Fantail’s expertise is a blend of these competencies and experiences which combine to deliver innovative, bespoke and impactful solutions for our clients.
Liz Grant OBE
Liz Grant OBE is a consultant who focuses on Inclusion in the workplace. She works across organisations and especially at senior leadership level, helping them to build inclusion into their culture and operations and develop their leadership capabilities.
Her own experience as a leader in a corporate context provides valuable insights to the day-to-day challenges of managing complex, matrix managed organisations.
At Fantail Liz leads a collaboration of senior Diversity Equity and Inclusion (DEI) consultants. They combine a set of leadership, practitioner and coaching experience and skills.
Their clients include a wide range of financial services, insurance, technology and media companies as well as academia and not-for-profit organisations.
Having previously held trustee roles at Stonewall, IBM UK Trust and the Women’s Sport Trust, Liz is now a trustee of Open for Business.
She was recognised in the 2013 New Year’s Honours when she received an OBE – Officer of the Order of the British Empire – for services to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender equality in the workplace.
Jo Bostock MBE
Jo specialises in working with senior leaders to realise the value of diverse and inclusive organisations. She has run her own consultancy since 2005 and her experience spans global brands operating in multiple geographies, through to SMEs and small, fast-growth start-ups.
Jo’s expertise is grounded in her skill as an Executive Coach, which is underpinned by a Masters in Professional Development. She has supported leaders across Insurance, Financial Services, Technology, Law, Media, Construction, Sport and the Arts. Jo has also collaborated with leading academic institutions, including publishing “The Meaning of Success – Women at Cambridge” with the University of Cambridge.
Jo’s aim is to give leaders the space to genuinely explore what drives them, the values that matter and the choices they make. Throughout this process there is a focus on pragmatism and the relevance of inclusion to live priorities. This means that leaders are better equipped to demonstrate their environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials through action.
Jo’s interest in the dynamics of effective, inclusive leadership also encompasses high performance sport. She co-founded the Women’s Sport Trust, a leading charity dedicated to using the power of sport to accelerate gender inclusion. This saw her recognised as one of the top 20 most influential women in British sport. Jo was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to gender equality in sport.
Jenny Barrow
Jenny Barrow has been working in the field of Inclusion & Diversity for over 10 years. Throughout her career, she has worked with senior leaders, managers and teams to equip them to build an inclusive culture which then improves organisational performance.
Until recently Jenny was Head of Corporate Responsibility for the Financial Conduct Authority, a role she held for 4 years. She developed and implemented the regulator’s Diversity & Inclusion strategy which included responsibility for discharging the FCA’s duties under the Public Sector Equality Duty.
Jenny is a Board member of the Women in Finance Charter.
Jenny’s strengths lie in senior stakeholder management, working with executives to build inclusion into their leadership and operational cultures. She is also a highly experienced leader in delivering diversity & inclusion strategies with an action-oriented, outcomes focused approach. She ensures that responsibility for delivery and growth through inclusion sits within the organisation to achieve collective success.
She led the development of D&I targets for the FCA, built its Positive Action Framework to ensure they were met, and developed the FCA’s Network Group Governance Framework.
At the 2018 Women in Finance Awards, the FCA was named Best Employer. It also entered the Social Mobility Index top 50 for the first time under Jenny’s stewardship and was listed in the Best Employers for Race index.
Previously, Jenny spearheaded the Diversity & Inclusion function at the global law firm Baker & McKenzie, where she ensured the firm gained a place in the top twenty of the Stonewall Workplace Equality Index. She also led the firm’s client inclusion strategy.
Jenny was until recently deputy governor at West Wimbledon Primary School. She lives in South West London with her husband and daughter.
Movell Dash
Movell Dash has 15+ years’ experience as a Diversity and Inclusion Practitioner and has worked with a variety of organisations in the Private and Public sector, including the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Goldsmiths, University of London. She provides consultancy and coaching assisting organisations in developing Diversity and Inclusion strategies and various initiatives including reverse mentoring and sponsorship programmes.
As a Gallup Certified Strengths coach, Movell works with organisations providing executive coaching and helping them in building strengths-based teams. Movell provides executive coaching and D&I coaching to senior leaders up to C-Suite, she also works with women returning to work from extended leave and those newly entering professions. She provides strengths-based coaching as a means of improving confidence, self-esteem and productivity. Movell is also an Oxford Brookes validate personal development coach.
Movell is a qualified Barrister and Prince2 and Agile certified Project Manager, she has in the recent past used her skills to develop and lead a successful Sponsorship Programme for BAME staff. As a mentor Movell spent 4 years working with Brunel University, mentoring students as part of the National Mentoring Consortium Coaching Programme. She has worked with students at Athelney Primary School and Goldsmiths University delivering strengths workshops as an aid to their career development. Most recently, Movell has provided D&I mentoring to a London based architecture firm.
Movell also uses her skills and expertise as a public speaker, speaking on topics ranging from equality, diversity and inclusion to coaching.