Sharon Parmar Keynote Speaker

Sharon Parmar is a leading authority on building resilient, high-performing teams in times of change. As Chief Heart Officer and founder of Humanity Works Consultancy, she helps teams to thrive under pressure, building trust and accelerating performance. Drawing on two decades of commercial leadership across FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 brands, she blends sharp business acumen with human-centred strategy to deliver results that last.

Sharon created Resilience 2.0 – an award-winning framework, used by HSBC, EY, and SnapLogic, to deliver measurable outcomes including higher team engagement scores, stronger cross-functional collaboration, and sustained performance under pressure. Her signature approach, Resilience Reimagined, reframes resilience from “coping” to cultivating courage, connection and gritty optimism in high-stakes environments. In 2025 she delivered “Resilience Reimagined” for Inspiring Workplaces, sharing evidence-based tools leaders can apply immediately.

Her story powers her mission. After surviving a life-threatening illness in 2014, Sharon rebuilt her leadership from command-and-control to a blend of high heart and high performance—what she calls the “resilient mosaic.” She has spoken for Barclays, everywoman, Tech Forum and CHRN; at CHRN 2023 she joined a plenary on “The Myth of Resilience and Power of Fortitude.” Recognised by The Telegraph and NatWest as one of the 100 Female Entrepreneurs to Watch, she is also a published voice at HRZone on organisational wellbeing.

On stage, Sharon combines vivid storytelling with clear, actionable playbooks leaders can use immediately. Audiences leave with a renewed sense of purpose, shared language for resilience and practical rituals that make high performance sustainable. Her message is timely, international in outlook and anchored in credibility—insight with heart, designed for impact.