Dr Natalie Robson

Dr Natalie Robson has been appointed Head of Corporate Psychology & Performance, GCC at IntrospeXion, a psychological consultancy expanding mental health and workplace wellbeing support across high-pressure industries. She brings over 15 years of experience in energy, engineering, and industrial operations, applying her PhD in Industrial & Organisational Psychology to design leadership and resilience programmes. Her work has focused on strengthening psychological safety and workforce resilience in demanding operational environments.

With more than two decades of regional experience, she has worked with English- and Arabic-speaking employees and multinational teams across the GCC. Her previous on-site assignments involved supporting welfare and duty-of-care requirements of expatriate engineers and contractors working in challenging conditions.

Career history

• Head of Corporate Psychology & Performance, GCC at IntrospeXion (current)
• Head of HR & Operations - Middle East & Africa at Lloyd's Register (over a decade tenure)
• Senior leadership positions at Lloyd's Register in international risk management and assurance
• On-site operational roles supporting offshore oil and gas projects in the Caspian region

Dr Robson holds qualifications and certifications from IOSH, Pearson Assessments, the British Psychological Society, AQR International, Hogan, and Saville. She sits on the Board for the International Centre for Mental Toughness Research and Development and is an active workshop and conference contributor. She designs and validates assessment programmes for the defence and intelligence services, integrating psychometrics and training data to strengthen selection, resilience, and leadership pipelines.

What Dr Robson could bring to her role at IntrospeXion: Her two decades of regional GCC experience combined with deep expertise in offshore energy operations positions her to lead IntrospeXion's strategic expansion across high-risk industries. Her background designing HR systems for major Caspian oil and gas projects and her board-level involvement in mental toughness research demonstrate capability to build robust psychological safety frameworks and evidence-based wellbeing programmes at regional scale.