Kreena Dhiman is a change and adversity strategist, financial educator and advocate for women’s health and inclusive leadership. From fighting breast cancer to navigating the complexities of infertility, Kreena understands that success is not created overnight and resilience is a result of a sustained mindset and empowering behavioural practices.
Establishing a career in finance, Kreena served as the Head of Business Finance for Legal and General when, at 33, she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and so ensued a journey that would not only strengthen her resilience but also her courage and discipline. Following chemotherapy-induced heart failure, medically induced menopause, infertility and surrogacy, Kreena began speaking about her experiences, discussing health equity, resilience and financial wellbeing through what she calls the Acceptance Effect. Despite the challenges faced in the pursuit of motherhood, Kreena became a mother to triplets plus one. From this, she co-founded The Intended Parent, looking to spark conversations on the surrogacy process and offer support to those in similar positions. In 2022, she became a brand ambassador for Estée Lauder’s Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign, through which she had the opportunity to address Parliament and appear across a wide range of media. The following year, she co-founded South Asian Supernovas, aiming to create a safe space for members to connect and find the representation they needed. Kreena serves as a brand partner for Ferring Pharmaceuticals and advises the International Cario-Oncology Society.
Alongside her inspirational work, Kreena has won several awards, including the British Podcast Award for The Intended Parent, Mother and Baby’s Top 20 Mumfluencer, Glow Mama’s ‘Mum of the Year’ and ‘Most Inspiring Mama’, and the SHE Awards’ ‘Glass Ceiling Breaker’. She been featured across BBC News, The Telegraph, OK and Stylist Magazines, and has delivered speeches for ASCO, NHS Health Leadership, The Fertility Show and more. Kreena is currently writing her first book.
Residing at the intersection of organisational behaviour, human resilience, and value-led leadership, Kreena uses her lived experience to inspire audiences to overcome adversity, break their own barriers, and build a life full of health, happiness, and purpose. Through amplifying unheard or often overlooked voices, Kreena challenges cultural inequalities to ensure inclusion goes deeper than surface-level performance.
Kreena Dhiman's official speaking topics are listed below:
1. The Art of Being Brave: From Resistance to Resilience
Kreena’s signature keynote explores how vulnerability is not a weakness but a gateway to authentic leadership, resilience, and personal transformation. Sharing her powerful story - surviving cancer, heart failure, and infertility, she challenges audiences to redefine bravery for themselves.
Whether facing health struggles, financial uncertainty, career transitions, or cultural pressures, this talk helps individuals connect with their truth. Kreena’s fundamental lesson is to demonstrate that Acceptance is a leadership asset - it fosters emotional intelligence, reduces resistance to change, and opens the door to creative solutions.
2. The Safety Net: Protecting Your Future – How Insurance and Financial Planning Saved My Life
In her 30s, Kreena faced a decade of medical trauma navigating cancer, heart failure, medical menopause, IVF and surrogacy. Without adequate insurance, she would’ve been over a quarter of a million pounds in debt. This keynote highlights the importance of financial planning and protection products; from critical illness cover and income protection to travel insurance, fertility funding and planning for the unthinkable. Kreena brings heart to what is often seen as a dry topic, using her lived experience and senior finance career to empower others to take control before a crisis hits.
3. Motherhood Reimagined: Beyond Biology – Redefining Fertility, Family and Femininity
When cancer, menopause, and heart failure made pregnancy impossible, Kreena became a mother to triplets
plus one through surrogacy and donor conception. She speaks candidly about grief, identity, and cultural
stigma as a South Asian woman, offering a deeply human exploration of modern family-building and inclusion
in the workplace.
As a South Asian woman, Kreena has dismantled deep-rooted stigma, cultural expectations, and health inequities throughout her life. Her voice bridges community, corporate, and clinical spaces bringing empathy, education, and empowerment to every stage.
This keynote explores how organisations can better support alternate paths to parenthood and create compassionate, inclusive workplace cultures.
Official Feedback From In-Person & Virtual Events
It’s been an absolute privilege to work with Kreena. Her passion, energy, and unwavering commitment to improving the lives of people affected by breast cancer has made a meaningful and lasting impact at Breast Cancer Now. Kreena brings a rare blend of emotional intelligence, creative thinking, and strategic clarity. Whether she’s shaping powerful storytelling, driving thoughtful conversations, or championing the voices of those too often unheard, she does so with authenticity and heart. Her ability to build genuine connections, within teams, across organisations, and with the women and families we serve is truly exceptional. Beyond her professional strengths, Kreena is simply a remarkable human being. She leads with kindness, shows courage in every space she enters, and has an instinctive ability to inspire those around her. Anyone who has the opportunity to work with her will quickly see the value she brings. I’m grateful for her contributions to our work and would recommend her wholeheartedly for any role that demands creativity, purpose, and compassionate leadership." - Claire, CEO, Breast Cancer Now
"Kreena is a first class speaker. She shared her personal story of becoming a mum through surrogacy after suffering cancer and heart failure at a modern family law event for lawyers which I chaired, and it was by far the best session. She delivers her story with warmth, authenticity and humour, taking the audience on a journey with her. I’ve been brought to tears when hearing her story of resilience and pure love for her children created through surrogacy. I would not hesitate in recommending Kreena as a keynote speaker for any event." - Natalie, Partner, International Family Law Group
"Kreena delivered one of the most thought provoking and inspiring key notes to colleagues at Macmillan Cancer Support. Reflecting on and sharing her lived experiences of cancer and its many effects and particularly through the lens of a South Asian young woman. Her wonderful ability to then apply this to our organisational strategy and the personal journey so many colleagues have been on through a change programme was powerful and compelling. There were tears, there was laughter and a real call to action and bravery. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Kreena." - Heather, Director of Community & Systems Partnerships, Macmillan Cancer Support
"Kreena delivered a truly powerful and inspiring keynote that resonated deeply with our audience. Her storytelling, humour and authenticity shone through whilst she shared her experience with us. Kreena is a brilliant communicator and a total professional, I would highly recommend her." - Rachel, Communications Manager, Macmillan Cancer Support
- 2025 - Featured in The i Paper
- 2023 – Co-Founded South Asian Supernovas
- 2022 – Ambassador Breast Cancer Awareness, Estee Lauder
- 2018 – Co-Founded The Intended Parent
- 2014 – Speaker, Ambassador, Advocate
- 2012 – Head of Business Finance, Legal & General
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