Building Inclusive Cultures Through Peer Connection

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Our Origin Story

Born from lived experience.
Built to include everyone.

The Inclusion Hub Exchange began within the Fairness, Inclusion and Respect Committee of the Institution of Civil Engineers, sparked by the findings of the 2023 sexual harassment survey. The survey exposed, with painful clarity, the scale of the challenges faced by women across engineering and construction, challenges that could no longer be dismissed as isolated or industry‑specific.

What started as an internal response quickly grew into something bigger. It became clear that the issues raised were not confined to ICE members, nor to engineers alone. They reflected a wider cultural reality across the built environment, one where people were experiencing a range of challenges.

In response, we came together with a shared determination to create something new: a trusted, independent platform open to everyone across the sector. To create spaces where people feel safe sharing their experiences and contribute to meaningful, lasting cultural change.

Today, The Inclusion Hub Exchange stands as a collective commitment to listening, learning and improving working lives across the full breadth of the industry. A place built by the sector, for the sector, to ensure every voice is heard and every individual feels valued.

Our Mission and Values

The Mission

To promote psychological safety, belonging and inclusive cultures across the built environment by creating confidential peer‑support spaces, amplifying lived experience responsibly, and helping the sector learn, adapt and thrive.

Our Values

Safety — We protect confidentiality, dignity and wellbeing in every interaction.

Integrity — We act ethically, transparently and in the public interest.

Inclusion — We centre underrepresented voices and lived experience.

Collaboration — We work across institutions and disciplines to drive collective progress.

Learning — We turn insight into action, helping the sector improve continuously.

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Meet Our Trustees

Our trustees are accomplished and values‑driven professionals who bring deep expertise, integrity and lived experience to The Inclusion Hub Exchange.

Prof Anusha Shah CEng FICE

Past ICE President

Award‑winning engineer, climate resilience specialist and one of the most respected leaders in the built and natural environment. A long‑standing champion of nature positive and people positive practice, she has been a visible advocate for climate resilience, inclusive leadership and the wellbeing of the workforce that delivers our infrastructure.

Meshi Taka CEng FICE

Chair of the ICE FIR committee

Award‑winning engineer and long‑standing advocate for equity and inclusive cultures. Meshi is a dynamic leader and energiser with a creative, forward‑thinking approach. She is known for challenging the status quo with clarity, compassion and practical, people‑centred solutions. A positive disruptor with an innovative mindset, she brings both courage and care to the conversations shaping the future of the profession. She is deeply committed to advancing inclusion in the workplace, attracting and retaining diverse talent.

Sharon Slinger FRICS FIWFM

Founder of Constructing Rainbows

A consultancy dedicated to helping organisations build more inclusive, equitable and psychologically safe workplaces.

Sharon is a visible advocate for LGBTQ+ inclusion, gender equity and fair access to opportunity across the sector. She regularly advises industry bodies, contributes to cross‑industry initiatives and mentors emerging professionals who are shaping the future of the built environment.

Kieran Valentine

Inclusion Leader and Culture Change Professional

A respected inclusion leader with a strong track record of driving cultural change across the built environment. With experience spanning organisational development, people strategy and equity, diversity and inclusion, he brings a thoughtful, evidence‑informed and deeply human approach to creating workplaces where everyone can thrive.

Rachel Piper CEng FICE

ICE FIR committee member & Chair of Inclusion & Belonging for WSP UK&I

Rachel is committed advocate for inclusion and belonging across the civil engineering profession, driving practical action and cultural change throughout the sector.

A significant area of her impact has been her leadership in uncovering the scale of sexual harassment within the profession. Through an industry wide survey, she helped bring long overlooked experiences into the open and used the findings to spark meaningful dialogue and drive improvements across organisations.

Tarisiro Fundira CEng MICE

Vice chair of the ICE FIR committee

Tari is a leading champion for equity, representation and inclusive leadership across the built environment. He champions the importance of creating workplaces where people feel supported, empowered and able to contribute their full potential, and he is recognised for his ability to bring people together around shared purpose and practical action.

He plays an active role in industry initiatives that strengthen belonging, widen access to opportunity and support the next generation of engineers and leaders.

Richard Lang CEng MICE MNucl TechIOSH

Neurodiversity Advocate

Richard brings insight of lived experience as a neurodivergent individual with Autism, ADHD and Dyslexia.

He is a thoughtful and credible voice for more inclusive practice, drawing on his own journey through education and the workplace to shape approaches that are genuinely people centred. Richard is particularly focused on creating environments where individuals feel valued, understood and able to contribute fully.

Through his work with the Institution of Civil Engineers South West, he actively promotes greater awareness, understanding and support for neurodiversity across the profession.