Adam Grant is the author of Give and Take, a bestselling book that has been translated into 27 languages

Friedman has been on the Wharton business school's faculty since 1984

?Syed is one of the world’s most influential thinkers in the field of high performance and cultural change

Hlupic is an international award-winning thought leader, an activist for humanising management, and author of The Management Shift

MacLeod is co-founder of the Employee Engagement Task Force launched by the prime minister in 2011

Hope-Hailey is university vice president, dean of the School of Management and holds a chair in management studies

?Matthew Taylor has been chief executive of the RSA since November 2006.

Cheung-Judge is known as a 'scholar-educator-practitioner' in the field of organisation development

Kelan's award-winning research focuses on gender and leadership, generations in organisations, leadership, and diversity and inclusion

Wendy Hirsh is an independent researcher and consultant on a range of people management issues

Simon Sinek is a motivational speaker, author and marketing consultant

The position was established to support the study of human interactions that lead to the creation of successful enterprises