Advisory Editorial Board

Toni is an experienced HR professional with 20+ years in professional services. She trained as an accountant at PwC, working with global clients across multiple sectors. After 10 years in client facing roles she moved into human resources and went on to shape and drive the firm's reward strategy. As part of the HR leadership team, she was also responsible for employee relations and global projects. She joined A&O in 2016 as Global Head of Reward and also became the firm's first Head of Wellbeing. Throughout her career Toni has worked with senior leaders to create people strategies that drive change and improve performance across many aspects of the people agenda including diversity, resourcing, performance management and wellbeing in the workplace - a topic she is passionate about.

Zoe is one of the founders of This Can Happen. She is also the founder of Employees Matter, the largest provider of employee engagement seminars and webinars in the UK.

Emma is currently Global Health and Wellbeing Lead at recently established healthcare company Haleon, after 15 years working at GSK. Emma is experienced in developing and delivering global health and wellbeing programmes on a range of different wellbeing topics to varied employee populations.

Chief People Officer for the Weber Shandwick Collective in Asia, Susie has been living and working across the Asia Pacific region for over 25 years, holding people and HR leadership roles in multinational organisations.

Based in Hong Kong, Susie has been a part of the IPG network since April 2013 having worked across multiple brands during her tenure, overseeing People initiatives across China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, South Korea and India. In addition to her HR responsibilities, Susie actively developed Weber Shandwick's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Asia Pacific strategy and has been leading the initiative for the region since early 2021.

Susie is a seasoned and accomplished practitioner in a variety of HR areas, including strategic manpower planning, employee relations management, dispute resolution, rewards & recognition, innovation, diversity, equity & inclusion, and employer branding, with the ability to align strategic talent initiatives to business goals, often within the context of complex cultural dynamics. Through her career Susie has developed People strategy in a number of industries including healthcare, tech and auto, as well as being hands-on in strategic people initiatives with mergers and acquisitions.

Susie is passionate about creating an environment that encourages employees to grow and develop, whilst staying true to their authentic selves in the workplace. She is a strong advocate for empowerment at all levels with organisations and believes that employees' true potential is realised when organisational culture supports a bottoms-up "I want to learn from you" leadership mentality. She is a strong advocate of servant leadership in all its many facets and has a strong and highly contagious "can do" attitude.

Senior Manager, People Projects for Weber Shandwick Collective in Asia, Wendy is based in Singapore and has been part of the IPG network since July 2022.

Wendy enjoys helping leaders and teams get organised to run their day-to-day activities more efficiently. With over 20 years gaining valuable exposure in multiple industries, her cross-industry experience of Group-level, regional and local capacities brings valuable insights and contributions in People operations and projects. Before her career in People & Culture, she operated a handmade jewellery business and a travel blog and worked in marketing and administrative roles.

As a late-diagnosed autistic person at age 40, Wendy is committed to instilling psychological safety, destigmatizing mental health challenges and creating an inclusive environment in APAC workplaces. She has been openly sharing her anxiety journey since late 2019, helping peers find comfort that they are not alone and there is no shame in seeking professional help. She shares her varied lived experiences to remind them the importance of regular self-care and self-kindness.

In a career spanning over 35 years, Jessica worked in television (notably for ABC's Good Morning America) and for a non-profit health promotion research organization (the American Health Foundation) before embarking on a legal career. After attending the University of Southern California Gould School of Law, she practiced at two global law firms (Baker McKenzie and Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, where she was a partner). For the past several years, Jessica has worked for Thomson Reuters. Currently a Senior Legal Editor for Practical Law, Jessica writes about executive compensation, workplace culture, professional development, careers, and mental health and well-being.

Jyoti is an experienced HR professional with 10+ years of generalist experience roles. Jyoti designed and implemented the wellbeing programme in the Allen & Overy Middle East offices. She is now responsible working for with global teams across the firm to drive the broader wellbeing and mental health agenda. She also directly supports individuals through internal coaching.

Arif Jiwany is a highly experienced GP & Occupational Health Physician who has worked in both the NHS as well as several different industry sectors. Having previously been at Shell, Cancer Research & GSK, he has been the Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing for the Haleon, the former consumer division of GSK for 18 months. Apart from establishing a new function which operates as a centre of excellence. He & his team are responsible for developing & driving the new health & wellbeing strategy, improving the quality & delivery of health programmes and improving governance related processes. Our ambition being to create a culture that enables our people to be at their best.

Susan combines an academic post in Organisational Psychology with her work as a business psychologist,  an executive coach, mediator and consultant.  She specialises in working with below the surface dynamics and vulnerability at work.  Her research interests include endings, failure and resilience with books published on these topics.

As Chief People Officer, EMEA, Helen Matthews is the overarching guardian of the agency’s employee experience, co-designing new ways to find, know, grow and keep our talent. She specialises in creating, shaping and delivering world-class employee experiences, ensuring organisations are future-proofed to succeed. Prior to joining Weber Shandwick, Matthews worked as Chief People Officer and Head of DEI EMEA at Ogilvy UK, where she led the award-winning people strategy, working across the integrated agency to design a best-in-class employee experience and award winning wellbeing strategy.

Dr. Palacios is a Harvard, Johns Hopkins, and Northwestern-trained psychological expert with over 14 years of experience in clinical practice, research, consulting, and strategic guidance. She has led more than 1,000 mental wellness programs for Fortune 100 companies, universities, startups, hospitals, and nonprofits, with a focus on the Latine community. Dr. Palacios also advises tech startups on workplace mental health and collaborates with AI labs, offering psychological insights to shape AI-driven mental health tools. She is certified as a mindfulness instructor through Harvard’s CHA Center for Mindfulness & Compassion.

In 2022, Dr. Palacios presented at Harvard Psychiatry Research Day on creating mindfulness programs for Spanish-speaking communities, reflecting her contributions to psychological research and community empowerment. As a former tech startup founder and Chief of Science, she developed gamified solutions to enhance psychological safety among remote teams. Dr. Palacios continues to blend clinical insight with instructional design, providing strategic, research-backed mental wellness programs and consulting across diverse sectors.

Louisa Rose is CEO of Beyond and the founder of Now and Beyond, the UK’s first mental health and wellbeing festival for schools. Louisa previously worked as a social media consultant during the last decade and is particularly interested in reinforcing healthy social media habits for young people. Louisa is diagnosed with depression, anxiety, Tourette’s and OCD and publicly reflects on her personal mental health journey. Louisa is married and a mother of two young boys.

David Stone is Managing Partner at inQUEST, a global consultancy committed to strengthening team and organizational cultures through the lens of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. David’s broad experience as an attorney, consultant, mediator, trainer, and facilitator enables his clients to connect authentically, align strategically, and move forward together towards improved performance. At the core of David’s approach is the commitment to engage in the hard work of deeply understanding ourselves and one another and then to use this knowledge to change behaviours and enhance practices, processes, strategies, and structures within organisations.

In addition to his unique professional perspective, David is sought-after for workshops and dialogue sessions specifically for his engaging style, which emphasizes empathy and intellectual rigor, coupled with a good amount of levity and humor. He has the recognition of being the Trainer of the Year for his work with the Center for Conflict Resolution in Chicago, where he also founded and served as the executive vice-president of the Chicago Jewish Day School.

Serina Tan is the Founder and Managing Partner of Brewer, an award-winning strategic communications advisory firm headquartered in Singapore. An established leader and trainer in public relations, Serina has a proven track record in leading award-winning communication programmes across the Asia Pacific. She was recognised by Campaign Asia’s 40 under 40 for her impressive achievements. Committed to promoting a culture of mental-well-being in the PR industry, she regularly conducts mental well-being workshops for both in house and agency practitioners.