Connecting financial wellbeing across the employee lifecycle
As financial pressures continue to affect employees’ wellbeing, health and day-to-day resilience, employers are looking for practical ways to strengthen the support they provide at every stage of life. While many organisations have invested in financial wellbeing benefits, the challenge remains ensuring employees engage with available support and develop the confidence to make informed financial decisions both now and for the future.
This webinar will provide an exclusive first look at the key findings and insights from the REBA Financial Wellbeing Research 2026 in association with WEALTH at work. It will also explore how employers can create a more connected approach to financial wellbeing by combining financial education, guidance, workplace savings and digital tools to support employees throughout their financial journey.
The expert panel will share practical approaches to helping employees move from managing immediate financial pressures to building longer-term financial resilience and retirement readiness. The discussion will explore how employers can maximise existing benefits, target support more effectively and encourage positive financial behaviours across diverse workforce groups.
Key discussion points
• Align financial wellbeing benefits to HR and business priorities: Define the outcomes that matter, from reduced financial stress and absence to improved retention, productivity and engagement and connect benefits activity directly to those measures to showcase impact.
• Optimise the benefits already in place: Identify gaps, duplication and underused services and improve how existing support are positioned and delivered.
• Integrate workplace savings into a wider financial wellbeing support: Explore how workplace savings solutions and enrolment options – including employee share plans, payroll savings, emergency funds and workplace ISAs – can provide accessible routes into saving, supported by education that creates pathways from short-term to long-term financial planning to support different cohort needs.
• Build retirement readiness as a core component of financial wellbeing: Explore the role of workplace education, guidance and engagement in helping employees make informed retirement decisions and improve confidence about later-life finances.
• Measuring impact beyond traditional ROI metrics: Assess effectiveness through participation, engagement levels, financial confidence and actions taken, alongside broader indicators of financial resilience and retirement readiness.
Thank you to our strategic partner WEALTH at work for supporting this REBA webinar
Panel chair:



Head of Business Development, Retirement and Financial Wellbeing, WEALTH at work

Head of People Operations and Reward, McCarthy Stone
Natalie Bertelsen-Macey is an experienced Reward professional with a background in tax, currently working as Head of Reward at McCarthy & Stone. She is passionate about creating fair, competitive, and people-focused reward strategies that support business performance and employee wellbeing. Natalie enjoys working with leaders to develop inclusive, engaging workplaces where employees feel supported, valued, recognised, and motivated to perform at their best.

Head of HR and Reward, Dana Petroleum Limited
Donna Christie is an experienced HR and Reward leader with over 20 years’ experience across the energy and oil and gas sectors. As Head of HR and Reward at Dana Petroleum, Donna is responsible for shaping and delivering the people strategy across the Dana Group, with a particular focus on reward, employee experience, culture, talent and wellbeing.
Donna has a strong interest in the role employers can play in supporting the financial wellbeing of their people, recognising that financial security can have a significant impact on an employee’s overall wellbeing, engagement and ability to thrive at work. She has led the development of Dana’s holistic wellbeing strategy, incorporating financial, mental and emotional, career, physical and social wellbeing, alongside initiatives to enhance benefits, compensation and flexibility.
With extensive experience across the employee lifecycle — from recruitment and career development through to reward, performance, organisational change and retirement planning — Donna brings a practical, business-focused perspective to the conversation.

Head of Business Development, Retirement and Financial Wellbeing, WEALTH at work
Fred Hopkins is the Head of Business Development for Retirement and Financial Wellbeing at WEALTH at work, bringing over 25 years of experience in financial services and workplace pensions.
Fred is now responsible for building and delivering tailored financial wellbeing solutions for businesses - helping them provide meaningful support that meets the diverse needs of their people.
Outside of work, Fred completed the John O’Groats to Lands End Challenge in 2025, cycling 933 miles over 12 days to raise money for charity. When he’s not on the bike, he enjoys spending time with his family, travelling, watching shows and swimming.
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