Zoe Sinclair
Founder
After a career at the BBC, my life changed when I became a mother. It was such an amazing privilege, yet when it came to work, there was such a lack of support. Passionate about wellbeing, I soon went on to set up ‘Parents Matter’ which helped companies engage with working parents by putting on in-house events & seminars tackling key challenges for new Mum’s and Dad’s. As the years went on, companies soon asked for more initiatives out of the parenting sphere and it was at this stage that it made sense to expand to ‘Employees Matter’, with the vital understanding that all staff need support and engagement, not just parents. With this in mind, we began to run new, innovative workshops focusing on diversity, gender, physical and mental health. In addition, in 2017 I co-founded This Can Happen, an organisation that aims to empower workplace mental wellbeing with global conferences, awards, research, webinars, seminars and bespoke workplace programmes. I am passionate about helping both employers and employees find solutions to create stigma-free, open and considerate environments to work in where people can be open about their mental health.
In our opening keynote of the day, we’ll explore the metrics that truly reflect employee wellbeing, and how to turn data into meaningful, organisation-wide action.
Dr. Magdalena Wronska
Head of Workplace Wellbeing
Magdalena is a senior workplace health and wellbeing leader with extensive experience shaping and delivering evidence-based wellbeing strategies in large, complex organisations, including TfL . She is currently Head of Workplace Wellbeing at UCL, where she leads institution-wide mental health and wellbeing strategy, embedding wellbeing across the employee lifecycle, organisational culture and leadership practice. Magdalena brings a strong applied research foundation, holding a PhD in Equity, Health and Wellbeing, and is recognised for translating academic evidence into practical, measurable impact through robust data, KPIs and evaluation frameworks. She previously chaired and led cross-industry Healthy Cultures group within the rail sector, providing technical leadership, influencing national practice and convening senior stakeholders around workforce health priorities. Her expertise spans organisational culture, health inequalities, trauma-informed practice and workforce engagement, supported by a collaborative, systems-level approach to enabling people and organisations to thrive.
One-size-fits-all messaging doesn’t work for something as personal as mental wellbeing. In this panel discussion, we’ll look at how to design targeted, inclusive communications that resonate across different roles, identities and experiences – without overwhelming or alienating your workforce.
Rachel Pearce
Health & Wellbeing Manager
Rachel Pearce is the UK & Ireland Health & Wellbeing Manager at Unilever, with over 20 years’ experience in organisational psychology, behaviour change, marketing and strategic communications. Her work focuses on how organisations design mental wellbeing support that actually lands—recognising that different roles, environments and life stages require different messages, channels and prompts to act. Rachel brings a practical, marketing led mindset to wellbeing communications, applying behavioural insight, audience segmentation and real world testing to move beyond generic, one size fits all approaches. She has led award winning programmes across factory and office environments, including initiatives that significantly improved engagement with mental health, gender, life-stage health and preventative health support. Rachel also sits on the Mind Leadership Council and GroceryAid Welfare Committee, helping shape inclusive, effective workplace wellbeing across the UK.
Trauma shapes how people think, feel and perform. This session explores how trauma shows up at work, including direct and secondary exposure in the workplace, and what employers can do to respond with awareness, sensitivity and practical support, through EAPs and beyond.
Toni Graves
Global Head of Reward and Wellbeing
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.
Yasmeen Khalaf
Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Talent Acquisition
Yasmeen Khalaf is a Diversity & Inclusion leader with over a decade of experience driving inclusive talent strategies across global organizations. Currently serving as the Global Diversity & Inclusion Lead for Talent Acquisition at ABB, Yasmeen leads transformative initiatives that embed inclusion and accessibility into hiring practices worldwide. Previously at Accenture, Yasmeen held progressive roles culminating in her leadership of the UKI D&I agenda. She worked closely with Employee Resource Groups and senior leaders to amplify underrepresented voices, foster inclusive environments, and deliver data-driven insights that shaped strategic decision-making. With a background that bridges HR, Operations, and Culture, Yasmeen brings a unique lens to conversations about inclusive hiring, intersectionality, and the future of work. She is a passionate advocate for creating workplaces where everyone feels seen, heard and valued.
Gershon Portnoi
Psychotherapist
Gershon Portnoi is a psychotherapist with two busy practices in central and north-west London, working with many people who have anxiety and depression, often linked to trauma. Prior to becoming a psychotherapist, Gershon enjoyed a successful career as a journalist, author and magazine editor.
Fay Simpkins
Occupational Health and Wellbeing Manager
Fay Simpkins is an experienced Occupational Health & Wellbeing Manager dedicated to creating healthier, safer, and more supportive workplaces. As a Registered Nurse with a strong background in public health and organisational wellbeing, Fay has spent her career designing and leading initiatives that improve employee health, mental wellbeing, and overall workplace culture. In her role at National Highways, she drives strategic occupational health programmes that foster a positive, proactive approach to wellbeing across the organisation. Fay is passionate about helping people thrive at work, championing holistic support, early intervention, and a culture where wellbeing is part of everyday practice.
From financial stress to loss of trust, fraud can have a huge psychological impact on employees. This session looks at the hidden mental wellbeing toll – and what organisations can do to better support those affected.
Mental health Champions can drive real change—or become a tick-box exercise. This session explores what separates impact from intention, and how to build a Champions network that is visible, supported and genuinely embedded in your culture.
Kendall Turner
HR Business Partner & Global Wellbeing Programme Manager
Kendall's passion is to ensure wellbeing is seen as a performance strategy not an employee benefit. As a HR Business Partner and Global Wellbeing Programme Manager she partners with leaders and stakeholders throughout the organisation to create and deliver sustainable optimal performance cultures that drive connectedness, engagement and successful commercial outcomes.
With over 15 years' leading in person, on demand and digital programmes that span multiple geographies she understands the complexities of creating a wellbeing framework that is a performance multiplier and is adaptable to meet the needs of the employees and the organisation.
Dr Amanda Bunten
Global Head of Employee Health And Wellbeing
George Hamlyn
Health & Wellbeing Specialist
George Hamlyn is a Health & Wellbeing Specialist at Transport for London (TfL), where he applies his background in Occupational Psychology to drive a strategic, organisation‑wide approach to workplace wellbeing.
George’s work focuses on enabling managers and colleagues to better understand, prevent, and respond to mental health challenges, work‑related stress, and trauma experienced in safety‑critical and frontline environments. Through evidence‑based practice and psychologically informed guidance, he supports the development of healthier, more resilient working cultures across the organisation. As part of his role, George leads and supports a network of more than 300 wellbeing and trauma‑focused peer support communities across TfL. This expansive network plays a key role in early intervention, peer‑led support, and fostering psychological safety for a diverse workforce.
George is passionate about empowering people and teams to thrive at work, improving access to support, and embedding wellbeing into the everyday fabric of organisational life.
With the introduction of British Standards Institution’s BS 30480: Suicide and the Workplace Guide, employers now have a formal framework for action. This session breaks down what this means in practice—from recognising warning signs to implementing prevention, intervention and postvention support.
Marcus Long
Chief Executive
Marcus Long was the instigator of the BSI Suicide Awareness standard published on 4 November 2025. Marcus' inspiration for the standard was rooted in deeply personal and professional inspiration. Marcus' 21 year old son Adam took his life in 2020 and the desire to find positive from this horrific situation led to the idea of a standard. With 20 years of working in standards and assurance and a clear understanding of one of the fundamentals of standards to make things better. This standard will help in so many ways, at its core, it will save lives. Marcus is Chief Executive of Independent International Organisation for Assurance (IIOA), a trade association for assurance bodies who audit and check organisations against international standards.
Rosie Russell
Director of EHS and Sustainability
Rosie studied Chemistry at University with the intention of becoming a Teacher yet took an interesting turn somewhere and landed up in Health and Safety. Somewhere along the way, she fell into research, became a Laboratory Manager and then full-time EHS Professional. She has worked in Universities, Research Institutes, Biotech startups and Pharmaceutical companies and is currently the Director of EHS and Sustainability for MeiraGTx. Additionally, she has volunteered her time and expertise where needed and this led to her becoming a Trustee of IIRSM and is the outgoing Co-President in 2026. She has been married for 29 years and while life has not been straightforward (she is, neurodivergent, transgender and a survivor of severe depression and suicide attempts), she brings her lived experience to all that she does, leading with compassion and putting physical and mental wellbeing at the heart of her practice in the Environment, Health, Safety and Sustainability Professions.
Men are less likely to seek support for their mental wellbeing – but are more likely to reach crisis point. In this panel, we will explore the cultural, social and workplace factors at play, alongside the practical strategies that organisations can use to better engage and support men’s mental health.
Mark Brooks OBE
Director of Policy
Mark is a sector leader and policy adviser in the field of men and boys’ public policy and delivery. He is the policy director of the new Westminster-based think tank/research organisation (Centre for Policy Research on Men and Boys) which aims to understand and resolve the challenges men and boys face - including health in the workplace. He is also a national lead for International Men's Day in the UK, was a key lead in the creation of the Men's Health Strategy and is the chair of a domestic abuse charity for men. He has an OBE and honorary doctorate for his work in these fields.
Daniel Callaghan
Global Employer Brand Manager
Daniel Callaghan is an Employer Brand leader with experience across London Stock Exchange Group, Capital One, and currently Payoneer. He is passionate about equality, equity, empathy and building human-centered workplaces where people and performance thrive. Alongside his professional work, he speaks and writes openly about mental health, sharing his lived experience of clinical depression, ADHD, grief and suicide. He advocates for more honest conversations in the workplace and believes storytelling is one of the most powerful tools we have to create cultures of understanding, safety and belonging. He is also a proud husband and father of two boys.
Dr. Adam Webster
Associate Professor in Law and Public Policy
Adam Webster is an Associate Professor of Law and Public Policy at the University of Oxford. In 2021, he resigned from his permanent full-time academic role to focus on parenting his two daughters. While family remains his priority, he now teaches and researches part-time. This shift has profoundly shaped his perspective on both parenting and public policy. Drawing on his experience in legal scholarship and policy reform — as well as the practical realities of family life — Adam explores how systems such as parental leave, workplace norms, and school structures shape the distribution of care within families.
Often misunderstood and under-recognised, endometriosis can have a significant impact on mental health and work life. This session sheds light on lived experience and what meaningful, tangible and informed workplace support looks like.
Sarah Beale
Lecturer
Sarah is a Lecturer at the Institute of Health Informatics, University College London. She holds a PhD in Epidemiology and Public Health and is a Chartered Psychologist. Her work focuses on health inequalities, the impact of work on health, and participatory approaches to research. She recently co-led the EndoVoices study, a co-produced project exploring the links between endometriosis, mental health and wellbeing from the perspective of those with lived experience.
The pandemic brought mental wellbeing into sharp focus – but that momentum is at risk of fading. This session explores how organisations can sustain progress, avoid rollback, and keep mental health at the forefront – as rising pressure and global uncertainty continue to impact wellbeing and performance.
Katy Stolliday
Co-Founder & Chief Client Officer
Katy Stolliday is the Co-Founder and Chief Client Officer at Blurred, a B-Corp communications consultancy based in London. With over twenty years of agency experience, she has partnered with some of the world's best-known brands, including Coca-Cola, Diageo, Oatly and Procter and Gamble. A passionate advocate for mental health and people-first culture, Katy believes that when people thrive, business follows. This ethos underpins Blurred's success, as recognised with seven, out of seven, category wins at the 2025 PRWeek People and Places Awards.
Dr. Adam Turner
National Head of Health, Wellbeing, and Flexible Working
Adam’s mission is caring for people, who care for others. Aligned to his mission, he has nationally led improving workforce health and wellbeing across the NHS in England, impacting all 1.5 million healthcare workers. Adam has a rich variety of experience in workforce, service, and culture transformation, is a Fellow of CIPD and holds a PhD in the personal resilience of executive leaders.
Susie Hill
Global Health Promotion Manager
Susie Hill is Global Health Promotion Manager at Shell and has led health improvement programmes in the UK NGO and corporate sectors for 25 years; most recently with a focus on mental health. Susie holds a Masters in Health and Social Marketing and has co-authored a book on this subject. She has a professional interest in psychology, neuroscience and behavioural economics and is passionate about collaborating on projects to which help people to be at their best.
From chatbots to predictive insights, AI is opening new ways to support employee mental health. This session shares how organisations are using these tools in practice—alongside the guardrails needed to ensure they truly support, not replace, human care.
Meg Moss
Head of Public Affairs & Advocacy
Meg is the Head of Public Affairs & Advocacy at the National Counselling & Psychotherapy Society (NCPS). Prior to joining the Society in early 2015, Meg had a career in IT, and has had a life-long interest in science and tech. Her work at the Society has included the publishing of the first Relational Safeguards for AI Mental Health tools, which have been well-received by many different organisations, including the NHS, and referenced in publications on AI ethics and in third-sector reports. She was also a Witness on the topic of AI at the Commission for the Future of Counselling and Psychotherapy, and campaigns around the importance of the human connection; her interview in Happiful magazine was one of the first articles on the topic of Large Language Models and their place in the therapy room. She’s an advocate for humanity in therapy, and how we can best use tech to make those real connections happen.
