Baroness Ruth Hunt

Baroness Ruth Hunt is an influential communicator, Director, and former CEO, who helps audiences of all sizes understand how they can build better cultures that work and bring minority voices into the room.

She has over two decades of experience leading campaigns for the LGBTQ+ community, and in 2019 she became the youngest crossbench peer in the House of Lords, with a particular emphasis on LGBTQ+ communities.

Throughout her career, Ruth has received many accolades, including making it on The Independent on Sunday’s Pink List as the fifth most influential LGBT Person in Britain in 2013, and then made it to third place in 2015.

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Type Of Speaker

Diversity Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Female Speakers Health & Wellbeing Keynote LGBTQ+ (Pride) Mental Health Politics & Current Affairs Speaker

More About Baroness Ruth Hunt

Baroness Ruth Hunt graduated from the University of Oxford in 2001 with a BA in English Language and Literature, but she didn’t immediately leave. After graduating, she became the President of the University’s Student Union, and then the Student Funding Officer. Following that, she started work as a Policy Officer for Universities UK.

She is a Visiting Fellow at Jesus College Cambridge and brings an academic rigour to her work whilst being accessible to her audiences regardless of background.

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CAREER

In 2005, she was named the CEO of Stonewall, Europe’s largest LGBTQ+ charity. During her 15 years there, she played an integral part in leading landmark campaigns on issues such as homophobia in school, and the Rainbow Laces campaign for the Premier League. Whist at Stonewall, she worked alongside organisations including the Home Office, the UK Border Agency, Accenture, and the Ministry of Defence.

As Chief Executive, Ruth was involved in their campaign on the Same Sex Couples Marriage Bill, and the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008. One of her big projects was to spearhead their commitment to trans quality, a move that has consulted over 700 trans people to help create real change for trans people.

As well as her work in parliament, Ruth, alongside her partner Caroline, are Directors of Deeds and Words, working with organisations of all sizes and industries to deliver interventions that achieve positive shifts in the cultures of working.

In 2020, Ruth edited The Book of Queer Prophets, containing a collection of essays on religion and sexuality, dedicated to “the countless queer people who continue to find the courage to speak truth to power. We are channels of peace and we bring so much love to the world”.

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SPEAKING

Baroness Ruth Hunt enjoys using her personal experiences to help other people, and is now an honest and passionate after-dinner and keynote speaker.

KEYNOTE TOPICS

Traditional Leadership Models in Workplace Culture: Ruth looks at why and how embracing collective leadership and building inclusive cultures can result in more productive individuals, and increased organisational effectiveness and performance.

Psychological Safety: Ruth considers why we need to cultivate safe environments in our personal and professional lives, and how this can drive organisational effectiveness.

The Power of Allyship: Ruth talks about what has been achieved already in relation to the power of allyship, particularly in workplaces, and what still needs to be done. She explores the need to challenge the status quo and breakdown inequalities to threaten a more tolerant society.