In this episode, Ashanti Bentil-Dhue talks to Hayley Bennett about her experience being a multi-award-winning DEI consultant and campaigner who began her career at football’s inclusion organisation Kick it Out, before moving out of football to become a DEI consultant and advisor within other sectors and roles.

“As DEI practitioners, I'm not saying we have to be perfect, but we have to have self awareness. And we have to be cognizant of our own privileges, and how it impacts our work, and also where our weaknesses are.” 

Episode Highlights:

• The importance of having humility and influence

• Critical thinking, design thinking and problem solving Skills you can utilise

• Where you can go to source your knowledge 

About Hayley Bennett:

Hayley Bennett is a multi-award-winning DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) Consultant and campaigner. She began her career at Kick it Out, football’s inclusion organisation, before moving out of football to learn and create best practice within other sectors in multiple roles as a DEI consultant and advisor. Over the past ten years, Hayley has been providing advice and consultancy to over 200 of the world’s largest employers and global brands. She now runs own consultancy, working to support clients across business and sport through DEI strategy development, training facilitation, programme development and creative consultancy. She is well recognised as a leader in her field and has been featured in The Times, The Telegraph, Metro.co.uk and The Washington Post. Hayley has a passion and determination for promoting equity in sport. She runs Nutmegs, a football community for women and non-binary people of colour and was named one of the most influential Black people in football on the 2020 Football Blacklist. In 2021, Nike recognised her as a game-changer in sport; she was a Sports Industry Next Gen 30 under 30 Leader for 2021. Hayley is a Director for Spirit of 2012, the London 2012 legacy charity and a trustee for Goals4Girls. She lectures on Race and Sport at University of Bolton and is researching the experiences of women from Black and minority-ethnic backgrounds in sports leadership positions.

Connect with Haley Bennett:

Linkedin: Hayley Bennett | LinkedIn

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