Mastering Diversity Conference

20/06/2026

🌟 MEET OUR MASTERING DIVERSITY AMBASSADOR 🌟

Some journeys deserve to be celebrated.

In 2025, Ammar Akhtar stood on the Mastering Diversity Awards stage as a recipient of a Meritorious Award for Excellence in Diversity in Business.

Today, he returns as a Mastering Diversity Ambassador and sponsor of our *
2026 Community Champion Award.

That is the power of ecosystem. 💜🧡

Ammar is the Founder & CEO of Finalrentals, a Welsh-founded global mobility platform operating across more than 65 countries and 225 locations worldwide.

For over 17 years, he has championed innovation, entrepreneurship and opportunity, helping independent businesses compete on the global stage through technology, partnerships and vision.

His belief is simple:

✨ Talent is universal.
✨ Ambition is universal.
✨ Opportunity should be too.

As an incumbent TEDx Speaker, entrepreneur and global business leader, Ammar continues to advocate for more inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystems where founders can thrive regardless of geography, background or circumstance.

What we admire most is that he hasn't simply achieved success.

He has chosen to come back and create opportunities for others.

Award Winner ➡️ Sponsor ➡️ Ambassador

That is leadership.
That is legacy.
That is community.

Please join us in welcoming Ammar to the Mastering Diversity family of Ambassadors.

🌍 WE GO TOGETHER OR NOT AT ALL.

🎟️ Join us on 10 September 2026
📍 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Cardiff
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19/06/2026

🗣️ Ambassador Alert! 💥

Mastering Diversity Conference and Awards are pleased to announce its first Ambassadors- They will be rolled out over the next few days.

Introducing 🥁 🥁 🥁 Mubarak Ali- Secretary, Islamic Society for Wales

Mastering Diversity Ambassador

Mubarak Ali is one of Wales' most respected community cohesion and interfaith leaders. For more than three decades, he has dedicated himself to building bridges between communities, faiths and cultures across Newport, South Wales and beyond.

As Secretary of the Islamic Society for Wales, Mubarak has championed inclusion, understanding and unity, leading countless community initiatives, educational programmes, interfaith events and peace vigils. His work has brought together people of all backgrounds during times of celebration, remembrance and challenge, helping to strengthen relationships between communities and public institutions.

Widely recognised by civic leaders, faith organisations, local authorities and policing partners, Mubarak has become a trusted voice for dialogue, mutual respect and community harmony. His lifelong commitment to equality, community service and bringing people together continues to make a lasting impact across Wales.

As a Mastering Diversity Ambassador, Mubarak embodies the values of inclusion, collaboration and community leadership that sit at the heart of our movement.

09/06/2026

Business. Justice. Health. Community. Leadership. One stage. One movement.

One conference. One movement. Countless connections.

From business to health, justice to education, entrepreneurship to community leadership — Mastering Diversity brings together people who are committed to creating a better future for everyone.

These photos capture some of the incredible leaders, partners, patrons, speakers and champions who helped make last year's event so special.

The conversations were powerful.
The connections were meaningful.
The impact continues.

📍 Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama
📅 10 September 2026

Because diversity isn't a department.
It's how we build stronger communities, stronger organisations and a stronger society.

"We go together or not at all."

28/05/2026

🇺🇳 From Geneva… to moments that stay with you.

This first highlights reel from the Global Empowerment & Inclusion Summit 2026 captures powerful moments from Jamie, Dara, Corina, Elaine and voices from across the Summit as we explored equity, leadership, empowerment and inclusion.

Different stories.
Different sectors.
Different perspectives.

One shared belief:

The future belongs to collaboration.

What happened in Geneva cannot stay in Geneva.

These conversations must travel.
They must influence.
They must become action.

And now the journey continues home to Wales.

Next stop:
Mastering Diversity Conference 2026
10 September
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama | Cardiff

If Geneva showed what’s possible globally, Cardiff is where we continue building together.

🎟️ Link in Bio!

Huge thanks to UWTSD Tourism & Event Management Department led by Debbie Jenkins, with Angelika Jasnos and Tamara leading filming and content creation, supported by Robyn from Ethos, for helping preserve this journey.

More highlights to follow.

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23/05/2026

Before the speeches. Before the applause. Before the doors opened.

There was excitement.
There were nerves.
There were conversations in corridors, coffee moments, new introductions and a shared feeling that something powerful was about to begin.

The Global Empowerment and inclusion Summit conceptualised by our Founder Bernie Davies in her capacity of Patron of convening organisation Group in knowledge partnership with us. Grateful to and Samuel

From the UK, USA, Australia to Brazil, South Africa and beyond, people gathered in Geneva carrying stories, ideas and one shared purpose: reimagining equity, empowerment and intergenerational collaboration.

Watching these moments back now feels special — because movements often begin quietly.

A conversation.
A connection.
A shared purpose.

Then suddenly… momentum.

And the journey continues.

As I head back home to Wales today, I’m reminded that these conversations do not stay in Geneva. They travel. They grow. They continue.

Next stop:
Mastering Diversity Conference
10 September 2026
Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama | Cardiff

Thank you to UWTSD Tourism & Event Management Department and Debbie Jenkins, Angelika Jasnos and Tamara for filming and helping preserve these moments.

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21/04/2026

📽️ Why They Return 📽️ – Episode 3

Hugh James

From Wales… to the world.

Hugh James returns for the third time—helping take this conversation global.

🎥 Featuring Gwen Morgan-Evans

And while you're at it...remember to register for Mastering Diversity Conference 2026
📍Where: Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
🔟 Date: 10th September
⏳️ Time: 9am - 4pm

Book now: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mastering-diversity-conference-2026-royal-welsh-college-of-music-and-drama-tickets-1986076061965?aff=oddtdtcreator

LINK IN BIO!

This is bigger than just a partnership. This is global impact!

We Go Together or Not At All.

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CREDITS:
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OSAMAGBE IZEVBIGIE
FUNBI MAFOLUKU

20/04/2026

THANK YOU 2023, 2024, 2025, AND 2026 BUSINESS SPONSORS-

📽️ Why They Return 📽️ – Episode 2

🎟Book and Join NatWest FREE at link in Bio!🎟

Some partnerships don’t just last—
they grow roots.

From day one, NatWest has stood alongside Mastering Diversity.

Not once.
Not occasionally.
Every year since inception.

That kind of consistency tells a story.

Through this partnership, NatWest continues to:
✔ Strengthen internal culture
✔ Deepen community connection
✔ Align purpose with action

A special thank you to Nathan Martin, sharing why this partnership continues to matter—and why they keep coming back.

🎥 Watch. Listen. This is what sustained partnership looks like.

Because impact isn’t built in moments—
it’s built in commitment.

We Go Together or Not At All.

Credits:
Film and editing
Otid Agency
Funbi Mafoluku
Osamagbe Izevbigie

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16/04/2026

📽️ Episode 3: How Equal is Wales?


This one hits different.

We asked the question—
but this time, it comes from a place of real strength.

Featuring Kieran Jones 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

From Anglesey roots…
to elite para sport.

From farming community life…
to the wider Welsh stage.
His view on equality?

It’s not theory.
It’s lived.

And when he speaks—you feel it.

🎥 Episode 3 is here.

Watch it. Then answer this—

How equal is Wales… to you??

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And it’s all building toward one place—

📍 Mastering Diversity Conference 2026

Where these voices don’t just get heard—
they shape what happens next.

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02/12/2025

🎥 AFTER THE APPLAUSE | HEALTH CATEGORY🎥

Sponsored by: Welsh Ambulance Services University NHS Trust

This one hit differently.
The Health finalists spoke with honesty, heart and fierce commitment to equity in care.

Meet the Health Champions + Winners ⬇️

🥇 Emma Wootten
🥈 Barbara Chidgey
🥉 Sickle Cell & Thalassaemia Cymru — Faith Walker & Ireoluwa
🥉 Emma Jay Hopkins — Wellfinite

✨ Meritorious Award: Sartha Rajoo
⭐ Rising Star: Athika Ahmed

🎬 Filmed by the outstanding:


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01/12/2025

MD GALA -

We're delighted to announce that Welsh rugby legend, Jonathan 'Fox' Davies will be joining us at the first ever Mastering Diversity CIC Gala Charity Ball on 13th February 2026 in aid of Latch!