Carol Ann Whitehead FRSA CMgr CCMI
@zebracaz.bsky.social
Heritage Operations, Chief of Staff & Committee Chair 🏛️The Portico 📚 ~ Co-Founder The Zebra 🦓 Partnership Award Winning Mentor, Publisher & Events ~ Chartered Management Institute Chair WMNW Board, Deputy Chair, CMI Women ~ 50:50 Parliament Trustee
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls
Women putting the needs women and girls at the forefront of what they do.
First Minister & Deputy First Minister of #NorthernIreland
#AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices
UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls
Women putting the needs women and girls at the forefront of what they do.
First Minister & Deputy First Minister of #NorthernIreland
#AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence
UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls
Women putting the needs women and girls at the forefront of what they do.
First Minister & Deputy First Minister of #NorthernIreland
#AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices
UNiTE to End Digital Violence against All Women and Girls
Women putting the needs women and girls at the forefront of what they do.
First Minister & Deputy First Minister of #NorthernIreland
#AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices
Happy Birthday to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
November 20, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Happy Birthday to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
Michelle L Hill our Membership, Finance and Admin Administrator but most of all our #MotherOfWeddings
“Hey Queens” ✨💚✨
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
November 19, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Hey Queens” ✨💚✨
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
Here I go again spreading the #AmplifyingMutedVoices gospel this time in #Belfast in the vast #Mandela Hall at Queens University for Women in Business Northern Ireland
#VoicesOfLeadership conference.
I met my #LeadershipIcon #TinaMcKenzieMBE - and was relatively cool about it 😄
I love with these stunning photos taken during Bimbo Ponmile's book launch for #WorldMentalHealthDay & #BlackHistoryMonth at @porticolibrary.bsky.social for #PorticoUbuntu - #QueensInPrint
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
October 25, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I love with these stunning photos taken during Bimbo Ponmile's book launch for #WorldMentalHealthDay & #BlackHistoryMonth at @porticolibrary.bsky.social for #PorticoUbuntu - #QueensInPrint
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
📸 Photos by the fantastic Gideon Okorie #Nigeria 🇳🇬
Ubuntu: Black Creatives with Kevin Dalton Johnson - part one
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
October 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Ubuntu: Black Creatives with Kevin Dalton Johnson - part one
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
Under @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Dome this inspiring masterclass and interview with international artist Kevin hosted by yours truly, Portico Public Programme Committee Chair, Carol Ann Whitehead CMgr CCMI - UK Black History Month 2025
#Portico #Ubuntu Local History, Global Impact exhibition launch.
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
October 18, 2025 at 11:31 AM
#Portico #Ubuntu Local History, Global Impact exhibition launch.
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the 5th #PanAfricanCongress in #Manchester - A chance to engage with history, learn, contribute to the ongoing conversation & honor the legacy of those who came before us
@porticolibrary.bsky.social
#PorticoReunited
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
September 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
#PorticoReunited
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
This once-in-a-lifetime project will reunite all 3 floors of the Portico for the first time in over a century via a lift, creating the UK’s most sustainable historic library – a place for heritage, literature, creativity & community.
www.theportico.org.uk/reuniting-po...
#FridayFeeling
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
September 26, 2025 at 12:18 AM
#FridayFeeling
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
Congratulations to @porticolibrary.bsky.social
Apapat Jai-in Glynn 🌟 on being shortlisted for Heritage Volunteer Group (HVG) Volunteer Leader of The Year 2025. Here she supporting the #PorticoKitchen at the lunch for The University of Manchester students visit with an welcome talk ✨
Women Leading in Business – September 2025 🌟
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
September 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Women Leading in Business – September 2025 🌟
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
@alliancembs.bsky.social
We had the honour of listening to Professor Dawn Edge, Professor of Mental Health & Inclusivity at #TheUniversityofManchester and the institution’s first Black woman professor.
Images at the @porticolibrary.bsky.social by
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
September 17, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Images at the @porticolibrary.bsky.social by
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
#GideonOkorie
Creative Story Teller Through Photography
Through the torrential rain Gideon Okorie brought the #Lagos sunshine via not just his smile but his ideas & vision supporting yours truly creating #Ubuntu Events for #BlackHistoryMonth 2025
Regional Boards dinner:-
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Regional Boards dinner:-
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
Fantastic to see some of my #CMI West Midlands & North West board members and the board members from across CMI South West CMI North East, Yorkshire & Humberside CMI West Midlands & North West CMI Scotland CMI London and CMI South East @cmi-managers.bsky.social
Update, my #CoachingSafari slots are now full for 2025/26 ✨
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
September 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Update, my #CoachingSafari slots are now full for 2025/26 ✨
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
I will be opening up #MentorAndMunch sessions soon - they’re a bit like an energy booster shot 💥
DM me
#ZebraCoachingSafari
#ShineBrightLikeADiamond #AmplifyingMutedVoices #AmplifyingWomensVoices #StandingOnTheShouldersOfGiants
#SixDegreesOfSeperation
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
August 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
#SixDegreesOfSeperation
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
On this day 2018 I was featured in the story where awesome #writer & #actor @mindykaling.bsky.social recreates
#Beyonces @voguemagazine.bsky.social cover then inspires #women to do the same - yours truly gets featured 😲
Didn’t get a gift 🎁 or anything.
Still waiting Mindy ✨💐
#KeepCalmAndCarryOn
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
August 15, 2025 at 11:12 PM
#KeepCalmAndCarryOn
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
Epic challenges this week with a soupçon of fabulousness.
Thanks Lee @maleallyship.bsky.social
The Zebra kettle is on and brewing ideas 💡#TheZebraPartnership #KnowledgeSharing #Publishing #Events #Campaigns
August 15, 2025 at 8:09 AM
August 2, 2025 at 10:47 AM
This was fun! @porticolibrary.bsky.social book launch.
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater
August 2, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This was fun! @porticolibrary.bsky.social book launch.
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater
Floating poet, Jo Bell – who is a boat dweller, archaeologist and award winning author, the first ever Canal Laureate, a & former director of the with #ThePoetrySociety - joined us at the Portico for the Manchester launch of her memoir, #Boater
On this day in 2023 there was a buzz with a bit of seasoning at #OldTrafford stadium & it was nothing to do with football ⚽️
I was asked to be one of the line up of hosts for the #BOBExpo (#BlackOwnedBusiness) - I was flying out to Belfast with #dzywhitehead to film in a few days 🌟
I was asked to be one of the line up of hosts for the #BOBExpo (#BlackOwnedBusiness) - I was flying out to Belfast with #dzywhitehead to film in a few days 🌟
July 28, 2025 at 9:45 PM
On this day in 2023 there was a buzz with a bit of seasoning at #OldTrafford stadium & it was nothing to do with football ⚽️
I was asked to be one of the line up of hosts for the #BOBExpo (#BlackOwnedBusiness) - I was flying out to Belfast with #dzywhitehead to film in a few days 🌟
I was asked to be one of the line up of hosts for the #BOBExpo (#BlackOwnedBusiness) - I was flying out to Belfast with #dzywhitehead to film in a few days 🌟
#England 🏴 winning on penalties!
#WEURO2025final #LikeALioness
💪🏿⚽️💪🏽⚽️💪🏼⚽️
At 19 she’s a #Trailblazer 💥
Just look at #MichelleAgyemang getting celebrated like that and thinking of all of the young #women & #children watching who look like her 🌟❤️🌟
#DareToDream
#SportForAll 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #Lioness
#WEURO2025final #LikeALioness
💪🏿⚽️💪🏽⚽️💪🏼⚽️
At 19 she’s a #Trailblazer 💥
Just look at #MichelleAgyemang getting celebrated like that and thinking of all of the young #women & #children watching who look like her 🌟❤️🌟
#DareToDream
#SportForAll 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #Lioness
July 27, 2025 at 9:43 PM
#England 🏴 winning on penalties!
#WEURO2025final #LikeALioness
💪🏿⚽️💪🏽⚽️💪🏼⚽️
At 19 she’s a #Trailblazer 💥
Just look at #MichelleAgyemang getting celebrated like that and thinking of all of the young #women & #children watching who look like her 🌟❤️🌟
#DareToDream
#SportForAll 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #Lioness
#WEURO2025final #LikeALioness
💪🏿⚽️💪🏽⚽️💪🏼⚽️
At 19 she’s a #Trailblazer 💥
Just look at #MichelleAgyemang getting celebrated like that and thinking of all of the young #women & #children watching who look like her 🌟❤️🌟
#DareToDream
#SportForAll 👏🏿👏🏽👏🏻 #Lioness
July 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
What did you do on #NelsonMandelaDay?
I joined the speaker & podcast line up with some awesome Queens 👑here in the U.K. & overseas. #GREATERMANCHESTER #BLACKTECHEXPO - The Power of Expression
Thank you to #MichaelEkpechue of Adanian Labs for curating a space.
I joined the speaker & podcast line up with some awesome Queens 👑here in the U.K. & overseas. #GREATERMANCHESTER #BLACKTECHEXPO - The Power of Expression
Thank you to #MichaelEkpechue of Adanian Labs for curating a space.
July 19, 2025 at 11:35 AM
What did you do on #NelsonMandelaDay?
I joined the speaker & podcast line up with some awesome Queens 👑here in the U.K. & overseas. #GREATERMANCHESTER #BLACKTECHEXPO - The Power of Expression
Thank you to #MichaelEkpechue of Adanian Labs for curating a space.
I joined the speaker & podcast line up with some awesome Queens 👑here in the U.K. & overseas. #GREATERMANCHESTER #BLACKTECHEXPO - The Power of Expression
Thank you to #MichaelEkpechue of Adanian Labs for curating a space.
“Success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the difference you make in people's lives." @michelleobamya.bsky.social
Thanks to #LeeChambers who paid for some winners to attend the awards, their company would not due to #EDI #rollback 😠
We all had a fantastic night 🌟
#RisingStars100 🌟
Thanks to #LeeChambers who paid for some winners to attend the awards, their company would not due to #EDI #rollback 😠
We all had a fantastic night 🌟
#RisingStars100 🌟
July 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
“Success isn't about how much money you make; it's about the difference you make in people's lives." @michelleobamya.bsky.social
Thanks to #LeeChambers who paid for some winners to attend the awards, their company would not due to #EDI #rollback 😠
We all had a fantastic night 🌟
#RisingStars100 🌟
Thanks to #LeeChambers who paid for some winners to attend the awards, their company would not due to #EDI #rollback 😠
We all had a fantastic night 🌟
#RisingStars100 🌟
As #WeAreTheCity Judge I’m in #London as speaker at the awards. Representing Chartered Management Institute @cmi-managers.bsky.social as Dep Chair #CMIWomen & Chair CMI #WestMidlands & #NorthWest board. 🌟Congratulations #RisingStars100 winners 🌟
July 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
As #WeAreTheCity Judge I’m in #London as speaker at the awards. Representing Chartered Management Institute @cmi-managers.bsky.social as Dep Chair #CMIWomen & Chair CMI #WestMidlands & #NorthWest board. 🌟Congratulations #RisingStars100 winners 🌟
Flying the flag for @cmi-managers.bsky.social
“Watching the embodiment of change and disruptor that is Carol Ann shake the room at the Women in Leadership conference hosted by Institute of Government & Public Policy.
Talking about the elephant in the room. Women supporting women more.”
#Made4Tech
“Watching the embodiment of change and disruptor that is Carol Ann shake the room at the Women in Leadership conference hosted by Institute of Government & Public Policy.
Talking about the elephant in the room. Women supporting women more.”
#Made4Tech
July 3, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Flying the flag for @cmi-managers.bsky.social
“Watching the embodiment of change and disruptor that is Carol Ann shake the room at the Women in Leadership conference hosted by Institute of Government & Public Policy.
Talking about the elephant in the room. Women supporting women more.”
#Made4Tech
“Watching the embodiment of change and disruptor that is Carol Ann shake the room at the Women in Leadership conference hosted by Institute of Government & Public Policy.
Talking about the elephant in the room. Women supporting women more.”
#Made4Tech