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Ratidzo co-chairs the Bank of England’s Ethnic Minority Network, steering the network to focus on ethnic minority representation at the Bank. She has provided the Network with clear direction, utilising her visibility with senior management to ensure that BAME issues are prominent on the executive agenda. She has collaborated with HR to understand the issues faced by ethnic minorities at the Bank, in order to effect positive change. Ratidzo has represented BAME colleagues at executive committees, driving the Bank’s strategy to improve the progression of BAME colleagues, and successfully encouraging the Bank to sign up to the Race at Work Charter, sponsored by Business in the Community. Ratidzo curated the Bank’s Black History Month celebrations, fostering a culture of inclusivity for her colleagues in the Bank. Ratidzo fed into a number of policies to ensure the Bank considers diversity in the external activities it undertakes and, in her capacity as Head of Outreach and Education, Ratidzo ensures that the Bank is honouring its commitment to be a role model for other institutions in the City. She is also on the steering group for the Bank’s African Caribbean Scholarship scheme. Externally, Ratidzo is a judge for the Black British Business Awards and participates in a number of career-focused panels where she talks about the importance of diversity in the workplace. She has mentored young people of colour from disadvantaged backgrounds through a number of schemes, and has co-organised a number of diversity-related events as part of her local school’s Parent-Teachers’ Association.

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