Zara is the former CEO of Gapsquare which is an award-winning organisation offering employers intuitive pay and people analytics using AI and services for tackling gender, ethnicity, disability and wider pay gap and pay inequity issues. Zara founded Gapsquare in 2016 after hearing the World Economic Forum’s prediction that it would take 217 years before the gender pay gap would close. Zara is now Director of the Fair Future of Work Strategy at XpertHR – LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Zara is not just an expert on building diverse and inclusive workspaces, but she is also a member of the Global Future Council on New Agenda for Equity and Social Justice, a member of the Women’s Leadership Board at Harvard Kennedy School, has been recognised in the top 100 most influential women in UK tech, and in 2022 Dr Nanu was recognised with an MBE. She will be using her experience and passion to bring a powerful message to NextGen, sharing her inspiring story of creating and growing a successful tech business driven by social justice and how she continues to deliver her mission not only regionally but globally.
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Wake Up Call: 3 points to consider when deciding to trade as a sole trader or a limited company
8.15am
-8.45am
Online
BCI Webinar
Do you keep ‘umm-ing’ and ‘ahh-ing’ whether to trade as a sole trader or a limited company? It this webinar, Yarka Krajickova will help you make that decision a little easier. There is about 5 elements to consider to make such a decision, and she’ll cover 3 which are the most helpful.
Register to listen in for free on Friday 18th October!
Legal Surgery with Rebecca Steer
2pm
-4pm
Online
BCI Legal Surgery
We are pleased to offer the opportunity to book a free of charge 30 minute 1:2:1 session for legal advice in September, October and November. These sessions are with Rebecca Steer, an award winning business lawyer, long-time advisor to tech and creative digital businesses and friend of BCI.
Practical leadership lessons from the creative frontline: an online keynote with Stephen Page
12.30pm
-1.30pm
Online
BCI Keynote
In this online Keynote, Stephen Page, Chair of Faber & Faber, will draw on more than 20 years leading, chairing and being a board member of creative and cultural organisations to examine key aspects of leadership at all levels in the creative sector. Attendees can expect to hear stories from the frontline of the creative sector through the last three decades, and to come away with practical ways to think about challenges associated with leading within businesses in the fast-moving creative and cultural sector.
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