Meet our Leadership Team and Book a 1-1 Session

Get to know the passionate individuals driving our mission to create healthier, happier workplaces.

​Our leadership team brings a wealth of experience and dedication to the LiWW community, working tirelessly to support and inspire our members.

You can now book a 1-1 support session with some of our leadership team to ask questions and get advice utilising their specialist knowledge and experience.
Nuz Chagan - Co-Founder of LiWW & Global Wellbeing Lead

​Nuz has been involved with LiWW from the very start and continues to drive its progress as a not-for-profit, community interest company for Wellbeing Leads and Champions to connect, learn and share best practice.
Nuz was the Health & Wellbeing Lead for IKEA UK & Ireland and is always one of the first to recognise wellbeing trends due to her involvement with the Global Wellness Institute.
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​Ryan Briggs - Co-Founder of LiWW & Founder of FinWELL
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​Ryan founded LiWW in the first lockdown of March 2022 and built the leadership team together with Nuz.

Ryan created FinWELL Training Ltd to help employees understand, measure and improve financial wellbeing empowering healthier relationships with money and also leading to better mental health.

​Having also created the 'Money Matters Made Simple' series of events he is LiWW's Financial Health & Wellbeing Lead.

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​Hannah Pearsall - Head of Wellbeing at Hays

Hannah is driving our Embedding Wellbeing Strategy Community Group and is also the Head of Wellbeing at Hays UK & Ireland leading the design, development, implementation, and delivery of a holistic and evolving wellbeing strategy.

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Sarah Restall - Workplace Culture Change Specialist 

Sarah has been working for over a decade in cultural change specific to addressing the stigma attached to mental health problems and supporting organisations with designing wellbeing strategies. She supports strategic design, delivery, coaching and mentoring and develops tools for employers to practically apply in their workplace and passionately believes that good work is good for us and we can strategically design high-performing workplaces when we focus on building healthy cultures and healthy leaders.

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Dr Sabrina Robinson - Councils and Public Sector Group Lead & Wellbeing Lead at Essex County Council

Sabrina is the Wellbeing Lead at Essex County Council and also drives the LiWW Community Group for Councils and Public Sector in partnership with the PPMA (Public Services People Managers Association).
Sabrina is a Chartered Psychologist registered with the British Psychological Society, Health Psychologist / Practitioner Psychologist registered with the Health and Care Professions Council.
She is passionate about using psychological approaches to develop innovative, sustainable and impactful people strategy and wellbeing initiatives in the workplace.
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​Sam Langford, Founder of Gaia Workplace Wellbeing
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Sam Langford, the founder of Gaia Workplace Wellbeing. Sam is passionate about creating work environments where every individual can bring their whole self, experience personal growth, and meet their health and wellbeing needs. This, in turn, leads to a productive, empowered, and engaged workforce, which is the foundation of a thriving business.

This belief is what inspired Sam to establish Gaia Workplace Wellbeing. Sam is committed to helping businesses succeed by integrating health and wellbeing into every aspect of their operations. If people are a company’s greatest asset, then a strong, holistic wellbeing strategy is key to ensuring their success.

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Stuart Mace – MSc. Workplace Health &Wellbeing, NEBOSH, ISO45003 Cert

A health and fitness science graduate having completing a master’s in Workplace Health and Wellbeing.

​With a career in health and fitness, recruitment and occupational health, this experience brings a background in working in and with HR teams, influencing senior stakeholders, negotiating employment agreements, and supporting others to make positive informed decisions.

Having developed an overall knowledge of workplace health and wellbeing, a strong belief is that an organisational approach of preventing harm, promoting wellbeing, and supporting when required best serves the workforce in making work good for us.

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Richard Turner, Founder at EmployeeS Health
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As a personal trainer for nearly 10 years, I have been helping people live healthier lifestyles and improve their health and fitness.

In 2019 I founded Employees Health to help businesses create a better workplace as well as help them improve their employees wellbeing and performance so that every employee can come to work and thrive.
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Anwen Cooper, Mission Director & Co-founder, Thrivall

Anwen brings extensive experience from working with over 100 different organisations in the last 20+ years, in a range of senior leadership, charity Trustee and consultancy roles. Anwen founded a strategic marketing consultancy focused on growing purpose and impact-driven business as a force for good. She is also a published author and professional speaker.
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Dan Corpe, Partnerships Director & Co-founder, Thrivall

Dan began his career in technology retail, progressing over two decades to lead large teams in flagship stores. He then applied his skills in recruitment before launching a business relationship building consultancy.

​He is trained in Counselling Skills, is a School Enterprise Advisor, Mentor to Young Entrepreneurs and has served as Trustee for a national mental health charity.

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Debra Peltz, Founder & Chair Cross Sector Wellbeing Forum

Debra Peltz, began her career as an Executive Assistant, providing support to CEOs and UK and global HR directors in various organisations. Transitioning into the realm of workplace wellbeing, she has established a commendable track record in promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. Debra is deeply passionate about uniting people and cultivating environments conducive to collaboration.

​As the founder of the Cross Sector Wellbeing Forum, she leads a collaborative working group committed to improving employee health and wellbeing. Outside of work, Debra is an enthusiastic animal rescue volunteer.

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Hayley Farrell - Global Wellbeing & Resilience Director; Affinity Group Program Manager

Hayley is an award winning Wellbeing Practitioner and keynote speaker. 
She has an impressive resume spanning key roles both in Arcadis and Emcor. Most notably Hayley was instrumental to the work done at Emcor related to their ISO 45003 Certification. 
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Hayley remains steadfast to her belief that "Individuals know what's good for them, but they need the environment to thrive in. And that's what we can take responsibility for."

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Anne-Marie Russell - Implementing Wellbeing Strategy Group Co-Lead and International Health & Wellness Manager at Warner Bros. Discovery

Anne-Marie is driving our Implementing Wellbeing Strategy Community Group and is also the Manager of International Health & Wellness at Warner Bros. Discovery.

A strategic and highly influential individual with experience in delivering a holistic wellbeing strategy with a passion for implementing initiatives in making a difference, increasing engagement and driving a change in culture. A hands-on leadership style with an ability to enthuse, motivate and coach team members to ensure delivery of wellbeing initiatives and awareness programmes effectively through a global network.

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Lydia Hamilton-Rimmer - Policy Manager (Workforce Health)

Lydia leads the Confederation of British Industry’s (CBI) policy and advocacy work on activating the role business has to play in the prevention agenda, better utilising occupational health and workplace health interventions to drive the health of the nation and increase workforce productivity.

She is working with the business community and other stakeholders including key government departments to address the importance of business led health interventions in improving the health and wellbeing of the nation’s workforce.

​She also works collaboratively with the health team on NHS relations and third sector.

Prior to the CBI, Lydia worked for a retail trade body leading on business responsibility policies including obesity, alcohol and tobacco influencing the wider public health debate and increasing regulation in this space.
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Louise Boston - Enhancing Wellbeing Strategy Group Co-Lead & Strategic Health & Wellbeing Manager at EON UK

​Louise is driving our Enhancing Wellbeing Strategy Community Group and is also the Strategic Health & Wellbeing Manager EON UK.
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She has a passion for Wellbeing & Occupational Health focusing on enhancing the standard of delivery across the profession, along with improving the wellbeing of the working population.

A qualified Specialist Practitioner in Occupational Health, with over twenty years experience of managing large scale health & wellbeing services across a wide variety of industries including Energy, Retail, Media Broadcasting and Catering.
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Tim Hipgrave MSc, Global Employee Health & Wellbeing Manager, BUPA

​Tim is a dedicated wellbeing and culture leader who empowers organisations, leaders, and individuals to thrive through positive wellbeing, mental health, and organizational culture strategies. With expertise in positive psychology, coaching, and behaviour change, he has impacted thousands across the private, public, and third sectors.

Currently, Tim oversees the development and implementation of global wellbeing, inclusion, and health & safety strategies, collaborating with local teams to foster psychologically safe environments and supporting Bupa’s Personal Energy wellbeing program. As a former rugby player turned endurance runner and a proud dad of two energetic boys, Tim finds balance and growth through his passion for personal development.
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