Abigail Hirshman is director of workplace mental health and wellbeing programmes at the Charlie Waller Trust.

She has over 25 years’ experience in mental health and wellbeing at work from a clinical, academic and delivery perspective offering consultancy support to global brands on the development and implementation of pragmatic, tailored mental health at work strategies.

Abigail is an active member of several mental health at work networks, developing policies and evidence-based guidance to help shape workplace practice. She is also a keynote speaker at national conferences and a regular media commentator on issues related to mental health at work.

Claire Dale is a movement specialist, leading exponent of Physical Intelligence, co-author of the book ‘Physical Intelligence’ and founder of Companies in Motion where she coaches leaders of all levels, to achieve peak performance through Physical Intelligence. 

Her charismatic coaching, facilitation and speaker skills have engaged individuals and audiences at companies as diverse as National Express, Sony, Bank of New York Mellon, BAE, SAGE, Coca Cola, JP Morgan and Mars.

James Bolle founded PRPSFL to inspire people to discover Purpose, so they can love work and lead more fulfilling lives. He helps organisations discover Purpose and demonstrates how to embed it in organisations and bring it to life.

Having worked with some of the world’s leading brands, James understands that having a Purpose - a reason to exist beyond making money - enables organisations to create a clear and compelling customer proposition, and inspires people to deliver this rigorously and sustain it over time.

James believes the world will be a better place with more Purpose: organisations will be more successful, economies will be more productive, and individuals will be more fulfilled and contribute more to their communities. 

John Mark Williams was appointed CEO of The Institute of Leadership in September 2020, having previously held a number of CEO and Director positions in the UK, Middle East and Far East.

John is a Global Advisory Board member for the Commonwealth Enterprise & Investment Council, and has been a consultant to the UN International Trade Centre.

He has been a Diversity Champion for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office, and an adviser to the Cabinet Office on strategy and leadership. He collected an Association Leadership Award in the UK’s Association Excellence Awards 2023.

John is a member of the Business Advisory Board at Newcastle Business School, and has chaired SME Symposia at successive Commonwealth Trade & Investment Summits.

John has been a guest lecturer on Strategy and International Business at universities in the UK and Europe for many years, has written chapters for business books, and occasionally writes about business for online publications. In 2024 John was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Civil Law from Northumbria University, in recognition of his services to international business.

Kate role is informed by her career as a senior academic in a university business school, focusing on strategy, leadership and professional development. 

Kate is also a conference keynote speaker, internationally, and provides expert commentary on a range of topics. She is regularly quoted in regional, national and international media, has appeared on both BBC television and radio, is a Forbes contributor and has a regular column in Dialogue Review, the business magazine for leaders.
 

Matt Phelan is co-founder and head of global happiness at The Happiness Index where he is responsible for the global expansion of the business. Matt is also founder of The Happiness and Humans Community, host of the Happiness and Humans podcast and author of the book ‘Freedom To Be Happy: The Business Case for Happiness’.

Dr Nerina Ramlakhan  is a neurophysiologist who specialises in maximising individual and organisational performance through her organisational consultancy, workshop facilitation and coaching.  

After completing her post-doctoral training and research into the effects of lifestyle interventions on the alleviation of mental disorders, she worked in corporate health screening and studied organisational psychiatry and psychology at Guys Hospital. 

For over a decade she worked with the Nightingale Psychiatric Hospital in London on their sleep, energy and physical health programmes to support mental wellbeing. 

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