Ines Wichert, Ph.D., Senior Psychologist

Research Interests

Women’s career development, women leaders and women on boards, talent management and leadership development, organizational culture, psychological well-being at work


Ines Wichert is a Senior Psychologist at the Kenexa High Performance Institute (KHPI) with a special interest in talent management and female leadership development. Dr. Wichert leads KHPI’s Women in Leadership research stream. Her new book, “Where Are All the Senior Women? Nine Critical Job Assignments for Women Business Leaders,” was published by Palgrave Macmillan in October 2011. Dr. Wichert has appeared on BBC News commenting on quotas for women, and has written and been interviewed for various broadsheets, including the Financial Times, the Guardian, the Wall Street Journal Europe, and other leading HR publications in the UK and abroad. She regularly speaks at events on the topic of women and leadership.

Before joining Kenexa, Dr. Wichert has worked for many years as a management consultant advising leading global organizations on their talent issues. Dr. Wichert has a Doctorate in Organizational Psychology from the University of Cambridge, and is an active committee member of the European Professional Women’s Network in London.