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Our Team

Our Team

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Hannah Wilson portrait

Hannah Wilson

Founder, Director, Lead Trainer and Lead Coach

Hannah Wilson is our Director, she is the Co-Founder and she works full time as an independent leadership development consultant, coach and trainer with a specialism in DEI. She grows our community, organises our events and designs/ delivers our training offer. She is a former Executive Headteacher, PGCE Leader and Teaching School Leader.

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Bennie Kara

Co-Founder, Associate Trainer and Coach

Bennie Kara is our Co-Founder. She inspired the inaugural event and after 20 years in schools as a teacher and leader, she now works full time as a speaker, trainer and consultant on the curriculum. She is the author of ‘A Little Guide for Teachers: Diversity in Schools’ and the Co-Editor of ‘Diverse Educators: A Manifesto’.

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Jo Brassington

Lead Associate Trainer

Jo Brassington is our lead associate trainer. They are a former primary school teacher and the Co-Founder of Pride and Progress, a podcast and soon to be book for LGBTQIA+ educators.

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Dr Adam Brett

Associate Trainer and Researcher

Dr Adam Brett is an associate trainer and researcher. He is a former secondary school teacher and leader and now a lecturer and researcher at the University of Derby. He is also the co-founder of Pride & Progress and the LGBTQ+ Research Network.

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Adrian McLean

Associate Trainer and Coach

Adrian McLean is an associate coach, consultant and trainer. He is a former Headteacher and a current trust lead for character and personal development.

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Amy Sayer

Associate Trainer

Amy Sayer is an associate, consultant, mental health trainer and content writer. She is a diversity advisor for the Chartered College of Teaching. She is the author of the book ‘Supporting staff mental health in your school’.

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Cathy Anwar

Associate Trainer and Coach

Cathy Anwar is an associate education leadership and equalities consultant and trainer. She is a former CEO, Senior HMI and Headteacher.

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Catrina Lowri

Associate Trainer

Catrina Lowri is an associate trainer. She is neurodivergent and founded Neuroteachers to share her passion for neuro inclusion through training and consultancy. She is a former SENCO and Advisory Teacher.

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Emma Sheppard

Associate Trainer and Coach

Emma Sheppard is an associate trainer. She is the founder of The Maternity Teacher Paternity Teacher Project. She is the editor of the MTPT book: A Guide to Teaching, Parenting and Creating Family Friendly Schools: The MaternityTeacher PaternityTeacher Project Handbook.

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Ian Timbrell

Associate Trainer

Ian Timbrell is an associate trainer. He is an education consultant and trainer, supporting schools to develop their provision for LGBT+ pupils and their RSE curriculum. He has worked in education for 15 years and is a former Deputy Headteacher.

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Krystian McInnis

Associate Trainer

Krystian McInnis is an associate trainer. He is a Religious Education consultant, advisor, and researcher specialising in decolonising and diversifying the curriculum and the Co-Founder of Reimagining Education. He is also an anti-racism coach.

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Rachel Clarke

Associate Trainer

Rachel Clarke is an associate trainer. She is the Co-Founder of Promote Equality, a lecturer at Cardiff Met University and she is a former Deputy Headteacher of an inner-London primary school.

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Yamina Bibi

Associate Trainer and Coach

Yamini Bibi is an associate trainer. She is an Acting Deputy Headteacher of an inner-London secondary school and a regional leader for #WomenEd. She is the author of ‘A Little Guide for Teachers: Thriving in Your First Years of Teaching’.

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Zahara Chowdhury

Associate Trainer

Zahara Chowdhury is an associate trainer. She is an EDI Business Partner at a university and the founder of the School Should Be podcast.

Meet our associates who have recorded a welcome message for our video gallery.

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Our fantastic team of #DiverseEd Associates have written, edited and contributed to a number of brilliant educational books to help you and your team in making your school, college or trust more inclusive.

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Operational Team

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Blue Hall

Brand Designer

Blue Hall is our brand designer, she has worked with us since we formalised into a company and she designed our branding, our logo and all of our media assets.

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Richard Robinson

Web Designer and Manager, Audio and Video Editor

Richard Robinson is our web designer, he built our website, he manages our monthly newsletters and he is the technical host and editor for all of our virtual events. He edits our video and audio including podcasts.

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Sarah Ross

Executive Assistant

Sarah Ross is Executive Assistant to Hannah Wilson, the Director of Diverse Educators. She is a former picture editor, an ecommerce business owner and a postnatal doula.