Ester Kruger has a Masters Degree in Industrial Psychology, and has more than 19 years’ experience in the areas of Change Management, Diversity Management, Organisational Development and Design, Talent Management, Generalist HR functions, Coaching, Facilitation and Training. Ester has a passion for Neuropsychology, and has been on a number of accredited courses eg Brain-Based Coaching and NLP Master Practitioner. She has developed a variety of models and tools to practically apply Neuroscience understanding in the workplace. In terms of Change Management specifically, Ester Kruger has developed the ANCHOR CHAIN model for planned and unplanned change that has been utilised in local and international organisations including Sappi (globally), LexisNexis, PepsiCo, Discovery and NWK. She has been a speaker at various conferences nationally, and internationally on the topic, and has published several articles on the subject, including an article that was published in the book “Managing Change in Organisations” distributed by the Human Capital Review. Ester served on the Executive of the Society for Industrial and Organisational Psychology of South Africa (SIOPSA) where she received the Presidential Award for her contribution to the Industry. Ester is currently the Change Programme Manager for the Digital Lab in Group Information Services for Discovery. Previously Ester managed the change stream for Discovery's relocation in Sandton and Cape Town, where she was also responsible for introducing new ways of working such as Agile and Paperless and managing the risk and disruption through 18 weeks of relocation. Ester was also the Head of Organisation Development and Transformation at Discovery Group, worked as Manager Neuroscience and Change for Bioss SA (international clients include MTN, Woolworths, Old Mutual, BHP Billiton, AGA, Anglo American, SAB Miller, Coca Cola etc), HR and OD manager in the Finance Industry, and as Staff Officer responsible for the development of soldiers within the SANDF.