Category: Speakers

Professor Gail Kinman is a Chartered Psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society and the Academy of Social Sciences. She is an occupational health psychologist with extensive experience in research and practice. Gail’s interests mainly focus on improving the working conditions and wellbeing of people who do emotionally demanding work, such as health...

Nikki is an experienced specialist occupational physician, researcher and educator, passionate about developing further understanding of employee health, wellbeing and performance and its links to productivity. As CEO of Cordell Health, Nikki leads a social enterprise delivering a wide range of occupational health, wellbeing and training services. Nikki is driven by the desire to make...

Tori is a voice specialist speech and language therapist who has extensive experience working with singers and performing artists who are experiencing voice difficulties. She continues to work as the Clinical Lead for voice services at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ Hospitals but also offers a private practice through Tori Burnay Associates. Her approach to working...

Professor Dame Carol Black GBE FRCP FMed Sci Dame Carol is currently the Government’s independent advisor on drug misuse. She is also Chair of the British Library, the Centre for Ageing Better. She is a member of RAND Europe’s Council of Advisers and Commonwealth Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Ageing Well. In 2019 she completed a...

Dr Gail Allsopp MBChB MRCS FRCGP MSc Gail is the Chief Medical Advisor for the Department for Work and pensions (DWP). Having held a portfolio career covering academia at the University of Nottingham, clinical policy at the Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) and in medical leadership including roles such as the Chief Medical Officer...

Dr Dominic Yong is the President of the Australian and New Zealand Society of Occupational Medicine (ANZSOM) and an occupational physician from Melbourne. He runs an occupational medical practice, which services workers, employers, insurers and lawyers. He is a Presiding Member at the Medical Panels, which is a tribunal that resolves disputes for worker’s compensation...

Jo is a Registered and Chartered Occupational Psychologist, co-Managing Partner at Affinity Health at Work, Professor of Occupational Psychology at Birkbeck, University of London, and co-Director of the London Centre for Work and Health. Her work focuses on preventing avoidable harm and promoting worker and organisational health, through systemic, evidence-based approaches that equip workers, managers,...

The Rt Hon Sir Stephen Timms was appointed Minister of State in the Department for Work and Pensions, and the Department for Education, on 8 July 2024. He currently holds the Government post of Minister for Social Security and Disability. He was previously the Work and Pensions Select Committee Chair. Sir Stephen Timms has been...

Dr Simon Sheard is medical director at Health Partners Group. After a career in OH in the Royal Navy, he has spent over 25 years working in the outsourced occupational health service environment. He has provided medical advice to a number of significant public sector pension schemes including PCSPS and SPPA (Scottish NHS, Teachers and...

Dr Alice Rutter is an ST5 Resident Doctor working in Occupational Medicine, based in NHS Lanarkshire. She is currently on maternity leave after welcoming her son, Miles, on New Year’s Day 2025, following a hectic 2024 getting through the MFOM Part 2. Alice moved to Edinburgh in 2014 after leaving medical school, and has since...