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Adrian Hyyrylainen-Trett has over nine years of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion experience, in the public, private, and political arenas. He has worked in the LGBT+ sector, championing same sex marriage and campaigning for fully inclusive sex and relationship education in schools, as a way to prevent bullying, mental health issues, and lowering suicide rates among young people. Since August 2016, Adrian has also worked voluntarily in the House of Lords as the Equalities Research Advisor to the Liberal Democrat Equalities spokesperson Baroness Hussein-Ece, which has broadened his knowledge and understanding around BAME, Gender, and Disability issues, in addition to his continued activism on behalf of the LGBT+ community.

Adrian has chaired LGBT+ Liberal Democrats on two occasions from 2010-2013 and in 2016 and is now an Honorary Vice President of the organisation since March 2015. He Chaired the Pride in London Community Advisory Board in 2016-2017 and Sports representative from 2014 before becoming Chair.  Alongside, his LGBT+ work, in 2019, he is now the Chair of Liberal International British Group, and Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrats and works closely with the Metropolitan Police in a specialist advisory capacity for their LGBT Advisory Group. He speaks Italian and French, and has global experience from working with legal and financial services in the City, as well as the Alliance of Liberal Democrats in Europe (ALDE). His international contacts and network, were further developed as a former member of the Liberal International Human Rights Committee, and now as Chair of Liberal International British Group on the Federal International Relations Committee of the Liberal Democrats.