Philip Ullah joined the research team at Sheffield University investigating the psychological impacts of unemployment shortly after completing his PhD at Birmingham University. In 1987 he was appointed Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Western Australia, where he continued this research before returning to the UK to take up a consulting role working in a wide range of industries. Since 2000 he has specialised in financial services, and in 2011 published his fourth book, Collaborative Leadership in Financial Services.