Leila McKenzie
NDA26 Judge
Leila McKenzie
Founder & CEO
Dial Global
I am the Founder & CEO of DIAL Global, a leadership and talent intelligence platform helping Chief People Officers, CEOs, and boards make clearer decisions about enterprise value, workforce strategy, and organisational performance as work, technology, and society continue to change.
DIAL Global combines research, data, AI-enabled insight, and senior-level convening to help leaders cut through noise and trends, translating people, culture, and talent insight into the language of commercial outcomes, board decision-making, and long-term value creation.
I founded DIAL Global following a career advising CEOs and boards on senior talent and leadership decisions, alongside my own lived experience of navigating systems not designed for difference. Born in Hong Kong, adopted into a white British family, and proudly neurodiverse, I developed an early conviction that talent is everywhere, but opportunity often is not. That belief continues to shape how I think about leadership, power, and institutional responsibility.
Alongside the platform, I lead "Learn with Leila" a founder-led leadership briefing and executive interview series designed to surface how senior leaders actually think and decide. This work is intentionally selective and restrained, prioritising judgment over noise, depth over frequency, and credibility over visibility.
I convene senior leaders globally through the CEO Impact Council and DIAL Global Impact Councils, including convenings at the House of Lords, No.10 Downing Street, and internationally. DIAL Global is supported by a senior advisory bench, including Karen Daly Gherabi, former MD of Springboard Consultancy and Partner at Boyden Executive Search. My work integrates leadership & talent intelligence, AI, data & research (DIAL Global Index, CITIES framework, Ask DIAL launching 2026), and board-level convening.
I currently serve on the Global Advisory Board of pladis, home to iconic brands including McVitie’s, GODIVA, Jacob’s, and DeMet’s Turtles, and advise organisations including AMS and HiBob. I am a two-time published author, keynote speaker, and media contributor (Sky News, CNBC), and am increasingly interested in Non-Executive Director and Advisory roles.
DIAL Global is built to scale through leadership intelligence, data, and AI. My role is to bring judgment, clarity, and governance-level thinking where it matters most.
