Blacklight Advisory was founded in 2013 with a vision to build an advisory practice that is fresh, innovative and willing to stray away from the conventional path. We have backgrounds in academia, with practical experience working across industries and extensive experience in the field of professional services.

My formative years were in India and in profound ways that experience shapes and guides my thinking today. I trained as an organisational psychologist and I have taken these skills in leadership development and culture change and honed them over the last 13 years in big consulting engagements and for global financial institutions. My focus is simple: what lies behind the behaviours I can see and sense? This has involved me in some of the highest profile cases of the banking crisis; from investigating rogue trading to assessing the cultural backdrop behind failing performance. I have extensive experience in strategic change, organisation development and learning. I am pursuing a doctorate in organisations and consulting.  I also teach change and organisation development on a guest lecturer basis at the London School of Economics.

My first job out of University was working thousands of miles from home, in bandit country… on a tiny island in the Philippines. Whilst my subsequent 18 years in consulting have not always been so tropical – it has been characterised by working collaboratively with clients, under challenging conditions, to achieve exceptional results. My career has been spent with the world’s biggest consulting firms and businesses – my last role being a Director with a big 4 professional service firm where I co-led the organisation change consultancy team across Financial Services in the UK. During that time I have directed some exceptional programmes to the benefit of thousands of employees. I have extensive experience of culture change, organisation design and programme & change management.

I work as an Executive Coach with senior leaders. I have had over 15 years of experience working in industry in a senior management capacity in different sectors. I have led large, multi-jurisdictional teams and understand the leadership challenges associated with those roles. Over this time, I have gained tremendous knowledge of work related issues from stress, performance anxiety to leadership issues and team development. I hold an MSc in Psychotherapy and I am a Certified Transactional Analyst, accredited by the UKCP and a member of the BACP.

I graduated from the Faculty of Law in 2010 and I am currently taking a Legal Practice Course in Poland. In the time between graduating and now, I spent several years in London working for a leading specialist bank in their Organisation Development department. I am currently based in Poland studying to become a barrister, whilst providing Blacklight with remote administrative support. It is a great opportunity as I have the chance to work with such an amazing team! Dividing life between two countries can be challenging sometimes, however, I have always said that good organisation is a key to success.

Tussen de regels door lezen – reading between the lines! A good Dutch proverb that I learned growing up in the Netherlands, and a principle that still drives me to understand why people behave the way they do. I started my career as a programme manager at one of the largest Dutch banks. I have since broadened my business education with an MBA. As a consultant at Blacklight Advisory, I have been working with one of UK’s largest regulators to help them understand the underlying reasons why they behave as they do!

Sohi has a degree in Management and Organisational Psychology. It is her firm belief that only a healthy organisation with a strong culture can lead through sustainable growth. At Blacklight, she has been working on multiple initiatives around learning and organisation development. She has been involved in the facilitation of workshops and supporting large leadership development programmes.

Gwen is an experienced organisational consultant, specialising in group dynamics, leadership and organisational development. She has worked as in-house consultant and as organisational practice leader with an international consulting firm. Gwen facilitates interventions for leaders to address their strategic imperatives and helps them expand their awareness and capacity for impactful collaboration.

I am currently on an outplacement year whilst studying management at the University of Bath. In pursuing these studies, I have developed a particular interest in the human elements of business. During my time at Blacklight I will be working on multiple projects, I especially look forward to seeing my work bring about positive change whilst supporting the coaching of rapidly expanding businesses outside of the UK.

Trevor is an Organisation Development consultant and registered Clinical Psychologist. He specialises in organisational development & design, facilitation, change management, cultural articulation & communication, leadership development and executive coaching. He has 18 years of experience in human dynamics, he combines his clinical knowledge with that of organisational systems and business strategy. Trevor has helped many companies to accurately articulate and communicate their underlying culture in order to drive performance, talent retention and competitive advantage. His belief is that a strong and well understood culture is at heart of the worlds most successful organisations.