Delivered by a consultant psychiatrist. In person across the UK, or online for distributed teams.
MBChB, MRCPsych · Lead Consultant Psychiatrist, Private Therapy Clinic · Honorary Visiting Professor, Cardiff University School of Medicine · WHO Collaborating Centre for Mental Health and Human Rights
A consultant psychiatrist who was once the patient, and who can hold a room of 500 people while teaching them something clinically true.
Professor Hankir treats adults across the full spectrum of mental health conditions, and trains doctors, students and health systems worldwide in how to talk about mental illness without shame. His signature programme, The Wounded Healer, blends storytelling with psychiatric education, drawing on his own recovery from a severe episode of psychological distress during medical school.
He advises the World Health Organization on QualityRights, its human-rights-based approach to mental health, and has delivered WHO training in Ukraine and Indonesia. He facilitated the global launch of the WHO's Mental Health Policy Guidance alongside Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
For a workplace audience, that combination is unusual: a clinician who can give managers an accurate picture of what mental illness actually is, and a speaker who can make 500 people put their phones down.
The signature talk. One clinician's journey from suicidal medical student to award-winning psychiatrist, told as narrative and grounded in evidence. Delivered to tens of thousands of people across five continents and embedded in the curricula of four UK medical schools.
Best for: all-staff moments, Mental Health Awareness Week, conference plenariesWhere ordinary pressure ends and a treatable illness begins, and what a manager should do at each point. Covers the clinical difference between stress, burnout and depression, early warning signs, how to open the conversation, and how referral pathways actually work.
Best for: line managers, HR, leadership teamsWhy the people least likely to ask for help are often the ones carrying the most. Presenteeism, perfectionism and the professions that reward both, with practical steps that don't depend on individual resilience.
Best for: law, finance, consulting, medicine, techWhat the evidence says actually reduces stigma at work, and what merely feels like it does. Draws on Professor Hankir's own published anti-stigma research and his WHO human-rights work.
Best for: organisations past the poster-campaign stageWhy people from some communities wait longer before asking for help, and what employers can change. Delivered at Cambridge and Oxford medical schools and to the British Islamic Medical Association.
Best for: inclusion networks, cultural-calendar programmingA live, moderated Q&A on medication, diagnosis, ADHD, sleep, therapy and referral: the questions employees can't easily ask elsewhere. Runs well as a follow-up four to six weeks after a keynote.
Best for: sustaining engagement after a headline eventAmerican Psychiatric Association Patient Advocacy Award, the first non-American recipient
World Health Organization Director-General's Award for Global Health
RCPsych Core Psychiatric Trainee of the Year
RCPsych Foundation Doctor of the Year
| Format | Fee (ex VAT) |
|---|---|
| Keynote, in person: 45–60 minutes including Q&A | £7,500 |
| Keynote or webinar, online: 45–60 minutes | £3,500 |
| Half-day manager training or workshop: up to 3 hours | £9,500 |
| Panel appearance or moderated fireside | £4,500 |
| Annual programme: one keynote plus three follow-up sessions | From £15,000 |
Charity, NHS and education rates considered case by case. Travel and accommodation quoted separately for in-person events. Recording and internal reuse rights available on request.
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