Speakers

Speaker profile

Lydia Wakefield-Yeung is Associate Director, External Partnerships and Scholarships at London Business School. Lydia leads on relations with corporate partners, external organisations, university outreach and scholarships for degree education. Lydia’s focus is to enable career progression through business education, particularly for those under-represented in business and leadership – including women. Lydia also sits on the Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging Committee at LBS.

Lydia has had a broad career in the education sector, enabling professional and academic progression – predominantly in business, entrepreneurship and creative sectors. Lydia has previously spoken in Parliament on a number of occasions to address equity of opportunity for women in business