Asif Sadiq

About

Asif Sadiq

Asif Sadiq has over fifteen years of global experience in his impressive industry, having worked in Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and North America as a multi-award-winning diversity and inclusion expert. Seeing significant success in achieving strategic and operational targets as well as managing risk, change, performance and quality. Asif boasts an impressive track record as the former Head of Diversity and Inclusiveness for EY Financial Services and the former Head of Equality, Diversity and Human Rights Unit for the City of London Police.

Moving from his position as Head of Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging for The Telegraph Media Group in 2020, Asif was appointed as Global Head of Diversity, Inclusion and Social Impact for global sports brand Adidas. Recently, Asif was appointed as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer for Warner Bros.Discovery, where he looks after some of the world’s most iconic brands such as Warner Bros, CNN, Cartoon Network and HBO Max to name a few. Committed to creating a strong sense of belonging, Asif is a truly passionate and inspirational global leader and renowned keynote speaker. Asif can connect and empower with every level of a business and has been key in implementing diversity and inclusion activities and programmes to create an inclusive environment for all.

The influence and work of Asif have been so great that as a result, he has gained a huge variety of achievements for his work such as the Police Officer of the Year Award and Civil Servant of the Year Award. He has also gained recognition with the Mosaic (Prince’s Trust) Award for mentoring and the prestigious Asian Professional Award. A stand-out award that truly highlighted his efforts towards diversity and inclusion was the highly commended Head of Diversity Award at the European Diversity Awards. In 2017 Asif was honoured with an MBE for his services to Policing and Communities. He is also listed as one of the most influential Global D&I Leaders by Hive Learning, the CIPD’s Top 20 Power List and a LinkedIn influencer. Most recently, in 2023, Asif was honoured as a Top 50 Trailblazer in Gender Equity for 2023 by WeAreTheCity, a finalist at the 2023 Black Tech Achievement Awards for Ally of the Year, and a recipient of an honorary Doctorate from The Open University.

Not only is Asif one of the most popular inspirational keynote speakers on the circuit but he is also the current Chair of the London Hate Crime Board and a member of the APPG (All Party Parliamentary Group) on Hate Crime. From being a trainer for the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights to a Special Sergeant with the City of London Police the list of Asif’s work is endless. Due to his stance in society and the huge impact he has had, he has also been invited as a judge for a range of awards including the BIMA Awards, CIPD Awards, the Lord Mayor’s Dragon Awards and the Personnel Today Awards. Acting as a huge role model for many, Asif strongly believes in creating a strong sense of belonging for everyone which he showcases in his everyday work and also his speeches. He can provide huge benefits for businesses including implementing diversity and inclusion programmes as well as discussing how to achieve operational and strategic targets.

We recently sat down with Asif to hear his insight into diversity and inclusion first-hand – read our Q&A with Asif Sadiq to find out more. Our Sales Executive, Chris Tompkins, also sat down to conduct an exclusive interview with Asif Sadiq. Watch our Q&A to hear Asif speak about diversity, equality and inclusion in the workplace. Asif has also recently been honoured as the 12th speaker of the Official Top 25 Diversity & Inclusion Speakers in the World, a testament to his distinguished career dedicated to EDI.