Meet the Symbiotics team
Find out a bit more about the Symbiotics team, their background and expertise and how they can help you.
Sales & Marketing Team
This team comprises of our business development and marketing staff. The business development team help to look after customer accounts and ensure that you always receive a high level of services. Spending time travelling to attend conferences and exhibitions, the team are always willing to spend time with you answering any questions and demoing the assessment programmes with you.
Our marketing team look after the website and public channels of Symbiotics, also supporting attendance and exhibition at conferences across the world. Responsible for the promotion of Symbiotics globally, they work closely with all other teams to ensure the latest news and product information is shared with you.

Hannah Davies
Director of Strategy and Growth

Kirsty Lane
Marketing Manager

Amy-Jade Hambrey
Marketing Executive

James Hoad
Head of Sales

Lance Avery
Business Development Manager
Psychology Services Team
Our Psychology team spend their time visiting clients and supporting you with your assessment programmes, interviews, profiling exercises and certification training. They are involved with account management and are on hand to answer any questions around the assessment & selection process.
Also responsible for supporting continual test development, you can be confident that your assessment programme has been overseen by one of our qualified team.

Karen Moore
Principal Occupational Psychologist

Emma Akhurst
Lead Psychologist

Caroline Creane
Senior Psychology Consultant

Laura Buffin
Psychology Consultant

Aleksandra Kapela
Associate Aviation Psychologist

Anca Zaverdeanu
Assistant Assessment Psychologist

Klara Jirakova
Assistant Assessment Psychologist

Anna Solomou
Assistant Assessment Psychologist
Technology & Product Development Team
Our technology team look after the ADAPT assessment and administration portal, taking full responsibility for all development and maintenance. Working closely with the Psychology team, they implement new tests and assessment programmes, whilst ensuring you continue to receive a robust and reliable service.
If required, members of our technology team can also visit customer sites and help with the implementation and launch of complete in-house solutions.

Richard Brecknell
Managing Director

Kristian Payne
Product Owner

Matthew Taylor
Senior Software Developer

Kelvin Tsan
Software Developer

Haleena Hussain
Graduate Software Developer
Customer Success Team
Our administration team are your first port of call for any issues or support requirements with your assessment portal or licence codes. They will either help you themselves or put you in touch with a member of the technology or psychology teams as appropriate to ensure you get the most appropriate support.
This team also handle our business invoicing as well as taking responsibility for organising travel and accommodation for colleagues as they attend client sites, conferences and more.

Sue Stokes
Finance Director

Louise Vercesi
Head of Operations

Simon Bates
Business Operations Manager

Zoe Demicoli
Customer Support Executive