Biographical note

David Pendleton is Professor in Leadership at Henley Business School, and a member of the Henley Centre for Leadership.  He co-founded the Edgecumbe consulting group in 1995 where he worked with a wide range of clients from the airline, hospitality, retail, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and professional and financial services sectors in Europe, Asia and America. He was Executive Chair of Edgecumbe from 1995-2005.  The holder of an Oxford doctorate in Psychology, David is a Chartered Psychologist an Associate Fellow of the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of General Practitioners and a member of their Trustee Board.

Adrian Furnham was educated at the LSE where he obtained a distinction in an MSc Econ., and at Oxford where he completed a doctorate (D.Phil) in 1981. He has subsequently earned a D.Sc (1991) and D.Litt (1995) degree. Previously a lecturer at Pembroke College, Oxford, he was Professor of Psychology at University College London from 1992 to 2018 He  is now Adjunct Professor of Management at the Norwegian School of Management (2009) as well as Principal Psychologist at Stamford Associates. He has written over 1300 scientific papers and 95 books. He is on the editorial board of a number of international journals, and a founder director of Applied Behavioural Research Associates (ABRA), a psychological consultancy established 30 years ago.