Speaker Profile: Kunle Olulode MBE

Kunle is the director at Voice4Change England, a BME (Black and Minoritised Ethnic) charity and infrastructure support body.

Kunle has been awarded an MBE for his contributions within the Black and Minoritised sector in 2022. As a trade union activist at Camden Council, from 2002 – 2011, he led the Camden Black Workers staff group. He represented over 500 Black and Asian staff members and founded its award-winning Camden Black History Forum. 

Kunle believes that it is time to develop a new narrative around race equality away from deficit models. Working in a sector that, he is acutely aware of how the lack of diversity in thought is crippling serious debate on social policy issues, particularly Race. 
Kunle is also a regular on television and radio including Radio London, Al Jazeera, Sky TV, RT on debates relating to politics, the arts, diversity and race. With a long-standing interest in arts development particularly in film, he is on the programming board for BFI South Bank's African Odyssey.

Kunle is a trustee of the English Heritage Trust, which is responsible for some of England most iconic buildings, monuments and landmarks including Hadrian's Wall, Stone Henge, Portchester Castle and Kenwood House. He also sits on the advisory board of Hawthorn Communications.