Speakers

Dr Aaliya Goyal is a GP and Vice Chair of RCGP Midland Faculty. She was Nationally Elected to RCGP Council from 2022 to 2025. She is passionate about health and work equity which led to a special interest in Occupational Health and Wellbeing, due to the importance of work as a social determinant of health. She sits on the NHS at Work Network Board. She has previously worked as an Integrated Care Board Primary Care Clinical Leadership Executive in Health Inequalities, Ethnic Minority Health and Population Health. In 2024 she was awarded Membership of the Faculty of Public Health through Distinction for work to overcome health inequalities. She recently completed the NExT Director programme at LLR ICB. She has received national recognition from the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Society of Occupational Medicine, and other organisations for her influence and contribution across sectors. She was listed as a Top 50 Influential Muslim in 2023 and 2024 and British Muslim Woman of the Year in 2025. She uses her experiences as a motivational speaker, discussing the challenges and opportunities in leadership.