Charlie Leech is a Client Services Lead within Bloomberg Media Group. Across the business she is an advocate for diversity, proactively sharing knowledge and insight on company initiatives with her peers, such as the Bloomberg Gender Equality Index. Charlie is an active lead of the Media Diversity and Inclusion SWAT team in EMEA, leading showcase events to engage media executives in topical conversations. Charlie also makes a significant contribution to the business as Leadership Development Lead for the EMEA Women’s Community delivering a range of programming for members including: inspirational talks, group mentoring sessions, networking events and skill training workshops. On International Women’s Day for the last 3 years Charlie has volunteered for Media Trust as a communications expert, advising charities on their marketing strategies. Charlie is a Millennial Coach for the Thrive Career Mentoring scheme at the University of Reading, which was awarded the AGCAS Research Informed Practice Excellence Award in 2018. She has directly mentored undergraduates over the last 4 academic years and regularly speaks at the University as a Guest Lecturer for The Professional Track; advising the next generation of leaders. Due to her ongoing voluntary commitment to the University, she was selected by the Vice Chancellor as a Senior Ambassador for the IMAGINE programme, focussed on creating solutions to real-world problems. Charlie was also recognised as a Rising Star in Media and Journalism by WeAreTheCity in 2018.