Judges

Toni is an experienced HR professional with 20+ years in professional services. She trained as an accountant at PwC, working with global clients across multiple sectors. After 10 years in client facing roles she moved into human resources and went on to shape and drive the firm's reward strategy. As part of the HR leadership team, she was also responsible for employee relations and global projects. She joined A&O in 2016 as Global Head of Reward and also became the firm's first Head of Wellbeing. Throughout her career Toni has worked with senior leaders to create people strategies that drive change and improve performance across many aspects of the people agenda including diversity, resourcing, performance management and wellbeing in the workplace - a topic she is passionate about.

Rob is a proven leader in the health and wellbeing space with over 20 years experience in occupational health and performance coaching. Embodying authentic leadership to inspire multi-discipline teams to deliver results for people and businesses. "I love what I do, work hard, play hard and deliver everyday with a smile on your face whilst we constantly learn and try to evolve as a humans ourselves."

Claudia is a freelance writer based in the UK. With a focus on increasing awareness about mental health and wellbeing, she has an interest in writing about her first-hand experiences with overcoming depression and reducing the stigma surrounding mental healthcare. She holds a bachelor’s degree in creative writing and a Level 2 Certificate in Awareness of Mental Health Problems.

With over 20 years working in HR and People teams across private and not-for-profit sectors, Alison is passionate about creating great workplaces where people can thrive and deliver their best work. Her current role is Group Head of People at Enginuity, a charitable organisation whose purpose is to find new ways to close skills gaps in UK engineering and manufacturing. In 2023, Alison led the Enginuity team to win the Best Mental Wellbeing in the Workplace Strategy for an SME, demonstrating how Enginuity has embedded it’s wellbeing strategy across the organisation and used data to provide insight and drive continued progress.

Chloe is a Benefits & Wellbeing Manager at NatWest Group with a breadth of experience of roles across Human Resources. A graduate of University of Glasgow, she holds an LLB in Law and a postgraduate MSc in International Business. She has also acquired an Advanced Diploma in Strategic People Management from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD). Chloe has a deep interest in the employee experience, in particular how organisations can enhance employee wellbeing and create positive working environments.

Sonal is Head of Inclusion, Wellbeing and Culture at Mazars in the UK. She is responsible for setting the strategic approach for the firm, and ensuring the strategy is implemented to create meaningful and authentic culture change. Sonal believes that creating cultures where positive wellbeing practices are demonstrated, and embedded is critical in creating healthy and high performing teams. Sonal has held a number of HR generalist roles across a variety of industries, which enables her to bring a wealth of experience and expertise. Sonal holds an LLB Law from the University of Reading, is level 7 CIPD qualified, and is a qualified Mental Health First Aider.

Maria is a People executive with an unwavering commitment to transforming organisations from the inside out; with a career history that is widespread across the retail sector. A trusted advisor, who works collaboratively with humility and integrity, helping Selfridges to achieve its purpose of reinventing retail whilst creating a sustainable future for everyone. With responsibility for developing and leading on people strategies, Maria oversees the organisational culture from DE&I, Recruitment, Talent, OD, Reward, HR Systems and Communications. During her decade at Selfridges, Maria has championed inclusivity and diversity within the workplace and made long-lasting positive change by listening to the things that matter to team members and creating a culture where everyone is welcome.

I am a Lead Mental Health Champion at railway infrastructure contractor VolkerRail. In addition to my day job as Lead Document Controller in the company’s signalling & telecoms division, I work with more than 45 Mental Health Champions within the company to support 1,150 employees’ wellbeing. I helped develop the BROS (Building Relationships on Site) Initiative which I am extremely proud of, and I use my platform to ally men's mental health & mental health in the construction & rail industry

This Can Happen Award 'storyteller' highly commended winner. I am hugely passionate about employee wellness and in particular mental wellbeing, with a particular desire to destigmatise mental illness in the world. I co-lead ‘Thrive’ the Employee-led Wellbeing network at dunnhumby alongside my role of global client delivery programme manager. From 2019 dh Thrive has been equipping managers and employees with the skills and knowledge of mental health awareness. This has not only addressed but also nurtured the mental health and emotional wellbeing of our employees. This year we focused on further reducing the mental health stigma and building trust within by showcasing employee’s own personal mental health stories and as a result won highly commended in the 2023 This Can Happen Awards.

Currently CEO and part owner of Festival of Media, the world's leading curator of awards programmes for the global media industy, which involves creating inclusive categories and juries to celebrate the best in class in the sector. Jeremy was previously the Communications and Marketing Director at The O2. Prior to this he spent 10 years at Haymarket Publishing as editor of Media Week and Event magazines after starting his career in regional newspapers.

Being part of our Senior Management Team in Omexom, I am passionate about promoting and championing our Wellbeing strategy within the business. Our Incredible People are easily our best asset and we need to support them both inside and outside of work with Mental and Physical Health initiatives. Having experienced real trauma in my life, I want to share my experiences and use these to help support others. The old distinctions of work and home are gone and we need to recognise this and look out for each other. I have a real passion for Health & Wellbeing and this is why I lead our Wellbeing activity and communication in Omexom.

A passionate advocate for every dimension of employee health and wellbeing, and for inclusion in and out of the workplace

Craig Redihough is the Group Belonging & Wellbeing Manager at Sky where he passionately advocates for destigmatising conversations about mental health. In his previous operational role in the customer service division, he co-founded the Body&Mind at Sky employee network which he chaired alongside his day-to-day responsibilities. With over two decades of leadership experience, Craig moved into the People Team in 2021 to lead on wellbeing and has since leveraged his expertise to craft Sky’s wellbeing strategy. This strategy is founded on the principle of enabling managers and leaders to authentically support their teams, role model sustainable performance and create a culture where everyone can thrive.

With over 20 years of global cross-industry experience in employee experience (EX) design, HR and Employee Engagement, Jane is passionate about creating engaging, productive and inclusive workplaces that enable people to thrive and grow. Jane is also a keen advocate for improving the experience of grief and other key life moments in the workplace.

Adrian is Corporate Responsibility Director at VolkerWessels UK, a leading multidisciplinary contractor that delivers innovative engineering solutions across the civil engineering and construction sectors including rail, highways, airport, marine, energy, water, and environmental infrastructure. He is responsible for maintaining corporate governance for an employed and subcontract workforce exceeding 8,000 people. He has over 25 years in the construction industry across operational, training, supervision, management, change, and professional services. Adrian is approaching 18 years of service at VolkerWessels UK, with accountability for the provision of a range of services including health, safety, environment, quality, sustainability, and occupational health and wellbeing.

Amy Small is the EVP, Creative at Media Cause, a digital marketing agency for nonprofits. Throughout her 20 year career, she's developed campaigns and experiences for everything from coffee brands to educational justice orgs. However, she’s most proud of her work developing and leading Wholebeing—Media Cause’s employee wellbeing program, which was awarded 2023 Bell Seal Certification by Mental Health America, and named "Best New Workplace Approach to Mental Wellbeing" by This Can Happen Global. As part of her efforts to create healthier company cultures, Amy has studied Organizational Leadership, Positive Psychology, and Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction; received certifications from the Center for Compassionate Leadership and SIYLI; and is a Certified Empathy Decathlon Facilitator.

Lisa joined Deutsche Bank in 2009 and has held a variety of strategic and operational roles in businesses and infrastructure functions. Like many, she spent the first 13 years of her career at DB advancing the diversity and inclusion agenda on the side of her desk. She feels privileged to have turned this passion into her full time job and has been Global Head of DEI since August 2022.

Helen leads the Mental Health and Energy strategy in the Mars Inc Health & Wellbeing COE. This role strengthens our commitment to cultivating a culture that champions and protects positive mental health and enables us all to reach our full potential and contribute to an inclusive and high-performing workforce, community, and society as a whole. Helen has a Masters degree in Workplace Wellbeing from the University of Nottingham and has had a progressive career in health & wellbeing spanning more than 25 years including; strategic workplace wellbeing, occupational health & safety, public health nursing, health benefits and business partnering in organisational health.