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Earle Wilkes

Managing Director of Equity Matters and Chair of WEST, HR and Consultancy

Globally experienced, board-level specialist in culture, equity, leadership, and organisational transformation, whose professional journey began over 35 years ago as a teacher.


With over 25 years of strategic impact across the UK, USA, Europe, and Africa, Earle is a Fellow of the Institute for Learning, a recognised thought leader in equity, diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing (EDIW), with a strong track record in public policy, stakeholder engagement, governance, and coaching.


A trusted independent regulator and adviser with a proven ability to influence at national, regional and local level. He brings extensive non-executive and executive experience across both large-scale public institutions and niche, mission-driven organisations.


🌍 Equity, Diversity, Inclusion (EDI) – for example:

  • Beyond Buzzwords: Making Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Real

  • Building Belonging: The Future of EDI in Action


🤝 Social & Community Cohesion – for example:

  • From Fragmentation to Unity: The Power of Community Cohesion

  • Bridging Divides: Re-imagining Social Cohesion in a Polarised World


🪶 Alternative Leadership Models – for example:

  • Leading with Wisdom: Indigenous Models for a New Era

  • Modern Leadership: Indigenous Lessons for Today


🤖 The Role of EDI and AI – for example:

  • Fairness by Design: Embedding Equity & Inclusion in the Age of AI

  • Humans, Bias & Machines: Why AI Needs EDI


⚖️ Populism vs. Community Cohesion – for example:

  • The Politics of Division vs. The Power of Community

  • Populism or People Power? Safeguarding Cohesion in Uncertain Times

Power in Numbers

25

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