Neurodiversity is our passion – delivered by experts
Our experienced team includes accredited, highly skilled psychologists specialising in the field of neurodiversity and occupational psychology, and ILM level 5 qualified employment coaches. All of whom bring expertise and experience in engaging with neurodiverse individuals at work, with many of them having lived experience of being a neurominority or supporting neurominority relatives.
At Genius Within, we take guidance from the core standards set by the British Psychological Society (BPS), and our team members are registered with professional bodies including The Health & Care Professions Council, International Coaching Federation, and the International Society for Coaching Psychology.
Our Ethnicity Pay Gap Review 2023
Genius Within are proud to conduct an annual review of our Ethnicity Pay Gap.
More information can be found here.
Our leadership team
Akua Opong
Non-Executive Director
About Akua
As, a Non-Executive Director, Akua is focused on making a contribution to Genius Within CIC, objectives and providing a wider overview of external factors. The key aim is to focus on the overall strategy, and values and provide entrepreneur leadership. Akua brings in knowledge of Corporate Social Responsibility, Employee Resource Groups, Technology, Mental Health and Wellbeing.
Akua has enjoyed being part of a wonderful, diverse and strong community that all have a shared common purpose. As, a relatively new member, she has enjoyed sharing ideas, and different perspectives and being part of this team has brought up a creative spark in her thought process. All the Non-Executive Directors offer something special and unique. The team demonstrates the value of strength in numbers and the beauty of when people with the same passions combine, something magical is the outcome.
Alex Preston
IT Manager
About Alex
Within Alex’s role as IT manager he assists and provides guidance on all things technical. He gets to work with all areas of the business, which allows him to help lots of different people on different projects.
Alienor Falconer
PA to Founder
About Alienor
Alienor was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 16 and has spent most of her career working in the creative industry. Now looking after GW founder Dr Nancy Doyle as her PA, her days are varied from scheduling meetings, booking speaking events, organising filming events to taking minutes in board meetings.
Angelica Simpson (MA HRM, Chartered MCIPD)
Head of HR
About Angelica
Angelica is the Head of HR, working to make Genius Within a happy and inclusive workplace. She regularly reviews our unique employee life cycle (attraction, recruitment, onboarding, learning & development, retention, offboarding and advocacy) and continuously develops our internal work. Angelica also encourages our EmployeesVoice so that our diverse team is represented in everything we do. You may also see her delivering ND awareness sessions.
Annie Clark
Sales and Client Services Team Leader
About Annie
Annie is one of two Team Leaders for Sales and Client Services. The team are the first port of call for all our clients and customers, processing orders, allocating work to our associates, answering calls and emails, they are a super busy team! Annie joined in 2023 and previously worked in hospitality and loves being part of the team.
Dr Nancy Doyle
Chief Science Officer
About Nancy
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.
Drew Goddard
Work and Health Project Team Leader
About Drew
Drew is the Employability Team Leader and Assistant Psychologist, who is currently working on the Work and Health Programme. He works with neurodivergent individuals to identify their barriers to work and provide intensive support with the focus on building their confidence, managing disability and health concerns, and improving their overall wellbeing and mental health. He shares the same vision that “Neurodiversity is the future of innovation and progress.”.
Fiona Barrett
Director of Operations
About Fiona
As Director of Operations, Fiona has the responsibility to lead, develop and support the Senior leadership team. She is the driving force behind our Social Justice Projects and also specialises in leading our high performance teams in the Employability sector.
