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ISMA Event Speakers
Laura Westcott
Founder, Music for Mental WealthLaura founded the Music for Mental Wealth concert series. She is also a professional vocal artist who is featured on Aura for healing soundscapes and stories on meditation apps. Laura has a BA Hons in music and trained as an opera singer before experiencing stage fright as a soloist and joining the London Philharmonic Choir instead. She overcame her anxiety through coaching and was a reviewer and PR manager for The Times before embarking on a mission to improve mental health through the medium of music.
Mike Segall
Serial entrepreneur, mental health first aiderMike is a serial entrepreneur with a long career in finance as a senior credit management consultant, dealing with all matters concerning credit and debt management for both companies and individuals. As someone with lived experience of bipolar affective disorder 1, he is particularly sensitive to dealing with people who have stress-related mental health issues. Mike is a Trustee of the International Stress Management AssociationUK and a trained mental health first aider who speaks professionally to communities, men's groups, schools, companies and conferences about mental health issues.
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE
50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Manchester Business School, University of Manchester
Professor Sir Cary Cooper CBE
50th Anniversary Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Manchester Business School, University of ManchesterProfessor Cooper is a founding President of the British Academy of Management, Immediate Past President of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), and President of the Institute of Welfare. Professor Sir Cary has been an advisor to the World Health Organisation in the field of occupational health and wellbeing and is Chair of the National Forum for Health & Wellbeing at Work. He is the author/editor of over 250 books on occupational health psychology, workplace wellbeing, women at work, and occupational stress.
Eleanor Segall Mandelstam
MA Hons
Author and mental health bloggerEleanor is an author, writer, mental health blogger and advocate who has lived with bipolar disorder since 2004. She writes and gives talks to increase understanding and end the stigma attached to mental illness. Eleanor’s book Bring me to Light: Embracing my Bipolar and Social Anxiety (Trigger Publishing, 2019) is recommended by Bipolar UK. She has written for Metro.co.uk, Happiful Magazine, The Telegraph and others, and blogged for charities including Rethink Mental Illness, Mind, Bipolar UK. Her blog Be Ur Own Light has been awarded as a Vuelio Top 10 UK mental health blog since 2018.
Ryan Briggs
Founder, FinWELLRyan created FinWELL Training Ltd to help employee and leadership teams understand, measure and improve financial wellbeing, empowering them to achieve healthier relationships with money and better mental health.
He has over 10 years’ experience in financial services, and is an accredited workplace financial education specialist, mental health first aider and keynote speaker. In 2020 he founded the not-for-profit Let’s Improve Workplace Wellbeing CIC to connect those passionate about improving wellbeing within their workplace. Ryan is an ambassador and advisory board member for the Ripple Suicide Prevention Charity, a member of the Global Wellness Institute leadership team, and also part of the leadership team for the not-for-profit Financial Wellbeing Within Sport CIC
Ruth Pott
MSc, LLM, FCIPD
Head of Workplace Wellbeing, BAM UK & IRLRuth has worked in senior HR roles for over 25 years, mainly in road haulage and civil engineering. Having joined BAM Nuttall as HR Director in 2011 and been Global Director for Mental Health and Wellbeing at the Royal BAM Group, she is now Head of Workplace Wellbeing at BAM UK & IRL. As a Trustee of the Men’s Health Forum, she has a keen interest in men’s mental health and child & adolescent mental health. Ruth gained a Masters in Workplace Health and Wellbeing in 2021 and was named “Most Inspiring Mental Health Leader” by This Can Happen. She has a Masters in Law and is a Fellow of the CIPD.
Nick McClelland
Chief Growth Officer, Champion HealthNick is one of the leading voices in the workplace wellbeing space with over 18 years’ experience in HR, employee benefits and wellbeing. Before joining Champion Health, Nick was Chief Growth Officer at Mercer UK, part of Marsh McLennan, one of the world’s largest health and benefit consultancies. Nick is passionate about employee wellbeing and the positive change technology, engagement and leadership can have in creating better wellbeing outcomes for people and business.
Carole Spiers
FISMA, FPSA, MIHPE
Chair of ISMAUK, international motivational speakerCarole’s credibility is rooted in twenty years’ success as CEO of Carole Spiers Group, a leading UK stress management consultancy, working successfully in the UK and the Gulf. She is a well-respected authority on building resilience and communication skills, a BBC guest broadcaster and bestselling author of Show Stress Who’s Boss! Carole is Chair of the International Stress Management AssociationUK. On their behalf, she founded Stress Awareness Day in 1998 and, recognising its 20th anniversary, established International Stress Awareness Week in 2018. Carole is an international motivational speaker, regularly called upon by national press and media for comment. She was past President of the London Chapter of the Professional Speaking Association.
Asia Sharif
Tech Influencer, Google AmbassadorAsia is a trail-blazing, multi-award-winning tech leader. She transitioned from a non-tech background to become a software/data engineer at NatWest Bank. She's mentored over 70 women, delivered impactful workshops, and founded ChainVerse, which aims to revolutionise communication in prisons. Her numerous awards include an award as Tech Influencer of the Year. Asia is also a UN Delegate for Women in Tech and a Google TechMakers Ambassador.
Dan Somers
CEO & Founder, MANUP?Inspired by the tragic loss of Keith Flint of The Prodigy, a musician he had once DJ'd with, Dan felt compelled to address the overwhelming issue of men's mental health. Realising the staggering number of men's funerals he had attended, he founded MANUP?. Initially conceived as an annual event, the charity has since evolved to become a groundbreaking platform where men speak candidly to other men about mental health challenges. Handling the day-to-day operations of MANUP?, Dan is committed to transforming the dialogue around mental wellbeing, moving it from suffering in silence to actively seeking help and thriving. Based in Ipswich, Suffolk, his work has become more than a mission; it's a life-changing calling.
Nick Woodeson
Coach, Trainer, MusicianNick is a consultant, coach and trainer with over 20 years’ experience. His primary passion is assisting people and organisations to reduce stress and improve wellbeing while handling the pressures that work, life and change can bring. Nick has also written numerous articles on work-life balance. Currently he provides services as part of Living Balances, a partnership practice which helps people and organisations handle pressure and progress through change. Nick is also a lifelong amateur/ semi-professional musician who has written about how music can help us manage stress.
Lizzie Hermann-Bonner
MISMA, CIPD, MHFA, BA Hons
Coach and HR ProfessionalLizzie is a qualified Coach and HR professional, specialising in organisational health and wellbeing. She holds a graduate diploma in Mental Health and Wellbeing, a Postgraduate Diploma in Human Resource Management, and is CIPD-qualified. She studied with the International Coaching Federation and practises wellbeing, transformational and positive psychology coaching in person and online. In addition, Lizzie has 14 plus years’ work experience within professional services firms, consulting on global HR projects in the UK and Switzerland. She is an Ambassador for ISMAUK and an active member of ISMAUK’s A-Team. Lizzie loves to teach Hatha Yoga and meditation in her spare time.
