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
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.
Angelica Simpson (MA HRM, Assoc CIPD)
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.
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.
Gemma Pullen
PA and Office Manager
About Gemma
Gemma is PA to Jacqui Wallis (CEO) and Fiona Barrett (COO) and is a valued member of the Plumpton Office with additional responsibilities as the Office Manager.
Gemma’s role is very varied, one minute she co-ordinating diaries and inboxes or taking minutes in a meeting and then she is organising a companywide in-person Queen’s Award Presentation/Celebration. This role has enabled Gemma to grow as a person but has also allowed her draw on her many years of experience to work at her best.
Gunjan Odedra
Social Justice Training & Development Lead
About Gunjan
Gunjan holds multiple roles at Genius Within that reflect on her commitment to empowering and supporting neurodivergent individuals. As Trainee Occupational Psychologist, Gunjan provides specialised coaching support to long-term unemployed individuals. As a Deputy Team Lead for IPES Employability Project, she is pivotal in facilitating opportunities for neurodivergent individuals in seeking employment by helping them overcome barriers and move closer to sustainable employment.
Helen Charnock
Finance Director
About Helen
As Finance Director at Genius Within Helen has the lovely task of ensuring that we have the financial resources in the right place at the right time to ensure that our delivery managers can maximise the good work they do for our existing and potential clients. Helen thinks it is great to see Genius Within continuously grow in to new areas so we can extend our reach and influence. She believes it is particularly heartening that by virtue of being a CIC every year we reinvest a proportion of our of our revenue back into the neurodivergent community to areas of greatest need.
Helen Doyle
Community Manager
About Helen
Helen’s role is to be the voice of Genius Within on social media and sometimes in copy, for example, articles or website blogs. She also plans and designs content for our social media channels and helps to run the Celebrating Neurodiversity Awards every year. Helen absolutely loves connecting with our followers and collaborators on different social media platforms and being connected to the wider ND community. She also loves being creative with her team and developing new ideas.
