Faith in the Workplace

Faith in the Workplace – A conversation for young professionals. Featuring:

Alpesh Patel is one of the UK’s best known financial commentators and authors. He presented the Bloomberg programme, ‘CEO in the Hot Seat’ and appears regularly on major news networks. He is a regular columnist for the Financial Times.

Laura Marks set up Mitzvah Day UK in 2007. Mitzvah Day is a day of social action which encourages volunteerism in the Jewish community and beyond, benefiting a variety of causes. Laura comes with a background in advertising and marketing.

Sukhvinder Singh is the Head of Workplace Integration and Police Lead for Religion or Belief for the EHRC. He engages with regulatory bodies, professional and employer institutions and works to make inclusivity a fundamental aspect of workplace culture.

Dr Wendi Momen is a founding member and chair of the European Baha’i Business Forum. She is Chairman of the ebbf, Secretary of the UN National Committee for UNIFEM, a Non-Executive Director of the Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust and an elected Councilor of Northill Parish Council.

Potential Questions:

Is taking leave for festivals fair on non-believers?

Are religious restrictions ever a barrier to career progress?

What can people of faith do to bring religious ethics in to our places of work?

Places are strictly limited. Please confirm your attendance before 19 November to Sarah Abramson ? sarah.abramson@bod.org.uk / 020 7543 5400