Who am I ?
I bring a long professional life to this work, including many years as a senior executive in the public sector. My early career began in counselling and social work, where I learned the importance of listening carefully to individual experience, context, and courage.
I later became a strategic director of children’s and adult services in London, leading large services and supporting organisational cultures where practitioners could feel confident, disciplined, professionally competent, and able to make a difference.
I have worked as an executive coach with clients across the public, not-for-profit and private sectors, I also provide leadership advice and coaching for senior leaders at Frontline, a national children’s charity.
I know that careers and lives can be knocked off course in many ways. Through coaching and therapeutic facilitation, I help people recover, continue with compassion and purpose, learn from difficult situations, and reconnect with the values and curiosity that can support the next stage of life and work.
Qualifications & Memberships
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ILM Level 7 Executive Coaching and Leadership Mentoring, Office for Public Management / Staff College, 2014
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Postgraduate Certificate in Psychosynthesis Leadership Coaching, Middlesex University, 2018
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Foundation Certificate in Counselling and Psychotherapy, Centre of Education in Counselling and Psychotherapy, 2016
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Diploma in Transpersonal and Integrative Supervision, Alkimia Training 2021–2022
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Advanced Professional Programme in Coaching Supervision, Oxford Brookes University, 2021
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Coaching Neurodivergent Individuals, Oxford Brookes University, 2026
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Relationship and Couple Facilitation Training, Alkimia Training, 2024
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MSc Social Work Studies, Chelsea College London, 1982
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Accredited Executive Coach, Senior Practitioner, European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC) 2021 and 2025
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Associate Member, Association of Directors of Children’s Services
