Henry Stewart

Henry Stewart is the founder and Chief Executive of Happy (previously known as Happy Computers), who provide training in both desktop IT and how to create great places to work. Although only employing 45 people, Happy has won wide recognition for its innovative approach to management and to customer service.

In 2003 Management Today rated Happy as the best company in the UK for customer service, in its annual Service Excellence awards. Previous winners included First Direct and Nationwide Building Society.

In 2006 the company was named as having the most positive impact on society of any small business in the UK, by Business in the Community.

For the last four years Happy has been rated one of the top 20 workplaces in the UK, in the Best Workplace list produced by the Financial Times and Great Place to Work institute. In 2009 it was rated the best company in the UK for health and well-being.

The company has certainly been tested, as the IT training market (Happy's core business) went into severe recession with a fall in sales of 30% across the sector. Happy continued to grow as many competitors went into administration or were forced to merge.

Achievements include winning the contract to provide content for the largest e-learning project ever to take place in Europe, where over 200,000 staff signed up to learn online.