'Depression made me a better CEO'

The CEO of disability employer Remploy says that this struggle with depression helped him to become a better boss in an interview with Sky News.

Gareth Parry said that when the doctor told him that he was suffering from depression three years ago, he was “gobsmacked”.

“I had been going through a crisis in my personal life and I knew my condition was fluctuating. When I was down, I was really down,” he explained. “I didn’t feel loved and I didn’t feel valued. I would get home from work and cut myself off. I wouldn’t talk to anybody."

"My daughters would see me cry, but they didn’t really understand what was going on. It was pretty horrible stuff.”