Peter Saville
Peter Saville (born 26 October 1946) is a British Chartered Occupational Psychologist involved in talent management, best known for his work in psychometrics.In 1977, he earned his Ph.D. from research into personality structure examined by Professor Hans Eysenck, on a representative sample of 2000 British adults, using a sampling methodology proposed by Claus Moser. Factor analysis provided a five variable solution of traits; Anxiety, Extraversion, Warmth, Imagination and Conscientiousness – effectively what was to become known as the Five Factor Model (FFM) or Big Five of Personality.Saville created the original Occupational Personality Questionnaires [OPQ] in 1984, and was responsible for the British Standardisation of the 16 Personality Factor questionnaire in the early 1970s - praised by the author, Professor R. B. Cattell.He is the chairman of the Saville Consulting Group.