Naman Ramachandran Celebrated media diversity and inclusion practitioner Joanna Abeyie is joining the BBC as interim head of creative diversity on a six-month contract.Abeyie will support the BBC’s outgoing director of creative diversity, June Sarpong, and chief content officer, Charlotte Moore, in delivering on-air diversity and inclusion strategies across all BBC output.Abeyie will lead on the planning, development and implementation of initiatives related to on-air talent portrayal, commissioning guidelines, diverse audience panels, monitoring and reporting.
She joins at a time when there is an exodus of women of color from the BBC, as revealed by a Variety investigation. Abeyie arrives at the corporation with a rich media diversity track record.
In 2008, Abeyie started social enterprise, Shine Media, which saw her place over 3,000 people from diverse backgrounds into work within creative industries.
In 2018 she started Blue Moon, an inclusive executive search and diversity and inclusion consultancy. She was instrumental in establishing the Creative Diversity All-Party Parliamentary Group with Deborah Bull, of which she is joint secretary.
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