Bobbi Pickard (she/they), Chief Executive.
Bobbi founded trans in the City in 2017 in response to seeing a lack of co-operative working between global corporates to help the trans and non-binary community and has transformed it into a global organisation with over 350 major organisations collaborating on furthering trans awareness across the world. With many years global diversity and inclusion experience across 77 countries for a FTSE top 5 organisation along with senior operational and programme management experience in the banking, trading, technology and energy sectors she is extremely active in all areas of diversity and speaks at many events around the world on LGBTQIA+ inclusion in business, trans issues and diversity and inclusion in industry. She is in demand on radio, TV and other online mediums. Bobbi is a Patron of FFLAG and of Swindon and Wiltshire Pride, a golden champion of Stonewall Housing, a delegate for the UK United Nations Compact on Equality for Women, a Diversity Role Model and a champion and trustee of Chippenham Pride. In the past she has held executive roles at OUTvertising and Mermaids and has been a DEI Associate of the Wellcome Trust. She is the first trans person ever to close the London Stock Exchange, was voted #1 in the Yahoo Finance OUTstanding 50 LGBT+ Future Leaders’ List 2019, #4 in 2020, included in the PWC Stonewall 50 Inspirational Role Models 2019, was winner of the Rainbow Honours LGBTQ Champion Award 2019, the Nestle Diversity Champion Award at the 2020 British LGBT awards, placed #14 in the Pride Power List 2020, 12 in 2021, was a business nominee in the 2021 Diva Awards, winner of the Diversity Hero Award at the European Diversity Awards 2021 and was awarded Changemaker of the Year 2022 by Stonewall. She has raised over £500K for LGBTIQA charities in the last 10 years. After very many years when she struggled to stay alive she now finds such joy in life. That joy does not extend to tomatoes, aniseed or sultanas. She plays guitar, bass and sings, enjoys painting, has two grown up children, a Cavapoo puppy and lives in Wiltshire, UK.
Emily Hamilton (she/her), Deputy CEO
Emily Hamilton is a senior leader at RS Components, a FTSE 100 organisation, with a 25 year career in strategic business change and transformation. She is also the founder and Chair of the World's First LGBTQIA+ supporters' association in World Professional Rugby, QuinsPride at Harlequins. She is a global speaker on Transgender and Non Binary inclusion, with a particular focus on mental health and strategic business effectiveness. Emily sits on a number of committees working for greater inclusion for Women at Work, LGBTQIA people and is a volunteer role model for Diversity Role Models. Additionally she sits on advisory panels for the Police and CPS in the cause of eradicating LGBTQ+ Hate Crime and Violence against Women and Girls. She has been honoured with multiple awards for her work, including the Bank of London Rainbow Honours, named for three years on the global 100 senior LGBT Executives by Involve People's OUTstanding list, as well as being named on the Diva Power list. A proud Transgender and Bisexual woman, she advocates for inclusion and the ability of people to be their true selves at work - providing support for businesses to be more successful and influencing policymakers in developing environments where everyone can thrive.
Arlene McDermott (they/them), Executive Director
Arlene is Head of Business Management and Chief of Staff to Group GC, Group Legal and Compliance at the London Stock Exchange Group.
As Head of Business Management, Arlene is dedicated to enhancing ways of working and promoting collaboration. She passionately champions inclusion of the LGBTI+ community and works tirelessly to create spaces where everyone can show up as their best selves in all areas of life.
Sarah Maslen-Roberts (she/her), Executive Director
As well as her role within Trans in the City, Sarah, based in South Wales, runs Undivided Training and Consultancy which focuses on LGBTQ+ inclusion and awareness raising, she is the Fast Track Cymru Manager working to get to zero HIV transmissions in Wales by 2030, she sits on the Welsh Government’s LGBTQ+ Advisory Group and other similar working groups, supports an LGBTQ+ Youth Group in Swansea and is even a show jumping coach for a young person with additional needs. In 2022 Sarah was recognised for her work when she placed 16th on the Welsh Pinc List of most influential LGBTQ+ people in Wales and subsequently in 2023 she placed 6th on the same list. Sarah is a passionate ally and uses her numerous roles to advocate for the trans+, non-binary and gender diverse community. She is particularly dedicated to amplifying the voices of trans+ and non-binary young people and advocating for them when needed. Leading the Trans in the City Student Ambassador scheme allows her to combine her expertise, experience and knowledge to create further opportunities for trans+ and non-binary young people by connected them with businesses and organisations to expand their horizons and provide opportunities for career development to enable them to reach their goals.
Eva Echo (she/they), Events Manager
Eva is an activist, writer and TEDx speaker with a focus on transgender rights and mental health. She uses her own experiences and intersectionality to shed light on what it is to be transgender and to challenge the obstacles which gender diverse people face within today’s society. Most notably, Eva took legal action against NHS England in the High Court to challenge the unlawful waiting times for trans patients. Eva is also Director of Innovation at Birmingham Pride, an ambassador for the charity Diversity Role Models and sits on the Crown Prosecution Service’s hate crime panel. As of 2023, Eva’s story was included in the Science Museum’s permanent “Who Am I?” gallery, which aims to promote diversity and education to all current and future generations. As a proud East Asian trans woman from a working class background, Eva’s story and work have been featured at both national and international level, with appearances in publications such as Metro, Refinery29, Boots Health & Beauty, Cosmopolitan, Pride Life and iNews, in addition to appearances on BBC, ITV and Channel 4. During trans awareness week 2023, Eva became the first trans woman to speak at the first TEDxWomen event outside of London, in the UK. She has delivered and facilitated keynote speeches and discussions to advocate for ED&I within numerous organisations, including the Institute of Government & Public Policy, Microsoft and Facebook, and is a regular speaker at King’s College London. In 2020, Eva founded the #PassItOn campaign, which created discussion around trans and non-binary image standards, in addition to better representation of trans and non-binary body types in the media. Her message is simple: be your own kind of beautiful.
Becca Davies (she/they), Media Manager
Founder of Branding by Becca and Creative Director of Undivided Training & Consultancy, Becca is a true LGBTQ+ ally who prioritises educating herself and others on the needs of the community and using her expertise in marketing to help amplify their voices where she can. Working with a broad range of clients through Branding by Becca, from small mental health charities to renowned LGBTQ+ speakers, Becca focuses using a personal approach to bring brands to life. As Trans in the City’s Media Director, Becca is responsible for ensuring our message resonates authentically and powerfully with our audience. In her day job, Becca works in the public sector for a fostering service, and thrives being on the ground in her community
