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Alastair Greener
Event MC, Communications Speaker, TV Presenter, and Founder of Present Yourself Training
Alastair Greener
Event MC, Communications Speaker, TV Presenter, and Founder of Present Yourself TrainingAlastair is an accomplished event host, master of ceremonies and moderator. He’s hosted conferences, charity auctions, dinners and award ceremonies in the UK and Europe. He’s delighted to return for a third year as the MC for the ISMA Summit.
Alastair has over 25 years’ experience presenting on television, video, radio and stage. Through his company, Present Yourself, Alastair helps individuals and organizations communicate more effectively and leads insightful and interactive communication skills workshops.
As a TV presenter Alastair has worked extensively on television in the UK and USA, appearing in documentaries, corporate videos and commercials. He has also interviewed over 500 business leaders for Business Reporter, where he is currently the senior journalist.
Andrew Buchan
Barrister and Specialist in Mental Health LawAndrew is a barrister who has specialised in mental health law. He was junior counsel in the first successful, ground-breaking, occupational stress case: Walker v Northumberland County Council (1994). Following that case, he has appeared in a number of important cases concerning the jurisprudence of stress and bullying at work. Andrew continues to represent both sides in this fascinating field of litigation, and also lectures widely on the subject of occupational stress.
Andrew Pleener
Integrative Psychiatrist, Fellow of the American Institute of StressAndrew Pleener MD is an Integrative Psychiatrist and Founder of the #SameHere Psych and STARR Alliances. A Fellow of the American Institute of Stress, he is also a member of the AIS Daily Life and Workplace Stress Board. Andrew’s global network of integrative leaders partner with some of the largest names and brands in sports, entertainment and industry to shift culture towards understanding that ALL of us live on a mental health continuum, where stress and trauma impact each of us. Integrative healing approaches we can introduce include STARR exercises, through which we can learn to thrive and build resiliency
Professor Dr Andrew Sharman
Consultant, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor to Senior Leaders
Professor Dr Andrew Sharman
Consultant, Author, Speaker and Strategic Advisor to Senior LeadersAndrew is an in-demand consultant, author, speaker and strategic advisor to senior leaders and blue-chip corporations globally. He works with leaders, teams and organizations in NGOs, Fortune 500 and FTSE 100 companies to improve their culture and enable excellence.
He is President of the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH), the world’s leading body for OSH professionals worldwide, and Professor of Leadership and Safety Culture at the European Centre for Executive Development (CEDEP) in Fontainebleau, France.
Andrew's business, RMS, specialises in the creation of high-impact leadership and the development of robust organizational safety cultures that deliver performance excellence and injury-free work environments for companies around the world.
Regarded as a global thought-leader in safety leadership and culture, he is the author of several books on wellbeing, happiness and resilience, including the global bestselling The Wellbeing Book.
Honorary Colonel Andy Reid MBE
Army VeteranIn October 2009, Corporal Andy Reid MBE was blown up by a Taliban improvised explosive device while on patrol in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Injured so badly by losing his right leg below the knee, left leg above the knee, and right arm, it was thought he would not survive. However, he defied the odds to the extent that, within a month, he was able to meet up with members of his patrol again.
Andy won The Sun’s Millie Award for Overcoming Adversity in 2010 and has become a passionate Ambassador, speaker and fundraiser for the charity www.soldierscharity.org He is an accomplished motivational speaker and author of Standing Tall: the inspirational story of a true British Hero published in 2013.
In June 2019, Andy was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List for voluntary service to veterans and to people with disabilities in St Helens. Andy is married with two children.
Dr Ani Etokidem
Senior Lecturer, University of Calabar, Coordinator ISMA NigeriaDr. Ani Etokidem is a Public Health Physician and Senior Lecturer at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital & University of Calabar. He has been active in stress management for over 10 years and coordinates the Nigerian branch of ISMA International.
Carole Spiers
Chair, ISMAUK, Founder, International Stress Awareness Week; CEO, Carole Spiers Group; Professional Speaker
Carole Spiers
Chair, ISMAUK, Founder, International Stress Awareness Week; CEO, Carole Spiers Group; Professional SpeakerCarole is an International Motivational Speaker and C-Suite Executive Consultant. Her credibility is rooted in 25 years' success as CEO of Carole Spiers Group, a leading UK Stress Management Consultancy, working with equal success both in the UK and the Gulf. She is a well-respected authority on reducing stress, building resilience and improving health and wellbeing.
Carole is also a BBC Guest Broadcaster and the bestselling author of Show Stress Who's Boss! who is regularly called upon by the media for comment.
Carole is Chair of the International Stress Management AssociationUK and Founder of International Stress Awareness Week. She is also a Fellow and Past President of the London Chapter of the Professional Speaking Association.
Caroline Whaley
Co-founder, Shine for WomenCaroline co-founded Shine for Women with Anna Barez Brown in 2013, as a business which aims to make the corporate world a more human place. It has reached thousands of women across four continents. Caroline started her career in the adventure travel industry and joined Nike in 1996, spending 14 years in senior global brand marketing and GM roles in Europe, North America and Latin America. She also spent three years with the Nike Foundation, leading public-private sector partnerships and creating new brands to inspire, empower and shift social norms for teenage girls in Africa, as a route to eradicating global poverty. Caroline has a passion for the power of human potential, whether on the field of play, in the workplace or by making the world a better place. Caroline is a qualified Organisational Relationships Systems Coach and has an MBA (Distinction) from Lancaster University.
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE
50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE
50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and HealthProfessor Sir Cary Cooper is the 50th Anniversary Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Manchester Business School, University of Manchester. He is Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work and a founding President of the British Academy of Management. He is President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), a former President of RELATE and President of the Institute of Welfare.
Professor Cooper has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation, ILO, and EU in the field of occupational health and wellbeing, was Chair of the Global Agenda Council on Chronic Disease of the World Economic Forum (2009-2010) and Chair of the Academy of Social Sciences (2009-2015).
Professor Cooper is the author/editor of over 250 books in the fields of occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work and occupational stress. He was awarded the CBE for his contributions to occupational health, and in 2014 was awarded a Knighthood for his contribution to the social sciences.
Charlotte Turnbull
Employment Partner, W LegalCharlotte is a solicitor specialising in employment law, based in Central London. She has many years’ legal experience and expertise. In addition, she has high EQ and strong interpersonal skills, and her approach is understanding, compassionate and empathetic.
Charlotte is passionate about helping businesses create great places to work, so that they get the best out of their employees and their businesses can thrive. She has significant experience in working with businesses to improve workplace culture, employee engagement and employee wellbeing, and also assists with conflict management and having difficult conversations.
Charlotte provides businesses, senior leaders, and line managers with training on a variety of employment law-related issues, including legal obligations and best practice.
Dave Plunkett
Partnership Expert, Member Engagement Specialist, Chief Collaborator in Collaboration Junkie
Dave Plunkett
Partnership Expert, Member Engagement Specialist, Chief Collaborator in Collaboration JunkieDuring his extensive background in business membership, Dave has developed hundreds, if not thousands, of collaborations, reaching over half a million business owners. He’s worked with everyone from market-leading brands to individual professionals and (mostly) loved them all.
Having both literally and metaphorically written the book on partnerships, Dave is passionate about supporting ambitious business owners and sales directors in developing their own game-changing partnership programmes: scaling their businesses up rapidly, avoiding the risk of wasted opportunity, and ultimately providing a way of working that is not only more enjoyable, but creates ecosystems where everyone, including the wider world, benefits.
David Bellamy
Founder & CEO of Happiness LabDavid is an innovator, advisor, speaker on organisational culture and employee wellbeing. He created Happiness Lab after spending much of his career as a management consultant, working repeatedly with many organisations that had issues with culture. Happiness Lab is an innovative employee-listening platform for understanding and improving culture and, importantly, one that provides a reliable mechanism for monitoring and safeguarding employee wellbeing.
David is also a Director and Trustee of The Churn Project, a community-based charity supporting the most vulnerable and marginalised people in the Cirencester area. The Churn Project aims to reduce isolation and improve wellbeing for local people - particularly those who are lonely, at a transition point in their lives, or experiencing mental health issues - supporting people through times of crisis.
Before starting Happiness Lab, David founded and led Stonepoint & Partners, a management consulting organisation specialising in leadership advice and strategy execution. Previously, he occupied key leadership roles within Huntswood’s and Capgemini’s financial services division.
