Ali Hanan

Ali Hanan is founder and CEO of Creative Equals, an organisation set up to address gender diversity in the creative industries.

She worked for the last 16 years as a copy/creative director at some of the adland's top agencies, but along the way noticed little was changing.

Now most of the industry's top agencies, including BBH, JWT, R/GA, AKQA, Mr President, AMVBBDO and more are signed up to Creative Equals 50:50 charter to transform the industry.

Some of the organisation's programmes include a 'Creative Returnships' scheme for mums (and dads) who have left the industry, a diversity charter for recruiters and the 'Be Awesome Night School', which provides affordable training for creatives.