Contact David: david@orgshakers.com

With over 30 years’ corporate experience in hospitality, retail, pharmaceuticals, FMCG, distribution and aerospace, David is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading HR practitioners and is a respected thought leader, business communicator, and government advisor.

David is the Founder and CEO of Orgshakers – a global organization of leading HR consultants. David personally supports clients of all sizes in building effective People strategies and coaches newly appointed Chief People Officer’s allowing them to be highly effective in their roles.

Prior to Orgshakers, he was a Global Chief People Officer credited as one of the key leaders in delivering a historic business turnaround. In doing so, he is one of very few HR leaders to have had the opportunity to deliver a truly global Cultural Transformation program at pace and at scale.

A proven ‘disrupter’, David combines hard data and personal intuition to challenge established thinking and ways of working. In 2014, he shared his prediction in the Financial Times, that within a decade, major global economies would be facing labor shortages on a scale which would impact business growth – a ‘workforce cliff’. This disruptive insight afforded progressive employers the time to prepare for what became a reality.

‘David is just one of the best HR people I’ve run into.
He has great insight into the business and great instincts on what HR can do to help.”’
Dave Ulrich, Rensis Likert Professor at the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business

For four consecutive years David was voted ‘Most Influential Practitioner’ by HR Magazine, receiving their lifetime achievement award in 2012. He was also the first HR professional to be named ‘Business Communicator of the Year’ by the Institute of Internal Communications – a title previously awarded to leading business figures such as Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, and Virgin founder Richard Branson.

‘Business Matters. Business Success Matters. But above all, it’s a matter of people.’
David Fairhurst, from his 2009 book ‘Words for the “Whys”’

David earned his bachelor’s degree at Lancaster University and his master’s degree at Manchester Metropolitan University Business School which has recognized his ongoing contribution as a Visiting Professor with a Doctorate in Business Administration (hc). He also holds an Doctorate in Business Administration (hc) from Middlesex University.

In 2011, David was appointed by the UK government to act as a Commissioner for the Commission for Employment and Skills – a role he held until the change of government in May 2015. Previously he had served as a Fellow of the Sunningdale Institute; a virtual academy of leading academics and thought leaders created to advise and advance public service. He has also advised officials and politicians at both the European Commission and the European Parliament.

David is a Chartered Companion of the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development – their highest honor – where he served for four years as Vice President of Learning, Training and Development. He is also a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) whose mission to “create the conditions for the enlightened thinking and collaborative action needed to address today’s most pressing social challenges”. In the USA he graduated as a Fellow of the prestigious CEO Perspectives program.

Born in 1968 in Wigan – an industrial town in the Northwest of England – David grew up as part of a family of retailers, and amongst his earliest memories are “helping out” in his grandfather’s grocery store. He is married and has four children. He also recently became a proud grandfather.

Lauren has a track record of transforming organizations to improve performance and shareholder value. Her 15+ year human resources career spans retail, FMCG, construction, manufacturing and aerospace industries; from large multi-nationals to Silicon Valley funded start-ups.

Having lived and worked in the U.S., Europe and Australasia, she has a global perspective and an ability to operate across multiple industries, geographies and cultures. Originally from New Zealand, Lauren thrives on supporting businesses to think big and realise their potential.

Formerly Chief People Officer at a major UK retail bank, Therese was a key player in the transformation of the UK financial services sector following the global banking crisis.

She is now recognized as a leading advisor and consultant across a range of sectors including Financial Services, Telecoms, Hospitality, Retail, Healthcare, Distribution, Construction, and Property. She also sits on the boards of a number of organizations in financial services, technology, and not-for-profit organizations.

With a track record of adapting and delivering in new and challenging environments, Therese is experienced in creating people strategies which optimize workforces in a way which achieves the sustained high levels of performance and productivity required to deliver the long-term goals of the organization.

Anya brings over 20 years of corporate experience to her consulting. Having started her career in commercial roles, she developed a passion for accelerating team and individual performance in ways that align with a company’s mission, culture and values as well as the employee’s capabilities and ambitions. She has held senior positions in both generalist and specialist areas focused on the US, UK and globally.

As a consultant, she continues to partner with companies, both in the US and internationally, to fully optimize their human capital at both the organization and individual level. Her particular areas of focus include Executive Coaching, Leadership Development, High Performing Teams, Change Management, Talent Management and Employee Engagement. Anya is ICF, Hogan, HBDI, TMS and MBTI accredited.

Ken is a skilled thought leader, facilitator and C-Suite-level advisor, with particular expertise in helping CFOs and finance leaders align their organizational goals, foster their capabilities, and strengthen their leadership prowess.

Having worked for companies such as Korn Ferry and Deloitte Consulting, Ken is a seasoned organizational strategist and transformation expert that leads clients through enterprise, functional, and initiative priorities. From this he has gained deep experience in working with mid-market sized companies, as well as global operations.

In addition to being a financial services and private equity professional, he has advised several organizations on strategic and operational improvements to help advance corporate equality for under-represented leaders.

Ken has a BS in Accounting from the Willie A. Deese College of Business & Economics at North Carolina A&T State University, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

For 28 years, Gordon has advised leaders of both private and public sector organizations, emphasizing the impacts on people and teams of upheaval in culture, process, leadership, and technology. Earlier in his career he was responsible for building and running both the global Change Management and the US Management Consulting practice at a top-ten global consulting firm. In that capacity he led projects in the telecommunications, health care, insurance, financial services, information, retail, transportation, and government sectors.

Trained in the Results-Based Coaching System of the NeuroLeadership Institute, Gordon coaches executives and their teams to achieve new levels of performance. Key focus areas include strategic relationship development, workplace conflict, executive presence, and C-Suite assimilation. Clients include executives and top teams from Verizon, AT&T, Microsoft, Accenture, PNC Bank, McDonald’s, Berkshire Capital, Levi’s, Converse, Jos A. Bank, Goodwill Industries, the City of New York, the Commonwealths of Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, and the great states of California and Missouri.

Gordon earned his MBA from the Wharton School, his undergraduate degree at NYU, and is certified in Organization Development/Change Management from Georgetown. He is a founder and the Chief Facilitating Office of the Wharton International Network of Entrepreneurs (WINE).

Clare is a results driven CHRO, with 30 years’ experience in global, consumer, entrepreneurial, B2B, and matrix organizations primarily in FMCG, Retail and Technology industries.

A strategist and change agent, she thrives on creating commercial value through people, delivering results and leading transformational change in complex environments. With an inclusive leadership style, Clare has a track record of providing strong counsel to stakeholders, equipping people and businesses for today while building capability for tomorrow.

With proven expertise in driving organisational growth, enhancing employee engagement, and fostering a high-performance culture, she excels in developing and executing HR strategies that align with business objectives. These strategies, in turn, drive profitability, streamline operations and improve talent acquisition, growth, and retention.

In doing so, Clare takes pride in helping create an organizational environment where team members can have a rewarding and long-lasting sense of achievement in their roles, and a deeper engagement with the customer, their work, and their team.

With over 25 years working globally for profit and nonprofit organizations across a variety of industries including news, research, data, financial services, and women’s advocacy, Patsy is an award-winning thought leader, speaker, coach, and facilitator.

Focusing on social and community impact, she has expertise in talent development; diversity, equity & inclusion; corporate responsibility; and ESG / sustainability. Her greatest passion is helping organizations build and develop initiatives that best position them for long-term success in a diverse, global environment.

Prior to her move into consultancy, Patsy was the Chief ESG and People Officer at UDR, a leading multi-family real estate investment trust. Previously she served as CEO of The Association of Junior Leagues International, as Global Head of Diversity and Inclusion at Credit Suisse, and led Thomson Reuters’ diversity and inclusion, corporate responsibility, and ESG / sustainability functions. In this capacity, she successfully launched the ESG Institute, a cutting-edge resource and support center tasked with building awareness and understanding around social impact issues and metrics.

Having worked as an expatriate in Hong Kong, London, and Switzerland, Patsy has strong international cultural acumen, and she has served on several boards and committees including Marymount School of New York, Women’s World Banking, the Jackie Robinson Foundation, All in Together, Multiplying Good and the Queens Museum.  

Patsy holds a BS in Biology from Washington and Lee University (lifetime member of the ODK Honor Society) as well as a Master of Science in Adult Learning and Organizational Development from Fordham University (summa cum laude). She is also an Adjunct Professor of DEI at Fordham University.

Anju is a global business executive who has held a variety of roles spanning Marketing, Finance, Purchasing, Operations, and Human Resources in Fortune 500 and mid-sized organizations.

For 17 years, Anju was with Caterpillar in multiple cross-functional roles in the US and Asia markets.  As the Head of HR of Caterpillar India and ASEAN, she had responsibility for coordinating the business strategy while designing an aligned people strategy.

This involved collaborating with the business unit heads to articulate the vision, identify horizontal and vertical KPIs, and drive and monitor change through the organization.

In an earlier role with Caterpillar, Anju conducted market research for new product introductions and continuous product/process improvements and created a global customer loyalty program.

Anju has also worked at Fermilab as CHRO and at Avon Products and Kraft Foods where she undertook Consumer Research, Sensory Testing, Blind Experimental Designs, and Price Elasticity and Cannibalization Analyses to assess product receptiveness and performance.

She is also an author of three books on leadership.

Arnold’s last corporate role was as the Head of Global Strategic Human Resources Initiatives for Northern Trust Corporation in 2023. In this role, he led the most imperative HR strategic initiatives impacting global business success. Engaged cross functional partners and business units to plan and execute these initiatives for 24,000+ employees globally.

Since graduating from Cornell University with a B.S. in Industrial and Labor Relations, he has enjoyed over 30 years as a Human Resources professional leading Human Resources and Training functions. Arnold has worked for companies such as Northern Trust Corporation, Extended Stay America hotels, McDonald’s Corporation, YUM! Brands, Dunkin’ Brands and the Hyatt Hotel Corporation. Arnold’s expertise lies in HR Strategic Leadership, Culture Building, Employee Engagement, Executive Coaching and Diversity & Inclusion.

Arnold currently serves on the Advisory Council of Sharing Sacred Spaces; and is a Special Advisor for TRU Prep Academy in Miami, Florida. Arnold has served on the Board of Trustees for Talladega College (HBCU) in Alabama; Board of Directors for KIPP Texas (Charter Schools), Board of Directors for Parkland Hospital Foundation, Board of Directors for the American Cancer Society (Dallas Fort Worth Region), to name a few.

Amanda advises executives in workforce readiness and the future of work, people strategy, and the integration of workforce, knowledge, and data with strategic direction.

She brings 30 years of government leadership experience in a variety of industries including operations infrastructure, transportation, law enforcement, and budget strategy. Amanda has championed knowledge management, strategic workforce management, leader development, and engineering automation, and has advised over 25 state Departments of Transportation on crafting talent ecosystems, organizational dynamics, and knowledge, technology, and workforce integration.

She uses her degrees in Industrial / Organizational Psychology and Organizational Leadership to help agencies realize operational efficiencies and build resiliency into the workforce.

For more than two decades Robert has helped organizations strategically manage executive selection, succession, and development, including assessment, onboarding, coaching, high-potential identification, and team effectiveness, as well as broader programmatic offerings related to organization design and restructuring, talent and performance management, training, and surveys.

He was the Founder and Managing Principal of Talent Acuity, a Partner at The Partnering Group, and Vice President, Northeast Region at APTMetrics. He has extensive expertise across a range of industries, including retail, manufacturing, financial services, private equity, insurance, aerospace and defense, internet and technology, telecommunications, pharmaceutical, hospitality, and federal agencies.

Robert has a Master’s in Psychology and a PhD in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. He has published numerous scientific articles in peer-reviewed journals and is co-author of the book, The Importance of Psychological Traits. Robert has appeared in Human Resource Executive Magazine, HR.com’s Talent Management Excellence Magazine, AESC’s Executive Talent Magazine, and Retail Leader, discussing human resources, human capital, and talent management issues. He has sat on several advisory boards, including HR.com and Rutgers University’s Design Thinking Program.

Andy advises senior HR leaders in the areas of employee insight (i.e.: the meaningful interpretation of qualitative and quantitative data), HR strategy development, and internal and external communications.

With over 35 years’ corporate experience he has played an active role in driving successful business turnaround programs, supported major corporate mergers, helped reinvent and realign firms to meet changing customer expectations, and generated insights which have enabled organisations to diversify their workforce to better reflect the communities they serve.

Andy’s work across multiple sectors is supplemented by proven skills as an executive counsellor, confidant, and coach with a focus on employer reputation, employee engagement, stakeholder influencing, and cultural transformation. A biosciences graduate of the University of Durham, Andy is also a Fellow of the RSA (Royal Society for Arts, Manufactures and Commerce).

Over the last 35 plus years Chris has been a trusted advisor to boards of directors and senior management.  He has spent the majority of his career consulting but has also served as an executive of a Fortune 100 company responsible for the management and administration of global compensation and benefit programs.  This blend of experience has provided the insight needed to transition from design to execution.  He helps clients look at complex situations and develop solutions that are implementable, executable, sustainable and explainable to all stakeholders.

Chris has worked across a variety of industries and supported everything from complex mergers and acquisitions to total corporate restructuring and bankruptcy workout.  The breadth of experience has enabled him to be as comfortable explaining comprehensive benefit plan changes to shop floor employees as he is explaining complex executive incentive design considerations to a Compensation Committee chair.  This approach helps enable clients to successfully implement complex programs effectively.

Christian is a Future of Work, Talent Transformation and Work Optimization Leader with 15 years of strategy development and execution in Agile Business Transformation, Organization Design & Effectiveness, and Process Re-engineering. A unique combination of Industrial Engineering and Organizational Development experience has allowed him to effectively coach executives in developing roadmaps to achieve a “High Performing Organization” through alignment of people, processes and technology that improve organizational capabilities and yield higher profit margins, operational efficiencies, and employee engagement.

He completed a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a Master’s degree In Organizational Behavior with a concentration in Enterprise Change Management from NYU- Tandon School Engineering and has spent many years studying the intersectionality between strategy, structure, people, process and technology and how these can be optimized to increase organizational effectiveness, operational capacity and employee productivity. He has supported many organizations in their transformation efforts by leveraging Lean Six Sigma methodologies. Christian co-lead the Organizational Design practice at Prudential Financial and operationalized the future of work operating model that enabled their 3-year enterprise transformation focused on work, workplace and workforce. In 2023 he joined Northwestern Mutual to build and lead their Strategic Workforce Planning capability.

Christian has started to share his findings and learnings by actively speaking at HR conferences such as Unleash America, CLO & CHRO Exchange and Reimagined Workforce Podcast on the topic of leveraging work design to create organizational agility and design organizations of the future that can quickly pivot.

With over 30 years’ HR experience, Marty is skilled in the alignment of People strategy with business strategy to drive the productivity and employee engagement required to deliver bottom line results. He has extensive international and domestic experience in business management, operations, and multi-site HR leadership in a diverse range of global Fortune 500 corporations. Marty’s accomplishments include building high performance teams, re-engineering business processes, and leading cultural transformation including change management and diversity initiatives at local, divisional, and corporate levels in both union and non-union environments.

Marty has served on the Diversity Committee of the American Red Cross of Chicago and Northern Illinois – a nonprofit humanitarian organization with the mission to prevent and alleviate human suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors. He was named a top executive in Corporate Diversity by Black Enterprise magazine.

Marty has a bachelor’s in Business Administration from The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and is a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Executive Network, HR People + Strategy.

With expertise in organizational transformation and design, Stephanie works with organizations to improve their performance and identify opportunities for more effective delivery of services.

Her background in business consulting coupled with extensive human resources experience in diverse industries makes Stephanie a highly regarded, trusted, insightful leader, who can quickly identify organizational opportunities and build powerful, pragmatic solutions.

Her previous corporate experience includes HR roles of increasing responsibility at Carlson Companies, Accenture, and General Mills where she developed expert level capability in strategy development, organizational design, transformation and restructures, change management, and program implementation.

Stephanie has a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s degree in Labor and Industrial Relations from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Lori is a highly experienced talent specialist with over 20 years’ experience across a variety of sectors.

Her most recent corporate role was Vice President of Sales and Recruiting at Locum Tenens.com, a Jackson Healthcare Company. She started her career as Director of Recruiting for Ernst & Young, Deloitte and the Greenberg Traurig law firm. Lori then spent several years as Managing Director of Recruiting and Resource Management for Verity Retail Professionals and Sure Power Consulting specializing in Retail and Energy & Utilities.

Lori earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the University of Florida.

With over 35 years of global strategic leadership advisory and consulting experience, Lisa works with C-suite leaders and senior leadership teams to transform how they lead to compete in today’s disruptive environments and build for the future. She assures alignment to build sustainable practices, deliver measurable impact to achieve business strategies, and realize transformation goals.

Lisa leads with a pragmatic business lens to focus on growth, build high performing teams, and navigate transitions. She has led major transformations, global expansions, and business turnarounds, and has designed new business strategies and operating models.

Lisa is globally recognized as a leader and has published with Harvard Business Publishing. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School in Strategy, and a BA from the University of Pennsylvania in Social Psychology.

Lisa has provided her services across all industries, in over 30 countries, to over 1,000 senior executives and leadership teams, and with more than 90 different client companies. She has advised and served as an executive coach to C-suite executives and senior teams from Fortune 100, midsize companies, start-up companies, and public sector organizations.

Brittany is a visionary, strategic thinker known for her ability to create order out of chaos, dig into complex challenges, and create processes that drive growth, open-up capacity, and allow for focus on the bigger picture.

She has led teams at both start-up organizations and well-established companies blending her experiences from both in her work.

A skilled communicator, Brittany received her Bachelor’s in Communication – Rhetoric from East Tennessee State University and her 10+ years of corporate experience spans a variety of sectors including consumer goods, automotive, government contracting, and manufacturing industries.

Brittany excels at pioneering new initiatives and thrives in new and unchartered territory. Her interdisciplinary and systems-thinking allows her to synthesize complex data, approach things differently, and identify the straightest path to achieve the goal – all while removing obstacles that would hinder teams from achieving results. She enjoys taking a hands-on approach to collaborate, mentor, and drive growth across teams by understanding the present strengths and opportunities, then leveraging them to their fullest potential.

Karen is a seasoned HR professional with vast experience in Human Resources and a passion for high growth and fast paced environments. Most recently, Karen served as the Director, Human Resources for Lennox National Account Services, a division of Lennox International Inc., based in Fort Lauderdale, FL for 10 years. She led the HR Operations for their national services organization across the US growing from about 300 employees to over 800.

Before Lennox, Karen was with Kos Pharmaceuticals, Inc. where she progressively held various HR roles including Sr, Manager, Human Resources for their Florida facilities.

Karen holds a Bachelor’s degree in Professional Studies with a certificate in HR from Barry University and a Master’s degree in Human Resources Management from Nova Southeastern University.

Karen also served for 6 years on the Board of Directors for HRABC, the local SHRM chapter in Broward county. She has a passion for HR and the impact one can have in an organization’s People initiatives and an individual’s potential career success.

Cindy brings broad experience across a wide range of industries. She has led the HR function for a large-scale public utilities company, manufacturing, media, and private-equity-owned technology companies. With expertise in people development, total rewards, employee experience, strategic business planning, technology selection, employee wellbeing, talent brand, recruitment marketing, leadership development, and organizational and strategy development. 

Working locally in the Austin area since 2016 she has served local brands in manufacturing, hospitality, technology, and retail. During her tenure working in the semiconductor industry, she participated in local committees to address the skills gap in support of reshoring manufacturing to the area. This included education about career tracts, partnership with local technical colleges, and recruitment marketing.

Cindy holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from LeTourneau University, has her Senior Professional in Human Resources certification (SPHR), is a SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP), is a certified John Maxwell trainer, and has served on the board of AHRMA and currently sits on committees for DIsrupt HR, and ATX PX.

Joanna brings over 20 years’ experience in international FMCG, pharmaceutical and corporate businesses, with a particular focus on geographical expansion.  She held senior positions in both generalist and specialist HR roles focussed on the US, UK, EMEA and Asia and particularly enjoys working with multi-cultural teams.  Motivated to help individuals and teams maximise their success by harnessing their strengths to create and drive solutions that align with their personal and company’s values.

As a consultant, she continues to partner companies both in the UK and internationally, to optimise their talent, both at the organisational and individual level.  Keen to understand relevant future capabilities, with a Masters in Strategic Change Management, Joanna’s key contributions are in Executive Coaching and Leadership and Team Development to support the success of her clients.

A seasoned business IT leader with 20+ years of industry experience, Sayid has a natural aptitude for software, development, systems, architecture, and network design solutions, as well as for creating innovative mergers and acquisitions programs with a corporate presence. With sound commercial acumen and extensive experience in leading $multi-million, global change programme and transformational initiatives across IT, finance, legal and business operations, he excels in virtual and onsite CIO, CTO, and CISO services to small-to-mid-size organisations and start-ups.

Having graduated in Law and French at De Montfort University, UK, Sayid went on to obtain further qualifications in technology, change management, and leadership methodologies, and in 2017 was recognized as winner of the IT Leadership category at the British Legal Technology Awards.

Alisa Cardenas is a dynamic leader in Compensation and Total Rewards bringing nearly 15 years of experience to the table within supply chain, healthcare, automotive, technology and hospitality organizations.

Alisa has deep expertise in global compensation where she has led the development of transformational best-in-class compensation programs for market leading global corporations improving workforce engagement and enhancing key talent retention. Her knowledge spans job architecture creation, career framework development, incentive plan benchmarking and design, global mobility program management, development of compensation guidelines, policies, training, and communications.

Prior to her consulting career, she was the head of global compensation for a global multinational corporation leading large-scale harmonization projects across the compensation and rewards space. She is well versed in incentive program design including annual bonus programs, project incentives and sales compensation plans. Her work in sales compensation plan design has been recognized as being vital in accelerating the commercial business strategy and optimizing sales performance.

Throughout her career, Alisa has worked across organizations, collaborating, leading, and championing the adoption of new programs, initiatives and technology develop high performing organizations, improving the employee experience and enabling organizations to become more proactive, resilient and customer/guest focused.

Alisa is a savvy business leader with Human Capital at the core. As a Rewards and Compensation Senior Consultant with OrgShakers, she approaches her work with a wealth of knowledge and expertise, approachability, energy, and a fresh perspective. She is committed to partnering with human capital and business leaders to balance the strategy and needs of the business with meaningful investments in the workforce that empower people to do their best work.

With over 20 years of successful experience working in various industries such as telecommunications, renewable energy, food, and construction, Natasha is a results-focused HR leader who continuously strives for excellence. She is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking in the workplace and has created robust cultures where employees feel motivated, engaged, and with a sense of belonging.

Her thorough understanding and passion for employment law, risk management, and HR compliance have led her to identify risks and opportunities that drive improvements and measurable changes. She is experienced in transforming disorganized HR departments into cost-efficient strategic entities and building HR departments from the ground up.

Natasha holds a master’s degree in law from Florida State University, is the former VP of Professional Development for the Greater Miami Society of Human Resources (GMSHRM) and actively participates in the local chapter and HR community. She holds the Professional Human Resources certification (PHR) and the SHRM Certified Professional certification (SHRM-CP).

A well-rounded PR professional with a specialism in press relations, Nicola’s career spans nearly 30 years. She started in the corporate world as a press officer for Texaco, and worked for an international communications consultancy before setting up her own PR agency in 1999.

She has helped a significant number of market leaders in HR, management, leadership development and business education with their PR over the years, and is known for her deep, issues-led understanding and strategic approach to developing thought leadership. Her extensive international media network means that she is experienced in generating high-quality press coverage in top-tier outlets for OrgShakers’ corporate clients.

Nicola is also the co-founder and features editor of Management-Issues.com, a global workplace site, which has developed a reputation for being ahead of the curve in identifying new management trends.

She values diversity and is cross-culturally aware, having lived across the world: UK, France, Italy, South Africa, Australia and Switzerland. Educated in the UK, Switzerland and the US, she has a BA (Hons) in Psychology.

Mark is a Compensation and Rewards Partner working to ensure organizations and people get the best possible return from their investment in each other.
He has been a Consulting Business Leader, Reward Partner, Headof Executive Compensation, Head of Reward and started his career as an HR generalist. His experience is balanced between consulting and line roles.
He has been employed by Korn Ferry, Mercer, Natwest, EY, Sainsbury’s, the Rank Group, HiscoxInsurance, and GSK.
He has worked with a broad range of clients including ADNOC, Aon, Atkins, Aviva, Batelco, the BBC, Beiersdorf, BMW, Bupa, Causeway Technologies, Centrica, CHAS, Citi, Credit Suisse, Coca-Cola, Coutts & Co, DHL, Hampden & Co, Julius Baer, Kajima, Lenovo, Lloyds Banking Group, Medmark, Musgrave, NHS, Oxa, Oxera, Natwest, Nestle, OECD, Optiver, OTP, PlusCo, Puma Energy, Quorum Cyber, Rev Worldwide, Tip Holdings, Sage, SABMiller, Signature Senior Care, Standard Life (Abrdn), Santander, SEGRO (Slough Estates), SNC Lavalin, STC, Statoil, Tesco Bank, Unilever, VEON, Virgin Media, and XP Power.
He supports clients across the people agenda with particular focus on the strategic relationship between organizational performance, individual performance and reward. His areas of expertise include reward strategy & governance, executive compensation, long-term and short-term incentive design, sales incentive design, pre- and post-merger compensation design, job measurement & organization design, HR function effectiveness, and people & business leadership in growth oriented profitable professional services businesses.
Mark has a B.A. (Hons) in Philosophy from Hull University, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development,a Freeman of the Worshipful Company of Management Consultants, and a member of the Royal Edinburgh Merchants Company.

Pippa is an internationally experienced HR Director with a broad career working for a FTSE 100 retail business. Her experience spans specialisms in talent management, organisational design, diversity and inclusion, and learning and development.

Her most recent roles have focused on global transformational change programmes that have enabled a complete redesign of the organisation to maximise performance, streamline ways of working, reduce costs, and increase the focus on customers. This has been achieved by planning the workforce of the future and then identifying the capability changes required to create a high performing team culture.

Prior to her 15-year career in HR, Pippa worked across a range of cross-functional roles in retail, supply chain, finance, and IT.

Saleem has led major restructuring, change, and transformational initiatives on behalf of large high-profile global organizations across multiple sectors. He has a consistent track record of influencing restructuring and turnaround strategies at board level by forging strong executive and management relationships by influencing and encouraging behaviors aligned with business goals.

He has supported clients in driving critical change agenda across all key areas of the organization including the design and development of strategic reviews; organizational restructuring; business transformation; the implementation of change programs; the delivery of target operating models; and joint ventures.

Saleem’s restructuring and business turnaround expertise is underpinned by experience within a global professional services firm in the areas of accounting, audit, corporate administration  /recovery, and liquidations and insolvency. He has a BA in Accounting & Finance from Leeds University Business School.

Salima has held senior leadership positions at top global companies including Accenture, Northrop Grumman, Marriott International and BAE Systems. In those roles, she was instrumental in helping inform the strategic direction of Talent Management and Organizational Development functions, while delivering highly effective and impactful leadership and organizational design and development solutions to internal and external clients.

Salima has served on the board of directors for the International Coaching Federation DC and is the Mentor/Advisor for the Virginia Tech Executive MBA program. Salima excels at developing innovative solutions to challenging problems and enabling clients to capture maximum efficiencies and growth. She is known for her partnership with leaders to transform organizations and drive business results in fast-paced, competitive markets.

Salima has an MBA from the George Washington University, and a B.S. Honors in Management Science & Statistics from the University of Maryland, College Park. She received her leadership coaching training at the prestigious Georgetown University’s Institute for Transformational Leadership. Salima has coaching certification from the International Coaching Federation (ICF), and is certified in a number of assessments including Leadership Circle 360 and Organizational Culture Assessment, EQ-i® 2.0 and EQ360® Emotional Intelligence Assessments, DiSC Behavior Assessment, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) , Wiley’s Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team (5B), Grounded & Conscious Leadership and Predictive Index (PI) . In addition, Salima is experienced with StrengthsFinder 2.0, TKI Conflict Mode Assessment, and True Colors. Salima is also a Society for Human Resources Management Certified Senior HR Professional (SHRM-SCP), and is certified in Designing Organizations from Beeson Consulting, and The New Change Equation from Case Western University Weatherhead School of Management.

Maggie has spent the past 12+ years partnering with a variety of startups, scaleups and large organizations on the development and advancement of their people, talent and culture strategies and initiatives. These include US-based and global startups and scaleups in the eCommerce, digital health, SaaS and tech space. While she’s been a 4x founder of the people function, she’s also owned components of business operations, strategy, IT and project management. She finds great satisfaction in shaping the people, operations and culture functions to ensure close alignment with the business strategy.

She graduated from Southeast Missouri State University with a degree in Business Management, emphasis on Organizational Leadership. She obtained a Strategic HR Leadership Certificate from Cornell ILR School and currently holds an active Professional in Human Resources certification. Additionally, she is Lean Six Sigma Green Belt certified.

Having spent the first 15 years of her career in Operations and Sales, Sue has first-hand knowledge and experience of how and why Inclusion & Diversity, as an integral part of the organisation DNA, will step-change business performance.

Sue was previously the Global Chief Diversity Officer for the Nestle group, and then led the Inclusion client practice at PwC Switzerland. Sue has worked cross-industry and cross-border, with clients from: Private banking, Sporting organisations, Pharma & Life science, Humanitarian sector, FMCG and Life sciences. Sue is a renowned and passionate advocate for Inclusion and has spoken at the United Nations, Catalyst, women’s forum etc. and specialises on educating executives, guiding and challenging them to deliver results as organisations embark on their journey of cultural change.

Tracy Cocivera is an organizational psychologist, certified coach, and leadership assessment expert, who creates leadership development and talent management solutions for senior executives that result in lasting business outcomes. She brings 20 years of expertise in systemic executive coaching, top team and board effectiveness, leadership transformation, succession planning, and strategy alignment and planning to her clients.

Previously, Tracy worked for a global provider of talent and leadership development services where she built a national executive coaching practice, delivering leading-edge coaching methodologies and solutions to clients across North America. Before that, Tracy built a successful leadership development consulting firm in Dallas, Texas, working with Fortune 100 companies in a variety of industries including financial services, insurance, consumer product and services, retail and telecommunications.

Tracy holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from the University of Guelph. She is registered with the College of Psychologists of Ontario and is a Professional Certified Coach. She has authored more than 20 articles for Forbes and is a regular keynote speaker at national and international conferences.

Kim has spent over twenty years as a strategist in advisory and C-suite roles. Her area of specialization is strategic transformation and change, with a focus on board effectiveness, CEO-board strategic engagement, and C-suite strategic planning. She is responsible for helping clients implement high-impact organization transformation solutions, including Board advisory, culture and talent strategy, succession planning and strategy development.

Kim’s decade of experience with McKinsey equipped her with a set of robust strategy tools, which she applied across numerous industries including telecommunications, financial services, and the public sector. Her practice focus was on organizational transformation and change management, which she translated into a spectrum of client contexts from call centres to C-suite teams. In addition to her client work, Kim also led the design and implementation of leadership development programs for the team of consultants at McKinsey.

Kim’s most recent executive role was as the Chief Strategy Officer at the Greater Toronto Airports Authority. As part of her mandate, she was responsible for Long Range Infrastructure Planning, and served as the Interim Chief Human Resources Officer during the organization’s transition to a new CEO. Prior to the GTAA, Kim held executive and C-suite roles at the Bank of Montreal, the Royal Canadian Mint, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

As a strategy advisor, Kim is known for her critical thinking and ability to advance clarity and unity across complex strategic and multi-stakeholder contexts. Her clients value her as a pragmatic strategic coach who can work collaboratively to create real-time solutions, and who can support them in building diplomatic alignment across the diverse set of deeply experienced leaders with whom they work.

Kim also serves as the Chair of the Governance/ESG and Human Resources Committee for several boards of Instar Asset Management, an independent alternative asset management firm with an emphasis on North American middle-market opportunities in the infrastructure sector, and other alternative real asset categories.

She holds a PhD in Biomechanical Engineering and a Bachelor of Applied Sciences in Chemical Engineering, both from the University of Toronto. She is based in Toronto, Ontario.

Combining over 30 years’ experience as a CEO, P&L leader, search consultant and executive coach, Gary brings a unique strategic insight to the development of senior leaders.

Gary’s approach to executive coaching places a strong focus on developing strategies and plans at a systemic level, emotional intelligence, and systemic leadership team effectiveness and value creation.

Prior to beginning his coaching career, Gary was a sitting CEO for a PE backed construction services company, so he has a first-hand understanding of exactly what it is like to develop and lead a team, report to a Board, handle the very unique and intense stressors associated with senior leadership, and how to navigate both extreme growth environments as well as crisis management situations caused by significant market and financial factors.

A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, Gary is an active member of several philanthropic Boards.

Martin has held HR Director positions in both private and public sectors. His most recent position was as HR Director of the Metropolitan Police Service, a role he held for 9 years (2001-2011).

During this period, the HR department was transformed into a leading and respected department across the UK. Both the department and Martin himself were recognized with several honors and awards.

Martin is regularly named as one of the leading HR figures in the UK today and was named as HR Director of the year by The Daily Telegraph and was awarded the OBE in 2010 for services to HR in the police and in particular the Metropolitan Police.

He is a Chartered Companion of the CIPD and a qualified mediator. Martin is a Senior independent director and Vice Chair of Midland Heart Care and Housing. He was until recently, a non-executive director of Roffey Park Business Institute and a trustee of The University of Westminster. Previous to that Martin was a non-executive director with Job Centre Plus and the Employers Forum for Age and Faith.

He has also been the HR Director of The Berkeley Group plc, Westminster Health Care Holdings plc and The Housing Corporation.

He served as a board member and reported directly to the Commissioner. Martin was responsible for HR, Leadership and Training (with a budget of £110m), as well as Logistics, Catering and other functions (with a further budget of just under £100m).

During his service Martin introduced a major new HR infrastructure and system saving over £15m per annum and requiring 350 fewer HR employees. He also transformed the training structure and put in place a model that, by 2012/13, will save over £30m each year.

Martin introduced new HR policies and systems that increased the police workforce by over 13,000. He was actively at the centre of new pay structure design for the entire UK police service and was very involved in plans to reform and modernise policing nationally.

Martin was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours 2010 for services to policing.

An HR professional and business leader with over 30 years’ experience across the UK and Europe, Gavin brings a broad skills portfolio to his work in guiding organisations to evolve organically into highly skilled and effective workforces through structured change management and strategic talent acquisition and development.

Prior to his consulting career, Gavin held leadership roles in the aerospace and high value manufacturing sectors where he led the creation of key HR policies, managed business-wide cultural transformation programmes, designed and implemented ‘full stack’ enterprise-level HRIS systems, and drove complex organisation design and recruitment projects.

Gavin’s expertise in apprenticeship and graduate development programmes has seen him provide national and regional policy guidance to UK government and a number of policy institutes.

John is a graduate of the Hudson Institute’s Coach Intensive Training and Master Coach programs and recently completed the Systemic Team Coaching basic and master team coach programs. He is also certified to administer the Hogan Personality Inventory and the EQi 2.0 emotional intelligence tool and carries the PCC certification from the International Coach Federation.

Until 2018 John ran JDR Consulting, his executive coaching and leadership advisory firm. Previously, he spent 25-years in executive search, specializing in the aerospace, airline, and industrial sectors as a partner at Spencer Stuart, Heidrick & Struggles, and Russell Reynolds.

John earned his AB from Dartmouth College, MS from SUNY Maritime College, and MBA from New York University. He is the Board President of Warfighter Advance, a nonprofit helping veterans manage PTSD without pharmaceuticals, and a longtime member of the Five Mile River Commission.

Gary DePaul is a talent-development expert, researcher, blogger, and speaker. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Educational Leadership at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where he teaches leadership and management. He hosts the Unlabeled Leadership Podcast with listeners from 82 countries and more than 800 cities. Gary is also a Distinguished Principal Research Fellow at the Conference Board.

Gary completed his PhD and EdM at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has a bachelor’s degree in History and Philosophy from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

In addition to his academic degrees, the International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) has designated Gary as a Certified Performance Technologist (CPT).

Gary has authored:

• The 2022 HRBP Report
• Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership, Second Edition
• The Most Effective and Responsible Clinical Training Techniques in Medicine
• What the Heck Is Leadership and Why Should I Care?

Camille holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology with a certificate in Africana Studies, a master’s degree in Educational Psychology, and a bachelor’s degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology from Texas A&M University. The combination of her time as a member of the Corps of Cadets at Texas A&M as well as her experiences in the mental health field mean that Camille possesses a unique combination of skills related to empathy, integrity, leadership, and teamwork.

She demonstrates a lifelong commitment to equity, inclusion, and social justice through her research, clinical, and outreach work. Camille has participated on several research teams, two of which had particular team research goals related to understanding topics related to diversity, oppression, and identity- with a particular focus on Black American youth. She has contributed to a published paper related to visual analysis of single-case studies. Further, Camille’s dissertation explored the relationship between racial socialization, racial identity, campus organization affiliation and perceptions of campus climate for Black undergraduate students at predominantly white universities.

Additionally, Camille has nearly seven years of clinical experience working as a therapist in community mental health, university counseling centers, an outpatient psychiatry clinic, and private practice. Over the years Camille has created a niche of working with marginalized and minoritized populations in each of these settings. She has seen particular success in her work with identity development and career exploration with college students and young adults with various intersectional identities.

Delighting clients and colleagues around the world by combining our expertise and innovative methodologies requires the OrgShakers to collaborate effectively across multiple locations and time zones.

The role of Client Services Manager and Executive Assistant is to help OrgShakers achieve these high standards daily. Acting as the ‘Centre Mover and Shaker’, Michael ensures effective co-ordination across the team and the smooth execution of our communication, accounting, and marketing activities.

Michael has 14+ years of experience in Human Resources supporting executive teams.

He has worked in the Automotive, Consumer Packaged Foods and Consumer Products industries both domestically and globally, allowing him to collaborate with colleagues around the globe. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Communication from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville.

As our Editorial Assistant, Adam’s role is to capture the team’s latest thought-leadership in a way which creates compelling and inspiring content.

A graduate in English Literature and Creative Writing from the University of Kent, Adam combines his considerable writing and editing experience with the organizational and commercial savvy he gained heading up a UK non-profit community interest company.

Mo has significant experience in HR Strategy design, alignment, and execution across multiple geographies in the Middle East (GCC & Lavant markets), Northern & Southern Africa, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

He has lived in Dubai for 10 years and has worked in 19 countries with sound knowledge of the nuances and challenges of the Middle Eastern markets.  His 20+ years of HR experience spans across the Hospitality, Service and Manufacturing industries for multi-nationals.

Mo has been instrumental in driving culture change programs, workforce planning in the GCC markets, employee engagement, labour relations, restructuring and organizational design.  Based out of Cape Town, South Africa he is a leader that is action oriented, respected for being a thought partner to operations professionals and thrives on driving business growth.

Mike brings twenty years of experience in creating and driving global Talent Acquisition strategies in early, mid, and late-stage startups. He is skilled in creating roadmaps, establishing talent strategies, and implementing recruiting initiatives, policies, and practices to attract diverse and high-performing talent.

He has had Executive Recruiting and TA Leadership roles at high-growth startups in Series A to Series D funding rounds, two of which were “Unicorns” ($1B in valuation) and has overseen an average of 200-400 hires per year at the startups where he has led the Talent Acquisition function.

He has deep experience in recruiting for in Marketing, Product Marketing, Demand Generation, Product Management, and SaaS sales roles ad has also been responsible for recruiting executives for Fintech, Security, Martech, and Web 3 Blockchain Gaming industries.

Claire brings 20 years’ experience gained through a corporate career (working in sectors including retail, telecoms, hospitality, and education), as a consultant working with SMEs and start-ups, and in academia.

Born and raised in Brussels, and having worked and lived in the UK, USA, and Spain, Claire thrives in multicultural environments.

Claire has held senior roles in HR and Learning & Development, leading projects and programmes designed to shift the performance of individuals and teams. She specialises in working across the wide spectrum of learning in its many forms – from designing innovative learning programmes, to training delivery, through to organisational development and change programmes.

Over the last 10 years, Claire has had a foot in both business and academia, working as an examiner for the UK’s Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, a guest lecturer in Human Resource Management, and as a Lecturer in Management at Sussex University Business School, with a particular interest in the role of the education sector creating a workforce with the skills needed for the future world of work.

Sandy is a seasoned global HR leader with a track record of enabling organizational and individual success across a wide range of industries and governmental institutions through the alignment of human capital strategy with the business strategy.

As an HR practitioner, Sandy has over 25 years of hands-on experience across the total employee lifecycle – from attraction, hiring, and onboarding through to engaging, rewarding, and retaining – and as a coach and mentor to many senior executives she is recognized as having helped enhance leadership capabilities and drive profitable business outcomes.

A graduate of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, Sandy is a past President of the Institute of People Management (the South African HR professional body) and has acted as an advisor to universities and governments.