Sarah Cunningham

Chair of Expert Group on Work Wellbeing

Sarah Cunningham served as the World Wellbeing Movement’ first Managing Director from its launch in June 2022 to May 2026. She brings 25+ years’ strategy, marketing, and organisational leadership experience gained in companies including Mastercard, Google, BT, CapGemini, and Accenture.

Immediately prior to joining the WWM, Sarah held the position of Vice-President and lead of Mastercard’s European Technology Hub. Under her leadership, Mastercard’s Dublin operation grew from 450 employees to just over 1,000, with employee engagement scores improving year-on-year. In 2019, Sarah was named “Business Role Model of the Year” at the Women in IT Ireland awards.

Sarah is a Behavioural Scientist, having graduated first in her year from LSE’s EMSc in Psychological & Behavioural Science. She is also a graduate of the Smurfit Business School Senior Leadership programme in partnership with Darden University, and she has a Bachelor’s Degree in Business & Law from University College Dublin. She is a workplace wellbeing expert with >26 years leadership experience gained in companies including Accenture, Google, Mastercard, and more. She is a co-author of the Work Wellbeing Playbook.

Sarah hosts the ‘Working on Wellbeing’ podcast series, which aims to share the learnings and insights from the world’s leading wellbeing experts with a wider audience, and is also chair of the WWM Expert Group on Work Wellbeing.