About Kirsty Ritchie

Kirsty Ritchie, FCCA Dip. CST, co-founder and director, Mind & Mission. Kirsty spent 25 years working in various industries as a chartered accountant, including significant roles at Standard Life Investments, Kaplan Financial and Royal Bank of Scotland. Following a turning point in her career, she completed an advanced diploma in psychotherapeutic counselling, and went on to start Mind & Mission with co-founder Louise Scott. Her main areas of expertise include workplace mental fitness, stress, anxiety and depression, and preventing work related mental illness.

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October 29, 2020

Workplace culture is not something to be changed with hashtags

by Kirsty Ritchie • Comment, Wellbeing

The state of the nation’s mental health and subsequent pressure on organisations to do ‘something’ has resulted in a PR opportunity for those who see it and take it. While mental health is high on the agenda of workplace culture improvements, several organisations, including Barclays, Eon and Unilever to name a few, have signed an open letter to The Times pledging to prioritise mental health as employees return to work, after research showed that more than a third of workers were struggling. More →