Meet June Sarpong OBE

June Sarpong OBE is one of the world’s leading speaker’s, educator’s, and Top 10 DEI executives with over two decades of professional experience in the U.K and U.S. She made history in 2019 when she became the first ever Global Director of Creative Diversity for the BBC and the first Black woman to sit on the corporation’s Executive Committee, Sarpong led the D&I strategy and implementation for the BBC’s 500million plus global audience as well as internal creative teams and external production supply chains. As part of her portfolio she spearheaded the BBC’s ‘Creative Diversity Commitment’, a £100 million ($131 million) investment in diverse and inclusive TV content; with an extra £12 million ($16 million) infused into inclusive audio programming.

Television Broadcaster – Author & Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Executive

Sarpong has over twenty-five years on-air television broadcasting experience and has interviewed some of the worlds biggest thought leaders. She is the founder of Diversify International, a boutique consultancy firm, as part of DIL’s services, Sarpong also advises Founders and CEO’s on DEI, strategy, delivery of culture transformation, ways to connect with new audiences and growth markets. Clients have included: Burberry, Barclays, Nike, NHS, EY, Google, Unilever, Facebook, Wagamama, McDonalds and many more

Sarpong is the co-creator of the Women:Inspiration & Enterprise Network (WIE). WIE first launched in NYC in 2010, in the UK in 2012 and then in Africa in 2014. WIE has featured leading speakers from a gamut of industries, previous participants include Melinda Gates, Arianna Huffington, Donna Karan, Queen Rania, Nancy Pelosi, Dame Natalie Massenet, Iman and many more. This women’s professional network has a community of over 200,000 around the world.

In partnership with the United Nation’s ITU (International Telecommunication Union) Sarpong was the brainchild behind the DNA Summit, an initiative aimed to bring together some of the most innovative minds in the world to generate ideas and solutions for critical global challenges, the outcomes from the DNA Summit were presented to world leaders at the G8.

She is currently an ambassador for London Tech Week and is the co-creator of the EQL – Pledge, an initiative supported by Secretary Haillary Clinton which encourages the venture capital community to repurpose capital into investing in diverse founded campanies.