These awards honour the visionaries and trailblazers who are setting new benchmarks in workplace mental wellbeing. Following three rounds of judging by sector-leading experts and the selection of an exceptionally strong shortlist, we were finally able to unveil our winners at our dazzling awards ceremony on Thursday 13th November.
We’d like to thank everyone who entered this year’s awards; we were truly inspired by all entries, testament to the outstanding work that is taking place across the globe in workplace mental wellbeing.
Winners of the Global Thriving at Work Awards 2025
Trailblazer In Workplace Wellbeing
Jyoti Choitram, Global Senior Wellbeing Manager at A&O Shearman
Inspirational Leadership
Jonathan Bevan, UK Chief Operations Partner at A&O Shearman
Cultivating Belonging and Inclusion
PwC, UK
Category: Most Innovative Practice
Linklaters, Singapore
Category: Outstanding Social Impact
CTT, Portugal
Category: Pioneering Mental Wellbeing Strategy
Critical Software, Portugal
Excellence In Supporting People Managers
NatWest, UK
Congratulations to all of our winners – you are raising the standard for thriving workplaces everywhere.
We’d also like to congratulate our entrants who were highly commended by the judges:
- Most Innovative Practice: Critical Software, Portugal
- Outstanding Social Impact: Asia Pacific Breweries Singapore
- Pioneering Mental Wellbeing Strategy: KPMG, India
- Trailblazer in Workplace Wellbeing: Sean Maywood (PwC)
- Inspirational Leadership: Laure de Panafieu (Linklaters) and Robert Ritchie (Wells Fargo)
Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate on the evening, all of our entrants and shortlisted nominees, and our partners for this year's awards, Clifford Chance, WPA Healthcare, and Isio.






