About Belinda
Belinda Parmar OBE is a British entrepreneur, barrister and campaigner born 12 March 1974. She founded and leads The Empathy Business (formerly Lady Geek), a consultancy that works to embed empathy in organisations. She publishes an annual Global Empathy Index in the Harvard Business Review. Parmar led the Little Miss Geek campaign supported by 40 MPs to encourage women into tech careers. She qualified as a barrister in 2024 and serves as a Non-Executive Director on the Ministry of Defence Service Justice Board. Her recent campaigning addresses technology's negative effects on mental health.
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Known for
- Founding and leading The Empathy Business consultancy
- Publishing Global Empathy Index in Harvard Business Review
- Leading Little Miss Geek campaign for women in technology
- Campaigning against "junk technology" and its effects on mental health
- Barrister (qualified 2024)
- Promoting empathy in corporate leadership
- Entrepreneur
- CEO
- Barrister
- Corporate activist
- Campaigner
- Business and Leadership
- Technology and Innovation
- Gender and Diversity
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Corporate Social Responsibility
- Corporate empathy
- Technology ethics
- Women in technology
- Mental health impacts of technology
- Workplace culture and ethics
- AI and human connection
- empathy in healthcare
- workplace empathy
- diversity campaigns
- healthcare empathy and patient outcomes
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