biography

Pooja Sachdev is an experienced business psychologist, organisational consultant and founder of Rewire Consulting. She has worked across a range of settings over the last two decades from small start-ups, public sector bodies and niche consultancies to multi-nationals in financial services, technology and media.

​Pooja is particularly interested in the study of unconscious bias, behaviour change and organisational culture.She is co-author of 'Rewire: A Radical Approach to Tackling Diversity and Difference', which was published by Bloomsbury in 2015 and described by the FT as "the most refreshing approach to diversity I have read" (Nov 4, 2015).

Prior to setting up her own practice, she served as Senior Policy Officer at the (then) Commission for Racial Equality in the UK and as a Consultant in the Human Capital division at Towers Watson. In recent years, she has consulted with organisations such as Microsoft, Universal, Caterpillar, HSBC, Annapurna Pictures, Vice Media and Red Bull to help embed inclusive leadership and practices across the employee life cycle.

“Pooja is an intelligent professional who is a delight to work with. She has great judgement and integrity and will get to the heart of the matter efficiently and deliver results of a very high standard.”

– previous client (small start-up)

Pooja brings rigour, commitment and a contagious passion for bringing out the best in people, groups, relationships, and teams in order to achieve positive outcomes for individuals and organisations – beyond profit.

She has worked directly with various segments of the population, from nurses, librarians, teachers and PhD students to lawyers and senior banking executives.  She is a qualified counsellor, coach and group moderator.

She has lived in three countries and is raising two feisty and fabulous daughters in London.