Meet Sway

Sway is an organisational psychology consultancy with over 50 years experience working in commercial and people leader roles. Mike and Marina launched Sway with a shared conviction about the unintended consequences of growth. Leveraging a team of experts, Sway relies on cutting-edge social science approaches to solve for real-world growth challenges.

Our Team

Mike Cerillo

CO-FOUNDER  | CHIEF COMMERCIAL OFFICER

Mike is an Organisational Psychologist with over 20 years of experience as a Go-to-Market and Commercial leader in large corporates and successful startups. With research interests that include communication strategy, contemporary leadership for the future of work, loyalty and the psychological contract, Mike supports customers in avoiding the unintended consequences of organisational growth.  

Marina Mayer

CO-FOUNDER | CHIEF SCIENCE OFFICER      

With 18 years of experience in multi-disciplinary environments, Marina is an Organisational Development and Leadership Psychologist who specialises in talent strategy, executive coaching and scaling cohesive organisations. Her award-winning research, How Movement Moves Us, explores the untapped potential of our bodies for facilitating the cognitive, affective and social processes of leadership and high performance.

  • Elisa Garcia

    RESEARCH ANALYST & CONSULTANT, ORGANISATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY

  • Nick Basannavar, PhD

    RESEARCH ADVISOR & CONSULTANT, DEI & ETHICS

  • Karolina Urbanska, PhD

    RESEARCH ADVISOR, BEHAVIORAL DATA SCIENCE

  • Lindsay Branham, PhD

    RESEARCH ADVISOR, ENVIRONMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY

  • Dr. Sarah McPherson

    RESEARCH ADVISOR & CONSULTANT, OCCUPATIONAL STRAIN & HEALTH

  • Nivedita Thiagarajan, PhD (c)

    RESEARCH ADVISOR, NEURODIVERGENCE

We work with companies at all stages of growth.