Speaker – BAMEed Network

If you’re seeking diverse voices for your next event, perhaps following our organising an event toolkit, these individuals may be of interest to you. The BAMEed Network seeks to signpost education communities to knowledge and support.

We invite Black, Asian and minority ethnic educators and speakers with education backgrounds to submit profiles using this form to be featured on this page. New profiles are continually added to the database.

Multazim Zia – Founder and Director, Entrepreneur, Speaker, Writer, Specialist Physiotherapist

I’m Multazim Zia, a Entrepreneur, Writer, Specialist Musculoskeletal Physiotherapist, Law Masters Student, Founder & Clinical Director, Presenter, Public Speaker, and National Award Winner. I’m based

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Shaheen Myers – Founder and former Deputy Director Education for Leeds City Council

Shaheen Myers has over 22 years’ experience in inner-city schools and established a background in leading and supporting schools in challenging circumstances. Her exposure within

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Tania Choudhury – SENDCo

Tania is a SENDCo at a maintained nursery school in Newham. She is also an Evidence Lead in Education for the East London Research School.

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Krupa Patel – Consultant and Executive Coach across Education and Local Authorities

Krupa has vast experience in a variety of educational settings. She trained as a mainstream teacher, followed by leadership posts including Assistant Headship, Headship and

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Nazya Ghalib – Headteacher, Coach and SEND Specialist

Nazya has worked with a range of SEND schools including consulting for school improvement over the years, before that she worked as a Software Engineer

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Jeffrey Manso – Purpose Coach | Workshop Facilitator | Keynote Speaker

Jeffrey is a Purpose Coach, Workshop Facilitator and Keynote Speaker. After becoming a qualified Coach in 2022, Jeffrey used his passion for improving the lives

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Ife Obasa – Fourth Year Law Student | Inspirational Speaker | Education Consultant

Ife is a sought-after speaker for schools, conferences, and corporate events, having spoken at the likes of YMS Conference LDN, The Institute of Student Employers

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Shehlha Zafir – Curriculum Director for English

Shehlha is currently working for the Meridian Trust based in Cambridgeshire and covering Bedfordshire. Northamptonshire, Peterborough and Lincolnshire. She works with 14 secondary schools including

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Tefaney Stewart – Head of Art And Design/ Inspirational speaker/ Education consultant

In a world where representation matters, Tefaney is a visionary, leading the charge to overcome barriers and facilitate honest conversations about race and racism in

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Farzana Wahed Hussain – Headteacher and President of The Muslim Teachers’ Association

Farzana has been teaching for over 23 years, with experience in various leadership roles. She started her career in her own Primary school, a Church

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Precious Zumbika-Lwanga – Founder/ Entrepreneur

Precious is an experienced Executive, Cost & Commercial Expert, Strategic Advisor and Non-Executive Director to several boards. She holds a BSc Hons in Quantity Surveying

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JuneB – Life coach, Meditation teacher and Motivational Speaker

JuneB is a bundle of joy who spreads light and happiness wherever she goes. She is a singer, author, certified strategic life coach, certified crystal

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Abdi Ibrahim – Director & Personal Development Expert

Abdi Ibrahim has over a decade of experience in coaching and leading teams across various companies and industries. He specialised in providing training, development, and

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Siya Twani – Mental Toughness and Resilience Motivational Speaker

IT TAKES GUTS- Meet the man who like a Giraffe stuck his neck out for what he believed. Like Nelson Mandela, Siya was tortured and

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Richard Etienne – Director of Internal Communications

Former official videographer to British Prime Minister Theresa May,  Richard holds senior communications positions within the private and third sectors and has aided the online promotion

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Shalom Lloyd – Founder & CEO

Shalom Lloyd is an award-winning, senior business professional, with over 26 year’s experience in the pharmaceutical industry. A British-Nigerian with a BSc and MSc in

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Asia Giuliani – Equity Diversity and Inclusion Lead and founder of Global Routes Project

Asia is Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Clifton High School, Bristol and has led sessions for Haringey and Islington councils on the topic of anti-racist

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Domini Leong – Deputy Headteacher

Domini is a Deputy Headteacher of a large, inner-city, very comprehensive Secondary school in Bristol. She has 12 years of senior leadership experience across all

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Chiedza Ikpeh – EDI Consultant and Researcher

Chiedza Ikpeh is a dedicated speaker, scholar activist, and director of the RARA Education Project, a non-profit organisation dedicated to promoting real and authentic representations

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Angie Cord – Primary Education Consultant and Lecturer

Angie has fourteen years experience as a primary teacher and curriculum leader in London. Since leaving the primary sector, she has been working as a

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Amarbeer Singh Gill – Senior Trust Lead (Maths)/Teacher Educator

Amarbeer Singh Gill (or Singh as he’s more commonly known) is a teacher educator for Ambition Institute and Senior Trust Lead for maths, as well

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Dr April-Louise Pennant – sociologist, researcher, scholar-activist, creative educator, consultant

Dr April-Louise Pennant is an award-winning sociologist, creative educator, scholar-activist and consultant based in Cardiff, who highlights the anti-Black, gendered racism of the education system

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Sanum Jawaid Khan

Sanum Jawaid Khan – Assistant Headteacher

Sanum is an Assistant Headteacher who leads on PSHE, Careers and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Her academic background is in Philosophy (BA and MA) and

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Christopher Green – Head of EDI

Christopher Clyde Green is a Teacher of Literature and TOK, Writer and Workshop Leader/School Accreditation Team for the IB and CIS. He is a self-confessed,

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Louise Jaunbocus-Cooper – Deputy Headteacher & Co-founder MixEd

Louise is a Deputy Headteacher in Trafford Greater Manchester. Louise leads on safeguarding, behaviour, attendance and EDI. Louise is co-founder of MixEd a platform for

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Tosin Oliyide – SENCo and Head of Curriculum Support

Currently a SENCo and a qualified dyslexia assessor, Tosin has 18 years’ experience in the Education Sector and started her education career as a science

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Herman W Stewart – Founder and CEO of Every Child Needs a Mentor Ltd

Founder & CEO of Every Child Needs a Mentor Ltd, also known as ‘The Mentor’s Mentor.’ Herman is a multi-award-winning mentor, author, entrepreneur, mentoring expert

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Frances Akinde – Headteacher / SEND Advisor

Frances is highly experienced in SEND and a champion of children/ young people with SEND. She is also neurodivergent. For the last 3 ½ years

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Aisha Raymond – Head of Primary

Aisha Raymond became a Headteacher at 33 and became one of the youngest Black Headteachers in the UK. She is passionate that all children are

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Nav Ahmed – Principal Lecturer

Nav Ahmed is a Principal Lecturer at Arden University and an award-winning educator. With a background in Modern Languages, Nav studied French Studies with German

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Matthew Rudy Meangru – Assistant Professor of Economics

Matthew Rudy Meangru is an Assistant Professor of Economics at Northeastern University-London. He teaches calculus for business to undergraduate students. Matthew is passionate about showing

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Navdeep Sanghara – CEO

Nav became the CEO of The Woodland Academy Trust, a small primary multi-academy trust in Kent, in January 2021. Nav began her career as a

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Amit Singh Kalley – Coach and Consultant

Amit is a former senior leader in secondary education who now runs his own coaching and consultancy business. An accredited coach, Amit specialises in coaching

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Dr. Keith Russell – Education Consultant

Dr. Russell worked in education for over 25 years as a Teacher, Head of English, Lead Practitioner and Ofsted trainee. He has worked in UK

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Rodney Mudaly – Computer Science and Race and Ethnic Diversity Lead

Rodney has been a teacher, subject lead and principal for 24 years in all three education sectors at various stages on his journey. Rodney came

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Martina Witter – Health and Wellbeing Consultant, Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, Mindset Coach

Dynamic Motivational Speaker on Resilience, Imposter Syndrome,Mindfulness & Emotional Wellbeing Award Winning Martina Witter, Director of Rapha Therapy and Training Services & cofounder of Black

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Dr Nilufar Ahmed – Lecturer in Social Sciences

Dr Nilufar Ahmed is a Psychologist, Academic, Psychotherapist, and Equality and Diversity Trainer. With decades of experience in the area of education and inequalities is

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Rebena Sanghera – Transition Coach

Rebena Sanghera is a Transition Coach with a 20 year background in technical education and is a T level Ambassador for the Department for Education,

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Emmanuel Awoyelu – Assistant Head Teacher

Emmanuel Awoyelu is a SENCO, Assistant Head Teacher of inclusion,safeguarding lead ,behavior and subject lead for PSHE in a 3-19 Mainstream school. He previously taught

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Dr Judith Bruce-Golding – Consultant and Senior Teaching Fellow

Dr Judith Bruce-Golding is a Consultant and Senior Teaching Fellow. She has been a teacher for over 14 years and has experience working across all

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Daryl Sinclair – Head of Secondary

Daryl is an experienced international teacher committed to decolonising geography and making international work more accessible and equitable for BAME teachers. With experience teaching a

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Zelpher Ferguson – Behaviour Consultant

Zelpher Ferguson has been in education for 36 years with learners from age 3 to adults. She has worked in state schools, in the independent

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BAMEed Further Education (FE)

BAMEedFE@gmail.com Our mission and vision Further Education (FE) is itself under-represented as voice within the education sector, which further marginalises those that work and learn

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Patrick Cozier – Headteacher

Patrick Cozier is a successful and experienced secondary school leader. He has been a Headteacher of a large comprehensive school (over 1500 students) for the

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Jayson Ceeraz – Physics and Dance Teacher

A qualified Physics and Dance Teacher who is a champion of Diversity and Inclusion in areas of minimal diversity including Independent schools and within Physics

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Ahmad Dolani – Doctor of Education Researcher

As an Ed doctor of Education researcher, I am much involved in the areas related to BAME educated figure involvement within the school governing bodies

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Caroline Lucy Davis – English Educator and DEI Advocate

Caroline Lucy Davis is an English teacher of British Caribbean heritage with over 20 years experience of working with diverse groups within education in the

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Daisy Mae Wright – Art and Photography Teacher

Daisy Wright is an Art and Design Teacher who is passionate in providing a diverse curriculum which brings representation to all of her students. Daisy

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Adrian Rollins – Deputy Head of School

AdrianRollins is currently Deputy Head at a secondary school in the Midlands. Adrian is in his 19th year in Education (his previous career was professional

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Sarah Gordon – Post Graduate Researcher, Creative designer and educator

Sarah’s current PhD research embraces the worlds of design, education and mental health, exploring Black students’ mental and emotional well-being in the context of university

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