Luciana Berger Keynote Speaker

Member, House of Lords (2025–present)
Chair, Maternal Mental Health Alliance
Jo Cox Memorial Award for Bravery & Heroism (2018)

Luciana Berger's Biography

Luciana Berger, Baroness Berger of Barn Hill, is a trailblazing British parliamentarian, mental health advocate, and keynote speaker. Introduced to the House of Lords in March 2025, she continues to influence national policy on health, wellbeing, and inclusion.

Elected as MP for Liverpool Wavertree in 2010 at age 28, Berger served in multiple shadow cabinet roles, including as the UK’s first Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health (2015–2016). She led impactful campaigns, such as banning smoking in cars with children and advocating for mental health first aid in workplaces.

Beyond Parliament, Berger has held senior roles at Edelman and iNHouse Communications, and currently advises gs8, a regenerative UK housebuilder. She chairs the Maternal Mental Health Alliance and serves on advisory boards for the Money and Mental Health Policy Institute and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Berger’s accolades include the Jo Cox Memorial Award for Bravery & Heroism (2018), Jewish Care Woman of Distinction Award (2019), and recognition in British Vogue’s 2019 “Vogue 25” list.

As a speaker, Berger offers insights into mental health leadership, inclusive workplace cultures, and the intersection of policy and wellbeing, drawing from her extensive experience in politics and advocacy.

Mental health leadership and workplace wellbeing

Building resilient and inclusive cultures

Combating antisemitism and online hate

Navigating policy-making and purpose-driven politics

Women's leadership and social justice advocacy

She helps leaders understand how mental health and wellbeing affect performance, culture and decision-making, drawing on years of experience shaping national policy and campaigning for better workplace support.
She offers a rare perspective on leadership under pressure, shaped by her career in frontline politics and her experience navigating intense public scrutiny while continuing to advocate for change.
As the UK’s first Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, she helped bring mental health higher up the political agenda and has campaigned for practical measures including mental health first aid in the workplace.
Her experience extends beyond politics into business and communications, with senior roles at Edelman and iNHouse Communications, alongside advisory work with organisations including regenerative housebuilder gs8.
Now a member of the House of Lords and Chair of the Maternal Mental Health Alliance, she brings together policy, business and advocacy to explore how organisations can create more inclusive cultures, support wellbeing and turn difficult issues into meaningful action.