Chair: David Cottrell

Dave Cottrell is a mental health speaker, NLP practitioner, and coach with over 15 years of experience helping individuals and organisations build genuine, lasting resilience. A Points of Light Award recipient — the UK’s highest honour for voluntary contribution to society — Dave speaks from lived experience of his own significant mental health challenges, and it’s that authenticity that makes him exceptional in a crowded field.

In the corporate space, Dave addresses the real challenges that high-pressure environments create — stress, anxiety, burnout, and the gap between how people appear and how they actually feel. His four talks cover stress management and habit change, the mechanics of anxiety, resilience for individuals and teams, and his flagship personal keynote. All are practical, evidence-based, and adaptable for large conference audiences or smaller leadership teams.