Our experts are from around the world.
About Our Team of Experts
Who We Are
We are all members of the Human Capital Impact global expert network. We share the same mission regarding the impact of Human Capital Reporting. Membership is by invitation only, facilitated through existing members and subsequent unanimous positive support from all members. This process ensures suitability from both professional and personal perspectives.
How We Started
Each member of our network is a recognized expert in the field of Human Capital, with backgrounds in business and/or academia spanning several years. Many of us have contributed to standardization bodies globally, including the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), specifically its Technical Committee for Global Human Resources Management (TC260). Through close collaboration with over 22 countries, this committee developed the Global Human Capital Reporting Standards for internal and external stakeholders (ISO30414) between 2014 and 2018. Since then, participants from this ISO project have maintained connections, extending support for the implementation of these standards in the global marketplace. Our network has continued to grow with the addition of further experts.
Why We Do What We Do
We are deeply passionate about educating Human Capital stakeholders on understanding the true impact and value of their workforce through Global HCM Standards. Our solutions empower organizations to make data-driven decisions. Consistent and meaningful measurement of human capital enables leaders to make informed decisions about their most valuable asset: their people. Investors and Rating Agencies can now compare and benchmark organizations with respect to a significant part of their intangible value. These standards provide a robust foundation for ESG and Sustainability related reporting, enabling stakeholders to assess the predictability of sustainable profits and growth. Governments utilize this information to promote regional employment markets, while globally mobile talents gain better insights into potential prospective employers.
Our mission will only be fulfilled when Human Capital is considered equally relevant as Financial Capital, and professionals understand how to navigate this evolution. Access insightful videos and other resources throughout our website. We look forward to connecting with you.
Meet Our Team
Amelia (Amy) Armitage
United States
Amy Armitage is the founder and co-chair of the Human Capital Investment and Reporting Council (HCIRC), an executive peer group that sponsors research, peer conversations, and executive forums on human capital investment, value creation, and sustainability.
The HC IRC and Amy’s consulting practice focus on the “how to” of leveraging human capital metrics, standards, and analytics to satisfy investor, board, and SEC reporting requirements. She works with leaders and their teams to optimize talent, enhance transparency, and achieve business results.
Over her career, Amy developed a portfolio of nearly a dozen executive research working groups. She has conducted high performing organization research and curated leadership curriculum for senior HR leaders in more than 100 organizations. She’s developed over 300 webinars for HR executives, and, more recently ESG investors. She served as a Program Director for The Conference Board on employee financial well-being and health care. Prior, she held executive consultant, practice leader, and managing director positions in three global consultancies.
Amy holds an M.B.A. from the Yale School of Management (finance, marketing) and a B.A. from Duke University, Institute of Public Policy Sciences (labor economics, public policy). She is a certified talent optimization consultant through the Predictive Index.
Active in non-profit leadership, she chairs YaleWomen’s Membership and Engagement Committee and sits on the YaleWomen Governance Council. She recently launched a series “Equity Conversations” and a virtual forum for Chief Sustainability Officers. She serves on the Advisory Board of Amazing Community, a resource for women 45+ to enhance digital skills and sustain professional careers. She lives in Ridgefield, CT with her husband, a pharma CEO and has 3 (grown) children and 2 (not so grown) dogs.
Dr. Stefanie Becker
Germany
Dr. Stefanie Becker is Senior Expert for People Insights at SAP, working in the Chief Operating Office People. In her role, she is striving for enabling SAP HR to become a more data-driven organization.
Since 2016 she is working as an expert for the Technical Committee TC 260 Human Resource Management within the International Standardization Organization (ISO). From 2017 to 2019 she was heading up the working group ‘Human Capital Reporting for internal and external Stakeholders’ (ISO 30414).
Stefanie published several books and articles about a variety of topics in Human Resource Management. She holds a PhD in Business Administration examining the relevance of ethical issues in Human Capital measurement and management.
Brad Boyson
United Arab Emirates
Brad Boyson is cofounder and CEO of HR Learn In, a boutique human capital consultancy based in Dubai, UAE. Mr. Boyson has been an active ISO HR Standards member since the project’s inception (Washington DC, 2011). He is the current convenor for ISO 30414 – Human Capital Reporting and the vice chair of the Standards Canada Council (SCC) mirror committee for ISO TC 260.
Prior to establishing his consultancy in 2020, Mr. Boyson spent 7 years as the Executive Director for SHRM’s Dubai office. During this period, he personally delivered numerous human capital interventions for organizations such as the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), Human Resource Authority of Abu Dhabi (HRA), Dubai Government HR (DGHR), DP World, SADARA/Aramco, Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) and Petroleum Development Oman (PDO).
A frequent international keynote speaker, his contributions to the professional body of HR knowledge include publishing a chapter on Global HR Economics as well as co-authoring three (3) different professional study guides, preceded by five (5) years as an exam item writer for HRCI’s GPHR certification. His diverse global practitioner experience includes head of HR operations roles for Mitsubishi Corporation (MCL Vancouver, Canada), Royal Caribbean International (Miami, USA) and Emaar/Hamptons (Dubai, UAE). During his practitioner career he worked on every inhabited continent coupled with overseeing workforce diversity in excess of 80 different nationalities.
Academically, he graduated from three different business schools, majoring in Finance, Industrial Relations, and HR respectively; professionally he passed 6 different professional HR qualifications and has served on several government and academic advisory boards. However, his proudest professional accomplishment comes from the thousands of people around the world that he has coached and mentored to become better business-mined, sustainability-oriented HR professionals (over 55,000 students on Coursera and counting).
See video interviews that Brad has done with our team of experts.
Solange Charas, PhD
United States
Dr. Charas is the Founder and CEO of HC Moneyball, offering a SaaS-solution to instantly generate HC metrics for C-Suite use and the CEO of Charas Consulting, providing strategic HC consulting to Boards and Executive Management.
Dr. Charas’ work is focused on identifying and quantifying the material impact of human capital on corporate performance, generating thought-leadership for Board Directors and C-suite executives. She is an expert in the area of human capital disclosures required by the ESG governance frameworks (GRI, IIRC, SASB, USO, ISS and UN SDG.)
She has served on public company boards and has held the Chairperson role for Audit and Compensation Committees. She has also served on private for-profit, non-profit and higher education boards.
She currently serves as an Adjunct Professor designing and delivering curricula in the Master’s Programs at Columbia (Finance for Effective Human Capital Management, Transforming Total Rewards), USC (HR Analytics, Total Rewards and Anticipating the Future of HR) and NYU (Quantitative Methods). She also is a Distinguished Principal Research Fellow at The Conference Board and has written reports including: Brave New World: Creating Long-term Value through HCM and Disclosures and Leveraging Human Capital Analytics to Understand the Internal Customer.
Solange held the CHRO position at three global public companies and was part of the leadership team (National Director) at EY and Arthur Andersen.
Dr. Charas earned a PhD in Management from Case Western Reserve University’s Weatherhead School of Management, an MBA in Accounting and Finance from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, and a BA in International Economics from the University of California, Berkeley. Her PhD focused on corporate governance.
She has been published or cited in more than 200 research and practitioner publications including 40 academic citations. Some of her noteworthy publications include Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Agenda Magazine, Financier Worldwide, NACD, Fast Company, USA Today, LA Times, Boston Globe, Entrepreneur Magazine. She has contributed chapters for both editions of The Handbook for Board Governance and will have a chapter in the upcoming book Coaching the Team at Work: Team Coaching Handbook. She is currently writing a book on Human Capital Management and is a frequent speaker at events addressing governance issues.
See my video: How ISO30414 will help HR move from a qualitative to quantitative mindset
Karl Craven
United Kingdom
Karl is the Founder of Spiral HR Ltd, a UK-based HR consultancy focused on building organisational capacity within the natural resource, chemicals, security, and construction sectors. Before returning to the UK in 2011, Karl spent two-thirds of his career residing in operational HR roles in the US, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
Strongly believing in continuous development Karl is one of the few people who is qualified as a Lead Auditor of ISO 30414:2018 and now provides training on the standard, hosts regular information sessions with business leaders, and is part of several communities of thought leaders on human capital and people analytics.
Karl is passionate about the benefits of human capital reporting and firmly believes in the principle that you can only manage what you measure. A full member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and the newly formed Guild of Human Resource Professionals.
See my video: Benefits that Using ISO 30414 To Organisations and Society
Nicolai Dyroff
Germany
In Memory: We are saddened that Nicolai passed away in July 2022. His passion and wisdom for ISO314 along with his collaboration and friendship with all of our team will always be remembered.
Nicolai had various HR management roles at Lufthansa, Global One, debis IT services and SAP.
He studied Law in Regensburg and graduated with the second bar exam in 1991. He started his career in a law firm in Sydney with first contacts to M&A activities, people analytics and performance-based KPIs. Transferring employees via mergers and divestitures was the common thread running through his professional life. Beside Germany, he worked on assignments in Australia, Belgium and India.
Nicolai was a charter member of the Goinger Kreis e.V., an HR association with a self-conception of a forum and think tank for people in responsible positions in business and science, who act as thought leaders and derive and drive initiatives for personnel work and sustainable employment.
Nicolai joined DIN in 2011 and ISO in 2015 and is one of the content-authors drafting and developing ISO 30414. Successful M&A activities are based on sound HR reporting and analytics, especially once the contribution of people to organizational success was comprehensible. Financial data are good to understand the past. Human Capital Reporting provides a predictable outlook for the future. ISO 30414 is now ready to make a big difference.
Rebeca Fernandez
Spain
Rebeca Fernández lives and works between Spain and London (UK). Rebeca received her Master's in Business Management (MBA) and Data Science for HR from Cambridge University. Rebeca has more than 15 years of experience in Human Resources, with a focus on HR technology and People Analytics. She has worked in a variety of industries such as banking and consulting services and worked in companies like Barclays, Blackrock and DXC-Technology. In her last corporate role, she was heading the People Analytics team at Bureau Veritas.
Currently, she is the CEO and Co-founder of AwAre (www.awareapp.tech), a revolutionary employee listening mobile application with integrated actions plans,engagement insights, and ESG/SDG reports; and the CEO of Rebeca Fernandez Solutions, HRaaS helping organizations to connect the dots between the business, processes, data, and people. Rebeca is an associate professor with a master's in human resources management at the University of Cantabria (Spain). Rebeca is also a HR Blockchain expert, with more than 5 years of experience researching and developing Human Capital Blockchain use cases for ecosystems for justice and efficiency, she is the Board Member of the Blockchain Language Knowledge Foundation and creator of gaptracer.com. Since early 2023, Rebeca is a committee member of the Spanish CTN314 committee HR management, which is part of the ISO TC 260 working on global HR Standards.
Rebeca´s motto is “what you measure improves” and she has a strong belief that HR professionals should connect the dots between business, technology, processes, and people data, therefore inclusive, sustainable, and transparent Human Capital Reporting becomes critical.
Qiang Hao
China
Mr. Qiang Hao is the founder and CEO of Beijing Century Myway Education Technology Inc. (BCMET), a management consulting company focusing on quality control and improvement of products and services through corporate learning and people development. BCMET provides training and learning solutions for companies of all sizes across different sectors.
Mr. Qiang Hao is very active in standards development at national and international level. He is the convener of Terminology Control Group of ISO/TC314 Ageing Societies and an expert of ISO/TC232 Education and Learning Services. He is an expert and reviewer of standards at Standardization Administration Committee of China since 2008.
Mr. Qiang Hao has over 30 years executive experience in manufacturing, international trade, computer chip design, IT service, learning service and management consulting. He has a MBA from University of California and a BS from Liaoning University of Technology.
Jeff Higgins
United States
Jeff Higgins is the founder and CEO of Human Capital Management Institute(HCMI), a predictive analytics and workforce planning software and consulting company. HCMI features SOLVE predictive analytics, the only ISO30414 compliant human capital reporting software on the market today. Using ISO30414, SOLVE also meets US Securities and Exchange Commission(SEC) disclosure requirements.
Jeff and HCMI help companies turn workforce data into intelligence with over 600 standardized metrics, predictive and prescriptive solutions for companies of all sizes. With his unique experience as both a senior HR executive and former CFO, Jeff helps organizations gain insights and solve talent issues to unlock billions of dollars in workforce ROI.
Mr Higgins is an adjunct professor of HR & People Analytics at USD, founding member of the Workforce Intelligence Consortium, member of the ISO Technical Advisory Group (TAG) on human capital, US lead for #ISO30414 Human Capital Reporting Standard, board member Center for Talent Reporting (CTR) and editorial committee member IHRIM Workforce Solutions Review (WSR) magazine.
Mr Higgins was EVP client services at Inform a workforce planning and analytics company, EVP of Workforce Planning at Countrywide Financial Corp., and senior HR leader driving workforce analytics and planning at The Irvine Company and OneWest Bank. Previously Mr. Higgins spent 15 years in finance and accounting roles of increasing responsibility for Johnson & Johnson, Baxter International, Colgate Palmolive and Klune Industries, ultimately as a Controller, VP of Finance and CFO.
In September 2019, and Mr. Higgins and HCMI were featured on a CFO magazine cover story on “Human Capital Reporting “human-capitals-big-reveal”.
See my video: ISO 30414 as a tool for HR to add significant business impact
Doug Hoppe
United States
Doug Hoppe has managed people analytic teams in both high tech and higher education organizations. In this capacity, Doug has worked on data strategies and architecture to support a variety of people related initiatives supporting staff across these organizations. Doug has worked over 30 years in large organizations in various capacities within HR, Finance and IT functions. His experience has included large-scale ERP implementations, development of metrics platforms for HR and operation managers, automation of financial and HR processes, corporate planning and IT functional management.
Doug has been a member of the ANSI/ISO team on Human Capital Reporting based on a strong desire to help elevate the importance of standardized workforce metrics in organizations. He believes that measuring value and investment in people in a meaningful and comparable way is critical to organizational success.
See my video: Using ISO as a framework to build your data foundation
Shunsuke Hosaka
Japan
Shunsuke Hosaka is the founder and CEO of HC Produce Inc. Japan. His client work involves helping organizations to develop succession planning, future leaders adopt management skills, and organizations to introduce ISO 30414 to realize long-term growth. Before establishing HC Produce, Shunsuke led Organization and Leadership Development Practice Group for ten years at Dream Incubator Inc., a Japanese management consulting firm, and helped its clients in Human Capital Management.
Shunsuke started his career at Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC). He worked on loans for infrastructure projects in Asia and the Middle East and debt restructuring under the Paris Club. He also served as the representative of the bank’s Washington DC office. Shunsuke received BA in Political Science from Keio University and MS in International Affairs from the Florida States University. He is an authorized ISO 30414 lead consultant and executive coach.
See my video: Human capital disclosure requirements within the Japanese Corporate Governance Code
Oliver Kothrade
Germany
My name is Oliver Kothrade and I live and work in Hamburg which is the 2nd biggest city in Germany. I made my Master Degree in Human Resource Management and German Labor law. I work for Panasonic since 2001, my current role is acting as the HR Director for Panasonic Appliance Europe. I like to work in this international environment of a global Japanese Company. I would describe myself as a hands-on generalist, pragmatic approach and always solution-oriented HR person with also a positive mindset and openness for challenges and changes. Besides my profession, I gave lectures to students at the University Lueneburg in Human Resource Management. In addition, I am also an honorary judge at the Labor and Social Court in Hamburg. I have also a passion in develop younger people into their first training profession and acting as an auditor. Since 2012 I am also one of the founding members and deputy head of the German DIN committee HR Management, which is part of the ISO TC 260 working on global HR Standards. I have a strong belief that HR professionals should create accountable benefits for all kinds of organizations, therefore transparent Human Capital Reporting becomes more and more important.
See my video: How ISO30414 can provide global organisations with a common understanding of people data
Mark Loon
United Kingdom
I am a Research Professor in Management and Organisation Studies at the University of Northumbria at Newcastle. As a management researcher, he has published in several top journals recognised as world-leading/ internationally excellent by the Chartered Association of Business Schools (UK) and the Financial Times, Academy of Management Learning and Education, Asia Pacific Journal of Management, Human Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Human Resource Management, Journal of Business Research and Journal of Management Studies. I was a recipient of the Outstanding Paper in the 2017 Emerald Literati Network Awards for Excellence. I am part invited to be a member of the British Academy of Management’s (BAM) Peer Review College and I was commissioned by Oxford University Press to contribute an article on ‘Critical Thinking in Business Research’ published in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia. I was a member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health's (IOSH) Research Advisory Panel. I am currently an honorary scholar at the University of Liverpool and a Visiting Professor at Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management, Université d'Aix-Marseille. I am a Chartered Scientist, registered with the Science Council, UK. I am a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy UK.
I also have extensive experience as a management practitioner and consultant. I was previously a senior manager as the Deputy Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Research and Enterprise at Bath Spa University. I also contribute to management practice in my organisation and more widely. I have served as an expert on panels in developing several standards published by the British Standards Institute (BSI) and the International Standards Organization (ISO). I have been commissioned to produce practitioner reports by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) and the World Economic Forum. I am a member of the expert network of the World Economic Forum. I am a Chartered Manager and a Fellow of the Chartered Management Institute. Prior to academia, I had a successful career as a management consultant for over ten years. I was employed by firms such as Ernst & Young, Cap Gemini and KPMG. I had a private practice in Sydney providing consulting and business analysis services to clients in the financial services and public sectors. My clients from the private sector included Morgan Stanley and QBE Insurance Group. My public sector clients included the Transport for NSW, University of Sydney and the Economic Planning Unit in the Prime Minister's Department of Malaysia. I hold two doctorates; a PhD and a DBA.
Dr. Heiko Mauterer
Germany
Heiko is Board Member and Senior Partner with 4C GROUP AG, a management consultancy. He studied business administration and engineering at the University of Karlsruhe and did a doctor’s degree at the University of Berlin. With 4C GROUP, Heiko is responsible for 4C’s “HR Management Practice”, supporting companies all over the globe in HR Management-related projects (https://www.4cgroup.com/en/chro-humanresourcesmanagement).
Heiko joined ISO (https://www.iso.org/committee/628737.html) and DIN in 2016 and is one of the content-authors of the “Human Capital Reporting Guideline” (ISO 30414) which was published in 2018. He supports organizations in implementing ISO 30414 and also offers certification services for companies in the ISO context (https://www.4cgroup.com/en/financial-services/human-capital-reporting-certification-services).
Heiko is a member of the Goinger Kreis eV, an HR association with a self-conception of a forum and think tank for people in responsible positions in business and science, who act as thought leaders and derive and drive initiatives for personnel work and sustainable employment.
Email: heiko.mauterer@4cgroup.com
Neil McCormick
Australia
Neil McCormick has an extensive history of international management experience. He has held board and senior leadership positions in both domestic and international organizations for over 35 years.
For the past 25 of those, Neil has specialised in human resources and consulting services. Neil is the founder and principal shareholder of HRM Advisory Pty Ltd (HRMA). As a recognized presenter and guest lecturer, Neil has a detailed understanding of, and passion for, the application of strategic workforce management principles and processes for the ongoing success of organizations.
His enterprise, HRMA assists clients in better aligning Human Resources to deliver the specific goals of organizations. This work has resulted in the publication of “Lean but Agile” ~ “Rethink workforce planning to gain a true competitive edge.”
Neil is a published author, also an Editorial Advisor for HR Examiner. He is a recognized global expert in areas covering workforce strategy, planning, metrics, and analytics. He is a committee member of Standards Australia MB009 Committee which is tasked to develop Standards for human resource management. Neil is a Project Leader in the development of a Workforce Data Quality Standard. Neil also represents Australia, and is an active participant, on the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) TC 260 Human Resource Management Committee. He is the convener of Working Group 2 Metrics for this committee and a contributing member of other Working Groups within ISO TC 260.
Suhair Abu Salem
United Arab Emirates
Suhair Abu Salem is the Human Capital and Communications Director for A³&Co. A strategic and practical thinker; Certified Senior International Human Resources Professional from HRCI, ISO 30414 Lead Auditor and Certified International Trainer from International Association of People and Performance Development.
With a prolific commercial acumen, pioneers HR programs of attracting, development and retention of quality people to enhance revenue growth and profitability.
Whilst creating sustainable high levels of human capital managment to impact the business bottom line. Provided consulation and delivered training programs based on 14+ years of direct experience working toward high standards and best in class practices in different international organizations for different HR, management and people development programs, at different levels, in different languages, within different countries and diverse cultures.
Zahid Mubarik
Pakistan
Zahid Mubarik SHRM-SCP, SPHRi, GPHR is an internationally acclaimed thinker, writer, speaker, and thought leader on strategic human resource management. He is the CEO of HR Metrics and founder and president of SHRM Forum Pakistan. He has the honor of being the only HR leader from South Asia to become a member of ISO Geneva Technical Committee 260 for Developing Global HR Standards. The Committee initially comprised of 11 leading countries, including USA, UK, France, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Netherlands, Portugal, and Pakistan.
He served as a global Convener of HR Metrics Standards ISO TC 260 leading 31 countries. He also led Pakistan in ISO HR standards development meetings in Washington, London, Melbourne, Rotterdam, Paris, Singapore, and Bali. During Zahid’s leadership role, ISO published two standards: Impact of Hire Metric ISO-30410 and Quality of Hire Metric ISO-30411. He also contributed to the development of standards including HR Vocabulary ISO-30400, Recruitment ISO-30405, Cost per Hire ISO-30407, Human Governance ISO-30408 and Workforce Planning ISO-30409.
Zahid has a knack for aligning workforce performance optimization and its alignment with organizational strategy through human capital measurement metrics. To institutionalize the HR profession and provide a unified platform to HR professionals. He was a speaker at the world’s largest SHRM global conference in Las Vegas in June 2019.
See my video: How ISO30414 can complement other frameworks like the World Economic Forum's Stakeholder Capitalism metrics.
Email: Zahid@thehrmetrics.com
Dr Sabrina Winona Pit
Australia
Sabrina has worked in the education, workforce, ageing, research and health sector for 20+ years. She has published over 75 papers on the (rural) health workforce, health professional education and training, employability, ageing, and digital health. She is regularly invited to speak at inter(national) conferences and strategic planning meetings, e.g. the Singapore Work Health and Safety Conference on 18 November 2020.
Sabrina works internationally and nationally on standardization practices and consensus building to improve trade and consumer confidence in ageing, work and digital technology on a global and national scale. She is the current chair of Standards Australia Mirror Board - Ageing Societies and convenor of the International Organization for Standardization Technical Committee 314 Ageing Societies- Working Group Ageing Workforce and active member of the ISO TC 260 Human Resources Management, including employee engagement and learning and development and TC268 Sustainable Cities and Communities.
Sabrina is the Founder of Work Wiser International, a consulting company in health, work, education and ageing. She currently is the Knowledge and Translation Analyst at a rural workforce agency the NSW Rural Doctors Network. Previously, she was the Workforce Research Stream Leader and Lead Academic, Clinical and Educational Research at the University Centre for Rural Health (the University of Sydney and Western Sydney University) 2014-2019. Sabrina has worked in the private and not-for-profit sectors. She has managed a medical practice and has held non-executive board positions with an aged care provider (2012-2016) and disability service provider Multitask since 2018.
See my video: The work of TC 314 and the development of standards to address the societal needs of an ageing population
Hilger Pothmann
Germany
Hilger Pothmann began his professional career in 1985 at Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main region. Following his apprentice- and internal traineeships he moved into the HR function in 1989. Hilger held positions as an HR business partner – since 1993 in managerial roles - in several regional and international organizational units of Deutsche Bank Group, covering Retail-, Commercial- and Investment Banking as well as Infrastructure (incl. New York, London, Toronto). Since 2008 he has been responsible as Regional Head of HR, covering a large part of the German region of Deutsche Bank Group.
Besides being a founding member of the Goinger Kreis e.V. in 2004, Hilger has been a voting member at the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) in 2010/2011, supporting the development of U.S. HR Standards. In this context, he was also an initiator and founding member of the German DIN mirror committee to ISO TC 260 (Global Standards for Human Resources Management) with a specific focus on orchestrating “Guidelines for Human Capital Reporting”, which has resulted in the ISO Product “ISO 30414”. Hilger continues to be a passionate advocate and driver towards implementing ISO 30414 globally; hence, establishing benchmarks around Human Capital intangibles for all stakeholders.
See my video: Using ISO 30414 To Benchmark Organisations
Nick Shepherd
Canada
Nick has over 50 years of varied work experience including senior general management and finance roles. From 1989 to 2017 he ran his own management consulting and professional development company. Currently, he is officially retired but still spends time on research, writing and other activity. Nick focuses his efforts in the areas of organizational sustainability, human capital, and integrated reporting. He has experience working in, and with private family businesses, public corporations, and governments and NPO’s.
Nick holds an FCPA, FCGA designation in Canada and an FCCA from the UK. He also holds an FCMC in Management Consulting. He is past Chair of the Professional Standards Committee of the International Council of Management Consulting Institutes and led the development of the competency model for CMC certification in over 50 global CMC Institutes. He is also a member of MENSA. In 2007 Nick received the President’s Award for Education from the Certified General Accountants of British Columbia.
Nick has authored several books including “Corporate Culture - Combining Purpose and Values,” (2021), “How Accountants Lost their Balance” (2021), “Reflective Leaders and High Performing Organizations” (2012, co-authored with Dr Peter Smyth), “Governance, Accountability and Sustainable Development” (2005), “Controllers Handbook” (2003, 2nd edition 2008), and “Variance Analysis” (1980).
Nick believes that human capital is the untapped frontier of competitive advantage and value creation and that accountants need to do a much better job of explaining the value and cash flow implications for organizations that understand and foster a positive culture.
See my video: Using ISO 30414 as a foundation to understand organisational culture and thus leverage your ability to innovate
Dr. Kyungsoo Shin
South Korea
Dr. Kyungsoo Shin is a founder of SGI (Sustainable Growth Institute), which is a very famous company focused on Leadership Training and Organization Culture Consulting in Seoul, South Korea. He is a member of the Leadership Development Committee in South Korea, which is a non-government organization to study and report what the Korean CEO leadership has to be. Furthermore, He is an HR Adviser of InnoBiz Association in South Korea. That is the biggest Association representing of small-sized companies. The number of members of InnoBiz Aassociation is almost 13,000. Thanks to this career, He became a representative speaker invited by the media and newspapers in South Korea.
Dr. Kyungsoo has almost 25 year`s experience in field of Leadership and Company culture consulting. During his work he summarized his field experiences and published 7 books including “3 Step strategies for Employee Motivation,” (2015), “5 Questions for Great Company,” (2017), “What did they take an action for the goal,” (2018), “The Pin-Point of Organization Culture,” (2019), “Culture Engine,” (2020), “Automated Organization,” (2021), “Smart Leader,” (2022). When it comes to academic background, He received BBA from Keio University in Japan, MBA from Korea University in South Korea, DBA from Brentwood University in US.
His final goal is going to support the sustainability of Korean companies through Human Capital Enforcement. To make his goal comes true, he is now devoting himself to promoting ISO 30414 to Korean company. He is the first mover called an authorized consultant of ISO 30414 in South Korea.
Sergio Vasquez
Mexico
Sergio is the owner and founder of Executive Development- ED, a firm devoted to helping people and organizations thrive. Executive Development assists companies in translating Business Strategy into People Strategy through its areas of expertise, Strategy, Leadership, and Organizational Development. Sergio has Master's degree studies in Human Development(MHD) at the Universidad Iberoamericana – México.
Sergio I. Vázquez has more than 25 years of experience in the field of Leadership and Organizational Development. He has worked as VP of HR for 8 Latin-American countries, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Perú, Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, and Paraguay, and has had country responsibilities in Mexico and Colombia. Mr. Vázquez also has a strong manufacturing operations background. He has a bachelor's degree in Food Engineering and was also the head of Manufacturing for a leading global food corporation in LATAM.
A genuine human development believer and practitioner, his goal is to help Latin American companies become more human-centered; focusing on the person brings success to both organizations and individuals. "Sow to reap, and the virtuous circle will then be achieved." ISO 30414 is the compass to let organizations know they are headed in the right direction.
“LATAM CEOs and CFOs will find themselves empowered -through presentation in business, financial and HR related forums and webinars- that for every organization that relies on the talent of people to drive success, the standard adds value by putting metrics and demonstrating the actual contribution of its human capital through their strategy.
Lee Webster
United States
Over a 30-year period, Lee has held a succession of senior management and executive positions at Fortune 500 companies, including ExxonMobil, Pepsi, and Rohm and Haas. Lee founded two ISO Technical Committees, ISO/TC 260 for Human Resource Management and ISO/TC 304 for Healthcare Organization Management, serving a Chair or Secretary on both. While serving on ISO/TC 260, Lee initiated and oversaw the development of ISO 30414:2018 Human resource management — Guidelines for internal and external human capital reporting. This standard presents a roadmap for organizational leadership to calculate, assess, and communicate the value of human capital to its stakeholders. Lee’s firm, International Service Standards Solutions, LLC (ISSS) certifies organizations to that standard.
Lee was Chair of the ANSI Organizational Member Forum (OMF) and an Executive Committee member on the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Board. He served as the Chair of the certification committee for the Standards Engineering Society. Prior to his civilian career, Lee spent several years in the military as an Infantry officer. Lee holds a BS in Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point, an MS in Management Systems from the University of Central Texas, and a JD/MBA from Northwestern University.
Heather Whiteman, PhD
United States
Heather Whiteman, PhD is an expert in People Analytics, Talent Transformation, and the Future of Work. Heather is a lecturer of People Analytics and Data Analysis at the University of California. She has held executive roles leading People Analytics, Talent Management, Learning & Development, HR Operations and HR Technology at companies like General Electric (GE), Pacific Gas & Electric, and more work through consulting partnerships. Heather brings science and data to the art of understanding people at work. Heather focuses on helping organizations and individuals prepare for the challenges of the future of work and data driven talent management. She is particularly focused on the intersection of people analytics and social justice.
Dr. Wilson Wong
United Kingdom
Wilson leads the Institute’s research, futures and foresight capability. He has been involved in futures research since 2000. His most recent publication with the Malaysian government was The Future of Talent in Malaysia 2035. He is co-editor of Human Capital Management Standards: A complete guide. He represents the UK on human capital metrics at ISO/TC260 (HR Standards) and is independent Chair of the Human Capital Standards Committee (HCS/1) and Deputy Chair of the Knowledge Management Standards Committee (KMS/1) at the BSI. His research interests include the psychological contract, fairness, and human capital development and measurement. His career has spanned academia, corporate finance and national ICT development policy. Wilson’s PhD in Economic Psychology (Behavioral Economics) was on opportunity recognition. He’s Visiting Professor at Nottingham Business School on the Board of IJHRDPPR, Editorial Board of HRDQ, and Advisory Boards at NBS and the Work and Equality Institute. A member of the International Association of Applied Psychology and an Academic Fellow of the CIPD, he was called to the English Bar in 1990.