Meet the Trainers

Emma is an award winning trainer specialising in all aspects of leadership and team development, culture change and organisational development. She has over 30 years’ experience of training design and delivery across all sectors in both the public and private sector.

James has built up his experience over 20+ years working with organisations across many sectors including telecommunications, travel, insurance, banking and FMCG. He is passionate about bringing clarity, direction and a sense of purpose to individuals, teams and organisations – all aimed at helping people and organisations grow and become better for themselves and their customers.

Shona loves to help people make changes in their people skills that produce big results. She has been designing and delivering interactive training events since 1987. She provides management development, staff event facilitation, presentation skills and interpersonal skills training across multiple sectors

Larry delivers manager bootcamps for both new and experienced managers. Participants on Larry’s courses value his energy, expertise, and the chance to find practical solutions to their real life challenges. He develops managers in a wide variety of organisations in both the private and public sector – recent clients include Bolton NHS, Cambridge University, Johnson & Johnson, London Borough of Hackney, Tetra Pak and Torus Housing.

Following 22 years as a secretary and then PA, Heather started training in 2000 to inspire PAs, EAs and administrators to excel. As well as PA/EA masterclasses, she offers Administrative Workshops, Minute Taking, Business Writing and Speedwriting training; groups or one to ones. All her session are offered online too.

Sarah Hobbs is an engaging and highly qualified business and leadership training consultant, with a background in accountancy and consultancy. Sarah studied languages at university and found finance as difficult as anyone could, so brings a refreshingly light-hearted and practical approach to teaching it. She is passionate about learning and development and loves to help leaders gain clarity and improve their effectiveness

Mike has worked as an I.T. Consultant for over 20 years but has over 34 years in the industry in total as a software engineer. Over the last year and a half he has delivered training and webinars to over a thousand people about the practical applications of AI so you can get the most out of using tools such as ChatGPT and other Large Language Models.

Heather has spent over 20 years inspiring people to change their lives for the better in huge and tiny ways. She is a skilled facilitator and an expert on performance and achieving tangible results. She uses humour to relax people and has a plethora of tools and techniques which she uses to capture innovation and resourcefulness they didn’t think they possessed.

Joanne has been working in the change management and transformation space for over 30 years and specialises in working with individuals, teams and organisations to maximise potential and enable continuous and sustainable improvements and growth.

Cath is a dedicated learning and development professional with over 20 years experience. Cath brings warmth, insight, and depth to every session she delivers. Starting her career in the finance sector, she quickly found her passion for helping people grow, moving from inductions to designing and delivering programmes across all levels.

Sue’s a people and process performance specialist, speaker and coach – on a mission to get people fixing the problems which no one else has been brave enough to tackle.

Fresh-faced out of university, Naeem started work for a top ten accountancy firm back in 2001. A few years later, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and decided to make the move into industry where he quickly moved up the corporate ladder in various accounting roles across a number of industries.

Dan is a development consultant who has supported individuals, teams and organisations to evolve and improve results for over 18 years.

Cath brings a fresh approach to coaching and training by combining nearly two decades of working with companies and individuals, initially as a practising barrister and, more recently, as coach, trainer and facilitator.

Sarah has extensive experience in Learning & Development and worked previously as a Human Resources Manager. In 2004 Sarah set up her own training company to provide training consultancy across a wide range or organisations, including telecoms, pharmaceutical, insurance and manufacturing.

David has worked in training and development for over 20 years, working in four continents and nearly 50 countries.

Lorna is one of the leading Personal Marketing experts in the UK today. She started her career in brand marketing and sales by joining the graduate marketing scheme at Cadbury, before moving to Cussons.





