Hayley Barnard

Hayley Barnard is a co-founder of Shoal Projects Ltd and co-founder and Managing Director of Mix Diversity Developers, and a subject matter expert on diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias, and inclusive leadership.

The co-founder of Shoal Projects Ltd and co-founder and Managing Director of Mix Diversity Developers, Hayley Barnard is a prominent keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and consultant to top-level executives throughout the UK and Europe.

From trekking across the Arctic, to training to swim the English Channel and running three companies alongside a family, Hayley knows a thing or two about maintaining motivation.

She is a subject matter expert on diversity and inclusion, unconscious bias, and inclusive leadership. She advises boards of global corporations on how they can become more profitable and innovative through the inclusion of diversity.

After gaining her first Board level post at age 26, Hayley went on to found three companies in her 30s and is the Managing Director of MIX Diversity Developers

Hayley recently co-led a team of women on a trek across the Arctic Circle and is training to swim the English Channel in August 2017. She is an expert at making people think differently so that they WANT to take action.

She is a prolific keynote speaker providing entertaining and inspirational speeches for company conferences, annual meetings, associations and corporate events. She shows delegates some practical strategies to help them realise their goals and believe in their own potential.

Most importantly, Hayley equips delegates with the tools not only to achieve, but also to foster a work/life balance which makes for healthy and resilient workforces and individuals.

Her speaking topics include:

- Fearless ambition

- Overcoming imposter syndrome

- Pushing personal boundaries

- Goal setting and reward

- If you don’t ask, you don’t get

- Balanced leadership