Our Team
GDP is truly global, with team members covering all continents.
Leadership Team

Farrah Qureshi
CEO

Wendy Cartwright
Advisory Board

John Gainham
Advisory Board

Leigh Lafever-Ayer
Advisory Board

Pinky Lilani CBE DL
Advisory Board

Waseem Ilyas
Head of Digital

Arifa Syed
Head of Consultancy
Consultants – Around the World
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Deborah Lewis

Joel Brown

Maria Salkeld

Sam Hernandez
Spain

Pellegrino Riccardi

Ha-Young Woo

Paola Carranco

Dr. Pete Jones

Alan Richter

Sandra Hayes, Ed.D.

Marco Noordeloos

Sharon Wang

Debra Lee

Duncan Smith

Dr. Niru Kumar

Mona Lau

Eric Toh

Bronson Hlatshwayo

Thais Compoint

Howard Ross

Bart Bailey

Kelli McLoud-Schingen

Arthur Matthews

Lynda White

Monica Dyer

Monica Loaiza

Christina Brooks

Hayley Brackley

Anis Ghanti

Farah Hussain

Shameem Malik

Jo Ogogo

Arifa Syed

Claudia Stenzel

Hans Jablonski

Michael Stuber

Michael Gates

Vivian Acosta

Marta Garcia-Valenzuela

Daniela Mihaleva

Flavia Tioc

Irina Pshenichnikova

Judit Radnai-Toth

Katarzyna Zabratanska

Mirka Molnar

Tanja Dzido

Victoria Spashchenko

Marit Imeland Gjesme

Souzan Bachir

Nene Molefi

Julie Oyegun

Solene Anglaret

Irfaan Arif

Elaine Champion

Mui Hwa Ng

Ng Phek Yen

Monica Zionede-Hall

Akiko Moriyama

Dr. Jawad Syed

Dr. Faiza Ali

Dr Jenn Shepard

Marwa Soliman
Project Team
Waseem Ilyas
Head of Digital
An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Arifa Syed
Head of Consulting
We ALL have a role to play in making our workplaces more diverse, equitable, and inclusive
Irina Neagu
DEI Consultant
When everyone is included, everyone wins.
Jesse Jackson
Rebecca Iveson
Project Manager
We are all different, which is great because we are all unique. Without diversity life would be very boring.
Catherine Pulsifer
Our Leadership
GDP is led by Farrah Qureshi, a globally recognised expert on diversity and inclusion.
Our Story
Founded in 2009, GDP pioneered a new approach to business and management consultancy based on embedding principles of diversity and inclusion across organisations, impacting every business division and department.