Meet the O-Team

David is the founder of Otolith Consulting, and helps executive teams drive progress through effective leadership and strategy execution. He brings 30 years of business experience to the work, including senior HR and leadership roles at companies such as Alcatel, Securex, Case New Holland, and Henkel. Trained as an organizational psychologist at Ghent University, he extended that foundation with management studies at Vlerick and KU Leuven and executive programmes at INSEAD and London Business School. He is also a trained facilitator, coach, and trusted advisor to C-suite leaders.

Beyond his consulting work, David is the author of Sustainable Leadership and co-author of three books on the customisation of work. He is the founding president of the Belgian Association of HR Professionals and serves as Vice-President of the European Association for People Management (EAPM), and is a Guberna-certified board member. He is certified in Evidence-based Management at Carnegie-Mellon and CEBMA. 

Since 1996 he has delivered countless keynotes on leadership, HR of the Future, and customised work — and takes some pride in never giving the same talk twice. His personal motto, borrowed from a Garth Brooks song he refuses to apologise for, is "go against the grain": speak up, take risks, experiment.

Paul spent two decades in sales, marketing and HR at ING Belgium before training as a Gestalt psychotherapist and then an executive coach — so he understands leadership strain from the inside and human behaviour well beyond the frameworks. He is a Master Certified Coach (ICF MCC), the field's highest credential, held by fewer than 4% of members globally; a certified Hogan Assessment practitioner; and is completing an MSc in Organisational Psychology with a research focus on leadership versatility.