Jayne Little

Jayne is the founder and CEO of Skills 4 Ltd, a company she established in 2006 to improve gender balance in the male-dominated STEM sectors. Jayne and her passionate team deliver award-winning diversity and inclusion training programmes, giving thousands of women the confidence and skills they need to advance their careers and become role models for others. Jayne’s passion for inclusion and fairness is what prompted her to start Skills 4 and the company vision is the same now as it was then: to live in a world where everyone brings their true self to work. Jayne’s programmes improve proactive ownership, authenticity and confidence, enabling women to seek and achieve progression opportunities. Her EMPOWER programme has been successfully delivered to over 10,000 women with over 66% being promoted within a year of completing the training. Jayne also authors groundbreaking ‘Moving the Dial’ Reports which analyse business performance against criteria known to affect the retention and progression of diverse talent, sharing benchmarking, and helping organisations to build more inclusive workplaces. Since the company’s inception, Jayne’s emphasis has been on the need for continued learning with this in mind, she launched the Skills 4 Alumni which is a free membership for all delegates providing the opportunity to network and share best practice, building a community where we can continue to learn and share our work on diversity and inclusion. Jayne has always been an advocate and champion for diversity and inclusion for all genders and underrepresented groups and frequently volunteers her time to speak on panels and deliver talks which contribute to this important societal shift.