In 2011, Ibrahim Sani and Dr. Mastura Rosly founded Mercatics Group, the first firm in Southeast Asia devoted exclusively to helping investors and business decision-makers understand the impact of psychology on industry and occupation in organisations. Their concept—bringing psychological science to the investment community and corporate decision-makers—launched an entirely new industry in Southeast Asia, and positioned Mercatics Group a leader in Southeast Asia on occupational psychology and consulting.
Since its was founded, Mercatics has developed unique services and ground-breaking tools to help clients and the broader public understand the effect of psychology on industries and occupation on their world.
Mercatics Group: at the core of psychology
Today’s business environment is increasingly complex, with risks coming at an accelerated pace as the world order undergoes significant change. It has never been more important for business decision-makers and investors to incorporate occupational psychology into their strategies to spot the opportunities and manage the risks that business creates—and to lead their organisations through turbulent times.
Our services include a comprehensive suite of psychologocial solutions for clients. We offer unique and integrated products and services that combine best-in-class bizpsych advisory with the tools required for success in today’s financially charged global economy. Mercatics’ dynamic partnerships with leading firms in the investment, consulting, and broader professional services space complement our psychology-first capabilities and expand our suite of client solutions.
Our work
Mercatics’ advisory and consulting business is built upon a research platform of leading occupational psychologists and management consultants with deep country and sector expertise. Considered among Southeast Asia’s foremost experts in their respective subject areas, our analysts provide tailored support to the world’s top investors, executives, and strategists, helping them navigate today’s volatile political climate to build future value. Asia’s business leaders rely on Mercatics’ psychology’s foresight for major business and market decisions that are shaping the world economy.
In 2023, Mercatics launched Psikiatri Media, a new kind of media company with a simple mandate: to help a broad, global audience make sense of today’s increasingly volatile world. From the Psikiatri World show and Seity newsletter to podcasts and #letstalk, Psikiatri Media brings together Ibrahim’s and Mastura’s irreverent and incisive perspective with an empathetic team of writers and artists to enlighten and entertain a global audience each day.