Anelia Uzunova

Anelia Uzunova: Transformation Architect, Inner Leadership Expert, Power Activator

Anelia Uzunova brings 14+ years of leadership and real-world experience speaking in both corporate and public settings through live and virtual formats. She is now stepping more intentionally into the speaking space—with a strong, clear voice and a unique perspective on inner leadership and personal transformation, delivering talks that connect the personal with the professional, and the spiritual with the strategic.

A coach, speaker and thought leader on inner leadership, personal transformation, and spiritual growth, Anelia champions a new paradigm of being and leading—one grounded in depth, authenticity, and personal agency.

She draws on a dynamic career in the pharma and healthcare industries, with past roles spanning corporate strategy, commercial project management, and partnerships. Her leadership journey includes serving as Chief of Staff to the CEO at Galderma and as a Global Leadership Fellow at the World Economic Forum, where she founded the organization’s wellbeing initiative. She holds an Executive Masters in Global Leadership, an MBA, and executive coaching certification from INSEAD, and is also trained as a yoga and mindfulness teacher. This rare blend of corporate acumen, academic rigor and spiritual grounding shapes her distinctive voice in the leadership space.

Anelia has appeared on several podcasts, spoken at personal development events, and lectured at INSEAD to an MBA audience on the topic of Leading for Wellbeing. During her time as a senior consultant, Anelia facilitated full-day workshops, pitched projects to clients, and has led numerous presentations in high-stakes environments. She also set up and led the Wellbeing community of the World Economic Forum, where she regularly spoke to large internal audiences and managed senior external stakeholders as part of her leadership role.

Beyond the corporate world, Anelia is cultivating a consistent public presence through social media—where she shares thought leadership and connects through video content. She’s confident speaking on camera, in live rooms and across formats.

Fluent in English and Bulgarian, Anelia is globally mobile and available for corporate events, workshops, conferences, personal development events, panels, fireside chats, and Q&As.

Speaking Topics

Anelia inspires and empowers leaders and change-makers to transform themselves in order to change the world. She talks on inner leadership, identity transformation, and the intersection of the personal and professional self. The objective is to cultivate depth, insight, and transformation. Anelia’s work is grounded in three core pillars: Inner Leadership & Authentic Power, Spiritual Wisdom & Leadership, and Transformation & Reinvention.

What Makes Anelia Different

Her work is deeply personal and embodied and comes from lived experience, rather than just theory. The ability to bridge a successful business and leadership background with the spiritual depth that she has acquired through her personal development journey is very rare. Her voice, story, presence, and energy are all unique to her and consistently resonate.

Speaking Style

Anelia doesn’t deliver “talks” or “presentations”—she gives her all to create bespoke experiences designed to shift perspectives and foster a space for transformation. No talk is the same; everything is bespoke, co-created, and tailored to resonate. Her speaking style is intuitive and dynamic, meaning that Anelia can adapt in real-time based on the energy of the audience. She leads with stories and emotion, aiming to be warm and engaging, and her tone is empowering and aspirational. This isn’t “work” for her—it’s her mission to spread her message using her voice and presence.