Leaders Lunch: Setting priorities for 2026 around workplace culture, employee health and wellbeing

By Claire Farrow, Global Head of Content, Make A Difference Media
13 November 2025

As 2025 winds down, it’s the perfect moment to take stock of what’s been achieved and look ahead to priorities for 2026.

This spirit of reflection and forward planning will be at the heart of our final Make A Difference Leaders’ Lunch of the year, taking place from 12.00pm to 3.00pm on 27th November in Central London, kindly hosted by Ipsos and sponsored by Personify Health.

Real-time knowledge-sharing with like-minded senior peers

The free-to-attend lunch is open to a maximum of 50 Leaders’ Club members. These members represent a diverse range of sectors, organisation sizes and roles — but all share a commitment to advancing workplace culture, employee health and wellbeing. Attendees are all employer representatives with decision-making capacity, not suppliers.

Already confirmed guests include senior representatives from ASICS, Clifford Chance, Haleon, Heathrow, GSK, John Lewis Partnership, Microsoft, NHS, Oracle, Tottenham Hotspur, Transport for London, United Airlines, WPP and many more.

An expert panel will set the scene before opening the discussion for shared insights and action planning.
The panel will be chaired by Dame Carol Black GBE and includes:

Dr Clare Fernandes, Medical Director EMEA, Haleon
Jill King, SVP International, Personify Health
Katherine Billingham-Mohamed, Leadership and Engagement Director, Ipsos

Attendees will then have the opportunity to brainstorm challenges and agree priorities in a closed-door, sales-free environment.

Keep Britain Working

With the recent launch of Sir Charlie Mayfield’s final Keep Britain Working report, the timing of this Leaders’ Lunch couldn’t be better. We’ll use the opportunity to explore the report’s implications and how its recommendations for the next three years can be woven into employers’ strategies for 2026 and beyond.

At Make A Difference we’ll be ensuring that, moving forwards, all of our content and initiatives link directly to the report’s key recommendations.

Want to join us?

If you’re a Leaders’ Club member and would like to attend, a handful of spaces are still available — please contact info@makeadifference.media to check availability.