Meet Marsha Ramroop
Award-Winning Inclusive Culture Strategist
Marsha Ramroop, the founder and director of Unheard Voice, is an award-winning inclusive culture strategist with a passion for driving positive change in organisations.
With a diverse background as a former Director of Inclusion at RIBA and a BBC Journalist and Inclusion & Communities Editor, Marsha possesses a unique perspective on bias mitigation and effective communication.
A Journey of Determination & Empowerment
Marsha's roots are deeply connected to her Trinidadian heritage, as her parents individually immigrated to the UK in search of better lives and opportunities for their family. Growing up, her parents' relentless dedication and hard work allowed her and her brother to access private education, providing them with opportunities that were often more challenging for racialised individuals to reach. This upbringing instilled in Marsha a powerful drive to address the inequalities prevalent in society.
Empowering Organisational Change
With a firm belief that many organisational leaders are unaware of the biases within their structures, Marsha strives to make services more inclusive and inviting to the diverse communities that make up our society. Even when leaders undergo Unconscious Bias workshops, they may find it challenging to implement effective changes and challenge bias. Marsha seeks to combat tokenistic change by introducing the concept of Cultural Intelligence (CQ).
Driven to Make a Difference
The urgency for social change propels Marsha's work in consultancy, starting Unheard Voice in 2018. She aims to share her profound understanding with a broader audience, fostering inclusivity in various spheres of life.
Marsha's Personal Journey
Marsha's life is enriched by her marriage to a wonderful Irishman, and together they have two lovely daughters.
Her father is the Savile Row tailor, Andrew Ramroop. Her mother, Omatee Ramroop, worked in the NHS for 41 years, retiring having improved Westminster’s breastfeeding rates to the highest in the country.
Broadcaster and Journalist
Before becoming a full-time inclusion strategist Marsha started her broadcasting career aged 15 on Radio Cracker in Harrow in 1991. In 1992 she presented their Sunday Breakfast show and was part of the national news team, reading bulletins.
She went onto work at BBC World TV News in the Japanese Translation Unit in news production, before working in commercial radio in the inaugural news team for Saga 105.7FM in the West Midlands.
She rejoined the BBC in 2003 at Radio Derby. She went onto become the News & Sport Editor there for four years. During that time they covered the Philpott fire. The coverage won a BBC Gillard Gold award for Breaking News.
She also worked on the pioneering BBC Local TV, 5Live Breakfast, East Midlands Today, Radio Northampton, and Radio Leicester where, in 2017, she instigated and led a fast-turnaround project to produce a charity cookbook, which raised more than £10,000, in 5 weeks, for BBC Children in Need and marked the 50th anniversary of the broadcaster as the first BBC Local Radio station.
She left the BBC in 2020.
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