Claudine Adeyemi is a multi-award winning entrepreneur and former lawyer. She read law at University College London and went on to practice law at Mishcon de Reya. In 2014, Claudine founded The Student Development Co., a non-profit organisation ​providing career-related support to 1000+ young people from less privileged backgrounds. Claudine also founded and runs a tech startup called CareerEar, the ultimate careers support platform for overlooked talent. CareerEar supports young people and adults who are typically overlooked to make informed career choices, prepare for their future careers and access opportunities from inclusive employers. Claudine is also a board member of the Employers’ Network for Equality and Inclusion (enei) and a WEF Global Shaper. Claudine has been recognised as a Rising Star in the We Are The City Awards, Brummell Magazine’s 30 Ones to Watch and was listed as the EMpower #1 Future Leader as presented by the Financial Times.

Simon is a marketing strategist, entrepreneur and Mental Health Advocate. He is founder of Archmon, a marketing consultancy as well as being Non-Exec Director for MENTalk Lincs, a community interest company for mental health services in his native Lincolnshire. With his Medium mental Health journal and his marketing newsletters, his passion lies in bringing common sense to the nebulous marketing world, as well as a bit more empathy and improved mental health culture to what can be a tough industry!

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.

Jacob is an experienced CBT therapist with a backround of working within the NHS before opening his private practice. He specialises in working with anxiety disorders. He is also a clinicial supervisor for the BABCP. He is the founder of Jteen, a community support service for adolescents. Jacob's passion is to increase awareness on mental health by lecturing and writing extensively on the issue.

Joe is a 22 year old economics student, spoken word artist and podcaster from North London. He lost his mum to cancer in 2019, and since then his mission has been centred around breaking down the barrier that surrounds vulnerability, and discussing the emotions that make us most human. 

Meike leads the neurodiversity programme at bp and is the proud owner of an ADHD brain. Prior to joining bp, she worked for HSBC and JPMorgan in investment management roles. Until recently she was leading the neurodiversity workstream of the Diversity Project, aiming to improve neuroinclusion in the financial industry.

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.

Amy Budd is Head of Brand at Cambridge International, part of Cambridge University Press & Assessment. She has worked in project and marketing communication roles in the education sector for over twenty years. As part of the team of sustainability volunteers at Cambridge, and as a trained coach, she’s particularly passionate about giving people space to acknowledge and talk about their emotional responses to the climate crisis. To this end Amy is establishing a Colleague Climate Café to support staff as they engage with the crisis and organisation’s sustainability programme, giving them space to connect and share their responses with each other.

Harpreet is a wellbeing champion at NatWest and a mental health advocate in the Sikh Panjabi Community. His main focus is on the intersectionality between wellbeing and inclusion, whilst bringing the topic of mental health alive within minority communities.

Daniel has been a mental health activist for over 5 years, he speaks at events, schools, businesses and has even had a conversation with Prince William. He believes that creating safe spaces, being vulnerable and communicating with honesty opens up the door for better mental health and greater appreciation for life.

Originally training as a nurse, Daniel has worked in various roles throughout his career both in the public and corporate sector. Prior to joining dentsu international where he oversees the future of work and employee wellbeing globally. Daniel lived in Hong Kong working in and around APAC consulting internally and externally with multi-national corporations, on their health and wellness strategy and delivery. He is passionate about wellbeing and mental health in the workplace.

Charissa Chan, born and raised in Hong Kong, has over 15 years of experience in the hotel industry. She is currently the Head of People and Culture for Swire Hotels, with hotels in Hong Kong, Mainland China and the US. She has global responsibilities of all aspects related to People and Culture. She champions wellbeing at workplace, which is also one of the core values of Swire Hotels.

Ben Channon is an architect, author, TEDx speaker and mental wellbeing advocate, and is well known in the industry as a thought leader in designing for happiness and wellbeing. He is a Director at wellbeing design consultancy Ekkist, where he helps clients and design teams to create healthier places.

Ben has written two books on the relationship between buildings and happiness: ‘Happy by Design’ (2018) and ‘The Happy Design Toolkit’ (2022) - both available through RIBA Publishing. He speaks on this subject to businesses and universities around the world. 

Ben is also the chair and co-founder of the Architects' Mental Wellbeing Forum, which seeks to support better mental health of architects in the UK and beyond.

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.

Atif Choudhury is an award-winning social entrepreneur with a background in economic justice and disability inclusion. Focusing on the inclusion of marginalised communities, Atif has worked on high profile social development projects across the world. He is the Co-founder and CEO of Diversity and Ability and Zaytoun CiC (the world’s first Fairtrade Palestinian olive oil cooperative), as well as a trustee for Disability Rights UK.
Atif believes in pushing for a future of inclusive change and global equity. He’s advocating for recognition of the strength of intersectional inclusion, transforming narratives and systems to create environments that welcome diversity of thought and unlock the hidden assets in everyone.

Helen Colquhoun is triple qualified in New York, England and Wales, and Hong Kong. She advises employers across a range of industries on both contentious and non-contentious employment issues such as investigations, restrictive covenants, risk management, acquisitions, restructuring, managing employee hiring and terminations, design of incentive schemes, and drafting contracts and handbooks. Helen frequently advises overseas employers on their operations in Hong Kong, including in relation to sensitive and/or C-suite terminations, secondments, dual contracts, enforcement of restrictive covenants, investigations and general HR matters. Helen also routinely oversees regional APAC projects that require advice on local law nuances, trends and approaches on a range of issues, including restructurings, policy roll outs and outsourcing arrangements.

Rhonda has worked in the recruitment industry for the last 25 years, working all aspects of the job up to senior Leadership and Board roles for Start-Ups, SMEs and large recruitment companies. She spent 15 years developing recruitment techniques and frameworks based on human behaviour, with a focus on the quality of thinking and resilience for performance. In the last decade, Rhonda has worked with several Recruitment Leaders and organisations to improve employee mindset and in turn, improve performance for the sake of the people as well as the profits.

An advocate for mental health support in the workplace Rhonda founded Mental Health In Recruitment in 2019 after losing a much-loved friend and colleague to suicide. Now recognised as a 'thought leader', she is on a mission to change the way we talk about mental health, moving from awareness to action, improving business and most importantly, improving lives.

Dr Kara Davey is an award-winning Clinical and Coaching Psychologist accredited with the British Psychological Society, Health Care Professions Council and the EMDR Association. Kara is the founder of ‘Kara Clinical Psychologist in Sussex’ a fast-growing therapy business and ‘Dr Davey Coaching’, which provides both 1:1 coaching, training, away days and consultation to aid policy development for organisations wanting to prioritise staff well-being. 

Kara experienced a Stillbirth in 2017 and is extremely passionate about supporting other bereaved parents. Kara provides free online support groups, has developed leaflets and online video resources, as well as offering therapy/coaching. Kara is also a Trustee for the Charity Oscar’s Wish Foundation. Kara has witnessed too many high performing individuals leaving senior roles due to feeling unsupported after baby loss and avidly wants to stop this happening.

Dr Julie Denning, Managing Director at Working Towards Wellbeing is a Chartered Health Psychologist and CBT therapist. She has significant experience designing and delivering services that support people with long term conditions, including cancer, long covid and mental health, to self-manage their symptoms and return to the workplace when ready. She trains health professionals in health behaviour change, the cognitive behavioural approach and mindfulness. She also designs wellbeing programmes and supports organisations to deliver on their wellbeing strategy. Julie is also Chair of the Vocational Rehabilitation Association (VRA) and lecturer at Kings College London.

Marne Dioquino is a human resources executive with more than 30 years of corporate experience in various industries – management consulting, hotel, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and financial services.  Her expertise is in organization development, training, HR business partnering and general HR management.  She has been involved in diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the workplace for 10 years.  She is a mother of three boys and is an avid crafter.

Jack describes himself as, simply, a human who talks openly about mental health. He passionately believes in being true to himself and talking about feelings & emotions, especially in the workplace. Since losing his dad suddenly at 13, he has had his fair share of mental health challenges, including anxiety and OCD. He uses his platform to communicate his experiences in the hope that they resonate with others, and challenge the stigma surrounding emotional/mental health. Jack currently works in Corporate Partnerships in the charity sector, and has previously worked in Diversity & Inclusion, HR, and Recruitment.

Bryony is  Head of Employee Experience at Reach with accountability for their group wellbeing strategy. She has a strong interest in the research around employee experience and the impact the changing world is having in the workplace and on wellbeing.

Rebecca shares her own women’s health journey. Having been diagnosed with premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in 2020, she will explain what this severe and chronic condition is and share her lived experience of coping with PMDD. Starting from the perseverance to receive an official diagnosis, to making huge life changes and developing coping strategies to try and manage the debilitating long-term effects of PMDD. 
Rebecca hopes to bring awareness to the condition, which affects an estimated 5-10% of women and AFAB individuals of reproductive age. 
Especially as studies show that 30% of women/AFAB individuals with PMDD will attempt suicide in their lifetime while a larger percentage experience suicidal thoughts and self-harm.

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.

Beth Glanville is a UKCP registered, trauma-specialist Psychotherapist and Supervisor. She is undertaking Doctoral study in the field of trauma, alongside her clinical practice. 

Beth is setting up the Trauma Service with MumsAid, a perinatal mental health charity based in SE London, and working in private practice. Beth also lectures and supervises trainee therapists, and is the co-Editor of the online journal Contemporary Psychotherapy. Previous experience includes working with Transport for London’s Occupational Health Counselling and Trauma Service, and supporting London Fire Brigade with psychological screening following the Grenfell fire. She also supported the construction company StructureTone as their Wellbeing and Mental Health advisor during the Covid pandemic. 

While at Transport for London Beth worked extensively with mental health in the workplace. This included designing and developing training programme ‘Practical Skills for developing a Mentally Healthy Workplace’, which was rolled out to managers across both the operational and corporate arms of the Company.

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.

Anouchka Grose is a psychoanalyst and writer practising in London. She is a member of The Centre for Freudian Research, where she regularly lectures. Her books include: No More Silly Love Songs: a realist’s guide to romance (Portobello, 2010), Are you Considering Therapy (Karnac, 2011), From Anxiety to Zoolander: notes on psychoanalysis (Karnac, 2018) and A Guide to Eco-Anxiety: how to protect the planet and your mental health (Watkins, 2020). She also writes about art and fashion, and contributes to The Guardian, Radio 4, and Resonance FM.

Kris Hall is the Founder of The Burnt Chef Project, non-profit social enterprise fully committed to making the hospitality profession healthier and more sustainable. Kris launched The Project and it's services to eradicate the stigma of mental health in the hospitality industry through education, training and open conversations. Kris believes in providing tailored services and challenging the stigma of mental health a culture of care and compassion will improve recruitment opportunities whilst also reducing turnover rates.

Emily is a Sustainability Engagement Advisor for global property company, Lendlease. Having been with Lendlease for nearly three years, she is responsible for connecting internal and external stakeholders with the company’s sustainability agenda, raising awareness of, and driving action towards their environmental and social targets. Emily has worked in Corporate Sustainability for over four years, starting her career in the Automotive sector before moving into the Built Environment industry. She holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Leeds in Business Management & Geography, where her passion for helping businesses fulfil their environmental and social responsibility began. 
Emily’s experience includes delivering internal engagement campaigns, training programmes, external comms and reporting. She advocates for transparent, authentic, and proactive sharing of sustainability progress, learnings, and challenges both internally amongst staff and externally.

Simon has over a decade’s experience leading innovative and award-winning businesses across multiple sectors including retail, software, and financial services - collecting several prestigious awards for marketing, technology, and innovation from Gartner, the DMA, Retail Week, and Cannes Lions. Formally the COO of Kiddicare (acquired) and a member of the senior leadership team at Wm Morrisons. He co-founded and led venture-backed SaaS platform Elevaate (acquired), and was part of Haatch - an early-stage investment company operating across the UK and the US. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of iGO4.

Kel Hartman is passionate about empowering both employees and the business to reach their full potential. Kel has more than 25 years of experience in organisation development, wellbeing, Inclusiveness and belonging, cultural change, wellness, talent management and acquisition, executive learning and development, remuneration, succession planning, and employee relations. A true global citizen, Kel has worked all over the world, including Australia, Canada, Africa, Europe, Central America, Caribbean, Asia, and the United States, and has traveled to almost 100 countries. She is a qualified executive coach, has raised more than $20,000 for charity through two photography exhibitions, helped implement an NGO in West Africa, and has written and performed her own play.

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.

Tom graduated from the Unilever future leaders programme in 2019. Since then he has gone on to work across the Unilever IT organisation. He suffers from psychosis and depression and has recently been diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. He wants to show that no matter what you suffer with there is a place for you in the workplace and with the right support you can bring new perspectives to the workplace.

Sam is the Director of ADHD Girls, a company with a dual mission to empower girls and women with ADHD to thrive in society and improve societal understanding of ADHD. 

Sam has a background in healthcare communications and a medical science PhD, which she harnesses to create thought-provoking digital campaigns, talks, workshops and events within education and work settings to improve cultural understanding of ADHD and provide best practice approach to support ADHDers.

Her work has been recognised with double nominations in the “Stereotype Buster” and Community Choice” categories at the 2022 Celebrating Neurodiversity Awards.

Tom is a People Leader and Coach with a background in Product Development and Agile Coaching. He cares passionately about nurturing cultures that are based on trust, empowerment, transparency, positive wellbeing and continuous improvement.

His current role is Chief People Officer at Zappi, a pioneering technology company that empowers creators globally with smart, quick and actionable data and insight to inspire and validate their ideas.

Ryan is currently leading/developing the future of work at a global technology company, creating a workplace where 10,000 people love to work e.g. unlimited paid vacation, working with Micrsoft to define how digital workers use tech to switch off from tech & world first innovations - ‘the In office OOO’; all of this being shared in a fun and engaging manner on socials (+2M views across all platforms). 

He is an innovator and enigmatic presenter, regularly speaking at Future of Work/HR/Tech/Wellbeing conferences. The overriding purpose of all his work is to create the culture/environments for the workforce of the future to flourish and did so at Sainsbury’s, where he was able to improve colleague happiness throughout the pandemic. Prior to that, Ryan worked at Deloitte, where he designed the future of work. 

Whenever he has a spare minute, he writes a page or 2 of his book: 'Toilet break wellbeing', with the intention of making wellbeing fun and accessible for all from the toilet. Removing the seriousness around the topic and highlighting the power of small, regular actions.

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.

Dr Becky Inkster is a digital mental health neuroscientist, who seeks innovative ways to improve our understanding and treatment of mental health in the digital age. She applies measured optimism when working across artificial intelligence-enabled mental healthcare, neuroscience, ethics and governance, as well as digital-, clinical-, and music-based interventions, social media, and public engagement, especially with young people and underrepresented groups. She provides cross-sectorial guidance and leadership on mental health innovations to numerous institutions and companies across academia, technology, human rights, mental healthcare, and government. Some of her affiliations/roles include: Department of Psychiatry, University of Cambridge; Lancet Digital Health, International Advisory Board Member; Creator, Digital Innovation in Mental Health (DIMH) conference; Co-Chair of the IEEE IC Program on Ethical Assurance of Data-Driven Technologies for Mental Healthcare; NIHR Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award, Co-Investigor; Advisor, Wysa; DPhil, Oxford University.

Jonny is an award-winning Finance professional who feels passionately about the role of mental fitness in the workplace. Jonny’s story, of how he navigated a challenging childhood and took the adversity he has faced and channelled it to create his own purpose, has now been the catalyst for influencing many organisations

Currently Finance Director at Starbucks, he is also sponsor of their Wellbeing programme. Prior to this, Jonny was Strategy & Transformation Director at the global snacking business pladis. 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 for mental wellbeing across many forums. He is a Trustee of the Mental Health Foundation, a Non Exec of Mental Health at Work, and a Goalkeeper for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation dedicated to accelerating progress towards he United Nations Global Goals

Jonny works with various organisations to advocate the importance of Mental Fitness in business, including co-leading the recently launched mental health pledge with the Institute of Chartered of Accounts of ('ICAS')

Ruby Jaucian is the Chief Human Resource Officer of Aboitiz Renewables, Inc., where she leads people strategy and organization development towards growth of renewable energy portfolio of Aboitiz Power. Ruby is cited by Human Resources Director (HRD) Asia Hot List 2022 - an index of HR leaders across industries who have shown excellence and commendable effort in going above and beyond their roles to navigate unprecedented people-centered criss and lead their teams into breakthroughs.

Ruby’s experience and leadership in HR include establishing people strategy, building the employer brand, improving employee engagement and strategic talent management. With successful implementation of HR programs, her team and organization received multiple awards and has helped improve overall employee engagement despite the pandemic situation.

Ruby is known for her innovative ideas, growth mindset and inspiring leadership style. As CHRO of Aboitiz Renewables, she is working towards successfully supporting the organization achieve its growth aspiration in the renewable energy sector.

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.

Royston John worked as a senior manager across local government for over 20 years before becoming a Business Coach and Management Consultant. The breadth of his experience includes human resources, finance, performance management, project management and service reviews; identifying and solving complex organisational, operational, technical and logistic problems with creativity, innovation and confidence; public speaking, setting up and managing staff groups and organising conferences.

Royston has 20 years’ experience as an EDI facilitator and adviser. Activities include adviser to a Mayor and Cabinet on increasing black staff in employment; supporting organisations become anti-racist organisations; advising HR Directors on race and diversity matters; with Metropolitan Police reducing racial disparity; with Bristol Police and community increasing racial harmony in the city.

Currently Co-Chair of REPAG (Race Equality Public Action Group), Royston supports and guides the agenda with insightful skills, experience, understanding and compassion ensuring on-going relationships between NIHR/Health/Education and the community remain a positive, informed partnership for commitment and change.

Working closely with organisations of different sizes, as well as individuals at all stages of their career, Royston assist with development and growth - providing innovative and cost effective solutions to suit individual and business needs.

Royston’s work has included British Council management development initiative working collaboratively with 19 African countries.

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.

Enoch is widely recognized for pioneering the workplace mental health conversation in China at a time when the topic was taboo, through founding an award-winning social enterprise, Bearapy, that spearheaded strategic consulting and training services for organizations in China and Asia-Pacific. Her social impact work has proven to raise awareness in the local community, and steer global conversations on the topic. 

She has helped tens of thousands of people across the world through Bearapy, her writing, and speaking about her mental health lived experience. Enoch works with multinationals, governments, and start-ups across Asia-Pacific to change mindsets and behaviours towards mental health, deepening awareness and understanding to reduce stigma and create psychological safe workplaces. Her work is widely recognized in the society: she was awarded the Social Contributor of the Year 2018 Award by the International Professional Women's Society in China, and the Speaking Out Award by Mind HK.

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.

A Psychotherapist from CPPD UK with a back ground in Sociology, currently working as a Well Being Lead for Bayer Pakistan With a primary focus on Mental Health, Culture and Well-being. Expertise lies in creating Mental Health Awareness, Stress Management, Employee Hygiene, Culture Change and Employee Wellbeing. 

Having worked with various organisations, institutions and individuals she is passionate about spreading wellness, allowing institutions and people to vibrate into their highest selves and bringing them to a state of awareness of their own mental blocks, and enriching them with the tools to live a conscious, true, authentic and meaningful life.

Abigail Marks is Professor of Future of Work at Newcastle University Business School. Abigail has recently held senior roles at University of Stirling and Heriot-Watt University. Over the past two years, Abigail has been focusing on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the experience and organisation of work and how this will impact the 'new' world of work. Abigail's research interests broadly focus on the organisation of work, impact of class on work, the changing role of professions as well as hybrid and homeworking. Abigail frequently asked to comment on employment issues in the media in the UK and overseas.

Tanya is a university student who decided to pioneer youth mental health awareness during the pandemic from her bedroom. From a young age, Tanya struggled with her mental health as a result of developing long-term health conditions. Navigating mental health support as a young female in the South Asian community was a challenge due to the stigma and superstitions attached to mental health.In March 2021 and despite receiving no funding or formal support, Tanya set up a youth-led non-profit organisation Championing Youth Minds. Championing Youth Minds has been providing free online resources, workshops and a safe space to over 500 young people across the UK and internationally. Championing Youth Minds aims to bridge the gaps in our education system surrounding mental health education and shine a light on the topics that affect us young people today. She has since been speaking at large scale events about the importance of youth mental health and diversity, equity and inclusion as a young person.

Vic Mazonas wants to help neurodivergent people thrive. 

An autistic person themselves, with C-PTSD and a history of both anxiety and depression, Vic is no stranger to mental health struggles. After finding a home in the insurance industry and having the good fortune to start their career in a workplace that supported their whole self, Vic was able to go from surviving to thriving. They recently accepted a role as General Manager of GAIN, where they hope to transform the insurance industry into one that accepts, affirms and uplifts neurodiversity. 

Outside of their working life, Vic is a passionate artist, a keen gardener and an enthusiastic Games Master for a local DnD group, at least when they’re not running around after their elderly but surprisingly mischievous cat!

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.

I was diagnosed with Young Onset Dementia on the 31st July 2014 at the age of 58 years young. Post diagnosis, I was so shocked by the lack of awareness, both in the community and the clinical world, that I now spend all my time travelling around the country raising awareness and encouraging others to speak out in order to reduce the stigma associated with dementia.

I am now proud to be the author of the not one but two Sunday Times best sellers, Somebody I Used to Know, and What I wish people knew about dementia. Who would have thought that possible 7 years ago when I was diagnosed?

My latest best seller, “What I wish people knew about dementia” is now available.

Author of Sunday Times Best Seller: Somebody I Used to Know - Published in the UK by Bloomsbury

Now proud and humbled to be DrDr from Hull and Bradford Universities

Jess Morgan is a speaker, writer and passionate mental health campaigner. She worked as an NHS children's doctor for 11 years, during which time she suffered burnout and mental illness. After almost a year off sick, Jess returned to work as a doctor before leaving medicine in 2019 to retrain as a primary teacher.

Jess strongly believes in the power of personal stories and now speaks and writes openly about her experience of being a doctor with a mental health condition. She has delivered training on supporting the wellbeing of doctors in training and creating positive work environments where colleagues feel valued and appreciated. Jess sits on the lived experience committees of two mental health organisations, contributing to the development of services and training in this area.

Kenny Mulcahy is Head of Sales at Unmind, a workplace mental health platform. Kenny has a passion for supporting companies create a mentally healthy workforce to the benefit of company culture and goals. Before joining Unmind Kenny spent 9 years at LinkedIn, leading part of their UK operation and supporting their growth across the UK and EMEA.

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.

Gethin is an award-winning psychologist and author of the HR bestseller, A World of Good: Lessons From Around the World in Improving the Employee Experience. As a frequent writer and speaker on employee experience and employee wellbeing, Gethin has been featured in Forbes, The Sun, The Guardian, The Huffington Post and The Financial Times. Gethin has been listed as one of the world’s top 101 Global Employee Experience Influencers for the last two years running, is one of LinkedIn’s top global contributors and an Inspiring Leader 2021. Gethin is also Chair of Wellbeing at the UK Government-backed Engage for Success and a Fellow at the RSA.

Claire joined Mental Health UK in 2021 with over 20 years’ experience in the Employee Assistance Programme sector. She has worked as a counsellor, case manager, account manager and business development manager. She has been a member of EAPA UK for 15 years and has spent time on their Board.

With a strong background in both counselling and psychology Claire brings specialist knowledge and a naturally consultative approach.

She has supported individual employees and worked closely with Senior Management, Human Resources, Occupational Health professionals, Trade Unions and Health and Safety groups to deliver effective workplace mental health programmes to organisations in a wide range of industry sectors.

Chi-Chi is a Consultant Psychiatrist in the NHS and in private practice, both in London. He is also Head of the Clinical Board at the wellness service the Soke. He is a graduate of University College Medical School. He has an International Health BSc and an MBA from Imperial College. Chi-Chi commonly sees patient with Mood & Anxiety Disorders, trauma-related mental health problems and perinatal disorders.

Antoinette Patterson, is the co-founder of trusted B2B2C digital mental healthcare provider, Safe Space™. With 11 years of startup experience and an avid mental health advocate, Safe Space™ combines her love for technology and positive social change.

Ruth has worked in senior HR roles for more than twenty-five years in the road haulage, trade association and civil engineering sectors. Ruth joined BAM Nuttall as HR Director in 2011. She has worked as Global Director for Mental Health and Well Being for the Royal BAM Group and is currently Head of Workplace Wellbeing for BAM UK & IRL. Ruth has a keen professional and personal interest in all matters mental health. 
Ruth is a Fellow of the CIPD and has a Masters degree in Law and was awarded her Masters in Workplace Health and Wellbeing in 2021.
In her spare time, Ruth enjoys personal fitness - cycling, spinning, pilates and equestrian sports along with walking and exploring our beautiful English countryside. She enjoys time with her two grown up daughters and wider family.

Bhairavi is the Founder of Mithra Trust, their focus is on making mental well-being information and tools, engaging and accessible. She's created and launched The MehⓇ Kit Riding Out Depression, a first of its kind self-discovery tool. Bhairavi has created and facilitated workshops for TEDx Bangalore, Under25 India's largest youth festival, in addition to serving institutional clients - corporate and educational institutes. Bhairavi is a Work & Organisational Psychologist, an Amani Social Innovation Management Fellow, she has trained in Applied Buddhist Psychology and Trauma Certified Care Practice, she is currently a Level 3 certified practitioner of Metaphysical Anatomy Technique (MAT).Bhairavi has a deep passion for mental wellness, social innovation, and youth leadership

Emmy-Lou has built a career around her deep expertise in human behaviour and transferable expertise in design to leverage technology to improve human experience. Working at the intersection of People, Technology and Operations she draws on over a decade of practice-informed expertise in design, innovation and agile ways of working. 

Emmy-Lou moved into Leadership and Transformation projects in the field of consulting after a successful decade in Clinical Mental Health where she specialised in Children’s Development, Family Systems, Crisis Management and Forensic Psychology. Emmy-Lou now leads the ESG & Wellness workstreams for PwC Singapore's Junior Board, an employee led board that represents the voice of employees and keeps the organisation responsive to employee needs.

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.

Louisa Rose is CEO of Beyond and the founder of Now and Beyond, the UK’s first mental health and wellbeing festival for schools. Louisa previously worked as a social media consultant during the last decade and is particularly interested in reinforcing healthy social media habits for young people. Louisa is diagnosed with depression, anxiety, Tourette’s and OCD and publicly reflects on her personal mental health journey. Louisa is married and a mother of two young boys.

Neil Shah is the founder of International Wellbeing Insights and Chief De-Stressing Officer of The Stress Management Society. A leading international expert on stress management and wellbeing, he is the author of Amazon #1 best-seller ‘Turning Negatives into Positives – An Introduction to Neurolinguistic Programming’ and ‘The 10-Step Stress Solution’ He is a renowned media personality on the subject of wellbeing, appearing regularly on BBC Breakfast, BBC Five Live and Sky Sunrise.

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.

Nike is an experienced psychotherapeutic counsellor. She is also a trainer, facilitator and coach - specialising in mental health and wellbeing, as well as personal effectiveness and communication. Nike is a regular speaker at workplace wellbeing events – both online and in person.

As a therapist, she supports the mind-body wellbeing of clients experiencing issues with: anxiety; depression; family and relationships; bereavement; identity and belonging; addiction, and more. As a trainer and coach, she supports individuals and teams to feel equipped and motivated, whatever their challenge or opportunity. She works inclusively and actively with difference and diversity.

Anya is the head of the Fertility in the workplace initiative for the Fertility Network UK and has over fifteen years of experience within the sector including seven overseeing patient care at the London Women’s Clinic, Harley Street. She is the author of one book, Fertile Thinking and two courses to support those facing fertility struggles.

She is often in the media as a champion for the patient perspective on facing Infertility and is currently busy lobbying MPs and speaking in Parliament regarding Fair provision of IVF for all. She has worked for three MPs, most recently as senior office staff for David Lammy.

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.

Katy Stolliday is the Co-Founder of Blurred – a strategic and creative advisory firm built for a world where the lines between industries, disciplines and audiences are more blurred than ever before. Blurred specialises in ESGP (environment, social, governance, purpose), existing to help its clients become better businesses, so that they have a better story to tell. 

After 20 years working in different communications agencies, Katy co-founded Blurred with a vision to create a sustainable business that placed equal emphasis on people, planet and profit. Alongside her role as Chief Client Officer, Katy takes responsibility for its people, working to create a truly inclusive environment that everyone can thrive in, and a culture that prioritises prevention over cure. She is an advocate for transparent leadership, openly writing about her personal experiences to encourage conversation, and also sits on the PR Week Mental Health Charter advisory committee.

Jennifer Tam is a partner in the Employment & Benefits practice in Mayer Brown's Hong Kong office. 
Jennifer advises on all areas of employment law with an emphasis on contentious employment, discrimination, harassment and data privacy disputes. Jennifer has solid experience in handling high profile and complex employment litigation, internal corporate and external investigations and dealing with trade unions and labour relations issues. 
Jennifer is an advocate for workplace well-being and serves as a board member of The City Mental Health Alliance Hong Kong.

Serina Tan is an established strategic communications leader and executive coach with two decades of experience in integrated communications consulting. Recognised by Campaign Asia Pacific’s 40 under 40 for her impressive achievements, Serina is passionate about enhancing the professional standards and mental wellbeing of marketing communications professionals worldwide, and runs mental resilience workshops as part of her strategic coaching work. An avid mindfulness and yoga practitioner since 2017, she holds certificates in Positive Psychology from University of California Berkeley and the University of North Carolina, as well as a certificate in Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction from Singapore Management University. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from the National University of Singapore.

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.

Laura-Rose Thorogood is a married lesbian of fifteen years and mother of three children by IUI and IVF treatment spanning over a decade. She is Founder of LGBT Mummies, a global organisation that provides a community and support to LGBT+ women and people on the path to parenthood.

She is an LGBT+ Family Activist, fertility advocate, educator, writer, speaker and campaigner. She also works with the NHS, has met with Government and made recommendations within Parliament to shape policies and improve outcomes across maternity, healthcare and general society. She partners with multiple global organisations and charities and provides them with education and training on supporting LGBT+ family pathways & LGBT+ competency. Her goal is to ‘usualise’ LGBT+ families across society, whilst creating a more inclusive future through policy change, accessibility and laws.

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. Having completed her double Masters, she embarked on an International career with US based Delta Air Lines, in General Management. After 13 years, having rolled out a massive VRS scheme for the India team, she took a short career break when Delta shut down India operations in 2006. In 2008 Sunita embarked on her second career as an HR and OD Strategist, leading large company-wide change projects with organizations including Unilever, Hindustan Unilever Ltd and the Tata Sons - Group Human Resources working on Simplification, Process Change, Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Business Process Re-engineering and Leadership Development. Sunita is currently 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.

Meg Zeenat Wamithi is a global mental health leader and consultant. Inspired by her own difficult experience, Meg created MindMapper UK, a youth-led mental health research and development company to support those suffering from mental health issues. 

Over the year, her work has seen her recognised, internationally, as an award-winning mental health campaigner and consultant. In 2019, Meg was recognised as one of the most inspiring black students in the UK and received the Diana Award. Her commitment to changing the world for the better has seen her champion anti-bullying in schools, inclusivity and diversity on university campuses and in the workplace, evolution of school curriculums and men.