Jess Kumari Gosling

Senior International Policy Advisor / Founder / Academic / Co-founder, UK Goverment / Gosling & Co / Growth & Grace Collective / UCL

London

Jess Gosling is a UK Civil Servant, an Award-Winning Entrepreneur, Public Speaker, Academic & International Strategy/Culture/Diversity/Leadership Consultant. Last year, she was named 27th in the Top 100 Women Future Leaders and named one of the Most Influential Women in the Tech in the UK.

With an eclectic 10+ years in various sectors and industries, Jess has consistently strived to bridge the gap between culture, diplomacy and innovation. She spent over 7 years abroad in deployments with the United Nations, NGOs, civil society, startups in EMEA, MENA and LATAM regions. She has built her career around interdisciplinary thinking, and adding value from a cross-sectorial approach.

Jess works within the UK Government on matters of cultural diplomacy, soft power and international affairs. In September 2020, she began her PhD in interdisciplinary thinking, focusing on the nexus between creativity and innovation.

In 2019, she co-founded the Growth & Grace Collective (G&G), a global network changing the narrative of upskilling, learning and development and championing diversity. In their first year, they powered up 2500+ people over 70 events with a truly global attendance, from Chile, Kenya, Jordan, to Singapore. G&G built an audience of over 15k internationally.

In January 2021, she launched Gosling & Co. to challenge the perceptions around self-promotion, unconscious biases and imposter syndrome facing women and under-represented groups.