ISPSO ANNUAL MEETING 2027

Erik van de Loo is affiliate professor Organizational Behavior at INSEAD and program director of the INSEAD Executive Master in Change program. He also held professorships at Free University Amsterdam, Tilburg University and UniRazak University in Kuala Lumpur. Erik is a trained clinical psychologist, psychotherapist and psychoanalyst (member of the IPA), has a doctorate in Social Sciences at Social Sciences and a master’s in Work and Organization Health. He is a partner of Phyleon Leadership & Governance, in Amsterdam. He helps to create reflective space for boards, leaders and leadership teams to become more effective in the interrelated change and transformational processes on individual, team and organizational level. His actual research focus is on unconscious phantasy patterns shaping leader behavior, the transgenerational impact of collective trauma on leaders and professionals and unconscious dynamics in boards.

Saskia de Maat is adjunct professor Organizational Behavior at INSEAD and program director of the INSEAD Executive Master in Change (EMC) program. She also works as an executive coach and consultant, both in own practice and at Phyleon Leadership & Governance, a boutique consultancy that advises people in leadership and governance roles and assists and coaches boards, executive teams and individual executives. Saskia has extensive experience in corporate environments and is also a trained psychotherapist and psychoanalyst, working for many years at the Dutch Psychoanalytic Institute. Her research interests are currently in the role of unconscious phantasies in leadership and boards.