Our people

Andy’s passion is to help emerging leaders to establish healthy leadership habits so that they can lead well over their lifetime.  Much of Andy’s leadership experience has been based outside of the UK, including leading a school and setting up an organisation working with children living on the streets in India. His role as International Director of a global charity involved establishing 9 new country bases, having previously established a multi-location operation in India. 

Andy has a Masters in Intercultural Studies, majoring in Leadership, has written two books and has extensive leadership experience at both Governance and Executive level.   Some of his most rewarding work has come from investing in leaders of all levels through the creation of leadership development programmes.

He seeks to live his life with an attitude of gratitude and appreciation, a perspective that has come from his work among children living on the streets and people who have been trafficked  into the sex trade.

Based in Kent, he loves time with his growing family including his wife Joan, 3 children and 3 grandchildren.  He is engaged in his local church community, loves pretty much any sport and enjoys reading. 

Ruth’s desire to make a positive difference to those facing disadvantage has led her to leadership roles primarily in the charity sector. This included being the Country Director for a non-governmental organisation in Uganda, improving life opportunities for vulnerable girls and women, and several years as Capacity Building Director for a global charity, with responsibility for mentoring and supporting country leaders and oversight of a global leadership development programme.

As a leadership trainer and coach, Ruth’s particular passion is to encourage and equip leaders to make their unique contribution to the world, through helping them grow in self-awareness and confidence, as well as enabling them to lead from a place of mental, emotional and physical health.

Ruth has a Psychology degree, teaching qualification, a Masters in Theology, Politics and Faith-Based Organisations, and is a Certified Life Coach and Executive Coach.

Based in South Wales, Ruth loves to make the most of the beautiful coastline and countryside on walks and bike rides with her husband, daughter and dog. She also enjoys helping to lead her local church and learning Welsh.

Abbe’s personal experience of the life-changing benefits of excellent leadership investment, has fuelled her passion to deliver leadership training programmes in the charity sector for 14 years. Abbe has overseen Learning and Development for Oasis Community Learning for 5 years. Prior to this, she was CEO of Oasis Community Partnerships and has also pioneered community development work and managed homeless housing projects.

Abbe has vast experience of developing leaders and senior leadership teams in the education sector and loves to support and challenge people to reach their potential and become outstanding leaders.

She has a Postgraduate Certificate in Charity Management, a Masters in ‘Race’ and Ethnic Relations, a BA Honours in Humanities and is currently training as an Executive Coach with The British School of Coaching.

Abbe is based in Hampshire, is married to John and has two young daughters and a chocolate Labrador called Milo. She enjoys running, walking, BBQ’s, going to the beach, listening to podcasts and seeing friends and family.

Tim loves the opportunity to work with purposeful leaders as they consider how to align the passion, knowledge and skills of their people with their organisational mission.

Tim has led organisations in the not-for-profit sector for many years and has wide ranging experience of working at CEO and senior levels across civil society, education, health, international development and business.

A self-described urgent optimist, Tim likes nothing more than connecting people together and seeing new possibilities emerge to make the world a better place. Tim specialises in organisational leadership and strategy, people development and communications. He holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Management and an MA in HR Management with a focus on people and organisational development. He is an accredited mediator, executive and leadership coach.

Beyond work, Tim is married to Charlotte, has three grown up sons, two dogs and a somewhat neglected allotment. They continue to try to love and serve their community located in its particularly hectic, diverse and wonderful corner of South London.

Early in life Basil found himself in a leadership role that gave him great scope to build and shape a church community where a growing number of people from diverse backgrounds were welcomed and empowered.  His focus was always on equipping and mentoring younger leaders which he did both in that context as well as in the commercial world.  Alongside this he also set up an educational and health related non-profit that he continues to lead, working in the slums of Mumbai.

Basil has an Arts degree and more recently pursued his coaching certification.  He trains, mentors and coaches leaders both locally and around the world and enjoys the travel, his growing family and anything related to food!

Josephine thrives in working with collaborative teams that are passionate about creating strategic change for the world. Much of her work involves creating opportunities for reflective practice through coaching, training, and Action Learning Sets.

Josephine is one of the co-founders and a former co-director of Beyond the Streets, a charity that works with women facing sexual exploitation. She is an accredited coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF) and is also accredited as an Action Learning Set Facilitator (ILM). Josephine holds a Master’s in Violence Against Women and has a City & Guilds Certificate in Delivering Adult Learning.

Josephine resides in Southampton and has a passion for travel and Argentine Tango. She enjoys teaching at the local tango school, DJing, and dancing. Josephine is married to Mark, who is the CEO of a charity that helps people who are homeless, and her son, Noah, is currently travelling the world.

Lorraine Thomas is an experienced coach who has been working with executives and senior leaders in the education and corporate world for 20 years.  Lorraine is an Ambassador for The International Positive Education Network (IPEN) and a speaker on Leadership & Resilience.  She trained with The Coaching Academy and initiated its Coaching in Education Diploma.  She’s also worked with education leadership teams in USA, Asia, Brazil and Europe.

Lorraine’s particular area of expertise is resilience and emotional fitness, equipping clients with the tools to nurture wellbeing, increase energy, create time and manage stress.   Lorraine is the Chief Executive of the Parent Coaching Academy, helping education leaders to develop innovative programmes on emotional fitness for the whole school community, as well as a successful author.  Lorraine was the national media spokesperson for the launch of Disney’s ground-breaking ‘Inside Out’ as resilience expert and has worked as a brand ambassador for major international brands. Lorraine has a first-class Honours Degree in Education from Cambridge University.  She graduated with Distinction from The Coaching Academy.  She has two children, Josh and Holly and a dog called Margi.

Shelley is passionate about supporting people and organisations to thrive.   

She has worked in global development charities for the past 20 years, including in executive level roles. Her philosophy is that anyone in leadership benefits from having a thinking partner and a framework in which to develop leadership skills, address challenges or set goals.  Alongside coaching, Shelley works as a consultant and undertakes interim leadership roles to enable charities to thrive. 

A degree in Youth Work enabled Shelley to discover that she has an ability to connect with others and inspire them from a young age.  Having received transformational coaching first hand, Shelley was inspired to realign her career journey to positively impact other lives through coaching.  

Central to Shelley's leadership development and coaching philosophy is the belief that every individual is unique and possesses untapped potential.  She adopts a holistic approach, focusing on personal and professional growth, emotional intelligence, reflective practice, mindset shifts and skill development to create lasting transformation. 

Shelley is based in South East London, enjoys gardening, travel, trips to the countryside, dinner parties, pottery and a wealth of other creative projects.

Kevin has a passion for empowering individuals to turn their dreams into reality to benefit themselves and the community they are part of. As a trained coach, he brings a wealth of experience gained from living and working amongst people around the world navigating significant economic and societal challenges. Having founded an urban UK charity, and in supporting several board structures, he is aware of the demands facing individuals from board level to grassroots application. 

Kevin is currently based in South Oxfordshire with his wife, Linsey, where they spend some of their time leading a faith community assisting local rural communities. They also support, coach and mentor several creative expressions of community engagement across the UK. His children are grown up and live in the USA, Scotland and mainly on board a plane, with their daughter being cabin crew for a well-known airline company. Kevin enjoys reading, dosas, painting, travel and walking in the countryside.