Marci is highly experienced in working with senior leaders to create sustainable change and build their signature leadership style. She has a strong foundation in business, having worked in global marketing communication companies and in board level executive search for blue chip companies. She has coached numerous senior individuals and teams, often in the context of wider organisational change programmes. She works across sectors and geographies. She has an MBA from the Wharton School, is an accredited ICF coach and has extensive coaching and leadership credentials. Marci loves people and builds strong relationships that form a basis for deep personal and team change.

Christina has worked in global roles across HR and leadership development for magic circle law firms (most recently with A&O Sherman) for over 19 years, both in continental Europe and the UK. She enjoys working with leaders, teams and individuals to make sustainable changes and build cultures that support people and organisations to thrive. Christina has a particular interest in organisational development, coaching and working somatically through the body-mind connection. She is trained in a range of psychometrics (e.g. ESCI and MBTI) and as an Integral Development Coach. She is known for her warmth, paired with an ability to help individuals and organisations get unstuck from unhelpful mindsets and conditioned habits. She is fluent in German and English.

Viji has nearly 20 years of experience working in strategy and leadership advisory across a variety of business issues including: strategy development; operational improvement; organizational effectiveness and transformation; talent assessment and development; and training. She has worked across the US, Asia, and Europe advising CEOs and senior executives at Fortune 500 companies, alternative investment firms, and family- and private equity-owned businesses. She began her career as a management consultant at Bain & Company, working across a variety of industries including consumer products, retail, healthcare, and financial services. More recently, Viji worked at ghSMART on organization and leadership assessment and development. Viji holds a B.A. in Economics and Political Science from Rice University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. Her warmth and empathy combined with acute business insights make her an invaluable partner to clients.

Nic is a specialist in coaching, and in coach and organisation development. He has a strong reputation for working with organisations, individuals and teams. He works in a wide range of sectors, including professional services, pharma, healthcare, FMCG, retail and financial services.

Prior to becoming a full-time coach, Nic worked for PepsiCo in developing the people side of their restaurant businesses and was HR Director for Costa Coffee, playing a central role in acquiring and establishing the brand both in the UK and overseas. As L&D Director of Whitbread Restaurants, he was responsible for leading the development of over 20,000 people across ten distinct brands.

Nic Is a member of the faculty at Henley Business School, developing the next generation of accredited 1-1 and team coaches. He holds ICF accreditations at PCC level for both individual and team coaching. He loves his sport and his music and has a passion for studying wine at close quarters! He is based in North London.

Liz began her career as a physiotherapist before progressing into leadership roles within the NHS. She transferred into the Pharmaceuticals industry before moving into consultancy with HayGroup for over 10 years. She has had her own consulting practice for over 15 years, focusing on executive coaching and leadership assessment and development. She is a pragmatic coach who has a supportive and challenging style. She encourages her clients to challenge their limiting beliefs and push their boundaries resulting in them having more open and receptive mindsets. She has coached at all levels from first line supervisors to CEOs. Liz has an MBA from Henley Business School and an MA in Coaching and Mentoring. She is an ICF accredited coach and team coach. She is registered to use a wide variety of psychometric instruments and is BPS Level A and B certified. In her spare time she enjoys being outdoors; hiking, skiing, running and cycling. When not keeping active she enjoys cinema and theatre and getting ready for her next travel adventure.

Vanessa has over ten years' experience of working with senior executives and all layers of management on a wide range of business issues, including strategy development, organisation design, operational improvement, leadership effectiveness and implementing change programmes. She has recently co-authored The Performance Curve with Cognitas colleague Laura Watkins, published by Bloomsbury in Autumn 2021. Vanessa is highly skilled at helping senior leaders improve their effectiveness at how they lead, both as individuals and groups, and also coaches individuals in achieving their professional and personal goals. She started her career in consulting with The Boston Consulting Group in London and Sydney, where she served clients across multiple industries. Vanessa graduated with a BSc in International Relations from the London School of Economics. She is a qualified therapist, yoga teacher and mindfulness practitioner and has trained in various personal and group development techniques including Systemic Constellations. She is fluent in German, English and French. Vanessa is warm, empathetic and organised, and puts clients through their paces with a great sense of fun and partnership.

Sally offers a combination of executive coaching, team/meeting facilitation, skills training and client listening, to support the personal and team effectiveness of her clients. She specialises in helping clients align organisational cultures and practices with stakeholder and client needs, to enhance client satisfaction whilst building secure and profitable business relationships. She qualified as a solicitor at Slaughter and May before joining the in-house legal team at Reuters Group PLC (now Thomson Reuters) and later at Travelex Group Limited. Sally holds an MA in law from Cambridge University and gained work experience at the European Commission in Brussels and at UNICEF in New York before qualifying as a solicitor. She received her business coach training by undertaking the Meyler Campbell ‘Mastered’ programme accredited by the Association for Coaching. Sally is able to administer a range of aptitude and psychometric assessments and is also a Lean Six Sigma green belt. She speaks good conversational French, basic Spanish and is the author of three business books for lawyers.

Caty Everett develops extraordinary leaders and high-performing teams. With over 20 years of experience, she specialises in executive coaching, high performing teams, leadership training and facilitation services. She works with dynamic and fast-growth companies across diverse industries including technology, retail, finance, biotech, media, and hospitality. She previously built and ran an internal consulting team at Google. Caty has a B.A. in Psychology from Harvard and a M.A. in Social Psychology and Organisational Behaviour from Columbia University, and has worked at both the Harvard and Columbia Business Schools to research and teach coursework on group dynamics and leadership effectiveness. Caty’s empathy and keen insight enables her clients to challenge pre-existing assumptions and move forward with fresh perspective and motivation.

Lynn's business background is in the Financial Services Industry where she successfully created and ran a large sales division for Lloyds Bank in the UK, becoming one of their top sales executives. She has around 20 years' experience in supporting senior executives to be outstanding leaders and helping them create high performing and healthy teams. She works with organisations internationally and leads her own coaching practice based in Montreal, Canada. Lynn holds a Master of Arts in Organizational Development and various qualifications in advanced facilitation, consulting skills, behavioural skills training, structural consulting and psychometric testing. She is also the published author of Unwritten Rules: What Women Need To Know About Leading In Today’s Organizations. Lynn brings a powerful blend of challenge, clarity, warmth and humour to help her clients grow and perform to their best.

Valerie is an executive coach with 20+ years of experience in high growth and high-tech firms in Silicon Valley and San Francisco. She partners with leaders and their teams to help them maximise their performance and work brilliantly with others, both within and beyond their organisations. Valerie provides one-to-one coaching, team development facilitation, and group coaching on leadership development programmes. She has managed large, complex global teams in supply chain, manufacturing production, business operations and HR. Valerie has a BS in Human Development from the University of California. She is a certified coach (CPCC) and has numerous specialty certifications. Valerie lives in Sonoma County, San Francisco with her family, loves to travel and is an avid reader.

Sandeep is a dynamic executive coach and leadership transformation facilitator with over 15 years of corporate experience in human capital consulting. Drawing from diverse backgrounds as a consultant, psychologist, coach, and therapist, Sandeep excels in guiding clients through complex personal transformations. She has spearheaded transformative initiatives for multinational organizations, emphasizing the courage, humility, and commitment required for successful change. Sandeep employs a versatile toolkit including neuroscience, psychotherapy, and systems theory to tailor her approach across diverse development programs. She holds degrees from Leicester University, City University London, and Middlesex University in Psychology, Business Administration, Organizational Psychology, and Integrative Counselling Psychology, respectively. 

In 17 years working as a leadership coach and trainer, Jane has coached and advised more than 800 leaders. Jane brings a unique blend of skills and talent acquired as a senior leader at the BBC and through extensive training and experience as a coach. Her passion is to help leaders be their best, professional, authentic selves. 

Her first career was in journalism. She was a reporter, producer, and television editor. Recent coaching assignments include designing and running a global senior leadership development. She is an AC Accredited Coach and is currently co-authoring a book on compelling communication. Outside work, her current obsession is training for her first and last London Marathon.

Jana brings deep experience in supporting organisational cultural transformations that help clients identify and shift towards their own version of a ‘winning’ culture. To do this, she works in partnership with leadership teams, boards and senior executives to create alignment on direction and develop the organisational, team and individual capabilities required to execute. Jana has worked extensively across sectors with a particularly deep focus on financial services and private equity firms and their portfolio businesses. Jana co-founded innovative online development firm, Jumpstart Development, with Laura Watkins, and later was an advisor. She works across the UK and Europe and has also led engagements in the US, Middle East and South Africa. Jana is a trained individual and team coach and accredited in a range of psychometric tools. She holds an MSc in Organisational Psychology from the London School of Economics and speaks fluent English and German.

For more than 15 years Vincent has been coaching, mentoring and assisting with mental preparation of executives, government employees and competitive athletes. His focus areas are leadership and impact development, conflict facilitation, power and influence within organisations, performance, team consolidation and motivational alignment. Vincent is faculty member of HEC Paris School of Coaching and a coach supervisor. Prior to his current role as executive Coach, Vincent occupied C-level positions (Special Counsellor, Head of M&A…) for government (French Prime minister) and international companies (utilities and advertising). He has been a partner in executive search firm with international clients (Europe, USA, Australia). Vincent holds a MA in Management from ESCP Europe and a MA in Political Sciences from The Paris Institute of Political Studies. He is fluent in French and English.

Hector is a strategy and communications consultant with extensive experience in the Health, Pharmaceuticals, Agrochemicals, Telecoms and Financial Services industries. He is also a bestselling author and publishing entrepreneur. Following an African upbringing and a first class biology degree from Oxford University, Hector began his career at Gemini Consulting. He was awarded a Dean's List MBA at INSEAD. He is one of the world’s leading practitioners of storytelling in business. His smart questions, valuable structure and rich insights help clients build clarity and alignment and communicate powerfully.

Louise is a seasoned leadership and organisation development professional with solid practical business experience as an entrepreneur and in a large variety of corporate settings. She has worked at senior executive levels in client organisations to bring about strategic change, influence organisational culture and develop strong leadership. She is known for her ability to make the link between personal aspirations, team relationships, organisational culture and business realities. She holds a degree in Industrial Relations and a diploma in Adult Education, and studied Organisational Learning and the Action Science methodology with the late Chris Argyris, professor emeritus at Harvard University. Louise is based in Montreal, Canada, and speaks fluent English and French as well as conversational Spanish. Louise combines an infectious warmth with insights about what makes people tick and how to drive change.

Devi McFadden has been partnering with leaders for over 20 years. She has an excellent track record of making an impact in the lives of her clients through trust-based partnerships. Devi’s coaching practice focuses on working with leaders to make their greatest impact by aligning everything we do personally and professionally toward our passions and unique purpose. She works with clients to develop and implement strategically focused solutions custom to the person, team, and situation. Devi holds a Master of Business Administration, a Master of Divinity, is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Team Coaching Foundations Certified Coach, and a member of the International Coach Federation. She brings additional knowledge to her coaching services as a trained and certified instructor in mindfulness, mediation and yoga. In her spare time, Devi enjoys time with family, yoga, and hiking.

Liz is a learning and performance improvement specialist with over 25 years’ experience driving large- scale cultural change, leadership, management and organisational development programmes. Liz is a highly skilled team coach with particular expertise in people development, cultural change, mindsets, behaviour change, leadership, sales, service and team development. She has held senior positions in both consulting roles and industry. A business graduate, Liz has a Master diploma in Systemic Team Coaching, is a PCC qualified coach and supervisor, is trained in using psychometrics and is currently the Programme Director of the ICF accredited Team Accelerator Coaching Programme. In her spare time, Liz has three teenage daughters and keeps sane and fit through Pilates, meditation and walking with the family dog Hector. Fluent in Spanish, Liz is currently enhancing her skills as an embodiment coach and facilitator.

Kevin is a leadership consultant and executive coach. His superpower is helping leaders cultivate a growth mindset, elevate their communication, and improve the stakeholder relationships which matter most to their success.

He is known for being a deeply intuitive and staggeringly perceptive coach. His style is grounded, practical and vitalising. His keen empathic awareness helps him quickly identify precisely where leaders are stuck as well as the modality of coaching that will suit them best. Due to his gift for rapid bonding with leaders at all levels, he can champion their talents and successes, while also challenging them more boldly to manifest greater performance. 

Kevin has a B.A. in English from St. Joseph’s University and has been training as a coach for over ten years. He worked as a Director for Stand & Deliver, the global leadership communication firm and has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Kevin also has a creative career as an award-winning playwright and actor and has worked as a teaching theatre artist with American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco. He is certified in the Instinctive Drives assessment tool and the Immunity to Change model from Minds at Work. 

Jeremy specialises in helping clients to succeed in challenging conditions, such as those that are changing, sensitive or with high stakes. He is a trained individual and team coach with a deep background in organisational psychology, psychotherapy and somatic coaching. He has lived in the UK, France, Bahrain, Kenya, Germany and the Caribbean, and works in North and South America, Africa, Eastern and Western Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Previously, Jeremy co-founded a multi-million pound top 3 lobbying and strategic communications consultancy, was a special forces trained soldier, combat medic, ski guide, yacht crew and army scholar sponsored by the Parachute Regiment. eremy builds strong relationships with his clients and works hard to help them question, change and grow. These days, when he isn’t travelling, he enjoys a quieter life; living in a wood in a house he built with his wife, two sons and two terriers, though in truth the terriers weren’t that much help.

Deborah Thomas is an executive coach with some 20 years' coaching experience in demanding business contexts. She loves to help talented people build on strengths, deepen self-awareness, and realise their full potential, and has completed over 3,500 hours’ coaching, and designed and delivered leadership development programmes, for individuals and teams in blue chip companies, professional services firms and third sector organisations.  Deborah brings to her work an understanding of individual and organisational dynamics drawn from wide-ranging business experience in 19 years at McKinsey & Co. She complements this with deep coaching expertise, having first trained as a coach in the early 1990s. She also trained in humanistic psychotherapy, gaining an RSA certificate in counselling skills. Clients appreciate the combination of her warm and supportive style with her intellectual rigour and incisiveness.

Lisa Thomas is an experienced business consultant, trainer and executive coach. She has direct experience managing businesses at Board Level, as well as working with organisations as a consultant, in private, government and non-profit sectors. Lisa started life as a zoologist, with an MA and PhD from the University of Cambridge. She spent a number of years at McKinsey & Co. as a strategy consultant. She is a Visiting Fellow at the New College of the Humanities and is also a qualified Master Practitioner in NLP. Lisa brings a first-rate ability to analyse situations and structure solutions, and is a strong organisational change driver.

Howard Ting helps senior executives and teams thrive. This includes delivering leadership programmes, clarifying and aligning on strategy, helping clients create a healthy and productive culture, and coaching senior executives. He has worked across a wide variety of for-profit and non-profit sectors and supported clients globally, including Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America. Earlier in his career, Howard worked in Accenture's Strategy practice in San Francisco advising large global clients on corporate strategy. Howard earned a BA in Economics from the University of California, Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business. He speaks fluent English and Mandarin. Howard is warm, supportive and fun, but he’s also relentless in persisting for change.