Charlotte Sweeney

Charlotte is CEO of Charlotte Sweeney Associates. She has specialised in large-scale change programmes with a focus on diversity, inclusion, engagement, and wellbeing for over 15 years. She is seen as a thought leader in her field and works with companies and executives from the private, public and third sectors to drive leadership and cultural change. Charlotte worked for Blue Chip companies in the Financial Services sector for 25 years (Barclays, Barclays Capital, HBOS and Nomura International) before creating her own consultancy.

Charlotte is also the founder of the ‘Creating Inclusive Cultures’ Programme which is a collaboration of companies to drive sustainable change on Inclusion. Charlotte is a Non-Executive Director at the Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust in the UK. She conducted an independent review on the Voluntary Code for Executive Search firms in relation to getting more women onto boards for the UK Secretary of State Dr Vince Cable, which is now referred to as “The Sweeney Report”. She is Vice-Chair of the Dept of Business, Innovation and Skills external Diversity & Inclusion Advisory Panel and is leading the City of London’s Diversity Programme “The Power of Diversity” on behalf of the Late Lord Mayor of London Dame Fiona Woolf CBE, collaborating with over 70 companies.

Charlotte holds a number of NED roles in companies and charities including the City HR Association and Carers UK and, in 2014, became a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants as well as gaining the Freedom of the City of London. Over the years Charlotte has won many awards, including from Harvard, for her work in the Diversity and Inclusion field and was recognised by TIAW for advancing the economic empowerment of women.

Charlotte writes for a number of professional publications globally as well as delivering keynote speeches and chairing conferences internationally. She is a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute, the Royal Society of the Arts, Professional Speaking Association and Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development. Charlotte is based in the UK.