About us

Becki an experienced museum professional specialising in intersectional inclusive practice in the service provision, working practice and workforce of the Heritage Sector. She is also Director at the Disability Collaborative Network C.I.C.

Becki has created working relationships across sectors and at all levels of the creative industries in relation to recruitment, retention, and development of inclusive practice. This has included practical, innovative thinking to connect for solution-based actions, develop strategy, raise awareness and confidence. Becki is a trained access auditor with a specialism with cross-profile neurodiversity.

Matt is an Assistive Technology professional and has spent over 13 years working with individuals and businesses in multiple sectors.

From education to business, Matt has a strong knowledge of software and hardware applications designed to make those environments as inclusive as possible and has worked more recently in the digital accessibility field advising and working with large organisations on making their digital content available to both their staff and customers alike.

Matt is also a co-opted council member of the British Assistive Technology Association.

Anne-Marie is a passionate and energetic Diversity and Inclusion specialist with over 20 years’ experience in a variety of organisations and sectors. 

Anne-Marie has strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, is an excellent facilitator and coach with the ability to interpret complex organisational objectives into interactive and participative learning interventions. 

She has expertise in working with executive and senior leaders assisting them to recognise their responsibilities in creating inclusive organisational cultures. Anne-Marie has also presented at a number of national conferences on Inclusive Leadership. 

Vanessa is an inclusive marketing and communications specialist with over 25 years’ experience in helping organisations to employ, welcome, serve and represent diverse communities. 

Working with multi-function marketing, product and communication teams and one-person marketers, she has helped to develop brands, strategies, policies, products, services, websites and campaigns that convey an authentic commitment to diversity and inclusion. Vanessa is proud to have worked for some of the UK's leading experts in developing disability confident business.

Seema is an engaging and passionate Disabilities & Visual Awareness expert with the ability to think strategically and act tactically across sectors. She is also Founder and Managing Director of Blind Ambition - a consultancy with a difference – to create inclusivity. 

Seema has provided consultancy to Government departments and across the health, charity, business and retail sectors. She is also media influencer and regularly speaks about strategies to help disabled entrepreneurs to succeed in business.

Sally is an independent Diversity and Inclusion consultant with in-depth knowledge of the wider benefits of embedding D&I into an organisation’s culture and a particular interest and expertise in employee networks and resource groups.

With strong stakeholder management skills, experience in delivering a variety of interventions and a focus on improving the lived experience of diverse groups of people, Sally looks beyond a company’s policies to make sure both the individual and the employer are supported.

Sarah is an independent consultant and qualified coach and mentor with a background in social housing and charitable sectors. Sarah’s career, as a senior leader, has enabled her to work with a range of organisations providing complex housing, care and support services for vulnerable people and also leading large scale cultural transformation programmes.

As a consultant, Sarah’s specialisms include: strategy development and implementation, governance and regulation, values and vision development, cultural transformation, change management and business turnaround.

Matt has thirty years experience at Transport for London with a speciality delivering accessible ‘Step Free’ stations from design to delivery. As the leader of a Disability network he has made various in-roads to other organisations and lobbied government for changes in legislation.

In the last three years, Matt encouraged TfL to adopt a working reasonable adjustment process; become a Disability Confident Employer; create a neurodiverse policy; help strategic planning in disability retention and particularly with Trades Unions, delivered operational readiness by working with all disciplines in ensuring stations are both accessible to customers and operable by staff.  Matt is a trained access auditor with an interest in the impact upon neurodiversities and is a member of the Handlebar club.

Amber is a Registered Mental Health Nurse with over 15 years’ experience in the mental health sector. She founded Headworks after many years of work with numerous patients who struggled to find or maintain employment, which lead to a growing interest in workplace mental health and Headworks’ mission to create more inclusive and supportive working environments.

She has worked at a senior level across a range of settings, in both the NHS and private sector. Amber’s experience spans inpatient and community nursing, practice education, management, policy and strategy design and one-to-one patient consultation. In addition to her nursing qualification, Amber has a PGCert in Clinical Neuroscience and an MSc in Psychiatric Research. She also holds a specialist training and assessment qualification. 

 Sarah is an experienced facilitator and qualified leadership coach, with a focus on developing high-performing teams at all levels within organisations. She is an excellent communicator who quickly builds trust and inclusive learning environments with high degrees of psychological safety. 

Sarah has a breadth of experience of working within and advising leadership teams across commercial, public and third sectors. As a qualified accountant, she held roles in multiple disciplines within a global professional services firm, working internationally in cross-sector teams, before moving into industry as part of the leadership team of a fast-growth software business. 

Ed is a Change Facilitator who set up his organisation Bridging the Gap, to bring together different people and experiences to improve the effectiveness of organisations. 

Ed's skill set combines project management, engagement and learning to bridge the gap between groups who wouldn't normally work together, facilitating communication in an approachable and solution focused way, ultimately helping your organisation to make a bigger social impact by transforming how you do business.

Georgia is a highly experienced leadership and culture change facilitator, coach and trainer. Her pragmatic, curious and compassionate approach helps others find their strengths and unique qualities to lead, work and live in a values-guided way. 

Working both globally and in the UK, she has designed and delivery wide-ranging development programmes at board-level and with senior leaders, middle managers and front-line teams. She has a proven track record in helping to transform culture and business practices,  delivering improved performance and tangible results. She is  skilled at creating team cohesion, connection and alignment with improved ways of working, communication and decision-making. 

HSG UK Ltd, specialises in washroom water conservation and recently gained The Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation.  The company has used its experience in the industry and passion for improving washroom standards to develop and launch 'Cleen '- the UK’s first fully integrated washroom facilities management tool.  

'Cleen' is the ‘Trip Advisor’ of washrooms – recognising that customers judge a business, particularly serving food, by the cleanliness of its washrooms and that many people have specific needs when visiting a venue, for example how accessible are the facilities for disabled people.

We are proud to partner with HSGUK Ltd in the delivery of our access audits.

Disability Collaborative Network (DCN) is a group of committed museum professionals who work to promote and embed inclusive practice in the heritage and cultural sector.

Since 2015, DCN has developed relationships with people with disabilities and professionals across different industries and sectors to learn what it takes to create sustainable change in embedding inclusion and accessibility.  

DCN joined EMBED in 2019 and our joint goal is to support museums and heritage organisations of whatever size and budget to develop and deliver sustainable business change, change that shifts the culture of an organisation to becoming inclusive for its employees, voluntary staff, and visitors.  

Druthers Search was formed in 2016 with a mission to help businesses build and grow more diverse and inclusive workforces as they scale. 

As true specialists and industry leaders in diversity recruitment, Druthers have partnered with organisations including Monzo Bank, GetYourGuide and Funding Circle to help hire and foster diverse and inclusive teams across the UK, Europe and the USA. 

With over 30 years of combined experience, Druthers have worked with hundreds of technology and people leaders globally to improve inclusive recruitment processes, diverse talent acquisition, staff retention and employee engagement.

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