Tom Emery is the owner of people performance consultancy HEX, an executive and team coach, leadership expert, bestselling author, keynote speaker and podcast host with a magnetic curiosity for what drives human potential. He spent his career watching CEOs from the chair next door. As Chief People Officer of a high-growth, publicly listed financial services firm, he sat on the executive team, shaped culture and reformed executive pay, gaining a close view of how leaders at the top succeed and fail.

Today he coaches CEOs and their executive teams for a living, which gives him a rare vantage point: the person in the room when the senior team is at its worst, and the one they ask to fix it.

He hosts the Beyond Potential and Tom's Life Lab podcasts, and his debut book, Amazon bestseller People People: Reach Your Full Potential as a CHRO, became a go-to resource on its release in 2025 and was a finalist at the Business Book Awards. He is based in Lichfield, UK.