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.

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.

Simon has over 20 years of experience within the HR space at public and private companies. An award winning, data driven career has helped workplaces such as local councils, small private firms and global financial institutions be better through evidence based analysis. It’s this drive that keeps Simon going and, through the Business Forum, helps people and companies understand what needs to be done for LGB employees that are sex realists.

I have been a supporter of LGB Alliance since its inception in 2019. As a serving Police Officer at the time, and a member of what had become the Police LGBT staff network, I saw that there was no longer any support for same-sex attracted officers & staff in Policing. I also saw how Stonewall had infiltrated Policing across the UK and provided disinformation about the rights of certain people.

I saw how damaging those policies were to the rights of women & girls reporting sexual assault crimes, how harmful the policies were for women in the workplace regarding changing facilities & how women would be subjected to unlawful opposite sex strip searching.

I believed that LGB Alliance’s interpretation of the Equality Act 2010 was accurate and this proved to be correct, after they successfully intervened in the FWS Supreme Ct case in April 2025.

As a serving officer, I set up Police SEEN UK with brave officers & staff from Northumbria Police.

Being invited onto the LGB Alliance Business Forum was a real honour. I am working with some incredibly talented people who understand what went wrong in public service and in the corporate world, and what needs to be done to protect the rights of LGB employees.