WorldSkills UK is charity partnership between governments, business and education, helping accelerate young people’s career development. As part of a new business plan, Neil has established a diversity strategy and working group for his workplace and across their partnership supply chain, with LGBT+ as a core element, to demonstrate action and commitment to their workforces, partners and the 100,000 young people they work with annually. Externally, Neil is a strong supporter, and former deputy Chair, of Stonewall, and a mentor in the OUTstanding Mentoring Programme. He is also advising Warwick University on their LGBT+ and Ally staff programme as an openly out member of their board. As a former deputy director general for CBI, he remains engaged in their LGBT+ diversity work and recently spoke on LGBT+ inclusion at their major diversity conference alongside CBI director general Carolyn Fairburn.
