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MEET THE SPEAKERS
Sanchia is a multi-award-winning and distinguished global Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) practitioner, public speaker, and community change-maker with a reputation for driving systematic and sustainable change towards fostering inclusive environments.
She currently works as the Diversity and Inclusion Lead at Transport for London and the Managing Director of Sanchia Consulting Ltd, where she is committed to promoting equitable and inclusive practices for Transport for London and her clients.
Sanchia Alasia was elected as a councillor to Barking and Dagenham Council in 2010 a role she held until 2021 and was the first of three Black women to be elected there.
She held a number of positions - School Governor, chair of the health and adult services scrutiny committee and chair of the planning committee.
She leaves an inspiring legacy as the first Caribbean female civic mayor to Barking and Dagenham Council: 2018/19.
Founder and Managing Director of Ketco Ltd, a recruitment, training and property maintenance company established in 2001.
I have over 25 years senior management experience in the Housing and Construction field along with experience of working in both the Public and Private Sector.
Professionally qualified in these fields with the deep understanding of strategic management and the drivers for quality and continuous improvement, I have successfully tendered and won several housing management contracts of over £10 million in value.
I'm delighted to be working in partnership with Alzheimer's Research UK on this fantastic and very worthwhile initiative.
Would you like to become a Dementia Community Champion?
Follow the link above for more information and to register your interest.
Founder of Cyber Protection Group, has over 40 years in the IT industry, leading both SMEs and major corporates.
He also heads Bell ICT Limited, delivering end-to-end IT and cyber security services, including Cyber Essentials Certification. His career highlights include senior roles at BSB (now BskyB) and the International Petroleum Exchange, where he managed multi-million-pound budgets and teams. Holding postgraduate and professional qualifications in technology and management, alongside Microsoft and CompTIA certifications, Matthew is an active board member of Redbridge Chamber of Commerce and Redbridge Sports & Leisure.
Matthew has presented on cyber security for HSBC Bank, London Business School of Management, and the Federation of Small Businesses, UK Cyber Week in Olympia 2025 and was invited by the London Chamber of Commerce to represent British technology at the Dubai Business Forum UK.
At BirdieBox, we are deeply committed to empowering carers and supporting individuals living with dementia through innovation, education, and community collaboration.
Through our flagship innovation, the Birdie Box App, which is designed to simplify care coordination, strengthen emotional connections, and ease the daily challenges of caregiving.
Our mission is to create meaningful social impact, ensuring our work directly benefits carers, families, and communities.
Althea Finch is an experienced holistic therapist and the creator of The PainFree Method™, a transformational approach that helps people overcome chronic pain and long-term conditions naturally. With over 35 years of experience in the healing field, Althea developed her method through both her professional work and her own life journey.
Having experienced childhood abuse and years of holding in memories and emotions, Althea came to understand how suppressed feelings can become stored within the body and express themselves as physical pain or illness. Through her own healing process and decades of working hands-on with clients, she discovered that the body holds the story of what we hold inside, often expressing as physical symptoms.
Althea teaches that healing happens when we are ready to face and connect with what the body is expressing. The PainFree Method™ shows people how to reconnect with their symptoms so the body can release what it has been holding and return to its natural state of healing and balance.
Curator & Award Winning Entrepreneur (2025). She's a pioneering trailblazer and visionary working across the arts space, who founded this summit following practically a year of rejuvenation from a medical emergency.
An advocate for living healthy enjoyable lives as we age, Lorraine lives with a hidden disability alike millions of the population and others globally, know the importance of drawing attention to neurodiversity and keeping fit, utilising her lived experiences to help others, honed more broadly through her role as 'Health & Wellbeing Ambassador' at King of Kings International Ministries.
Led by the son of the late: Sam King MBE (R.I.P.), Reverend Michael King and his wife Pastor Marjorie King, said:
"I can say with merit, everything Lorraine has shared in the last two has helped and taught everyone who's had the privilege of learning from the strategies and systems she's uses to protect and manage her lifestyle. She has the full support of the ministry for the summit. We know those who'll attend will be fortunate, alike us, in benefitting from the knowledge to be gained from Lorraine and the summit speakers".
Former BBCTV Dragons' Den 'Dragon', Rachel Elnaugh-LOVE is the British entrepreneur who created the £multi-million market leading 'Red Letter Days' experience brand. She is now a business speaker and business mentor.
The pilot for Dragons' Den was filmed in 2003 and the first series was commissioned and filmed in Autumn 2004, airing for the first time in January 2005. Dragons' Den was a huge success, shortlisted for a BAFTA and very quickly syndicated worldwide.
Rachel Elnaugh-LOVE is the award winning entrepreneur whose first business was the market leading 'experiences' brand Red Letter Days, which she created at the age of 24 and grew from nothing, on a shoestring budget, into a £multi-million turnover household name, which at its height was making £1million profit a year.
In 2000 Red Letter Days was acknowledged by Mintel to be the creator of the new UK experiences industry – by then worth £250million per annum.
Rachel is mother to five amazing sons MJ, Paul, Eddie, Michael and Jack.
As an author, I write to illuminate quiet truths and help others hear their own. As a coach, I support women held back by fear to reclaim strength and confidence.
When I first began to write, I wrote for myself, because I didn't want to expose my writing to the outside world. Not because I was selfish, but because I believed the lie that nobody wanted to read them.
My words have taken me on a journey; one that I am still walking. I have learned that even when my steps have been tentative, I just need to put one foot in front of the other. It is in this place that I learn what I didn't know yesterday and I am given the opportunity to grow.
I give thanks to God for entrusting me with a pen which I believe has the purpose to inspire and encourage others as well as myself.
We are all on a journey. Whilst my journey will not be the same as yours, there are parts of the journey that we can journey together.
Keep striving to be the best you.
I spent over 10 years reviewing the performance of £300m organisations, helping to make them more effective and efficient. It involved working with senior managers, board members and customers to revise strategies to help improve service delivery.
This included over 6 years as a Non-Executive Director on the Board of an East London Health Trust, where I chaired committees on improving governance and human resources. As an accomplished public speaker, I continue to speak at conferences, events and my own business growth seminars and events.
After about 40 years helping individuals and organisations to develop; I wish to help 1000s more - both in the UK and across the world. Through my company Just Leverage, I can 'leverage' my Corporate, Public Sector contacts and experience in Local Government and Housing Associations; plus 11 years inspecting public sector organisations like Councils, the NHS and Fire Authorities - to achieve greater business outcomes through the prism of diversity.