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Experienced Speaker
Empowerment Awardee
Passionate professional speaker with 17 years experience in the NHS. Specializes in mental health, disability, neurodiversity, and leadership topics. Honoured recipient of a prestigious Beauty and Brains Empowerment award, the Women of Heart Awards Multifaceted Coach, Speaker, Advocate and Leader 2025 Award Honour, and “Highly Commended Individual” in the Black Talent Awards - Public Sector & Services. Selected for the Outstanding Personal Achievement of the Year at EPRA - Leadership and Entrepreneurial Awards UK 2025 edition. Recognised by the Paid Speaker Community, for Disability and Inclusion Advocate 2025.
Host of Disability Network podcast and contributes to wellbeing and disability articles, and newsletters. Engages in Schwartz round panels, webinars, podcasts and more.
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Public Speaker and Disability Consultant
Unique and Authentic
About Adeshola Akanji
An accomplished multi awards speaker, coach and mentor 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 .
Aims to make a positive impact on individuals, communities, and organisations.
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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
Introverted 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 Collaborations
Neurodiversity Stories
Business Unzipped
She's Unstoppable Summit
HD Sunflower Lanyard Filming
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100 Voices Project
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 Supergroup
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
East London Disability Co-design Group & Roundtable.
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Wellbeing and disability articles were featured in East London Observer and wellbeing newsletters.
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Influencer Magazine
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Face Of Woha Women of Heart Esteemed Speaker
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Featured in the Divas with Disabilities Project Blog, Influencer Magazine, SwagHer Magazine and Media Spotlight, and cover feature for the Face of WOHA Magazine.
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Award nominations include, the Black Talent Awards, The Women’s Awards, Beauty and Brains Awards, Influencer Magazine Awards, Divas of Colour Awards, Integrity Magazine Awards, Women of Heart Awards, PRECIOUS Awards, Scope Awards, Women Thrive monthly spotlight and MBCC Awards. She is a professional model, Miss Pride of Africa Ambassador, Miss British Beauty 2025 and First-Ever Ms London City (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".”
