My fundamental belief is that businesses often create a level of complexity that does not support organisational performance and profitability. I work with leadership teams to identify: What is getting in the way of optimal performance. What capabilities are needed for long term, sustainable success What stories need telling to drive alignment at all levels of the organisation? What is going to stop?”. I have over 25 years’ experience coaching executives and teams around the world, and love creating moments of insight that lead to higher levels of performance.
I have experience across multiple sectors including chemicals, technology, manufacturing, security and finance, and deep domain expertise in the Talent Management area, specifically in the areas of Talent Strategy, Critical Roles Analysis, Performance Management and Talent Acquisition.
My career started at 16 years old in the British Parachute Regiment where I became a team leader in a specialist counter terrorism unit in Northern Ireland. This was where I became fascinated in the criticality of trust and resilience to leadership, and team, performance a fascination that continues to this day. I have worked for some fantastic companies including Pinkerton, Unisys, Thomson Reuters, PPG, Solvay and ST Microelectronics. I have worked on acquisitions, integrations, divestitures and large scale change programmes, as well as owning Sales Academies and sales skills development for commercial functions. I continue to work on large scale global transformation projects, especially around HR and engagement, and coach up to CEO/CHRO level.
I have an MBA where my dissertation was focused on Trust Formation and have multiple coaching qualifications including as a Systemic Team Coach. I am a member of a PhD project that for several years has been researching “The Meaning of Work”.
I have spent the last 20 years living in France and consider this beautiful country my home.
