Emma is currently Assistant Director of Workplace and Business Development at SAMH, the Scottish Action for Mental Health where she is overseeing their commercial workplace services, corporate fundraising function and exploring other commercial opportunities. Emma has worked in the disability sector since 2005 and previously worked for Mind, the mental health charity operating across England and Wales, and Mencap, the learning disability charity across a number of external relations and public affairs roles.

When working for Mind, Emma led on the following policy areas: employment; benefits and welfare reform; debt and poverty; access to the criminal justice system; and equality and discrimination law. During this time, Emma also led Mind’s successful national campaigns ‘Taking care of business: mental health at work’ and ‘In the red: debt and mental health’, both achieving awards and recognition for impact and innovation.

From 2010, Emma led Mind’s campaigning for mentally healthy workplaces - playing a pivotal role in thought leadership to position mental health in the workplace as a key priority for employers and Government. In 2014, Emma moved into the newly created Head of Workplace Wellbeing role at Mind where she led culture change through engagement with employers, health and safety professionals, HR audiences and Government on mental health in the workplace and back-to-work support for people with mental health problems. She also supported networks of employers and stakeholders to share best practice and develop business-to-business peer support.