About Us
About Lumenai
Lumenai is revolutionising how organisations harness the power of their workforce data through Human Capability Indexing (HCIx), a breakthrough methodology that transforms subjective human attributes, attitudes, preferences, behaviours, and values, into structured, actionable intelligence. Our frictionless data capture platform enables organisations to collect over 48 objective data points in just 90 minutes without any technical integration, providing the foundation for advancing to Data Readiness Level (DRL) 7 and beyond. This structured people data becomes the critical infrastructure that drives measurable ROI on Predictive People Analytics and AI enablement investments, ensuring that workforce transformation initiatives deliver tangible business outcomes.
Our Team and Approach
The Lumenai team is building from the ground up a new form of vendor offering that operates within the boundaries of academia and transparent knowledge exchange. We're not just another tech vendor, we're architects of a collaborative ecosystem where organisations, academics, developers, policy makers, and vendors work synergistically to co-author solutions. Our approach ensures validated and reliable tools are firmly embedded within cohesive problem-solving frameworks, enabling organisations to build their own capabilities whilst being supported by specialist vendor expertise. This model breaks down the impenetrable and costly tech stacks that have failed to deliver on their promises, replacing them with transparent, adaptable solutions that organisations can understand, trust, and evolve.
Lumenai LABS and Data Maturity Matters
At Lumenai, we're driving the Data Maturity Matters initiative, a standards-driven, academically rigorous collective addressing the critical fact that 85% of People Analytics and AI projects fail due to data quality issues. Through this platform, we're bringing together business leaders, academics, developers, policy makers, and vendors to tackle this crisis head-on. We recognise that successful transformation isn't about algorithms or computing power, it's about how organisations collect and manage their data from the ground up. Our initiative provides free access to standards frameworks, data maturity toolboxes, collaboration opportunities, and thought leadership, building the data foundations that actually deliver ROI on Predictive People Analytics and AI investments. This transparent, community-driven approach ensures that advancements in people analytics benefit the entire ecosystem, breaking down proprietary barriers and creating shared knowledge that elevates the entire field.
Through our Lumenai LABS programme, we facilitate true knowledge transfer, empowering organisations to develop in-house expertise whilst benefiting from our specialist support. This collaborative approach ensures that solutions are not black boxes but transparent, validated methodologies that organisations can adapt and scale according to their unique needs. By making workforce capabilities measurable, comparable, and strategically actionable, Lumenai empowers organisations to make confident, data-driven decisions that align human potential with business objectives, ultimately future-proofing their operations and competitive advantage in an AI-driven future.
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Antonia Manoochehri
Founder and CEO
Antonia, the driving force behind Lumenai, brings decades of experience from her time leading teams in the writing and delivery of assessment and standards frameworks, having consulted on implementing international assessment frameworks across diverse contexts, including China. At Oxford Innovation Hub, she incubated Human Capability Indexing (HCIx), a methodology to transform subjective people data into objective, benchmarkable insights. Her extensive background in developing and applying scientifically validated assessment standards globally now drives Lumenai's mission to bridge academic research with practical business solutions, producing structured people data that enables organisations to realise ROI on their Predictive People Analytics and AI enablement investments.
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Shelby Herrington
Managing Director
Shelby is a results-driven leader with a proven track record in driving success for £100 million+ revenue teams. Specialising in operational excellence and strategic planning, Shelby excels in building high-performing teams and fostering trust-based relationships with stakeholders. A dedicated mentor and advocate for diversity, Shelby champions an authentic and inclusive work environment.
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Oliver Reid
Business Development Manager
Oliver is a seasoned Cloud Marketplace Sales Leader for EMEA, with over 15 years of experience driving strategic growth and digital transformation initiatives. Oliver has successfully delivered exceptional results in cloud marketplace strategy and enterprise sales.cription goes here
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James Bryce
Head of Commercial
James is a Talent and Workforce Planning specialist who brings 15 years’ experience of Resource Management, Organisation Design, Talent Acquisition and Workforce Planning to Lumenai. Focussing on Transformation programmes at scale, James delivers Value Creation through workforce optimisation, including Skills, Talent, Assessment, Leadership and People Data predominantly in People and Commercial teams. James is passionate about the value of human capital data, the transformational power of applying science and objective analysis to organisations. He strongly believes there is huge organisational value to be unlocked and realised through better use of human data and indexing of teams.
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Thomas Pensaert
Chief Product Officer
Thomas is the Chief Human Resources & Sustainability Officer at Desotec, a Blackstone Portfolio company, where he spearheads global HR and ESG strategies. With a strong background in people analytics and data science from his tenure at Deloitte and Atlas Copco, Thomas excels in integrating human resources with sustainability initiatives. His expertise lies in leveraging data-driven insights to drive impactful HR strategies and sustainable business practices on a global scale.
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Toby Culshaw
Advisory - Lumenai LABS R&D
Toby is Talent Intelligence leader at Worldwide Amazon Stores, leading a diverse global team of economists, consultants, business analysts and researchers in talent intelligence. Previously, Global Head of Talent Intelligence and Executive Recruitment Research at Royal Philips, the Dutch health technology group. Toby has been named by Recruiter Magazine as one of the 11 Most Influential In-house Recruiters in 2017 and has consistently ranked every year from 2019 to date. Toby is an international speaker on sourcing, executive research and talent intelligence and the founder of the Talent Intelligence Collective. He is also the author of Talent Intelligence: Use Business and People Data to Drive Organisational Performance and is committed to using data, insight and intelligence gathered through research activities to drive business impact .
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Nik Southworth
Chief Technology Leader
Nik is a seasoned strategic advisor with over 20 years of technology leadership in Owner-Managed, Private Equity, and VC-funded businesses. He has successfully guided companies through diligence, transactions, and the full lifecycle of product growth from startup to sale. A true digital native, Nik excels across the CTO, CIO, CDO, and CPO spectrum, blending strategic vision with operational expertise.
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Max Crane-Robinson
Strategic Commercial Leader
Max is the Chief Commercial Officer at Telpark, where he leads the transformation of the business into a customer-centric, digitally driven mobility company. With extensive experience across start-ups, consultancy, and corporate roles, Max brings deep expertise in customer focus, value propositions, and commercial strategy to support Lumenai's growth.
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Roman Bauer
Advisory - Strategic Human-AI research
Roman is a senior lecturer in BioDynaMo computational biology, AI, high-performance computing, machine learning and bioinformatics tools at Surrey University and a fellow of the Foresight Institute that is advancing transformative technology towards futures of Existential Hope. His work focuses at the multidisciplinary intersections between the latest computing technologies and science for the creation and visualisation of multi-dimensional agent-based simulations in biological, sociological, ecological and financial formats.