“I work with senior leaders, especially founders, to help them grow as fast as their businesses require... and a little more peacefully.”
ABOUT ME
A long time ago I worked for OC&C, a top strategy house in the city. I was the kooky, arty one in a culture of cool logic. So I left for the Royal Academy of Arts to try out being the cold hard numbers girl amongst the artists. I've always enjoyed a little counter-cultural, looking in, looking out.
I've led major strategic change programmes, such as heading up the RA’s transformation in the run up to its 250th anniversary. I’ve guided business development for franchise operators around the world with The School of Life. In more recent years, I’ve also acted as a freelance consultant to tech start-ups.
What I do
Although I didn't always realise it at the time, I've been coaching through it all. Sometimes the data made the change happen; sometimes it was a chance conversation in a coffee break or over drinks at the end of the day.
Having worked with a team of exceptional psychotherapists, coaches and facilitators at The School of Life, and been profoundly influenced by them, I - at last - got around to formalising my coach training at Henley Business School.
These days I work with individuals, corporate clients, and training providers to offer my services in coaching and facilitation, plus the occasional consultancy project where this aligns with my interests and passions.
Coaching and Personal Development Credentials
At time of writing, I’ve been working in personal development for around seven years.
At The School of Life I led on international development as well as programme and events focused on emotional wellbeing in personal life and in the workplace. This included flagship 3-day international conferences (Lisbon, San Francisco, Zurich, New York), our speaker programme (such as Esther Perel appearing for an audience of 2000), as well as hosting and interviewing - as with the truly delightful Elif Shafak. I oversaw a team of around 20 exceptional coaches, psychotherapists and specialist facilitators, whose wisdom and talents I continue to refer to and draw upon today.
I’m privileged to have partnered with the inspirational Dave Bailey of Founder Coach to create truly exceptional, invite-only programmes for high-growth Founder CEOs. Founders leave with profound clarity on their strategy, pitch and mission, and work practically with their teams to address the leadership challenges of scaling invested start-ups.
Having met Douglas Sexton, a wonderfully thoughtful and considered coach, while studying at Henley Business School, I’ve since become a partner (company director) at fuseCo. coaching collective. Together, we are a group of like-minded coaches with a particular interest in supporting founders and startup leadership teams from seed stage to series A. This allows us to offer coaching panels for larger organisations and for VCs / accelerators, and also to provide specialist communications training - essential skills for fundraising.
Qualifications
I hold the triple-accredited Professional Certificate in Executive Coaching from Henley Business School. I am ICF accredited.
I studied English Literature at Worcester College, Oxford University (1st class).
I played Mary in my primary school nativity and make an exceptional Aviation cocktail.