Annette Sinclair MSc, BA
Senior Researcher

Annette has a degree in Social Psychology from the School of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex and a Masters degree in Advanced Social Research Methods and Statistics at City University (passed with distinction). Annette has been involved in researching issues within organisations, conducting employee opinion surveys and diversity audits, identifying organisational development priorities, evaluating HR initiatives and leadership programmes and promoting well being in teams. She conducted the CIPD's 2003 Recruitment and Retention Survey and has been involved in a variety of research projects including, Building Global Leadership, How to Manage Virtual Teams and The Role of Executive MBAs in Organisations. Annette also provides training and advice on research methods and data analysis for a range of programmes and clients.

Dilip Boury  MSc, PGDip, BA (Joint Hons)
Assistant Researcher

Dilip has a degree in Joint Social Sciences (Psychology and Politics) from Leeds Metropolitan University. He also holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Psychology and a Masters degree in Occupational Psychology from The University of Nottingham. Dilip has used a range of research methods for investigating topics as diverse as Constructions of Occupational Psychology, Mental Health Policy Analysis and Attention. Dilip also worked for Ventura (Next plc) where he researched, designed and implemented a framework for the training and accreditation of Sales Executives. His experiences means that he can conduct organisational research using a wide range of scientific traditions in a way that is both rigorous and practically applicable. He is passionate about demonstrating how research can be used to both increase productivity and improve quality of life for members of organisations and wider society.

Jonny Gifford MA, BA (Hons)
Senior Researcher

Jonny Gifford joined Roffey Park in October 2008 and is co-author of The Management Agenda 2009 research report. He is currently evaluating the Lloyds TSB Finance, Risk and Audit Leadership Programme and Roffey Park's Personal Effectiveness and Power programme.

Prior to joining Roffey Park, he was a Research Fellow at the Institute for Employment Studies, where he carried out research into a range of areas within people management, employment relations and well-being at work. He is practised in carrying out in-depth case studies, employee opinion surveys, evaluations of Government and workplace initiatives and advanced statistical analysis of survey data. Jonny has a BA in Social Anthropology from Sussex University and an MA from Warwick University in Social Research with specialism in Comparative Labour Studies.

Liz Finney MA (Cantab)
Senior Researcher

Liz Finney joined Roffey Park in September 2008, after running her own research practice for nine years.  Since joining, she has managed projects on HR Business Partnering, evaluation of OD interventions and a bespoke leadership and management competency framework.   A graduate in English from the University of Cambridge, Liz’s early career was in marketing.  In 1999 she moved into market research.  Later she combined both disciplines, designing and conducting bespoke research projects for organisations wishing to leverage intellectual capital for marketing purposes.  She has worked across a wide range of sectors, including local and central government, retail, IT and financial services, transport and recruitment.