Webinar: In Conversation with Kate Nash OBE and John Amaechi OBE

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With a lifetime of human rights campaigning behind them, these two fellow travellers meet on Zoom for a very special, 20-minute conversation.John Amaechi OBE – nicknamed the ‘Everyday Jedi’ – is known around the world for many reasons: he is a respected organisational psychologist, best-selling New York Times author, sought after public speaker, executive coach and CEO of APS Ltd. He is a non-executive director of a £2.4bn healthcare organisation, in addition to being a board advisor for several FTSE100 organisations. John is a Chartered Scientist, a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, a Fellow of the Royal Society for Public Health and a Research Fellow at the University of East London.  He is also the first Briton to have had a career in the NBA.  In 2019, John was recognised as one of HR’s most influential thinkers by HR Magazine.  Since the tragic death of George Floyd in May 2020, John has featured in numerous TV shows to stress how now is the time for us all to take a

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