WorkPride 2023: Employer Branding

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  Thea Bardot

  CEO & Thunder
  Lightning Travel Recruitment

  Thea (they/she) is the trans non-binary finery and AUDHD babe behind the disruptive Lightning Travel Recruitment brand. With their powerful voice and captivating storytelling, Thea has emerged as a 'top voice' on LinkedIn, recognised as one of the top 10 LGBTIA Voices in the UK, and named as one of Attitude Magazines 101 LGBTQ+ Trailblazers list in '24. They have also contributed LGBTQ articles to Conde Nast Traveller, been featured in Forbes and received the Recruitment Leader award at the UK Recruitment Awards. Thea is a passionate advocate for diversity and inclusion in the workplace, and they use their platform to share insights into inclusive recruitment, neurodiversity, and transgender awareness. Their unique perspective and engaging approach have earned them a reputation as a thought leader in these areas.

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  Devin Ibañez

  Customer Success Manager and Public Speaker
  myGwork

  Devin Ibañez is the first openly gay Major League Rugby player and is dedicated to LGBTQ+ advocacy in sport. He hopes to inspire the next generation of LGBTQ+ athletes and make sport an inclusive space for them. Raised in Boston, MA, Devin played for Major League Rugby team, the New England Free Jacks, in their 2019 exhibition season. He won a gold medal while representing Team USA at the 2017 World Maccabiah Games in Israel. He also won the 2018 D1 National Championship with his club team, Mystic River Rugby Club. When not playing, Devin has coached rugby at Westlake Boys High School in New Zealand, his alma mater Brookline High School and most recently with the Northeast Academy. He holds a degree in sport management and education from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Devin was announced Global Ambassador for International Gay Rugby (IGR) in May 2021. He is now looking towards a career in Public Speaking and Community Engagement. As of December 2023, Devin joined myGwork as a Customer Success Manager, the largest global business community for LGBTQ+ professionals and inclusive employers.

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  David Phillips

  Recruitment Marketing Director
  CGI

  Industry acknowledged employer brand and talent attraction lead, experienced in shaping and driving marketing activity for one of the UK’s largest PLCs. Strategic expertise in the development of authentic employee value propositions and the delivery of standout marketing campaigns designed to convey organisational culture and employee purpose to inspire and drive candidate attraction. Operations and service delivery experience including stakeholder management at all levels and financial planning and budgeting to the value of c.£1.5m. Skilled people manager leading teams that are focused on quality, continuous improvement, employee development and high performance. Data oriented with the ability to review, optimise and deliver results that ensure a return on investment in terms of quality of candidate hire and employee retention.

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  Kerrie Braithwaite

  Project Director
  Grey London

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  Florencia Gigante

  Associate Director
  Accenture

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  Ella Norden

  Director of Employer Brand and Recruitment Comms
  Finastra

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