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Talent Q provides innovative
online psychometric assessments,
training and assessment consulting,
addressing talent management
challenges throughout the
employee cycle.

Key People

Flexible. Versatile. Dynamic

The expertise, experience and passion of our people ensures that Talent Q provides world class employee assessments which deliver a sustainable and demonstrable return for our clients.

Proven Innovative Informative

Roger Holdsworth, Chairman, Talent Q International

Roger has worked as a business psychologist since 1960. After seven years with the Institute of Applied Psychology in Sweden, five years with the National Institute of Industrial Psychology in London, and five years as an independent consultant in assessment, he founded SHL (with Peter Saville), which became the world’s leading firm in the area of psychometric testing.

As CEO of the SHL Group, he floated it on the London Stock Exchange, and grew it to have worldwide sales of over £70 million, 7500 clients, and 1,000 employees in 30 countries. Roger retired from SHL in 2002, but continues in his life-long passion for developing ground-breaking assessment products and extending the Talent Q global network.

  • MA Natural Sciences (Psychology), Cambridge
  • Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
  • Founder Member of the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology
  • Visiting Professor, Hangzhow University (China)

Steve O’Dell, CEO, Talent Q UK Ltd

Steve brings a wealth of experience to Talent Q from his previous positions within the assessment sector. He was head of assessment for Capital Consulting, European managing director for OPP, chief operating officer at IPAT (USA) and head of CRM for SHL UK.

Over the past decade he has worked with a wide range of major international businesses and public sector organisations, providing psychological assessment, consulting, training and product solutions. With Talent Q, Steve believes that he is able to offer a more pragmatic and flexible approach to workplace assessment than ever before.

  • AFBPsS (Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society)
  • MSc Industrial Psychology

 

Alan Bourne, Director of Consulting, Talent Q UK Ltd

Alan has worked as an occupational psychologist since 1996, including external consulting roles with SHL and Capital Consulting, working as an internal consultant within Royal Mail, and then as an independent consultant working for a wide range of private and public sector clients.

He also brings a strong evidence-based focus, having completed a PhD in 2007 which quantified the role employee attitudes play in moderating the impact of human resource management on bottom-line business performance.

  • PhD Human Resource Management
  • Chartered Occupational Psychologist
  • MSc Occupational/Organisational Psychology
  • Executive Member of British Psychological Society’s Division of Occupational Psychology