Author, TED Talk Speaker & Former Global Manager of Production Planning at Netflix Who Led the European Employee Walkout Protesting Transphobic Content

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An expert in diversity, equity and inclusion, well-respected speaker and author, Sophie Williams is also the Founder of @OfficialMillennialBlack, a leading anti-racism Instagram page with over 163,000 followers. Sophie is a highly sought-after Intersectional Equity Consultant and presently travels all over the UK to provide consultations for prominent businesses. Furthermore, Sophie is a TED speaker and articulately speaks on several topics including race, gender, allyship and intersectionality among others.

After graduating from the University of Leeds with a degree in Theatre and Performance, Sophie began her professional career as a Marketing and Event Manager. She then spent a few years as an English Language Teacher, followed by a role in Sales Administration and Marketing. After that, Sophie held the role of Operations Coordinator and Creative Project Manager for Saatchi Mobile. Sophie has held a number of high-profile roles for leading companies including Wunderman UK, Social Life and Netflix. Presently, Sophie is the owner of Blanket Fort Ltd, providing freelance services for leading clients including Amazon, Apple, Google, Sony, Sky, and the NHS among others.

The accomplished author of Anti-Racist Ally 2020 and Millennial Black 2021, Sophie uses her extensive knowledge in her regular panel, speaking and consulting appearances. Also, a workshop facilitator, Sophie specialises in anti-racism, diversity, inclusion and allyship sessions. She also encourages others to start their own activism journey. Many of her written pieces have appeared in prominent publications such as The Guardian, Glamour, Bustle and the Cosmopolitan to name a few.

After leading the European employee walkout, protesting transphobic content, Sophie left her high-profile role at Netflix as the Global Manager of Production Planning. Now a leading authority on diversity, equity and inclusion, Sophie is a very popular speaker who has spoken at many prestigious events including TED Talks, BBC x Open University and the Primadonna Festival. In her presentations, Sophie will deliver highly informative sessions with many valuable takeaways.

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Anti Racist Ally: An Introduction to Action and Activism

Millennial Black

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Sophie Williams official speaking topics include:

Race - focus on Blackness
Gender - focus on womanness
Allyship / Anti-Racism in day to day life
Building anti-racist workplaces
The Glass Cliff - what happens when you break through the glass ceiling / why not all leaders are set up for success
Intersectionality
Building successful, diverse, working environments - Based on my experience as a Chief Operating officer and author of Millennial Black

We really loved having Sophie at the conference, it was a highly relevant and insightful session and was incredibly well received by the audience who told us they found it impactful and thought provoking. We would highly recommend Sophie as a speaker and look forward to working with her in the future. We received some great feedback from our delegates, quotes included:

Really positive approach to difficult issues and how to take action. The explanation of privilege was very helpful!

I didn’t know I needed to hear this. Thank you.

Excellent session – I will be watching your TED talks!

Thank you for saying this in such a measured way, it’s so important.

By far the best presentation of the day – and indeed the conference. Very thought provoking and educational, in terms of understanding key concepts and indeed definitions.

Excellent presentation challenging our thinking and giving really thought provoking ideas on how to be an activist, anti-racist and an ally.