Meet the 2026 Conference speakers:
Alasdair Cathcart, Senior Advisor, Blackstone Energy Partners
We are delighted to welcome Alasdair Cathcart back as a keynote speaker. Alasdair will be reflecting on his own leadership style and how this has developed throughout various milestones in his career. He will speak about the key attributes of a leader, and the behaviours they should engage in to lead a high performing team who display high levels of discretionary effort.
In 2021 he stepped down as President of Bechtel’s global Oil, Gas & Chemicals business after 31 years with Bechtel. In that role he had been responsible for 8,000 professional staff and 40,000 craft professionals and managed seven business lines. In his current role, Alasdair advises the Blackstone team as they seek out new ways to support the ongoing global energy transition to cleaner and more efficient energy use.
Dr. Bill Redmon PhD, Kintla
As Kintla CEO, Bill leads the development of products and services for applying innovative people programs in organizations. He is currently leading the implementation of programs in leadership development, construction culture change, health & safety strategies, and customer experiences across multiple industries.
Prior to joining Kintla, Bill was Global Manager of Talent and Development at the Bechtel Corporation. Bill managed learning, performance management and organizational effectiveness. He also implemented high performance teamwork models with major construction project teams and developed and implemented programs to improve frontline construction supervision.
Bill holds a Ph.D. in Applied Psychology and is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association.
Pr. Ryan Olson PhD, Professor of Occupational Health Psychology, University of Utah
Dr. Olson has led the development of many uniquely effective and innovative
workplace programs to reduce hazards in the workplace, reduce stress triggers, improve health promoting behaviors (sleep, exercise, diet), and improve well-being. Prior to joining the University of Utah Dr. Olson was a faculty member at Oregon Health & Science University. For over a decade he provided leadership for Oregon’s occupational health surveillance programs, which included workplace fatality surveillance, analysis, and prevention. Dr Olson created a number of helpful tools such as The Performance Equation and the various ‘Traps’ featured in a number of Hollin books. Ryan will be presenting his greatest hits at this conference.
Bryony Sherry, Consultant, Hollin
As a Hollin Consultant, Bryony has experience supporting leaders to identify improvement areas, and implementing behavioural tools to improve workplace culture and performance.
With a background in psychology, Bryony is motivated by understanding why people behave the way they do. She will discuss how leaders can apply behavioural tools and psychological insights to lead confidently and effectively.
Bruce Faulkner, Director, 3 Simple Rules
Bruce is Director of 3 Simple Rules, where he helps anyone feeling like their career has stalled. Bruce works with individuals, sharing insights and innovative ways to help them reconsider and unlock potential.
Laura Wilson, Consultant, Hollin
As a Hollin Consultant, Laura has experience delivering behavioural based training, upskilling leaders with tools and techniques to lead behaviourally sound projects and workplaces.
Laura is an expert in communication and how messaging can be altered to suit different audiences. Laura will share how leaders can be picking up on cues from their local environment, so that they can then make changes to their own behaviour. With this style of leadership coaching, Laura enables leaders to have a dramatic influence on their people and outcomes.
Howard Lees, Founder, Hollin
Howard Lees spent four decades in Civil Engineering and Project Management. He is a chartered civil engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Civil Engineers (FICE). He founded Hollin Ltd in 2004, where he and his team deliver executive coaching, training courses and surveys to clients on four continents.
Book Your Place Now - 20th & 21st May 2026
What our delegates say...
Here's what some of our previous conference delegates thought about the event.