Multi-award-winning lawyer and speaker Akil Hunte empowers professionals to overcome adversity and build inclusive, high-performing cultures.
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“Akil is a brilliant speaker who is able to articulate his thoughts with absolute clarity. He is able to bring the audience along with him to listen to his message, whilst adding humour and insights. It has been a pleasure to work with him and hear him speak.”
Ritika Wadhwa
CEO and Founder
Empower your audience with a multi-award-winning lawyer, speaker, and changemaker who transforms adversity into impactful leadership insights. With clients like LinkedIn, Vodafone, and top global law firms, he delivers high-impact keynotes on resilience, inclusive leadership, and social mobility. Akil’s journey from inner-city London to national recognition equips organizations with the inspiration and tools to drive meaningful cultural transformation and unlock the potential of diverse talent.
Keynote Speaker Akil Hunte is widely recognized for transforming lived experience into powerful lessons in resilience, inclusive leadership, and social mobility. A multi-award-winning lawyer, consultant, and thought leader, Akil has become a sought-after voice for organizations looking to drive cultural change and inspire meaningful professional development.
Growing up in inner-city London, Akil overcame personal adversity, systemic barriers, and trauma, including surviving a car accident and witnessing the Grenfell Tower fire. His story is not just one of survival, but of empowerment. He went on to win seven academic awards, make history at law school, and be honored with prestigious accolades such as the Legal 500 ESG Rising Star and Nottingham Trent University's Outstanding Alumni Award.
Today, Akil delivers high-impact keynotes that resonate across sectors, from legal and corporate audiences to educational institutions and public organizations. His presentations are tailored to equip businesses with practical strategies for engaging diverse talent, building inclusive workplace cultures, and leading with empathy.
Trusted by global brands like LinkedIn, Vodafone, and Freshfields, his keynote speeches combine compelling storytelling with actionable insight to create lasting impact.
If you're looking to spark meaningful conversations and motivate your teams to lead with purpose, book Akil Hunte for your event and gain access to a speaker who not only informs but transforms.
Keynote Speaker Akil Hunte is the catalyst for change your organization needs.
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“Akil is a brilliant speaker who is able to articulate his thoughts with absolute clarity. He is able to bring the audience along with him to listen to his message, whilst adding humour and insights. It has been a pleasure to work with him and hear him speak.”
Ritika Wadhwa CEO and Founder
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“I have worked with Akil for many years now, I first followed his impressive career online and instantly knew he would be the right fit for our forward thinking, dynamic business. Akil has been a huge influence for positive change within our law firm in terms of culture, resilience, diversity, engagement, inspiration, sound boarding, mental health and climate assessment. Akil has been an external ambassador for our law firm and I would highly recommend other businesses to engage with Akil and his very multi-talented skill set.”
Jessica Hampson CEO and Founder of CEL Solicitors
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“Akil and I have collaborated on a number of events and webinars, covering professional skills and attributes such as networking, imposter syndrome, resilience and rejection. He is genuinely one of the most earnest and passionate speakers I have had the privilege to work with, always drawing on his broad range of personal and professional experiences to provide open, honest insights and advice, with no sense of ego. I'm looking forward to working with him many more times in the future.”
Jake Schogger CEO and Founder of City Career Series
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“Akil is a fantastic speaker and is super inspiring and engaging. He shares valuable insights with humour, and is very good at engaging a broad audience and relating to each and every person. We'd love to work with him more in the future!”
Molly Vickers Senior Marketing and Comms Executive
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“Akil gave a fantastic talk as part of our 'BME Month' initiative. We appreciated him taking the time out to come and share his experiences as a young black entrepreneur in the Law industry. It was a very honest, insightful and inspiring talk which left us reflecting on our own unique journeys. Thank you again for working with us, especially around your busy schedule and travelling a total of 18 hours for this!”
Asha Abdi Future Trainee Solicitor at Clifford Chance
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“I first met Akil as a student leader at NTU some years ago when, as co-founder of the New Black Society, he was a catalyst for change. He is now supporting the University of Chester with its ambitious Race Equality Challenge Group - as keynote speaker and a mentor as it starts to look at the University through a BAME lens.”
Eunice Simmons Vice Chancellor at University of Chester
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“Akil delivered an inspirational speech to our 500 students who are on a Level 3 programme. His delivery style was authentic, clear and concise and students tookon board his key messages to success. We will definitely like Akil to continue to be involved with our college in future events and talks to inspire our students. I highly recommend Akil to deliver a motivational talk especially in inner city schools around London.” -
Tim Shehu Careers Leader, Coordinator and Adviser
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“Akil gave a wonderful talk at the Young Professionals Easter Work Experience - He was highly engaging and inspiring, cementing even further my interest in Law. He truly showed me, and the rest of the audience, that anything is possible - Thank you so much for the talk, you have made me hugely excited for my career journey into Law ahead of me!“ -
Nika Kapushesky Intern at Young Professionals
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Over the years, Akil has developed a range of experiences that has led him into leadership roles at an early age. From representing 27,000 students as a student trustee, to co-founding an award-winning university society and chairing a not for profit to support non-russell group students and graduates, Akil knows the importance of value-based, generous leadership. In his talk, he will explain fundamental principles that help to create value-based, generous leaders in your organisation and how to develop these traits.
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Amongst all of the experiences Akil has had, he appreciates that the importance of having a fortified mind is pivotal in navigating obstacles in personal and professional development. Providing perspective on how he fortified his mind after going through trauma and obstacles on his journey helps organisations to discover how they can unleash their full strengths.
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Having not had any family members who were connected to law, Akil grew up having to find answers for himself. This led him to build and develop networks across various parts of society to help him on his mission. He has developed a practical set of tools and skills that can allow people to develop their networks effectively and organically, whilst still being true to your authentic self when securing opportunities in professional industries.
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At a very early stage, Akil has witnessed and experienced firsthand the challenges of leadership engaging with a Gen Z workforce. He grew up being at the cusp of being a Gen Z and a millennial, and took many leadership
positions during and after university where he has advocated for the views and perspectives of Gen Z students. Akil’s platform has led him to sit on panels and speak with senior leadership about methods for leaders in organisations to understand the mindset of Gen Z to improve chances of retention.
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Akil’s journey into law has been nothing short of eventful. Building confidence in his identity in the workplace was very challenging. He observed changes in colleagues and employees as they entered into leadership roles. In this talk, he will talk about how the challenges he navigated in his childhood, early adult
life and as a trainee lawyer helped him shape his identity as he owned multiple parts of his identity. From winning awards to volunteering in Tanzania and witnessing as well as experiencing traumatic events, he has
garnered a wealth of experience in navigating his way into professional spaces as a black, working class man.
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As a working class, black law student with an entrepreneurial flair, Akil is far from a typical lawyer. He has an abundance of experiences navigating conversations on social mobility, race and ethnicity in a professional space. Not only was he a recipient of the prestigious Freshfields Stephen Lawrence Scholarship, he co-founded an award winning society called The New Black. This led him to advise the board of Nottingham Trent University on improving opportunities for African Caribbean Heritage students and become an External Consultant to the University of Chester in the development of their Race Advocate programme. He also chairs NRG Lawyers, a not for profit that seeks to boost social mobility in the legal industry by improving access to opportunities for Non-Russell Group students and graduates. In this talk, Akil unpacks how his various experiences have allowed him to witness and learn how a socially mobile and inclusive workforce can add so much value to organisations.
