Lorna Gavin is the founder of Chapter Consulting and an equality, diversity, inclusion and corporate responsibility expert. Lorna spent 30 years at international law firm Gowling WLG as a corporate lawyer and Head of diversity, inclusion & corporate responsibility – leading multi award-winning pro bono, volunteering & charitable giving, diversity & inclusion, and wellbeing programmes. She also led Gowling WLG’s domestic abuse workplace response and was an Ambassador for the Corporate Alliance Against Domestic Violence.
Lorna has advised a wide range of businesses and charities, including Oxfam, British Red Cross, NSPCC, RNIB, and the Big Issue Foundation. She co-founded Midlands Ability, a network of over 150 employers committed to helping those with disabilities to get into and stay in the workforce. From 2017 to 2022, she was a member of the West Midlands Combined Authority Homelessness Taskforce and co-created the ‘Designing out homelessness’ toolkit for employers, deployed nationally in partnership with Business in the Community.
“I am honoured to become a member of EIDA’s Advisory Council. From my experiences creating a domestic abuse support and awareness programme at my former employer, Gowling WLG, I have seen first-hand the vital role employers can have in helping colleagues who are enduring abuse. Time and again I have seen that seemingly small steps by employers can have lifechanging and lifesaving impacts on the colleagues they are supporting. EIDA is a unique collective of employers who can leverage their experiences to share best practice for the benefit of other companies and their most precious assets - their people - and I am proud to support them as a member of their Advisory Council.” - Lorna Gavin
"We are honoured to welcome Lorna Gavin to our Advisory Council. Lorna has shown exceptional leadership in business, driving corporate responsibility, diversity, and inclusion, and has considerable experience promoting award-winning social initiatives. We are excited to work alongside her to further EIDA’s mission and create change." – Elizabeth Filkin, Advisory Council President
The EIDA Advisory Council brings together an illustrious group of people from diverse backgrounds in politics, law, culture, health, the charity and corporate sector, and academia, all with a commitment to tackle domestic abuse. Advisory Council members’ unique insights and experience help inform EIDA’s work to support our network of over 1,900 employers to take effective action on domestic abuse.
