Wealth manager and Financial Planner Quilter has recruited Daisy Dupree-Loxton from the Walt Disney Company to be its new head of wellbeing. 

Ms Dupree-Loxton has been a manager of wellbeing and mental health at Disney since 2019.

At Disney she helped to embed wellbeing programmes, including Mental Health First Aiders, and prior to Disney had HR roles at Kingfisher and EY. She is a Mental Health First Aid England instructor.  

Quilter says she will be responsible for continuing to develop Thrive, Quilter’s employee wellbeing launched in 2018. 

Quilter has trained mental health first aiders across the business to support colleagues, it says.

At the start of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Quilter launched a version of Thrive for financial advisers offering them access to online mental health and wellbeing tools and support. 

Penny Cole, Quilter HR director, said: “We’re really pleased to bring in someone with Daisy’s experience of working across different sectors, where employees face differing pressures and challenges. The world of work is evolving rapidly, and it has never been more important to protect employee wellbeing and create the right kind of experience for people.  

“We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where everyone’s contribution is valued, and our people can thrive.”

Ms Dupree-Loxton said: “We spend the majority of our time in work and if that workplace doesn’t look after us, it can have long lasting impact on our physical and mental health. 

“Having worked across the media, consumer goods and retail industries, I have also seen how this is particularly acute in fast paced and high performing cultures. That is why I am delighted to be joining Quilter – a business that recognises the importance of workplace wellbeing and actively supports its employees. 

“I am excited to build on the existing Thrive programme and focus on smashing the stigma around mental health while supporting employees throughout their personal and professional life events.”

Quilter oversees £99 billion in customer investments and has two main two segments: Affluent and High Net Worth. Affluent includes the Financial Planning businesses, Quilter Financial Planning, the Quilter investment platform and Quilter Investors, the Multi-asset investment solutions business. High Net Worth includes the discretionary fund management business, Quilter Cheviot, together with Quilter Private Client Advisers.