Jessica Hornsby, CPsychol

CEO

London, United Kingdom15 yrs 11 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Founder of a talent intelligence platform.
Expert in evidence-based decision making.
Advocate for socioeconomic mobility.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a leader in Organizational Psychology and Talent Management, focusing on equitable hiring practices.

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Skills

Core Skills

Organizational PsychologyTalent ManagementStrategic ThinkingBusiness TransformationAssessmentExecutive CoachingCustomer Relationship Management (crm)Skill Development

Other Skills

Talent AssessmentBehavioral ScienceOccupational PsychologyBehavioural scienceBehavioural ChangeHR TransformationRelationship DevelopmentCompetency Framework DesignBoard LevelLearning ManagementSocial InfluenceOrganizational DevelopmentRecruitingTeam BuildingHuman Resources (HR)

About

Hey, I'm Jess. I'm a Chartered Occupational Psychologist and founder of Equalital, a talent intelligence platform built on performance science. I started Equalital because I kept seeing the same problem. Organisations making their highest-stakes decisions about who to hire, who to promote, and who to develop on the weakest possible evidence. Job descriptions copied from last time. CVs. Gut instinct. The science on what actually predicts performance has been clear for decades, yet most organisations aren't using it, and they certainly aren't doing it at scale. I care deeply about two things. Helping organisations make better decisions about their people, and tackling the challenge of socioeconomic mobility. Because talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn't. Think about the gamer building spatial reasoning that no CV captures, or the carer developing resilience that most leadership programmes try to teach. These are real, measurable skills that remain invisible to every traditional hiring process. Our platform combines performance science, skills intelligence, and AI to help organisations see what others are missing. Importantly, we don't replace your judgement, we strengthen it. Your leaders set the priorities. The science sets the boundaries. Our technology makes it scalable. If you're curious then reach out! I always love to connect.

Experience

Group of humans®

Strategic Human

May 2025 – Present · 10 mos · London Area, United Kingdom · Remote

A distributed curated network of designers, strategists, technologists, and creatives, all of whom believe that technology should be harnessed to benefit people, society and the environment.

Occupational PsychologyStrategic ThinkingBehavioural scienceBehavioural ChangeBusiness TransformationHR Transformation

Goodwork

Non Executive Director

May 2022 – Jan 2023 · 8 mos

We want businesses to fundamentally rethink entry level talent - doing away with recruitment based on academics and focusing on potential.
Only in doing this can we create a truly equitable careers landscape for young people from marginalised backgrounds.

Board Level

Equalital

Chief Executive Officer

Apr 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Hybrid

I lead Equalital's strategy and product design.
I spent years as the customer of the product we are building. We are building around exactly where the gap was: organisations had neither the science nor the tools to make evidence-based decisions about their people at scale.
As the talent landscape rapidly evolves and humans become increasingly augmented by technology, the need to understand what people are truly capable of has never been more critical.
Equalital was designed for this moment and this augmented future.

Organizational PsychologyTalent ManagementTalent AssessmentBehavioral Science

Heidrick & struggles

Senior Executive Assessor and Coach (Associate)

Apr 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 11 mos · Greater London, England, United Kingdom

C-Suite and Senior Executive Assessor and Coach. We help our clients change the world, one leadership team at a time.

AssessmentExecutive CoachingRelationship DevelopmentCompetency Framework DesignCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Board Level

Thales

4 roles

Business Psychologist

Apr 2018 – Apr 2021 · 3 yrs

Consulting on a variety of transformation projects aimed at creating fairer, more transparent and more predictive talent identification processes.
Using behavioural science combined with organisational data to underpin solution development to ensure bias is minimised across all talent processes.

Relationship DevelopmentCustomer Relationship Management (CRM)Board LevelSkill DevelopmentLearning Management

Head of Organisational Capability

Promoted

Jan 2016 – Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Aligning skills and behaviours to our future ambitions

Relationship DevelopmentSkill DevelopmentLearning Management

Talent and Engagement Manager for the UK

Sep 2014 – Dec 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

Using behavioural science to make Thales a great place to work!

Transformation Manager

Jul 2011 – Sep 2014 · 3 yrs 2 mos

Projects include:
Business Capture Development Programme - Project Manager and Consultant to the business
Group Leadership Development Centre - UK Representative on the International Steering Committee
HR Functional Transformation: Reorganisation, capability review and development of the HR function
Alignment of Terms and Conditions:
Over 400 permutations of contractual terms across 20 legal entities into one Thales UK contract of employment.
Talent, Leadership and Culture Project
Employee Engagement Strategy

Raytheon technologies

2 roles

Programme Manager

Feb 2011 – Jul 2011 · 5 mos

Worked within the Air Traffic Management Business to support a large programme supplying twenty-one Monopulse Secondary Surveillance Radars (MSSRs) to Saudi Arabia, as well as on a number of smaller Air Traffic Management projects.
Key Responsibilities
Provided logistic management to support the delivery of twenty-one radars to various locations across Saudi Arabia.
Managed cultural differences – Understanding the Middle-Eastern culture, particularly with regards to differences in the way in which they manage contracts.
Earned Value Management – Used EVMS techniques to effectively manage projects within the Air Traffic Management Business.
Prepared for bids and Gate reviews on smaller ATMS projects (Gates 1-5)
Managed key stakeholders - Visiting customer sites, maintaining regular contact, working on CLS contracts to provide ongoing support and provide added value.
Competitive intelligence – Researched new technologies within the ATMS business sector and attended exhibitions in Europe to remain up-to-date with what competitors were offering.

MOD Training Design and Development Analyst

Apr 2010 – Feb 2011 · 10 mos

Worked within the Defence College of Aeronautical Engineering, conducting Early Training Transformation for the Ministry of Defence.
Key Responsibilities:
Conducted training needs analysis, utilising the evolving Architect™ work breakdown process.
Identified residual training gaps to streamline the technical training courses.
Proposed and implemented blended learning solutions.
Extracted relevant information for work analysis to ensure comprehensive and valuable data for training design.
Project managed, including scheduling and leading the team in key areas of the project.
Provided a channel for customer communications, liaising and maintaining excellent customer relations with clients, including Senior Army Personnel and Subject Matter Experts.
Operated as part of the Aeronautical Engineering Team to communicate, share best practice, implement and develop initiatives for the benefit and development of ETT and the wider RSL businesses.