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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.

Ryne is the chief science officer at Hogan Assessments. In this role, he is responsible for managing the primary functions within Hogan’s industry-leading data science department, including talent analytics, product innovation, business intelligence, and Hogan’s research archive and infrastructure.
Ryne’s research in personality has examined the role of personality in daily life, career pursuits and workplace performance, and the assessment and measurement of personality and individual differences. Ryne is also an expert on modern approaches to personality assessment, including
unobtrusive assessment, such as voice prosody, word use, and affective responses to stimuli. He is also in an expert in data analytics, including the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in conjunction with personality assessment.
Prior to joining Hogan, Ryne was a professor of psychology at Texas Tech University and Florida Atlantic University, where he was recognized as the FAU College of Science Distinguished Teacher of the Year in 2013. His research on the psychological properties of situations and their interaction
with personality was awarded federal support from the National Science Foundation, and in 2016 he was named an APS Rising Star by the Association for Psychological Science. In addition, he received the SAGE Young Scholars Award in 2018 for his research concerning person-situation transactions and how people navigate their social worlds on a daily basis.

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.