With over 22 years in board level roles, Jacqui is a highly experienced leader, injecting strength, purpose, focus and energy into her work. Couple that with her motivation, innovative thinking style and desire to change the world, she is a tour-de-force in the inclusion space.

As CEO of awarding-winning social enterprise Genius Within, Jacqui’s role is to shape and grow the organisation’s inclusion work for the benefit of all within the ND community. In 2022, Genius Within was recognised with a Queen’s Award for promoting opportunities.

Jacqui is passionate that neurominorities are not overlooked, and as a Dyslexic and Dyspraxic woman, she personally knows the common barriers that prevent inclusion from becoming a reality, having masked her own condition for most of her professional life.

As an advocate of equity within our society, she understands the positive impact that comes when every individual is empowered to be at their best. As celebrating those successes is central to her values, Jacqui has injected her trademark energy into the annual Celebrating Neurodiversity Awards. In 2022, the event was live streamed directly from the London Stock Exchange, reaching a combined global audience of nearly 300,000.

Her belief that changing the environment, not the individual, drives her work forward in championing systemic change, where intersectional challenges can be addressed.

Jacqui’s comments and contributions are regularly published, and she uses her platform to promote further understanding, and importantly acceptance, of all cognitive differences and their positive contribution to our society as a whole.