SPEAKER

Sadie Restorick, Great British Businesswoman of the Year 2023/24, is co-founder of Wellity Global and The Great British Workplace Wellbeing Awards. She is a global speaker, consultant, trainer, author and published academic scholar who has specialized in the field of workplace wellbeing and psychosocial risk management for over thirteen years, driving culture change and leadership development. 

Sadie is an internationally recognized keynote speaker, presenting at events including the Wellbeing Summit 2020, Corporate Wellbeing Expo 2024, European Business Show and has presented her published academic research on work-related stress at the European Academy of Occupational Health Psychology Conference. She shares her unique professional insight on a range of topics affecting the modern workplace, including psychosocial risk management, burnout prevention and healthy leadership.  

A BA Communications graduate, Sadie has extensively studied training needs analysis and design and theories of communication within groups and organizations. She holds a diploma in Mental Health Awareness and a diploma with distinction from the Fellowship of Associated Stress Consultants. She has also been awarded an MSc with Distinction in Workplace Health and Wellbeing from the globally recognised University of Nottingham. Specific areas of study include the phenomenon of presenteeism, the effectiveness of interventions for tackling stress in the workplace, the impact of digital overload and burnout and the dynamics of leadership.  

Sadie is a Professional Member of the International Stress Management Association, The Association of Business Psychologists, the Institute of Occupational Health and the International Institute of Risk Safety Management. Her expertise has garnered the attention of national press outlets, including live interviews on BBC News, ITV, The Telegraph, and The Guardian. Her campaign on Women, Body Image, and Mental Health, in collaboration with Virgin Active, received widespread coverage in the national media.  

With energy and passion, Sadie has shared her unique insight on many international stages, drawing on her professional experience as a female executive in the corporate world to becoming a successful business owner, and how her own experiences of trauma have profoundly shaped the woman she has become today.