within Laing O’Rourke, which devises strategies that affect positive change and work in both consultancy and Research & Development (R&D). As part of this R&D work,…