Suzanne Donnelly is a trained physiotherapist who qualified in Ireland over 20 years ago.  She has worked between Ireland, New Zealand and England since qualifying, predominantly in private practice.  In 2011, Suzanne completed a Masters in Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Science in Kings College and it was here she became particularly interested in understanding the link between pain, the mind, the body and performance. Since then, this has been a passion.  

In 2020, during the pandemic, Suzanne, along with a psychologist colleague, began advising certain organisations in the financial sector on how they can help manage employee wellbeing in the face of a global pandemic.  

During this time, she became fascinated by the fact that organisations were spending millions, and often seemed to feel like they were ticking a box on wellbeing initiatives, with no idea of what was effective or not. When speaking to senior directors of these organisations, it seemed the word “wellbeing” almost elicited an eye rolling emotion filled with frustration. Although everyone could see how important employee mental and physical health was, few appeared to know if any initiatives they were implementing were having a positive or negative impact on employee wellbeing. Organisations wanted to measure, not only subjectively but also objectively the impact of wellbeing initiatives on employee health and wellbeing.

Suzanne was often tasked with finding an objective tool which would offer wellbeing insights, but unfortunately found that while many great and exciting corporate programs were available, almost all were somewhat exclusive in that only one device brand was available.