William Ajayi, Ph.D.

Dr. Wiliam Ajayi is a global wellbeing and organizational health leader who designs, scales, and evaluates enterprise wellbeing strategies for high-performance, high-risk environments. As former Head of Wellbeing and Organizational Health at Netflix, he partnered with executive leadership to embed mental health, resilience, and sustainable performance into people strategy, benefits, and culture.

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Across senior roles at Netflix, Google, and YouTube, Dr. Ajayi advised leaders on burnout prevention, crisis response, and support for employees exposed to sensitive or traumatic content. He pairs evidence-based clinical practice with scalable people programs that tie wellbeing to organizational performance. 

 

Before transitioning to the media and technology sectors, Dr. Ajayi built an extensive career in healthcare as a Clinical Psychologist, with leadership roles across private/public healthcare systems as well as the Veterans Health Administration. His background includes trauma services leadership, clinical supervision, teaching, and program development, providing a strong foundation for his work at the intersection of mental health, human capital, and organizational performance.