Dr. Fatima Tresh is a business psychologist and consultant at leadership and inclusion consultancy Delta Alpha Psi. Fatima works with multinational firms to improve diversity in talent pipelines and leadership teams and facilitate inclusive culture change. Fatima completed her PhD in Psychology at the Centre for the Study of Group Processes, University of Kent, and is a Visiting Fellow of Cranfield School of Management. She is co-author of a review of the effectiveness of unconscious bias training for the Equality and Human Rights Commission, and a review of reporting on ethnic diversity at board level in the FTSE 350 for the Financial Reporting Council and Parker Review, Fatima is an adviser to the Black British Business Awards.
Lucy Trevelyan is the legal correspondent for Board Agenda. She is an NCTJ-trained journalist and a lawyer. She has edited a number of legal publications including Solicitors Journal, New Law Journal, Counsel magazine, Corporate Rescue & Insolvency Law, and Law Business Review.
Raj Tulsiani is a leading figure in the UK’s senior interim management and executive search industries. His leadership has driven Green Park Interim & Executive Search to the forefront of industry standards for customer service and innovation, ranking 19th in the 2010 Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 list. Raj was named as a finalist in the Chartered Management Institute’s 2011 awards. As leader of one of the industry’s few minority-owned businesses, Raj is a passionate advocate for the power of diversity as a source of competitive advantage, heading a team that sets the benchmark for innovation and commitment to consistently attracting diverse groups of candidates. He is also chair of Diverse Leaders and heads up Diversity Analytics with Trevor Phillips, and was named Best Agency Recruitment Lead of the Year at the 2014 Recruiter Awards for Excellence.
Alexey is associate professor in the Social Sciences Faculty of the Higher School of Economics, Russia. He also works as an executive consultant for Ward Howell, leading senior management team sessions, group coaching and leadership programmes. Alexey has been one of the most active developers of Strengths Based Leadership in Russia. The methodology is based on the analysis and use of the strengths of leaders, teams and organisations. He also specialises in group communication and dynamics. He is the author of research and articles on conversation analysis of meetings and everyday communication. Alexey is taking part in the Chair Global Research Project INSEAD and is the author of more than 60 publications. He has extensive experience in developing and implementing modular training programmes for managers and introducing Action Learning in companies.
Cristina Ungureanu’s professional career started in 2001, developing knowledge and expertise in global corporate governance, financial regulation and investor relations. She worked in international corporate and academic environments, providing high-level consulting, project management, corporate client relationship and research to a diverse range of institutions. In 2013 Cristina joined Sodali as head of corporate governance advisory, coordinating the global governance projects, services, research and analysis. She is author of many publications on executive remuneration, corporate governance and European financial integration and is often invited to international conferences to present on these topics.
Daniel Vaknine is CEO and partner of Visslan, a Nordic-based whistleblowing solution to simplify internal whistleblowing for organisations of any size and shape. Daniel and his team meet board members on a daily basis to help them evaluate their existing whistleblowing solutions, and implement new ones.
Lutgart Van den Berghe is a board member at ecoDa, leader of the Corporate Governance Dialogue and executive director of GUBERNA, the Belgian governance institute.
Ludo Van der Heyden is the chaired professor of corporate governance and a professor of technology and operations management at INSEAD. He is is the founder of the INSEAD Corporate Governance Initiative, co-director of the International Directors Programme and Value Creation for Owners and Directors, and lectures on governance, leadership, and business model innovation.
Dr Jeroen van der Velden is associate professor of strategy alignment and director of Nyenrode's Faculty Research Center for Strategy, Organization & Leadership at Nyenrode Business University. His fascination lies in how new technologies impact and change organisational and daily people lives. Jeroen joined Nyenrode Business Universiteit in 2003. His research focuses on strategy alignment and the capability of organisations to successfully operate in dynamic environments. As an adviser, Jeroen has been active in various sectors of industry: financial, utilities, process industry, telecom and government. He has participated in organisational transformation and strategy implementation programs in organisations that include ABN AMRO, ING, Delta Lloyd, Heineken International, Shell International and the Tax Department.
Dr Wim Vandekerckhove is reader in business ethics at the University of Greenwich. He holds a Phd in Applied Ethics from Ghent University, and his research interests include whistleblowing, transparency, precarity, and philosophy of management. He has provided expertise on whistleblowing to various organisations, including Transparency International, Public Concern at Work, the Whistleblower Advice Centre in the Netherlands, the UK Department of Health, Public Services International, the British Standards Institute, the European Commission DG Justice, and the Council of Europe.
