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Our purpose
Spktral is the result of a challenging back story and the perseverance and determination of its founders to do something about what has become an increasingly important social and business issue: diversity, inclusion and equality.
Motivated by individual personal experiences, our purpose is to help organisations understand and address this complex issue through the application of technology, data and measurement.
While our starting point is gender pay gap reporting, the help and support we provide goes beyond that to deliver meaningful, sustainable change. We help organisations understand their data and prepare actionable and measurable plans to fully embrace the benefits of diversity, equality and inclusion – and help to communicate these to key stakeholders including employees, customers and investors.
Having left a computing science degree early to pursue his dreams, Anthony served for over 24 years as a navigator and finally a Fighter Pilot in the Royal Air Force. During his final tour, he completed his degree in Business Studies and was able to participate in Government-led STEM initiatives in his role as staff officer to the senior RAF officer in Scotland. In his spare time he developed a number of software tools for the RAF, one of which won him a Service award.
With a background in consulting and strategic business development in start-ups and global organisations in the UK and Central and Eastern Europe, Innes has worked with and led culturally diverse teams. Having spent much of his career in financial services, he understands how stakeholders beyond governments such as investors, can be a catalyst for positive, sustainable change.
As a senior HR specialist, Tracey’s expertise lies in the development and implementation of successful, business aligned HR strategies. She has over 20 years-experience as a Board level HR Director across multiple sectors and co-founded and became CEO of Bright Grey, an award winning life and critical illness insurer. Tracey holds non-executive roles in education and not-for-profit sectors and is a qualified business coach.
Rob has had a forty year career in Mercer, the global HR consulting firm, where his last role was as Leader of Diversity and Inclusion Consulting for the International Region. He works with organisations to help them develop diverse workforces and inclusive cultures, in order to retain the best talent, meet diverse customer needs and drive business success. Rob has been a passionate advocate for gender equality and equal pay throughout his career. He spent seven years on the board of PWN Global, the leading global women’s network: the last two of which were as their first male Co-President. He speaks and posts regularly on talent trends and the future of work, including the importance of achieving gender balance in the workforce and in the leadership of organisations.
Having started as a non-graduate, Liz led a successful 30-year career with EY primarily in restructuring, and most recently as Managing Partner for Talent UK and Ireland. In 2012 Liz received the Women in Banking and Finance Annual Awards and was listed as #31 in the World Pride Power List recognising the advocacy of her work in the LGBT community. She was also selected as one of the sixteen Global Stonewall Role Models.
Michelle Gyimah is the Director of Equality Pays, a gender equality consultancy dedicated to closing workplace pay gaps. Michelle’s unique understanding of workplace challenges enables her to embed practical application into her consultancy. She is a passionate advocate for enabling women (and men) to progress in their careers no matter their outside of work responsibilities and lifestyle choices. Michelle has over 12 years’ experience of working at the Equality and Human Rights Commission as a gender equality advocate.
John is an experienced business leader with a breadth of executive and NED board experience across a variety of sectors, including founding, floating and Chairing an AIM listed plc. John has been a business angel for many years focussing on corporate governance and realising value for stakeholders.
Rhiannon works with organisations, Boards and Executives or discrete teams to better understand and articulate their cultures in order to drive rapid and transformational change. We believe that without a culture congruent with Brand and Strategy, delivery of objectives is an uphill battle. Creating a culture which delivers for employees, customers, the bottom line and future direction of your business (with an eye on the Future of Work) creates an efficient, engaging organisation benefitting all stakeholders.
Fiona is an experienced NED, the CEO of Women on Boards (UK) and an equities investment specialist. Fiona established Women on Boards (UK) in 2012 to support minorities applying for board roles. Over the last 8 years she has helped over 1800 individuals secure board positions and advertised nearly 20,000 board positions.
Rebecca has worked for major global professional and financial services organisations including EY where she was a global director in strategy, people and organisational change. Has substantial experience building and leading diverse teams and projects including EY’s award winning global Women. Fast forward programme, profiled annually at WEF Davos. Rebecca is part of the UK delegation to the Women20 – an official engagement group of the G20. She was recently named a top 50 Advisor for Leadership and Management by Enterprise Nation – the UK’s leading organisation supporting SMEs for her work through her business Wise Sherpa.
With a background in the tech sector, Iain is a highly experienced business leader and non-executive director who has worked across multiple sectors including financial services, professional services consultancy, retail, distribution, high tech manufacturing and e-commerce. Iain now specialises in scaling high-growth businesses and is currently on the board of a number of successful Scottish tech start-ups.
Nigel is founder of Marriott Statistical Consulting. They work with people in research, intelligence, modelling, forecasting or planning roles who need to collect, measure, present, analyse and interpret data and use the results to make decisions about the present or plan for the future. They have also developed expertise in gender pap gap reporting data analysis. As a member of Royal Statistical Society, Nigel has given evidence to the Treasury Select Committee and assisted in a number of government consultations on the subject.
Denise helps organisations create the commercial and people operating systems required to optimise business performance by focusing on resources, investment, data, customer and technology. In building a competitive advantage the diversity and inclusion agenda is often overlooked, with limited consideration given the frameworks that need to be in place to embrace diversity and inclusion as a business advantage. Denise works with leadership teams to deliver this.
Aduke is a project management professional with large scale project implementation experience in the private and public sectors with Deloitte, British American Tobacco, Financial Conduct Authority, and Ministry of Defence. Aduke also champions gender equality and diversity, and inclusion. She is a graduate of the INSEAD Gender Diversity Programme, founded The Sister Sister Network in 2016 and has most recently established Inclusivitii, a diversity and inclusion consultancy.
Alan provides strategy advice and facilitation to private, public and charitable organisations and leads change programmes (mainly corporate restructures, turnaround, and organisation development). He is also a Senior Associate at Cadence Innova, leading the design and development of digital services (most recently the Gov.UK Gender Pay Gap service).
Philip Pritchard
Non-executive Director
With a background in international investment banking, holding senior client management positions in London and Asia, Philip now has a number of advisory and NED roles in start-up organisations in technology, private equity and charity sectors. Having established and managed culturally diverse teams in financial services in Asia, Philip brings valuable first-hand knowledge and experience.
As a current undergraduate studying a BA, Marketing with Digital Media at Napier University, Heather provides support on all aspects of business development across sales and marketing. As a programme representative in the Napier University Students Association, Heather also brings valuable insights on what employers must do to attract graduate talent at a time when social attitudes are changing.
Partners
Creating an organisation that is diverse, equal and inclusive is complex, challenging and requires patience combined with a consistent, focused approach. A multi-faceted skill set is required, bringing together different expertise and technologies to define and implement a strategy to deliver meaningful and sustainable change.
We have established partnerships with leading organisations in the fields of leadership development, organisational design and change, employee engagement, pay and compensation benchmarking and employment law. Together with our associates, we work as one team to deliver a seamless and efficient engagement based on individual organisation needs.
Connor help organisations to evolve so their people can thrive. Working with renowned organisations in the UK and globally, they provide expert advice and personalised solutions in the areas of culture and people development; exec team and board development; leadership and manager development; exec coaching; team development and targeted support for under-represented groups such as parental returner programmes.
Hive is an employee engagement and feedback platform, powered by people science. Forward thinking people-focused organisations including River Island, Travelodge and Northumbria Police partner with Hive for an agile approach to employee engagement. Hive’s employee survey tools allow HR teams to gather timely and targeted feedback, turning insights into action for positive organisational change.
Paydata is leading reward management consultancy, committed to making lives better at work. Established over 20 years ago, they provide the expertise, insights and tools to help HR professionals to deliver pay and reward practices in a fair and equitable manner. They operate across multiple sectors with services covering salary benchmarking, reward strategy and design, pay review and analysis, research and insights.
Wedlake Bell LLP is a Top 100, London-based law firm with 68 partners supported by over 175 lawyers and support staff. They provide a full range of services to our clients and our legal services are grouped under four areas: Business Services, Real Estate, Private Client and Disputes. They empower clients by providing quality legal advice, insight and intelligence. The firm is large enough to advise on complex matters, but of a size to ensure that its people and work remain exceptional and dynamic.
Why Spktral?
At a time when diversity matters more. We empower equal futures.
A different lens is being applied to how we define success. It’s no longer just about profit. Purpose has taken centre stage. Current employees, prospective employees, customers, investors, the media and other influencers are placing greater emphasis on sustainability and social impact.
Diversity, equality and inclusion are part of this. Its goal number 5 of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Aligned to it are a growing number of initiatives that track and benchmark the diversity performance of organisations. We help management teams understand the implications of changing sentiment and develop strategies to address these, ultimately helping the organisation to remain relevant at a time of important change.