Steven D' Souza -

Steven D’Souza is an accomplished speaker and writer on diversity issues and is currently the Diversity and Organisational Development Manager for Merrill Lynch Europe Plc. Previously Steven was Diversity Consultant to the Abbey banking group and a HR Manager for the Radisson Edwardian luxury hotel chain. He was sponsored by the Home Office on the Windsor Fellowship Programme of which he later became Programme Director of the Undergraduate Leadership Programme and Business Development Manager. He has coached minority ethnic students at the Windsor Fellowship in strategies for success on behalf of various companies including the Home Office, the BBC, Goldman Sachs and the Foreign Office.

Born on the 4th of July in Jamaica, Patrick Clarke is an experienced Director and general manager, initially specialising in Electrical Engineering, he has now turned his talents to a Directors role in Human Resources and Communications. He describes himself as specialising in people and has spent much of the last 25 year “giving back” to his communities.

As well as the numerous senior roles held by Patrick within EDF Energy and it’s former companies, he his particularly proud of the period when he was responsible for “keeping the lights on in London”, Head of Networks for London.