About – Scottish Ethnic Minority Talent Summit & Festival 2024

About the Scottish Ethnic Minority Talent Summit & Festival (SEMTSF) 2024

The Scottish Ethnic Minority Talent Summit and Festival (SEMTSF) 2024 is first of its kind! SEMTSF is a series of events to support the diversification of Scotland’s workforce and improve outcomes across communities. SEMTSF, building on the Scottish Black Talent Summit’s rising attendance of 174 in 2022 and 268 in 2023. SEMTSF 2024 expands to a 5-day event 28 Oct 24 – 1 Nov 2024 with fresh perspectives for a more inclusive future.

SEMTSF is a talent-driven event that brings together various stakeholders from local employers, corporate organisations, talented individuals, non-profit organisations and government agencies to exchange ideas and best practices on how to find and retain minority ethnic talents in Scotland. Join the conversation on attracting & retaining Scotland’s ethnic minority talent.

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New People

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At the SEMTSF 24, together we’ll build bridges of understanding between communities, shatter the barriers that hinder opportunity, and ignite a spark of innovation across Scotland.

The goal of SEMTSF 24 is to unlock the full potential of Scotland’s ethnic minority talent pool. Through a series of dynamic events, workshops, and discussions, SEMTSF 24 will empower individuals, foster collaboration, and equip attendees with the tools they need to thrive.

This isn’t just about creating opportunities for talented individuals alone. It’s about building a more prosperous and inclusive Scotland for everyone. By attracting, retaining, and empowering ethnic minority talent, we can unlock a wealth of fresh ideas, diverse perspectives, and a stronger workforce that benefits the entire nation.

Some of our Past Speakers

Vida Rudkin

Managing Director

Vida Rudkin

Managing Director

Vida is a Managing Director of Morgan Stanley, based in their Glasgow Office. Vida is the Head of the Glasgow office, Global Operations Chief Operating Officer and the UK Senior Manager for Client Assets. Vida holds positions on the boards of Morgan Stanley UK Ltd and Morgan Stanley Pension Trustee Ltd. She also holds external positions on the boards of Scottish Financial Enterprise and the Financial Services Growth and Development Board. Prior to her move to Scotland in 2010 Vida spent 10 years working in London in various roles across UBS, Barclays Capital and Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein. She also spent 6 years as a consultant with Andersen Consulting and Deloitte Consulting.

Manira Ahmad

Chief Officer

Lara Oyedele

CEO, Black On Board

Dr. Richmond Davies

Head of Analytics & Intelligence

Dr. Richmond Davies

Head of Analytics & Intelligence

Doctor Richmond Davies has been working in NHS Scotland for 28 years after he decided to relocate from England for further studies. He has worked in various NHS roles from hospital clinical to statistical analysis and finally to senior public health leadership. He heads up analytics for public mental health, child health, cancer, and harmful health behaviours as well as being a data protection officer. Richmond is passionate about preventing disease and minimising its consequences, reducing inequities in health, prolonging valued life, and improving the health and wellbeing of the population, underpinned by robust data, statistics, and intelligence. Richmond has had other roles in his career. He was an NHS statistical advisor to the Scottish Government, a professional civil engineer involved in the consultation and design phases of junction 11a of the M5 motorway in Gloucestershire, an instructor of mathematics in a high school in Essex, and an associate senior lecturer at Robert Gordon University Aberdeen. Richmond looks forward to the future for opportunities, with safeguards, that Artificial Intelligence which includes machine learning, deep learning, and large language models will bring to transform healthcare and contribute to addressing the wider determinants of health.

Katy Morrison

Heald of Culture & Performance

Katy Morrison

Heald of Culture & Performance

Katy is Head of Culture & Performance at Connect Three, B-Corp business consultancy based in Glasgow. Connect Three exist to make the planet a better place to work and live, and with their reach both globally and across the UK, they work with businesses to develop & create sustainable and impactful solutions based on priority areas. Be this, supporting Purpose & Values, or Strategy & Vision to Coaching Training, they help to develop inspirational leaders & people who build healthy businesses that are great places to work. Katy has over 16 years’ experience leading within L&D roles both internally and as a consultant, partnering with clients within Government, public and private and 3rd sector. She brings high energy and impactful design to her sessions and has great experience developing people at all stages from Emerging Talent to Top Directors. Having attained her Level 7 qualification in Strategic Approaches to EDI, she works with clients like Calnex, Zero Waste Scotland and Antibody Analytics to develop their Diversity & Inclusion strategies and creates actions to achieve their goals. Passionate within the area of Workplace Culture and Inclusion & Belonging, Katy has delivered specialist talks at conferences & events to drive her messages of allyship and impact.

Julie Hotchkiss

Executive Director, ACCA

Julie Hotchkiss

Executive Director, ACCA

Julie Hotchkiss was appointed to the ACCA executive team in November 2018 and now holds the role of executive director - people and transformation. In this role, Julie is responsible for ensuring the people agenda and major change activities are fully aligned to enable the organisation’s strategy. Prior to this, Julie was the director – Europe and Americas, where she had a key role in growing and maintaining ACCA’s international footprint and reputation. In this strategic leadership role, Julie played her part in developing the accountancy profession, working with members, students, employers and organisations in a wide range of countries. Julie leads ACCA’s work on developing the culture in line with the long-standing values of innovation, integrity and inclusion. As a global organisation with members and student in more than 170 countries and employees in over 50 countries, ACCA’s value of inclusion is based on creating opportunity for all, removing artificial barriers and embracing diversity.