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Experienced Speaker
Empowerment Awardee
Passionate public speaker with 16+ years in NHS. Specializes in mental health, disability, neurodiversity, and leadership. Proud recipient of a prestigious empowerment award. Hosts Disability Network podcast and contributes wellbeing and disability articles to newsletters. Engages in Schwartz round panels.
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Public Speaker and Disability Consultant
Unique and Authentic
About Adeshola Akanji
An accomplished speaker specialising in
diversity and inclusion, health and wellbeing,
empathetic and introverted leadership, and
disability empowerment. Collaborates with
individuals, groups, and organisations to
increase disability awareness, especially hidden
disabilities, and empowering others to
advocate for positive changes in their lives, the
lives of others and within their organisations .
My Services
Unique and Authentic
Public Speaker and Disability Consultant
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Signature Topics include:
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Disability Empowerment
Enhancing Health and Wellness
Embracing Neurodiversity
Leadership Strategies
Addressing and prioritising Mental Health
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Supporting organisations to improve the lives of people with disability
Services
A professional speaker, coach and mentor with years of experience and expertise.
Public Speaking
Expert by lived experience speaker
Coaching Services
Professional Coaching for Career and Personal Development
Mentoring Services
Professional Mentoring Services for Career and Personal Development
Speaking Engagement and Collaboration
Neurodiversity Stories
Business Unzipped
She's Unstoppable Summit
HD Sunflower Lanyard Filming
Southern Disability Support Network
National Disability Support Network
NHS Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Boards
Divas of Colour
Brain in Hand
NHS England Wellbeing
NHS Employers Disability Pioneer Group
NHS Employers Disability Summit
Bravery in The Boardroom Podcast
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Black Inclusion Week
Black Rise Platform (Invited to be Group Leader of the Week) sharing insights.
PRECIOUS Platform
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SHECAN World Platform
Divas with Disabilities Project
The ME Association: The REAL ME Campaign
National Autistic Society participation in the 5k walk for Autism
Scope Research Panel
BEAT eating disorder
Wellbeing and disability articles were featured in East London Observer and wellbeing newletters.
She received nominations for the Black Talent Awards, The Women’s Awards, Beauty and Brains Awards, Influencer Magazine Awards, Divas of Colour Awards, Integrity Magazine Awards, and MBCC Awards. She is a professional model, Pride of Africa Ambassador, and Miss British Beauty 2025. She is an esteemed and distinguished speaker affiliated with the Face of Woha.
Workforce Equality and Inclusion Lead, SDSN
"Adeshola presented to the Southern Disability Support Network, a group of over 100 NHS disability staff network leads and equality, diversity and inclusion professionals. She talked clearly and confidently, and her presentation resonated strongly with her audience. Adeshola is an eminently competent and engaging speaker"
Head of Wellbeing, NHS
"I wanted to say a huge thanks for sharing all your wellbeing experience and stories yesterday in our wellbeing meeting - we are honoured and inspired to be working with people like you!"
Health and Wellbeing Project Coordinator
“Thank you very much for presenting. Your presentation was amazing".”
