Emma Persand is the director of Lemur Health, helping businesses meet their legal responsibilities, mitigate risks, and implement protective policies that support employee well-being and workplace compliance. 

She is a recognised leader in workplace health, providing consultancy, training, and education.

Emma has been instrumental in shaping discussions, policies, and initiatives regarding sex and gender health issues at work. Her expertise and dedication have earned her multiple accolades, including the Society of Occupational Medicine’s Outstanding Occupational Health Practitioner of the Year (2024) and the prestigious title of Queen’s Nurse (2022). 

As a committee member of the British Standards Institute (BSI), she played a key role in developing BSI 30416: Menstruation, menstrual health, and menopause in the workplace: 2023—the first industry standard of its kind, which was awarded Standard of the Year in 2024. Emma also contributed to the European Menopause and Andropause Society’s 2022 global position statement: ‘The essential curriculum for health care professionals.' 

She chairs the Society of Occupational Medicine’s Women’s Health at Work Network, which brings together cross-sector experts to develop inclusive workplace practices that promote health, safety, and equity throughout the lives of women, non-binary, and intersex employees. 

Emma is also co-chair of the Greater Manchester Combined Authority’s Women and Girls’ Equality Panel, contributing to reducing the health and wealth disparities within the region.