Judith Diment

Judith Diment has worked on advocacy for polio eradication for more than 20 years and is Coordinator of Rotary International Polio Eradication Advocacy Task Force, UK National Advocacy Adviser for Polio and a member of Rotary’s International PolioPlus Committee (IPPC). Judith Chairs the IPPC Grants Sub Committee which recommends grants to WHO and Unicef up to $150million annually. Represented Rotary International at World Health Assembly and WHO Executive Board meetings, since 2013 and Commonwealth Health Ministers Conferences, and Commonwealth Heads of Government meetings since 2015. Organized many polio advocacy and media events at Houses of Parliament, European Parliament and Chatham House. Judith is Rotary International’s Representative to the Commonwealth, a member of the Commonwealth@70 Committee, Vice Chair of the Rotary Action Group Against Slavery and a member of the International Advisory Board of Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health. Judith ran an independent award-winning public relations consultancy and has held senior positions in marketing and communications for over 30 years including the Natural History Museum in London. Client experience ranges from FTSE 100 companies to start-ups across print, broadcast and online media. Judith has wide-ranging experience of event management at all levels including international conferences, business to business conferences, exhibitions and business excellence awards. Judith has wide ranging experience of local community work and has volunteered for many organizations and charities nationally and internationally raising awareness and millions of pounds. Judith received the Rotary Service Above Self Award from President Ravi Ravindran in 2016. Judith was District Governor of District 1090 in 2012-13, President of Windsor St George Rotary Club in 2008 and is now a member of Rotary Club of Maidenhead Thames. Elected a Councillor for Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead in 2016. Awarded an Honorary Fellowship by Aberystwyth University in 2019.