Leyla Okhai

Nationality: British
Based in: London, UK

As the founder and CEO of Diverse Minds, Leyla enables organisations to create mentally healthy and equal workplaces through coaching, training, speaking and consultancy. With a focus on practical mental health strategies, cultural awareness and race equality to facilitate a positively productive workplace. Leyla has over 19 years’ experience in equity diversity and inclusion, gained as the Head of the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Centre at Imperial College London and the University of Oxford. She is a University of Leeds alumna, graduating in 2003 and she was appointed to the University of Leeds Council in 2018. She was honoured in the UK’s Diversity Power List 2023/2024.