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.

Mark Mortensen the Associate Dean for the Middle East Campus and Professor of Organisational Behaviour at INSEAD Mark is an expert in organizational collaboration and design, with a focus on hybrid, virtual, and globally distributed work. Recently he has focused on the changing nature of the employee value proposition and its impact on employee attraction, retention, and engagement.

Mark uses data-driven scientific research to help executives and organizations understand the complex dynamics of organizations as social systems. He uses scientific methods to distil that complexity into concrete actionable insights and tools that create value. He applies this approach by consulting globally on the changing nature of work, organizational culture, team dynamics, global collaboration, power and social networks, and organizational change.

Mark publishes regularly in practitioner outlets like Harvard Business Review, Sloan Management Review, and IESE Insights as well as popular press outlets both in print and online. His scholarly work has been published in top-tier academic publications, and his contributions have been recognized through academic awards as well as leadership and editorial board positions.

Prior to joining INSEAD, Professor Mortensen was on the faculty of the MIT-Sloan School of Management, and before that, the Desautels School of Management at McGill University. Professor Mortensen holds a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Stanford University, and an MS from Stanford University and a BA from Colby College, both in Computer Science.

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.

Vlasios works at the intersection of leadership and applied frontier technology innovation. An entrepreneur and educator, his work is centered on studying the AI forces that are reshaping the nature of leadership, and the choices organizations must make to navigate this consequential shift.

He is a faculty member at Hult Ashridge Executive Education. He also leads the research and innovation practice on AI and leadership at Delphi Group, a 30-year-old US think tank. His focus is on the transformative potential of the hybrid organization paradigm, and on the formidable challenges that lie at its core, which are fundamentally human.

Vlasios is also the CEO and co-founder of Dalia Labs, an agentic-first company specializing in hybrid teams’ performance.

Drawing on 25 years of corporate executive leadership experience with Fortune 500 companies and government institutions, Vlasios speaks about agentic AI not as a technology story, but as a leadership story. He challenges leaders to confront an uncomfortable truth: the playbook that built their careers was designed for a world where humans were the only intelligence in the room. That world no longer exists.

He holds a BSc in Engineering, an MBA and studies in educational psychology and neuroscience. Beyond the boardroom, he is an avid follower of the debate on AI consciousness and how it reshapes our understanding of what it means to be human.

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.