Rob is Professor of Organizational Psychology at Queen Mary, University of London and Associate Research Director at CRF. He is also currently a Visiting Professor of Evidence-Based HRM at Birkbeck University of London and Professor at Oslo Nye Høyskole. He was previously co-founder and Scientific Director of the Center for Evidence-Based Management and has held positions at the Institute for Employment Studies, London School of Economics, Kings’s College (University of London), Bath University and University of Edinburgh. His publishing and research focus on topics including wellbeing, emotions, stress, motivation and everyday work behaviour.

Jagrity Singh is an AI Transformation Practitioner and senior HR leader who recently moved back to Dubai after spending a decade in the UK. Most recently Chief Talent Officer at Smiths Group, she has over two decades of experience driving large-scale people and organisational transformation at enterprise level, with impact across more than 60 countries. Her work spans the full breadth of the HR agenda — from M&A, Shared Services, and HR systems rollout to workforce capability building and AI-led transformation. Her work is informed by ongoing research collaboration with Oxford University and she is a passionate advocate for putting people at the centre of the AI transformation agenda.

John Whelan is a Director at Corporate Research Forum. Formerly UK HR Director of BAE Systems, the FTSE 100 defence, security, and aerospace company, John’s experience and strengths lie in business and HR Transformation, Organisation Development and Employee Relations. Prior to joining BAE, he held a variety of HR roles in engineering, technology and manufacturing businesses across the telecommunications and semi-conductor industries including Matra-Marconi Space where he was HR Director for the UK and, latterly, Group HRD.