Meet our Founders
Anna Somaiya
Founder and CEO
Anna Somaiya
Founder and CEO of DiversITy-talent
Anna Somaiya is the founder of the social enterprise, DiversITy-talent. With a technology career spanning more than 32 years, she has extensive technology and people leadership experience, operating at a global level and at C-suite executive and board level across a multitude of industries including the ‘Big Four’. She sits on the board of a technology consulting business and is the chair of a homeless charity in her local community. She continues to mentor a number of women in business and is an independent advisor to a number of clients across digital transformation, compliance, strategy, and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I).
Anna has received widespread recognition for her achievements in both technology and diversity and inclusion. She won the Management Consultancies Associations (MCA) ‘Most Outstanding’ Award, the Women in Banking and Finance Award, We are Tech and Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2020 and 2021, and We are the City and Women in IT Awards. She has also been featured in a number of articles including the Canary Wharf Magazine and the Financial Times.
She is a strong voice advocating a level playing field for all, and believes that DE&I is not simply a construct to right an imbalance but is an untapped superpower that all businesses have the potential to access. Her passion and focus over the next 10 years is to ensure that DiversITy-talent achieves its goal in getting more diverse talent into technology
Jeremy Blain
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Jeremy Blain
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of DiversITy-talent
Jeremy is an award-winning international CEO, Non-Executive Director, digital leadership expert, and co-founder of the social enterprise, DiversITy-talent. Jeremy combines whole business transformation expertise and commercial success as an international CEO, with executive board director experience in the UK and Asia. He is also a corporate learning and human capital professional of over 25 years.
Jeremy has operated on a global basis to launch successful businesses and to turn underperformance into excellence across most major markets in the world. This has included a seven-year period as CEO for an international consultancy company based in Singapore, operating from India to the Pacific.
Jeremy’s core purpose is to champion diverse, equitable and inclusive communities and workplaces. As an example, Jeremy is a noted male ally advocating for greater gender balance in boardrooms, leadership suites and senior management.
Jeremy is also active through higher education in encouraging greater inclusivity and diversity in the consideration of careers in technology and digital-era business.
Jeremy is the global authority on empowered working, backed up with his 2021 multi-award winning, international #1 best-selling book: ‘The Inner CEO – Unleashing leaders at all levels’. The book and supporting offering provide a blueprint to make diverse, inclusive and equitable leadership at all levels a reality.
Jeremy brings all his experience together in his Rethink Leadership podcast series, available across all platforms, airing important business transformation, DE&I topics and new leadership thinking with an array of global leaders and experts.
Meet our facilitators
Hamna Fayyaz
Design Thinking Facilitator & Product Designer at DiversITy-talent
Hamna Fayyaz
Design Thinking Facilitator & Product Designer
I’m a design thinking facilitator and product designer who enjoys taking complex challenges and breaking them down into creative, people-focused solutions. I value the design thinking process because it gives space to explore ideas, experiment with different approaches, and keep problem-solving both practical and imaginative.
Outside of work, I enjoy watercolour painting and finding inspiration in the outdoors, whether that’s through quiet moments surrounded by nature or simply slowing down to notice the small details around me. I believe strongly in balance and authenticity, and I try to bring those values into both my professional and personal life. For me, creativity comes from staying true to yourself, being open to new experiences, and not being afraid to take an unconventional path.
Moin Mulla
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
Moin Mulla
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
As David Kelley, founder of IDEO, once said, “The main tenet of design thinking is empathy for the people you’re trying to design for.” That line has always stuck with me. I started out in product design and now I’m studying Innovation Design Engineering at the RCA and Imperial. My passion has always been about people, psychology and unlocking potential – not just making things look good. That’s why I love delivering at DiversITy-talent. I get to bring design thinking into classrooms, and the best part is seeing young people discover their creativity, grow in confidence, and realise what they’re truly capable of.
Scarlett Murphy
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
Scarlett Murphy
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
Scarlett Murphy is a facilitator at DiversITy-talent, supporting students in developing their core skills and learning how to collaborate effectively within teams of diverse abilities. Drawing on her BA (Hons) in Product Design, she enhances design thinking practices with creativity and problem-solving, while bringing her passion for environmentally conscious design and the circular economy into her work.
Emma Saxby
Founder of Helio Coaching & Training
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
Emma Saxby
Founder of Helio Coaching & Training
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
With over 20 years’ experience in the corporate world as a coach and facilitator, I’m deeply passionate about personal development and love using my expertise to deliver programmes that inspire future generations. Through my work with DiversITy Talent, I support young people to grow in confidence, unlock their creativity and recognise what’s truly possible for them in the world of work. I also play an active role in shaping and developing the programme content to ensure it has the greatest possible impact on everyone who takes part.
Graham Stonadge
Senior Industry Leader and ACEC Executive Coach
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
Graham Stonadge
Design Thinking Facilitator at DiversITy-talent
Graham Stonadge is a former Senior Industry Leader currently working as an ACEC Executive Coach with clients from multiple industries. Graham has been involved in facilitating the DiversiTy-talent programme from the early days, and brings 35 years of real world business experience to every challenge. Having led succesful teams of up to 80 people with a mix of practicality and a sense of humour, he strives to help students gain confidence in collaboration, communication and bringing out the best in their team-mates, whilst ensuring that the teachers are mentored throughout the process.
