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Fiona is Head of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at the British Council where she sets and drives the strategic direction of the organisation's work across its offices in 110 countries in support of its cultural relations activities.
Fiona has a background in social work and social work education, with a particular emphasis on equality and diversity, in addition to a background in consultancy in equality and diversity. Her qualifications include an Advanced Diploma in Social Work, a Post Graduate Certificate in Higher Education, an M.Phil in Social Policy and a Doctorate in Professional Studies. Memberships include the Higher Education Academy, the Professional Mediators Association, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development, Amnesty International and Enfiled Race Equality Council.
In 2002 Fiona received a Mainstreaming Diversity Award from the European Federation of Black Women Business Owners and in June 2005 was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for her equality and diversity work. In July 2008 she won the Ghana Professional Achievers (GPA) Award for humanitarian services to the UK and Ghana and in 2009 the Peter Robertson Award for Equality and Diversity Champions by ORC Worldwide.
Fiona was born in Ghana and settled in the UK at the age of fourteen. She lives in England.
Jane is Deputy Head of Equal Opportunity and Diversity at the British Council. She has worked in a range of teams within the British Council since 1995, joining the Diversity Unit in 2001. She has an MA in Promoting Equality and Managing Diversity and is based in the British Council office in Manchester. Jane lives in Manchester, where she is also involved in youth and community work.
Our Global Diversity Network comprises, on average, two members from each of the 12 British Council regions. They support management teams across all British Council offices to build equal opportunity & diversity into all aspects of our work. They have the expertise and understanding of their own cultures to help reflect the issues of our staff around the world, yet at the same time they understand and are committed to the way the British Council approaches equal opportunity & diversity, to make our work more relevant across different cultures and contexts.
In April 2009 the fourth biannual GDN conference took place in Colombo, Sri Lanka. About forty colleagues came together to discuss and share good practice in equality and diversity. To find out more please view the conference programme.
Stella is a freelance consultant and works with the Diversity team on the development and maintenance of the Equal Opportunity & Diversity web and intranet sites.
June is Managing Director of Equality Research and Consultancy Ltd, a company of Royal Holloway, University of London. She is the lead consultant for the analysis of equality monitoring data for the British Council and for our Integrated Equality Scheme.
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