Prince Harry joins BetterUp as chief impact officer in first big corporate job
In March 2021 Prince Harry became chief impact officer at coaching firm BetterUp, his first major corporate role since leaving royal duties.
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On 23 March 2021, the California-based coaching and mental health company BetterUp announced that Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, would join it as chief impact officer. It was his first major corporate position since he and his wife, Meghan, stepped back from their roles as working members of the British royal family in early 2020 and moved to the United States.
BetterUp sells online coaching, mentoring and mental fitness services, mainly to employers who offer them to staff. In the role, Harry was expected to help shape the company's work on mental health and wellbeing and to support its social impact and public education efforts. The company said he would also work on building awareness of the issue and on its programmes for people in need.
The appointment mattered because it showed how the couple planned to earn a living and build a public profile outside the monarchy, with mental health a central theme. It drew attention and some criticism over the commercial nature of the work, and it became an early marker in Harry's post-royal career.
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