I grew up on what was once labelled one of Britain’s most dangerous streets, in deep poverty and surrounded by barriers that were never designed to be overcome. As a neurodivergent dual heritage child who was four years behind my year group, unable to read or write, and living with a speech stutter that required years of speech therapy, I was repeatedly told I would never achieve academically, let alone go to university or complete two degrees.
These early experiences formed the foundation of my purpose: to ensure that talent from underrepresented communities is not only seen, but supported, developed and elevated into leadership spaces where they can influence real change.
My career has been defined by breaking down barriers, first for myself and then for others. I became the first Youth Mayor of Bristol, a House of Commons speaker, and later a CIPD qualified inclusive practitioner, progressing into senior leadership within five years. Every step reinforced the same truth: social mobility is not about individual effort alone; it is about transforming the systems that decide who gets to lead.
In 2020, I led the Alzheimer’s Society’s national action strategy for racial equality, helping one of the UK’s largest charities confront structural barriers and redesign its approach to inclusion.
Alongside my professional work, I serve as a Trustee for Ways Into Work, a charity supporting disabled and neurodivergent people across the Thames Valley to access meaningful employment. I contribute to organisational development, representation and people strategy, ensuring lived experience shapes how the charity grows.
My commitment to community extends beyond. In 2025 and 2026, I hiked across the South West Coast Path for Children’s Hospice South West, raising funds in memory of my nephew Trey. I continued this legacy in late 2026 I will be completing the St Peter’s Hospice Trek to Angkor Wat, a five day international challenge. Across both charities, I have raised more than £6,000 this year, using my platform to show that people like me, neurodivergent, working class and often overlooked, can overcome barriers and give back with impact.
My commitment to equity led me to create Possibilities Beyond Limits within the NHS, a lived experience led leadership development programme designed to challenge structural inequality and open progression pathways for racially minoritised, disabled, neurodivergent and working class staff. PBL was the first programme of its kind outside London, built entirely by me without a team, and delivered at a scale and level of creativity that engaged diverse learners in ways the system had never seen before. What began as a pilot became a system wide programme across Birmingham and Solihull ICS. Independent evaluations show significant increases in confidence, leadership readiness and career progression, including a 77 per cent increase in progression for neurodiverse and racially diverse participants and a 92 per cent expansion of leadership pathways across the Black Country, Birmingham and Solihull. PBL is now CPD accredited, with an alumni network sustaining long term leadership pipelines. Its impact has been recognised nationally, including becoming a finalist for the UK Social Mobility Awards.
I later founded Ramal Royal Ltd, a consultancy dedicated to advancing social mobility and neurodiverse leadership by getting underrepresented people into the places and spaces where decisions are made. Operating across the UK and Ireland, the business supports organisations to build inclusive leadership pathways, redesign culture and remove the barriers that have historically restricted progression through programme design, delivery and audits. Within five years, I progressed into senior leadership myself, a journey that fuels my mission to address the UK’s and Ireland’s biggest social mobility crisis. Only one in ten working class people reach senior management, and the UK is experiencing its worst social mobility decline in fifty years.
Everything I do, from charity governance to national strategy to system wide consultancy, is driven by the same aim: to widen access, unlock talent and show that leadership can and must include those who have been overlooked for far too long.