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Dr Aarti Anhal is a resilience, leadership and performance specialist and the founder of Before Nine, a consultancy dedicated to helping organisations sustain success through a Positive Working approach. Known for guiding leaders through adversity and transformation, Aarti is widely hired as an Inspirational Leadership Speaker for her ability to combine behavioural science with real-world business insight. She equips audiences with practical tools to build resilient cultures, making her ideal for corporate conferences, leadership summits and organisational change events where performance and wellbeing must coexist.
Aarti’s academic foundation is both rigorous and multidisciplinary. She earned an LLB Maîtrise in English and French Law and an MA in International Peace and Security from King’s College London, before completing a PhD at the University of Cambridge. She later added a postgraduate diploma in Applied Positive Psychology and Coaching Psychology. This blend of law, security and psychology informs her structured yet human-centred approach to leadership, enabling her to translate complex theory into actionable strategies for leaders navigating uncertainty. Her early career saw her advising FTSE 250 companies, government bodies and critical national infrastructure on risk, crisis and resilience. In senior roles at Olive Group, Crisis Solutions and 4C Strategies, where she served as UK Chief Operating Officer, she built and led high-performing teams in high-stakes environments. These experiences underpin her credibility on stage, allowing her to speak with authority on decision-making under pressure and organisational agility.
Her thought leadership has been widely recognised across leading industry publications and media platforms. She has contributed expert commentary to ‘HR Magazine’, where she explored the concept of a national motivation crisis, and to ‘Management Today’, examining the impact of proximity bias on career progression in modern workplaces. Her expertise has also been featured by the Business Continuity Institute in ‘Maintaining Resilience During a Crisis’, as well as in a dedicated feature in ‘Continuity & Resilience Magazine’, reinforcing her authority in the fields of risk and organisational resilience. In addition, Aarti has shared her insights through a range of respected podcasts and interviews, including ‘Disaster Empire Podcast’, ‘Preparing for the Unexpected’, ‘Moving Dialogues’ and ‘ResiliencePod’, where she discusses topics such as people’s resilience, self-awareness and navigating uncertainty in both professional and personal contexts.
Dr Aarti Anhas is regularly booked to engage audiences at events, read their latest feedback below:
“Dr Aarti Anhal spoke at our Leadership Summit and left everyone with a strong sense of the leadership they want to bring to the organisation, across technical-, project- and line managers. Her multifaceted background, from risk and resilience to business development, her wealth of leadership insights and her ability to communicate with impact and wit, left a big impression on our leaders.”
“Aarti gave an absolutely fantastic talk at our team away day. Everyone in the team took something away from her session and the discussion afterwards reflected this great emotional and personal impact. All the team learnt something about themselves that really resonated. I highly recommend!”
“It was a pleasure to work with Dr Aarti Anhal as part of our inaugural alumni conference, for around 100 delegates. Aarti was very conscientious in her approach and diligent in incorporating the feedback from our planning sessions. She was very passionate and knowledgeable about her work, thus enriching our conversations around leadership. During the presentation itself, she authentically connected with the audience and was an integral part of the interactions.”
“Dr Aarti Anhal was absolutely, positively, completely and utterly amazing. She said the words I didn’t know I needed to hear. She was a phenomenal speaker, and the keynote was so helpful in reminding us of the resilience we have all been showing just getting through this pandemic!”
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