Plenary
Oct 24, 2024
1:10 PM1:40 PM
Online
ISB
I. Stephanie Boyce
Stephanie Boyce Consulting Ltd
Director
Description
I. Stephanie Boyce is a solicitor, executive mentor, thought leader, commentator and a trusted advisor to executive leaders. Stephanie is using her leadership position for wider positive social impact, particularly around issues of social mobility and social justice.
Stephanie was until October 2022 the president of the Law Society of England and Wales. The first person of colour to hold this esteemed position, the longest-serving president of the 21st century and one of the most effective. It took her four attempts to become president she went from being told she would never make it as a solicitor to leading one of the world’s largest body of solicitors through a number of world crises including the Covid-19 pandemic, the withdrawal in Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine and the death of Her Majesty the Queen and over 70 ministerial resignations through all of which she had to be the agile navigator, the enterprise steward.
Stephanie’s work has been recognised with a number of awards. In 2020 Stephanie was voted on to the Governance Hot 100 - Board Influencer and made the Power List 100 Most Influential Black People in the UK in 2021, 2022 and 2023 and jointly awarded the 2022 Burberry British Diversity Awards-Inspirational Role Model of the Year. Most recently, following a public ballot, Stephanie is featured in an art exhibition celebrating ‘100 Black Women Who Have Made a Mark’.
Stephanie is an Honorary Professor of Law, The Dickson Poon School of Law and a Fellow of King’s College London. Holds Honorary Doctorates of Law from Keele University, the University of East London and the University of Law for her work on equality, diversity and inclusion (EDI) and contribution to the legal profession. Stephanie is the recipient of the King’s College London Distinguished Alumni of the Year award 2022 and awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from Women & Diversity in Law for her work on EDI and her contribution to the profession. Stephanie also received the High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire award for her leadership of the legal profession during the COVID-19 pandemic and services to EDI.
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