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
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.
Holly Garland
PA to Head of Business Development
About Holly
Holly is PA to Kate Pearson, Head of Business Development. She also works closely with the Business Development and Marketing teams. Supporting them daily as well as arranging and organising all external events Genius Within attends. With a background in sales and office management she has been unable to work until recently due to an acquired brain injury.
Ian McDowall
Digital Lead
About Ian
Ian is responsible for all things Digital at Genius Within, in a role that brings together his background in project management, technology and business strategy. He leads a team whose skills cover software development, user experience, delivery and design, and support platforms including the Genius Finder, eLearning and our custom digital tools.
Jacqui Wallis
Chief Executive Officer
About Jacqui
Jacqui has made a significant impact through her work at Genius Within. As the Chief Executive Officer, she has been instrumental in helping businesses and organisations understand and embrace the strengths of neurominorities. Her efforts have been pivotal in removing the stigma associated with cognitive differences in the workplace.
This initiative aims to expand understanding and build consensus in the field of Neurodiversity at Work.
Jess Sollom, BSc (Hons), MSc
Head of Delivery
About Jess
Jess holds a BSc (Hons) Psychology and Child Development, MSc Applied Research in Psychology, MSc Organisational Psychology and ILM 7 certificate in Leadership and Management. Her current role is the Occupational Delivery Team Leader and Business Psychologist for Genius Within. Previous work experience includes Case Manager, Coach and Assistant Psychologist all working within the Employability sector, supporting neurodivergent individuals to maximise their strengths, and overcome their challenges.
Additionally, Jess has previously worked with neurodivergent adolescents within the education system and has held various voluntary roles which relate to inclusion, such as being a D&I governor for a higher education establishment and an Independent Parent Supporter for parents of children with Special Educational Needs.
Kate Omonigho Pearson
Head of Business Development
About Kate
Kate is Head of Business Development at Genius Within CIC. Kate has worked at Genius Within for 7 years in various roles including Case Manager and Coach, as well as in Leadership roles working within Social Justice to support neurodivergent individuals to maximise their strengths and overcome their challenges. More recently she has been supporting organisations to become neuro-inclusive and enabling neurodivergent people to thrive in the workplace.
