Olivia Nuamah
National Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Leader
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PwC
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Olivia Nuamah (she/her) is the National Inclusion, Diversity and Belonging Leader at PwC.  She is an accomplished and senior leader in the government and nonprofit sectors promoting social and economic justice, leading and implementing national anti-poverty strategies before undertaking a PhD in computer science. Described as an executive leader, policy expert and diversity and inclusion advocate, she also previously worked with former British prime minister Tony Blair leading police reform initiatives before leading and implementing his pledge to end child poverty in the United Kingdom by 2020. Most recently, she worked with the Ontario government on their pledge to end homeless across the province. She has also held Executive Director roles for The Atkinson Foundation, where she designed and implemented the Black Experience Project, the Innercity Family Health Team a primary care agency working with homeless communities across the GTA where she devised and implemented a census of homeless populations across the GTA, and Pride Toronto the largest festival in Canada advocating for LGBTQ+ communities.  Before joining PwC she was the Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging for ACTRA, the national performers union, supporting close to 27,000 performers across Canada.

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