Who We Are
CARINA
WHITE
Carina is co-founder of the Black Mums Upfront podcast, BCOMS (The Black Collective of Media in Sport) Board Member, school governor, business owner, and a cultural commentator which has seen her become a regular panellist on The Jeremy Vine Show. Carina is an accomplished public and panel speaker and is regularly booked to participate in events surrounding the sport, diversity, and many other topics.
Carina has worked in Sports and Entertainment for over 10 years, managing the careers of a number of household names and their Brand partnerships.
In 2020, Carina co-launched C&R Management Services with her business partner which provides Business Management services to a range of businesses, brands, and individuals.
With a confident aura and a passion for effecting change, Carina is a regular panelist for BBC Radio 5 and Good Morning Britain, as well as a panel and keynote speaker for various organisations and events.
Listed as The Voice Newspaper’s One to Watch for 2020 and also the recipient of the We Are The City Rising Star award in 2020, Carina is making her mark within the industry.
NANA-ADWOA MBEUTCHA
Nana-Adwoa Mbeutcha, aka Nage. Nana-Adwoa has worked in radio broadcasting for 15 years, receiving multiple broadcasting nominations. She started her career with a team in Ireland, launching a brand new radio station, then moving on to work with the BBC, and now as a Producer and Presenter for Premier Christian Radio and Premier Gospel, presenting a number of the flagship shows, to millions weekly, across the nation.
Nana-Adwoa is involved in a variety of projects. For the third year running, she has been called upon to shortlist and rate entries for the Sandford St Martin Awards, with entries submitted from the likes of the BBC to Channel 4 to independent production companies and more. Since 2015, Nana-Adwoa has been working with CYMFed on their huge bi-annual event, 'Flame', held at the SSE Arena, Wembley; Firstly as an MC and now as part of the core planning team, currently organizing Flame 2021, which will see 9,000 young people from across the country ascend on the arena for a day live music, talks, and celebration.
Over the years, Nana-Adwoa has worked as a Voice Over artist for a number of companies, currently recording 'long reads' for The Guardian.
Nana-Adwoa's passions and expertise lie in the education of children, Christianity and Catholicism, radio broadcasting, and since suffering a late miscarriage herself, speaking up about baby loss.
NATALIE
DUVALL
Natalie is Head of Events for Black Mums Upfront Podcast, a Brand Manager for one of the biggest brands in the world, a business owner, and an Actress.
She trained at The Brit School and East 15 Acting school and has worked in many theatre productions and on some great TV projects. Through this work, she also creates drama workshops for young people exploring bullying, gun and knife crime, Shakespeare, and career development skills.
Natalie currently owns March Muses, the leading supplier of Black Christmas decorations. Her 19 product range featuring Black angels and Black Santa baubles are individually handmade with close attention being made to skin tone, hair design, body shape, and size.
Through all her work, Natalie champions diversity, creativity, and inclusion and has the expertise and interest in women in business, acting, raising daughters, entrepreneurship, the Royals, pop culture, and single mum life.
Contributors
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Endy McKay
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Lauren Thomas-Johnson
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Vanessa Haye