Geoff McDonald

He/him

Former Global VP of HR at Unilever, business transformation advisor and mental health and wellbeing advocate

Previously the Global Vice-President of HR, Marketing, Communications, Sustainability at Unilever, Geoff is now a global advocate, campaigner and consultant in addressing the stigma of mental ill-health in the workplace and elevating wellbeing to a strategic priority in the C suite. ​

Geoff inspires and provokes organisations to put wellbeing at the centre of everything they do, with a reputation for energising and motivating audiences to take action in creating workplaces that enhance the lives of all employees.​

His campaigning work has seen him participate in a number of BBC programmes and campaigns regarding mental health and wellbeing, as well as writing and producing articles for the Huffington Post, the Financial Times and HR-related journals.  He previously convened a meeting at No 10 Downing Street with Prime Minister David Cameron and CEOs from Footsie 100 Companies to address their role and agree actions to break stigma in the corporate world.  He also provided some support to the Royal Foundation (The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke of Sussex) in their mental health campaign.​

Geoff has worked globally and across all sectors and in addition to the above is a Trustee of several charities, namely the Burnt Chef Project; The Baton of Hope, and acts as a strategic advisor to a number of companies with respect to elevating wellbeing, to being a strategic imperative.​