Samantha Walsham
About Samantha Walsham
Samantha Walsham is an Associate Director at Arup, specializing in behavioural and culture change, organisational design, and team effectiveness interventions.
Title: Associate Director
Samantha Walsham is an Associate Director at Arup. She has been with the company since 2014, holding various roles including Associate and Principal Consultant. In her current capacity, she leads initiatives relating to People & Change Skills. Her work at Arup is focused on delivering evidence-based, outcome-driven solutions to meet client needs in areas such as behavioural and culture change, organisational design and development, and team effectiveness interventions.
Professional Experience at Arup
Since joining Arup in 2014, Samantha Walsham has held several key positions. She began as a Principal Consultant and went on to become an Associate in 2015, working in both Dubai and London. She ascended to the role of Associate Director in 2019 and simultaneously acts as the People & Change Skills lead. Her responsibilities include leading a team of Organisational Psychologists and delivering tailored leadership development and resilience and wellbeing services.
Previous Work: Association of Business Psychologists
Before her tenure at Arup, Samantha Walsham was a Committee Member at The Association of Business Psychologists from 2010 to 2011. During her time there, she contributed to the organization's mission and helped shape its strategic initiatives related to business psychology. Her role provided her with valuable insights and experience that she has leveraged in her subsequent positions.
Education and Occupational Psychology Expertise
Samantha Walsham holds a Master of Science in Occupational Psychology from Birkbeck College, University of London, a degree she completed between 2008 and 2010. Her academic background underpins her professional expertise in areas such as behavioural and culture change, organisational design and development, and interventions aimed at enhancing team effectiveness. Her educational foundation enables her to apply rigorous, evidence-based approaches to her work in organisational psychology.
Specialized Skills and Offerings
Samantha Walsham specializes in delivering evidence-based and outcome-driven solutions for clients. Her areas of expertise include behavioural and culture change, organisational design and development, and team effectiveness interventions. Additionally, she provides leadership development offerings and resilience and wellbeing services. Her focus is on creating practical, impactful solutions to enhance organisational performance and employee wellbeing.