Chartered Psychologist | MBA | Accredited Coach | Multi-Award Winner | Podcast Host | Bestselling Author

Nadia Nagamootoo (she/her) is a prolific diversity, equity & inclusion thought leader, a global keynote speaker, award-winning businesswoman, and best-selling author.

Nadia’s work is driven by her purpose to create ripples of change in every organisation and person she touches; striving for a world where everyone feels like it was designed for them.

She is boldly challenging our understanding of leadership, pushing for leaders to recognise the deep, inner work needed if they are to truly embody conscious inclusion.

Nadia has shared her thought leadership in organisations such as PwC, Nestlé, Kingfisher, European Women in Boards, CBRE, Pure Data Centres Group, Henley Centre for Coaching and many more!  She has also moderated panel discussions at global conferences and events, and joined as a guest on a number of podcast shows, such as Confessions of a DEI Pro with Ashanti Bentil-Dhue, Seize the Day with Natalie Miller-Snell, and All Inclusive with Natasha Rainey.

Founded by Nadia in 2015, Avenir guides organizations on their leadership and cultural path towards Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), with a belief that DEI needs to be driven from the top and embodied by everyone who works there.

Learn from the Bestselling Author

Nadia’s debut book, Beyond Discomfort: Why inclusive leadership is so hard (and what you can do about it), published in March 2024 and went straight to the bestseller list. Beyond Discomfort is full of stories and examples that deepen understanding of why DEI is so knotty and complex. Learn from Nadia as she supports you through reflective questions, practical tools and activities to develop your inclusive practice.