Geoff McDonald

Geoff’s background in teaching, HR, marketing, communications and sustainability is considerable.

During his 25 years with Unilever (a global corporation with a turnover of £50 billion, 170,000 employees in 90 countries around the world), his experience has been truly global working across Africa, the Middle-East and Turkey, Australasia and Asia, Europe and the Americas. 

He is a Strategic Advisor to RISE Global Corporate Purpose Advisory Firm in the area of Corporate Purpose and Organisation Change.  He also consults on how to address the stigma linked to depression and anxiety in the workplace, with a particular emphasis on raising awareness of these issues and providing practical strategies as to how one might go about addressing this growing modern illness. 

Geoff is the co-founder of the charity ‘Minds@Work’ and currently, an Advisor to the ‘United For Global Mental Health’ campaign and has been appointed to the Advisory Board of City Mental Health Alliance.  He is a Patron of the International Stress Management Association and a Member of the Prince’s Trust Youth Opportunity Taskforce.