Global Diversity Practice

Our Team

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

Leadership Team

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Farrah Qureshi

CEO

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Wendy Cartwright

Advisory Board

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John Gainham

Advisory Board

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Leigh Lafever-Ayer

Advisory Board

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Pinky Lilani CBE DL

Advisory Board

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Waseem Ilyas

Head of Digital

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Arifa Syed

Head of Consultancy

Consultants – Around the World

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Project Team

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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.

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Arifa Syed

Head of Consulting

We ALL have a role to play in making our workplaces more diverse, equitable, and inclusive

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Irina Neagu

DEI Consultant

When everyone is included, everyone wins.

Jesse Jackson

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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