Wes Adams

As founder and CEO of SV Consulting Group, Wes Adams works with high-performing companies to develop leadership excellence, build organizational resilience, and deepen employee engagement through a meaningful work lens. He brings more than two decades of experience as a successful entrepreneur and strategic partner for Fortune 500s, startups, and NGOs.

Prior to founding SV, Adams advised brands such as Google, Audi, Starbucks, and the United Nations at Purpose, the world’s leading social impact agency. As COO of the company's incubator arm, he also launched All Out, a tech-focused, global advocacy organization, which is now the world’s largest community of people fighting for LGBTQ+ equality.

Adams has been a part of teams winning multiple Webby Awards and recognition as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Brands. His early career was spent launching and managing high-profile hospitality businesses for which he was nominated twice for a coveted James Beard Award.

Adams trained as a facilitator for the Penn Resilience Program, the world’s leading provider of evidence-based resilience skills for business, healthcare, government, and law enforcement. He has been a featured speaker at conferences including South by Southwest Interactive and the Nobel Peace Prize Forum. His work has been covered by the New York Times, BBC News, Forbes, Business Insider, and others.

Adams has been leading and advising hybrid teams for more than a decade. He’s hired and developed talent on five continents and built thriving teams of individuals located around the globe. In addition to being an expert on meaningful work, resilience, and leadership, Adams is passionate about social impact. He helped produce a documentary for HBO, The Out List, and a book highlighting leaders in sustainability space, I Am EcoWarrior. Adams is a graduate of Vanderbilt University and holds a Master’s from University of Pennsylvania in Applied Positive Psychology.