Pamela Gupta has been a journalist for more than 20 years, mainly at the BBC. Her career has spanned reporting and presenting news bulletins in Derby and the East Midlands and nationally and globally for Radio 4, World Service, Radio 1 and Asian Network. She has covered a diverse range of topics from Politics to Human Interest stories including environmental issues such as flooding and climate activism. She is also a guest journalism lecturer and Non-Executive Director for a Food and Education project tackling food waste and sustainability.

Pamela will be our compere and host for the day, ensuring that everyone has their opportunity to speak and share their stories and helping us all to ask the questions we need to ask.

We are honoured to have her as our host.