Anthony Montgomery was appointed Full Professor of Occupational and Organizational Psychology in 2022 at Northumbria University Newcastle (UK). His research focuses on job burnout, organizational culture and healthy workplaces. Prior to this, he held academic positions at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland-Medical University of Bahrain, University College Cork (Ireland), and the University of Macedonia (Greece).  To date, he has been involved (either as a Principal Investigator or collaborator) in attracting research funding to the value of 8.4 million pounds. He has authored 93 peer-reviewed journal articles, 15 book chapters, 7 invited editorials in academic journals and edited 2 books. He has substantial experience of working in interdisciplinary environments and working across traditional structures to harness the expertise and enthusiasm of individual academics to work together towards a common purpose. In terms of academic excellence, he has been ranked in Stanford/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings (based on citations and academic impact) for the following years: 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023.

Since 1999, he has successfully combined the roles of organizational consultant and academic. He has extensive experience as a consultant psychologist for a range of national and international public and private sector organisations in the military, telecommunications, consumer, education, government and healthcare sectors. He has published material in both the scientific and popular press. He is actively involved in disseminating his research findings to the public in terms of blogs, podcasts and magazines.