Meet the Team
Ali Hannon, BSc (hons), (they/them) - Founder
Ali is an Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) consultant (and award-winning comedy performer on the side) helping companies put the joy into cultural change and business training. Their approach blends skills developed over ten years of performing and teaching improvised comedy with their established track record of developing multinational executive communications in the corporate sector. Their side job (as mentioned!) involves developing their 5* show ‘Touch Hunger’, which debuted at Brighton Fringe in 2021.
Mani gilbert, ba (hons) qts, (she/her) - associate consultant
Mani is a Diversity & Inclusion consultant with a wealth of experience and knowledge in the special educational needs sector in schools. She has played an integral part in improving inclusive practice and gaining an in depth knowledge of specific learning difficulties and autism. Alongside this Mani has a close personal connection of living with Neurodivergence and living with someone who is autistic. Mani also identifies as queer and volunteers coordinating and supporting a charity run LGBTQ+ Community Space.
Nick caley, ba (hons), (she/her) - business manager
Nick is an experienced business manager with over 10 years enabling the provision of essential services in the NHS. She has also got extensive experience supporting senior executives and managing complex projects. Nick has also co-led a LGBTQ Employee Network for a busy NHS Trust. If you have any questions she is almost always the most likely to know the answer! In her spare time, Nick is a passionate cat and dog-parent and gamer.
helen bet, MA Cantab, PGCE, MEd, (she/her) - associate consultant
Helen is an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Consultant and Trainer, with 25 years working in informal and formal education under her belt. Her approach blends experience working with hundreds of millennials and Gen Zs to achieve their ambitions, mentorship of colleagues as a senior manager, and the humour and performance skills honed through over two decades of comedy, including a sell out improv show at 2022’s Brighton Fringe. She has developed and project-managed initiatives that support, engage, and give voice to, minority cohorts, particularly those from ethnic and linguistic minorities, the LGBTQ+ community, and neurodivergent learners.
Through this work, Helen has continued to maintain an awareness of intersectionality and how it impacts people’s experiences. She has a specific connection to, and lived experience of, the complexities of intersectional identities: she is autistic and has ADHD, as well as identifying as LGBTQ+ and Jewish.