Nahrein Kemp

Nahrein Kemp is DEI & Talent Lead at ITV where she regularly works with commissioners and producers to deliver ITV’s DEI strategy and its’ £80m Diversity Commissioning Fund and leads the £1m Diversity Development Fund.
She also leads on Step Up 60 (to date 200 have ‘stepped up’ on shows including Post Office Vs Mr Bates) and Outlier, which has commissioned 23 programmes for ITV1 and ITVX from diverse filmmakers. She also created and delivered three iterations of Amplify, a leadership programme at ITV for underrepresented talent as well as for diverse led companies. She also co-created The Green Room, partnering with the Film & TV Charity, to support out of work freelancers with a bespoke initiative that included masterclasses, mentoring and office space.

In her previous role at Film London, Nahrein created the industry-leading Equal Access Network, with support from industry partners and with funding from the Mayor of London and HBO and found 400 jobs on TV shows and films for Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. She established game changing initiatives like the industry’s first Return to Work for parents, Breaking The Glass Ceiling for POC and Get Into Film and TV for NEETS.

Nahrein was part of the BAFTA Review 2020, was a member of the BAFTA Learning, Inclusion & Talent Committee, served on the Mayor of London Skills for Londoners Business Board and is a current Non Executive Director of Creative Access. She was also a recipient of the Women in Film and TV Achievement of the Year Award.