The Team

Paul Taylor - Director

The founder of The Human Performance Institute, Paul is an accredited and practicing Exercise Physiologist and Nutritionist. Recently appointed as Adjunct Professor of Functional Neuroscience at The University of San Francisco, Paul is an International Fitness Industry Presenter, Author and Radio Presenter.

Paul now specialises in Executive Performance and has combined his years of University training with his interests in Neuroscience, Quantum Physics and Positive Psychology to develop an integrated approach to health and well-being that he calls Scientific Holism – evidence based holistic health that integrates both the physical and mental components of the self.

He has successfully turned these diverse interests into an engaging and empowering educational framework, such as that developed for National Australia Bank’s Sustainable Leadership Program for their Executive Talent.

In addition to an extensive background in health, fitness and wellness, Paul has a proven track record in leadership, management and dealing in high-pressure situations through 8 years as a British Naval Officer. He uses his experiences from former roles as an Airborne Anti-submarine Warfare Officer and a Helicopter Search-And-Rescue Crew Member to bring much of the research to life with stimulating, real-life examples.

Qualifications

• MSc Exercise Science
  MSc Human Nutrition
  
• BSc Hons
• American College of Sports Medicine-certified Health & Fitness Instructor
• Certificate IV in Workplace Training & Assessment

Professional Memberships

• Adjunct Faculty – University of San Francisco
• American College of Sports Medicine
• Australian Association of Exercise & Sports Scientists
• International Positive Psychology Association

Dr. Roy Sugarman – Consultant

Roy Sugarman is a very unique individual. Both a Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Psychiatrist, Roy has held 10 different University appointments over the years. He has authored more than a dozen scientific publications, has spoken at more than 30 International Conferences and has written more than 40 book reviews.

Currently the Director of Clinical and Neuropsychological Services for The Brain Resource Company in Sydney, Roy manages to do what few others of his standing find possible – he is a master at taking complex Neuroscience and Psychology information and translating it into real-life situations in an engaging and comprehensible manner.

Roy is also an expert in Motivational Interviewing, a highly sophisticated and proven method to facilitate behaviour change in individuals.

Add to this previous experience as a stand-up comic and car salesman in his student days and you end up with a very impressive, humorous and engaging presenter.

Qualifications

• Certificate in Orthotics and Prosthetics (with distinction)
  Witwatersrand Technicon Johannesburg: 1979
• Bachelor of Arts degree (Psychology) University of South Africa, with distinction in Sociology: 1986
• Bachelor of Arts with Honours (Applied Psychology), IIA, University of the Witwatersrand: 1987
• Master of Arts (Clinical Psychology) with distinction, University of South Africa: 1990*
• PhD (Neuropsychology), Rand Afrikaans University, 1992

Professional Memberships

• National Academy of Neuropsychology (USA)
• Division of Neuropsychology (Full Practitioner Member) (UK)
• British Psychological Society (Chartered Psychologist)
• Psychological Society of South Africa, Div: Clinical Psychology
• International Neuropsychological Society (USA)
• Australian Psychological Society (APS)
• APS College of Clinical Neuropsychologists
• South African Clinical Neuropsychology Association
• Australian Society for the Study of Brain Impairment
• Neurosurgical Research Foundation (South Australia)

Cameron Strathdee – Consultant

Cameron is a Chartered Accountant with 13 years experience in the financial services industry, working in Australia, New Zealand and the UK.

After a variety of finance and project roles, in 2003 he took on the workforce development function within NAB’s IT Operations. It was in this capacity that Cameron developed and ran a leading edge Employee Wellbeing program, details of which have appeared in a number of publications and have been presented by Cameron at industry conferences.

A leading advocate of workforce sustainability Cameron is a Buzan licensed instructor (Mind Mapping®).

Having been exposed to many of the country’s leading Corporate Health Providers through his role with NAB, Cameron has first-hand knowledge of what is leading edge and work types of programs have a measurable impact on engagement and productivity.