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Belinda Parmar OBE is a highly sought-after mental health speaker, known for her expertise in empathy, leadership, and creating inclusive workplace cultures. As the founder and CEO of The Empathy Business, she has become a powerful advocate for mental health awareness in corporate settings. Her passion lies in promoting the importance of emotional intelligence, empathy, and understanding to enhance wellbeing in both personal and professional lives. Her speaking engagements often focus on how empathy-driven leadership can help mitigate stress, improve mental health, and foster more supportive environments at work.
Starting her career in law and languages, Belinda quickly transitioned into marketing and advertising before founding Lady Geek in 2010, a company aimed at encouraging women to pursue careers in technology. It was during this time that she began to recognise the critical role empathy plays in leadership and organisational wellbeing. Over the years, Belinda honed her skills in diversity and inclusion, later founding The Empathy Business to help organisations become more emotionally intelligent and empathetic. Her unique approach incorporates data-driven tools like the Global Empathy Index, a pioneering initiative that measures corporate empathy at scale.
Belinda’s recent achievements underscore her influence in the field of mental health and wellbeing in the workplace. She was awarded an OBE in 2015 for her services to women in technology and has been recognised as a Top 20 Global Public Figure in Diversity. She has spoken at major events such as the World Economic Forum in Davos and has worked with notable organisations, including Barclays, Lloyds, and the UK Government, to implement empathy-based strategies. Belinda is also the author of ‘Little Miss Geek’, a book aimed at inspiring young women to explore the tech industry and beyond.
Belinda is hired as a mental health speaker for her ability to blend her expertise in empathy, leadership, and diversity with a focus on improving mental health in the workplace. Her engaging talks offer practical strategies for creating mentally healthy environments and provide real-world solutions for tackling mental health challenges in organisations. As a leader in her field, she has proven time and again that empathy is the key to better mental health, both for individuals and entire organisations.
“Belinda gave an inspiring presentation on girls and STEM at our event at the United Nations in New York. Everyone in the room, whatever part of the world they came from, found it very original and extremely useful.”
“Belinda’s keynote was a wild success. I overheard many people say that this was their favorite session. I would be honored to do any work with Belinda again—she is professional, engaging, interesting, and so very thought-provoking.”
“Just wanted to give you some feedback on Belinda, who spoke at our IWD event today as we really couldn’t have asked for a better speaker. She took the time to prep with us (more than once), she really listened to our goals for the event and tailored her content with examples to match our audience expectations. Her delivery on the day was incredible; personable, funny, authentic and solicited really strong feedback from our attendees. We would absolutely recommend her to other businesses looking for someone to speak in her area of expertise and please don’t hesitate to contact me if anyone needs a reference.”
“Just wanted to feedback what a great session we had with Belinda yesterday. She was a really engaging presenter and got the audience really interested in a subject that is quite unusual for scientists. The site manager (whose budget I used to pay for this) said “I walked around the Technology of ice after lunch yesterday and colleagues were talking about the session and how insightful it was.”
“Belinda’s session was a great finish to our leadership conference. I think she delivered exactly what we wanted at what was probably not the easiest session at the end of the day on a Friday.”
The Mental Health Speakers Agency has been one of the UK’s leading bureaus for emotional wellbeing experts since 2020. We supply speakers for corporate and public events across the world, and cater to both in-person occasions and online webinars. Our roster includes athletes, psychologists, celebrities and more, to ensure that audiences of all demographics receive tailored, impactful mental health guidance.
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