Leadership team
Octavius Black
CEO
Octavius Black is CEO of Mind Gym which he co-founded in his kitchen on 01/01/01. Octavius writes extensively in the Financial Times, Times, Sunday Telegraph and City AM, and has co-authored four books. He also leads Mind Gym’s CSR program, Parent Gym, which delivers free parenting programs in socially challenged areas across the UK.
Sebastian Bailey Ph.D
President
Dr. Sebastian Bailey is a thought-leader, Co-Founder and President of Mind Gym where he consults on the future of learning for global organizations. Sebastian holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology with Cognitive Science from the University College of London and a PhD from the University of Bristol, where his thesis focused on how to maximize the transfer of learning in organizations.
Mary-Clare Race, Ph.D
President (Inc.) | Chief Creative Officer
As Chief Creative Officer, Mary-Clare is responsible for leading Mind Gym’s team of psychologists to deliver high-quality, effective and innovative solutions to our clients. A chartered business psychologist and leadership expert, she has over 10 years’ experience, at all levels of business, in Leadership and Management Development, Diversity and Inclusion, Organizational Change, and Talent Management.
Ryan Boughan
Chief Commercial Officer
Ryan Boughan serves as the Global Head of Client Team with Mind Gym. He has been with Mind Gym since 2011 and his experience of growing our client base helps inform Mind Gym’s strategy on marketing, recruiting and retention, solution support and design, and the prioritisation and launch of new products and points of view in the marketplace. Ryan is the Executive Sponsor on many of Mind Gym’s largest and most complex client accounts working in partnership with the management team and senior sales team to oversee and broaden our client relationships across the globe.
Richard Steele
Chief Financial Officer
Richard Steele joined Mind Gym as Chief Financial Officer in March 2018. From 2012 until January 2018, Richard served as Finance Director of Cook Trading Limited, the frozen ready meal retailer. Prior to this, he was Finance Director at the retailer White Stuff Limited from 2007 to 2012. Richard has also held a variety of finance roles within Principles Retail Limited and Easy Group and started his career at Tate and Lyle plc where he qualified as an accountant and worked for 10 years from 1989.
Academic board
Elaine Fox
Professor of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
Michelle Ryan
Professor of Social and Organizational Psychology at the University of Exeter and Professor of Diversity at the University of Groningen, Netherlands
Robert Bor
Professor, Consultant Clinical Psychologist, and Co-Director of Dynamic Change Consultants Ltd
Janet Reibstein
Professor in the School of Psychology, University of Exeter
Guy Claxton
Visiting Professor of Education, Kings College London and Emeritus Professor of the Learning Sciences, University of Winchester
Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Ph.D
Professor of Business Psychology, University College London and CEO, Hogan Assessment Systems
Ingrid Lunt (Alumni)
Professor of Educational Studies and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of Education, Oxford University
Peter Robinson, MA, DPhil (Oxon), FBPsS (Alumni)
Emeritus Professor in Experimental Psychology, University of Bristol
Dr. Illona Bonniwell (Alumni)
PhD Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology, Program Leader for the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology, University of East London
Cary Cooper (Alumni)
Professor of Organizational Psychology and Health at Lancaster University
Michael West (Alumni)
Professor of Organizational Psychology, Lancaster University Management School
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