John Amaechi

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ABOUT JOHN AMAECHI

Professor John Amaechi OBE is a respected organisational psychologist and the Leadership Transformation Expert at APS Intelligence Ltd, the consultancy he founded in 2006. Media enquiries: m••••••••@apsintel.com At APS Intelligence, John and his team of specialists partner with businesses to build bespoke programmes focused on executive coaching and behavioural change that help create effective leaders and authentic and ethical cultures. This is what John believes leads to sustainable organisational growth and high performance while ensuring the dignity and well-being of all colleagues. John is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society and a Chartered Psychologist recognised as an influential thinker in HR. He is a Professor of Leadership at the University of Exeter Business School in the United Kingdom. The author of the New York Times and the Sunday Times bestselling leadership book, The Promises of Giants, John draws on his early life in Stockport, near Manchester (UK), his career as the first Briton to play professional basketball in the NBA and deep psychological insights, to challenge and inspire others. In doing so, he continues to be driven by the words his mother once used to inspire him when she said: “The most unlikely of people in the most improbable of circumstances can become extraordinary.”