Background

EEK assignments are resourced very carefully; choosing only experienced professionals with the right background for the particular assignment and client in question. EEK is networked with an elite group of other high calibre consulting enterprises from global firms of executive coaches and other business psychologists to a selection of handpicked independent consultants.

Audrey A J McGibbon, Registered Psychologist, MA (Hons), C. Psychol

Audrey is one of the founders of EEK. Audrey enjoys a prominent reputation as a leading consultant organisational psychologist. She is the former and highly successful Managing Director of SHL Australia - a human resources firm renowned for the quality of its assessment portfolio and psychometric tests.

After 12 years' executive and consulting experience with the SHL Group, Audrey now runs her own niche assessment and development consultancy based in Sydney, Australia - EEK Pty Ltd.

In her consulting capacity as a psychologist, Audrey has been an advisor to a range of organisations spanning primary, secondary and tertiary industries and across both public and private sectors in Australia, the UK and across the Asia Pacific region.

Audrey quickly adds value to any new client engagement by extrapolating broader applicability from these many and varied experiences. Her work has encompassed nearly all the key aspects of applying psychology to assessing and developing individuals and organisations.

Audrey is an established specialist in competency development, assessment centres and executive leadership. As one recent example of her assessment centre design credentials, Audrey was the lead consultant responsible for developing the highly acclaimed Australian Public Service Senior Executive Leadership Capability Framework and the resulting Assessment Centres, including all aspects of original exercise design materials. This initiative is now used across the Australian Public Service as a blueprint for future leadership success.

Audrey has a double degree from the University of Edinburgh in Psychology & Business Studies, specializing in Organisational Development, Change Management and Assessing Human Behaviour in the Workplace. She is also a Member of The Institute of Company Directors and is fully registered as a psychologist in NSW and as a specialist Chartered Occupational Psychologist with the British Psychological Society.

Affiliates

Karen Gillespie, Registered Psychologist, MA MSc MAPS

Karen is an independent management consultant with a background in organisational psychology. She has 14 years' experience of working with organisations to grow their business by enhancing the effectiveness of their people.

She has extensive experience in the assessment and development of people at work, using a range of approaches to bring about change for both individuals and organisations.

Her primary areas of expertise are training and facilitation, competency design and assessment (using a variety of approaches such as psychometric tools, 360° assessment, assessment and development centres), feedback, coaching and personal development planning.

Before establishing Gillespie Management Consulting, Karen was the National Consulting Director for SHL Australia.

Andrea Croft, Registered Psychologist, BA MA MAPS

Alongside her formal qualifications in Psychology, Andrea brings a wealth of 'real world' business experience to the team. Having had the opportunity to work with a number of local and multinational organisations Andrea has developed a depth of experience in the implementation of business and HR projects which demonstrate real results.

Specifically, her expertise and majority of experience lies in the design and development of best practice selection and development methodologies, including senior management/executive development, 360° assessment and feedback.

Andrea also has particular experience in corporate culture programmes, designed to assess and develop organisational performance.

With her professional, results-driven approach and a genuine interest in people, Andrea ensures that consulting solutions are developed and delivered according to the client's needs.

Tina McCarthy BSc (Hons) MSc C. Psychol

Tina is an experienced business psychologist with over 12 years’ consulting experience, initially with the SHL group in the UK, managing a team of consultants and for the last 2 years as a freelance consultant. She has worked in partnership with an extensive range of clients both in the UK and internationally. In particular, she has worked with large oil companies, global investment banks, law firms, pharmaceutical companies, hotel groups, retail companies, public sectors and some of the World’s top IT companies.

Tina’s main focus is on the fair and objective assessment and development of individuals at work. She specialises in competency development, assessment and development centres, coaching and personal development planning. She is also a successful trainer and facilitator on a wide range of custom designed programmes including competency-based interviewing, assessor skills, change management, and general management skills in leadership, performance management, coaching and feedback.

Tina is a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and Full Member of the British Psychological Society Division of Occupational Psychology.

She successfully balances her desire for best practice with an astute commercial awareness, resulting in optimum outcomes for her clients.