I am a coach with 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive.

A passion-led career:

For most of my career, I have been in roles driven by my passions, although at times I drifted off course, I learned a lot from all these experiences. At a very young age, I discovered jobs could be linked to my passions: From the age of 9 when living in Spain I started working weekends with horses at the stables; followed by a vet’s surgery at 11, I even travelled alone to Sweden to work with a vet in a zoo during the summer holidays. Summers at 12 and 13 I travelled to Scotland to teach sailing, canoeing, and windsurfing, and at 18, I spent a year working on yachts in the USA and Caribbean. After university, where I launched businesses and worked in bars and clubs, my career path took me from a dotcom into finance followed by media and advertising. For further information about my career, please see my LinkedIn profile.

10 Years of personal development:

Over the past 10 years, I have invested thousands of hours into personal development, boosting self-awareness, emotional intelligence. Learning peer facilitation skills with “The Mankind Project” (MKP), a charity that aims to save the world one man at a time. I deepened my self-awareness through “Celebration of Being” (CoB) where facilitation by some incredible women led to powerful insights about myself and my limiting beliefs. I am a regular participant and leader in men's work circles within MKP and CoB. Working with my peers in these circles has given me a deep respect for individual growth journeys; I appreciate that everyone is unique, and each person’s journey is their own.

My sense of identity was transformed through workshops run by the National Coalition Building Institute, which evolved the way I perceive and interact with others. I began to value my own unique identity and, as a result, stopped using myself as a “focus group of one,” understanding that everyone’s life experiences are different. This shift has made space for greater compassion, curiosity, and connection by limiting the barriers caused by my judgments of others.

During these years of growth, I gradually stopped drinking alcohol, I was getting more comfortable with myself, and was happier connecting with others without being under the influence. The downside seems to be that I struggled to get things done. To support myself, I developed a powerful framework of journaling, meditation, and exercise which helped me to get back on track. Recently, I was diagnosed with ADHD, and it has been transformative, not only for self-compassion but also for the treatments available. It has been suggested that I have other neurodiversities as well, but those are yet to be formally assessed (in the meantime please forgive any typos!).

Inspired by my personal development journey, I became an NBHWC accredited health coach. This board recognised accreditation in health coaching provides a robust framework and protocols within which I leverage my life experiences to create personalised coaching programs for clients. As a professional coach, my mission is to help others become the best version of themselves.

Coaching inspired leadership, consultancy & voluntary work

My coaching skills now underpin my leadership style as I intentionally support the development of my teams. Similarly, as a consultant, I recognise that my clients have more knowledge and information about their business and industry than I ever could, so my role is to help them develop creative or reveal hidden solutions by using a coaching-informed methodology.

Personal development is not just a professional endeavour, it is a true passion. I continue to volunteer to support men with MKP and CoB and run programs that bring personal development to underserved youth with The Brixton Surf Club.