Speaker

Dr Miranda Brawn

Director of Legal and Transaction Management, Daiwa

Dr Miranda Brawn has a background as an investment banker and barrister. Miranda is a senior business, legal and diversity executive. Outside of her day job, she is the Founder and CEO of The Miranda Brawn Diversity Leadership Foundation which has won an award from the UK Prime Minister Theresa May MP for making history by launching the first race diversity lecture aimed at schoolchildren. Miranda has been named as one of the UK’s leading diversity champions where recent press has called Miranda the go-to person for race diversity in the City of London. Miranda focuses on all forms of diversity and equality especially race and gender across all sectors in the UK workforce.

A multi-award winning legal, business and diversity leader who is hailed as a trailblazer and honoured numerous times domestically and internationally for her achievements. A regular business and diversity expert on television and radio while being quoted in the national press. Her television work includes regular appearances on BBC Breakfast, ITV’s Good Morning Britain, Sky News and London Live. Miranda is also a guest lecturer for various organisations including higher education establishments and writes regularly for national newspapers on social policy, cultural and equality issues.

Miranda has regularly been named as one of the most influential persons in the UK by various annual “Powerlists” including Top 100 BAME business executive leaders Powerlist (Financial Times), Top 100 Women in European Finance (Financial News) and UK’s Top 10 inspiring females changing Britain (Metro) to name but a few.  Miranda’s work has also been personally praised by HRH The Prince Charles of Wales, Mayor of London, Mayor of Brighton, Mayor of Cambridge and the UK Prime Minister. Miranda received a Doctor of Letters in 2017 for her contribution and services to business, financial services, law, diversity and the next generation across the Globe.  With a refreshing and diverse background, Miranda is also an advisor and patron to a number of companies, charities, individuals and governments. She has spoken across the globe including Parliament, University of Cambridge and University of Oxford.