Featured regularly on major media outlets like Sky News, BBC Radio, LBC, and more, Vanessa Sturman is a leading voice in performance, health, weight management and sustainable nutrition. She empowers leaders, teams, and athletes to achieve peak performance, a healthy weight, improved mental well-being, and reduced fatigue, through sustainable nutrition, habits and behaviour changes, tailored for even the busiest lifestyles.

Vanessa’s approach goes beyond traditional nutrition coaching, to ensure planetary health,  and she is known for her fun, engaging and inclusive talks. With a focus on practical, delicious, and realistic ways to incorporate healthy habits and balanced eating into even the busiest lifestyles, regardless of dietary preferences, Vanessa’s expertise lies in helping people achieve optimal health without restrictive dieting or deprivation. As a person of colour, Vanessa brings a deep understanding of diversity and the richness of foods from different cultures. Her mother and grandmother instilled in her valuable lessons about celebrating food, food budgeting and reducing waste, which further influence her approach to sustainable nutrition.

As well as being a renowned 1:1 Coach, Vanessa delivers inspiring talks, workshops and group coaching for corporations, universities, and events. Clients include Cambridge University, Brooks MacDonald, Octopus Energy and the Francis Crick Institute. She has a passion for performance, food, and the environment that has driven her journey from a young age, where she experienced a binge eating disorder as a teenager and decided to turn her life around.

Vanessa’s Cambridge University education in Social and Biological Anthropology, along with her experience running a plant-based recipe website, has equipped her with a unique skill set. A career spent as a Sustainability Consultant and sought-after Behaviour Change Consultant further enable her to guide others toward lasting transformation.