The Importance of Wellbeing and Understanding burnout within Finance

Iwi has worked in higher education for over 20 years in wide range of professional services and academic roles. She is a Fellow of Association of Chartered Certified Accountants and completed an Executive MBA in 2010.  She worked as both a management and financial accountant for nearly a decade and wanted to be a Finance Director, before her heart took her into the brilliant world of accounting education.  

She is currently a Reader in the Accounting, Banking & Finance department and the department lead on Postgraduate Employability.  Her current research focuses on intersectionality issues impacting on the racialised experiences of students in the academy, with particular focus on student transition from higher education to the graduate labour market and closing degree awarding gaps.

Laura is the CEO and Founder of Glass Ceilings Change Management, a progressive people partner that enables organisations to succeed by making their people thrive. It provides HR Consultancy, Policy, Training and Organisation Design and Development (OD&D) advice and embeds wellbeing in workplaces.

Laura has a Masters degree in Human Resource Management with CIPD Advanced Level Standards, and holds postgraduate qualifications in HR Directorship and OD&D. She is a Chartered Fellow with the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and the Chartered Management Institute, and a Fellow with the Institute of Leadership. Laura also sits as an expert panel member for responsible business on the Liverpool and Sefton Chamber of Commerce. 

Anastasia Vinnikova is an award-winning speaker, writer and mental health advocate. Driven by her own lived experience of mental illness, she is currently Head of Workplace Wellbeing at MindForward Alliance UK, where she works closely with members and strategic partners, delivering the UK programme.

Anastasia previously led the wellbeing agenda at the Bank of England, and spent 2 years on the Commission for Equality in Mental Health with the Centre for Mental Health. Currently, Anastasia sits on the Samaritans External Engagement and Research Committee, as well as acting as a Lived Experience Advisor on their Online Excellence Programme. Anastasia is a Trustee of InspireUK, a small charity aiming to provide accessible mental health therapies.

Anastasia has particular interest and expertise in mental health inequalities, workplace wellbeing, the mental health of young people, and wellbeing in the digital world.

Felicity is an Executive Coach and Integrative Counsellor who specialises in working with leaders who are neurodivergent, struggle with their mental health and are passionate about increasing awareness of mental wellbeing in the workplace. 

Having struggled with her own mental health she educates around why a mind-body approach to wellbeing underpinned by a scientific understanding of the nervous system is essential for recovery from mental health issues and preventing stress and burn out. She also talks about the need for organisations to focus on societal purpose to enhance mental wellbeing. 

Prior to focusing on mental wellbeing in organisations, Felicity worked for 20 years in both consulting and financial services specialising in leadership development and assessment.