Glen’s advocacy in mental health and wellbeing is rooted in his personal recovery from a breakdown in 2008 — an experience that shaped everything that followed. He went on to lead the global rollout of his employer’s Mental Health Matters strategy, training thousands and building a network of over 1,500 mental health champions worldwide.

As Divisional Director of a global health, safety and environment team, Glen worked across North and South America, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. He is a founding father of Safer Highways, a key architect of the first sector-wide mental health survey for the highways industry, and the author of The Wellbeing Advantage. His clients include the Palace of Westminster, City & Guilds and Charity IT Leaders.

“When organisations help their people thrive, the business thrives too.”

With more than 30 years in learning and development, Iain has an outstanding track record of enhancing individual, team and group performance at executive, leader and manager level. His career spans transport, education, forestry, pharmaceuticals and local government — an unusually broad base that brings genuine versatility to every engagement.

A dynamic change agent, Iain excels at aligning training with client needs and engaging staff at all levels for maximum participation and lasting results. His approach is energetic, innovative and grounded in honest, open communication — ensuring programmes deliver sustainable performance improvements across organisations of every size and sector.

Shireen is a behaviour and engagement specialist with over 20 years’ experience across the UK’s infrastructure, transport and policy landscape. She blends behavioural insight, communications expertise and emotional intelligence to help organisations build trust, shift mindsets, and create lasting impact. She is also the creator of the 12 Minute Hero Method — a behavioural framework helping people build focus, confidence and wellbeing through small, intentional daily actions.

With a track record spanning Crossrail, Tideway, Transport for London and HS2, Shireen is often brought in when conversations need to go deeper — when people need to feel heard, and when leaders are ready to take action, not just make statements.

Diagnosed AuDHD (autistic and ADHD) at 48, Tree brings powerful lived experience to her work on neurodivergent understanding and workplace inclusivity. After more than 20 years in leadership, fundraising and marketing for major charities — including Asthma UK, The Outward Bound Trust and Action for Children — she now balances neurodivergent advocacy and training with her role as CEO of Charity IT Leaders.

As both an AuDHD adult and parent of two neurodivergent children, Tree offers a uniquely personal and practical perspective. Her training helps organisations move beyond awareness to genuine, structural inclusion — creating accessible environments where neurodivergent and neurotypical colleagues can truly thrive together.

Nigel is a chartered psychologist, workplace strategist and published author with over 26 years of consulting experience. He specialises in creating work environments that enhance individual and organisational performance — combining deep psychology expertise with practical research to advise clients on workplace strategy, design briefing and change management across the UK and EMEA.

Nigel holds a PhD from Cranfield University and has published over 100 papers and books, including Beyond the Workplace Zoo and A Practical Guide to Post-Occupancy Evaluation. His client list spans Blackstone, Clifford Chance, HSBC, Rolls Royce, Shell, the House of Commons and many more.

Anita is a trusted coach, facilitator and leadership development expert with 30 years of experience across education, public transport and charities. She creates a safe, supportive space for clients to explore, grow and unlock meaningful, lasting change. Hogan Assessments-certified, she blends evidence-based tools with a calm, empathetic presence to help clients uncover patterns, shift limiting beliefs and move forward with clarity.

Anita has designed and implemented global behavioural frameworks, supported change leadership and delivered coaching across sectors. She is known for her warmth, professionalism and ability to spark genuine transformation from within — helping individuals and teams build inclusive, empowered working environments.

Natalie brings a rare combination of frontline mental health experience, training expertise, and holistic health promotion. After ten years managing in mental health social care, she has been teaching and assessing in Further and Higher Education since 2012 and has been a Mental Health First Aid Instructor since 2009. As National Training Lead for MHFA Ireland, she developed bespoke programmes for corporate clients and built systems for MHFA and peer supporter networks.

Natalie has a particular interest in employee engagement, communication and wellbeing for shift workers. A certified coach in fitness, nutrition and sleep, her holistic perspective enriches everything she delivers.

Kai-Nneka empowers leaders and teams with the resilience and stress management strategies needed for sustainable, high-performing workplaces. She specialises in burnout prevention through tailored workshops, one-to-one coaching and evidence-based interventions — integrating the latest research with practical, immediately applicable daily strategies. As a certified DiSC® Practitioner, she also works to improve teamwork, communication and productivity.

Her approach inspires lasting cultural and behavioural change, helping organisations move from reactive to genuinely preventative wellbeing — ensuring leaders and teams can perform at their best without burning out in the process.

Liza works with organisations in high-pressure industries to design and deliver workplace wellbeing programmes that equip people with practical tools for lasting resilience, performance and wellbeing. Drawing on more than 25 years in global media and television, she brings a business leader’s pragmatism alongside a practitioner’s care. Through her consultancy, Elizian Days, she helps businesses support employees navigating personal and chronic health challenges while reducing absenteeism, improving productivity, and building a more resilient workplace culture through mindfulness, stress management, breathwork, movement and relaxation practices.

Her real-world track record spans some of the most demanding environments in which people work. In partnership with charities and local authorities, she has delivered community wellbeing programmes and taken her work on-site into the construction industry, one of the UK’s highest-risk sectors for poor mental health. She has also created and delivered her Mindset Embodied programme for residents and staff at Salvation Army Homes, blending neuroscience, embodied practice and goal-setting to build confidence and resilience. In every setting, her approach is grounded, practical and designed to meet people exactly where they are.

Samantha is an autistic ADHDer, Certified Cycle Coach and professional speaker who works with organisations ready to understand how fluctuating capacity affects their people and to do something meaningful about it. She focuses on two often-ignored realities of working life: menstruation and neurodivergence.

PMS presenteeism alone costs UK businesses an estimated 8.4 lost days per employee each year, nearly £673 per person annually. The problem, as Samantha puts it, is not the people: it is that nobody gave them the language to work with their fluctuating capacity, and nobody gave their managers the tools to have those conversations.

Through her My Bloody Marvellous Workshops and Bloody Brilliant Leaders sessions, Samantha equips teams with the education they never received and gives managers practical tools for cringe-free, compassionate conversations. Her philosophy is simple: leadership starts with being human first, leaning into curiosity and compassion, everything else builds from there.

Gillian is a warmhearted advocate for workplaces that provide physical, sensory and cognitive wellbeing for everyone. She helps organisations move beyond tickbox compliance to design spaces and experiences that support safety, comfort and a sense of belonging.

Blending her background as an architect with inclusive design thinking and psychosensory insight, Gillian focuses on how environments are felt as well as how they function.

As a practitioner of the Manse Method®, Gillian brings an inmind perspective, attending to the subtle, often unspoken ways that environments trigger stress, disorientation, or relief. She is also cofounder of OWENS™, a joyful journey mapping method that helps reveal how environments can better support accessibility and liminality.

Whether working with corporates, organisations, or individuals, Gillian brings a rare combination of architectural expertise, inclusive design insight, living experience, and psychosensory understanding to the Workplace Wellbeing Academy’s associate network, helping everyone flourish.