Tyler Amell, PhD, is Registrar and Director of Admissions and Student Services at PCU-WHS. His PhD was in Rehabilitation Science from the University of Alberta. He is an internationally recognized thought leader on the topic of workplace health and productivity, and is a frequent speaker and writer on the topic. He is chief health and strategy officer at MediKeeper. His prior experience includes roles as partner/vice president at a global human resources consulting, technology and services firm; chief executive officer of a human resources technology company; and vice president of Canada’s largest independent health care and rehabilitation company. Tyler is a past board member of the US-based Integrated Benefits Institute (IBI) and the Canadian Association for Research on Work and Health (CARWH). He currently serves on the executive board of directors of the National Wellness Institute (NWI) and the Work Wellness Institute. His areas of expertise relevant to disability management include workplace health and productivity, disability prevention, absence and leave, ergonomics, and job retention and return to work.

Dr Shriti Pattani is the National Clinical Expert in Occupational Health and Wellbeing for NHS England. She is also the Clinical Director and head of service for Occupational Health and Wellbeing in an acute Trust in London.

Dr Pattani’s expertise is ‘health of healthcare workers’ and she is passionate about providing access to occupational health and safety services for all people of working age. She is the Global Health & Work Clinical Advisor (Occupational Health, Safety & Wellbeing), with the NHSE Global team.

She is an external subject matter expert to WHO and part of the external technical advisory group to development of a joint WHO/ILO global policy brief on enhancing safety, health, and wellbeing in the workplace.

She was awarded an OBE in the 2024 Kings New Years Honours list for her services to Occupational Medicine.

Dr Nancy Doyle, C. Psychol. led Genius Within as our CEO for over 10 years, before moving to Chief Research Officer in September 2021. As a proud neurominority herself, she is passionate about improving the way neurodiversity is treated in the workplace. She is also the founding member of a British Psychological Society Working Group, providing guidance to other Psychologists in the field. Nancy wrote a definitive guide to neurodiversity at work for the BPS and has contributed to many other publications and expert reference groups with organisations such as ACAS, ERSA and the DWP.

Nancy’s research work in evaluating coaching and demonstrating a tangible impact from managers’ perspectives was commended by the BPS. In 2019, Nancy was also recognised for her contribution to Policy Impact in Occupational Psychology

Prof. Dr. Joachim Breuer, is the former Director General of the German Social Accident Insurance (DGUV); President of the International Social Security Association (ISSA), a United Nations organization located in Geneva; and is Professor at the Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology in the Department of Insurance Medicine at the University of Lübeck. Dr. Breuer studied law at the Universities of Bonn and Berlin, obtaining his degree in 1984, and became a doctor of law in 1985. He joined the Federation of German Accident Insurance Institutions (the HVBG) and in 1995 he became Director General of the accident insurance and prevention institution for the German mining industry. In 2002, he became the Director General of the HVBG, now the DGUV, the umbrella organization of all German accident insurance funds in the industrial sector. He also holds leading positions in several other German institutions and organizations. In 2014, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit for his honorary commitment.

Elisabeth Kasilingam is currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the European Multiple Sclerosis Platform (EMSP) and as Vice-President of the European Patients’ Forum. In these roles, she is highly committed to working towards better quality of life of patients with MS and other chronic conditions by the implementation of successful, results-oriented projects and policy campaigns and actions.  Elisabeth entered the European political arena more than 15 years ago, pursuing her interests in the field of human rights and specialising in the health and social sectors.

In her work with EMSP, Elisabeth has been developing capacity-building programmes to support the further development of national MS patient organisations and health and social advocacy campaigns, as well as engagement activities to develop young patient advocates.