Samia Benbrih

Samia Benbrih is a Senior Fellow, specialising in anti-racism and organisational development, at Foundations.

Samia is currently the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ED&I) Manager at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) and has been since 2022. She led on the development of LSTM’s Race Equity Action Plan – a first in its 125-year history – and continues to drive the school’s understanding of its origins in the colonial era through her responsibility for the overarching ED&I portfolio.

Samia’s previous roles include Commercial and Consultancy Programme Manager at the Anthony Walker Foundation, where she launched its Anti-Racism commercial service for public and private sector businesses, and Network Manager for Merseyside at The Girls’ Network, a charity which seeks to empower young women and girls through mentoring.

Beyond work, Samia graduated from the University of Liverpool in French and was the Chair of the Liverpool City Combined Regional Authority’s (LCRCA) first Race Equality Panel. Samia is an active member of National Museum Liverpool’s RESPECT Group, which provides anti-racist and decolonial practice on legacies of slavery and colonialism to the museum group. Samia was also a longstanding and active member of the International Slavery Museum’s Community Champions group – a community group made up of Liverpool’s oldest Black community affected by legacies of slavery. The group works in co-production with the museum on the waterfront development project. This includes the redevelopment of the exhibition, public engagement programme and architectural redesign.