Speakers and trainers

EFD has a diverse and valuable resource of disabled speakers and trainers. Located all around the UK, these individuals are experts in their field and have been carefully selected by EFD to provide the highest quality training.

Some of our speakers and trainers are listed below:

Phil Friend

Director, Phil & Friends Ltd.

Phil Friend, himself a wheelchair user, is acknowledged as the UK's foremost consultant on disability matters. A powerful and highly popular communicator, his company, Phil & Friends Ltd., provides both consultancy and training support to many of the country's best-known companies. Read more

Bela Gor

Legal Director, Employers' Forum on Disability

Bela Gor is a leading expert on the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) and an experienced trainer on disability law and practice. She also writes EFD publications and articles for national and trade press.

Caroline Gooding

Director, Diversity Works for London

Caroline Gooding is an equality consultant and Associate of Employers' Forum on Disability. From 2000 - 2008 she was Special Advisor and Director of Legislative Change at the Disability Rights Commission, responsible for leading their work on the Disability Equality Duty, Goods and Services and Legislative Change. Read more

Simon Minty

Director, SMinty Ltd.

Simon Minty has been a partner and director of Minty & Friend since 2001. He has a Masters in Disability Management at Work and a BSc.(Joint Hons) Philosophy and Sociology. Before Minty & Friend, Simon worked for Barclays Bank for eight years as a trainer. Read more

James Partridge

Chief Executive, Changing Faces

James Partridge was severely burned in a car fire in 1970 at the age of 18. He set up Changing Faces in 1992 after the warm reception to his book of the same name published by Penguin in 1990. He wanted to pass on the lessons he had learned and to work for the rights and inclusion of people with facial and body disfigurements. Read more

Kate Nash

Director, Kate Nash and Associates

Kate Nash is currently a freelance diversity consultant. She has 20 years experience in working strategically to effect long-term attitudinal and major social systems change in relation to disabled people. She has worked extensively with the business community in their becoming more 'disability confident'. Read more

Rick Williams CFCIPD

Director, Freeney Wiliams

Rick Williams is the managing director of Freeney Williams Ltd which is one of the UK's leading consultancies in the field of disability and diversity. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and an Associate of Employers' Forum on Disability. Read more

Paul A Mouzer

Director, Blue Mouse Disability

Paul A mouzer is the Managing Director of Blue Mouse Disability which is one of the UK’s leading consultancies in the field of disability and equality. He is also an Associate of the Employers’ Forum on Disability. Paul has 27 years disability experience & expertise as an energetic and passionate person, who prides himself on being an excellent performer and communicator, influencing and delivering to a very high standard.Read more

Helen Cooke

Associate, My+ Consulting

Helen Cooke is a HR professional, disability consultant, trainer and speaker. Helen founded My Plus Consulting in 2005 and works with organisations to help them to understand and address the issues around disability. My + Consulting is recognised as the leading expert around recruitment and graduate recruitment. Helen's refreshing approach stems from her ability to understand the issues from both sides of the fence; as an employee with a disability, and as an employer.Read more