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Belinda Parmar
Founder & CEO, The Empathy Business | Creator, Global Empathy Index | OBE for Services to Women in Technology
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Belinda Parmar OBE helps leaders build workplaces that are both high-performing and deeply human. Founder and CEO of The Empathy Business and creator of the Global Empathy Index published in Harvard Business Review, she was appointed OBE for her work bringing more women into technology. On stage, she shows how empathy drives performance, inclusion, and trust in the age of AI.
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Belinda Parmar biography
Leadership speaker Belinda Parmar OBE is one of the most influential voices on empathy in business, inclusion, and the human side of technology. She is the founder and CEO of The Empathy Business, a consultancy that helps global organizations embed empathy into their culture, leadership, and customer experience, with clients that have included Barclays, Facebook, Aston Martin, and British Gas.
Parmar first made her name as the founder of Lady Geek, a campaigning company that challenged the stereotyping of women in technology, and through Little Miss Geek, a campaign backed by dozens of members of Parliament to encourage girls to pursue tech careers. She was appointed OBE for services to women in technology and named a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader. She created the Global Empathy Index, the first tool to measure empathy inside companies, and set up the first Empathy Hub inside one of Europe’s largest banks.
Empathy, Inclusion, and Human Technology
Her Global Empathy Index was published in Harvard Business Review, and she has written on which companies are best at empathy for the World Economic Forum, where she has spoken at Davos on responsible leadership. She is the author of Little Miss Geek and The Empathy Era: Women, Business and the New Pathway to Profit, and her recent commentary in the Financial Times explores how AI should enhance human connection rather than replace it. She has been named among the Top 20 Global Diversity figures in public life and Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in Tech. In her forties she retrained in law, qualifying as a barrister with distinction in 2024, and she serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Ministry of Defence’s Service Justice Board.
As a speaker, Belinda Parmar combines data, storytelling, and practical tools to show that empathy is a measurable driver of performance, trust, and growth. She helps leaders build cultures where people of every background thrive, design technology that serves people, and keep work human as AI reshapes it. Audiences leave with concrete steps they can apply immediately with their teams and customers.
Belinda Parmar Speaking Videos
For women in tech, size matters | Belinda Parmar OBE | TEDxUCL
Empathy in Action | Belinda Parmar | TEDxBergen
Belinda Parmar Speaking Topics
Empathy is often dismissed as soft, yet Parmar’s research shows that the most empathetic companies outperform their peers. She gives leaders practical tools to lead with empathy during conflict and change, manage five generations at work, and transform both culture and customer experience, with real examples from global organizations.
As AI takes on more tasks, the human skills of judgment, connection, and care become more valuable. Drawing on her Head, Heart and Hands framework, Parmar shows how organizations can use AI to enhance human connection, design technology that serves people, and protect wellbeing as work changes.
Moving beyond one-off diversity initiatives, Parmar makes a provocative case for building sustainable cultures where women and men both thrive. Drawing on her years leading Lady Geek and Little Miss Geek, she offers a practical roadmap for attracting, developing, and keeping talented women, especially in technology.
Hybrid work has blurred the line between home and office and tested how connected people feel. Parmar explores how leaders can build belonging, support wellbeing, and understand the difference between empathy and sympathy, with practical steps to strengthen trust across distributed teams.
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Booking Belinda Parmar OBE brings your audience one of the leading authorities on empathy in business and inclusion in technology. Founder and CEO of The Empathy Business, creator of the Global Empathy Index published in Harvard Business Review, and a World Economic Forum Young Global Leader, she has advised organizations including Barclays, Facebook, and Aston Martin. Her talks pair data with practical tools, showing leaders how empathy drives performance, innovation, and loyalty. She is an ideal choice for leadership conferences, HR and culture events, women-in-tech gatherings, and customer experience summits. To book Belinda Parmar, contact Aurum Speakers Bureau and one of our founders will respond within 24 hours.
The Global Empathy Index, created by Belinda Parmar and published in Harvard Business Review, was the first tool to measure how empathetic companies are, both toward their employees and their customers. It showed a strong link between empathy and business performance.
Belinda Parmar was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to women in technology, recognizing her work through Lady Geek and the Little Miss Geek campaign to encourage more women and girls into tech careers.
Parmar speaks on empathy and responsible leadership, keeping work human in the age of AI, inclusion and retaining talented women, and belonging in hybrid teams. Each keynote is tailored to the audience and industry. Contact Aurum Speakers Bureau to customize a session for your event.
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