Geoff Trickey

30 years ago I founded Psychological Consultancy Limited (PCL), developing and publishing peer reviewed psychometric assessments. Having honed my psychometrics and test publishing expertise at The Psychological Corporation - San Antonio I was then schooled in personality assessment through close collaboration with Bob and Joyce Hogan at Hogan Assessment Systems in Tulsa during the period when personality assessment transitioned from one-on-one paper-and pencil-administration, to computer base assessment. At PCL we research and develop psychometric tools for publication or for a commissioning client. We offer a range of business psychology services. Following the 2008 financial crisis, the regulatory requirement for financial intermediaries to take into account the risk appetite of their clients triggered our development of the Risk Type Compass (RTC). The realisation that risk taking was intrinsic to personality, rather than an external correlate, set the parameters for this highly reliable instrument and its adoption across an ever widening range of applications and other language editions.