Workplace Stress, Resilience and Well-being Conference Biographies
Professor Dame Carol M. Black DBE, FRCP, FMedSci.
Professor Dame Carol Black is the National Director for Health and Work, Chairman of the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges and Chairman of the Nuffield Trust, and maintains a deep interest in both the clinical and research aspects of connective tissue diseases.
Spearheaded by Carol Black as National Director, Health, Work and Well-being is a joint initiative across government to improve the health and well-being of working age people.
Andrew McCulloch
Dr McCulloch has been Chief Executive of the Mental Health Foundation for 6 years. He was formerly Director of Policy at The Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health for 6 years and a senior civil servant in the Department of Health for 16 years, where he was responsible for mental health and learning disabilities policy from 1992 to 1996. He has particular interests in policy development, partnership working, models of care, human resources and public mental health. He has spoken and published widely on these issues.
Andrew’s other experience has included being a school governor, the non-executive Director of an NHS Trust and the Chair of Mental Health Media. He is expert mental health adviser to the Council of Europe and to NESTA. He has served on numerous advisory committees and policy inquiries. His PhD is in the psychology of old age.
Professor Colin Mackay
Dr Mackay graduated in 1971 from the University of Loughborough with a BSc (Hons) in Ergonomics. He then spent two years in The Human Sciences and Advanced Technology Research Group (HUSAT) at the same University conducting research into human-computer interaction and related topics. Currently he is Principal Psychologist in the Better Health at Work Division of HSE’s Policy Group with a particular responsibility for technical policy aspects of, and research into, work-related stress, work-related upper limb disorders, human factors and behavioural aspects of health and safety. His team in the Health Psychology Unit is currently working on the implementation of HSE’s new management standards for work-related stress.
Emma Donaldson-Feilder
Emma Donaldson-Feilder is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist who specialises in helping organisations achieve sustainable business performance through improvements in the well-being, morale, productivity and engagement of staff. She combines research and practitioner roles with writing, presenting and lecturing on workplace well-being. She is co-director of a research programme funded by the HSE and CIPD, which is investigating the link between leadership/management and employee stress/well-being. She has particular expertise in assessing and managing work-related stress risks and has worked with a wide range of clients in the public and private sectors. She is also Consultant Editor for a CIPD subscription publication on performance and well-being.
Dr Adrian Chojnacki
Adrian is a consultant occupational health physician, and Vice President of Employee Health at GSK in the UK. He is part of Corporate HR, and in addition to responsibilities for the health and well-being of employees, is part of GSKs "Total Reward" Benefits and Compensation steering group and has worked with Organisational Leadership and Development at GSK to bring in a new leadership framework. Adrian is an accredited trainer of Energy and Engagement from the Human Performance Institute based in Orlando Florida and his mission is to unlock the potential of employees to allow them success in all dimensions of their lives
Matthew Thomas
Matthew Thomas has worked as Employee Relations Manager at Ernst & Young since 2004 having previously worked at Bestway Holdings for three years in an operational HR role. Matthew’s depth of knowledge in the fields of employment law, employee engagement and change management, has enabled him to develop and co-head the firm’s Disability Working Group and more recently he created the firm's first well-being strategy which has resulted in the development of the well-being programme, EnergY
Amanda Hinkley
Amanda is currently the Occupational Health and Safety Manager at Winchester and Eastleigh Healthcare Trust. Amanda is an Occupational Health Nurse and holds a specialist qualification at MSc level in Occupational Health. She has 18 years occupational health experience gained with a diverse range of client groups including Marks and Spencer (retail) and Orange (telecommunications). Over 10 years with 3 different police forces including Hampshire Constabulary and a private OH service provider (BUPA). All these roles have involved implementing, developing and managing Occupational Health services. Amanda has worked as an Account Manager for a private Employee Assistance Provider and this provided her the opportunity to develop her experience of managing mental well-being in the work place.
Michaela Loughney
Michaela is a member of the Association of Business Psychologists and has a Postgraduate Diploma and Masters degree in Applied Psychology. She has worked for over fifteen years in the Human Resource field as an internal and external Consultant, Trainer and Lecturer. She is an Advisor at Liverpool John Moores University for a project working with SME’s in Merseyside. This role includes delivering corporate stress awareness seminars and carrying out Work-related Stress Health Checks within organisations. Michaela also works as an Associate Trainer and Consultant delivering corporate tailored programmes in many aspects of management development. Michaela is passionate about working with organisations, particularly SME’s for which she designs and applies management systems to assist business growth, and is currently leading a partnership project with ACAS.
Dr David Mason Brown
Having worked with many large organisations over the last 15 years, David Mason Brown is one of the UK's most sought after presenters on stress, energy and well-being. Before becoming one of the Founding Directors of In Equilibrium, Dr Mason Brown spent 20 years as a medical doctor in General Practice. As a doctor he has always had a special interest in stress related illness and as a result has become a leading figure in the emerging science of mind-body medicine. The combination of this knowledge and his engaging enthusiasm results in a unique style that motivates many delegates into making life-changing decisions and commitments. He is also a specialist in Energy Medicine and delivers training courses on how individuals can increase their personal energy levels.
Sue Butterfield
Sue has originated, developed and delivered a wide ranging repertoire of quality training to improve business and personal performance for a range of companies from SME’s to Blue Chip companies. In addition to specialising in Stress Management at Strategic, operational and individual level, Sue specialises in the fields of leadership, management and communication. Her training courses are practical, interactive, informative and entertaining and cumulate in delegates developing a tangible action plan for implementing their learning in the workplace.
Lynne Walton
Lynne has been writing, developing learning materials and training on the subject of Bullying and Harassment for over 10 years. Additionally she managed the National Programme for serious crime training including domestic violence and racist crime. Lynne is a highly experienced corporate trainer who has developed and delivered training to a diverse range of learners from a variety of backgrounds and cultures. Lynne has a professional background with Learning and Development and Criminal Justice.
Fiona McLaren
Following over ten years heading up the personnel and training functions at a City law firm, Fiona established her own consultancy business, working with clients as diverse as major City and national law firms, barristers’ chambers, oil and gas trade associations, charities, private and public companies and a well-known cookery school. A fascination with the complex relationship between work and well-being prompted her to undertake an MSc in Organisational Psychiatry and Psychology at King’s College London. Her aim is to help clients increase their bottom line by enabling individuals to improve their performance, whether in individual skills areas, in developing healthy work relationships or in moving their careers forward.
