She caused a national security outcry in 2014 when she attempted to manhandle Prince Harry, but was stopped by his bodyguard.

Stephanie Davies grew up on the Isle of Man where she developed a belief in fairies which exists to this day. She has the smallest little fingers of any human being, ever, and can often be seen walking a cat on a lead in the Surrey village where she lives.

She studied community arts at the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts before embarking on a career as an award-winning stand-up comedian, appearing alongside Sarah Millican, John Bishop and Jason Manford.

She is Laughology’s founder and CEO and one of the UK’s leading voices in happiness and engagement in organisations. She has an unsurpassed reputation for designing and delivering interventions for top-performing teams across a range of sectors.

She has developed Laughology into the nation’s most talked-about training and development provider. In the past 15 years, she has worked on innovative projects and events in the private and public sector. Her creative and rounded approach to engagement, culture building and change, happiness in the workplace, continued development and customer loyalty drives success not only in the organisations she works with, but at Laughology too.

Stephanie’s unique experience as a comedian and expertise in psychology and business makes her one of the most sought-after consultants internationally, and a popular speaker on the business and after-dinner circuit. She provides consultancy and training programmes for some of the UK’s top exec teams, working with well-known blue chip organisations and government departments.

More recently she has pioneered thinking and behaviour programmes to promote diverse working practices and has addressed and advised several blue-chip organisations such as:

• HSBC
• RBS and
• DTZ

Her client list includes:

• First Direct
• Department of Health
• giffgaff
• EE
• O2

In 2016 she was invited to speak alongside Dr Martin Seligman and Sean Achor at the International Positive Education Network (IPEN) Festival. She is often asked to contribute to television and has appeared on the ITN news and BBC’s The Heaven & Earth Show as an expert on humour, happiness and health. She is a regular on BBC Radio. She is the author of critically acclaimed book, Laughology: Improve Your Life With The Science Of Laughter and is passionate about developing organisations and communities where people come first.

Stephanie was invited to VMO2 for Dyslexia awareness week to share her story about being Dyslexic. Watch her 30-minute comedy talk here.  VMO2 were keen for the talk to be more in Stephanie’s traditional comedy style, as in her own words this is what Dyslexia gave her.  A unique way of seeing the world that turns ideas on their head and makes the way she sees things a little funnier. 

Dave is the author of ‘The Little Book of Laughter’, ‘Rocket up Your Class’, ‘The Book of Invisible Teaching’ and a contributor to the ‘Big Book of Independent Thinking’.

Dave is 6ft 2in, blue eyed and a little bit ginger and believes that within that description lies a little bit of something for everyone.

Dave ‘Billy Elliot’ Keeling grew up in a pit village in Nottinghamshire and was tap dancing three times a week by the age of ten. Never one to shy away from challenge and risk, he then moved into the world of acting and trained at the prestigious London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Dave has worked extensively in theatre and television. His credits include:

• Downton Abbey,
• Eastenders,
• Coronation Street and
• Blood Brothers in the West End.

Dave also has a background in stand-up comedy and has gigged up and down the country, enjoying laughs, cuddles and salty snacks with anyone who cared to join him.

Dave has been Laughologist since 2008. Highly engaging, dynamic, fast-paced and quick-witted, he has been delivering workshops and programmes for Laughology in education, health and business.

As a facilitator, presenter and trainer, Dave has worked nationally and internationally in business and education for the last 20 years. He specialises in change management, improving teamwork and communication, developing creativity and enhancing wellbeing.

He has worked with:

• Sotheby’s
• Liverpool Victoria,
• BP,
• Regus,
• Hewlett Packard,
• British Aerospace,
• Metropolitan Police,
• Royal Bank of Scotland,
• BNP Parribas.

In education, he has worked with students, parents, NQTs, teachers, SLTs and headteachers, delivering outstanding training on topics as wide-ranging as risk-taking, curiosity, managing change, leadership, thinking skills, memory, P4C and the brain. Dave has also worked on Laughology’s Happy-centred schools programme.

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When Kerry Leigh sees a rainbow, she gets more excited than a toddler on E numbers and has been known to scare/irritate/amuse strangers with her unbridled enthusiasm.

She’s Laughology’s queen of interpretive dance and has a rare form of chronology OCD which causes her to develop a deep sense of satisfaction whenever the numerals on digital clocks are identical. Her favourite times are 3.33, 1.11 and 5.55.

Kerry is one of our most experienced and sought-after consultants and facilitators, having joined Laughology in its infancy. She is a professional comedian and compere and was the child star of the Operation board game TV ads. She has a talent for quickly building rapport with any group and is a captivating trainer and host. She has worked with clients across all sectors including:

• Essex, West Midlands and Merseyside Police
• RBS
• Severn Trent Water
• NHS
• Head teachers and staff in schools nationally.

Kerry’s excellent psychology knowledge and training skills enable her to deliver across the spectrum of Laughology courses and workshops. Each year, Laughology works with children’s hospice Claire House to raise money by teaching stand-up comedy skills to office workers, culminating in a hugely entertaining performance night. In recent years Kerry has provided the training for this programme.

In 2016 Kerry was instrumental in designing and delivering our pioneering menopause awareness workshops, empowering staff to start conversations and implement support strategies for what had been previously a taboo subject at work.

Kerry consistently delivers, using humour and laughter to ensure people take away new ways of thinking and psychological tools to improve wellbeing, communication and performance. She has a deep appreciation of stationery and is particularly happy when she has a good quality notebook in her hand.

Laughology Life Hacks: Supporting Mental Health at Work with Kerry Leigh from Laughology L&D on Vimeo.

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