Prince Harry has spent the last five years as chief impact officer at mental health firm, Better Up, but it has been revealed he is now stepping back from the role
Prince Harry has stepped down from a top job at a Silicon Valley tech firm — less than three months after his bombshell move back to the UK.
The Duke of Sussex has spent the last five years as the chief impact officer at Better Up, which focuses on mental health. However, its chief executive Alexi Robichaux has announced that Harry has left the role at the coaching business — and instead has become a senior adviser with the company.
It has been previously reported Harry earned $1million (£745,000) a year in his role as chief impact officer.
Harry praised as ‘one of fiercest advocates for mental wellness’
It was one of the first jobs Harry took on after his move to California, where he and wife Meghan said they wanted to become “financially independent”. It’s unknown how much he will be paid in his new role.
Mr Robichaux said the move gives Harry “more time to grow his portfolio of investments, pursue new business opportunities, and continue his support of philanthropic causes close to his heart”. He added that Harry would “transition” from the role to focus on “key projects with some of our largest enterprise customers”.
The duke joined BetterUp in 2021 just weeks after the Sussexes’ bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey — the year after they decamped to America.
Mr Robichaux defended hiring the Duke at the time, saying Harry had been “one of the fiercest advocates for mental wellness or mental fitness for many years”.
Duke of Sussex’s poignant 2021 interview
In one of his appearances for the firm, he once tellingly said that quitting your job for the sake of your mental health and happiness is “something to be celebrated.”
In a Q&A, Harry said that many people around the world are “stuck in jobs that don’t bring them joy” but now they are “putting their mental health and happiness first” by quitting.
Harry’s new role comes after he and Meghan relocated back to the UK with their children at the end of August, but remain non-working royals despite conducting their own public engagements.
The Sussexes are preparing to visit the European Parliament in Brussels tomorrow, when Meghan will be seen in public for the first time since her father, Thomas Markle Snr, was charged with possessing child sexual abuse images.
The Duchess has said she was “deeply distressed” at the allegations about her father, from whom she has been estranged since the run-up to her 2018 wedding.
Harry and Meghan to champion children’s online safety
The brief trip abroad will see Harry and Meghan listen to addresses by European Parliament president Roberta Metsola and MEP Antonio Lopez-Isturiz, the first vice-chair of the Child Rights Intergroup, before delivering their own speech on children’s safety online and unveiling the Lost Screen Memorial.
The memorial has been created by Harry and Meghan’s Archewell Foundation to commemorate the lives of children who have lost their lives as a result of the harm they suffered on social media. It was unveiled in New York last year and taken to Geneva earlier this year, where Meghan gave a keynote speech.
In Brussels, the Sussexes are expected to draw on their experiences talking to families who have been affected by online harm.
It also said their remarks will “underline the importance of turning commitments into meaningful action and ensuring that the experiences of children and their families remain central to decisions about the digital future”.
Afterwards, Harry will join a panel discussion in the European Parliament, which will consider how children can be protected online. The panel will cover topics including the responsibilities of tech companies and preventing online child sexual abuse and exploitation. Questions will be permitted from the audience, but not the media.
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