2. Trainers and Coaches
Nigel Hall is a Qualified Accountant, Coach and NLP Master Practitioner who provides coaching, mentoring and training to businesses.
After starting his career in the Royal Air Force, he embarked on a corporate career working in the financial services sector, qualifying as an accountant and specialising in the insurance industry.
With 21 years of business experience he has held various positions, led companies and teams, dealt with strategy, finance, compliance, training, mentoring, investments and personnel development. He has over 10 years experience in both Financial and Managing director positions, serving on company boards and group management committees.
He is a Fellow of The Chartered Certified Association of Accountants, graduate of The Coaching Academy and thus accredited by the OCN, a panel member of the West Surrey ACCA, Chairman of a church finance committee, an ambassador for a charity and for many years was a FSA authorised representative.
Nigel’s style is a good mixture of analytical, empathetic and perceptive, which serves him well in his a real passion for delivering results driven changes in people and businesses. His most recent assignments have been in the charity, recruitment and legal sectors.
Thomas King has a career background in leadership, sales and customer care. He has translated his real world experiences into training, consultancy and leadership development. Direct yet diplomatic in his approach, he always seeks to find solutions that meet client’s needs. He takes a strong values and principles approach to all his work.
He is an effective communicator at all levels of an organization, both in written form and in verbal communication. He is experienced at platform speaking, and in chairing conferences.
He has vast experience of leading sales and customer care teams as well as designing and delivering training and facilitation for organisational improvement, unlocking strategic opportunities and solving complex organisational problems.
With a strong track record of international success in customer service and retention, business consulting, sales management, franchising, and training development, Thomas is experienced at working at all levels in organisations and across a range of functions. He has direct experience of many cultures around the world having lived in Australia, Switzerland and the UK. Most recently he has been working in the Middle East, raising the standards for sales and customer care.
His work centres on performance motivation improvement and innovative approaches, with both individuals and teams. He also has considerable experience of project management, developing leadership skills and delivering customer care programs focusing on competencies, vision, acquisition, loyalty, satisfaction and retention.
Peter Parker is a Consultant and Mentor specialising in Business Analysis, Process and Process Reengineering, Requirements Engineering and Risk. Peter delivers training and mentoring in all of these areas.
After an initial degree is in psychology at the University of London, Peter then went on to do research at Oxford University. His research was into memory and perception and he has a number of papers printed on these topics. These are mainly in the area of cognitive concepts and have a highly mathematical orientation which has been an underpinning concept of his career.
Peter is a member of the Institute of Directors, and has ISEB (part of the British Computer Society) qualifications in the areas in which he works and trains.
A major portion of Peter’s career has been in the mainstream IT industry, where he has worked in technical support, project and programme management and has been International Marketing Director (Europe, Middle East and Africa).
A creative and energetic personality, Peter has undertaken roles for organisations such as Lloyds of London, UK government regulatory agencies, City councils, hospitals, major retail organisations, oil companies and financial institutions. Roles have included Strategy Director, Programme Manager, and BPR consultant.
In the last 5 years, he has been asked to mentor and train and has enjoyed adding this role to a portfolio of consultancy delivery to major organisations. Peter has also collaborated in the writing of books, produced articles and spoken at a number of international conferences.
Apart from the mentoring and training, Peter’s current main emphasis is in the biological market place. He is working with a large plastics manufacturer, an electronics manufacturer and software company to deliver risk reduction in fields such as infertility, and stem cell banking.
Dr James Talbot has completed training for a vast array of Blue chip client including GSK for who we have undertaken Finance Training for in the United Kingdom, USA, Europe Inc, Italy, Netherlands, Lithuania for the last seven (7) years. Having worked with numerous clients in the pharmaceutical industries, Quest Diagnostics, Astra Zeneca, Chiltern, Bayer to name a few.
Also working in Spain, Switzerland, Oman, Dubai, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia in specific industries
James is an Expert in the fields of Finance, Change, Communication, Training and Coaching: a Master Trainer of Neuro Linguistic Programming one of 60 globally, a Certified ISMA Trainer of Stress Management and Organisational Stress Management and a qualified Accountant, Certified Bookkeeper, Ex University Guest Lecturer, Treasurer for two Charity organisations, Qualified Certified Financial Planner, Ex Qualified Mortgage Advisor, Businessman, Neuro Linguistics Master Trainer, Management Consultant, Stress Management Consultant, Psychologist, Learning and Development Specialist, Writer and Speaker.
James has worked in both the private and public sectors utilising his specialist knowledge and experience in finance and management his career is both long and varied in the sectors of financial services, retailing, education and consultancy services.
James has a PhD Psychology and is also a professionally qualified Management Consultant, Accountant, Book-keeper and Financial Practitioner. He has worked in both the private and public sectors, utilising his specialist knowledge and experience in finance and management. His career is long and varied in the sectors of Financial Markets and Financial Services, Retailing, Education and Consultancy Services. He has held appointments as Financial Controller, Accountant, Financial Consultant, Design Consultant, Project Manager and Management Lecturer. He has also been a member of the Management Committee for three Further Education establishments and is a past Treasurer & Executive Management Committee Member for a Mental Health Charity.
Brian Perry has over 20 years’ experience of working as a Senior Trainer, Coach & Consultant. He brings a wealth of experience to organisational change and people development and is comfortable operating effectively at all levels of private and public sector businesses, regardless of their size.
He has helped Organisations, Teams and Individuals to improve their performance by establishing not just what needs to change and why but how the changes need to be effected. One of the hallmarks of his reputation with clients is his ability to transfer skills to the team throughout the implementation process.
With his relaxed and pragmatic approach, he works with Organisations to identify their vision for the future and helps bring that vision into reality.
Brian’s Training & Consulting Expertise include:
- Performance Management
- Team Building
- Translating business strategy into practical action
- Culture development within organisations
- Management & Leadership development
- Improving communications
- Behavioural and attitude change
- Presentation skills Training
- Bespoke training courses
- One to One Coaching
- Customer relations Management
- Psychometric Testing
- Meeting facilitation
Sector experience:
Retail, Logistics & Distribution, Pharmaceutical, Food Production, Farming, Education, Local Government, Banking, Finance, Engineering, IT, NHS, Private hospitals, Medical, Chemical, R&D, Insurance, Winemaking, Travel, Charities, Police, Legal, Housing Association, Highways, Telecommunications, Publishing, Brewing.
Brian holds the British Psychological Society Statement of Competence in Occupational Testing (level A & B) and he is an accredited user for Psychometric Testing including: Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) Occupational Personality Questionnaires (OPQ), Firo-B, Occupational Culture Inventories (OCI) and Life Styles Inventories (LSI), Strong Interest Inventory and Thomas International
He is a Chartered Member of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and holds their Diploma in Training Management.
Dr Mark Evenden is a consultant, trainer and coach specialising in leadership and management performance and development. He holds a PhD in Mining Engineering.
Mark has considerable experience of helping organisations to deliver a fundamental shift in their performance and gain competitive advantage by developing the skills and capability of their key managers. He has worked with a wide range of organisations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, as well as working internationally for businesses such as KAO Brands, Lenzing, Novartis and Cable & Wireless. Over the past 8 years he has personally helped to develop over 500 managers.
Prior to becoming a consultant and trainer, Mark was Operations Director with both Ladybird Books and with the global chemicals company Johnson Matthey PLC, where he was responsible for leading and delivering key improvements to their manufacturing, logistics and customer service operations. Mark also spent 7 years consulting with Coopers & Lybrand, supporting FTSE 200 companies to improve their performance and profitability.
Mark does not preach, lecture or prescribe the answers to his clients. He works in partnership with them to develop the solutions they need. Ultimately he wants to make a difference to his clients in a demonstrable and measurable way.
Mel Owers is a consultant, executive coach and trainer specialising in the development of management, interpersonal and leadership skills for business solutions. He is both a HR professional and qualified business coach. He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development with over fifteen years strategic and operational business experience. He is an outstanding trainer who has extensive expertise with UK and international delegates.
Mel regularly trains clients in leadership and management including Human Resources, Emotional Intelligence, workforce planning, presentation skills and change management. He has worked with a variety of clients from the private, public and charitable sectors including Barclays Capital, Virgin Atlantic, Local Government, HM Treasury and Coca-Cola.
Mel has an in-depth knowledge of training needs analysis, design, delivery and evaluation. He has the CIPD’s Certificate in the Psychology of Management and, is qualified in project management, coaching, psychometric ability testing and personality assessment – these skills have been used in selection, assessment, training and executive coaching. He is qualified in MBTI, EQ-i 2.0, 16PF5, OPQ and the HBDI psychometric instruments.
Mel’s coaching experience is not only considerable in terms of clientele and use of psychometrics but, he has designed management development programmes and coached at all levels of management. These include Chief Executive, Management Board Directors and middle managers.
On the basis of his cutting edge expertise, the CIPD have recognised him by invitation to their Psychology Faculty and, his previous role as Organisational Development Manager at HM Treasury means that practical experience is considerable. This includes managing large scale recruitment, introduction of a competence framework, achievement of IiP, improvement of employee engagement and the development of succession planning & talent management systems.
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