Charlene Brown

Charlene Brown is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of Howlett Brown and has over 15 years of investigations, legal, culture, dispute resolution, diversity, equity, equality and inclusion (DEEI) and financial services experience. Charlene provides strategic employment law advice on a range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters including investigations, bullying, harassment and discrimination, whistleblowing, microaggressions, wellbeing, culture, diversity and inclusion, data breaches, breach of confidentiality, pay reporting and training. Charlene is also a trained mediator.

Charlene is a member of the Employment Lawyers Association and contributed to the McGregor-Smith Review and the Ethnicity Pay Gap consultation. Charlene was appointed Chair of the Ivors Academy Ethics Committee in 2020. The Committee advises the Academy on ethics related issues and has set up and retains oversight of the ethical framework for the Academy’s activities including their awards and membership. The Committee was set up to help the Academy achieve its goal to become as diverse and inclusive as possible.

In 2016, Charlene was named the Black British Business Awards Financial Services Rising Star and in 2017 Charlene was named the Legal Diversity Rising Star. In 2017 she was also recognised as a Future Leader by EMpower and the Financial Times (ranked no. 2 out of 30). For 2021 and 2022, Charlene was named in the top 20 Diversity Professionals in Industry,  in  the  Global  Diversity  List  which  celebrates excellence in diversity and inclusion. In 2022 Charlene was named winner of Women Led Business of the Year by the British Business Awards. Charlene enjoys music, songwriting and travelling.