SAND PARTNERS - Key Persons


Emma Fowler

Job Titles:
  • Partner
  • Member of the Institute of Risk Management
A neuroscientist by background and with more than 20 years' experience working with inspirational leaders internationally, Emma is also a Director of Areté Ventures. Emma is also an honorary lifetime member of the Institute of Risk Management for her contribution to the UK risk management industry as a headhunter.

Roger Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Coaching Psychologist
Roger is a highly experienced coaching psychologist who has worked with senior leaders across a range of organisations in the insurance industry and beyond. He believes his role is to assist his clients to develop awareness of their habitual patterns, developed in early life that have brought them success but can also have a shadow-side. His clients are mainly senior C-Suite leaders from organisations including Willis Towers Watson, Ed Broking, Janus Henderson, eBay, the ABI, Flood Re, the House of Commons, the NHS, and BP as well as leaders from other diverse organisations in the private, public and voluntary sectors. Roger works by bringing together compassion and empathy balanced with provocation and challenge. He employs a psychologically-grounded approach that is also informed by several years' experience of working as a leader in a corporate environment (in T Mobile UK).

Sue Colton

Sue provides services relating to all aspects of the psychological contract at work, with specific expertise in strategic HR management and occupational psychology. A Business Psychologist (CPBP) with the Association of Business Psychology (ABP), she is a qualified behaviour assessor and psychometric tester registered with The British Psychological Society (BPS) holding the EFPA accredited European Test User Certificate in Work & Organisational Assessment. She has access to all the most widely used instruments available, covering both ability and personality assessment tools. She frequently delivers behaviour assessments for both selection and development purposes, primarily of C-Suite level candidates, across all sectors and industries. Sue also holds an MA in HR Management, is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (MCIPD), and has many years of blue-chip experience in Organisational Development and Change Management, having previously worked at KPMG and NatWest Group. She devises methods, policies and processes to motivate employees, measuring behaviour and aligning individual goals to the strategic intent and development of the business. This has included for example designing employee engagement methodologies, staff opinion surveys, job family modelling, competency framework design, assessment centre design and delivery, pay and reward structures to name but a few, to both private and public sector clients of all size.

Ulrich Seega - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
  • Executive Search Consultant and Leadership Coach
SANDPartners was founded by Ulrich Seega, an experienced executive search consultant and leadership coach. He's worked in the UK and internationally with investors, CEOs and their teams. A sports scientist by background, Ulrich has hired and advised leadership teams across many sectors, ranging from start-ups to the FTSE 100. As an Executive Coach, Ulrich works with leaders and professional athletes on performance improvement, change, cultural complexities, and career transition. Earlier in his career, Ulrich trained special forces and presented sports news live on radio. He has built his philosophy on compassion, collaboration, detailed research, powerful strategy, and resilient execution. Ulrich has published extensively and wrote the Institute of Risk Management's (IRM) guide on ‘How to hire great Chief Risk Officers' and other senior risk professionals.