Sarah Chapman Trim

Senior Research Fellow Centre for Army Leadership

After commencing her career as an academic psychologist and a statistical consultant, Sarah Chapman Trim became a deep specialist, keynote speaker and published author of over twenty articles and book chapters on the science of human behaviour and culture change in the military.

As a Military Psychologist her specialisation is performance optimisation of individuals and groups in Isolated, Confined and Extreme (ICE) environments, where she has focused on resilience, fatigue management, decision-making and individual differences. The first dedicated Submarine Psychologist to serve in uniform in any naval force in the world, Sarah was also the Australian Maritime Task Group Psychologist during Gulf War II and the first Navy Psychologist to deploy to a theatre of operations, where she was responsible for critical incident and mental health support for 600 Australian Defence Force (ADF) personnel and allies serving in the maritime and littoral environment.

Founder and CEO of Muse Europe® and a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Army Leadership, Sarah advises and consults on culture change in complex systems, the science of teamwork, decision making and the challenge of leadership and influence in multidomain, multiagency and multijurisdictional environments.