Building Psychological Safety: Nurturing Your Organisation's Canaries
Speakers
Kevin Sexton
Kevin is the Headteacher at Blue Coat School, Liverpool—a high-performing selective grammar school known for academic excellence and a broad curriculum.
He is the former CEO of Mersey View Learning Trust (six schools including Special), and Executive Headteacher at Chesterfield High School, where he also served as Headteacher, Deputy Head, and AHT.
He is an IQM assessor, supporting inclusive education, and has taught in Durham, Knowsley, and Hackney as AHT, Head of Humanities, and Head of Geography. He also ran a teaching consultancy in Ireland and worked in training and development with NHS and Social Services in Bedfordshire and Manchester.
Bernadette Thompson OBE FCIPD
Executive Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Bernadette Thompson OBE is a recognised leader in Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI), currently serving as Director of EDI at King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. With 23 years in the Civil Service across departments including the Ministry of Justice, Home Office, and HM Treasury, she has driven inclusive culture and talent strategies across government.
As former co-chair of a cross-Government race network, her leadership earned multiple accolades. A skilled HR professional, she focuses on culture, inclusion, and broadening talent pipelines.
Bernadette’s impact has been widely recognised with honours including an OBE, the 2020 Workplace Hero award, the 2021 Rising Star Champion award, and a place among the UK’s top 100 D&I leaders in 2023. She also serves as a Community Governor and holds various advisory and leadership roles.
Lynn Stubbs
Chief People and Governance Officer, Amplius
Lynn is Chief People & Governance Officer for Amplius. In this role, Lynn leads on People and OD, Governance, Risk, Compliance, Communications and Marketing. As part of the Executive Leadership Team at Amplius, Lynn also has collegiate responsibility for the overall strategy and direction of the newly merged housing organisation.
Lynn has worked in the housing sector for over 27 years in a variety of leadership roles, with over a decade of experience at an Executive leadership level. She has a wealth of experience leading a broad range of operational customer facing services as well as corporate services including HR, Communications, Governance, Compliance, Change and Transformation. A huge part of Lynn’s career has been focused on cultural transformation and organisational growth and development. She has a proven track record in improving organisational performance, embedding inclusive cultures where people can thrive and perform at their best. Lynn is absolutely passionate about delivering a great colleague experience and driving exceptional levels of customer service.
Lynn also Chairs the Charity Harry’s Pals, that provides life changing support to parents of children with life limiting conditions.
Dean Cordingley
Director-Social Housing Practice, New Street Consulting Group
Dean is a Director within the Social Housing practice at NSCG specialising in connecting clients with top talent and creating high performing leadership teams.
He has been consulting and recruiting for public and profit-for-purpose organisations for over 20 years, with the social housing sector taking sole focus over recent years. He is passionate about helping these organisations tackle the challenge of balancing complex customer needs whilst maintaining commercial viability, in an ever-changing environment.
He also leads the wider Public Sector team at NSCG – driving employee engagement, performance, and developing people.
Date: 11th June 2025
Time: 10:00AM – 12:30PM
Venue: Central London
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