David Collings

Dr. David Collings is Professor of HRM at Dublin City University Business School where he is co-Director of the Leadership and Talent Institute and Associate Dean for Research. He is currently based at Cornell University as a Visiting Fulbright Fellow. He previously held academic appointments at the University of Sheffield. King’s College London and NUI Galway.

His research and consulting interests focus on talent management and global mobility.

His speaking and consulting engagements include organizations such as the Bank of Ireland, the Danish Confederation of Industry, EADS Airbus, Enterprise Ireland, GE, Intel, KPMG, Medtronic, Novartis and Stryker. From 2014 to 2017 he has been named as one of the most influential thinkers in the field of HR by HR Magazine and in 2015 he was awarded the President’s award for research by Dublin City University. He has published numerous papers in leading international outlets and eight books. The Oxford Handbook of Talent Management with Wayne Cascio and Kamel Mellahi published in late 2017.