Editorial Advisory Board members are:

Claudia Bidwell

Global HR, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Basel, Switzerland.

Claudia is located at the headquarters of Novartis in Basel, Switzerland, and has headed up the Talent Management and Organization Development functions globally. Prior to joining Novartis, she worked for 7 years for Unisys Corporation in the USA, and prior to that, with Hay Management Consultants for 8 years, specialising in executive development and organizational change. She holds a Bachelor of Science (BSc) Economics from London University.

Dr. Amy Carver

Consultant; former Senior VP and Director of the Integrated Performance Consulting Practice, Wachovia, North Carolina, USA.

Amy had responsibility for the talent management processes across the Wachovia footprint, supporting more than 85,000 employees and all lines of business. She managed the corporation’s Executive Leadership Program (ELP), recently recognized as a best practice in executive education by Training magazine, 2005. Amy left Wachovia in Spring 2005 to focus on her consulting interests developed over 15 years of corporate and consulting experience across a range of industries, including banking and finance, travel and aviation, defence, and government. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Rice University, Houston, Texas, and her B.A. in Psychology from Gannon University, Erie, PA. She is a member of the American Psychological Association, Society for Human Resource Management and the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology.

Brian Dive

Managing Director, DMA Consultancy; Surrey, UK.

Brian is an internationally experienced and independent consultant, writer, trainer and presenter on issues relating to organization design and effectiveness including all aspects of human resource and leadership development, management education and change management. He previously held a number of senior positions in Unilever in New Zealand, The Netherlands and the UK. Since 2000 he has run his own business, DMA Consultancy, out of the UK with clients in North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand. He has conducted assignments in over 60 countries. He has contributed a number of articles to magazines and journals. In 2004 the second edition of his book, “The Healthy Organization: A Revolutionary Approach to People and Management” was published.

Ed Forbes

Director Capital One University, Capital One Inc; Richmond, Virginia, USA.

Ted Forbes is the Director of Capital One University, which offers training, development and leadership programs to the enterprise. Prior to leading the University, he was in a Business Partner role as Director of HR for all of Capital One's staff functions. Forbes has a background in both consulting and academics, and prior to joining Capital One he was on the faculty at the Darden Business School, University of Virginia. He has worked with companies in Europe, Asia and Latin America.

 
Gareth Jones

Head of Organizational Development, M&G Investments; London, UK.

Gareth is Head of Organizational Development for M&G Investments, Prudential's asset management business in the UK, Europe and South Africa. His responsibilities cover executive development, business-wide capability, e-learning, and Regulatory HR. Gareth has spent the last 7 years in internal leadership development, and has also worked with investment teams on building their understanding of the leadership effectiveness within investee companies. Prior to that he ran a management development consultancy, and early roles were in sales and marketing and business conference management. He has an MA in Modern Languages from Oxford.

Darrell Kofkin

Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Global Marketing Network

Michael Molinaro

UBS Executive Director, Learning & Development.

Michael is Executive Director for Learning & Development at UBS, a global investment banking and securities firm. Michael's career has been focused on the Learning and Organizational development (OD) space within the financial services industry, having held senior level HR and training positions at Drexel Burnham Lambert, Shearson Lehman Brothers, and Deutsche Bank among other firms. Michael has a particular interest in the application of technology within organizational systems development. He has edited "How to Design Self-Directed and Distance Learning", published by McGraw-Hill. American by birth, Michael now resides in North London with his wife and children.

Prof. Dr. Danica Purg

Dean & Director of IEDC-Bled School of Management and President of CEEMAN (Central and East European Management Development Association); Bled, Slovenia.

Jennifer Pueschner

Senior Manager, Customer and Supply Chain Institute, Raytheon and
Program Manager, Supply Chain Leadership Development Program; Tucson, Arizona, USA.

Jennifer is a Senior Manager in the Customer & Supply Chain Institute. In this capacity, she serves as the Program Manager for the Supply Chain Leadership Development Program and is responsible for cultivating key relationships with nationally recognized academic institutions to drive talent recruitment and development for Raytheon’s Supply Chain organization She is a Six Sigma Expert currently supporting Mission Assurance at Raytheon Missile Systems and also supports a variety of other Customer & Supply Chain Institute initiatives driving collaboration with Raytheon’s customers and suppliers. Prior to Raytheon, Jennifer served as Vice President of Client Development at Internal & External Communications (IEC) driving several leadership, change, and knowledge capture projects with clients such as Lexus-Toyota, Cisco Systems, Rockwell Collins, and Kyocera Qualcomm.

Purvi Sheth

CEO Shilputsi Consultants, Mumbai, India