The Team
Inclusion Junction is built around a simple belief: that the most important leadership skill in a mixed, complex workplace is the ability to manage people who are different from you - and that it can be learned.
Everyone on this team brings that belief to life from a different angle.
Rani Dhanda
Director
I founded Inclusion Junction because I've seen what happens when leaders don't get this right - and what becomes possible when they do.
Over two decades working across professional services, higher education, and the third sector, I've supported leaders to have the conversations they've been avoiding, make fairer decisions under pressure, and build teams where different people can actually do their best work.
I previously taught at Strathclyde University on working across differences, and I bring that academic grounding directly into practical, sector-specific leadership work. Clients tell me consistently that they leave with language, tools, and confidence they can use immediately - not training that sits on a shelf.
Inclusion Junction holds CPD accreditation, and all progrmmes meet the standards required for continuing professional development in regulated sectors.
Partners
Rachel Timmoney
Rachel is an ADHD Coach, Mentor, Trainer, and Advocate whose work centres on trauma-informed, compassionate, and neurodivergent first support
Sarah Mitchell
Sarah is a disability rights consultant and occupational therapist with 15 years' experience supporting individuals with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities
Arjun Patel
Arjun is a counsellor and diversity consultant specialising in LGBTQ+ mental health and inclusion
Advisory Team
Ineta Joksaite
Ineta is a community wealth and digital innovation specialist. She provides business networking support and strategic connections, helping Inclusion Junction stay rooted in the wider business ecosystem we serve.
Aladin Ali
Aladin is a holistic wellness expert and entrepreneur. She brings lived experience insight and strategic business support, and helps us stay connected to the human dimension of everything we do.
Michael Dean
Michael is an experienced solicitor, admitted across Scotland, England and Wales, and Ireland. He provides legal and regulatory insight that keeps our work relevant to the realities of professional services firms - and brings deep networks across the Scottish legal sector that help us understand the specific pressures and priorities firms are navigating right now.
Mubbasher Khanzada
Mubbasher develops technology-driven businesses across AI, cybersecurity, blockchain, and energy. He provides strategic business support and challenges us to think about how the commercial landscape is shifting - including how the expectations of increasingly diverse client bases are changing what professional services firms need from their leaders.
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