Liana Stewart
CARDIFF
Liana Stewart is an award winning Welsh Filmmaker and Director specialising in observational and character-led documentaries for television. Liana’s passion for telling authentic thought-provoking stories comes from her upbringing in Cardiff’s multicultural melting pot, Butetown (Tiger Bay), where she learnt never to shy away from difficult topics and sensitive subjects, which are often tackled within her documentaries.
Liana has worked on a multitude of programmes from landmark series to single documentaries and short films. Credits as a self-shooting director include: Bafta award winning series Ambulance (BBC One), Grierson 2021 nominated for My First Time, Take Your Knee Off My Neck (Channel 4), Stacey Dooley Sleeps Over (Sky), Black & Welsh (BBC Wales) which was nominated for 3 Bafta Cymru awards 2021, winning Best Director: Factual and most recently the Grierson Shortlisted 2022 documentary; Jay Blades: Learning to Read at 51 (BBC One).
Liz Pemberton
BIRMINGHAM
Liz Pemberton (she/her) is the Director of The Black Nursery Manager Ltd - a training & consultancy company which focuses on anti-racist practice within Early Years.
Liz’s mission is to continue to promote inclusive practice in the Early Years sector, with a particular focus on how race, culture and ethnicity should be considered in this practice.
Liz has developed a fantastic network of likeminded practitioners and professionals by sharing her expertise about why anti-racist pedagogy must be a thread that runs throughout early years practice. With bespoke CPD that she has developed and delivered to a range of clients including whole Early Years departments at universities to local mother and toddler groups, Liz wants to help the adults who care for and educate children under 5 to deepen their knowledge about anti-racism as a series of ongoing, conscious, and intentional actions.
Mandu Reid
LONDON
When she took the helm at the Women’s Equality Party in 2019, Mandu Reid became the first black person to lead a national political party in British history. She has lead campaigns to: challenge racism and misogyny in policing; tackle male violence against women and girls; address the cost of living crisis; and push for a radical new approach to parental leave and childcare which would transform the UK economy and accelerate progress to equality. She has stood for election multiple times including contesting the 2021 London Mayoral election, where she and WEP won over 150,000 votes.
Mandu is passionate about making sure the fight for feminist change goes hand in hand with the fight for racial justice, and liberation for all marginalised groups.
Growing up in Southern Africa in the twilight years of aparthied, she has seen profound change happen and has never stopped believing it is possible.
Mandu Reid
Leader of the UK Women's Equality Party
Milmo Banjii
MANCHESTER
Milimo Banji is an award-winning entrepreneur, leader, and advisor. He’s the founder and CEO of the Gen Z talent agency TapIn, an agency that supports some of the biggest employers in the U.K. attract, engage and hire diverse youth talent. He serves as a board member and advisor to FTSE 100 companies, is a prominent public speaker, and has a depth of knowledge/insight into the minds of Gen Z.
Milimo brings with him a wealth of expertise on social media, engaging diverse audiences, leadership, and building inclusive teams.