Our team

With sixteen years of experience as a diversity, equity and inclusion specialist, Michelle has advised a wide range of clients including global law firms and investment banks, media and art organisations, international humanitarian charities and government agencies. She has drafted policy and guidance and reviewed processes for inclusive recruitment, tackling bullying and harassment, developing gender, disability, social mobility, race and ethnicity initiatives, emerging talent and leadership programmes. 

Michelle also designs bespoke training on an array of topics such as cultural competency, inclusive leadership, LGBT+ inclusion, managing diverse teams, race awareness, dignity at work, and unconscious bias. 

In recent years Michelle worked on inclusive recruitment, gender pay gap, race and ethnicity talent, women leadership, return to work, career change, reverse mentoring and working family programmes in the finance and legal industries. She pioneered social mobility initiatives, disability training and anti-bullying and harassment campaigns addressing discrimination within the creative industries. 

From 2017-2019 with support from the British Film Institute, BIFA and BAFTA Michelle commissioned bias training for awards judges and drafted BFI’s practical workplace guide for the prevention of bullying, harassment and racism in the screen industries. Michelle served on the steering group for the Creative Industries Alliance.

Previously, she worked at Stonewall from 2010-2015 advocating LGBT+ equality and human rights. She chaired the GWN (Gay Women’s Network) Multicultural Committee. She is a fellow of the RSA. Michelle completed her bachelor degree at Randolph Macon Woman’s College in Virginia and her master’s from SOAS, University of London.