Carrie is a global leader for diversity, equality and inclusion across the media technology industry with over 20 years’ experience. She has built the international diversity membership organisation ‘Rise’ and the ‘Rise Up Academy’ from an initial idea and passion project to a thriving not-for-profit business working with brands such as BT Sport, ITV, Sky, Warner Bros.Discovery and others. Carrie has developed and delivered commercial business strategies and secured high profile partnerships for educational institutions such as Ravensbourne University London. She was given the Broadcast Tech Special Recognition Award in 2021 and won Gold for Female Leader at the UK’s National Business Women’s Awards also in 2021.

Her x3 KIRs are aligned with Rise's mission👇🏼

1️⃣  There is still more work to do to achieve gender diversity ⚖️

2️⃣  Achieving gender diversity needs investment 💷

3️⃣  Change is happening! ✨💪🏼✨

Intro & outro music credit: Dawn Awaits by Cody Martin, obtained from www.soundstripe.com

I’m on social if you’re interested…primarily Insta and occasionally Twitter: @diversityofme

Suzie Cox is many things…. a TV personality and speaker, a voice over actor, a mentor, investor and advocate, a fellow podcaster, a mum and she was Vogue off of Gladiators, as in the hit TV show of the 90s that I watched religiously every weekend…I cannot believe I have the actual Vogue off of the actual Gladiators on my podcast!

She has presented and been interviewed on numerous regional and national television and radio shows including ITV, LWT, BBC, Channel 4, Virgin Radio and Radio 5 Live. She does a whole host of voice over acting and narration and she has not one but TWO podcasts; Top Dogs and Their Humans where Suzie chats with some amazing humans about their pooches and Brave Pants with Vogue and the Viking which is all about women putting on Brave Pants and doing stuff they have always wanted.

Her x3 KIRs are:

1️⃣  Needing quiet time 🤫

2️⃣  Needing time away 🚗 ✈️

3️⃣  Dancing! 💃🏻

This is the last episode of Series 5... I know boo! ☹️ BUT I will continue and there will be a 6th series yay! 😁

Intro & outro music credit: Dawn Awaits by Cody Martin, obtained from www.soundstripe.com

I’m on social if you’re interested…primarily Insta and occasionally Twitter: @diversityofme

Minreet Kaur is an award winning freelance journalist working across TV, Radio and Online. She is also the daughter of 75 year old Rajinder Singh, known as The Skipping Sikh, where in 2020 during the height of the global pandemic, he shared exercise videos to inspire older members of the South Asian community to stay healthy whilst also raising money for the NHS. He was subsequently awarded an MBE and Minreet has helped to share his story through many news outlets.

Minreet has written for the independent, BBC, Sky, Stylist, Byline Times, Metro, iPaper, Guardian and Al Jazeera. She has also reported for The One Show, Newsround, Sunday Morning Live, BBC South and Sky News.

Her work focuses on improving the representation of South Asian communities and she has written features, opinion and news pieces.

Her x3 KIRs are 👇🏼

1️⃣ Friends & Family

2️⃣ Faith

3️⃣ Swimming & Running

Intro & outro music credit: Dawn Awaits by Cody Martin, obtained from www.soundstripe.com

I’m on social if you’re interested…primarily Insta and occasionally Twitter: @diversityofme