Dr Karen Mitchell is a world leader in the study of dark personalities and human predators, including narcissists, psychopaths, coercive controllers and toxic leaders. She is a CEO, international adviser, advocate, author, public speaker and lived-experience survivor. Dr Mitchell is the creator of the Persistent Predatory Personality model, a highly nuanced framework designed to make human predators easier to recognise and understand. With more than three decades of international experience in organisational culture change, leadership development and behavioural analysis, she has worked across sectors including finance, mining, health, manufacturing, law enforcement, retail, professional services and the public sector.