MOSES WILLIAMS
Inclusion & Diversity Manager
Moses Williams stands tall in every sense of the word. At six foot five, he cannot walk into a room unnoticed. But it is not his height that commands attention, it is his voice, his conviction, and his refusal to shrink who he is. As Inclusion and Diversity Manager at British Airways, Moses carries both lived experience and professional expertise into a role that is as demanding as it is necessary.
His journey here was never a straight line. Politics and international relations at university first sharpened his love for people, power, and systems. A graduate scheme followed, with its sharp suits, company cars, and steep learning curves. But there was always something else in the room with him: the absence of others who looked like him. “I’d look around and realise I was the only Black person there,” he recalls. “It weighed on me. Why weren’t there more of us at the table?”
That question became a compass. In every role, Moses found himself pulled toward diversity and inclusion work, not as an add-on, but as the heart of change. As a police officer, he confronted the sharp end of bias, seeing firsthand how structural barriers played out on the streets and in the statistics. Rather than walk away, he founded the Race, Ethnicity and Cultural Heritage (REACH) network and represented his force nationally. His Chief Superintendent told him something he still carries today: “I’m not here to speak for you. I’m here to open doors you can’t.” Moses took that to heart, building platforms, rewriting policies, and demanding better representation.
When the force told him diversity work should remain “piecemeal,” he knew it was time to leave. “This isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s imperative,” he says. From there, his career took him into global businesses, where he established women’s networks, launched Pride networks, and built regional strategies that shifted culture. Colleagues began to call him “Mr. ERG”, a nod to the employee resource groups he tirelessly stood up and championed.
At BA, Moses’s work has the scope he always sought. With nearly 40,000 colleagues across the globe, he sees the intersections clearly: pilots, cabin crew, engineers, corporate teams, all with distinct challenges and cultures. “The beauty and the challenge of BA is its scale,” he says. “Every day is different. Every day is about people.”
For Moses, standing firm in power and pride begins with authenticity. “It’s about being unapologetically yourself, unapologetically Black. We code-switch too often. But you don’t need to switch up for anyone.” He redefines resilience not as enduring endless blows, but as knowing your worth and refusing to accept environments that diminish it. “If they won’t accept me as I am, then I’ll take my value elsewhere.”
Heritage shaped that outlook. Growing up between British and Nigerian cultures, Moses learned early that he was sometimes “not British enough, not Nigerian enough.” That tension became his strength. “At some point, I realised it doesn’t matter what other people think. I am who I am.” It is why he can navigate boardrooms and communities alike, shifting his language to fit the audience, but never losing himself. “I can code-switch if I want to, not because I have to.”
When asked what advice he’d give his younger self, his answer is clear: trust your instincts, and speak up sooner. “I found my voice later. I’d tell 21-year-old me: you were right all along, don’t second guess yourself.” To his present self, he offers another reminder: don’t spread too thin. “You can’t change the whole world. You can only change one person, one strategy, one organisation at a time.”
As for legacy, Moses doesn’t hesitate. “My legacy is being me. The projects, the policies, the data they matter. But what lasts is the impact of being myself in every room I enter. If people remember that I empowered them to trust themselves and stand tall, then I’ve done my job.”
It is fitting. For Moses Williams, standing firm in power and pride is not about taking up space for its own sake. It is about holding the door open, making sure others can walk through, and ensuring no one ever feels they must shrink to belong.