Who We Are

Toby Hopkins is the Group HR Director for a consumer goods brand based in London. Toby has worked in the field of Human Resources for nearly ten years.

He graduated from the University of Greenwich with a degree in Business & Economics before moving into the corporate world, beginning his professional career working for a large food retailer.

He’s passionate about helping organisations unlock their best talent and create a winning culture to enable people and businesses to thrive

Away from work, Toby lives in Berkshire with his partner Joe and enjoys travelling, and the occasional poorly played, but always enthusiastically attempted round of golf.

Tim brings 40 years of design experience across a range of workplaces: from entry level in a five person architecture firm, to Design Director in a 100 person boutique hotel company, to Director of A&ID at a 30,000 person global corporation.

As a young architect, the first person he ever ‘came out’ to was his boss. He’s felt the pain of a homophobic joke from an SVP of Human Resources, but also casually talked about his husband at large corporate events, in conservative middle America.

Now retired, he’s focusing on bringing a reality-based perspective to our cultural conversations.

Jenny is an organisational psychologist with global experience specialising in leadership assessment and development.

She has worked as both an internal and external consultant in the UK and Australia and she helps organisations and businesses to maximise the performance and wellbeing of individuals, teams and the organisation.

She has conducted research on lesbian experiences of workplace coaching and she currently works in the banking, insurance and financial services sector in London.

Dan is a multi-award winning communications, branding and PR expert, having worked for a range of well-known names such as Virgin Trains, British Airways and the NHS. Dan is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, and the Institute of Internal Communications.

He holds an undergraduate degree in communications, and master’s degrees in marketing and business.

Jemima Jefferson was a Diversity and Inclusion Manager at Credit Suisse until 2011.

She has around 20 years experience of initiating, managing and delivering successful diversity initiatives in Investment Banking, Insurance and Consultancy that were designed to support employees, educate CEOs and senior managers, and provide measurable ROI.

She worked closely with Stonewall and other charities supportive of LGB people until 2012. Now semi-retired, her Psychology degree is a foundation for her work as a Mental Health First Aid Instructor, Meditation Teacher and Wellbeing Coach. She has retained her connections in the corporate world and hopes to support a return to D&I that adds to a culture of openness and true inclusivity.