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Karl George MBE is an internationally recognised governance pioneer and the founder and CEO of The Governance Forum Limited. With more than three decades of experience, he has advised boards across eleven countries in the Middle East, Africa and the Caribbean, working with banks, investment authorities, airlines, government departments, and oil and gas companies.

Bolaji is a multi-award winning thought-leader and accomplished business growth strategist with over two decades of experience in management consulting and banking across Africa and the UK. She is MD and co-founder of ETK Group Ltd, a UK firm aiding companies in African market entry and growth. Bolaji is an angel investor and has supported several female-owned businesses with seed and growth capital.

Demi Ariyo is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor and thought leader in financial inclusion and entrepreneurship. He is the Founder and Managing Director of Lendoe, a pioneering finance platform dedicated to providing access to finance to underestimated founders, having arranged millions in funding for founders who have been overlooked by their high street banks or suffered from the fear of rejection.

Award-winning lecturer, broadcast journalist, trainer and PR consultant with over 30 years' experience in education, consultancy and media. Awarded an MBE in 1995 for her services to voluntary work, as a founding member of a ground-breaking charity.

Entrepreneur, business coach and professional speaker. Founder and Managing Director of Foundervine, a social enterprise specialising in start-up and scale-up acceleration programmes. Named by Tech Nation in 2019 as one of the 50 most influential Black voices in UK tech.

Karl works at a strategic level of policy design and programme development for communities, nationally and locally. His background has been in various aspects of community regeneration and business development, building key and effective partnerships of mutual interest.

Organisational psychologist and founder of The Inclusive Village, an evidence-based consultancy that specialises in inclusive people, talent and culture. Has authored and co-authored various pieces of work on racism in UK organisations.

HR consultant, visibility strategist and award-winning international TEDx speaker. Michelle and her team at The People's Partner help businesses grow by transforming their people skills, developing peak performance and raising visibility through consultation, coaching and training.

Listed on the 2017 Black Power List, the EMPower Financial Times list (2017 and 2018) and the 2016 Financial Times Upstanding 100 BME Executive List. Co-founder of renewable energy company Gennex Solar and founder of The Safety Box, helping to reduce youth violence. Chair, Brunel Business School and Patron of the EY Foundation.

A distinguished business leader, tech entrepreneur and philanthropist with a prolific career. Specialising in technology and logistics, Tevin has founded numerous successful businesses within the UK and globally, including the tech-logistics business ROUTD Technology, and has exited and acquired businesses over the last 15 to 20 years.

Khalia is an award-winning changemaker, passionate about social and economic equity for under-served entrepreneurs. She is a Social Sustainability Director at Lloyds, leading initiatives that champion diversity and inclusion in entrepreneurship, and the founder of Jamii, the renowned loyalty platform for Black businesses.

Andrew has worked for Lloyds for 31 years, the last eight to ten of them in environmental sustainability, and now leads the Group's inclusive business team alongside that work, with the Black Entrepreneurs Programme reporting through him.