Book IWD Speaker: Clare Kenny

Helping organisations build sustainable cultures where wellbeing drives performance & leadership effectiveness

Clare Kenny is an internationally recognised leadership and workplace culture expert who helps organisations create environments where people can thrive.

With extensive experience in senior leadership and organisational transformation, she brings a practical, human-centred approach to wellbeing, performance, and sustainable change.

Clare served as Global Wellbeing Lead at Burberry, where she developed and led a global wellbeing strategy embedding mental health, resilience, and psychological safety across the organisation.

Her career spans senior roles across Europe and Asia, working with global brands, public sector organisations, and creative industries including Warner Bros Discovery, KPMG, the Ministry of Justice, Specsavers, Channel 4, and Harry Potter Studios.

Her work is grounded in both evidence-based research and lived experience. Drawing on her personal journey with burnout, anxiety, addiction, and late-diagnosed ADHD, Clare challenges traditional approaches to leadership and workplace wellbeing.

Through powerful storytelling, she helps leaders rethink performance, inclusion, and what it truly means to support people at work.

Clare is a highly sought-after keynote speaker and facilitator, having delivered hundreds of talks, workshops, and masterclasses worldwide.

Her sessions provide leaders and teams with practical tools to prevent burnout, build psychological safety, embrace neurodiversity, and lead with compassion and resilience during periods of change.

Her expertise spans workplace wellbeing, inclusive leadership, psychological safety, and neurodiversity, making her a trusted voice for organisations navigating the realities of modern work.

Education: Clare studied psychology and began her career in learning and development and leadership consulting before specialising in wellbeing strategy and culture transformation.

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