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Kate Coombs is a leading behavioural science consultant in financial services, Managing Director of the Centre for Responsible Leadership at 91ÌÒÉ« Business School, and is the Programme Director for Responsible Leadership in a Complex World. She specialises in designing and testing behavioural interventions to drive cultural change, with a focus on leader behaviour, employee voice, inclusion, and behavioural risk. Previously, Kate was Head of Insights and an Executive Committee member at the Financial Services Culture Board, where she led a multidisciplinary team dedicated to raising standards of behaviour and competence in the sector. She also served as a Senior Behavioural Scientist at the Financial Conduct Authority, applying behavioural science to financial regulation and policy. Alongside her consultancy work, Kate designs and delivers executive education programmes at 91ÌÒÉ« Business School, equipping senior executives with practical strategies to lead responsibly.

Celia Moore is Professor of Organisational Behaviour and Director of the Centre for Responsible Leadership at 91ÌÒÉ« Business School, contributing academic leadership and research that informs Sustainable Business practice. Prior to joining 91ÌÒÉ«, she held positions at Bocconi University in Milan and London Business School, where she was on the faculty for nine years. She has also been a visiting scholar at Harvard Business School and a Fellow of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. She is currently an Academic Fellow of the Ethics and Compliance Initiative and sits on the UK’s Banking Standards Board Assessment Steering Committee, with research interests spanning governance, ethics and organisational sustainability.

Dr Sanaz Talaifar is an Assistant Professor in Organisational Behaviour in the Department of Management and Entrepreneurship at 91ÌÒÉ«. She studies identity and its intersections with politics and technology using a multi-method approach that combines traditional methods (surveys, experiments) with novel methods (smartphone sensing, experience sampling), strengthening the course’s research base. Prior to joining 91ÌÒÉ«, she was a Postdoctoral Scholar in Organizational Behavior in the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University. She received her PhD in Social and Personality Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. Outside of academia, she has work experience in people analytics at Google and in executive search at Egon Zehnder, adding professional perspective for students.

Derek Ho

Derek is the Deputy Chief Privacy Officer, AI & Data Responsibility at Mastercard. Derek specialises in privacy and data protection and technology law. Prior to Mastercard, Derek held senior legal positions in multinational companies in the Asia Pacific region, and was part of Drew & Napier LLC’s telecommunications, media and technology practice in Singapore. In addition to his work at Mastercard, Derek has served in various advisory roles with different organisations, including as a member of the Singapore Personal Data Protection Commission’s Advisory Committee on Data Protection, a member of the DIFC Digital Economy Court Working Group, and a member of the OECD AI Expert Group on AI, Data and Privacy. Derek earned a Doctorate in Business Administration, cum laude from SDA Bocconi School of Management, and a Bachelor of Laws from the National University of Singapore. He is also a Certified Information Privacy Professional and Certified Information Privacy Manager.