Dr Adrian Anthony Husbands, CPsychol
Chartered Psychologist & Psychometrician · Talent Assessment · AI Evaluation
I design and validate the high-stakes assessments organisations use to select, license, and develop people — work I’ve done for HSBC, the Royal College of Psychiatrists, and Elsevier over more than twenty years. I now apply the same measurement science to a newer problem: ensuring AI systems are evaluated as rigorously as the humans they’re being benchmarked against.
Clients
HSBC·Royal College of Psychiatrists·Royal College of Physicians·Elsevier·National Foundation for Educational Research·Communication Labs·Shared Services Connected Ltd
What I do
Psychometric assessment design and validation. I build the measurement frameworks behind high-stakes selection, licensing, and development decisions, designed to hold up under scientific and regulatory scrutiny.
AI evaluation and measurement frameworks. I apply established psychometric methodology to a problem AI companies are only beginning to recognise: how human judgment is calibrated, validated, and made defensible at scale.
DEI and organisational research. I design and evaluate diversity and inclusion interventions focused on measurable return on investment — covering expectation-setting, narrative design, psychological empowerment, and manager calibration rather than standard awareness training alone. This work is currently being presented at SIBR 2026.
Advisory and board-level consultancy. I sit on assessment and product advisory boards where psychometric expertise needs a seat at the table, not just a report after the fact.
What clients say
“Dr Adrian brought the specialist expertise we needed to meet the rigorous regulatory requirements of American Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) programmes… The assessment is now being delivered to thousands of American PharmD students, and it has become a core part of how institutions demonstrate developmental progress.”Communication Labs
“Dr Adrian joined the project at a critical stage and brought real clarity and rigour to the analysis and interpretation of our national psychotherapy training survey… The work significantly strengthened the credibility and usefulness of the survey outcomes.”Royal College of Psychiatrists
“Dr Adrian brought senior-level DEI advisory expertise and clear thought leadership to this work… His ability to translate complex data into clear, evidence-based insights and a practical, prioritised action plan ensured the work moved beyond diagnosis to meaningful action.”Triple C
Current focus
My current work centres on a problem I don’t think has been named properly yet: AI evaluation is a psychometric problem, not just a technical one. Training a model on inconsistent human judgment produces an inconsistent model.
I’m publishing on this, presenting it at international conferences in 2026, and advising organisations directly on how to apply measurement science to AI training and evaluation.
Background
I hold a PhD in Psychometrics and an MSc in Occupational Psychology, and I’m a Chartered Business Psychologist. Over more than two decades I’ve worked across banking, healthcare, government, and education, building a career that moves between academic rigour and commercial practice more than most in this field. A fuller history is on my LinkedIn.