The People and Culture Committee is a subcommittee of the University Management Board. The People and Culture Committee is Imperial's high-level committee for equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and is chaired by Professor Hugh Brady, President of Imperial.
Our current Associate Provosts (EDI) are Professor Bernadette Byrne and Dr Wayne Mitchell. You can email the Associate Provosts (EDI) directly to raise any issues or concerns.
University leaders on EDI
Bernadette Byrne, Associate Provost (EDI)
Bernadette is Professor of Molecular Membrane Biology in the Department of Life Sciences. She joined Imperial in 2000 and has undertaken a number of roles including Director of Postgraduate Studies for the Division of Molecular Biosciences, deputy Head of Department, and Deputy Director of the Graduate School.
Bernadette's recent role was as Associate Dean for Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity for the Faculty of Natural Sciences where she worked to increase the number of Black heritage PhD students via the Enhance programme, established the Conversations on Diversity programme, put in place an EDI focused External Advisory Board and promoted inclusive recruitment.
Wayne Mitchell, Associate Provost (EDI)
Wayne is a Senior Teaching Fellow in the Department of Immunology and Inflammation, where he is also Senior Welfare Tutor and Graduate Teaching Assistant Coordinator. He first joined Imperial as a Research Fellow in 2005, and returned in 2015.
For a number of years Wayne has been involved in the running of Imperial As One, our race equality network for staff and postgraduate students. He was also a member of Imperial’s Race Equality Charter Self Assessment Team and Imperial's History Group.
In 2022, Wayne co-hosted the Black Graduate Career Conference. This led to a collaboration researching the impact of Black Lives Matter on people of colour in higher education, and Imperial hosting the first Symposium on Transatlantic Racial Reckoning (STARR): Imagining Anti-Racist Academic Worlds in 2023.
Kani Kamara, Head of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Centre
Kani has worked for Imperial for a number of years in several roles. She started as an HR Advisor, and became a HR Manager for the Faculty of Natural Sciences, before moving into the EDI team.
Now the Head of the EDI Centre, Kani provides leadership on EDI support and consultancy services for teams and departments in across the university.
Kani is also the team lead on harassment support and one of the team's disability support advisors.
If you want to talk to Kani or a member of the team, please book an appointment through our system. You can also email Kani directly.