Sophie Williams
Consultant, and workshop facilitator with a focus on Anti-Racism, Diversity and Inclusion, and Allyship
*Fees are a guide only. Exact cost will be dependent on requirements and are subject to change.
About Sophie Williams
Sophie Williams is an expert in the field of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. She is the Author of acclaimed books Anti-Racist Ally (2020) and Millennial Black (2021), a Ted Speaker, the Founder of the @OfficialMillennialBlack Instagram page, and an Intersectional Equity Consultant for several businesses in the UK.
Sophie regularly hosts presentations, workshops, and training sessions for businesses such as Meta, Apple, Amazon, Google, Barclays, the NHS, The Rio Ferdinand Foundation, UK Civil Service, Sky, and Cambridge University.
Sophie’s writing has appeared in publications such as The Guardian, Bustle, Glamour, Cosmopolitan, Marie Claire, Refinery29, Elle, and Grazia.
Before beginning writing, Sophie had a career in advertising; where she has held the positions of COO and CFO. More recently, Sophie held the role of Global Manager of Production Planning at Netflix – she left in spring 2021 after leading the European employee walkout in protest of transphobic content.
Sophie is the founder of the Millennial Black Instagram account, which is the origin of the little pink infographic squares about race and allyship you might have seen going viral in 2020.
As TED speaker, Sophie has amassed a great following. Her talk on The Glass Cliff (the rigged test of leadership) is one of only five TEDxLondon talks to have ever been upgraded to be ‘full’ TED Talks on the TEd site.
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Client Feedback
"We really loved having Sophie at the conference, it was a highly relevant and insightful session and was incredibly well received by the audience who told us they found it impactful and thought provoking. We would highly recommend Sophie as a speaker and look forward to working with her in the future. We received some great feedback from our delegates."
NHS CONFEDERATION’S HEALTH AND CARE WOMEN LEADERS NETWORK
"“By far the best presentation of the day – and indeed the conference. Very thought provoking and educational, in terms of understanding key concepts and indeed definitions.” “Excellent presentation challenging our thinking and giving really thought provoking ideas on how to be an activist, anti-racist and an ally”"
NHS PROVIDERS ANNUAL CONFERENCE (SENIOR NHS LEADERSHIP)
"Sophie's session was engaging, thoughtful and enjoyable. Some staff have labelled it as the best presentation they have ever been invited to at Vevo!"
VEVO
"A fantastic session; impactful and thought-provoking, delivered engagingly and with wit, wisdom and empathy."
Department of International Trade
"Sophie makes potentially difficult subjects very accessible with her down to earth approach...She also fielded a range of tough questions, answering everything our people wanted to know more about without hesitation and very candidly and thoughtfully. I couldn't recommend her more highly."
Paul Bennun- VP Employee Experience - DAZN
