Laura Bates is the founder of the Everyday Sexism Project, an ever-increasing collection of over 200,000 testimonies of gender inequality, with branches in over 20 countries worldwide. She works closely with politicians, police forces, businesses, schools and organisations from the United Nations to the Council of Europe to tackle sexism and sexual violence. She is Patron of Somerset and Avon Rape and Sexual Abuse Support and contributor at Women Under Siege, a New York-based organisation working to end rape as a weapon of war in conflict zones worldwide. She is a bestselling author of many books, including Everyday Sexism, Men Who Hate Women and Fix the System Not the Women, and she writes regularly for the New York Times, Guardian, Telegraph and others. Laura is an honorary fellow at St John’s College Cambridge and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. She has been awarded a British Empire Medal by the Queen for her services to Gender Equality and listed as one of CNN's 10 Visionary Women.

Rebekah Church is WWF’s Global Biodiversity Stewardship Lead, driving the development of new approaches and tools to support the private sector in understanding and addressing their biodiversity impacts. Rebekah is an environmental lawyer with a background in ecology and has over a decade of experience in biodiversity strategy and program development. She has worked across NGOs, government and in the private sector and is passionate about protecting species and ecosystems all over the world.

Thomas Vellacott is CEO of WWF Switzerland. WWF‘s mission is to stop the degradation of the planet's natural environment and to build a future in which humans live in harmony with nature. Thomas is passionate about nature and has supported WWF since he was eight years old. Before joining WWF professionally, he worked for Citibank and McKinsey & Co.

Hattie has experience with clients across sectors, with her main expertise lying in human rights, supply chains and strategy management. She works in a number of areas, most recently covering remediation of forced labour issues, responsible sourcing, circular economy strategy and modern slavery reporting. She leads Carnstone’s work on labour and human rights in the publishing sector, through the Book Chain Project.

Before Carnstone, Hattie spent several years working in supply chain and logistics at a start-up fashion brand, reinforcing her commercial experience.

Vikki Cook has over 20 years’ broadcasting industry experience.
She began her career at the BBC, working in both radio and TV. Vikki moved to Sky in 2001 and held a number of senior executive roles, including Head of Planning, and Head of Home News when Sky News was named RTS News Channel of the Year.
Vikki was Deputy Editor of 5News, before joining ESI media in 2013 to take up the role of launch Director of local TV station, London Live.
She joined Ofcom in 2017 as Director of Standards and Audience Protection, before moving to become a Director in Content & Media Policy in 2019. Vikki is also Ofcom’s lead on all diversity and inclusion work across the UK’s broadcast industry.
Vikki is an active member of BAFTA and the RTS.

Amelia Knott is a human rights consultant, working with businesses across sectors, including media, energy, construction, food production and development finance. Since 2019 she has been undertaking a programme of research for the TV Industry Human Rights Forum, exploring aspects of the human rights risks involved in TV production and broadcasting. The aim is to identify gaps that are not currently addressed and to develop practical guidance and tools for those working in TV.

Garrett Quinn was appointed Group Chief Sustainability Officer in July 2021. He joined the Group in 2000 and has occupied several roles predominantly in operations, managing corrugated box plants in the UK and Ireland, and subsequently moving to head of investor relations, a role he held for 5 years. Garrett has completed his postgraduate studies with the Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership and holds a bachelor's degree in Commerce from University College Dublin.

Val joined Penguin Random House in 2013, after working in a number of roles in Home Retail Group, and prior to that Accenture HR Services. After leading post-merger integration activities including distribution site consolidation, benefits harmonisation and organisational design activities as Head of HR, she was appointed to the Penguin Random House Leadership Team in 2016 as HR Director. Val leads the HR Team at Penguin Random House UK, comprised of Recruitment, Talent, Learning and Development and HR Operations including compensation & Benefits and HR Analytics. Val is responsible for the people related elements of the company Diversity and Inclusion Strategy.

Will Stronge is co-director of Autonomy, an independent think tank focusing on issues relating to the future of work. He is the co-author of the forthcoming primer – Post-Work: what it is, why it matters and how we get there (Bloomsbury, 2022)

Eli is a climate researcher and practitioner based at the University of Oxford. His research focuses on scaling technologies and policies that can deliver global net zero emissions through safe, highly durable carbon storage. He recently joined Carbon Direct as a strategic advisor, a leading carbon removal advisor and investor whose clients include Microsoft and Shopify.

He received his B.S. in Geology & Geophysics from Yale and MSc in Environmental Change & Management and MBA from the University of Oxford. His PhD is supervised by Professor Myles Allen at Oxford’s Environmental Change Institute.