Dagmara is Zumo’s first Chief People and Culture Officer, responsible for its progressive ‘People’ function, which is shaped by the latest neuroscience and Future of Work trends.

Her role is to support the company’s growth ambitions while maintaining Zumo’s culture, and empowering its talent to have a positive impact on the wider industry, financial inclusion and the environment.

Dagmara joined Zumo in 2020 as Chief Operating Officer, bringing over 15 years’ leadership experience from across the payments, financial services and fintech sectors.

Prior to becoming a member of Zumo’s senior leadership team, Dagmara was head of operations, change and delivery for CashFlows, a UK-based multichannel payments start-up. She previously served in various change delivery leadership roles with Valitor, Travis Perkins and Barclaycard.

A creative business leader and venture builder who identifies, shapes and oversees emerging technology-based projects. James is driven by curiosity of how signals of change today fit together, and to create and advance non-consensus opportunities that solve significant health problems in the future.

Sarah joined Northern Trust in 2016 and is responsible for the strategy and implementation of a wide variety of D&I programmes and initiatives.  Before joining Northern Trust, Sarah headed up D&I teams at AIG and Barclays Wealth and prior to that held a variety of HR roles at Morgan Stanley and Simmons & Simmons LLP. 

Sarah holds a BA in International Management and Business Administration with German from the University of Reading. Additionally she holds an MSc in Human Resource Management and an MBA from the Open University. She is a Fellow of the CIPD (Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development) and is bilingual English/German. Sarah is also a Magistrate, serving on the East London bench. 

Sarah is a qualified Mental Health First Aid instructor.

Daniel has been a mental health activist for over 5 years, he speaks at events, schools and businesses. He believes that by creating safe spaces and allowing others to communicate with honesty opens the door to better mental health and a greater appreciation for life. He is the Employer Branding Manager for Capital One UK and is passionate about storytelling and digital accessibility.

Charissa Chan is the Head of People and Culture at Swire Hotels. A hotel management company with two brands and seven distinctly different properties in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the United States. She is responsible in formulating people strategies to support the business and working closely with a team of People and Culture enthusiasts in cultivating great experiences for talents that cross paths with Swire Hotels.

Jyoti is an experienced HR professional with 10+ years of generalist experience roles. Jyoti designed and implemented the wellbeing programme in the Allen & Overy Middle East offices. She is now responsible working for with global teams across the firm to drive the broader wellbeing and mental health agenda. She also directly supports individuals through internal coaching.

Michael Frohlich is EMEA CEO and Global transformation Lead. He has over 25 years’ experience in the marketing communications industry, leading some of the most famous PR and advertising agencies and clients. He is focused on integrating marketing silos to drive impactful growth for clients and his teams. Having a view of the entire marketing experience has grown his experience in organization design, change management, creative excellence and leadership.

Colin has worked for Aviva for 22 years in various roles over that time. He cares for his Mum, whose is in her 80's, and suffers from dementia. Key caring responsibilities; shopping, hospital/doctors appointments, fixing things, being available 24/7, as dementia doesn't know what 'time' is. Caring has a hidden 'cost', as a carer, you give up much of your own life/independence/freedom, you are never 'off duty'.

Aviva gives Colin unconditional air-cover to duck out and support whenever it is needed. Without this unconditional support he would not able to balance and maintain the quality of life his mother deserves.

Nina is the BBC’s Creative Diversity Lead for 50:50 The Equality Project and News. She spearheads initiatives to support the Corporation’s aspiration that its on-air representation reflects society.  Nina oversees the multi-award-winning 50:50 Project, which is the biggest collective action on increasing women’s representation in BBC content there’s ever been. 
Over 750 content teams across the BBC are signed up to the voluntary initiative that uses a self-monitoring data system to effect change. In addition, more than 140 other organisations – across 29 countries – have partnered with 50:50 from across the media, academia as well as the legal and corporate sectors.
Nina features as a top 20 Global Diversity List Champion (2021) and Professional (2020) and is also a journalist. She returned to the BBC newsroom as a TV output editor during the coronavirus pandemic. She has worked in media her whole career including The Sunday Times and The Sunday Telegraph.

Bruce is currently Senior Wellbeing Specialist at BT (British Telecom) the UK’s leading telecommunications provider. Previously he was head of Employee Assistance at Accenture. He has an MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy, is an accredited therapist with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and is a Fellow of the UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.

Bruce has developed and delivered programmes globally on wellbeing and mental health across all levels within and for multi-nationals including Accenture, BT, HSBC, Vodafone, Microsoft and O2. He has presented on related topics at conferences across Europe, in Asia and the USA. He has delivered to diverse audiences such as psychiatrists, corporate lawyers, wellbeing professionals and educators. More recently Bruce developed BT’s response to maintain employee wellbeing during the pandemic and wrote a wellbeing guide to help UK SME’s.

Tamara is an HR leader with 20+ years’ MNC experience in HR across different industries and geographies. She is currently the Global Emerging Markets Senior Business Partner for Demand in Mars Wrigley, and prior to that role she spent 4 years in Asia as the People and Organisation Director for Mars Wrigley Asia. Tamara joined Mars in 2012 in Dubai where she held several roles across Demand & Supply in the Middle East. During the past few years, Tamara has been instrumental in leading multiple integration and transformation projects for Mars and driving the people agenda & cultural change, while also fostering a culture of Health and Wellbeing through a holistic H&W program during her tenure in Asia.
Prior to joining Mars, Tamara worked in different industries including hospitality, Oil & Gas, as well as Healthcare. Tamara has a background in psychology, and is a certified Master Practitioner and Life Coach in NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programing). She is passionate about making a difference to people and organisations through her leadership and passion.

Molly has worked for Aviva for 7 years and over the last 2 years has been heavily involved in the Aviva Carers Community. This has become something that Molly is extremely passionate about, especially after her Grandmother suffered a severe stroke in early 2021. Molly wants to raise awareness of Carers in the workplace and encourage leadership to think about caring less black and white and know how to support their people.

Jade is a Business Psychologist with experience in learning and development, talent assessment for selection, programme design and management. She is currently responsible for supporting BNP Paribas with Learning and Development activities by developing learning frameworks to facilitate individual business unit’s goals. In addition to this she supports both the Health and Well- being and Diversity & Inclusion teams with learning initiatives.

Jonny is an award-winning Finance professional who feels passionately about the role of mental fitness in the workplace. As a kid growing up facing life's tough realities, Jonny's powerful story became a catalyst to champion the importance of mental wellbeing. Prior to his current position as a Finance Director at Starbucks, Jonny was Strategy Director at pladis, the global snacking business bringing together brands including McVitie's. As the Executive Board Sponsor for Mental Health, he led the Employee Mental Health & Wellbeing initiative, which led to the national "Let's Talk" partnership between McVitie's and mental health charity, Mind. Jonny is an advocate across many forums, a Trustee of the Mental Health Foundation, and a Goalkeeper for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

Barbara Jeffery, McKinsey Health Institute Affiliated Partner and Partner, London

Barbara Jeffery is a partner in the London office, a McKinsey Health Institute Affiliated Partner and a leader in McKinsey’s People & Organizational Performance Practice in the UK. She focuses on delivering transformative organization journeys—journeys that change organizations and individuals as people and leaders.

Barbara has more than ten years of experience in organizational design, culture and change, leadership development, and HR function design in the context of transformations, mergers, separations and IPOs. She works across industries, with particular depth in pharmaceuticals and medtech, consumer health, and public sector.

Barbara also holds a BA in philosophy, politics, and economics from University of Oxford and an MBA with distinction from INSEAD.

Gillian Joseph has more than 30 years of broadcast experience, she currently presents Sky News at Ten and can be regularly seen across the rest of the output as well as reporting on the road. She started her broadcasting career with the BBC in Manchester before becoming a radio reporter and producer with Radio Merseyside. During her time in Liverpool, she was one of the first to break the news of the James Bulger murder case in 1993.

Gillian returned home to London in 1998, working as a reporter and newsreader on BBC Radio 1. Since then she has reported for the BBC’s Black Britain programme, both the One and Six O’Clock News, Newsnight and the Holiday programme . She also presented a Sunday morning reflective news show on BBC London 94.9FM and regularly presented for 5 Live.

Prior to joining Sky News, Gillian presented the news on BBC Breakfast and on BBC London. She also worked as a presenter for BBC News 24.Gillian played a major role in the coverage of the aftermath of the 2004 Asian Tsunami, and has reported from locations across the globe including Northern Ireland, South America and Africa.

Accustomed to seminal stories, she presented live on air for several hours the day Iraq went to the polls in the country’s first­­­­ democratic elections.

Gillian has covered the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Royal wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton, the funeral of Baroness Margaret Thatcher and the death of Nelson Mandela. In 2016 she played a major role in the historic American Presidential elections reporting for Sky News from both Washington and New York. She returned to Washington for the 2020 election and the aftermath.

In 2017 for three days she was the sole presenter on a Sky News specially commissioned pop up channel. Sky Ocean Rescue broadcasted investigative reports and documentaries as well as live coverage of the EU Our Ocean Conference from Malta at which Prince Charles was in attendance.

She has covered every UK General election since 2001 and extensively reported on the EU referendum around the country. Gillian has been a Magistrate for more than 10 years, she also sits on the Boards of several charities as well as being a patron to others.

Katie has been working with organisations to help them grow and provide excellent customer service. Since joining Mental Health UK in 2017 Katie has been focussing specifically on engaging workplaces with mental health both through advising on organisation-wide strategies and charitable and awareness campaigns for employees and customers to engage with directly. Partners have included Lloyds Banking Group, PureGym and ISG.

For the last 6 years, Hannah has worked at Deutsche Bank, where she is currently an Audit Remediation Programme Manager.  After being diagnosed as neurodivergent around the age of 30, she has driven the neurodiversity agenda at Deutsche Bank via their Employee Resource Groups. Notably, she delivered a global “Neurodiversity Month” campaign in October 2021, which drove awareness and acceptance of a range of neurodiversities. Hannah also shared her own story via Deutsche Bank’s internal network, with her article receiving 8,000 views! 
Since this campaign, Hannah has worked to strengthen understanding and acceptance of neurodiversity at Deutsche Bank, with a particular focus on label-agnostic inclusion.

Victoria has worked in the Dementia field for 20+ years in a variety of roles. For the past 16 years Victoria has worked at Dementia UK – the specialist dementia nurse charity. 

She has worked in several roles across the charity all of which have focused on supporting the setting up and development of Admiral Nurse teams across the UK. Admiral nurses are nurses employed to support families (and professional families) to live well with dementia. Our Admiral Nurses – who we continually support and develop – provide life-changing care for families affected by all forms of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.  

Her ambition has always been to be part of the wave driving forward changes and improving the lives of people living with dementia. Victoria set up and leads the Service Development Consultant Admiral Nurse team at Dementia UK. She also leads on several strategy objectives for the charity. This includes the work Dementia Uk are doing to reach and support people with a learning Disability. She is involved in the work Dementia UK are doing regarding Dementia at work and developing a Digital offer to support working carers and support businesses to make their workplaces Dementia and Carer inclusive. Victoria also hosts the Dementia UK monthly Twitter Spaces conversation, something she is very proud about as we were the first charity in the UK to host monthly conversations on Twitter and this was an initiative she led.

Manisha Mehrotra is a subject matter expert in Diversity and Inclusion (D&I), Communications and Organisational Change. She is the Head of Diversity and Inclusion for Europe Middle East and Africa Bloomberg LP. She brings innovation and tenacity to designing and delivering strategic D&I solutions that drive organisational change. Prior to joining Bloomberg, she was at New York Life for ten years where she worked in Communications, Operations, Management and Corporate Diversity & Inclusion actively managing strategies to build and retain a diverse an inclusive workforce.

She is a mentor and coach to students and professionals through a variety of programs and initiatives. She earned a Diversity Management Certificate from Cornell University, a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing and Communications from the University of Connecticut, and a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University.

Pauline Miller is Chief Equity Officer, EMEA for dentsu international. Pauline is responsible for shaping and leading its DEI strategy and execution across the region, reports to the CEO and is a member of the EMEA Executive committee. Pauline has held a number of senior positions responsible for organisational culture, diversity and inclusion, employee engagement, leadership and talent development. Pauline is an active member of her local community and is passionate about supporting girls and women at the early stages of their career serving as an active mentor and role model. Pauline recently completed her MSc in Occupational and Business Psychology with a research paper titled “The Missing Female CEO”.

Monika is currently Head of Employee Health and Wellbeing, Europe at GlaxoSmithKline. She has experience in setting workplace wellbeing and mental health strategies and leading teams to operationalise these. She has a decade of experience in delivering resilience programs globally at team and individual levels. More recently she has been involved in creating the global manager mental health training program.  
She started her medical career as a General Practitioner and subsequently became a specialist in Occupational Medicine, which she has practiced both in the public and corporate sectors.  
She coaches all levels within organisations up to executive level. She is a strong advocate of harnessing the power of mentoring and coaching to enable people to lead more fulfilling lives.

Claire's career has focused on employee culture. As a management consultant with Accenture she grew her curiosity for all aspects of people change. In RBS/Ulster Bank she supported a variety of businesses as a HRBP, as well as leading a variety of engagement, talent, leadership and inclusion & diversity initiatives. Upon joining Bank of Ireland she established the employee insights programme and designed and implemented a values led leadership programme. It is her current role as Colleague Wellbeing Lead that has challenged and rewarded her most. Since mid-2019 Claire has built out the organisation’s colleague wellbeing offering and helped to create a culture of care during and beyond the pandemic.

Alison is MD at Mental Health at Work and has been part of the team that has driven the growth of this not for profit community interest company since 2016, supporting organisations both in the UK and globally to build capability around the mental health agenda.

Mental Health at Work develop and deliver customised programmes for organisations across all industries, through facilitated workshops, supported by digital learning. They have been part of the Mental Health Foundation since 2018.

Rosie joined Bipolar UK in 2017 from previous roles within homelessness and youth. Initially working with the information and support line, laterally integrating peer support services. Rosie lives with bipolar and is a keen advocate of self-management.

Arti Ram leads Bloomberg's Company & Brand Marketing efforts for Asia Pacific, working to develop brand affinity with clients, philanthropic partners, government officials, prospective customers, candidates and employees. She's established Bloomberg's Global Employer Brand from the ground up out of New York prior to moving to Singapore to better serve the region. In Asia, she looks after marketing efforts for Diversity & Inclusion, Employer Branding & Recruitment, Corporate Philanthropy and Government Relations. Additionally, she is an executive sponsor and champion for Mental Health at Bloomberg in Asia Pacific.

Aaron is on a mission to change the world with smart connected products. He has worked as a product innovation consultant for Accenture, and has led projects involving remote patient monitoring, exoskeletons and fitness devices. Aaron is also a WEF Global Shaper and London Hub II Curator.

I founded a suicide prevention charity to help protect the mental health of Doctors and healthcare workers. I am not a medic myself but lost my older brother (a doctor) in November 2018 to suicide and wanted to do something to prevent future tragedies and care for those who care for us.

Zoe is one of the founders of This Can Happen. She is also the founder of Employees Matter, the largest provider of employee engagement seminars and webinars in the UK.

Landy Slattery is founder and co-chair of 4women, the gender equality network at Channel 4. In 2019 4Women launched the media industry’s first menopause policy to global acclaim and a year later made their policy public for anyone else to use. Last year it also launched the worlds first Pregnancy loss Policy to include elective abortion. 4Women is one of a strong network of employee groups working towards equality and inclusivity at Channel 4. Landy’s other role is Creative Director of All 4, 4creative which involves looking after the marketing creative for Channel 4’s on-demand platform ALL 4.

Krystal Tang has over 8 years of experience in employee wellness. Krystal is currently the Wellness Leader, within Mercer Singapore’s Health Consulting team. She currently specializes in wellness consulting where she designs wellness solutions for clients as well as managing partnerships to match clients with support that delivers results. As a wellness leader, she is passionate about the education of mental wellness in the corporate sector as well as an advocate for women’s health and wellness.

Driven by purpose and meaning, Amanda takes pride in working for companies that value mental wellbeing and work-life balance over conventional, orthodox means of working or even over-working. As a data analyst at JP Morgan, she covers automation and data analytics for the APAC region in her line of work. In addition to her primary job function, Amanda is an active speaker on mental health and has worked with the Singapore Association of Mental Health (SAMH) to debunk and demystify the misconceptions of mental illnesses. She is recognised for her ability to bring finesse to every event and panel she is a part of. Amanda is bilingual and is able to host in both English and Mandarin.

Kendall is HR Business Partner at LexisNexis UK. Alongside her HRBP role she leads the global Wellbeing programme across LexisNexis and RX(Reed Exhibitions), both part of FTSE 100 listed RELX. Throughout her career, she has worked with organisations across both Australia and the UK to create highly engaged teams, nurture talent and champion the long-term organisational benefits of creating a great place to work. 

Kendall lives with anxiety and panic disorder. As such, she is a strong advocate for sustainable ways of working. She seeks to encourage workplaces to create space for meaningful wellbeing conversations with employees and, vitally, act on the results. She has seen how this form of open dialogue enables teams to be successful in all areas of their life. Kendall is a Mental Health First Aider, Business Coach and Menopause Mentor.

Originally from Shanghai China, Star has been with Medtronic for 18 years with a variety of HR assignments in China, Singapore, and Japan. It has been her aspiration to work in different geographies, get immersed in diversified cultures, and broaden her horizon.

Sunita Wazir is a Mumbai-based Human Resources and Leadership Development professional with 26 years of Industry experience. Sunita is deeply passionate about enabling Mental Health, building Psychological Safety and landing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion initiatives and is especially committed to building equitable workspaces for women, the LGBTQI+ community and Persons with Disabilities. She enjoys mentoring leaders and is supportive of gender balance initiatives in every sphere of life. She is a trained mindfulness and mental health champion and a Korn Ferry certified coach. She is living her purpose of helping people become the best version of themselves through her role leading the Global Wellbeing agenda at Unilever.

Having worked in various roles throughout Lloyds Banking Group, Karl is currently the Group’s Mental Health Lead, supporting the mental health of 65,000 employees. Karl specialises in creating campaigns and initiatives that go beyond awareness, to reduce barriers and drive tangible behavioural change relating to mental health and well-being.