About iPsychTec

Bharat is the Executive Chairman of iPsychTec. Bharat trained as a Certified Accountant (FCCA) and is a companion of the Chartered Management Institute (CCMI). He is a passionate believer that organisational culture is key to driving organisational performance and to addressing the day-to-day challenge of balancing the upside opportunities and downside of risks.

His executive experience includes CEO of Kodak Consumer Imaging, EAMER and Vice President, Eastman Kodak and subsequently as Vice President of Singer, (owned by Koberg & Co) responsible for Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia. In recent times, Bharat has chaired several boards under a wide range of ownership models including Private Equity. He has mentored over 75 senior executives and leaders across a range of large/blue chip clients.

Bharat has strong experience in FMCG, Consumer & Support Services, Financial Services, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Property and Public Sector organisations. He was the Deputy Chairman of the Audit Commission for seven years.

T: +44 (0) 203 950 9987 | E: bharat.shah@ipsychtec.com

Hani Nabeel is the Chief Behavioural Scientist at iPsychTec, a world leading People Analytics and behavioural science company. He is the architect and founder of the award winning and ground-breaking CultureScope behavioural analytics platform for scientifically measuring and embedding organisation’s desired culture using predictive analytics and actionable insights.

Hani’s work combines the best elements of scientific and applied research with a focus on Organisational Culture by providing ground-breaking diagnostics, delivering advanced predictive analytics and producing actionable business insights to help organisations achieve sustainable competitive advantage. In 2017, CultureScope was awarded the Wharton People Analytics Award for the CultureScope solution, the only non-US company to ever receive this award. Hani recently deployed behavioural analytics as the first line of defence for financial crime for a global bank across 71 countries.

Hani has over 20 years of experience delivering Leadership & Talent Management Consulting services as well as quantitative behavioural research. Hani also has an MSc in Occupational Psychology, an MSc in Advanced Research Methods, a BSc in Physics and holds a commercial pilot license.

Hani is a regular guest at organisational culture and data analytics events such as the Wharton and Tucana People Analytics conferences. Hani is also a frequent contributor to the UK Finance Academy & Forums and has written articles on culture in the Business Times, Executive Grapevine, Disrupt HR, HR Director and HR Zone. Hani is a lecturer and a talent development consultant for a number of corporate universities.

T: +44 (0) 203 950 9987 | E: hani.nabeel@ipsychtec.com

Eugene’s career began as a research psychologist with the UK Ministry of Defence responsible for supporting Royal Air Force recruitment and selection covering aircrew and officer selection as well as non-officer selection. Progressing to Principal Psychologist with the UK MoD, he also supported Royal Navy and British Army pilot selection programmes, served as an exchange scientist with United States Air Force, and chaired NATO committees for pilot selection and computer-based assessment of military personnel.

Eugene’s career in the public sector continued with establishing the first occupational psychology unit for the London Fire Brigade developing talent management processes in support of firefighter recruitment and selection, officer development and career planning, senior officer selection and development as well as decision-making models for incident command training.

Eugene joined SHL as UK R&D director responsible for developing psychometric and assessment solutions for the UK and global markets, and held several leadership roles at SHL including P&L responsibility for UK and Ireland consultancy, global product management, global product development and development of SHL’s analytics products and services.

Following the acquisition of SHL by the US technology and insights firm CEB, Eugene held the position of Chief Science & Analytics Officer responsible for developing analytics solutions for talent management. Projects included the talents that drive innovation effectiveness, the future of the retail bank, the talents that drive effective customer service, improving the success of high-potential programmes, how organisations can use analytics to drive more effective investment in graduate recruitment, how HR can play a more effective role in managing risk for organisations, addressing the challenges to global assessment programmes, as well as unpacking myths around gender differences in leadership potential and what the differences between the generations mean for effective talent management.

More recently, Eugene established his own consultancy to provide support to organisations in developing and improving talent management processes, and is an advisor to the CIPD on analytics as well as an advisor to several start-ups in the HR technology space. He continues to be a regular speaker at HR, analytics and talent assessment events.

As well as scientific articles, book chapters and books, Eugene has published articles in Talent Management, T+D Magazine, People Matters and the Harvard Business Review, and has featured in articles for The Times, Financial Times, Forbes and the Wall Street Journal.

Eugene has held leadership positions for professional bodies such as the Association of Test Publishers, the Association of Business Psychologists, The British Psychological Society, ISO and the International Test Commission. In 2014, Eugene was identified as one of the top 50 global influencers in HR Analytics in a LinkedIn poll.

E: eugene.burke@ipsychtec.com

Dave has a business (risk/lending) and HR background based in financial services where he was a key internal consultant involved with the research, design and delivery of a range of performance/competency based consultancy solutions for a range of businesses and brands in the NatWest/RBS Group.

In PSL, Kenexa and IBM, Dave has worked directly with a variety of different global and multi-national based organizations offering a range of senior learning and development programs, executive coaching, employee engagement, culture interventions and organizational development based solutions across a number of different sectors focusing on future proofing their businesses.

Dave’s real passion revolves around the vital role that HR can provide to organizations and has been supporting HR functions to become more commercially focused so that they can provide a transformational workforce experience to their employees. The diagnosis of workforce issues and challenges is a critical part of that process.

He is a regular presenter at conferences promoting the future of HR, the role of technology and the need for analytics to demonstrate tangible business value in the ever changing digital word of work.

He is regarded as a social media guru through @HRCurator, being referenced as being one of the Most Influential People on Twitter in a number of subject areas.

Rana is a certified iPsychTec (CultureScope, TeamScope & TalentScope) associate consultant that brings expertise in interpreting the generated insights for the purpose of targeted interventions, helping clients in the Middle East region align their staff behaviour and attitude with the organisation’s values and objectives. Using CultureScope to scientifically and empirically measure behaviour, Rana has provided decision makers with detailed and focused solutions to a variety of issues that have in turn transformed the culture within these organisations enabling them to attract and retain their ideal talent and achieve their key business objectives.

Rana’s experience comes from a career in broadcast journalism, government communications and public relations. Rana is the founding director of YARNU, the Art of Social Intelligence – YARNU specializes in Inter-Cultural Intelligence development for the Middle East. She is also a certified coach in inter-cultural intelligence.

Her first book “When in the Arab World: An Insider’s Guide to Living and Working with Arab Culture” was published in the UK in May 2016. She is regularly invited to speak on the subject of cross-cultural communications.

Dr. Roger Miles researches behavioural risks in organisations and designs effective reporting to regulators seeking to assess conduct, culture and reputation. He counsels Boards on how best to address and communicate about risk and uncertainty, using new tools to overcome the weak assumptions of conventional risk management. A founder and faculty co-lead at Conduct and Culture Academy (UK), he produces and delivers consistently top-rated work programmes to improve risk culture in private- and public-sector organisations worldwide. Each year his personal research typically includes depth-interviewing several hundred regulated senior practitioners (Board Directors, other attested Senior Managers and Conduct programme principals); and hosting workshops for 3000+ business leaders across more than 200 regulated firms. He has previously run risk communication programmes for major international brands, professional bodies, and two HM Government departments. He is a certified CultureScope associate consultant.

He is a Doctor of Risk (University of London) (specialist fields: psychology of risk perception; regulatory design); Honours Scholar of Oxford University; Certified University Lecturer; Member of the Society for Risk Analysis, and holds a Life Fellowship of the RSA (Royal Society of Arts). At King’s College London, his 2007-11 research study into banks’ corrupt risk reporting accurately predicted the creation, agenda and model framework of the new global ‘Conduct regulatory regime’, as launched two years later by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (2013) and adopted as a worldwide framework for financial sector risk control (2016-). His publications include the popular financial sector handbook Conduct Risk Management: a behavioural approach (Kogan Page, 2017); the Key Concepts Dictionaries in the global annual Behavioral Economics Guides (LSE, 2014-); specialist sections on behavioural risk in Mastering Operational Risk (FT) and Operational Risk: New Frontiers (Risk Books); and Conduct and Culture Briefing series for Reuters, the FT, Berkeley Research, and a various professional practitioner bodies. He produces and delivers learning modules on risk perception, culture and conduct for graduate schools, recently including Cambridge University and UK Defence Academy.

Geeta is a Senior HR Director & People Resource Leader who is innovative, versatile and commercially astute, with experience across B2B, B2C, banking, finance, insurance, professional services, consultancy and global corporate sectors. Geeta has a Masters in Human Resources and Industrial Relations from the London School of Economics, an MBA from Pune University, India and a career which has seen her work with Citigroup, Bank of America and Deloitte along with many others. She is a recognised expert in business transformation, operating model designs & cultural change. Geeta has been successful in building dynamic and high-performing workforces for international, £multi-billion t/o organisations which has impacted thousands of employees.

With her collaborative approach to successful HR business leadership along with engaging key business stakeholders at Board / C-level, and with 3rd parties, she helps to deliver ‘first class’ business operations, change and transformation. Having over twenty years of deep international line and consulting experience with blue chip financial institutions has shown that Geeta uses her highly effective execution skills when challenging business environments. She has advised boards and senior stakeholders on the people related agenda and along with her areas of expertise of people elements for transformation programs has specifically focused on building the desired culture and managing change effectively. This wealth of experience of leading change along with delivering landmark business and HR transformations within highly regulated environments has seen Geeta successfully develop ‘best-in-class’ organisational designs and holistic talent management mechanisms.

Now as an Associate of iPsychTec and the founder of C-Cubed Consulting, she focusses on the understanding of the impact of interplay between Culture, Conduct, Change (the 3Cs) and how the effective management of the 3Cs collectively is critical to deliver positive outcomes for clients and businesses. This helps businesses understand, enhance and accelerate a culture of accountability and integrity for sustainable success. This focus on helping businesses understand, enhance and accelerate a culture of accountability and integrity for sustainable success, is verified by clients, employees, shareholders, regulators and communities.