Binna Kandola OBE

Diversity, assessment and development specialist Professor Binna Kandola is a Business Psychologist, Senior Partner and co-founder of Pearn Kandola. He is particularly interested in the study of gender bias and unconscious bias in organisations. He is the author of two new and critically acclaimed books on these subjects: 'The Invention of Difference: The story of gender bias at work' and 'The Value of Difference: Eliminating bias in organisations'.

Binna was the first Chair of the Standing Committee for the Promotion of Equal Opportunities of the British Psychological Society and a member of Sir Robin Butler's Panel of Enquiry into Equal Opportunities in the Senior Civil Service. In January 2004, Binna was invited to join the UK Government's National Employment Panel and appointed Chair of the Minority Ethnic Group.

In 2004 Binna was recognised as one of the UK's Top Ten Busines