With over 25 years’ experience in the field of neuroscience, wellbeing, and performance at work, Maria Paviour is a catalyst for cultural change, and creator of the first UK and EU Government award-winning workplace wellbeing technology, in 1997 Maria’s work has made a tangible difference across public and private sectors: one NHS Trust saved £2.9 million by reducing sickness absence, while financial and legal organisations have seen a 72% uplift in how people feel about coming to work. At the heart of Maria's approach is her neuroscience based coaching model NeuChem®, which has been used by trained NeuChem Coaches with thousands of clients over the last decade, seeing measurable boosts in wellbeing and performance of 25% and 45% respectively. Committed to building connection, and workplace communities where people can be the best version of themselves, Maria is a multi award winning tech innovator, the founder of Wellbeing With Cari, and the NeuChem® Coaching model, Amazon best-selling author, and international speaker. In her spare time, Maria loves nothing more than spread joy as part of a pantomime horse dance troupe.