Mark Simmonds is Co-Founder of GENIUS YOU, a business designed to unleash creativity in individuals and teams who work for organisations where innovation and fresh thinking are the cornerstones of success. Recent clients have included Unilever, Angelini Pharma and the University of Bristol’s School of Management. In 2020, they launched the CREATIVE GYM, a series of 5 virtual programmes, each designed to strengthen an individual’s creative muscles.

Mark is also author of Beat Stress at Work, a self-inspired book discussing: the importance of finding a career that suits your most authentic self; the emotional and physical impact of anxiety, stress and depression; building your resilience “muscle” to help you fulfil your ambitions; the lessons that the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us about stress at work.