Marais Bester

Marais Bester, PhD, currently serves as the Global Assessment Lead at ASML since December 2025 and holds the position of Honorary Associate Professor at Heriot-Watt University. Bester has extensive experience in occupational psychology, having worked as a Managing Consultant and Senior Consultant at SHL and Talogy, where responsibilities included talent reviews, competency framework design, psychometric testing, and employee performance management. Previous roles include Manager of Business Psychology at Qatar Airways and various positions at WTW and North-West University. Bester's educational background includes a PhD in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and multiple degrees in Industrial Psychology, with professional registrations as an Aviation Psychologist and Chartered Occupational Psychologist.