Emmanuel Ogbonna is Professor of Management and Organization at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University. He gained his PhD from University of Wales Cardiff in 1990 and was awarded a chair in 2002. His recent research interests have been in the areas of organizational culture, equality, diversity, inclusion, and anti-racism. His work has explored racialization in the UK labour market and the ways in which this impacts Black and minority ethnic groups. He was part of a team that completed the British Academy and Chartered Management Institute sponsored research project on diversity in the management pipelines of FTSE 100 organizations. He is currently extending his work in this area to include the impacts of a range of intra-organizational interventions (such as mentoring, sponsorship, leadership, organizational culture and management control) on diversity, inclusion and anti-racism. He has published over 120 scholarly papers, monographs and edited collections, many of which are leading-edge contributions in high-ranking international outlets. He has also held a number of Ministerial appointments including: member of Welsh Government Equality in STEM Education and Industry Sub-group, member of First Minister of Wales Black, Asian and minority ethnic COVID-19 Advisory Group, Chair of First Minister of Wales Black, Asian and minority ethnic COVID-19 socio-economic sub-group, and Co-chair (with the Permanent Secretary of the Welsh Government) of the Steering Group that developed the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan. He is currently co-chair of the External Accountability Group that is leading the implementation of the Anti-racist Wales Action Plan. Emmanuel has been elected to the Fellowships of Academy of Social Sciences, British Academy of Management, Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, and Learned Society of Wales. He is Trustee and vice-chair of Race Council Cymru and he was made a Commander of the Order of British Empire (CBE) in the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours.