Urbano Build & UWACTE Networking Speaker Breakfast - Diversity & Inclusion

Urbano Network is London’s leading pan-sector independent business network, connecting hundreds of Member & Associate Companies, from leading PLCs to SMEs, and from across our different business communities: Build, Finance, Host, Media, People, Tech & UWACTE (Urbano Women in Architecture, Construction, Technology & Engineering).

For our second Urbano speaker event in Q1 2019,  we are delighted to welcome Bola Fatimilehin, Head of Diversity and Inclusion at the Royal Academy of Engineering.

GUEST SPEAKER PROFILE

Bola Fatimilehin leads the strategic design and delivery of a comprehensive programme at the Royal Academy of Engineering (the Academy) to increase diversity and inclusion across the engineering profession. The programme challenges the status quo with the aim of increasing the participation of people from diverse backgrounds currently under-represented in engineering.

Prior to joining the Academy, Bola was a Diversity Partner at the BBC developing strategies to integrate consideration of diversity at all levels, particularly within BBC News, advising on and supporting progress in increasing diversity in relation to workforce, audience and output.

Diverse workforces are more profitable and innovative!

Recent studies reveal that companies with a more diverse workforces are more profitable, resilient, innovative and address huge skills gaps. There are also ethical cases in terms of being treated fairly, and legal requirements.

Bola's presentation will expand on the Academy’s work to create an inclusive engineering profession, drawing on good practice and research to remove barriers to inclusion to attract and retain people from diverse backgrounds (ethnic minority people, women, disabled and LGBT people and those from socially disadvantaged backgrounds) that reflects UK society.

This event is open to any business, but especially for those in engineering, leaders of Inclusion & Diversity programmes, leaders of change, HR Directors,  recruiters and professionals across the construction, built environment and scientific industries. 

For more on our UWACTE Community, please visit: Urbano Women in Architecture, Construction, Technology & Engineering

Event Format

8:00am – Registration, coffee, pastries and networking

8:30am – Presentation by Bola followed by Q&A

9:15am – Networking and more coffee
- 10.30am

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About Urbano

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