Stuart is a Partner and Head of Development at Pearn Kandola. He is a Business Psychologist with a strong background in management development, leadership and coaching. Before joining Pearn Kandola, Stuart worked for a specialist management development consultancy and was a senior manager within the HR Strategy business group at Deloitte.

As well as leading our Development business, Stuart is the project director for a number of our most significant assessment and development projects, including the identification and development of potential Partners at PwC and running Executive and Senior Management Development Centres for Sara Lee/Douwe Egberts across Europe, the US and Asia. Stuart has particular experience of the professional services, finance and retail sectors and specialises in identifying leadership talent, developing potential through one-to-one coaching and designing innovative development tools.

Stuart is the Occupational Editor for the Assessment and Development Matters journal and he regularly contributes commentary to the national press. He has recently featured in articles in Business Week, the Guardian, The Sunday Times and The Telegraph, as well as making regular contributions to the HR press.

In 2008, Stuart won the BPS Practitioner of the Year award for his work in global Leadership Development, while in 2009 he became the only psychologist ever to win a second BPS Practitioner of the Year award, this time for his work in global assessment and selection.