Kevin Osborne

Founder at MeWe360

MeWe360

Kevin Osborne has spent the last 30 years as leader, producer and developer in the arts and creative industries supporting BAME talent. He has worked as an executive producer in the music industry; a consultant in the arts; and undertaken extensive research on BAME leadership at Bath University and the Clore Leadership Programme.

He founded MeWe360, a social enterprise established in 2012 to support BAME entrepreneurial talent in reaching its full potential and to promote a more equitable and representative sector.

In 2019 he started Skin in the Game, a blog looking at current affairs, popular culture and issues in society through the lens of race, identity and power.

Kevin Osborne

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