The Team
Gay Wellness Week is built and run by a small group of people who bring professional depth, lived experience, and a genuine stake in what the week is trying to do.
Sadiq Gillani
Sadiq holds an MBA from Harvard and an MA from Cambridge, and has spent his executive career at the intersection of strategy, transformation, and leadership.
He served as Chief Strategy Officer at Lufthansa and Transformation Director at Emirates, and today advises boards and senior leadership teams across Europe.
He is a trustee of Stonewall, a participant in the World Economic Forum, and is based between London and Ibiza.
Founder
Luke Connelly
Luke is a marketing consultant based in Barcelona with a background in brand strategy, content, and community-led events. He has been involved with the LGBT community across Europe and Australia through Gay Games Valencia 2026, the Gay and Lesbian Tennis Alliance, Pride Western Australia and Pride Professionals Australia.
He joined Gay Wellness Week at the start and leads marketing, communications, and operations across the project.
Co-founder
AdviserChris Connors
Chris is an embodiment coach and movement facilitator based in Ibiza, trained in 5Rhythms and with a client list that includes LVMH and Nike.
He is the founder of OPO, an app built around somatic practice and conscious movement. His work sits at the intersection of the body, identity, and performance, and he brings that to Gay Wellness Week as a practitioner and facilitator.
Contributor and adviserTommaso Barba
Tommaso is a researcher at Imperial College London’s Centre for Psychedelic Research, working under Professor David Nutt on the intersection of psychedelics, wellbeing, and human connection.
His academic work explores how altered states affect sexual wellbeing, intimacy, and emotional processing. He brings that research lens to Gay Wellness Week as a contributor and adviser.