Chantel Emery

Interim Advice Service Manager

Business Disability Forum

Chantel joined BDF in 2022 as part of the Advice Service, advising members and partners on all matters relating to disability, assisting with policy reviews and validating Disability Confident Leader submissions. 

She has always had passion for assisting people with career guidance and employers following best practice when it comes to managing employees. Chantel obtained her Honours degree in Psychology and specialised in Psychometric Assessments gaining corporate experience in the UK and in South Africa before breaking her back in a car accident in 2008. At the time of the accident, she could not return to the company as the building was not wheelchair accessible and was forced to find an alternative career and employment.  Since then, she has gained experience in Resourcing, HR, Disability awareness training and social corporate investment projects across a wide range of industries. She is an accredited coach and a TEDx motivational speaker. Chantel is also a wife, mother of 4 children and stepmother of 3. She has triplets with profound cerebral palsy and epilepsy and always happy to share her experience. 

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