We are a team of multicultural changemakers and EDI coaches who advocate the value of inclusion and diversity and help drive strategic, sustainable change.
Our team
Diverse teams ask better questions and inclusive teams find better answers
Gender identity
- Women55
- Men45
- Prefer not to say
- Other
Ethnicity
- White60
- Multi-ethnic10
- Black/African10
- Hispanic/Latinx20
- Asian
- Prefer not to say
- Other
10%
of our staff are neurodivergent
10%identify as LGBTQ+
Data collected in October 2022
Alicja Janowska
Researcher
Alicja is a Researcher in the Executive Search Practice. She has 5 years of experience in the Executive Search industry. Her career started in the higher education sector, helping numerous universities with their global talent searches. Currently, managing projects in finance, asset management and technology companies.
Alicja is qualified in psychometric testing, enjoys coaching and cannot imagine a week without a good fantasy book.

Alicja Janowska
Researcher
Eva Lauerbach
Head of EDI Consultancy
Eva is a Founding Member and Senior Leader at Equality Group. She heads up Equality Group’s EDI Consultancy business.
With more than 15 years of experience in strategy consulting and executive search she advises clients in investment and technology sectors on de-biasing processes and building more inclusive work cultures.
Mother of a girl, certified sommelier, PADI advanced water diver and fitness lover. Eva passionately enjoys organising events to bring people together around music, art and wellness.

Eva Lauerbach
Head of EDI Consultancy
Hephzi Pemberton
CEO & Founder
Hephzi is the CEO and Founder of Equality Group.
15 years experience in Corporate Finance, management, strategy and entrepreneurship including Lehman Brothers analyst, Kea Consultants co-founder and partner. She is the author of the Amazon bestseller "The Diversity Playbook" and several research papers including "2021 Inclusive Index" (published in Dow Jones). BA Literature and Language (Oxford University).
Mother of two boys, avid runner and amateur poet.

Hephzi Pemberton
CEO & Founder
Keon West
Head of Academic Research
Keon the Head of Research for Equality Group and a Professor of Psychology at Goldsmith University.
Keon - who’s research focuses on prejudice, sexual orientation, and sexual health - has received numerous international awards for his research, teaching, media engagement, and social activism.
He has appeared over 100 times as a psychological expert on media outlets including the BBC World Service, Radio 4, Channel 4 and the Guardian.

Keon West
Head of Academic Research
Cézanne Tobin
Executive Assistant
Cézanne is PA to Hephzi and Executive Assistant to the Equality Team. She has been with Hephzi prior to the launch of Equality Group after previously working in Finance for over 10 years with experience as an Office Manager/PA.
She provides vital support to Hephzi and the company in an extensive variety of areas including HR and bookkeeping.
Cézanne is a mum to two teenage boys, is a qualified hypnotherapist, and also enjoys the gym and boxing.

Cézanne Tobin
Executive Assistant
Sasha Graham
Head of Education Services
Sasha is a Founding Member and Senior Leader at Equality Group.
She leads the firm’s Learning and Development offering and has worked with numerous leading European PE and Technology firms on training and upskilling their teams on Diversity and Inclusion.
She is committed to Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, the martial arts and combat sport.

Sasha Graham
Head of Education Services
Shirine Al-Sadi
Head of Research
Shirine is the Head of Research at Equality Group responsible for search mandates dealing with all levels across Finance and Technology, as well as developing and growing the sustainability community.
Shirine hires diverse talent into leadership positions including Investment Professionals and Head of Strategy. She has multiple years of experience in digital production (web and movies), project management and recruitment/executive search.
She is the winner of the Microsoft’s Web Awards and wrote and illustrated a children’s book now published in 2 languages.

Shirine Al-Sadi
Head of Research
Simon Norris
Head of Executive Search
Simon leads Equality Group’s Executive Search Practice. He has 15 years experience in the Executive Search industry and has spent the past 10 years advising Private Equity and Venture Capital funds, making Board-level appointments in portfolio companies as well as delivering investment team hires. He started his career at PwC where he spent four years in their Business Recovery Services.
Simon is an avid sportsman and can be found with a hockey stick, golf club, cricket bat or squash racket in hand most weekends.

Simon Norris
Head of Executive Search